Sonorous XII: Rohan Rebeiro & Prudence Rees-Lee

Step into an expanded sonic universe.

A liberation of sonics from the shackles of stereo, Sonorous welcomes audiences to go beyond a traditional listening experience into an expanded sonic universe.

Marking the twelfth edition of its Sonorous series, Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio (MESS) invites sound artists Prudence Rees-Lee and Rohan Rebeiro (My Disco) to engage with the incredible instruments of the MESS collection. Crafting an immersive multichannel electroacoustic performance, these two extraordinary artists infuse the space with explorations of utopia and extremes-each employing space as a fundamental compositional concern.

Join us as they explore the potential of sound in space and diffuse these brand-new commissioned works in the acoustically rich Primrose Potter Salon. This is a rare chance to hear electroacoustic works in glorious octaphonic surround sound.

Tickets

Two seating options are available for this concert. Select from a Standard chair or a Beanbag chair. 

Standard Chair
Standard $37 ($30 Concession)

Beanbag Chair
Standard $50 ($40 Concession)

Please note, seating in the Primrose Potter Salon is General Admission.

A Transaction Fee between $4 and $8.50 applies to orders made online and by phone. Delivery Fees may also apply. A ticket limit of six is in place online to ensure fair ticket access for all. Want to bring a bigger party? Call our Box Office during business hours on (03) 9699 3333 to book.

About the Artists

Prudence Rees-Lee

Prudence Rees-Lee is a Naarm-based composer, performer, and PhD candidate at RMIT University, where she is exploring the utopian dimension of spatial sound. Her practice moves between spatial composition, experimental song, and performance, often drawing from classical, psychedelic, and electronic traditions.

Recent projects include workshops with the RMIT Speaker Orchestra, a European and UK tour with her band Popular Music, a residency at MONOM in Berlin, research at the Daphne Oram Archive at Goldsmiths London and the six piece electroacoustic ensemble Golden Sands.

Rohan Rebeiro

A core member of post-punk outliers My Disco, Rohan Rebeiro pushes sound to its breaking point, exploring music's outer boundaries as a linguistic form. His work inhabits extremes - balancing raw intensity with precise control, grounded in deep listening to instruments, performance spaces, bodies, and the resonance in-between.

His performances move between the tangible and generative, where objects resonate with human touch while electronic systems release causality and chaos.

Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio (MESS)  

Founded by Robin Fox and Byron J Scullin, MESS is dedicated to the creation of electronic sound and music. Representing one of the most eclectic and historically significant collections of electronic instruments worldwide, the ever-growing MESS collection is made available to creatives and the broader public to learn, play, and record with hundreds of electronic instruments at their fingertips.  

Sonorous is MESS's ongoing commissioning series devoted to multichannel concert works, providing artists with the resources, time, and creative space to forge boundary-transcending new compositions.