Miles Brown – Electro-Magnetism

Dates: 9 / 10 April 2026

Wonderful World Festival, Canberra

Open the Cabinet of Curiosities to discover the world’s oldest electronic instrument.

The theremin is magically played without touch. Electro-magnetism makes the signature sound of retro sci-fi and horror movie soundtracks. This show shares the wondrous and creepy sides of the theremin under the gothic guidance of the legend behind some of Australia’s most eerie bands.

Miles Brown is an internationally acclaimed theremin artist and composer who has performed everywhere from Play School to Spicks and Specks to the Sydney Opera House. This totally captivating one-man show weaves the strange science and unusual history of the theremin with Brown’s intriguing and hilarious personal story of learning to master this fiendishly difficult instrument, all interspersed with his beautiful and unearthly electronic music.

He’ll be sharing curiosity and skirting the edges of the known and unknown, prepare yourself for an exploration of fantastic phenomena, ancient electricity and other mysteries of the ether.

Venue: Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT Australia

Tickets $24 / 15 via Wonderful World

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Miles Brown is an Australian theremin player, composer and producer. Working with the ethereal interface of the gesturally-controlled theremin, he conjures unique emotional landscapes that query the relationships between space, sound, electronics and the body. Through composition, performance and cross-disciplinary collaboration, he develops new contexts for theremin that both expand upon and subvert its traditional uses.

Miles has released two solo albums on Death Waltz Originals and is a member of The Night Terrors and The Narcoleptor.

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The Night Terrors NINA Sessions. ‘Trance Encounters’ and ‘Dreamboat’ from Hypnotica recreated live using the NINA synth by Melbourne Instruments.

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The Night Terrors – Megafauna, live at PBS FM

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The Night Terrors – ‘Levitation’, from HYPNOTICA – Composition for Theremin and Electronic Music Synthesizer

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Featured track: ‘Otherworld’ from The Gateway

Catch the full segment at ABC iview

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‘Speaking In Tongues’, from The Gateway

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‘Shudder Speed’, from The Gateway

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Test driving the new updated Moog Etherwave Theremin for Audio Technology Magazine.

Featured track: ‘Peak Body’ from The Gateway

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Miles Brown  – ‘Reef’, for Earfest

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The Night Terrors – ‘Megafauna’, from Pavor Nocturnus: Composition for Grand Organ, Theremin, Electronics and Percussion

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‘Feeder’, from Séance Fiction 

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‘The Day The Earth Stood Still’ (Bernard Herrmann) for Mondopalooza

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‘Apparition’, from Séance Fiction

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The Narcoleptor – ‘I (excerpt)’, from The Narcoleptor EP

Mary Doumany: harp, Miles Brown: theremin

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Heirs (featuring Miles Brown) – ‘Hunter’, from Hunter / Symptom

 

Australian theremin player and composer Miles Brown celebrates the 100th anniversary of the theremin with his 2nd full-length album THE GATEWAY – out now on Death Waltz Originals.

Released to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the instrument, THE GATEWAY features theremin in the extraordinary realm of high-energy post-Italo electronics. For this newest collection of original works, Brown transports the instrument to the heart of the dance floor – reimagining its mysterious interface as an electro-magical conduit for the opening of forbidden portals and the summoning of subversive spirits.

THE GATEWAY also features a contemporary expansion of the classic theremin sound. Brown plays the Moog Etherwave Pro theremin in two ways – employing both its familiar heterodyne voicing and possessing a range of analogue synthesisers via control voltage technology. This groundbreaking combination presents a fresh voice and thrilling new context for the world’s oldest electronic instrument.

Tracklist:

1. Summon Chanted Evening
2. Shudder Speed
3. Speaking In Tongues
4. Exorcise Routine
5. Peak Body
6. Phantasma
7. The Gateway
8. Otherworld

First Vinyl Pressing Info:

Death Waltz Mondo exclusive LP
Blue Monday, Purple Rain and Pink Cadillac Splatter *LTD to 250 copies*

Death Waltz Australian exclusive LP
Lurid Purple and Pink Swirl *LTD to 250 copies*

Cover art by Luke Fraser / AHR+

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