1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: We need to talk about what's happening in Quanana at 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: Coliny Art Center. I hope I've said that right. Calv 3 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: Tabli from the Escus is with us now because he's 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: one of the big attractions for what we're going to 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: talk about. 6 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 2: Good morning, Hi gang, thanks for having us, Thanks. 7 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: For coming in now. Quanana it says is coming alive. 8 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: Tell us what's going on? What is happening? 9 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 3: Well, the Colleoni Arts Center, which is in Colleini Art 10 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 3: Center in Quanana, are doing like a summer of music, 11 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 3: which I think is awesome. I think any venue who 12 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:36,599 Speaker 3: puts their hand up and say we're going to put 13 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,599 Speaker 3: on an original music lineup for summer, I think has 14 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 3: got my vote. So they've asked me and Ben Lee 15 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 3: and a whole lot of other great artists to come 16 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 3: and do some acoustic performances in their theaters there. And 17 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 3: funnily enough, it's actually where I put out a solo 18 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 3: record last year, and we did a video clip for 19 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 3: a song called Machines of Love and Grace, and I 20 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 3: actually called around and Colleiney Art Center with the only 21 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 3: people said yeah, you can use our theater. So I 22 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 3: actually shot most of a video clip in the room 23 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 3: that I'm going to be performing at this Friday. 24 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: I'll see what happens. It comes back to you. 25 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. So when they asked me, I was like, damn it, 26 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 2: I have to say yes, miss Ford. 27 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:15,960 Speaker 1: If you're doing this solo show on Friday night, and 28 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: it's a it's a mixture of your solo stuff and 29 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: Eski stuff. 30 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's kind of a bit of a reimagined. 31 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, well there's a bit of a reimagining. I mean, 32 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 3: I'll always play you know, I mean I wrote the 33 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 3: songs and Joe, so I play all those songs and 34 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 3: some solo stuff. 35 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 2: But you know, it's twenty twenty five, time for a 36 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 2: new cav. 37 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 3: And so we've had two years of epic, amazing shows 38 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 3: with Eskis, and this year I'll probably get my teeth 39 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 3: stuck into working on some more you know, cave solo 40 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,759 Speaker 3: stuff as well as we're putting out a new Eski 41 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 3: song in the next month or two. So this is 42 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 3: just really a chance for me to get on stage 43 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 3: with an acoustic guitar, play through the songs and just 44 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 3: kind of have that moment again because again, I've just 45 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 3: been on stage with eskis doing scissor kicks and being 46 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 3: that guy. So it's nice to just, yeah, just bring 47 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 3: it all back to an acoustic guitar, you know, and 48 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 3: in an intimate setting. It's just a really great way 49 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 3: to re look at what you're doing and reimagine it again. 50 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 4: You say a new Cavin twenty five, but twenty three 51 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 4: and twenty four Cave, We're pretty good that, can I say? 52 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 4: Curated curating art and music shows that beautiful building. 53 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 3: G Yeah, we're actually doing that again this year. I mean, 54 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 3: myself and my wife put on this with this exhibition 55 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 3: called Art six, and it's like an experimental think tank 56 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 3: of creativity. And what we do is we bring music, 57 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 3: art and technology in this kind of meeting point and 58 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 3: we run this week of we take over all the 59 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 3: studios at where my studio is at Art Source and Fremantle, 60 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,959 Speaker 3: and we create five or six studios with each studio 61 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 3: has a combination of four people, a musician, a producer, 62 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 3: a visual artist, and an animator. And at the end 63 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 3: of each day we've created these pieces of musical, animated 64 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:58,079 Speaker 3: digital art, and then we mix up the groups of 65 00:02:58,080 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 3: people each day and then we've got about thirty pieces 66 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 3: and we have a traditional wine and cheese art exhibition 67 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 3: with headphones and digital screens, and I don't we call 68 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 3: it dynamic art, but it's just really a way to 69 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 3: get different artists from different disciplines together and you know, 70 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 3: creating something brand new. So we're doing that again in 71 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 3: April early May. 72 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 2: So I'll let you know. You have to go down 73 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 2: my Perfect Night Out. 74 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, really quite fascinating with the headphones on, like a dag. 75 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: