In October 2018 we travelled to The Pilliga, on Gamilaraay country, to explore, listen, learn and record in a period of intense drought. We were first inspired to travel to the Pilliga following a trip Adam and Jim made to the area... they were stunned by its rich avian sonoverse and shocked by the proximity of gas fields. In heading out there as a large group, our intention was to explore acoustically diverse environments at various times of day, and hopefully feature the sounds of the amazing birdlife, which is under continuous threat from the mining/fracking projects in the area. 21 or so Splinters spent 5 days and nights on the edge of the Pilliga Nature Reserve. We spent the most time playing in and around our base at Eagle Valley; in gullies, over creek beds, in vast fields and splayed across rocky walls. We took a tour of the Sandstone Caves with Gamilaraay artist and ranger Brett Ashby who gave us permission to play there as the sun set. At the Dandry Gorge we employed our choreographed methods to play and make recordings on multiple machines over a large area, navigating our way down stream along the dried up river bed. Splinter Orchestra members involved in this project: Adam Gottlieb, Alexandra Spence, Andrew Fedorovitch, Barbara Guzman Galeb, Bonnie Stewart, Clara Pitt, Drew Bourgeois, Jim Denley, Joseph Derrick, Laura Altman, Maximillian Alduca, Melanie Eden, Melanie Herbert, Nick Ashwood, Peter Farrar, Rhys Mottley, Romy Caen, Solly Frank, Weizen Ho Film by Bárbara Guzmán Galeb https://www.abisal.org/ www.splinterorchestra.com

Uploaded by BrötzBrötz Brötz on 2014-11-06.

Couch - 'Thursday' Edition of 50 - c44 cassette now available https://moontown.bandcamp.com/album/thursday

https://caterpillarrec.bandcamp.com/album/battery Make it up. club 23/6/20 thanks to Jim Denley Nick and Laura first met in 2017 and have been playing togeth...

The Splinter Orchestra Angel Street Permaculture Food Forest, Newtown, Sydney ~ Sunday 29 October 2017 https://www.corfuhler.com/splinter-orchestra

Beautiful animation by Ctrl+Alt+Man Featuring Ctrl+Alt+Man, Bondrumspeakereyes, Oh!Noh!Yoko!, FrootyToots, Ah!Puch! and friend on a swing. To be continued... www.prophetsband.com

Polyphonic Social: Maydaymaydaymayday Collective and street sounding, alternative education and bringing down the music industry this Mayday SUN 1 May 2016 3PM - 6PM Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne 1-16 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford Wheelchair Accessible FREE https://prophetsband.com/ http://www.liquidarchitecture.org.au/ http://www.ahpuchrecords.com.au/ Polyphonic Social: Maydaymaydaymayday Comrades, we hear Mayday in three related but distinct ways - as the annual celebration of workers' rights; as the day of pagan rites marking the end of a harsh winter (north) or one to come (south); and as the international distress call (Maydaymaydaymayday).

Friday 10. januar Vulkan Arena, Oslo Ståle Liavik Solberg / John Russell Pär Thörn Great Waitress (Altman, Brooks, Mayas) Aspec(t) Thurston Moore / Pika

Title track from Chaika's 2019 Album 'Arrow'. Full Album release April 2019. Words and music by Rendra Freestone, arranged and performed by Chaika.

From the purveyors of the Stylefree movement - Prophets present Bird Brain & Ctrl+Alt+Man's first single 'Mr Owl'. Directed & Edited by Lochie Bradfield Shot by Jason Heller & Lochie Bradfield Download the 'Mr Owl' single for free - https://soundcloud.com/bb-cam Prophets website - http://prophetsband.com/

Presenting Chaika's sublime interpretation of the Swedish folk song "I riden så " filmed for The Cobargo Sessions 2019 by Joshua Levi Collings and the team at PegLeg Productions. Video recorded at the Cobargo Folk Festival, New South Wales, Australia, in March 2019.

Album available on Hospital Hill: http://store.hospitalhill.com.au Fabric Cordial is Bud Petal’s third album. The making of it was a two year adventure. Written in small German towns, cities of the Levant, and the inner west of Sydney, it sees Bud Petal create a unique blend of sounds and stories that range from Hamburg love songs, to parental longings for the Kibbutz, to the joy of returning home to Sydney. Bud Petal's music has been described as "cerebral art-folk", "the music Lord Byron would be making had he lived in the 21st century and taught himself how to play the guitar", "what you get if you mix love, politics, and surrealism", and "the feeling one gets when drowning within a sea of smiles". Bud Petal: vocals, guitar Olya Ryjenko: vocals, trumpet, melodica, glockenspiel, xylophone, percussion Wyatt Moss-Wellington: vocals, synth, guitar Nick Amery: drums Sam Pettigrew: bass Matt McGuigan: bass Emma Kelly: violin, musical saw Ian Watson: violin Nic Cassey: piano Oliver Downes; cello Laura Altman: clarinet Matthew Lee: saxaphone Leroy Lee: guitar, ebow, harmonica The Cordial Chorale: Louise Nutting, Wyatt Moss-Wellington, Nic Cassey, Angus Cornewll, Olya Ryjenko, Laura Altman, Ian Watson Recorded & Mixed by Hospital Hill Produced & Arranged by Wyatt Moss-Wellington © & ℗ 2014 Hospital Hill HHCD11140744 http://www.budpetal.com

Relaxing with Prophets

Short extracts from Sound Circus August 24- September 17. Sound Circus was modeled on the idea of a traveling circus, taking new, experimental, and vernacular music to White Cliffs and the extreme western areas of NSW, plus one off visits to Queensland, & South Australia - the area known as "Corner Country" Selections from White Cliffs, Broken Hill, Packsaddle,The Dog Fence, Tibooburra, Cameron Corner - and it was really really windy most of the time!

'I Monti', the title track from Chaika's new album. Piece composed by Laura Bishop, set to Italian poetry by Edoardo di Giovanni. See www.chaikaband.com for tour dates.

Pioneered in the 1950s by musicians breaking the rules of jazz and composition, free improvisation is still as difficult - and potentially transcendent - as it ever was.

Prophets workshop for Artplay, as part of the 2014 Melbourne International Jazz Festival. Workshop consisted of mask-making, instrument-building, collective improvisation and spontaneous composition. Thanks to everyone involved! The kids, the parents, Artplay, City of Melbourne, The Melbourne International Jazz Festival and the rainy weather!

4/6 of Sydney sextet Chaika popped in before their performance at City Recital Hall to perform 'Ma Navu', a Hebrew song, in our backstage stairwell. Wall art by Alex Grilanc