A powerhouse unit of rare intimacy, flexibility and intensity, BELIEVE connects the spectrum of contemporary creative sound making with the fluid, anything is possible momentum of free jazz. When your benchmarks are Albert Ayler and The Necks, and you intend to play for the universe, not the algorithm, the remarkable is possible. For the past three years this Sydney-based quartet has committed to a musical process of learning, exploring, experimenting and growing in public. No other local group has been so committed to playing live.

Each concert by this remarkable ensemble is a one-of-a-kind experience, with music made in response to the room; its sound, energy and history. For this special concert at The Church, BELIEVE will marking their first Sydney performance since the release of their debut album ‘Spirits Of The Dead Are Watching’ - the first of a two-volume album release, in collaboration with New York’s Relative Pitch and Melbourne’s Ramble Records.

‘The most honest jazz being made today – this is music for our times' - Mike Nock

Peter Farrar - saxophones, percussion
Novak Manojlovic - piano, percussion
Clayton Thomas - double bass, percussion
Laurence Pike - drums, percussion

Tickets: Free, by ballot only