OTB Presents: David Chesworth / YZ / Exotic Baryon / DJ Peacock

David Chesworth

David Chesworth’s music moves constantly between two extremes: from insistent minimalism to layerings of oddball melodic and rhythmic juxtapositions, peppered with found sounds and live interventions with unique referents and histories.

Early on, Chesworth co-founded the influential experimental post punk/art group Essendon Airport and Whadya Want? as well the independent label Innocent Records that released many of his early records that have become underground classics – now reissued on Chapter Music.

One of these records is 50 Synthesizer Greats, his 1979 album of delicately patterned, compact and complex compositions originally recorded in his parents’ lounge room, using a monophonic Mini Korg 700 synth and a domestic tape recorder, and released by David himself. 50 Synthesizer Greats is actually 37 minimal synth investigations, full of inquisitive humour and experimental spirit.

‘50 Synthesizer Greats stands up as one of the essential electronic records of Australia’s recorded music history. It’s simple, naïve at times, but more so just a mindful example of the kind of playful audio discoveries that emerging technologies allow for.’ – Lawrence English

Considered ‘complex’ by some and ‘naïve’ by others, his live performance incorporates the original recordings that take on new meanings as the compositions are filtered through time and technologies.


50 Synthesizer Greats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28X3gspm2JM

Layer on Layer
https://soundcloud.com/david-chesworth/layer-on-layer-live-performance?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing


https://vimeo.com/735668916
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Km1PgJyo1o
www.leberandchesworth.com
https://davidchesworth.bandcamp.com


YZ

YZ is an electronic musician, multidisciplinary artist and sound designer based in Brussels. Born and raised in Antwerp of Moroccan descent.
Using a variety of approaches and influences, he creates musical performances, sound installations and visual works.
His live solo work – known as YZ – focuses on reconciling apparent inconsistencies: ancient singing styles with electronic music, autotune, rhythms and sounds that are rooted in the experimental, clubbing and techno scene. In 2016, YZ released an LP under the Belgian music label Lexidisque.

https://yz-music.bandcamp.com/album/yz
https://youneszarhoni.com/yz/




Exotic Baryon

Named after a theoretical boson, Thomas Franklin & Chloe Grove as Exotic Baryon are also an antidecuplet with positive strangeness. They started making music after a friend insisted they provided a support act for an upcoming show. Thomas plays bass and saxophone, and Chloe does keys and samples. They both do some vocals. The music is a bit spooky, but not really gothy, with some odd rhythms and melodies and clanging sounds. Baryon have known one another for many years and often like the same music from other people.

https://exoticbaryon.bandcamp.com/album/exotic-baryon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFvqUzj6aw4


Pieter Kock will bring some DJ friends to do the tuning before after the concerts.
Pako, Artem Ikra and others.