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Overtone performance at Phantasmagoria Festival. 09/04/17

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

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In the Void at Mofo

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

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Mofo

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

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MONA FOMA 2017

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

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OE in “20 Best Avant Albums of 2016”

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

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Inland 10/11/16

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

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Overtone Ensemble CD launch at Inland 10th November

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

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More album reviews

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

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Overtone Ensemble album reviews

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/

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Overtone Ensemble Released

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

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