Thembi Soddell's solo perfromances place the audience in darkness, performing from the back of the space to emphasise the manifestation of sound in space, whilst shifting the focus away from the (non)performative aspect of playing the sampler. Working with field recordings, instrument textures, and generated sounds, she samples and mixes these into ambiguous and dynamic compositions, suggestive of time, space and place, whilst never explicitly placing the listener anywhere.

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please refer to thembi's myspace page for a list of upcoming gigs

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thembi soddell : previous perfomances : 2007

Dec 10 2007
Melbourne Women's Internation Jazz Festival @ La Mama, Melbourne
Duo with Joe Talia (drumkit)

Dec 2 2007
Maximum Arousal Series @ Toff in Town, Melbourne
Duo with Joe Talia (drumkit)

Nov 21 2007
Tote, Melbourne
Duo with Joe Talia (drumkit)

Nov 17 2007
Undue Noise @ ICU, Castlemaine
Duo with Joe Talia (drumkit)

Oct 2 2007
MIUC Fringe Festival @ Bar Open, Melbourne
Duo with Joe Talia (drumkit)

Sept 9 2007
Empress Hotel, Melbourne
Duo with Joe Talia

May 2007
MIUC @ Bar Open, Melbourne
Trio with Anthea Caddy (cello) & Joe Talia (drumkit)

April 2007
ILAND CD LAUNCH @ Westspace, Melbourne
Duo with Anthea Caddy (cello)

March 2007
MIUC @ Bar Open, Melbourne
Duo with Jim Denley (saxophone)

January 2007
Now Now Festival of Spontaneous Music, Sydney
Duo with Tony Buck (drums)

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October - December 2006 : European tour with Anthea Caddy

19th Oct: Palermo, Sicily
25th Oct: Frankfurt, Germany
27th Oct: Hörbar - Hamburg, Germany
28th Oct: AZ Conni - Dresden, Germany
29th Oct: Ausland - Berlin, Germany
8th Nov: Instants Chavirés - Paris, France
15th Nov: Litteraturhaus - Copenhagen, Denmark
23rd Nov: La Malterie - Lille, France
25th Nov: Studio Amann - Vienna, Austria
29th Nov: Passos Manuel - Lisbon, Portugal
30th Nov: Monte Olivete - Oporto, Portugal
2nd Dec: WIM - Zurich, Switzerland
3rd Dec: Dachstock - Bern, Switzerland
13th Dec: Worm - Rotterdam, Netherlands
15th Dec: alula ton serien - Leipzig, Germany

August 2006
Liquid Architecture - Auckland

NOW now series 'if you like improvised music we like you' Sydney
Duo with Anthea Caddy

February 2006
Horse Bazaar, Melbourne
Duo with Anthea Caddy on cello

Ethel Osbourne Hall, RMIT, Melbourne
Trio with Anthony Pateras and James Wilkinson

Undue Noise Festival, Bendigo
Duo with Anthea Caddy on cello

the NOW now
festival of spontaneous music
debut performance with Anthea Caddy on cello. check out: http://www.thenownow.net/festival for festival info.

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CAJID MEDIA AUSTRALIAN TOUR AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2005
with Lawrence English, Camilla Hannan, and Bruce Mowson.

fri aug 12 - 1/4_inch, Wollongong
sat aug 13 - Armidale Club, Armidale
sun aug 14 - Impermanent Audio @ Frequency Lab, Sydney
fri aug 19 - Bus Gallery, Melbourne
sat aug 20 - Basement Theatre, Wagga Wagga
sun aug 21 - Dudley House, Bendigo
fri sept 2 - Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
sat sep 3 - Fabrique, Brisbane Powerhous, Brisbane
sun sep 4 - Office of Arts and Leisure Affairs, Toowoomba

Articulating Space @ Ingnifuge

Liquid Architecture Sydney @ Performance Space
with Erik La Casa + Jean Luc Guionnet (France), Social Interiors, and Clare Cooper + Inge Olmheim.

Sound Art, Canberra @ Foreshore Space (in collaboration with Canberra Contemporary Art Space)

What is Music? 2005
Horti Hall, Melbourne.
Absence and Presence - group performance with Anthea Caddy (Cello), Philip Samartzis (Electronics), Dave Brown (Guitar), Andrew Barrie (Drums) and Thembi Soddell (Environments)

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