Mistletone

JESSICA PRATT SYDNEY SHOW:

• TUE DEC 8 –  Newtown Social Club w/- special guests Jep and Dep. Presented by 2ser. Tickets on sale now from Ticketscout.

MERCURY REV SYDNEY SHOW: Monday December 7 @ Oxford Art Factory w/- special guest DJ James Dela Cruz of The Avalanches. Presented by Mistletone + 2ser. Tickets on sale now from Moshtix.

MERCURY REV and JESSICA PRATT play Fairgrounds Festival in Berry, NSW on Saturday December 5.  Tickets at www.fairgrounds.com.au

Artwork by Ben Montero

LIAM FINN + DAN KELLY: Sunday, November 29, 6:00pm: Liam Finn + Dan Kelly at Newtown Social Club. Tickets on sale now.

Liam Finn teams up with Dan Kelly; two great songwriterly forces, reckoning with each other in the double bill of our dreams for an intimate Sydney shows in Melbourne and Sydney. Tickets for Liam & Dan’s Sydney show at Newtown Social Club are also on sale now.

This solo tour is a rare chance to see New York-based Liam Finn in intimate solo mode. It is Liam’s first show back in Australia since 2011, and a return to his one-man band show last seen around the time of I’ll Be Lightning, his solo debut released shortly after disbanding Betchadupa in 2007. Since then he’s released two brilliant solo albums, FOMO (2011) and most recently, last year’s The Nihilist which featured the infectious single “Helena Bonham Carter”, and was a top ten chart hit in New Zealand.

Artwork by Ben Montero

LIAM FINN + DAN KELLY: Thursday, November 26 at The Shadow Electric, Abbotsford Convent with special guest Palm Springs. Tickets on sale now.

Liam Finn teams up with Dan Kelly; two great songwriterly forces, reckoning with each other in the double bill of our dreams for two intimate shows in Melbourne and Sydney. Tickets for Liam & Dan’s Melbourne show at The Shadow Electric are on sale hereand their Sydney show at Newtown Social Club is also on sale now.

This solo tour is a rare chance to see New York-based Liam Finn in intimate solo mode. It is Liam’s first show back in Australia since 2011, and a return to his one-man band show last seen around the time of I’ll Be Lightning, his solo debut released shortly after disbanding Betchadupa in 2007. Since then he’s released two brilliant solo albums, FOMO (2011) and most recently, last year’s The Nihilist which featured the infectious single “Helena Bonham Carter”, and was a top ten chart hit in New Zealand.

Mistletone is thrilled to present SUCCESS by Liam Finn, a new work created especially for this one-off show at ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne), as part of Melbourne Music Week.

• Friday November 20, 7:00-8:00pm: SUCCESS by Liam Finn at ACMI (Federation Square, Melbourne). Tickets on sale now.

SUCCESS features original compositions and improvised pieces performed by Melbourne born musician and songwriter Liam Finn, alongside a filmic collaboration with New York directors Anthony and Alex. This engrossing show will consist of a series of vignettes and performance pieces in which Liam Finn tackles the concept of success; its subjectivity and the battle of insecurity and arrogance that ensues in its pursuit.

Mistletone is thrilled to present The Orbweavers and Berlin-based Australian artist Lucy Dyson‘s show Deep Leads at ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne), as part of Melbourne Music Week.

• Thursday November 19, 7:00-8:00pm: The Orbweavers + Lucy Dyson present Deep Leads at ACMI (Federation Square, Melbourne). Tickets on sale now.

Using historic archival footage of Melbourne from the ACMI collections and her own vivid, technicolour collage based imagery, Lucy Dyson will create a visual world to accompany a suite of songs by The Orbweavers, for a single night performance at ACMI. Drawing on stories from the city’s natural and industrial history, the collaboration explores themes of mining, botany, poisons, architecture, working life and folklore through song and vision.

The Orbweavers – evocative songs of creeks & quarries, textile mills, and industrial landmarks. Their music has captured attention with dark and dulcet melodies, chiming guitar, violin and trumpet meld to hypnotic effect, recalling reverberant ghosts of places past. Garnering Triple R Melbourne Album of the Week, national and international praise, The Orbweavers have performed at ABC TV studios, ABC Radio National, Melbourne Music Week, National Gallery of Victoria, Brisbane Powerhouse, Golden Plains, Port Fairy Folk Festival, and supported international artists Beach House, Cass McCombs and Julia Holter.

Mistletone and Camp Doogs present the first ever Perth show by transcendent Swedish electronic artist The Field, aka Axel Willner, performing an all-hardware solo live set at Jimmy’s Den on Saturday, October 24. Joining The Field will be influential Berlin instigator Barker (Ostgut Ton / Leisure System – DJ set) and local dance luminary Basic Mind. Tickets on sale now from Ticketbooth.

