Dreamland Recordings has just released a compilation of contemporary musical acts featuring a rare untitled recording made by VODNIK in 2010. The compilation also features pieces from 36 other artists including; The Boy Who Spoke Clouds, Automating, Penguins, Wolf 359, K Mason, Tim Catlin, Adam Hunt and many others.
Click the link below to have a listen…
http://dreamlandrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/vodnik-untitled
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Vodnik will perform at ART:NOISE on the 14th of September 2011 with Sleep Decade, Penny Bohan and others TBA. The unique experiment in fusing artistic creation and musical performance will take place between the graffiti-laiden walls of Smith Street’s Blue Tile Lounge in Fitzroy.
The performance will run alongside an exhibition of screen printed works by NMIT Illustration students. Attendees on the night will also have the opportunity to contribute to a collection of ART:NOISE zines being created throughout the series which is running throughout September.
ART:NOISE
Northcote’s old Uniting Church proved an enticing venue for some of Melbourne’s most enthralling improvisation acts in the depths of winter 2011. Battlesnake, Chottomatte, Peon, the Tony Yap Dance Company, Vijay Thillaimuthu, Sam Price and Sam Keene joined VODNIK for a unique evening, documented by VODNIK’s own Nick Carson and immortalised in a 10min short film…
On a colder-than-average early May night at the Builder’s Arms on Gertrude Street in Fitzroy, four distinct acts of improvisation performed for a captivated audience. Following Rod Cooper’s textural performance with his uke-like construction, characterised by a visceral description of a metaphorical “Plastic River”, and Mad Nanna’s supreme vocally-lead short-scale instantaneous compositions, Vodnik drew out three distinct patterns…
1. an interplay between bass, guitar and noisy drum machine, 2. the introduction of Mike Pulesford on drumkit adding a unique rhythmic element prior to the arrival of 3. Vlad exits the audience to offer a burst of energy in the final of the three phases. Vodnik would like to thank Battlesnake for organising the whole affair, on behalf of the audience who enjoyed their close to the evening in utterly enjoyable and precise fashion.
Each of the four acts were featured on a limited edition compilation “A Dead Giveaway” made available to attendees for free. The performance by Vodnik was recorded by Benjamin Woods.
A gigantic congratulations to Chotto Matte for organising another magical night of sonic landscapes. Peon’s dual drumming and rhythmic effection was backgrounded perfectly by VJ Sam Keene’s delicious visuals, sights and sounds to behold indeed.
Vodnik wound out an hour-long performance as walk-in’s began to descend upon the bazaar, ticking past midnight. The evening’s orchestrators assembled their wares deep within Horse’s Bazaar to bookend what was a immensely enjoyable evening.
Please enjoy these images of Peon and Chotto Matte against Sam Keene’s sparkling visuals…
It was a mild night, roughly between the hours of 12 midnight and 5am, that Vodnik fleshed out one of their longest performances to date. An old wooden shack provided the backdrop, part of Camp Eureka, in Yarra Junction, an hour from Melbourne’s east…
Minus drumkit, additional guest appearances from many other acts performing during the 2010 festival provided the transient audience with sounds to behold, to fall asleep to, to dance with, or cautiously listen from the forest afar. Others fed off the noise to creatively express sound through paint upon canvas hung between trees outside and sprawled upon the heavily leafed ground beneath.
Vodnik wish to thank Janusz and Emma for the invitation and thoroughly enjoyed contributing to the 2010 Renaissance Music and Arts Festival. Few images were exposed, one poor-quality recording was made.
