Doors - 7:30pm
8pm - Saskia Shearer & Ben Lopes
9pm - Sam Gill / Alister Spence / Peter Nilsson Trio
Tix are $25 full/$15 concession on the door only (cash or EFT)
Address - “Stadium Rockdale” Lvl 1, 5 Tramway Arcade (find the “Massage” sign, go upstairs and we’re the door on the left). Please be aware that the venue is accessible by stairs only. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Sam Gill / Alister Spence / Peter Nilsson Trio
The trio of Sam Gill, Alister Spence & Peter Nilsson (SWE) come together for their first public performance, building on a shared language they've been developing in duo and trio formations since Peter's move to Sydney in 2025. They play improvised music that moves between moments of lyricism, textural exploration and rhythmic density.
Sam Gill - saxophones
Alister Spence - piano & preparations
Peter Nilsson - drums & percussion
Saskia Shearer & Ben Lopes
Saskia Shearer is a percussionist and artist whose creative practice pushes performative boundaries, towing the line between meditation and chaos. Experimenting with an array of instruments and found objects, Saskia creates texturally diverse sound sculptures that celebrate the versatility of percussion.
Ben Lopes is a guitarist, composer, songwriter, artist and graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. His multifaceted practice, spanning from punk rock to the avant-garde, culminates in a unique and richly-textural approach to music that pushes and blurs the boundaries of any genre that he approaches.
Together they are co-founders of New Music group Chaos Collective, where they collaborate on new compositions and improvisational works.
For this collaboration, they present a performance focused on collective experimentation and the percussive — exploring repetition, resonance, and sonic stillness. Drawing from Saskia’s percussion practice and Ben’s genre-spanning compositional approach, the work treats instruments and objects as vessels for sound, movement, and chance, creating an immersive environment where subtle shifts in texture and silence become the central expressive force.