ROBBIE AVENAIM, BORN 1969 IN SYDNEY IS AN AUSTRALIAN MUSICIAN, SOUND ARTIST AND INSTRUMENT BUILDER SINCE 1989. HE IS A DRUMMER/PERCUSSIONIST BUT EXTENDS HIS WORKS THROUGH THE USE OF FOUND OBJECTS, JUNK PERCUSSION, CONTACT MICS AND ELECTRONICS. SINCE THE PAST 25 YEARS, ROBBIE HAS COMBINED TRADITIONAL AND EXTENTED TECHNIQUES WITH PSYSICAL MODIFICATION OF THE DRUMS. MODIFICATIONS HAVE INCLUDED EXTENDING USE OF THE INSTRUMENT'S VARIOUS MOTORISED PERCUSSIVE MECHANISMS AND AMPLIFICATION AND IN SO DOING, PROVIDE GREATER SCOPE FOR BOTH COMPOSING AND PERFORMING.
HE FORMED NOISE ROCK BAND PHLEGM WITH OREN AMBARCHI IN 1993. BOTH ARE CONSTANT COLLABORATORS. THEY FOUND 'WHAT IS MUSIC' FESTIVAL IN 1994 WHICH JOHN ZORN, MIKE PATTON, KEIJI HAINO, FRED FRITH, OTOMO YOSHIHIDE, MASONNA PLAYED.
AVENAIM HAS GAINED A REPUTATION AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING EXPERIMENTAL DRUMMERS AND SOUND ARTIST WITH HIS PASSION FOR THE UNCONVENTIONAL.