Pyramid Power Festival Day 1

Pyramid Power 2019!!
Pyramid Club Festival of Adventurous Music!

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Pyramid Club is very pleased to announce that the Pyramid Power Festival is happening 1-4 May 2019.

The four day festival will be a full-on blast of sonic exploration, featuring a huge range of artists from Wellington and around NZ. The festival is being run at Pyramid Club, Thistle Hall Gallery and the Third Eye (see below for more programme info). As part of the festival, an exhibition, '40 Years of Wellington's Sonic Underground in Posters', is being held at Thistle Hall Gallery.

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Tickets prices listed below or $45 for festival pass
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Weds 1st May - Festival Opening Night - KOHA

5:30pm @ Thistle Hall Gallery - Exhibition/Festival Opening
6:30pm Lucid Dream Walk Sonic Procession to Pyramid Cub
7:00pm @ Pyramid Club - Sound and Light Exploration Society Open Studio Happening


5:30pm Exhibition opening
40 Years of Wellington's Sonic Underground in Posters

From the first Primitive Art Group posters by Stuart Porter and Anthony Donaldson, the exhibition traces Wellington's creative music community through its poster art. Featuring Braille Collective posters from the 1980s screen printed at The Media Collective, and a huge array of posters from bands and venues including The Space, Happy, Space Thing, Fred's and Pyramid Club.

6:30pm @ Thistle Hall Gallery
Ritual opening May Day performance by Oonaverse followed by the Lucid Dream Walk Sonic Procession to Pyramid Cub led by Erika Grant.

7:00pm @ Pyramid Club
The Sound and Light Exploration Society Open Studio Happening.

Come and explore the rabbit warren that is Pyramid Club. We're opening up all the back rooms and strange dead ends for a group performance event by artists associated with Pyramid Club including ENT, Jonny Marks, Thomas Arbor, Cave n Bush, Birgit Bachler, Daniel Beban, Isaac Smith, Gerard Crewdson, Tom Callwood and others.

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About the Festival

As well as around 40 performances of music (see day-by-day event listings below), Pyramid Power 2019 will feature:

- '40 Years of Wellington's Sonic Underground in Posters' exhibition @ Thistle Hall Gallery 1-4 May 11am-6:30pm.

- 'Inner City Outer Worlds Sound Walk'. Curated by Sonorous Circle, this 45 minute sound walk will explore Upper Cuba Street's back alleys and trace the history of Wellington's creative music community in sound. Available throughout the festival from Thistle Hall Gallery (bring headphones).

- 'Wellington Independent Maker's Market' on Sat 4th 12-5pm @ Thistle Hall Gallery. A chance for you to peruse the wares of local musicians, artists and craftspeople. With performances (see below).

One of the themes of the festival is new collaborations and we have curated some special one-off match-ups that should prove to be fascinating and historic meetings of musical minds:
Motte w/ Omit
King Homeboy w/ Jonny Marks
Jeff Henderson w/ Gamelan Padhang Moncar
Cave Circles w/ Meeps

Composer Rosie Langabeer has been commissioned to write a new piece for large ensemble especially for the festival.

Other performers include K-Group, Negative Nancies, Rachel Shearer, Cave n Bush, Big Flip the Massive, Ursula le Sin, Kraus, Gorge, IRD, Buffalo Bunny, Ludus, Hermione Johnson, Oksun Ox and many more.


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FULL LINE-UP

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Weds 1st May - Festival Opening Night - KOHA
5:30pm @ Thistle Hall Gallery - Exhibition opening

6:30pm @ Thistle Hall Gallery - Ritual opening May Day performance by Oonaverse followed by the Lucid Dream Walk Sonic Procession to Pyramid Cub led by Erika Grant.

7:00pm @ Pyramid Club - The Sound and Light Exploration Society Open Studio Happening.

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Thurs 2 May
12:30pm @ Thistle Hall Gallery KOHA
Peter Daly (viola)/Chris Prosser (violin)/Isaac Smith (dbl bass)

5pm @ Thistle Hall Gallery KOHA
DSLB
Melancholy Babes w/Simon O'Rorke

7:30pm @ Pyramid Club ($15 presales)
K-Group
Motte/Omit
Cave Circles/Meeps
Buffalo Bunny

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Fri 3 May
12:30pm @ Thistle Hall Gallery KOHA
Omit

5pm-6:30pm @ Thistle Hall Gallery KOHA
Richard Maybe's Passion For Nature
Kraus / Elborada / Dalley

7:30pm @ The Third Eye (presales $15)
Rosie Langabeer's Large Ensemble
Hermione Johnson/Anthony Donaldson/Alphabethead
Big Flip the Massive
Spacies
w/ visuals by Lady Lazer Light


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Saturday 4 May
12pm-5pm @ Thistle Hall Gallery
Wellington Independent Makers' Market with performances by
Kraus
Ursula Le Sin
Ludus
Oksun Ox

12pm-5pm @ an undisclosed location near Thistle Hall Gallery:
Sound Noise Bathing with Nell Thomas
20 minute one-to-one sessions
FREE but bookings required text 022 1771645

5pm-6pm @ The Third Eye (presales $10)
Jeff Henderson meets Gamelan Padhang Moncar

7:30pm @ Pyramid Club (presales $15)
Negative Nancies
Rachel Shearer
King Homeboy/Jonny Marks
Gorge
IRD