The sublime, minimal soundscapes of Stockholm-born, Berlin-based Axel Willner—aka The Field—have been wowing listeners ever since 2007, when the release of his debut album From Here We Go Sublime saw him hailed as a new prophet in the techno scene. A dreamy blend of beats, atmospheric electronic and snatches of 60s pop, Willner melds his complex layering of sound to blissful perfection. Known for his playful, pop-inflected tunes, The Field’s solo show is a journey through the raw electronic side of his sound, encompassing work from From Here We Go Sublime and latest Cupid’s Head, performed live on the original hardware. Whether soaring in euphoria or throbbing with dense driving beats, the polished mastery of this singular talent is indisputable.

Perth support Barker might not be world-renowned, but his influence runs deep through the veins of Europe’s electronic music community. Barker started out promoting his own events under the name “Instrumentality”, an event that encouraged improvisation, collaboration, and electronic experiments every week for four years. During this time he built up a sizeable collection of analogue hardware that became the backbone for his work as Voltek. He’s probably best known as half of the Barker & Baumecker duo, and as the driving force behind the Leisure System residency at Berlin’s most influential club, Berghain.

Mistletone proudly presents The Field, aka Swedish electronic music producer and DJ Axel Willner, returning to Australia to play a late-night, all-hardware live set for Melbourne Festival.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23: Melbourne Festival Hub, doors open 11pm. Tickets + more information here.

The sublime, minimal soundscapes of Stockholm-born, Berlin-based Axel Willner—aka The Field—have been wowing listeners ever since 2007, when the release of his debut album, From Here We Go Sublime, saw him hailed as a new prophet in the techno scene. A dreamy blend of beats, atmospheric electronic and snatches of 60s pop, Willner melds his complex layering of sound to blissful perfection.

Known for his playful, pop-inflected tunes, The Field’s solo show is a journey through the raw electronic side of his sound, encompassing work from From Here We Go Sublime and latest Cupid’s Head, performed live on the original hardware. Whether soaring in euphoria or throbbing with dense driving beats, the polished mastery of this singular talent is indisputable.

The Field sprung into existence in 2003 when Axel took to Buzz – a software program he still uses to make music today – to construct his ambient techno based on a stoic motorik and a perpetually rotating hook. He was picked up by Kompakt just a year later. His track ‘Love vs. Distance’ provided an early demonstration of how the Swede could take just four bars of sound and deftly deconstruct, alter and rebuild them to create a constantly changing canvas. His follow-up 2006 EP ‘Sun & Ice,’ imbued a sense of wandering expanse with tracks like ‘Over The Ice’ skipping along like skimmed stones over water.

It all came together in 2007 on the phenomenal success of debut LP From Here We Go Sublime, receiving a 9.0 and a place inside the Top 200 records of the decade by Pitchfork, as well as accolades from NME and the BBC. The Field embarked on his first tour including Pitchfork Music Festival, ATP, Sonar and Oya, trotting the globe armed with just a laptop. Come May 2009’s follow-up Yesterday & Today, Axel was joined by Dan Enqvist on bass, and Jesper Skarin on drums and went back on the road, including a first ever UK headlining circuit, a US tour support with The Juan Maclean and festival slots at Bestival, Roskilde and OFF Festival.

So to 2011 and the release of third album Looping State Of Mind, a release that came across as Axel’s most accomplished to date. “All the old influences are still there,” he admits, “but we’ve made a real attempt to grow the sound.”

2013 saw the release on Cupid’s Head, hailed by Resident Advisor as “one of Willner’s most affirming and beatific creations to date”.

Mistletone and 2ser present transcendent Swedish electronic artist The Field, aka Axel Willner, returning to Sydney to play an all-hardware solo live set at Goodgod on Thursday, October 22. Joining The Field will be influential Berlin instigator Barker (Ostgut Ton / Leisure System) and local dance luminaries Noise In My Head performing DJ sets. Early bird tickets on sale now from Moshtix. Presented by 2ser.

The sublime, minimal soundscapes of Stockholm-born, Berlin-based Axel Willner—aka The Field—have been wowing listeners ever since 2007, when the release of his debut album From Here We Go Sublime saw him hailed as a new prophet in the techno scene. A dreamy blend of beats, atmospheric electronic and snatches of 60s pop, Willner melds his complex layering of sound to blissful perfection. Known for his playful, pop-inflected tunes, The Field’s solo show is a journey through the raw electronic side of his sound, encompassing work from From Here We Go Sublime and latest Cupid’s Head, performed live on the original hardware. Whether soaring in euphoria or throbbing with dense driving beats, the polished mastery of this singular talent is indisputable.

Sydney & support Barker might not be world-renowned, but his influence runs deep through the veins of Europe’s electronic music community. Barker started out promoting his own events under the name “Instrumentality”, an event that encouraged improvisation, collaboration, and electronic experiments every week for four years. During this time he built up a sizeable collection of analogue hardware that became the backbone for his work as Voltek. He’s probably best known as half of the Barker & Baumecker duo, and as the driving force behind the Leisure System residency at Berlin’s most influential club, Berghain.