Sonus Biota - Round 001

About

Sonus Biota is a collaboration between Machines Don't Judge and The Signal Path, created as an outlet to showcase the vast talents of Melbourne's live electronic musicians. No genre code, no dress code, just good vibes and great music, and its free! But what exactly is Sonus Biota? Sonus — Latin for sound, noise, tone, pitch and the distinctive character of a voice. Biota — derived from the Ancient Greek biotē, meaning way of life, from bios, meaning life. Together, an ecosystem of organic living sound begins to emerge. An environment where sonic species thrive, strange creatures come out to play and musical habitats evolve throughout the night. Some are experimental, some are glitchy, some are downright ferocious and are best observed after dark. Our journey follows the linear geometry of the letter W. We'll start with a bang as Made In Space kicks things into motion, then descend into the sublime experimental habitats of Artpunk and David Prescott-Steed, before Lincoln Webber attempts to disrupt the ecosystem with some unruly glitch. Neko Devyn will restore balance with some seriously groovy coolness, before Mr. Rachele, Caity Watson and Shay Doe lead us into the final ascent with a pumping dose of hard-ass techno. So whether you're nocturnal, diurnal or just plain confused, there's a habitat here for you. Sonus Biota. Brought to you by the letter W, the number 909, and the seriously questionable science of electronic music ecology.