Jack Palmer is a Naarm / Melbourne based music + sound artist, audio-engineer, guitarist, and music educator. Jack’s work is characterised by paradox and emotional contradiction - visceral assertiveness held by meditative equipoise.
Spanning computer music production, improvisation, audio-video systems design, and installation, Jack has featured as an artist / performer at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, La Mama Theatre, Darebin Arts Speakeasy, George Patton Gallery, Backwoods Gallery, Cecil Place Precinct, One Night In Footscray, West-Projections festival, Ruthin International Arts Festival (UK), New North, Opus Now, among many others. Jack has worked with local and international collaborators, including dancers, visual artists, poets, and instrumentalists, working across electronic music, contemporary dance, post-rock, and experimental mediums; he recently collaborated with Speak Percussion for the Brunswick Music Festival.
In 2024, Jack’s electronic music project ‘Bad Ambulance’ released its 6th studio album, ‘Intel 95’ through revered underground Australian experimental music label ‘Nice Music’. As well as debuting ‘Bad Ambulance AV’ — a revamped a-v live show developed during his participation in Speak Percussion’s Bespoke Artist Development Program (2023-24).
Teaching and sharing knowledge is central to Jack’s artistic activities, he currently teaches guitar and digital music production both privately and at multiple Schools.
Selected Artistic Activities
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Bad Ambulance - ‘Intel 95’ — Forthcoming Release on Nice Music, Feb 2024
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Bad Ambulance a/v performance at Opus Now concert series, Sydney, July 2023
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Speak Percussion Bespoke Artist Professional Development Program participant, 2023
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Bad Ambulance a/v performance at New North concert series, Brunswick Mechanics Institute, December 2022
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Gunyah Artist in Residence, Port Stephens NSW, November 2022
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Adore - Five Eyes EP tour and music video — performance, audio production and mixing, music video direction and editing, various locations — QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, September 2022
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Composition and sound design for short film ‘The Ant Colony’ — film by Natasha Cantwell, 2022 (premiering soon)
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‘Text/Sonic’ — audio/visual installation in West Projections Festival, 2018
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Soma — music/Dance Performance with Talia Rothstien (USA) and Ogemdi Ude (USA) for the La Mama ‘Explorations’ series. La Mama Courthouse Theatre, Off the Grid Festival, ACCA Melbourne, November — December 2017
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Equilibrium — site specific sound installation for ‘One Night In Footscray Festival’. Footscray Market, Melbourne, November 2017
Selected Audio Engineering/Sound Design Projects
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Music production, mixing, and mastering — ongoing work with various artists and music genres, 2014-Current
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State Library audio walking tour for I’m Free Walking Tours PTY LTD, Audio Engineer, 2023
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Assistant Engineer in training at Inventions Studio, 2023-current
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Look History In The Eye Podcast — sound design, mixing and music composition for the Public Records Office of Victoria, continuing engagement since 2020
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Scarlett Audio Installation - 2 channel sound installation for James Reka’s ‘Scarlett’ Exhibition, Backwoods Gallery, Melbourne, March 2018
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realestate.com promo video series — sound design, foley, mixing for six online videos showcasing unique Australian homes, 2017
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Tupperware Instagram Advertisement Series — sound design, foley, mixing, subcontracted by Wow Pictures, 2016
Selected Teaching Experience
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Senior Guitar and Music Production Teacher at Richmond Music Academy, 2014-2023
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Ongoing Private Tuition, 2007-current
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Basic Chords In Three Parts — Online seminar series on functional harmony, 2020
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Music Theory for Guitarists — two six part graduated music theory courses, devised and delivered by myself at Richmond Music Academy throughout 2017-19