Q: Zvi Belling, what’s the story of AFROSPACE Interchange?

A: AFROSPACE Interchange is a Naarm-based African outpost engaged in the research, development and manufacture of interstellar jazz. At the centre of AFROSPACE Interchange’s sound […] Read More

Q: Mina Yu, what are you going to present at the Kew Court House tonight?

“Translating Kundera’s prose to music involved capturing the emotional depth and contrasting themes of lightness and weight. The main challenge was creating compositions that embody the philosophical nuances of the text while maintaining a coherent and engaging musical narrative.”

Q: Mary Ancheta, who are you?

“I have a great band, I feel very supported, but with that support I can also take some musical chances, it’s kind of like jumping off the edge of a cliff and knowing that someone will catch you, something will break your fall.”

Q: Lucy Clifford, what’s the story behind your debut album, Between Spaces of Knowing?

“The album is dedicated to this idea of finding presence, and listening to one’s honest self, a process that exists most powerfully between all the motion and all the thoughts.”

Jazzmeia Horn, why don’t tell us a bit about yourself?

“It’s the Jazzmeia way, there’s no other way to describe it.”

Fem Belling, what is Kon Shes?

“I did not expect the music that came out of me to be political, to be conscious jazz. I thought I would write a beautiful lovely AABA jazz standard that could swing.I didn’t realise that I was so angry or desperate.I didn’t realise I was so opinionated.”