Music

Lush, cross-pollinated soul and jazz from an arch-top guitar and Finn's pipes.

Three aeolian harp-sculptures (which will be played by the wind), accompanied by harpist Genevieve Fry.

One of the state's most accomplished composers and jazz musicians, and a piano.

'Sonic guides' here to take you on a little trip: ambient textures, experimental rhythms, electronic melodies. Maybe some cryptic prophesies, too.

Otherworldly mix-and-match sounds from classical instruments (including sitar, tabla, Indian violin, harp and flute), five-string bass and synth.

Tapir are 'a pair of herbivorous ungulates who steer a course between summoning up mirage-like soundscapes from some hidden world, and pitching headlong into the deepest of grooves.'

Energetic, expressive jazz and blues.

Okinawan folk songs for sanshin and vocals.

Maverick songwriter / producer Jethro crafts beguiling, off-kilter recordings moored by pleasing melodies and spools of 24-track instrumentation.

Guitar and vocals that vary from intimate to expansive, coloured with flecks of psychedelic folk, alt-country, and art pop.

Emotive tales of grief and acceptance in the mould of the folk icons of old, backed by her debuting new band.

Proud Yuwaalaraay man (and fifteen year Tassie transplant) Warren—who's the brains / muscle behind Tin Camp Studios—is joined by teacher, healer and musician Donna for some songs and stories.

Aphex meets pop, plus noise. 'Intelligible pop songs that are more primeval than poetic'.

Groove and alt-jazz originals exploring themes of self-discovery, nostalgia, and sometimes bugs.

Coral Sculptures live by the credo of 'Eat. Pray. Shoegaze.' Swirling, ethereal vocals with loping shoegaze pulse and melodic basslines.

Haunting vocal melodies and French spoken word reverberate over electronic pulses and synth passages.

Brooding, experimental quartet blending darkwave, post-punk and industrial rock.

Hypnotic improvised sounds for violin, piano, drums (Bing) and guitar, piano and drums (Santospirito). Noise, improv, jazz.

Lead by Melbourne based drummer Liam O'Leary, LCO Trio will take you through the sights and sounds of some original and standard jazz music with some of Hobart's finest home grown local musicians.

Tenacious, high-energy improvisers fusing hip-hop, post-punk and funk.

Techno-factory: live bass from Graham Meredith, plus keyboards and vocals over prerecorded sounds composed by Comrad Xero themselves.

An improv band with a philosophy of musical risk-taking, who are aiming to reach an alternate sonic universe.

A big, hand-built sound system that'll be pumping out family-friendly day-party jams. Dub, reggae, roots, plus the odd cultural offshoot.

Absurdist rockers straddling the line between post-punk and pub rock. Imagine John Clarke riffing over a slightly warped Minutemen cassette.

lutruwita / Tasmania-based singer-songwriter, sound artist and researcher who spends her time touring, making billypots of beans, drinking tea and capturing field recordings.

Not easily pigeon-holed, but if you were going to, you'd probably say post-punk wrapped in a cloak of alt-folk (from a young woman trying to find her place in the world).

A 'tropical boom experience full of fiery colourfulness and boneshaking rhythms' inspired by—and maintaining—the folkloric rhythms of coastal Colombia.

RnB and jazzy space jams. Might get a bit goth-y (in a good way).

Innovative soundscapes from the bleeding edge of IDM and experimental electronic. A hybrid performance of live stuff and DJ work.

Heartfelt blends of blues, folk and pop, layered with stirring electropop-esque rhythms and moody counter-melodies.

Captivating, ethereal emotionally charged solo stuff from an accomplished ex-Boorloo / Perth songwriter.

JP leads a jazz-posse with his elite guitar skills.

Instrumental wizardry and vocal harmonies ft. mandolin, fiddle and guitar. Bluegrass, oldtime, swing.

Ex-Queensland punks making music to get your mum pogoing.

Trip-hop, shoegaze and hints of Britpop through a dense wash of synth, guitar and beats.

Your 'new-wave pop-rock neighbours in short shorts and sneakers, asking risqué questions over the scraggly fences of nipaluna / Hobart'. Vocal pizazz, synths, plenty of dancing.

Murder ballads: subwoofer-boosted accordion, twanging gourd banjo licks played on a fretless children's Stratocaster, vintage synths controlled by a violin, and an Argentinian bombo fashioned into a drumkit.