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Andi Chorley Jul 1, 2025

Ended yesterday and started today after a swim with Network of Lines by Tilman Robinson, released in 2013 on Listen/Hear Collective.

Network of Lines, the debut album from Melbourne composer/sound designer Tilman Robinson, was written in response to “If On a Winter’s Night a Traveller” by Italo Calvino. The work sonically responds to the themes and spirit of this postmodern classic, basing its form around the unique narrative structure of the novel.

Commissioned in 2012 by APRA and the Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival

Tilman Robinson (laptop/trombone)
Peter Knight (laptop/trumpet)
Callum G’froerer (trumpet)
Erkki Veltheim (violin)
Judith Hamann (cello)
Brett Thompson (guitar/banjo)
Berish Bilander (piano)
Sam Zerna (bass)
Hugh Harvey (drums)

- Bandcamp

https://tilmanrobinson.bandcamp.com/album/network-of-lines

#TilmanRobinson #italocalvino #austrialianjazz #jazz #2013inmusic #trombone

Andi Chorley Jun 18, 2025

Welcomed sleep and greeted the new day after a walk with Tilman Robinson’s third album, CULTURECIDE released on Bedroom Community in 2020.

" [it is] is an investigation of the anthropocene; a seven part lamentation for our chaotic world.

CULTURECIDE is a rich sonic collage, harvesting sounds from a range sources including field recordings, medical machines that monitor the human body, traditional instruments and synthesisers, often melted electronically. The result is an unsettling paradox with sounds constantly on the edge of recognition. Each piece references a specific socio-political issue ranging from colonialism to neo-liberalism to climate change to the impending singularity of humans and machines. Far from answering these questions, CULTURECIDE invites us to meditate on their place in our life and achieve personal understanding..." - Bandcamp

https://tilmanrobinson.bandcamp.com/album/culturecide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCM1va7OmJc&list=PL7qrf644fQkb9GrscChVBrD0SafPPNQHi&index=1

#TilmanRobinson #anthropocene #lament #2020 #BedroomCommunity