Audio Foundation

🍂 Autumn 2026 Artist in Residence: Pat Kraus

Kraus (aka Pat Kraus) (he/him) is a producer of psychedelic music from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Since the turn of the millennium he has released 20 solo albums on labels such as Ultra Eczema and Soft Abuse, and performed in a dozen bands. His recent synth-heavy work melds sci-fi sound-design and hypnotic polyrhythms to create new forms of head-spinning electronic music.
Kraus has also been a member of the following bands: The Murdering Monsters, The Aesthetics, The Futurians, The Maltese Falcons, Olympus, Pouffe, Mahoney/Kraus, Magic Mountain, Centre Negative, Peak Brain, The Family, Zool, and Gogg aka Clannad (NZ).

From May 19th-29th Pat will be working with multi-track tape loops, and exploring some of the recent donations to the MEL library, including vintage synthesizers, effects and drum machines.

Autumn 2026 Artist in Residence: Pat Kraus From May 19th-29th Pat will be working with multi-track tape loops, and exploring some of the recent donations to the MEL library, including vintage synthesizers, effects and drum machines.

🍂 Autumn 2026 Artist in Residence: Motoko Kikkawa

Motoko Kikkawa was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1968 and after obtaining a degree in Philosophy at Nihon University, moved to Dunedin over 20 years ago. Graduating from the Dunedin School of Art in 2010, she has been a vibrant part of the local and national art scene from the outset, as her myriad solo or collective shows, residencies, and performances up and down the country attest, in both public and private spaces. A prolific visual artist primarily creating highly detailed works on paper, Kikkawa is also unafraid to test boundaries, genres, and new materials (including video, kirigami from old wallpaper, kelp, clay, and mushroom spore tests). She is a talented violinist who regularly plays with various formations and her music-making reflects her approach to art: she listens intently, picks up moods and keys, finding harmonies and atonal notes that suggest new pathways to explore.

From April 13-15 Motoko will be playing and recording with local collaborators, and performs as part of ‘A Dream is like a Magic Cloak’ on Friday 17 April.

Powers is the latest solo project of Campbell Kneale.
Campbell Kneale is an internationally renowned sound artist, a prolific recording artist and performer. His previous projects include Our Love Will Destroy The World, Black B***d Angel, Birchville Cat Motel, Ming and Brilliant Swords. He has collaborated with Lee Ranaldo, Neil Campbell, Tomutonttu, Anla Courtis and Bruce Russell to name a few.
“Campbell Kneale has that truly rare capability with his music, to allow the listener to go deep into and out of themselves via the sounds he creates.”

O/PUS
O/PUS is a Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) noise-punk super-collective featuring members of Pumice, Ducklingmonster, Hex, and Cloven Hearts. They released their debut album, Out At Sea, The Water Is Deep, in 2025 on 1:12 Records and are known for chaotic, DIY live performances
Members: Liz Mathews (drums/vocals), Beth Dawson (guitar/vocals), Jade Farley (violin/keys/guitar/vocals), and Stefan Neville (bass/vocals).

fifi
fifi now lives in Ōtepoti and has nunmerous projects including Puketiro Superhero, Soda Boyz & Bitch Whistle

Saturday 28 March, 8PM @ Audio Foundation
Presales $15.50 from
$20 OTD
Members free