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    Decibel New Music Ensemble - Journal

    Decibel returns to Perth to perform Inland Lake in November

    28/09/2025

    Decibel Wins National Luminary Award at 2025 Art Music Awards

    22/08/2025

    Decibel in Melbourne September 2024: What do John Cage and Lionel Marchetti have in common?

    09/09/2024

    “Twin Peaks Was 30”. A personal critical response by Jonathan Marshall.

    14/06/2024

    John Cage: Actions | Remarks Exhibition

    20/05/2024

    Cat Hope and Jenny Hector “Twin Peaks Was 30”

    01/05/2024

    Shadow Aria – An interview with Cat Hope and Composer Jaslyn Robertson

    06/12/2023
    After Julia Album Cover

    After Julia – the studio album

    09/09/2023
    DNM and Lionel Marchetti

    Graduel & Quelques Questions

    22/02/2023

    2022 Wrap up

    02/01/2023

    The Holy Presence Of

    01/12/2022

    Decibel Tour in UK|Australia Season

    19/09/2022
    Decibel New Music Ensemble at Melbourne Recital Centre

    Upcoming concerts in Melbourne & Perth + new album release

    27/05/2022

    Karl Ockelford: Videographer for 2MfH

    19/01/2021
    Lelio2020

    2020: A Decibel year in review

    31/12/2020

    Decibel 10at10

    08/07/2020

    Summers Night Project

    08/07/2020
    Decibel Video Cat Hope and Stuart James discuss n dimension

    Decibel interview each other – from the archive

    18/04/2020

    2020: an unusual year

    14/04/2020
    Keychange

    Decibel signs up to the  Keychange Initiative

    01/08/2019

    Decibel in July: Helpmann Nominations, Perth and Melbourne concerts.

    04/07/2019

    Melbourne Recital Centre ABC Recording

    13/05/2019

    End of 2018

    29/12/2018

    World Premiere of Speechless at the 2019 Perth Festival

    02/11/2018

    Decibel on Making New Waves

    04/06/2018

    Gabriella Smart | Of Broken Trees and Elephant Ivories

    17/04/2018

    European Premiere of Occam Hexa II

    17/11/2017

    Decibel presents “Sounding Art”

    19/08/2017
    Cat Hope

    Talk in Germany, as part of DAAD exchange, November 2016

    20/04/2017

    Decibel in Japan – December 2016

    11/12/2016
    Cat Hope Presentation 3

    Decibel in Hamburg November 2016

    08/11/2016

    Next concert and more!

    29/09/2016

    DAAD/ Universities Australia Exchange

    26/07/2016

    New version of Decibel Score Player launched!

    15/10/2015

    New Decibel album launch event!

    16/12/2014

    No Encore – documentary world premiere

    25/11/2014

    Review of the Percy Grainger Free Music Project performance/lecture at the Melbourne Grainger Museum

    17/11/2014

    More ABC waves podcasts

    15/11/2014

    Review and photos of ‘After Julia’

    14/11/2014

    ABC Classic FM New Waves Podcasts

    17/10/2014

    Decibel Tour Sydney and Melbourne!

    10/10/2014

    John Cage – Variations V – live in Naples, 2013

    18/06/2014

    The WA Composers Project – Interviews – Johannes Luebbers

    17/06/2014

    The WA Composers Project – Interviews – Lindsay Vickery

    08/04/2014

    Decibel review of Lucier album on Vital Weekly

    04/04/2014

    Decibel on WFMU! 

    03/04/2014

    Review of Decibel’s Lucier album in UK magazine ‘The Wire’.

    31/03/2014

    Concert in Poland: streaming!

    13/03/2014

    Decibel performance in March!

    05/03/2014

    The WA Composers project: Interviews: Sam Gillies

    05/03/2014
    Download on the app store

    Decibel ScorePlayer App updated to V 1.1.0

    18/02/2014

    Airplay in France for Decibel’s Alvin Lucier album

    28/01/2014

    New Australian Distribution

    26/01/2014

    More reviews of Decibel’s Lucier release

    28/12/2013

    Review of Decibel’s latest release of Alvin Lucier compostiions

    10/12/2013

    Decibel at Superbuddha, Torino, Italy

    01/12/2013

    Decibel in Kosice, Slovakia – photo slideshow

    01/12/2013

    Posters from Europe tour

    22/11/2013

    The Decibel European tour  Nov-Dec 2013

    30/10/2013

    Congratulations to Decibel members

    12/10/2013

    Decibel nominted for WA Music Industry Awards

    11/10/2013

    ICMC Keynote concert performance

    06/09/2013

    Decibel nominated for 2013 APRA AMC awards

    04/09/2013

    RealTime Arts review of Decibel’s performance with David Toop

    27/08/2013

    Decibel at ICMC 2013

    26/08/2013

    Decibel tour of Malaysia – Images and Stories

    26/08/2013

    Decibel review in the West Australian!

    14/08/2013

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