VIVID LIVE: EVENTS

BORIS

Beautiful drone-makers, Boris are heading out to Australia as part of the Lou Reed-Laurie Anderson curated Vivid Live festival.

Taking place at The Studio, at The Sydney Opera House on May 28, tickets are only $35.

Last year's soundtrack to Jim Jarmusch's film, The Limits of Control was a stand out release for the year, and amongst their prolifically released catalogue, Pink stands as an absolute melodic-drone opus. These guys will be incredible to see perform live.

LOU REED AND METAL MACHINE TRIO

Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music was famously labelled the one of the most unlistenable records ever made by Rolling Stone, and the greatest album ever recorded by Lester Bangs. Its release in 1975 alienated fans who'd latched onto his swaggering rock and roll persona on albums such as Transformer and Berlin. Basically a double album of sped up and slowed down feedback, the record was reviled by most, and passed off as a joke by others. Some thirty years later, the record has proved itself to be a seminal proto-noise piece, paving the way for genres such as industrial, metal and punk rock.

As part of his curation of the Vivid Live festival, Lou Reed will be performing as part of the Metal Machine Trio for one night only at the Opera Theatre in the Opera House, on May 30. Rather than a straight rendition of the controversial, if not seminal, album, Reed and company will be performing an inspired-by set, which takes influence from the thirty year old album. There will be no vocals, and no songs. Reed will take on the duties of guitar and electronics, while cohort Ulrich Kreiger (avant-garde composer) will perform tenor saxophone and live electronics. Completing the trio is Berlin-based electronic artist, Sarah Calhoun, processing and looping and experimenting with a continuum fingerboard.

More information, including tickets, is available at the Vivid Live website.