Aarti Jadu Ensemble presents 'SICFWYLF'
• Malibu [FR]
• Ryoji Ikeda presents  'ultratronics' [JP] (A/V)

The final transmission of SOFT CENTRE 2025 draws together three singular artists for an elegiac finale to our multi-sensory four-day marathon.

Aarti Jadu Ensemble premieres SICFWYLF, a meditative invocation that reimagines mantra through acoustic instrumentation, trance repetitions, and rich percussive weight. Harmonium, clarinet, bassoon and voice spiral together into a devotional listening space that feels both ancient and future-facing.

Beloved NTS resident Malibu [FR] follows, dissolving the boundary between memory and melody with her diaristic ambient compositions, a fog of reverbed vocals, wistful trance motifs and cascading strings. Performing tracks from her imminent debut album on YEAR0001, Malibu invites you to drift, dissolve, and depart.

Finally, the legendary Ryoji Ikeda [JP] unleashes 'ultratronics', a radical audiovisual encounter that fuses archival recordings with high-resolution sonic architecture. Mapping the computational nature of sound across space and perception, Ikeda’s festival send-off will be a masterclass in frequency, light, and control.

VENUE - White Bay Power Station, Rozelle on Wangal Land | Corner of
Robert Street and Mullens Street, Rozelle, NSW 2039
WHEN - 7PM - 11PM, 31st August