snawklor: kings ari relaunch party

Thursday, March 4, 2010

kings ari relaunch party

Kings Artist Run Initiative (ARI) is proud to announce its re-launch party to celebrate new and exciting changes to the focus of this long-standing Melbourne ARI. After eight years of presenting the Melbourne art scene with emerging, dynamic and challenging contemporary art, Kings has decided to expand the dialogue with new opportunities for the wider creative community.

To celebrate thier re-launch, they will be hosting a night of video, performance and sound works by leading Melbourne and interstate artists. Playing on the night will be Snawklor (Nathan Gray, Dylan Martorell + Duncan Blachford), Optical Eyes (Emily O'Brien) and Chronox, accompanied by video works by local and interstate artists.

Date:

Monday, 08 March 2010


Time:	18:00 - 21:00
Location:	Level 1/171 Kings Street

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Snawklor

Snawklor is a decade long musical collaboration between visual artists Dylan Martorell and Nathan Gray.

Snawklor as a duo make improvised electro acoustic music and sound installation with whatever is at hand exotic instruments, feild recordings, toys and electronics. As a trio with Duncan Blachford on drums they explore the possibilities available only in louder volumes.

Originally started as a curatorial project which put out limited edition 7 inch lathe cut records pressed by New Zealand's Peter King and exhibited them in 2 exhibitions one in 1996 and one in 1998. "The 50 Record Players Exhibition" was also toured to Brisbane for the 1998 version.

There are roughly 80 7 inch singles on the Snawklor (record label) as well as one 12inch compilation.

At the concerts accompanying these exhibitions the duo began to perform using mainly djing and sound sculpture and this developed into Snawklor the musical duo. This moved into digitally manipulated sound and electro-acoustic improvisation.

From around 2004 the duo began to incorporate live processed acoustic instruments this period had an extremely quiet and delicate sound.The duo played rarely during this period and then only in quieter gallery spaces.

In 2009 the duo incorporated drummer Duncan Blachford and currently perform with guitar and synthesizers, in band orientated spaces, exploring the possibilities of greater volume. The 2 original members still perform as Snawklor Duo, showing the more delicate sound of the band.