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Necks Announce Tour
Monday, January 07, 2008
Fresh from a hugely successful European tour, including two sell-out shows in London, cult minimalist jazz trio The Necks (Chris Abrahams piano, Lloyd Swanton bass, Tony Buck drums) return to home soil for an eagerly awaited Australian tour.
Fans worldwide of The Necks who have been lucky enough to catch them live will know that no two Necks concerts are the same. For over two decades now, The Necks have been stepping on stage with absolutely nothing pre-arranged, yet have managed to conjure intoxicating sonic journeys, frequently underpinned by an insistent deep groove, that often last for up to an hour and leave audiences hypnotized and transformed.
“One of the joys for me, after twenty years of making music with this group, is that we’re still completely unable to predict where our pieces will go. I think that’s one of the things that our audience loves about The Necks,” says bassist Lloyd Swanton.
The Necks have produced 14 critically acclaimed, highly successful albums that have sold in the thousands. They have won two ARIA awards for Best Jazz Album – Chemist in 2007 and Drive By in 2004 which has also recently been included in The Guardian's ‘1000 Albums To Hear Before You Die’. Their latest gem, ‘Townsville’ released in Sept 2007 has also been attracting excellent reviews worldwide including The Wire's (UK) Top Ten Jazz/Improv Releases of 2007.
"Teetering perpetually on the edge of creation, Townsville is a sort of rhapsodic minimalism, as magical in its own way as a ping-pong ball pirouetting on a jet of air" 4 stars - The Independent (UK)
TOUR DATES:
Friday February 1 - BYRON BAY, Community and Cultural Centre.
Doors open 7pm. Tix $27.50. Tel 02 6685 5659 www.byroncentre.com.au
Saturday February 2 - BRISBANE, Judith Wright Centre Of Contemporary Arts
7.30pm Tix $22 - $31. Tel 07 3872 9000 or www.judithwrightcentre.com
Sunday February 3 - ADELAIDE, Governor Hindmarsh
Doors open 7.30pm Tix $25 presale, $30 at door, Tel: 08 8340 0744 www.thegov.com.au
Monday February 4 - PERTH, Charles Hotel
Doors open 6:30, 8pm start Tix $20 - $28, door sales only. www.perthjazzsociety.com
Friday February 8 - SYDNEY, Museum of Contemporary Art
6pm start, Tix $50/$45 MCA members. Limited seating so bookings essential: education@mca.com.au or Tel: 02 9245 2484 www.mca.com.au
Saturday February 9 - SYDNEY, Parramatta Riverside Theatres
7.30pm Tix $28 - $36, Tel: 02 8839 3399 www.riversideparramatta.com.au
Tuesday February 19 - CANBERRA, The Street Theatre
8pm Tix $15 -$25 Tel: 02 6247 1223 Presented by ANU School of Music www.thestreet.org.au
Wednesday March 5 - SYDNEY, The Factory Theatre
7pm Tix $35/$25 02) 9550 3666 www.factorytheatre.com.au
Townsville (FOM0013) available on Fish of Milk through Shock
The entire Necks catalogue is available online at www.thenecks.com
For more info on The Necks, press quotes, photos etc, please go to www.thenecks.com
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