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SUMMARY:vegetable.machine.animal\, Cuticles\, Haunts - at Space Academy
DESCRIPTION:vegetable.machine.animal – ‘Guest’ album release gig \nfeaturing\nvegetable.machine.animal\nCuticles\nHaunts \nvegetable.machine.animal\nA live conversation between plants\, fungi\, machines\, and human musicians \nWhat would it sound like if we could interact musically with plants and fungi—if humans stopped to listen and respond? \nvegetable.machine.animal is an interspecies improvisational trio exploring this question through a hybrid sonic language of biosignals\, modular synthesis\, and live drums.\nLed by drummer Kieran Monaghan\, the project transforms living data from plants and fungi into voltage\, translated into sound via modular synthesizer. Monaghan responds in real time\, creating a feedback loop between human\, organism\, and machine. \nTheir debut album\, GUEST\, was recorded during the 2024 Sonic Artist Residency (Creative New Zealand / NZSM / Toi Pōneke) and emerged through open-ended\, intuitive sessions. A diverse group of collaborators was invited to join the process\, including Kedron Parker\, Nico Buhne\, Bill Wood\, Ruby Solly\, Indigique Brown\, David Long\, Andrew Faleatua\, Andy Wright\, Gemma Thompson\, Timothy Morel\, Mo H. Zareei\, Tae Kyung Seo\, Issac Smith\, and Chrissie Butler. \nRather than guiding the music\, contributors were invited to follow it—adding their voices to a living\, shifting ecology of sound. The result is an album that is rhythmic\, irregular\, immersive\, and alive. \nGUEST is co-released by Audio Foundation Records (Tāmaki Makaurau) and skirted Records (Te Whanganui-a-Tara). \nKIERAN MONAGHAN\nKieran Monaghan is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist\, writer\, recording artist and sound bogan based in Te Whanganui-A-Tara. He is a prolific creative and organiser\, with an irrepressible DIY ethic\, known for his experimental and innovative approach to performance and sound making. Used to drum with mr sterile Assembly \nCUTICLES [Oamaru]\nThe Cuticles come from Oamaru – the kind of place where they have to wait for another band to pass through town so that they have someone to play with. This is true punk\, in which lacking pretension is the purpose and the meaning. Stripping away social form and artistic polish leaves the only artifice remaining an attempt at honesty. \nHAUNTS\nNoise\, Beats\, Sonic experiments. \n
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LOCATION:Space Academy\, 371 St Asaph Street\, Christchurch\, 8011\, NZ
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