Today is the day!

after a very busy last few weeks, today is the start of lines of flight, and it is a glorious sunny morning in Dunedin. : )

lets see, what other information is there to know.
- there will be $30 festival passes available at the first show.
- we will have some transport at the end of each evening to help people get back into town.
- campbell walker is doing a film to accompany lee noyes and radio cegeste.
- first band will be on by 8.30 each night.
- sign of the hag includes dan beban from orchestra of spheres, and they use spinning wheels (!)
...- mela is helen greenfield from chch, who did a beautiful cathedral music set using old analogue synths at the last lines of flight.
- kusum normoyle is not to be missed!!
- the dead c were the final act at the uk all tomorrows parties festival a few years ago, immediately following the stooges and sonic youth.
- peter stapleton's drumming in eye is amazing.
- i could rave on but you get the picture - every show has a great lineup, and to see all four shows will push you into an alternate universe where you may remain for the rest of your life.
see you there!
: )

Lines of Flight - Line-ups!

Okay, after much wrestling and fine-tuning we have the confirmed lineups for the four Lines of Flight shows. They are as follows:


Thursday 24th March, 8pm at Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers
- Seht (Wgtn)
- Lee Noyes and Radio Cegeste (Dun)
- Sign of the Hag (Wgtn)
- Eye (Dun)


Friday 25th March, 8pm at Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers
- Mela (Chch)
- Our Love Will Destroy the World (Wgtn)
- Kusum Normoyle (Sydney)
- Dead C (Dn/Chch)


Saturday 26th March, 2pm at Masonic Lodge, Port Chalmers
- The Forgotten Guests (Dun)
- Alastair Galbraith (Dun)
- Hi-Asobi (Peter Wright, Antony Milton, David Kahn) (Chch)


Saturday 26th March, 8pm at Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers
- Stanier Black-Five (Chch)
- Pumice (Auck)
- Rosy Parlane (Auck)
- Futurians (Dun)


All great lineups, and we can't wait! Many acts will be accompanied by films, and we'll talk more about this in the coming weeks. The opening act Seht will be accompanied by a new film by Dunedin artist/filmmaker/musician Kim Pieters, specially made for Lines of Flight.

We'll sort out some transport options for people getting back into town at the end of the nights, as we did last time. More information will be posted on this later. For those out-of-towners who don't know, Port Chalmers is 10 minutes drive out of Dunedin along the west side of the harbour.

Keep checking the blog as we will continue to update information as it comes to hand.

lof

Lines of Flight update

Okay, let's get this blog happening. It is 24 days til the festival, and we have pretty much finalised the line-ups for each of the four shows.

We'll post them in the next day or two, but highlights include Wellington's Seht opening the festival with a beautiful Kim Pieters film on the Thursday night, the mighty Dead C closing out the Friday night after Sydney's Kusum Normoyle shakes up the crowd, Alastair Galbraith doing a very rare performance of his fire organ at the Port Chalmers Masonic Lodge on the Saturday afternoon, and Dunedin's finest sci-fi punk band The Futurians finishing things off on Saturday night in joyous fashion.

We send our thoughts to everyone up in Christchurch, and this includes several of the acts in this year's line-up. We look forward to having them down here, and making them part of this community.

Sadly Omit has had to omit himself from the line-up (to his disappointment), but we have 15 acts and they are all unmissable. From now on this blog and the accompanying facebook page (note to self - set up facebook page) will be regularly updated, so keep checking in, and circulate this to everyone you know.

lof2011

Second Announcement

We can now add to the list of Lines of Flight performers Dunedin's great sci-fi / punk / futurist / primitive / experimental band The Futurians, Auckland's outsider free folk one-man-band Pumice, minimalist laptop musician Rosy Parlane (also from Auckland) and Wellington's enigmatic acoustic experimentalists Sign of the Hag.

The line-up is incredibly strong this time around, and we can't wait until next March. We'll do a blurb about each artist in the next month or so, for those of you unfamiliar with some of the names. Until then, here is the current lineup:


- The Dead C
- Alastair Galbraith
- Omit
- Our Love Will Destroy the World
- Eye
- Kannazuki (Peter Wright, Antony Milton and David Kahn)
- Kusum Normoyle (Australia)
- Stanier Black-Five
- Mela
- Seht (with Kim Pieters)
- The Forgotten Guests
- The Futurians
- Pumice
- Rosy Parlane
- Sign of the Hag

The festival is to be held at Chicks Hotel in Port Chalmers, just 10 minutes drive out of Dunedin, Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Dates are 24th, 25th and 26th March 2011.

Book your flights now!

First Announcement

We're very excited to announce the first acts confirmed for Lines of Flight 2011. The festival is to be held at Chicks Hotel in Port Chalmers, just 10 minutes drive out of Dunedin, Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Dates are 24th, 25th and 26th March 2011.

Line-up confirmed so far:

- The Dead C
- Alastair Galbraith
- Omit
- Our Love Will Destroy the World
- Eye
- Kannazuki (Peter Wright, Antony Milton and David Kahn)
- Kusum Normoyle (Australia)
- Stanier Black-Five
- Mela
- Seht (with Kim Pieters)
- The Forgotten Guests

There are several more to be confirmed, but this should get you salivating! Lines of Flight was first held in 2000 as a festival for experimental/improvised music and film, and this will be the 6th time it has been held. It is part of the Dunedin Fringe Festival, and showcases the finest in New Zealand sonic exploration.

The three evening shows will be at the historic Chicks Hotel, and the Saturday day-time show will be at the Port Chalmers Masonic Lodge (another wonderful space).

All out-of-town and overseas people keen to experience this amazing event should book flights now!

Stay tuned for more announcements in the next week or two.

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