Soft Centre: Gabber Eleganza, Violent Magic Orchestra
Vivid Sydney, Soft Centre and CRH Presents
- Contemporary Music
- CRH Presents
Booking fees:
A booking fee of $8.50 per transaction applies
A booking fee of $8.50 per transaction applies
Soft Centre returns to Vivid Sydney with a full-scale rewiring of City Recital Hall, tracing the ritualised excess of 90s hardcore raves to its contemporary mutations.
Gabber Eleganza presents The Hakke Show — a live reactivation of gabber’s sheer physicality. Originating as an archival project tracing the aesthetics and social codes of 90s hardcore, Gabber Eleganza has evolved into a platform connecting past and future states of the culture. Tracksuit-clad dancers will perform the iconic Hakke dance style to a Hardcore megamix, echoing the mass synchrony and intensity of Thunderdome-era dancefloors.
From Osaka, Violent Magic Orchestra extends the continuum into extremity, folding black metal, J-core and noise in a blistering A/V show. VMO is a juggernaut exercise in stomach-turning sub bass, pneumatic blast beats and stroboscopic overload.
Locally, Winged Mantis Emerald Dream Machine open proceedings with an exploration of deconstructed offshoots; metal influences coalesce with bouncy harsh sound design and chthonic rumbles. Slavic Hardbass and Donk aficionados fareevader channel hardcore’s maximalist absurdity in a Clowncore cabaret.
This event is presented in partnership with Vivid Sydney.
This is an 18+ event. Please note all tickets are general admission standing.
City Recital Hall is a three-level venue. Once Level 1 fills up, guests will be directed to higher levels subject to capacity limits.
