10 Years of Efficient Space with Atone (DJ + Q&A) + Emelyne

Efficient Space invites electronic dub outlaw Atone for Chapter Three of its 10th anniversary series at Tender on Friday 24 April. Atone’s totemic catalogue ranks among the most vital works in Australian electronica, from spliff-billowing dub to mutant bass, proto-illbient and off-axis streetsoul. Now the solo project of Mancunian transplant Andy Fitzgerald, it began in the early ’90s as a collaboration with Ali Omar, who also relocated to Sydney after time spent living together in the UK. That link persists beyond Omar’s passing in 2009, with Fitzgerald revisiting the acapellas left behind, most recently on last year’s self-released fifteenth album (tip!). An unfiltered raconteur best met with a microphone, Fitzgerald carries stories of roadying for The Slits, playing The Haçienda, and the halcyon days of Australia’s CD underground, shared across this one-off Q&A and DJ set. Support comes from scene angel and PBS FM’s The Blend co-host Emelyne. 7PM–11PM.