'Trans(port)(l)ation', the new exhibition by Mario van Horrik and Petra Dubach, opens tomorrow from 5:30pm. We hope to see you there
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For independent and adventurous visions, creative engagement & critical exploration in sound and music from Aotearoa/NZ. www.audiofoundation.org.nz
💿 NEW AFRECORDS RELEASE 💿 ‘Ecstatic Ballads for Broken Hearts’ by Love Cry Aotearoa Initiated by Singapore based saxophonist Tim O’Dwyer, Love Cry is an ongoing performance project in which sentimental Asian ballads are reinterpreted through the ecstatic and explosive vocabulary of free jazz
Ecstatic Ballads for Broken Hearts, by Tim O'Dwyer & Love Cry Aotearoa
4 track album
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After 20 years as a trustee, Andrew McMillan has finished his tenure on the AF board. His advocacy and dedication have helped shape and sustain this organisation for two decades, we simply wouldn't be where we are without him. Thank you, Andrew, for everything you've given to AF and our community!
@audio-foundation.bsky.social bring you Regional Discrepancies 2026 — four evenings of New Noises In Tāmaki Makaurau 🔊 Feat. Japanese snare drum soloist Ryosuke Kiyasu, Bruce Russell & Robbie Yeats, Omit, Shayne P. Carter & Kraus, Chris Smith + many more! Starts TONIGHT, get tickets via UTR.
Regional Discrepancies 2026 Announced ft. Ryosuke Kiyasu (JPN), Shayne P. Carter & Kraus, Bruce Russell & Robbie Yeats + More
Spotlighting New Noises from Ōtepoti, Ōtautahi , Te Waiharakeke, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Tāmaki Makaurau, Naarm & Japan at Audio Foundation and Whammy Bar.
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A taste of what's to come from New York's Ka Baird next weekend! Thursday 16th: With Rosy Parlane Friday 17th: With Hermione Johnson & Rāhana Tito-Taylor Tickets from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social
Ka Baird - Bearings: A Live Performance
YouTube video by RVNG Intl.
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📄 New critical writing now on the Soundbleed Online Journal: ‘Modes of Worlding in Electronic Music: How a Deeper Engagement with Process can Help Loosen the Grip of Capitalist Realism’ by Lucy Reid. Read here: soundbleed.org.nz/LUCY-REID-MO...
The Great Unlearning brings together four AUT doctoral researchers working across sound, installation, and visual art. Opens: Wednesday 8 July, 5.30pm, with refreshments by Liberty Breweries Hours: 12 – 4pm, Wednesday – Saturday Closes: Saturday 1 August
NYC composer / sound designer / body musician Ka Baird (RVNG Intl.) performs at @audio-foundation.bsky.social in Tāmaki Makaurau this winter — solo on 16th July plus with Hermione Johnson & Rāhana Tito-Taylor on 17th July! Get tickets via UTR.
Two Nights With Ka Baird (USA) - Auckland Events Announced
NYC composer / sound designer / body musician performs at Audio Foundation in July.
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Audio Foundation presents Saturday Winter Series #4! With The Rogg Roger Manins – saxophone Wil Goodison – double bass Finn McNeill – drums Saturday 27 June, 4PM @ Audio Foundation Koha entry
This residency is open to sound artists and researchers – merging, emerging, submerging, early, mid, or late career. The aim is to provide sound artists an enclave to work in, as well as an opportunity to activate the Auckland Old Folks Association hall in a new way audiofoundation.org.nz/residency
📡 NEW AFM BROADCAST 📡 REUBEN THE ORGANIZER: INVITED OR NOT, THE DIVINE WILL BE PRESENT This powerful motif anchors a 40-minute broadcast composition by Brazilian artist Reuben the Organizer, with contributions from singer Lea Taragona and percussionist Igor Souza Streaming all June afm.org.nz
THE LOOM #18 Tāmaki Oro Rau Taonga Pūoro & Synths Tāmaki Oro Rau are an Auckland-based collective dedicated to the resurgence and rēhia of taonga pūoro, customary Māori instruments @undertheradarnz.bsky.social pre-sales $20 Door Sales $25 Waged/$15 Unwaged Members Free
@audio-foundation.bsky.social presents Regional Discrepancies 2026 this July — featuring Japanese snare drum soloist Ryosuke Kiyasu (SETE STAR SEPT, Fushitsusha), Shayne P. Carter & Kraus, Dead C's Bruce Russell & Robbie Yeats + many more! Season passes & nightly tickets available now via UTR ✨
Regional Discrepancies 2026 Announced ft. Ryosuke Kiyasu (JPN), Shayne P. Carter & Kraus, Bruce Russell & Robbie Yeats + More
Spotlighting New Noises from Ōtepoti, Ōtautahi , Te Waiharakeke, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Tāmaki Makaurau, Naarm & Japan at Audio Foundation and Whammy Bar.
