THE NECKS @ The Bakery

Mon 26 Mar 2012 @ 8:00pm

Admission (seated - $25 + bf members, $30 + bf non members) (standing - $25 +bf non members, $20 +bf members)

Booking at www.nowbaking.com.au

World famous improvising legends The Necks return home for their much anticipated annual Australian tour in February and March.

Having begun as a private jamming project with no plans to perform publicly, The Necks are now getting calls from Brian Eno wanting to collaborate with them, or Nick Cave inviting them to perform at festivals. They are renowned globally for creating immersive, hypnotic concert experiences over two one-hour sets, with acoustic piano (Chris Abrahams), bass (Lloyd Swanton) and drums (Tony Buck) slowly conjuring sound mountains out of thin air and leaving audiences utterly mesmerized.

“There’s a state I reach while playing with The Necks of complete emptiness, where the music is flowing through you and you just have no sense of self at all,” says Swanton. “I think that's probably a fantastic state for people to listen to you in. It's certainly a great state to be in, because you're almost floating."

“Ever since the beginning, The Necks have had a concept that we walk out on stage and the music – and that's not just sound, it's a whole relationship that we have with each other – will take care of itself," says pianist Chris Abrahams.

The unforced trajectory of The Necks career is also taking care of itself, with 2011 having been another huge year for The Necks. They released Mindset, their 16th album (and first on vinyl) to great acclaim, as well as touring Australia, North America and Europe. The latter being their most successful yet, a barnstorming 19-date workout with a string of sold out shows, including two in London and a highly acclaimed series of concerts with ambient legend Harold Budd.

The Necks are, simply, at the top of their game.

Don’t miss them.