Virgin Vacation (HK)

**Virgin Vacation**, a Hong Kong indie experimental rock group known for their unique blend of Post Rock, Math Rock, Krautrock, Free Jazz, and Electronica, are bringing their debut album "Dapple Patterns" to Australia for the first time. Experience their exclusive full band set at Shotkickers in Melbourne, featuring special touring saxophonist Tomii Chan, co-presented by ARCtistry and Far Out Distant Sounds. This is their first full set performance in Australia, showcasing the album's blend of structured and free-form music. Don't miss this cross-disciplinary art project encompassing storytelling and design. Supporting them are: **USER**:** **Melbourne-based four-piece USER (Andrew Nunns, Frank Galgano, Lisa Gibbs & Daryl Bradie) craft a visceral blend of alternative electronic and shadowy postpunk, wrapped in immersive visuals and a brooding, theatrical energy. Described as “timely, relevant and thought-provoking,” USER captures the tension and instability of the now—slinky, slithering, defiant. **Silzedrek **is the latest in a long list of aliases of Tarquin Manek. This project was conceived to explore clarinet and bass clarinet in a live setting utilising the Eastern European and Roma sonorities of the artist’s heritage. As a mainstay and central figure in the current Oz underground scene Manek is adept at employing higher dub logicto the rough juxtapositions and seemingly abrupt left turns his performances can take.