Audio Lounge welcomes you to the first in our series of community events celebrating the incredible and diverse local talent of experimental and alternative musicians, and offering a laid back, intimate and interactive adventure in listening!

Featuring:

• Motoko Kikkawa + Simon Eastwood
• Italiks
• Kāhu

Motoko Kikkawa is an Ōtepoti-based violinist known for her musical improvisation as well as her visual art. She performs many different genres of music and in several bands. She plays everything from quiet sound art performances in art galleries through to loud punk rock.

New Zealand-based composer and bass player Simon Eastwood has a diverse practice, including orchestral and chamber works, electronic pieces, and improvisation. As a bass player, he regularly performs in a variety of contexts, playing in orchestras and chamber ensembles as well as rock, jazz and folk groups. As a composer, Simon has had works performed extensively around New Zealand, in the UK, Austria, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Lithuania, and Korea, as well as in the United States. He is currently Mozart Fellow at the University of Otago in Dunedin.