Video medley.
Music and sound by Michael Havir
Compositions
A feature of my creative work has been one of collaboration with artists across all forms of media, particularly physical theatre.
My recent work focuses on improvisation as a performance and compositional tool. Using a custom built electro-acoustic setup I create soundtracks on the fly. I have developed a special interest in using recorded and live text to create narratives in performance.
I also have another life in the mainstream music industry with The Melbourne Ska Orchestra and electro acoustic Cumbia outfit Dr Hernandez amongst others.
My recent work focuses on improvisation as a performance and compositional tool. Using a custom built electro-acoustic setup I create soundtracks on the fly. I have developed a special interest in using recorded and live text to create narratives in performance.
I also have another life in the mainstream music industry with The Melbourne Ska Orchestra and electro acoustic Cumbia outfit Dr Hernandez amongst others.
The following tracks are improvisations. There has been some mixing of the final material but I’ve tried to keep them as raw as possible.
Some have been created for a particular show or performance, others are flights of fancy.
Text has been pre-written and recorded in some cases but is often improvised live by the performers. Text by Penny Baron, Carolyn Hannah from physical theatre company Born In A Taxi. Other text is from found recordings, old vinyl, late night TV, op shop cassettes etc.
Some have been created for a particular show or performance, others are flights of fancy.
Text has been pre-written and recorded in some cases but is often improvised live by the performers. Text by Penny Baron, Carolyn Hannah from physical theatre company Born In A Taxi. Other text is from found recordings, old vinyl, late night TV, op shop cassettes etc.
The Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Original compositions by Michael Havir and Nicky Bomba. Sly Boots from ARIA award winning album Sierra Kilo Alpha and Generations Gone from MSO 52. Examples of my work in the mainstream music industry.
Rehearsal with Jamaican singer Stranger Cole
Stranger Cole Rehearsal from Michael Havir on Vimeo.
Creative Development - No Former Performer (link opens in new tab)
Creative development of major new work with artists Born in a Taxi, choreographer Helen Herbertson, lighting designer and Bluebottle co-founder Ben Cobham and Berlin based improviser and current Australian Council Fellow Andrew Morrish.
Indecisive Avatar
I was fortunate to be involved in an intensive laboratory integrating sound and high-end 3D motion capture data with the Choreographic Coding Lab, art and technology research centre based at Deakin University. We filmed this in a break with dancer Steve Kilili. The text written and performed by Penny Baron was unrelated but seemed to fit the video unedited.
Indecisive Avatar from Michael Havir on Vimeo.