Thomas Arbor
@thomasarbor
All things music and audio. Film & TV. Nature admiration. Sonorous Circle / Pyramid Club /Aotearoa NZ.
Hara & I are doing a live-score of The Wind (1928) at Embassy next Mon/Tues for the Wellington Film Society ! Pictured: Rara looking effortlessly cool, me hiding the stain on my jersey. Photo by Ben Laksana More info & bookings : wellingtonfilms.nz/films/the-wi...
Mānawatia a Matariki! Gonna be a lovely vibe at Pyramid Club tonight - mulled wine, chai, food to share, Bridget Kelly's Quintet (w/ 3 double basses! harp, reeds, drums) and our community choir. All welcome! 7pm doors, 7.30 start ✨💗
Another cool show at Pyramid Club tonight! Sri Lankan drummer Sumudi Suraweera with locals Bridget Kelly, Isaac Smith, Patrick Bleakley & Rosie Langabeer Tix here: www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/102842/S...
Tonight at Pyramid Club! Japan's Kawol Samarqandi and Perpets (Antony Milton & Zac Winterwood) of Wairarapa. Doors 8pm 🌟
Well that was a beautiful time and fitting finale for Loemis Festival! Huge props to all involved, not least Erika Grant who conjured it, Erica Sklenars who did the projections and Tonic Collective who curated the chill space where I played 🙏💗✨️
Shayne Carter & NZSO was epic! As were Jonny Marks & Isaac Smith who opened. Another ripper from Loemis festival! 💗✨️
So much cool stuff on for Loemis festival - tonight Stroma play Steve Reich, Terry Riley & Phillip Glass with visuals at The Roxy Cinema www.loemis.nz/different-tr...
Stoked to be playing the Tonic stage of this special event at Erskine Chapel on Sunday as part of Loemis festival! ft. Orchestra of Spheres, a taonga pūoro quartet, Ludus, Rizzo and Baroque Voices singing some Hildegard von Bingen! 💗 Sorry it's already sold out... www.loemis.nz/beata-nox
This Sat (20th) at Pyramid Club - a new sextet featuring some of our most intrepid musical explorers: Ghosts of Mt. Kodak : Ant Donaldson (drums), Steve Roche (brass), Jake Baxendale (reeds), Jonny Marks (synth/perc), Tom Callwood (bass) & Dan Beban (guitar) www.pyramidclub.org.nz/ghosts-mount...
I'm playing tonight at Pyramid Club with dear pals Big Sigh, who make gorgeous droney folk. Listen to their beautiful EP released recently through @sunreturn.bsky.social : bigsighnz.bandcamp.com/album/tether Doors 8pm. Tix here: www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/102512/B...
In Rotorua making a surround sound volcano eruption for this show, Tērā te Auahi, in commemoration of the 140th anniversary of the Tarawera eruption. Opens Wednesday! sirhowardmorrisoncentre.co.nz/whats-on/ter...
Umu (Dan Beban & Riki Gooch Pirihi) opening for Flying Lotus in Pōneke last night 💗
Dream Chambers soundchecking at Pyramid Club (doors 8pm!). Listen here: dreamchambers.bandcamp.com/track/resona...
Tonight at Pyramid Club - Hoofschool & Dream Chambers (colourful, kaleidoscopic, analogue synth music) + our debut experimental choir performance! Listen to the lovely new HS album here (mastered by me): hoofschool.bandcamp.com/album/where-...
Today im fly on the wall at the beautiful Armoury studio tracking Otis Chamberlain on drums for the forthcoming Akaname album 🤘https://akaname.bandcamp.com/
Running a show in Mt Vic Quarry today, 4-7pm, koha: Tondo, Bone Chapel & vegetable machine animal. All welcome! www.pyramidclub.org.nz/quarry-conce...
The final show of the year at Pyramid Club tonight! Ft. mHz: The Brutalist Noise Ensemble (electro-mechanical club music) & Te Tumu (experimental, indigenous, slow dance) : tickets from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social / www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/99751/mH... 💗
Tonight at Pyramid Club! Taonga pūoro, electronics and percussion by these 3 lovely mega-talents. Tix here: www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/99615/Al...
Some epic musicianship on display at Pyramid Club tonight with these jazz cats playing tunes from Dave Holland's 1988 album, Triplicate. Tix here: www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/99396/Li...
Another Shayne Carter appearance at Pyramid Club this Saturday - this time with two saxophonists and noisey electronics, with support from Fizzface. Tix here: www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/99318/Th...
Pics from the Journey of Scent launch last night - these are some of the one-off perfumes made by the legend Nathan Taare / Of Body for the series (which is out on RNZ from this Monday!) 👃❤️
Another masterful work by Katie Wolfe (The Haka Party Incident) - always finding artful ways to tell the stories of this place! Profound and often hilarious with brilliant performances and design. Go see it!
Sup Tāmaki? Here til Monday, pls holla with your food & event tips! (Already booked Exploding Rainbow Orchestra, Tiri: Te Araroa & Kirikiriroa sidequest)
Tonight at Pyramid! Ft. screen composers Stephen Gallagher (LoTR) & David Long (The Luminaries) fresh from their recent nominations for World Soundtrack Awards and Silver Scrolls 🌟