Australian noise that Mike Patton is keen on.

Following the Japanese noise of Merzbow and the cosmic trip of Emeralds, now it's time for Australian noise in the brand new THE ART OF NOISE series in which AB focuses on the (underground) noise phenomenon in all its forms and crossovers…

8:00 pm Marco Fusinato (Australia)
Marco Fusinato is an audio-visual sound artist who resides in Melbourne. His musical biotope: noise and electronica. He occupies himself with electronica equipment and his guitar, or as he says himself: “the use and abuse of my guitar”. In 2009 he recorded the album ‘Ripping Skies’ for Carlos Giffone's famous noise label No Fun Productions. His latest album ‘Ambiaxe’ was recently described as “a minimalistic slab of noise current”. He's already opened for Sunn O))) and Oren Ambarchi and now for Pivixki, with whom he already has a strong connection: he's a part of the Poletopra project with Anthony Pateras.

9:00 pm Pivixki (Australia)
“I'm digging this Australian group Pivixki - it's a pianos and drum duo doing grindcore.” (Mike Patton)
Pivixki is an Australian duo consisting of Max Kohane (drums) and pianist Anthony Pateras. You can already write a 3-page resume for the latter. Pateras is a multi-instrumentalist who works in the field of modern composition, electronica, avant rock and noise. He's already played with the likes of Oren Ambarchi, Fennesz and Han Bennink. He has already released two albums on John Zorn’s Tzadik label and shown off in the Concertgebouw Brugge. Pivixki's debut ‘Gravissima’ was described as a mix of the “picturesque qualities of Italy’s horror-music legends Goblin and the seething musical soundscapes of France’s avant-prog troupe, Magma”.

PIVIXKI and Marco Fusinato are supported by the Victorian Government through the Victoria Rocks program.