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The Home of the Blizzard
I’m in Byron Bay at the home of Romono Crivici and Carla Thackrah, writing this after our soundcheck for The Home of Blizzard, their powerful film about Antarctica. I’ve been invited to perform with them as part of the Bangalow Film Festival, and it feels very special to be here. As always, rehearsing with film… Read more
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Gift from student
My percussion students gave this to me from our Japan tour in December 2025. They kept doing gacha until they collected all the parts, and it ended up costing around 60 dollars. It’s very sweet. Read more
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QMA finalist 2026
Shugorei was nominated as a finalist in two categories at the 2026 Queensland Music Awards. We’ll find out the winners on the 22nd of April at the QMA ceremony. Fingers crossed! Read more
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Happy New Year 2026
Happy New Year! Looking back, 2025 was an incredibly busy year for me, flowing straight into 2026. My school job kept me especially busy due to a band tour, and in December (from the 4th to the 20th) we travelled to Japan and Taiwan. During the tour, I was able to reconnect with old university… Read more
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Reflections on Shugorei’s First Self-Organised Concert
Recently (Sat 4th Oct 2025), Shugorei held our very first concert that we organised entirely by ourselves — from booking the venue to managing every detail. The last time I personally organised a concert was my debut solo recital in 2006, followed by an improvised performance for electronics, piano, and percussion in 2007, and a… Read more
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Memories of Magic – coming soon
Album release date – 25th September 2025 Album Launch party – 4th October 2025 Noz, Tom, and an extraordinary group of ten collaborating musicians from around Australia, invoke a prodigious number and variety of instruments: more keyboard percussion than you could shake a stick at; frog guiros; thunder tube; guzheng; baryton; rebek; gamelan; timpani; classical… Read more
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