After a year of TONIC, we are thrilled to be putting on our first tour and inviting Australian producer Insula to Aotearoa for their first tour of Aotearoa, playing five shows in Te-Ika-a-Māui.
Insula operates at the intersection of brutal electronics, live violin, and real-time audiovisual systems. Built from resynthesis, distortion, and physical performance, the project treats the body as both instrument and controller. Recent shows expand into live collaboration with visual artist Niph, forming immersive environments where sound and image evolve together in tightly coupled feedback.
UK raised, New Zealand based Body Beat Ritual creates a stripped back soundworld of reverential body rhythms, pummelling hardware drums and hypnotic, politicised vocal samples.
Porridge is going to stay open a bit later for us tonight so DJs and Tonic co-founders Ludus and RIZZO are going to jump in for a little night cap! We will have to see what sort of chaser is in order after Insula - whether that be a light tipple or a few more swigs of the hard stuff.
Within Aotearoa’s electronic community, Ludus has carved a distinct path through her ever-evolving practice as an avid sound designer and producer. With a knack for merging unexpected textures and rhythms, her production and DJing explores the range between ambient stillness and club intensity, where broken percussion and high frequency textures converge.
Poster by Ella Child
