Hi friends.. last month was ᴀ–ᴍᴀʏ–ᴢɪɴɢ! Highlight was 100% the chance to immerse myself in and conduct the music of one of my favourite humans, Gabriel Prokofiev’s Techno Suite: Dark Lights and an earlier work, Breaking Screens. Huge thanks to everyone who joined us back at IKLECTIK for the Dark Lights LIVE album launch on 28 May, a few reflections from me here:
You can also read about the gig as part of a thinkpiece in Gramophone Magazine titled The Art of Music-Making in an AI World which includes these beautiful words from Martin Cullingford:
The work weaves together acoustic and electronics with a boundary-blurring fluidity: was that rhythmic sound electronics or a string, or that textural sound static or subtle percussion? At one point an atmospherically urgent orchestral section suddenly gives way to a delicate digital pulse – and the impact is strangely moving.
It reminds me of one of the things I love most about contemporary music—its power to disarm us, to break the cult of familiarity that’s become a trope of the so-called “classical” experience. New music forces us to make ourselves vulnerable by listening unprepared.. there’s no point trying to pretend we know what to expect next so we’re all there living in the moment together!
.. speaking of which, behold my May mixes, my own fortnightly adventure into the glorious unknown. For mixtapes as-they-happen subscribe at: kellylovelady.com/category/mixtapes
CREATIVITY JOURNALS
We’ve just released a Special Edition of Ruthless Jabiru Creativity Journals in celebration of the orchestra’s 15th anniversary season. This beautiful jabiru design is by Kathryn Dwyer of In the Trees Art in Gulumirrgin (Darwin), thanks to Kathryn for joining us in this collaboration. Slideshow below shows my personal preference, grid, but both our In the Trees and Classic Editions are also available in manuscript and blank page formats. Order your copies here: ruthlessjabiru.com/shop/#journals
May brought heaps of new connections/reconnections and once again I was witness to some inspiring music and performances.. thanks again to everyone who wrote to say hi and here’s hoping I’ll cross paths with a few more of you in what’s left of this month!
