THE NECKS IN EXCITING NEW AUSTRALIAN TV SERIES, WITH AUDIO ON INTERNET
10pm on Tuesday 2nd of May sees the first episode of SET, an exciting new
(Australian) ABC-TV series of live improvised and experimental music
performances, and the first episode kicks off with The Necks playing a 25
minute piece, Taghairm.
The audio from SET will also go to air on ABC Radio National's Music Deli,
on Friday 5th May at 8:00pm, repeated on Sunday 7th at 4:00pm, and then
again on Tuesday 9th at 2:00am
Necks fans outside Australia will be pleased to know that the audio will be
available at: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/musicdeli/default.htm
and as a free podcast for 7 days after the TV broadcast at the SET website:
http://www.abc.net.au/set
SET runs on Tuesdays at 10pm throughout 2006, in three batches of three
shows:
2nd May The Necks
9th May Francis Plagne
16th May Anthony Pateras
11th July Ernie Althoff, Rod Cooper
18th July Oren Ambarchi
25th July Splinter Orchestra
12th September Hi-God People, Jim Denley, Peter Blamey
19th September Stasis Duo, Amanda Stewart
26th September Rob Avenaim, Dale Gorfinkel, Lucas Abela
This is a fantastic initiative from the ABC, with a second series already
under discussion. Please let them know you approve, by phone or through
their website, www.abc.net.au
(Even if you live outside Australia, if you think it's great that a
government-funded national network is devoting half an hour of free-to-air
TV a week to cutting edge impro and experimental music, please let them know
by sending a message through the website link above!!)
