At the beginning of 2022, Beyond the Lake were the recipients of a Creative Victoria ‘Music Works’ grant, which has enabled us to record our next body of work. Our vision for this next album will see us team up with some of Victoria’s most creatively diverse and musical minds.
‘Transience’ the journal
Parvyn and Josh Bennett
“For me, collaboration is all about listen-respond-listen-respond, with a “Yes! and…” approach to take what other people offer with positivity and openness.”
Carl Pannuzzo
“No words are spoken, no parameters, decisions, concepts or directives - simply to be there, listen and respond, to every sound you hear, sometimes in a split second, with very little conscious thought.”
Simon Mavin & Paul Bender
“Recording with Nick and Anita was such a breath of fresh air - no expectations, just pure listening and reacting, the best of the improvisational experience.’
Cristian Barbieri & Xani Kolac
“Deep Listening is listening in every possible way to everything possible to hear no matter what you are doing.” (Pauline Oliveros)
Alon Ilsar
The AirSticks combine the physicality of drumming with the unlimited possibilities of computer music,
The nine musicians involved in this project include drummer/percussionist David Jones, Simon Mavin and Paul Bender (Hiatus Kaiyote), Parvyn Singh and Josh Bennett, Carl Pannuzzo, Xani Kolac and Cristian Barbieri, and composer and inventor of the AirSticks Alon Ilsar. While it’s indeed a wonderfully eclectic bunch of musicians all coming together from different creative and cultural backgrounds, the one common thing that binds us all is a desire to create from an inherently personal and intuitive space.
To document the creative process of working with these fine artists, we’ve created this page so you can join us on this journey.