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these past months have been a blur of planes, poems, and polar patterns of sound — birthday beaches in Thailand, sticky nights in Bangkok, elephants in Chiang Mai 🐘, then on to misty Scottish hills, old family hearths, and Fringe chaos under Arthur’s Seat 🏴.
from there: York, where I deepened my ambisonic practice among ivy-covered studios and Viking echoes. Birmingham brought speakers like constellations, BEAST shows, Tolkien woods, and slow field recordings under a quieter autumn sky 🍂.
somewhere in between: ruined pianos, sacred ruins, synchronicities with strangers who weren’t strangers after all.
travels and performances in the Philippines, a new improvisation duo with Keira Simmons, musical direction at Adelaide Cabaret Festival, installations and presentations at ISEA 2024, surround sound works at Chamber Music Adelaide Festivals, and more!
A recap on Jan-April 2024, featuring my Arts SA Fellowship, performances in Adelaide Festival, cross-continental ruined piano exchanges, interstate artist residencies, and more!
The year’s almost over, and there’s plenty that’s filled the past few months – here’s a little synopsis of what I’ve been up to…
In July, I started a new position as Research Associate on joined a new Australian Research Council-funded project at The University of Adelaide, ‘Fine Tuning: A Reconciliation of Indigenous and Western Musical Traditions’.
This important project explores the musical tuning systems of several First Nations’ songlines...
FEATURED PoDCAST:
The APple AND BISCUIT SHOW
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Tutorial for the Handbook for Acoustic Ecology (2025)
A 12-part course by Barry Truax starting May 25, delivered by Jesse Budel for Pacific time-zone participants
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Murray Bridge Piano Sanctuary
an ephemeral sculpture park in Murray Bridge, South Australia
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Considering Matthew Shepard // Adelaide, October 23
A modern-day passion that reaches through tragedy to find peace, understanding and life-affirming joy.
7:30pm October 12-14 2023
Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide -
Channelling Dulcie's Piano: How the River Taught the Piano To Sing
An 8-day, 2500-kilometre journey along the riverlines of the Murray-Darling basin, featuring Vanessa Tomlinson, Jesse Budel, Greg Harm and Dulcie the pianola
Events
Join COMA for their COMA Curated program this September, curated by sound artist and composer Jesse Budel. This special edition features a dynamic lineup of performances that delve into experimental and ecologically-engaged music practices in Australia…
Join COMA for their COMA Curated program this September, curated by sound artist and composer Jesse Budel. This special edition features a dynamic lineup of performances that delve into experimental and ecologically-engaged music practices in Australia…