TLDR (Too Long Didn’t Read)

3:00pm - 5:00pm AEST
Saturday 17 May 2025
Lagavulin

TLDR is a new quartet brought together by trumpeter/composer Peter Knight who was until recently the artistic director of the Australian Art Orchestra (2013-23). Peter has developed an international reputation as a innovator who is extending the possibilities of his instrument with approaches that interweave acoustic preparations, extended techniques with electroacoustic processing via laptop, vintage delays, tape machines, and pedals.

Influenced by Brian Eno, John Hassell, The Necks, and swathes of electronic music, TLDR creates hypnotic, minimal, groove-based music that is fresh and distinctive, and that spins these influences into a sound that defies categorisation.

Crossing generations, TLDR sees Peter Knight’s team up with some of the most influential younger musicians on the Melbourne scene. Bassist/vocalist, Helen Svoboda, who has built a large audience for her distinctive approach to double bass and voice, floats her melodic wordless soprano over deep grooves. Guitarist, Theo Carbo, who is highly regarded for his spare but driving approach to his instrument uses rhythmic repetition and textural variation to brilliant effect, while the youngest member of the group, brilliant 20 year old drummer Quinn Knight (who also happens to be Peter’s son), lays down shimmering cymbal washes and texturally rich beats that underpin the group’s sound.

In 2025, TLDR released their debut album on the Australian label Earshift Music, followed by a national tour that concluded with a live performance in Lagavulin at Harrigans Lane.