Artist bio
Jack Robbie is a Guitarist, Bassist, Actor, Vocalist, Producer and Composer who’s focus is experimental and progressive music in various forms. Their most prominent influences are rock and ambient music, which are interwoven with elements of noise, fusion, metal, spoken word and electronica. Their music runs the gambit from ominous eerie emptiness to epic spacious chaos and the entire journey that bridges the gap between the two sonic spaces.
Program Notes
My Nothing: Active begins with ambient music that evokes the fast emptiness a priori thought. It then follows the bubbles of intention through chaotic electronic beats and up to an epic climactic coalescence of guitars and noise that explore a vast moment of realisation. This project was a collaboration between me and poet Julian Faire. We worked together to take 4 poems that represent a cerebral image-based metanarrative. I wrote electronic ambient Music for the first half using colourful digital drones. The readings of the first poem were heavily edited, layered, and modified to create a sense of chaos. The end of the song was recorded all live and is a single take, with Emily Whisson and Gertie Balboa on guitars, Brody Blackman on bass, Martin Sholl on violin, Annabelle O’Rielly on Keys, Jack Clare playing a synthesized choir on Keys, Ethan Ferguson on drums and myself on vocals. This song is made strong by its constant growth, and this growth is produced by the constant addition of new instruments and elements that evolve and grow to create various rich textures.