Antipodes is a collective of New Zealand and Australian jazz musicians playing original compositions that emphasise melody, emotive soundscapes, and an open improvisational aesthetic.
The music draws from diverse influences – modern New York jazz meets Swedish indie pop and European free improvised music. Audiences are first drawn in by introspective, timbral improvisations and then set to foot-tapping with danceable beats, songlike melodies and fiery solos.
Hot off the back of an extensive tour celebrating the release of their debut studio album Good Winter, Antipodes returns to New Zealand to surprise, confound, soothe and delight audiences.
They are joined in Auckland by local lovelies Leda's Dream: with contemporary jazz and free music mixed in equal measure, Leda's Dream creates a colourful folklore-style realm for its players to improvise in and make collective sound-imageries together.
Good Winter is a sheer delight where myriad reference collide and co-exist. - Graham Reid, Elsewhere
Leda's Dream...cuts to the very heart of what it means to be a thinking, feeling human...always interesting, and out of that a raw beauty and an honesty arise. - John Fenton - Jazz Local 32
