Soundstream celebrated its 30th birthday party extravanganza on 25 November, featuring performances by a cornucopia of Soundstream friends and collaborators:

  • Gabriella Smart: Glasshouse #5 by Ann Southam and For Cornelius by 2013 Soundstream resident composer Alvin Curran.

  • Sage Green (Keira Simmons and Thea Martin): violin and live electronics.

  • Jesse Budel: improvisation on the ruined piano project Channelling Dulcie’s Piano (developed with Vanessa Tomlinson in May 2023).

  • David Moran, solo cello works: Preludes #4 and #6 by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, Air Burnt Dry by 2014 Emerging Composers Forum participant John Pax, and Sept Papillons by Kaija Saariaho

  • Gabriella Smart: Olivia Davies’ enfold, Philip Glass’ Mad Rush and Eve Beglarian’s All U Got 2 Do on harmonium

  • Dylan Crismani, Gabriella Smart: An octophonic performance by on Electric Cristals, with spatialisation by Daniel Pitman

  • David Kotlowy: Pulsa Listric on guitar and treatments

  • Chris Reid: Interview with Gabriella Smart and Jesse Budel on Soundstream’s 30 year history

  • A group improvisation, followed by a delicious dinner cooked by Yasser Hussein-Yassin, Colleen Smart and Gabriella Smart.

  • Jesse Budel: Flinders Assemblage Centre Residency surround sound work Mandala at sunset

  • Gabriella Smart and Dan Pitman: Nocturnal surround work Dark: Antikythera

  • Georgia Oatley: Late night electronic music explorations

Thank you to all who attended and supported!