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Tilman Robinson is a composer, producer and sound designer. He creates maximalist electro-acoustic and dark ambient music drawing on a wide range of genres. Tilman’s diverse output focuses on the psychological impact of dense sound incorporating acousmatic and psychoacoustic principles.

Tilman has received major work commissions from genre-diverse sources and accolades including nominations for the Melbourne Prize in 2016 & 2019. From 2019-21 he was the Artistic Associate of Australian experimental music group, Speak Percussion. He has released three solo albums including CULTURECIDE on Icelandic label Bedroom Community.

IN DEVELOPMENT

The Quieter You Become is an electro-acoustic sound work that shifts through 1st, 2nd and 3rd person perspectives of listening. Seated within a forest of speakers, audiences are submerged in the psychological experience of how others hear. Developed in consultation with musicians experiencing symptoms of hearing conditions, The Quieter You Become encourages deep, humanistic listening and investigates whether we can truly trust our own senses. How do listening and hearing differ? And how might hearing through the ears of another enable us to listen with more acuity?

TQYB TEAM

Tilman Robinson - lead artist, composer, sound design and performer

Roslyn Oades - dramaturg

Bob Jarvis - audio systems design

DUAL FLOW - lighting design/fabrication

Rob Larsen - speaker design/fabrication

Romanie Harper - visual design consultant/fabrication

Aviva Endean, Afsaneh Torabi and Tra Mi Dinh - performance consultants

Siobhan McGinnity - audiologist, hearing and access consultant

Michaela Coventry (Sage Arts) - producer

Rebecca Bracewell, Morten Aarup, Harry Cook, Rebecca Tilley & Daniel Pinkerton - research participants

The Quieter You Become has received support from Creative Australia, Creative Victoria, City of Merri-Bek, City of Melbourne, Speak Percussion, APRA AMCOS, Next Wave/Brunswick Mechanics Institute and The Substation