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Paradox Princess declares "ALL MY BADDIES WANT LAND BACK!!!" in the Tāmaki-based digital punk's new anthem 'too much'. Catch Paradox Princess at @audio-foundation.bsky.social this Friday with Parakozm & Distracted! Get tickets via UTR 🚌
Paradox Princess Shares Single & Video 'Too Much'
Playing at Auckland's Audio Foundation this Friday with Parakozm and Distracted.
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We're pleased to share our Gallery Programme for August – December 2026. More information at www.audiofoundation.org.nz/programmes/e...
🍂 Autumn 2026 Artist in Residence: Pat Kraus From May 19th-29th Pat will be working with multi-track tape loops, and exploring some of the recent donations to the MEL library, including vintage synthesizers, effects and drum machines.
Tomorrow from 8pm! Limited Capacity Pre-sales $20 from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social Door Sales $25 Waged/$15 Unwaged Members Free
Tonight with Ov Pain (AUS/NZ), Ducklingmonster + Mercy Hospice Friday 1 May, 8PM @ Audio Foundation Presales $16.50 + BF from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social $25 on door, members free
📄 New Critical Writing now on the Soundbleed Online Journal: ‘<BIONATE> SOUNDS=ORBS' by NEONATUS.EXE ------------------ Initiate portals ↴↴↴↴ soundbleed.org.nz/NEONATUS-BIO...
NEONATUS – BIONATE — Soundbleed Online Journal
NEONATUS <BIONATE> SOUNDS = ORBS This is the general life cycle of orbs NEW = making/messing around ((live/on ableton/together or apart))((sometimes finding...
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Friday 8 May, 8PM @ Audio Foundation @undertheradarnz.bsky.social $15 / Door sales $20 / Unwaged $10 Members Free
An insane local lineup is assembling for A Black Line Is A Black Hole That Went For A Walk — ft. Dick Move, Grecco Romank, TOOMS & Trioglodyte at Silo 6 in Wynyard Quarter this Sunday! A vortex of sound and motion conceived by ADJunct & presented by @audio-foundation.bsky.social, get tix via UTR.
A Black Line Is A Black Hole That Went For A Walk - Silo 6, Auckland
A Black Line Is A Black Hole That Went For A Walk, Silo 6, Auckland Sun, 19 April
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Tonight! @undertheradarnz.bsky.social presales $16.50 +BF $25 on door full, $20 concession Members free
AF presents…. from the team who presented 2025’s stunning Mass Pointillistic Tryptych – A Black Line is a Black Hole That Went for a Walk A vortex of sound and motion conceived by ADJunct. $20 Presales from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social Members free
📄 New review now on the Soundbleed Online Journal: ‘Observations of the 3rd Aotearoa International Festival of Secret(e) Sounds’ by Joshua Taylor. Read the full piece here: soundbleed.org.nz/Joshua-Taylor
@audio-foundation.bsky.social presents A Black Line is a Black Hole That Went for a Walk — a vortex of sound & motion conceived by ADJunct, featuring live performances by Dick Move, Grecco Romank, TOOMS, Trioglodyte + more at Tāmaki Makaurau's Silo 6 on 19th April! Get tickets NOW via UTR.
A Black Line Is A Black Hole That Went For A Walk - Silo 6, Auckland
A Black Line Is A Black Hole That Went For A Walk, Silo 6, Auckland Sun, 19 April
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📡 NEW AFM BROADCAST 📡 A series of audio essays by Stephanie Hanna in which reflections on collective social crises are woven into a dynamic soundscape of ASMR-triggering field recordings drawing from urban, natural, and working environments. Streaming all of April on afm.org.nz
TONIC are thrilled to be putting on their first tour and inviting Australian producer Insula to Aotearoa for their first tour of Aotearoa, playing five shows in Te-Ika-a-Māui Support from Ludus, Hasji, Kraus Saturday 4 April, 7:30 @ AF Tickets from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social
A dedicated listening experience built around Matt Sephton’s debut album VĀ, a place-based album of nature-driven electronic music created during a residency in Samoa in 2025. Saturday 18 April, 5pm @ Audio Foundation Koha
Support acts announced for Eliana Glass (USA) Thursday 12 March: Sean Martin-Buss - solo guitar Friday 13 March: Motoko Kikkawa & Eamon Edmundsen-Wells - violin & double bass duo www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDVD...
Eliana Glass 'Shrine' [Official Video]
YouTube video by Shelter Press
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