Colleenie. Shows continue through until the end of March. March 76 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: the twenty third Sunday. It looks like Ben Lee is 77 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: wrapping it all up, is it. Yes, you would not 78 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: imagine you would know Ben Ben way back. 79 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, we just I mean, I had a podcast series 80 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 3: going just before the whole lockdown thing happened. So if 81 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 3: you want to listen to a very entertaining episode of 82 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 3: me and Ben in his studio in Laurel Canyon in 83 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 3: la it's called hat Jam. But yeah, we had to 84 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 3: stop once the lockdowns happened. But then me and Ben 85 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 3: just did a big tour together with Tism and a 86 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 3: whole bunch of other bands, so we hang out a 87 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 3: bit then, and yeah, he's great. 88 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 2: He's an absolute character. I love him that as well. Yes, yeah, 89 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 2: love love a bit of Abby. Yeah. 90 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: And then you guys are Eskis are doing the Red 91 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: Hot Sotur Yes, is it Sanderford once? 92 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's great. 93 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 3: I mean, like we're you know, I don't know if 94 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 3: you can tell, but we're massive ice House fans. So, 95 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 3: you know, bands album albums like Black Finger ils Red 96 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 3: Wine was we just looked at our favorite you know, 97 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 3: Aussie bands like ice House and we're like, well, let's 98 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 3: make an album like that. So when we play with 99 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 3: ice House, you know, it's it's quite surreal, you know, 100 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 3: because we grew up with these bands thinking they were 101 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 3: the most mysterious band in the world. And here we are, 102 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 3: you know, chatting to I have a backstage and hearing 103 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:46,359 Speaker 3: all his stories, which is just you know, fascinating, and. 104 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 1: He has great stories and he's really personable and chatty, 105 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 1: and because as you said, you know, they like mysterious 106 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 1: like Brian Fairy just so sick that. Yeah, but he's 107 00:04:59,080 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: he's very chatty. 108 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 4: And he told us that he got a tour with 109 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 4: David Bowie because Bowie heard one of the songs on 110 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 4: the European radio. 111 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 3: Well, I think, you know, you can tell that he 112 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 3: was a bit of a big bowl especially, so yeah, 113 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 3: he's got some great great Bowie stories about you know, 114 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 3: playing vessels in Europe with with Bowie and like just 115 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 3: what and like looking side a stage and Bowie's there 116 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 3: singing along to his songs, He's like, oh my god. 117 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, I didn't realize how much he loved Mirke Bolan. 118 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 4: He loves Bowland as much. 119 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 3: Well, you Cox again you could see that, I mean 120 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 3: his DNA. Yeah, you can see the DNA. You know, 121 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 3: the guitar he plays and the way youngs and everything. 122 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, well that's that's much twenty second at sandalf Ford Ones. 123 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: But in the meantime, you can catch Cave at the 124 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: Colliney Art Center in Quanana this Friday night. Tickets are 125 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: available through cav template dot com dot au. Lots of 126 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: good stuff coming up at that those shows. 127 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 3: You can also head to the Colney Art Center website 128 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 3: an easy way to snap up a ticket. But yeah, 129 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 3: it's gonna be fun. Christy guitar me on a stage, 130 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 3: lots of very long winded stories. 131 00:05:58,320 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 1: And then when you're on that website you can see 132 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:01,799 Speaker 1: what else is coming up with the Ben Lee show 133 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: and Abby May and Andrew Coleman and what's happening? Thank 134 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: you so much for coming in. 135 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 3: Thanks guys, And just before I go, if I ever 136 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 3: retire from music, I always wanted to be that guy 137 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 3: on ninety six f M. Just like just introducing you guys. 138 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 3: Maybe this could just be a little to an audition, 139 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 3: you know, like I don't have anything prepared, but you 140 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:21,720 Speaker 3: know some of the long lines of like you know, 141 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 3: ninety six FM wasn't built overnight with amazing talent like 142 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:31,479 Speaker 3: Clersey and Lisa, ninety six FM, I could. 143 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 2: Be that guy. 144 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: I think you're going to be that guy from tomorrow. 145 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 2: I mean, unless it takes all of that jobs. 146 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 4: You know, well, we'll thinking of your studio band like 147 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 4: the Roots play with Jimmy Fallon. 148 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 2: Get your planning. I can be here in my own 149 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 2: little glass booth. 150 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 4: Love it.