About

“..impressive in their imagination, diversity and scope.” Daniel Portelli, Resonate, 2022.

“..utterly masterful”Loudmouth –The Music Trust, 2023

Decibel are world-leading interpreters of graphic notations and pioneer digital score formats for composition and performance. This includes the ongoing development of their successful Decibel ScorePlayer App for iPad, enabling coordinated performance of graphic notations for musicians and composers internationally. 

Whilst rooted in western art music tradition, Decibel aim to remove stylistic boundaries in their commissioning and performance approaches, which focus on the combination of acoustic and electronic sounds. Since their foundation in 2009, Decibel have commissioned over 100 new works.

The ensemble is renown internationally, evidenced by international label releases (Pagus, EzzThetics, Mode) and repeat invitations to where it tour Europe, Japan, Malaysia and the UK.  has collaborated with composers such as Eliane Radigue, Werner Dafeldecker, Agostino Di Scipio, Alvin Curran, David Toop, Marina Rosenfeld, Lionel Marchetti, Andreas Weixler and Johannes S. Sistermanns and worked with iconic Australian composers Jon Rose, Alan Lamb, Ross Bolleter, Warren Burt, Eric Griswold and Anthony Pateras.

Decibel have contributed the Australian premieres of works by Eliane Radigue, Fausto Romitelli, Tristan Murail, Alvin Lucier, Peter Ablinger, Mauricio Kagel and have toured and recorded monograph concerts dedicated to Roger Smalley, Alvin Lucier, John Cage and Giacinto Scelsi.