[JANUARY 2012]
Review of Richard Francis Acid Songs CS – "Excellent release." – Vital Weekly
[SEPTEMBER 2011]
New Release – Richard Francis Acid Songs C-26 released on Dungeon Taxis. My first cassette release since 2001. Buy here.
[23 JULY 2011]
Solo Concert – A 60-min live piece entitled 'Familiars' in response to Dane Mitchell's show 'Radiant Matter III' at Artspace, Auckland
[JUNE 2011]
Review – Review of a collaborative show I played with Jason Kahn and Bruce Russell at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Januray, 2011
[8-29 APRIL 2011]
Exhibition – FAX at St Paul Street Gallery, AUT University
[28, 29, 30 JANUARY 2011]
Solo and collaborative concerts – with Jason Kahn
28 Januray–Dunedin Public Art Gallery
29 January–HSP, Christchurch
30 January–Adam Art Gallery, Wellington
[1 APRIL 2010]
Solo concert – Richard Francis–Osage Soho, Hong Kong + Tetragammon [JP]
[FEBRUARY 2010]
New Release – The Year 25 - 25 Years of Korm Plastics - Cassette
25th anniversary compliation celebrating Korm Plastics, 25 artists, 250 copies. Artists include: Jos Smolders, Howard Stelzer, Machinefabriek, KK Null, Radboud Mens, Big City Orchestra, Edward Ka-spel, Ben Gwilliam, The Tobacconists, Francisco Lopez, Peter Duimelinks, The Haters, Freiband, Z'EV, Raymond Dijkstra, Asmus Tietchens, Idea Fire Company, Mirko Uhlig, Roel Meelkop, Richard Francis, Jason Zeh, Silverman, Illusion Of Safety, Pick-up and Stephan Mathieu
[OCTOBER 2011]
Review of Jason Kahn & Richard Francis CD – "...perfect for a dark wet night in the Fall" – EAR Rational
[28 AUGUST 2011]
Concert – Interpretation of a graphic score by Phil Dadson as part of his show 'MUSIC in the EYE' at the Audio Foundation Hub, Auckland
[MAY 2011]
Collaborative concert video – A video excerpt from my collaborative set with Jason Kahn and Antony Milton at HSP in Christchurch, January, 2011
[21 MARCH 2011]
Collaborative concert – 1000 (Richard Francis & Clinton Watkins) at ELAM School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland
[DECEMBER 2010]
Podcast – Podcast prepared by Dmitry Vasilyev from the record label Monochrome Vision on my sound work (featuring early Eso Steel through to curent work), with voice over in Russian.
[OCTOBER 2010]
New release – 1000–One Step Further From Birth–LP
Lathe cut LP by 1000 (Richard Francis and Clinton Watkins)
[SEPTEMBER 2010]
Review of Jason Kahn & Richard Francis CD – "...a practically perfect release...one can't avoid being caught up and completely allured." – Touching Extremes
[SEPTEMBER 2010]
Interview – by Peter Henning with Richard Francis,
published in Swedish zine Med Orat Mot Marken
[JULY 2010]
Solo concerts –
8 July–Richard Francis at Issue Project Room, New York
15 July–Richard Francis at Fotofono, New York
Past Activities
[9 FEBRUARY 2011]
Collaborative Concert
Richard Francis & Anla Courtis –Wine Cellar, Auckland
+ Clinton Watkins and Phil Dadson
[16 DECEMBER 2010]
Collaborative Concert
1000 (Richard Francis & Clinton Watkins) – The High Seas, Auckland + Nest (Andrew Scott & Nigel Wright), Yek Koo, Recuerde
[25 APRIL - 20 JUNE 2010]
Sound Installation
Wall of Sound, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts
[6 FEBRUARY 2010]
Solo and collaborative concert
Bruce Russell & Richard Francis
Book launch for 'Left Handed Blows: Writing on Sound 1993-2009' by Bruce Russell, The High Seas, Auckland
[28 JANUARY 2010]
Collaborative concert
Richard Francis & Clinton Watkins–Alleluyah Cafe, Auckland
+ Nomex [UK], Duncan Bruce, Beard & Tumour
[18 DECEMBER 2009]
Solo concert
Richard Francis–The High Seas, Auckland
+ Jeff Burch [Aus] and Cathedrals [Nigel Wright and Tim Coster]
