Australian group The Necks are hosting a workshop with solo performances this Thursday February 28 before their show at the Civic Wintergarden in Auckland for the first 2008 Alt. Music event.

Chris Abraham (piano), Tony Buck (drums) and Lloyd Swanton (bass) will join the workshop to play, interact and discuss insights into performing and improvisation. Australian group The Necks are hosting a workshop with solo performances this Thursday February 28 before their show at the Civic Wintergarden in Auckland for the first 2008 Alt. Music event.

Chris Abraham (piano), Tony Buck (drums) and Lloyd Swanton (bass) will join the workshop to play, interact and discuss insights into performing and improvisation.Presented by Vitamin S in association with Alt Music and the Audio Foundation the workshop will begin at 7 pm at the Silo Theatre on lower Greys Ave, Auckland.

These three musicians are among the most respected and in-demand in Australia, working in every field from pop to avant-garde. Over 200 albums feature their presence individually or together, but the music of The Necks stands apart from everything else they have done.

Featuring lengthy pieces which slowly unravel in the most intoxicating fashion, frequently underpinned by an insistent deep groove, The Necks stand up to listening time and time again.

The deceptive simplicity of their music throws forth new charms on each hearing. Not entirely avant-garde, nor minimalist, nor ambient, nor jazz.

What: The Necks
When: Feb 29, 8 Pm, $25.00
Where: The Civic Wintergarden, Corner Queen and Wellesley Streets, Auckland
Tickets: Ticketek
Free workshop: At The Silo, Feb 28th, 7pm

Organised by the Audio Foundation, Alt.music is an ongoing series of audio events, regularly bringing a vital injection of contemporary and avant-garde sound art from around the world to New Zealand. Previous Alt.Music artists include Keith Fullerton Whitman, Peter Rehberg, Pauline Oliveros, Voice Crack, Sachiko M, Francisco Lopez, Pierre Bastien, Oren Ambarchi, Metamkine, Richard Nunns and the Dead C.
Vitamin-S was devised as a place where those interested in 'improvised music' could meet, perform, listen to and discuss, and generally interact with, all aspects of this complex and largely misunderstood art form.

The Audio Foundation and Alt.music is supported by Creative New Zealand, ASB Trust, THE EDGER and STAMP, and VIT S.

23/02/08