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Vegetable.machine.animal Guest National Tour - Kirikiriroa/Hamilton

When
Fri Jul 18th, 2025
Where
Last Place,
Hamilton, Waikato

Doors open
9:00pm
Gig starts
9:30pm
Entry
R18
Cover charge*
$15
*Guide only - booking fees may apply
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Audio Foundation & Skirted Records are thrilled to present..
vegetable.machine.animal - 'Guest' album release gig
featuring

vegetable.machine.animal
Moon Hotene
Halcyon Birds

vegetable.machine.animal
A live conversation between plants, fungi, machines, and human musicians
What would it sound like if we could interact musically with plants and fungi—if humans stopped to listen and respond? vegetable.machine.animal is an interspecies improvisational trio exploring this question through a hybrid sonic language of biosignals, modular synthesis, and live drums.
Led by drummer Kieran Monaghan, the project transforms living data from plants and fungi into voltage, translated into sound via modular synthesizer. Monaghan responds in real time, creating a feedback loop between human, organism, and machine.

Their debut album, GUEST, was recorded during the 2024 Sonic Artist Residency (Creative New Zealand / NZSM / Toi Pōneke) and emerged through open-ended, intuitive sessions. A diverse group of collaborators was invited to join the process, including Kedron Parker, Nico Buhne, Bill Wood, Ruby Solly, Indigique Brown, David Long, Andrew Faleatua, Andy Wright, Gemma Thompson, Timothy Morel, Mo H. Zareei, Tae Kyung Seo, Issac Smith, and Chrissie Butler.
Rather than guiding the music, contributors were invited to follow it—adding their voices to a living, shifting ecology of sound. The result is an album that is rhythmic, irregular, immersive, and alive.

GUEST is co-released by Audio Foundation Records (Tāmaki Makaurau) and skirted Records
(Te Whanganui-a-Tara).

KIERAN MONAGHAN
Kieran Monaghan is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist, writer, recording artist and sound engineer based in Te Whanganui-A-Tara. He is a prolific creative and organiser, with an irrepressible DIY ethic, known for his experimental and innovative approach to performance and sound making.

Moon Hotene
Solo perform with original songs reminiscent of Adrienne Lenker.

Halcyon Birds
Local darlings of the Kirikiriroa music scene, Halcyon Birds are no strangers to local events and festivals.

'GUEST' is available on LP, CD & digital download

Links
mrsterileassembly.bandca...
halcyonbirds.bandcamp.com
Tags
alternative, country/folk, pop, punk/hardcore, vegetable.machine.animal, Moon Hotene, Halcyon Birds

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