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www.thenoise.com.au www.myspace.com/thenoisestringquartet noise / nciz /, n., v., noised, noising. wn.
1. a sound of any kind. 2. a loud shouting or outcry -Macquarie Dictionary
“✩✩✩✩ Four young Sydney players who have taken to improvisation like birds to flying” Sydney Morning Herald In February 2008, four friends from Sydney started improvising together for fun in a little terrace house in Darlinghurst. What emerged from those evenings, was a new string quartet …“The NOISE”. FBi Radio describes them as “fantastic classical musicians… a million miles away from classical music”. Think: Kronos Quartet meets Radiohead meets The Necks. Their instruments plug into amplifiers and their ‘compositions’ are spontaneous improvised creations. To hear The NOISE live at one of their improvised shows, is to hear (in real time) a new piece of music being born, to witness four musicians simultaneously compose a brand new work, on the spot, and to experience a unique world of sound and emotion erupt from the place where classical music, alternative rock, jazz, world music, sound art and the avant-­‐garde collide. Their recorded work is created the same way (spontaneously and in one take) and should be listened to in the same frame of mind as a live performance. The NOISE’s music is inspired by a musical pantheon that includes John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Reich, Radiohead, Ravi Shankar, Shostakovich, Stockhausen, Messiaen, Xenakis, Bach, Bill Frisell… and such local Aussie notables as The Necks, Judy Bailey, Synergy, Taikoz, The Splinter Orchestra, Sculthorpe, Edwards, Barton, Riley Lee and Georges Lentz. They are also deeply influenced by the Australian landscape and its sounds. The NOISE’s members are all classical music graduates who have worked with the likes of ACO, MSO, The German Radio Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, Ensemble Offspring, William Barton, Judy Bailey, The Splinter Orchestra, Monsieur Camembert, CODA, Taikoz, DJ Spooky and Joanna Newsom. Their music has been broadcast on ABC Classic FM, ABC Radio National, 2MBS, FBi, and Eastside Radio. James Eccles (violist and manager) holds a Graduate Certificate in Arts Management. In addition to their improvisations, The NOISE also works with composers such as Gerorges Lentz. Personnel: Violins: Veronique Serret and Mirabai Peart, Viola: James Eccles, Cello: Oliver Miller Performances/Tours: -­‐Moorambilla Festival 2008, 2009 -­‐The NOWnow -­‐Sydney Conservatorium of Music -­‐Art Gallery of NSW -­‐Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre -­‐Cammeraygal Festival 2009 -­‐Left Coast Festival, ensemble in residence, May to June, 2010 -­‐Creative Sydney Festival performance at the MCA, 2010 -­‐New Music Network 2010 Mini Series: “Biodiversity” at the Australian Museum -­‐Residency at Wollongong University, 2011 -­‐Yum Yum Tree, record label launch, 2011 -­‐JARA Music Awards, 2012 -­‐Residency on Cockatoo Island, January 2012 -­‐New Music Network 2012 Mini Series, “Cutloose Meets The NOISE” -­‐Sydney Fringe Festival, 2012, “Chronic Symphonic” Some career achievements: -­‐ABC Classic FM, live broadcast, March 2009. -­‐2009 Australia Council funding. -­‐2010-­‐11 recording with Georges Lentz -­‐Working with Judy Bailey and Taikoz. -­‐Performing Black Angels to a 900-­‐strong audience in regional NSW. -­‐Getting out of regional NSW alive. Recordings: -­Georges Lentz: latest string quartet for NAXOS Blu-­‐Ray disc (under production) -­‐‘Spontaneous Improvisation’ -­The Storymaker soundtrack (prizewinning short-­‐film, Cannes Film Festival 09 etc) -­‐‘Cockatoo Island’ – under production (due for 2012 release) Press Reviews/Quotes: “✩✩✩✩ …four young Sydney players who have taken to improvisation like birds to flying… They share an aesthetic that free improvisation may dare to be melodic, evocative, starkly beautiful … and cohere with sometimes uncanny precision” -­‐ John Shand, SMH 24/2/2012 Sydney Morning Herald – “hypnotic, distinctive, iridescent, visceral”
Peter Hollo (FBi Radio) -­‐ "fantastic classical musicians... playing music that's a million miles away from classical music" OzJam review -­‐ "What can I say other than simply sublime…4 and 1/2 stars out of 5" Blogger, Meldi Arkinstall (of The Daily Telegraph) -­‐ "Sydney needs groups exactly like this one: a group willing to push creative boundaries and in the process produce moments of pure musical wonder." Arts Hub – “an important concert for our time… brought broad minded hope for the future of Australian music – scored or otherwise.