Hailing from just outside of Melbourne, Surprise Chef’s music is based on evoking mood; their vivid arrangements utilise time and space to build soundscapes that invite the listener into their world. The quartet’s distinct sound pulls from 70s film scores, the funkier side of jazz, and the samples that form the foundation of hip hop, creating a cinematic and soulful take on instrumental music.

Hailing from just outside of Melbourne, Surprise Chef’s music is based on evoking mood; their vivid arrangements utilise time and space to build soundscapes that invite the listener into their world. The quartet’s distinct sound pulls from 70s film scores, the funkier side of jazz, and the samples that form the foundation of hip hop, creating a cinematic and soulful take on instrumental music.

We’re not ready to leave NYC just yet…To commemorate Numero Group's 23rd trip around the sun, we're hosting a couple more shows in the Big Apple before we pack up shop at our pop-up in Manhattan. Join us for a night of live music spanning the Numero-verse catalog, featuring Laraaji, The Album Leaf, and Shira Small.

Step through a portal where scars become songs and healing becomes a celebration. Blending folk concert, musical, immersive ritual, and joyous dance party, Wholly Unwinding transforms the audience into fellow travelers on a journey of radical self-discovery. Come ready to move, sing, and discover what becomes possible when every body belongs.

What new worlds emerge when a classic is reimagined through accessibility from the very beginning? Opera Praktikos transforms Bellini & Romani's La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) into a richly integrated experience where spoken, sung, and signed languages become one expressive whole. Familiar and startlingly new, this reimagining reveals how inclusion doesn't simply expand a story - it transforms its meaning.

What happens when technology stops speaking for us and begins listening to us? Sensorium Ex imagines a future where artificial intelligence becomes a tool for agency rather than control, blurring the boundaries between human expression and machine possibility. Part dystopian opera, part technological breakthrough, it asks who gets to define what a voice - and a person - can be.