ABOUT
Huich is a Melbourne-based violinist who has evolved a unique, experimental playing style that is based upon her exposure to music across the world - gypsy, jazz, blues, folk, bluegrass, rock, post-rock, progressive rock, classical, Carnatic and Hindustanii classical music, Brazilian folk musics, Indonesian gamelan, Mexican music, and plenty more.
She is well-known both in Australia and overseas for her highly expressive, warm, and soulful playing, as well as her ability to seamingly fit into any musical context and improvise. She is particularly in demand as an avant-garde violinist and is involved in a few experimental noise/free jazz/krautrock collectives.
Huich currently plays with musicians that all push boundaries - the Electrodub Experiment (an open improvisation electronic dub collective), the Paul Kidney Experiment (psychedelic noise improvisation), Kofi Nortey (West African traditional music), and Pitomba (a band that plays forró, a type of Brazilian music). She also collaborated with Brian Morley, a highly regarded Australian First Nation singer and songwriter, and currently plays with a German indie-folk act called Nature in the City.
Huich appears with leading musicians in Australia, namely Paul Kidney (pioneer of psychedelic music), Yusupha Nghum, Luke Koszanski, Mohamed Camara , and Peter Dickson. She is particularly associated with India's music scene and has played with luminaries like the Booker prize nominee Jeet Thayil, Ari Jayaprakash, Chintan Kalra, Sandeep Madhavan, and Sanjeev Thomas . Her career highlights include playing at the 2014 Saptak Music Festival and the 2014 Times Literary Festival in India.
Artistic Practice
Huich is a state of continuous learning and exploring new sounds. Her deep interest in classical Indian music led her first to the Saptak Music School in India where she briefly learned Hindustanii music. After moving to Bangalore, she became a disciple of Mr. Sridar Narasimhan, a protegé of M.S. Gopalakrishnan. She studies this music just for pure enjoyment and sometimes you can hear flecks of her Carnatic music learnings in her playing.
Some questions Huich explores are: exploring the interplay of melody, dynamics, and rhythm in a stripped back context (no chord insruments as this sometimes obscures these elements), using violin in folk musics from the African continent and Brazil - but playing the music is such a way that the rhythm is not 'straight' or 'swing' in the Western sense but has that lilt that is inherent in many forms of African percussion playing. She also explores how electronics can be used in violin playing.
Announcements
I'm extremely excited to announce the release of 'Like an Owl Exploding', the latest album by the Melbourne-based experimental Marxist free jazz ensemble Star/Time! Check out the track on the right!
Also at the end of April 2023, I'll be touring with the Paul Kidney Experience as we support the American grunge rock legends Mudhoney on their Melbourne tour. Those guys defined grunge rock, it's an absolute honour to be playing with them!
Star/Time 'Woodward Avenue 3am'
UPCOMING SHOWS
Here's where you can find Huich playing!
24 March 2023 - Electrodub Experiment, The Basin Music Festival, The Basin, VIC
28 March 2023 - Buddhadatta (with the Paul Kidney Experience), B*EAST, VIC
8 April 2023 - Nature in the City, Bendigo Hotel, VIC
16 April 2023 - Nature in the City, Bergy Seltzer, VIC
22 April 2023 - Christine Manetta Combo, Newport Jazz Festival, VIC
27 April 2023 - Mudhoney (with the Paul Kidney Experience, The Corner Hotel, VIC
28 April 2023 - Mudhoney (with the Paul Kidney Experience), the Theatre Royal, Castlemaine, VIC
29 April 2023 - Mudhoney (with the Paul Kidney Experience), Torquay Hotel, Torquay, VIC
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