Two of Australia's most brilliant musicians have become regulars at The People's Republic
over the last decade, so we're thrilled they'll join us for a special one-off duo performance to launch their recently released CD...

ALISTER SPENCE
[piano, percussion]

TONY BUCK
[drums, percussion]
 

MONDAY May 8th

at 6:00pm [doors at 5:30]

Alister Spence – piano, prepared piano, percussion
Tony Buck – drums, percussion
 
Mythographer showcases the connection between Alister Spence and Tony Buck; two endlessly curious, deeply committed, distinctive, improvisers. Spence and Buck share a fascination with submerged rhythm, oblique extended forms, entwined interplay, and sound for its own sake. As contemporaries their musical histories have run in parallel—and occasionally intersecting—paths for the last thirty years. For the last five years or so they have been enjoying re-connecting musically.
Both musicians have so much to bring to the table from their wealth of musical experience, offering each other the opportunity to dig deep into their vocabularies in order to engage in genuine, interactive dialogue. Whether playing wide-ranging abstract improvisations, swinging driving pieces, or more reflective soundscapes the pair manage to find focus and form wherever the music takes them.
 
The new CD was recorded in one very productive afternoon session in Sydney’s 301 Studios, 14 January 2022 with engineer Tim Whitten.
 
Tony Buck is regarded as one of Australia's most creative and adventurous musical exports, with vast experience across the globe. He is involved in a diverse array of projects but is probably best known as a member of the trio The Necks.
Past collaborators include Brian Eno, Ilan Volkov, David Sylvian, John Surman, Lee Renaldo, Underworld, Swans, and The Ex, to name a few. Current projects include THE NECKS; UNEARTH (solo music and installation); SPILL with Magda Mayas; Das B with Mazen Kerbaj, Magda Mayas, Mike Majkowski, GLACIAL with David Watson and Lee Renaldo (Sonic Youth) and VELUM with John Butcher and Magda Mayas.
He has received numerous ARIA and APRA awards and, as a member of The Necks, was awarded the 2019 APRA award for Distinguished Contribution to Australian Music. 
 
Alister Spence has established a reputation as a pre-eminent creative force as pianist and composer in jazz and improvised music in Australia and internationally. The Alister Spence Trio featuring Lloyd Swanton and Toby Hall has recorded and toured nationally and internationally for more than 25 years. In 2020 Asteroid Ekosystem was formed bringing together the Alister Spence Trio and Ed Kuepper (The Saints, The Laughing Clowns) on electric guitar. Spence has also toured and recorded with Satoko Fujii (Japan), Raymond MacDonald (Scotland), Myra Melford (US), and Joe Williamson and Christopher Cantillo (Sweden). Recordings with these collaborators have received numerous awards and are frequently reviewed and mentioned in ‘Best Of’ lists in magazines and blogs such as The Wire (UK), New York City Jazz Record (US), Jazzwise (UK), Jazz Forum (Poland), Music Magazine (Japan).
 

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