Silk Moth | Ruthless Jabiru

The Drowners | Ruthless Jabiru & Morgan Pearse

Fuel | Ruthless Jabiru

The Past | Ruthless Jabiru & Russell Harcourt

Maralinga | Ruthless Jabiru & Lara St John

Silk Moth | Ruthless Jabiru
The Drowners | Ruthless Jabiru & Morgan Pearse
Fuel | Ruthless Jabiru
The Past | Ruthless Jabiru & Russell Harcourt
Maralinga | Ruthless Jabiru & Lara St John
“Energy was conjured from the air, swirled around menacingly and evocatively, and then, abruptly, dispersed.” Florence Anna Maunders reviews Ruthless Jabiru’s collaboration with Decibel New Music Ensemble and soloist Cat Hope, The Holy Presence of, for Planet Hugill. Continue reading
Ruthless Jabiru is joined by Australian-based friends Decibel New Music Ensemble in a programme for bass orchestra by Cat Hope, Tansy Davies, Kaija Saariaho, Lindsay Vickery, Pedro Alvarez and Julius Eastman at south London’s Brunel Museum on 02 December. Continue reading
London has a seemingly inexhaustible supply of quirky venues. On 02 December a pair of Australian ensembles collaborated in a concert in Rotherhithe, in southeast London, on the banks of the River Thames. The performances took place at the Grand Entrance Hall, Brunel Museum — the former entrance shaft to the Thames Tunnel, designed by the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. First used as a concert venue as early as 1827, the tunnel is today used by trains, and the striking soot-blackened walls of the underground entrance hall make it look like an abstract artwork. The huge thundersheet in the percussion setup only enhanced this impression that the concert took place in an art installation.
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