Amazing weekend of performances at SoundOut 2026

01 Feb '26

I had an amazing weekend performing at SoundOut 2026 at the ANU Drill Hall Gallery performing with some incredible Australian and international musicians. SoundOut is described as “one of the gateway exploratory music-art events in Australia” and a gem in Canberra’s yearly music schedule.

I was lucky enough to perform wonderful sets with Jesse Twomey, Yichen Wang, Ben Carey, Jamie Lambert, Peter Bruun, Rhys Butler, Phil Durrant, Laura Altman and Nicci Haynes. It was wonderful to perform with these folks including some I hadn’t met before and some very old friends!

Especially cool this year to show off two new instruments designed in the ANU SMCClab with Yichen Wang. We have been working hard in the lab to design new ways to build musical instruments involving AI and machine learning technologies.

Huge thanks to Richard Johnson for inviting me to be a part of this SoundOut and congratulations on another amazing festival!

Here’s a few images…

Yichen Wang and Jesse Twomey setting up for performance.

My instrument throughout the festival: IMPSYpi intelligent instrument platform plus Roland S-1 synth and Keith McMillen QuNeo

blinky lights

Ben Carey and Rhys Butler preparing for our ensemble performance.

Yichen Wang's performance rig

Quintet in performance

Large group packing up at the end of the festival.