Tess Said So
Tess Said So is the creative partnership between Rasa and percussionist Will Larsen. Adopting a pop sensibility to a classical format, they write and perform all their own material, influenced by a shared interest in new music and blurring the lines that define musical genre, infusing their sound with pop, jazz, ambience, minimalism, indeterminism and electronica.
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"Every screening of Nosferatu should bear their brilliant score."
GREAT SCOTT MEDIA (Nosferatu review, Adelaide Fringe Festival)
"A well-deserved standing ovation."
CANBERRA CRITICS' CIRCLE (Nosferatu review, Art Not Apart Festival)
"Breathtakingly beautiful... exhilarating."
STATIONARY TRAVELS (Scramble + Fate review)
"This piano and percussion duo is an inspired pairing."
A CLOSER LISTEN (I Did That Tomorrow review)
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"Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror"
Original Silent Film:
F. W. Murnau, 1922
Music:
Rasa Daukus & Will Larsen, Tess Said So
Musicians:
Rasa Daukus (piano/keyboards) & Will Larsen (percussion/electronics), Tess Said So
Performances:
"Schallen: The sound and aura of Nosferatu", Ainslie Arts Centre, Canberra: October 2017
George Town Festival, The Star, Pitt Street, Penang, Malaysia: August 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, St. Vincent's Chapel, Edinburgh, UK: August 2017
Art, Not Apart Festival, Arc Cinema, National Film & Sound Archive, Canberra: March 2017
Adelaide Fringe Festival, Mercury Cinema, Adelaide: February 2017
Melbourne Fringe Festival, Sun Theatre, Yarraville VIC: October 2016
Photo credits:
Rebecca Cameron - Photos 1-3
"Sometimes Never"
Live creative development & rehearsal video:
Morgan Nesral, at Melbourne Grammar Music Studio, Melbourne VIC: April 2014
Music:
"Sometimes Never" by Rasa Daukus & Will Larsen, recorded and engineered by Will Larsen at Recliner Studios, Melbourne: April 2014
Photo credits:
Rasa Daukus - Photos 4-7