JOLT TOURING FESTIVAL DAY 1JOLT TOURING FESTIVAL DAY 1

Live: Phew + Rokapenis Black Zenith Amplified Elephants Philip Brophy DJ: Evil Penguin To reserve a 2 DAY PASS: please send a mail with the subject header "JOLT TOURING FESTIVAL PASS" to [jolt2015@super-deluxe.com](mailto:jolt2015@super-deluxe.com), including your name, phone number, and the number of passes you wish to reserve. Organized by: Jolts Arts Inc. / Test Tone / The Click Clack Project [joltarts.org](http://www.joltarts.org) [www.test-tone.com](http://www.test-tone.com) Artist Information: PHEW  Legendary Japanese avant-garde vocalist Phew first gained notoriety as a member of the art punk band Aunt Sally in the 1970s, who were pushing the realms of no-wave motorik at a time where there were few contenders. In the 1980s and 1990s she collaborated with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Can, Anton Fier and the former members of DAF and Einstürzende Neubauten to create a body of work that has gone a long way to define this period of Japanese avant pop. Continuing her collaborative activity with the groups Novo Tono, Phew Unit, Big Picture (featuring the likes of Otomo Yoshihide, Seiichi Yamamoto and Masahiro Uemura) and Most, she has continued to push the boundaries of experimental punk rock well into this millenium. Her solo performances have likewise stayed ahead of the times, inspiring a new generation of listeners to discover her extraordinarily influential music for the first time. VIDEO: [https://youtu.be/CC6TTXILvTI](https://youtu.be/CC6TTXILvTI) [www.japanimprov.com/phew](http://www.japanimprov.com/phew) ROKAPENIS  Since 1999, visual artist Yohei Saito has been active with a bewildering array of video work, from his longstanding collaboration with dance group Baby Q, to handling big-screen visuals at major outdoor festivals, to his mind-bending speed collages with grind-metal karaokeist Maruosa. In recent years, he heads up V.I.I.M, a large-scale performance showcase for video work, remarkable for its sheer chutzpah. In addition to his growing profile internationally, he is also the go-to visual collaborator for bands like World's End Girlfriend and THE LEFTY in Japan. In 2014, he teamed up with Akita Masami (Merzbow) and Muneomi Senju (ex-Boredoms) as part of JOLT's Machinations Touring Festival. VIDEO: [https://youtu.be/PHirBKDv2U0](https://youtu.be/PHirBKDv2U0) [www.rokapenis.com](http://www.rokapenis.com) BLACK ZENITH  An audio-visual duo comprised of Darren Moore and Brian O'Reilly, Black Zenith's work investigates the intersecting points between electronic music, improvisation and abstract moving images. Integral to their work is the use analog modular synthesizers that generate live visuals through the transformation of audio signals into images. They investigate the symbiotic relationship between sound and image, considering each element as of equal importance in the output. Black Zenith draws as much influence from noise and electroacoustic music traditions as they do from the foundations of abstract video art. VIDEO: [https://youtu.be/KZJ7j7GFZyI](https://youtu.be/KZJ7j7GFZyI) [www.black-zenith.com](http://www.black-zenith.com) PHILIP BROPHY  A founding member of →↑→ (aka Tsk-Tsk-Tsk) in the 1970s, and after a series of experimental short features in the 1980s, Philip Brophy (musician, composer, sound designer, filmmaker, writer) made his feature directorial debut with Body Melt in 1993. He has acted as composer and sound designer on most of his films, and numerous other shorts. He was also director of the Cinesonic International Conference on Film Scores & Sound Design and has edited 3 books from the conference. Brophy continues to lecture and present on film sound and music internationally, specializing in horror, sex & exploitation, film sound & music and Japanese animation. He is widely published in all three areas, and his book 100 MODERN SOUNDTRACKS has been translated and published into Japanese. His most recent books are 100 ANIME and PRISCILLA. [www.philipbrophy.com](http://www.philipbrophy.com) AMPLIFIED ELEPHANTS  The Amplified Elephants are an ensemble for sound artists with an intellectual disability. Initiated by the Footscray Community Arts Centre (FCAC) and James Hullick in 2006, the Amplified Elephants form a core component of FCAC’s Artlife Program. In 2010 the Amplified Elephants where one of three feature ensembles in the inaugural year of The Click Clack Project’s artistic program. During this year they were mentored by the professional musicians of the BOLT Ensemble. Through Click Clack, the Elephants developed and performed several new works, both in collaboration with the BOLT Ensemble and the Noise Scavengers (teen sound artists from Northern Geelong). In partnership with JOLT Arts, many Elephants’ projects have been toured internationally and presented in prominent Australian venues. Since 2007 the Amplified Elephants have delivered a range of projects increasingly ambitious in scale that often feature sonic technology: Cranky Robotics (2007); Interactacon (2007); The NIS (fortyfivedownstairs 2009; Monuments (2010) and The Mountain (2010), EXTREMITIES (Japan 2012), MONOLITHICA (Federation Square 2012), THE NIS (FCAC 2013), Sonic Flock (Federation Square 2013), Shimmersong (NGV 2013) and MachiNATIONS International Tour (London, Edinburgh, Tokyo 2014), RE:EVOLITION (Melbourne Festival 2014), SELECT NATURALIS (BIFEM 2015). VIDEO: [https://youtu.be/q6fnf57mdKI](https://youtu.be/q6fnf57mdKI) [www.clickclackproject.org/amplified-elephants/63](http://www.clickclackproject.org/amplified-elephants/63)