Sydney's cutting-edge improvising collective Microfiche will make 107 home for four Mondays during March and April! Known for their ethereal soundscapes that brim with strong rhythmic outbursts and melodic catharsis, they will be collaborating with some of Australia's greatest improvisers and feature support sets from our city’s most forward-thinking artists.

ARTIST BIOS

Microfiche

Six-piece collective Microfiche tie improvisation and composition into serpentine knots and unravel them live in unexpected and cathartic ways.
The band initially formed in 2015 as a student jazz ensemble at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music where they met weekly under the direction of Phil Slater and Simon Barker to explore the compositional processes of John Cage and Morton Feldman. After a year of reconceptualising those ideas into a body of original material they decided to document the music in the studio; this became their eponymous debut album under the name Microfiche.
Four years on and the ensemble embarked on a European tour in 2019, culminating in a performance at Copenhagen Jazz Festival and in 2021 released their second studio album 'Everything and Other Infinities' on Portuguese label Creative Sources Recording

Chris Abrahams (guest artist)

Chris Abrahams, is a pianist based in Sydney. He has performed from the late 1970’s in the Benders, The Laughing Clowns and The Necks. Among the artists with whom he has had collaborations are Clare Cooper, Melanie Oxley, Clayton Thomas, Mike Cooper, Sabine Vogel, Allesando Bosetti, Lucio Capece, Magda Mayas, Burkhard Beins and Jon Rose. He has also worked as a studio musician for artists such as The Church, The Whitlams, Midnight Oil, Wendy Matthews, Skunkhour and Silverchair. Chris Abrahams has recorded 9 solo albums and 13 collaborations. His work in the Necks has produced 22 albums.

Jachlo (opening set)

Jacques and Chloe met as students at the Sydney Conservatorium, where they still study, and discovered a common interest in drumming and jazz-influenced improvisation. Drawing on music from different cultures such as Korean traditional rhythms and the innovations of master-drummers Simon Barker and Greg Sheehan, the duo focus on developing knowledge in diverse rhythmic dialogues and using these languages in improvising/musical settings.