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Overtone Ensemble trio at the Phantasmagoria festival. Hosted by the Bogong Centre for Sound Culture. This performance featured the debut of a newly built pyrophone.  Powered by a propane torch, this version has an extendable tube which allows gliding and … Continue reading →

Performing deep underground in the “Void” at Mona. Image: Jo Jepsen    

Performing at Mona as part of our residency at the Mofo Festival 2017. Images: Mona/Remi Chauvin    

The Overtone Ensemble will be performing at Mona Foma 2017, in Hobart, Tasmania over three days between Friday January 20 to Sunday January 22nd. We’ll be doing two sets a day (one short – 30 minutes and one long – 45 … Continue reading →

Overtone Ensemble are included in Rolling Stone’s 20 Best Avant Albums of 2016. Number 14 to be precise. There are some great albums in here, so it’s pretty cool to be included.. “Melbourne’s Overtone Ensemble make drone music at its most fragile, … Continue reading →

Short excerpt from our performance at Inland on November 10, 2016.

The last Overtone Ensemble Ensemble show for the year. We’ll be playing some new instruments (“doppler-rod” instruments and longer rod versions of the vibrissa). In fact, we’ll just be playing rods without any percussion so it will be quite a … Continue reading →

Brainwashed Dusted Attn:Magazine Norman Records  (Full reviews on “Reviews” page..)

A nice review of the album via the Village Voice here: http://www.villagevoice.com/music/julys-best-noise-music-overtone-ensemble-martwa-natura-ryan-huber-8944771 A generally favourable, but odd review here: http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/2016/07/overtone-ensemble-overtone-ensemble-imprec441/

The Overtone Ensemble album is out now via Important records. http://importantrecords.com/imprec/imprec441 A second release “Longitudes” is available via Cassuana on cassette. This is a live recording of our performance at the Liquid Architecture festival in 2013. Limited edition of 100. … Continue reading →