[6 & 7 OCTOBER 2009]
Solo & collaborative concerts
Ilios & Richard Francis–6 October–Sky Bear Cuddle Den, Auckland
Richard Francis–7 October–Alt Music, Auckland
[3 JULY 2009]
New Release
Jason Kahn & Richard Francis–s/t–CD
Released by Monochrome Vision, Russia
[1 SEPTEMBER 2009]
New Release
Francisco Lopez & Richard Francis–in de blaauwe hand–CD
Released by Korm Plastics (Brombron), The Netherlands
[18 AUGUST 2009]
New Release
Richard Francis & Clinton Watkins split 7" w/Adam Willets
Released by Dungeon Taxis, New Zealand
[MAY - NOVEMBER 2009]
Sound Installation
Sonic Museum
Auckland Museum
[25 MARCH - 11 APRIL 2009]
Sound Installation
Warmth
A Centre For Art, Auckland
[1 JULY 2009]
Collaborative concert
Jason Kahn | Richard Francis
Cross Street Studio, Auckland
[27 FEBRUARY 2009]
Solo and collaborative concert
Bruce Russell | Richard Francis
The Physics Room, Christchurch
[13 FEBRUARY 2009]
Solo concert
St Paul Street Gallery, AUT, Auckland
[23-27 NOVEMBER 2008]
Solo concerts
23.11.08 Toff, Melbourne w. Robbie Avenaim
24.11.08 Gallery De La Catessen, Adelaide w. Pimmon
26.11.08 Exeter, Adelaide
27.11.08
IMA, Brisbane w. Stern/Guerra, xNoBBQx
[22 AUGUST 2008]
Solo concert
Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland
[2 AUGUST 2008]
Collaborative concert
Mark Trayle | Richard Francis
Wine Cellar, Auckland
[26 JULY 2008]
Solo concert
A Centre For Art, Auckland
[13 JULY 2008]
Collaborative concert
Francisco Lopez | Richard Francis
De Affair, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
[8 - 13 JULY 2008]
Residency
Francisco Lopez | Richard Francis
Brombron, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
[4 JULY 2008]
Solo concert
Das Kleine Field Recording Festival at Tuned City
Berlin
[21 JUNE 2008]
Solo concert
Staalplaat Store
Berlin
[17 - 19 JUNE 2008]
Solo and collaborative concerts
Jason Kahn | Richard Francis
17.06.08 Werkstatt für improvisierte Musik, Zurich
18.06.08 Cave 12, Geneva
19.06.08 Le 102, Grenoble
[25 APRIL 2008]
Solo concert
With Nether Dawn and guests
Wine Cellar, Auckland
[28 MARCH 2008]
Plains concert
Wine Cellar, Auckland
[14 MARCH 2008]
Collaborative concert
Richard Francis | Clinton Watkins
Wine Cellar, Auckland
[22 FEBRUARY 2008]
Solo concert
Vitamin-S | SIC festival of improvised music
Wine Cellar, Auckland
[1 OCTOBER 2007]
New release
Richard Francis | Together alone, together apart
CD | CMR
[22 SEPTEMBER 2007]
Solo and collaborative concerts
Jason Kahn | Richard Francis
Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland
[13 SEPTEMBER 2007]
Collaborative concert
Richard Francis | Clinton Watkins
Avanc
S.C. Cumuna
Wine Cellar, Auckland
[14 JULY 2007]
Plains with film by Michael Morley
Metamkine
AltMusic and Auckland International Film Festival
Kenneth Myers Centre, University of Auckland
[1 MAY 2007]
New release
V/A On Isolation
CD | Room 40
[1 APRIL 2007]
New release
triMIX: Tribyrd Installation Soundtracks Deconstructed
CD/DVD | Innova
[15 MARCH 2007]
Solo concert
With Pateras / Baxter / Brown
Empress Hotel, Melbourne
[6 MARCH 2007]
Solo concert
With Rosy Parlane, David Haines
Wine Cellar, Auckland
[DECEMBER 2006 - JANUARY 2007]
USA and Montreal tour
Concerts in Montreal, Northampton, Boston, New York
[5 OCTOBER - 8 OCTOBER 2006]
Solo concert
Lines of Flight Festival
Dunedin
[1 APRIL 2006]
New release
Richard Francis | Lawrence English
LERFAUSNZNWSD12006/LERFAUSNZNWSD22006
7 inch | no label
[APRIL 2006]
360°
Richard Francis
Antony Milton
Rachel Shearer
Rosy Parlane
Bruce Russell
Curated by Peter Stapleton
Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin