![]() ![]() OCD Cafe at Wanaka Medical Centre, Door Sales (All cash only) $20 Book: Heartlands Fairlie and door salesĪdults $30 Super Gold Card $25 Children $5Īdults $25 Children $10 Book: Hawea Store & Kitchen, $25 (Cash Only) Book: Louk Clothing, Talbot Street The show will open with the Kita Trio – Gypsy swing music from three members of the ensemble. Gitbox have just released their third album for Rattle called “Curveball” which they will tour with Arts on Tour. Since then Rattle has gone on to receive world attention for their high quality catalogue.” At this point Rattle records was created in order to release this music into the world. We received a small grant which enabled us to release our first album called, “Pesky Digits”, soon followed by the second release, “Touch Wood”. The resulting sound was very harmonious, and before long concerts, tours and albums were happening. The experiment proved successful, creating special musical games and structures for the group to piece together. ![]() ![]() I was teaching at the School of Creative Musicianship in Mt Eden, in 1987 and some of my students, Kim Halliday, Russell Hughes and Jon Pease, original members of Gitbox Rebellion, became my guinea pigs for the first project. So I decided to apply that idea with all the students. The music had many levels and included beginner players with the more experienced players. Nigel Gavin, a former member of Robert Fripp’s League of Crafty Guitarists said, “Back in the mid 80’s I was fascinated by the gamelan music of Bali. In sum, Gitbox Rebellion provide stimulating, intelligent, and above all, approachable music.” NZ HeraldĪn acclaimed multi-member performance unit of uncanny ability and chemistry, Gitbox Rebellion make their guitars sound atmospheric, chaotic and orchestral – and better than you could ever imagine. “ played with a discipline and rapport that would be the envy of any classical chamber orchestra. Extraordinary live, they’ll have you hooked from the first fingerpick to the last. Honouring the beautiful character of acoustic guitar, Gitbox Rebellion’s exuberant blend of jazz, rock, folk and classical will have you in sonic raptures. Graham Reid, March 2021 ( as “Igor Stravinsky meets Pete Townshend,” the group’s music is a joyous collision of worlds, managing to be infectiously moody, upbeat, grungy and intricately textured all at once. Further evidence of how linear time comes full circle with Curveball. Yet, out of that exotic and evocative melange of styles and influences, what emerges is - and has always been - distinctively Gitbox.įinally, the cover art is by Graeme Gash (also a guitarist, formerly of Waves) whose distinctive work graced the group's previous albums. The listener's mind can be taken towards contemporary classical music allusions to Spanish, Middle Eastern or North African styles the freedom of jazz, entrancement of minimalism or the economy of pop. Gitbox occuies a singular place in New Zealand music in that it draws from diverse sources. The perfect encore for their rebellious, pesky digits. And they close with Ennio Morricone's dramatic theme to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The bonus is hearing the ensemble in concert on the second disc where they essay some Curveball material but also other pieces, among them a variation on Threnody for Francisco Mendez from their debut album, a nod to the completion of that circle of time here. And a reminder of how sophisticated and seasoned these players are.įour of the group's original members – Nigel Gavin, Kim Halliday, Bodie Hermans and Russell Hughes – are still here, advancing this distinctive project into its fourth decade. As always, Gitbox subvert expectations but also deliver their beautifully realised, sometimes algebraic, melodies with a lively vigour or an elegant stateliness.įrom the pristine opening chimes of the ethereal Sanctuary where the glistening notes hang in still air and the urgently repeated figure which opens Absent Friend through the sub-tropical balm of the charming Dhoggs (My Dog Doesn’t Respect Me) to the concert chamber concentration and aural dynamics of the title track and beyond, the first disc of studio recordings is a constant revelation. And it has recorded artists as unique as the percussion group From Scratch and now, again, Gitbox.Ĭurveball – an appropriate title for a Gitbox and Rattle album – is the group's third for the label following Pesky Digits and Touch Wood in '94. Under the assured stewardship of helmsman Steve Garden, Rattle has since taken listeners on journeys through classical, jazz, sonic experimentalism, improvised music, the evocative sounds of taonga puoro. Thirty years ago, the Rattle label launched itself with the album Pesky Digits by the Auckland guitar ensemble, Gitbox Rebellion. But sometimes we can feel it as circular. Time, as we live through it, seems linear. ![]()
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