Cycle~ 440

Cycle~ 440 is the duo of Sam Gillies and Kevin Penkin. Cycle~ 440 is an improvisational project that explores a shared performance space between traditional instrumentation and laptop processing, fusing acoustic piano with live electronics to create alternating soundscapes of extreme fragility and overwhelming density. Responding dynamically to one another, Cycle~ 440 create works 'in the now', building music from fragments and impulses into fully realised pieces.

In 2015, Cycle~ 440 released the final chapter in the 'Constructions Trilogy', a conceptual recording project that explored a large scale idea-based framework to guide improvised composition. The trilogy began in 2011 with The Geography of Collapsing Structures, a study of deconstructive forces as applied to composition. In 2012, Cycle~ 440 recorded The Cartography of Shifting Planes, an exploration of the musical potential of the line and of constant variation through minimal gestures. Finally, 2015's The Topography of Ascending Frameworks explores the power of growth, utilising musical structures characterised by excessive development and departure.

Recordings

The topography of ascending frameworks

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The cartography of shifting planes

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The geography of collapsing structures

Cycle~ 440

17842+

Cycle~ 440

On Distant Shores with Friends: 2013 Japan Tour LP

Cycle~ 440

Live @ The Bird 07.10.2012

Cycle~ 440 & Kynan Tan

Ears Have Ears Soundtracks

Cycle~ 440

Lingering Echoes of the Tempest

Made of Wood and Wire

Cycle~ 440

Pulsing Ghosts

New Weird Australia, Broadcast #4

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Variations on Shifting Planes V

Notable Performances

  • New Music Network Mini Series The Sound Lounge, Seymour Centre, Sydney, Australia on August 01, 2013. [supporting Tangents]
  • Make It Up Club. Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia on July 30, 2013.
  • Conduit Arts Melbourne, Australia on July 26, 2013.
  • Test Tone Series. Super-Deluxe, Tokyo, Japan on February 12, 2013.
  • Bliss In The Dark. Next Sunday, Tokyo, Japan on February 11, 2013.
  • A(n) Arrangement(s), Kosmos Lane Studio and Gallery, Tokyo, Japan on February 09, 2013.
  • UrbanGuild, Kyoto, Japan on February 08, 2013.
  • Nu Things. Osaka, Japan on February 05, 2013. [support for Minamo]
  • Hokage, Osaka, Japan on February 04, 2013.
  • Miniatures. MIIT House, Osaka, Japan on February 03, 2013.
  • DOCKGAVOTTE. Yuno Museum, Osaka, Japan on February 02, 2013.
  • The Bird, Perth, Australia on October 07, 2012. [supporting Benoit Pioulard and Guilded]
  • New Weird Australia FBi Radio, Sydney, Australia on July 19, 2012.
  • NowNOW Series #5, Hibernian House, Sydney, Australia on July 16, 2012.