Bree Van Reyk is a seminal voice across Australia’s new music scene having collaborated with Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Chamber Opera, Paul Kelly and more. While her solo performances centre on exploring minimal, experimental, and meditative experiential soundscapes, in this special performance we present her large ensemble project Superclusters, highlighting her rich musical universe of collaboration, spontaneity and adventure.
Here joined by Mick Turner – the iconic guitarist from post-rock royalty Dirty Three – Superclusters construct profound, swirling maelstrom of restrained virtuosity where sounds seemingly drift in an endless and expansive void – dark, but not desolate; vast, but not isolating. There’s something heavy floating in an unknown, deep, and ever evolving space.
“I am thrilled to announce the return of SIMA’s flagship ‘Jazz:NOW’ program for 2026, and to open the season with this rare performance featuring such cultural stalwarts as Bree Van Reyk, Mick Turner and Sia Ahmad and Evan Dorrian of Spartak. As ever, I am interested in the diversity of the definition of ‘improvisation’, and the many musical forms in which it manifests. Superclusters defines this diversity by drawing on minimalism, post-rock and ambient musics to create something distinctly contemporary and exciting. This trend continues with Spartak, comprised of two artists who for as long as I can remember have been at the forefront of creative music making in Australia – building rich and unique catalogues which consistently push the culture forward. This is a particularly exciting bill for me, and may it be for you too! Onwards!” – Novak Manojlovic
