Doors 7.00pm. Tickets $20.00 + bf.

Altered States Tapes and Pass~Port present a night of eclectic sonics for the benefit of you, the punter.

"Inspired by the murky backstreets of every pub, club, backyard & basement throughout Australia's metropolis"

"After some brief online communication and exchanging of ideas/pleasantries, I for whatever reason decided to make a cooked mix with Pass~Port's sensibilities in mind. Created on a sweltering day with too many tinnies under my belt, the mix is comprised entirely of cassette tapes mixed live. The same approach will be applied live at this event for the first (and probably last) time.

"I grew up skating, never achieving anything of note apart from making myself a social pariah in high school (Newcastle was largely a surf/rugby league town at this point, not the cultural mecca it is known as today). Regardless, my time spent skating exposed me to music and ideas I otherwise wouldn't have been, as well as validating my feelings about being a perennial outsider. What attracted me to Pass~Port was not only their unwavering support for Australian skateboarding/larrikinism, but Trent's open-mindedness to art and music generally. This reminded me of what interested me in skateboarding to begin with, not the industry-driven, Olympic-sport-to-be it currently exists as today (in some capacities), but the pure, good shit". - CB / Roman Nails

Limited copies of the mix will be available on cassette on the night.

Lucy Cliche (LIVE / NSW) is an ever evolving project exploring intersections between techno, industrial and electro. Using an all hardware set-up her music delivers a hard bitten exploration of how physicality and the ethereal can interact in music - heavy bass rhythms lock into pounding drums, washed over with synth chords and acid bleeps.

Orion (NSW) "Through a programmed drum machine, flange-laden guitars and bass hooks as infectious as their vocal melodies, Orion pair restless anxieties with surges of emotion. Songs of insecurity and desperation swing from the celebratory to the tragic with one shift in intonation, and the band connect to those sentiments with vigor. 

Primo are Xanthe Waite, Violetta DelConte Race and Suzanne Walker, plus occasionally Amy Hill plays bass. Their collaboration on guitars, bass, drums and singing have led to a set of rock songs with group vocals and an emphasis on exploring guitar sounds and effects. Their lyrics have subject matter referencing the 40 hour working week, the city, bureaucracy, a mirage and a ghost in NYC, amongst other things. 

Roman Nails (DJ) To open proceedings, local hardware-techno luddite, Cooper Bowman will be playing a 'live' DJ set comprised solely of cassettes sourced from years of unnecessary hoarding. This will be the first outing for the concept.  In 2017, Roman Nails released his debut 12", All Hardware No Tools on UK-based Beat Concern and contributed to the Butter Sessions / Noise In My Head compilation Domestic Documents Vol. 2 following a string of earlier cassette releases on Where To Now? (UK), Night People (US) + Rhythm Works (AU) amongst others.