Sauce - Issue 19, 05-10-05

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#19 05/10/05

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Pete Murray T h e

Rewards For Being Pete

By David Williams and Leigh Dillon

After the success of Pete Murray’s debut album, “Feeler,” which sold more than 450,000 copies and went six times platinum, his new album “See the Sun” keeps delivering for Murray, pushing him further along on his musical journey of discovery. The new album and the upcoming tour will help further cement Pete Murray’s place in the Australian music scene.

What have you been up to today? Has it been a regular morning?

We’re living out in northern New South Wales now and we’re on five acres. We’ve got some goats here and we’ve lost a couple lately to dogs, so we had to go down there and let them out then let them back in at night. It’s a much different morning than living in the city.

The name for your band, The Stonemasons, who came up with that and why?

It was just a bit of a joke and it turned into the name that stuck. They’d joked that they were hardworking like stonemasons. I quite liked it and I thought it was time we gave the guys their own identity. I just thought it was strange having Pete Murray playing big shows, because I’ve had a band for a long time that played with me. It

makes it easier now not to have to explain if I’m doing a solo show. And the band started getting an identity with the fans too.

I think if you give them a title then it starts to get a little more exciting. They’ve got the name and people can refer to them as that name rather than, “you’re from Pete Murray’s band.” They can say, “you’re one of The Stonemasons” and it gives them an identity which might help them in the future.

On your new album “See the Sun”, you wanted the lyrics not to be as dark as on “Feeler,” does that mean that life is better for you now and you’re happier than before you made “Feeler?”

Yeah definitely. It’s such big changes and all the songs were written around a certain period and things were hard and that’s just what I tend to write about. Now I don’t feel that way as much.

I didn’t want to have to do the same album again. You have to change as an artist, you can’t do the same things over and over. So for me I felt like livening this album up and making it the way it is.

The opening track on the album, “Opportunity” is about making the most of life but also has a message that life is short. Do you ever feel like the clock is ticking?

Every single day of your life is short and before you know it you’re not a teenager anymore and you’re off and running. It does go fast and that’s the whole thing. What I’m trying to sum up on the whole album is that sometimes you don’t get a lot of opportunities in life and so when they come your way you do have to take them or decide whether you do or don’t take it.

Whether you stay safe in a job that you really don’t like being in but you’re safe and it gives you a $1000 dollars a week. Or you can forget about the money and just do what you want to do that makes you happy and then maybe you might get financial gain from that, but it’s all about being happy and living the life you want to live. I’ve been trying to have that and I’ve created that for myself. I am very happy with it and it’s been very rewarding.

A track with a similar theme is “Security” about taking a risk. What do you remember about the opportunity or the risk that you took that started the ball rolling to get you where you are now?

I remember playing music - playing covers for a short time - and I hated it. I knew I was never going to make any money from doing it. So I thought that the only way that you were going to make money and to have a living was about having a lifestyle.

For me the only way to do this was to start writing songs and then you own your own music and no one can take that from you. And that’s what I started to do. So I spent a couple of years (writing). It was a really hard time in my life because no one was paying me to do that. I was broke and had nothing and I had the whole struggle with trying to record an independent album and trying to get things up and running but seeing the future and where I wanted to be I didn’t want to work for an hourly rate for someone or try to start my own business and put in 100 hour weeks trying to build it up. For me you’ve got to love what you’re doing.

For me the only way to do this was to start writing songs and then you own your own music and no one can take that from you As a musician there are main roles; writing, recording and performing live. Can you rank them in order of preference?

I like all of them so I don’t think I can rank them. When you write a song and finally get it the way you want it, it’s so rewarding. When you go in the studio and record that and you finally get that song that you’ve written recorded the right way then that’s rewarding.

Then the next step is seeing it in the future and how you want to perform it live and how you can actually see the fans or whoever is there watching you react to that is that final thing. You get to see where that song has come from and where it is today. So it’s one process for me and it’s a stepping stone. They’re all really rewarding.

Performing live might have a bit of an edge on the others because it’s more exciting.

Pete Murray plays Wrest Point Entertainment Centre Friday 7th October

GIG Reviews The Boat People & The Humans @ Republic 23/09/05

By Dane Hunnerup

I have quite an aversion to writing gig reviews cold, that is to say I like to know what I’m going to see and I tend to avoid gigs that I’m not going to like. I had no idea what to expect from this Brissy outfit.

As seems to be the fashion these days they had the ‘new standard rock band line-up’, that is drums, bass, guitar and a Rhodes organ. It looked promising at the start, keys in the mix are often a winner for me but from the first song I could tell I wasn’t going to like these guys.

They launched into a mediocre set of nerd rock Aussie Weezer style, their lame jokes, lame arrangements and lack of clear direction was a pain to my ears, to the extent that I could only handle two songs at a time before having to go outside to clear my ears. Don’t get me wrong, these guys could play, the real mess was in the fact that they had three average lead singers and when each took their turn they played vastly different songs.

It was a clear demonstration that most bands should have one main song writer or at least a really good ear to keeping their sound aimed in a certain way.

I was not alone in my dislike for this band, for most of the night at least half of the small crowd was outside and half of that number took the set break as a cue to leave. I felt a little bit sorry at how demoralizing it was for these guys when they came back on but my sympathy dissolved as they butchered the air waves with more wuss rock and lame Oasis impersonations (for real). The Humans as support shat all over them. Being the Republic’s favourite rock support band has led these guys from strength to strength and I highly recommend giving The Humans a sniff sometime, even if the main act is lame.

Oh-well Republic, you can’t win them all.

Rennie Pilgrim & MC Chickaboo

The Red Eyes

Alan Thompson

@ the Lewisham Tavern 18/9/05

By Dane Hunnerup

@ Lonnies 16/9/2005

By David Williams

@ Halo 23/09/05

By Dane Hunnerup

How refreshing. I’m usually dubious when I hear of major DJs doing a tour and the associated hype about a ‘name’ often puts me off because I’ve been so bitterly disappointed by some of the biggies before.

Halo was already pumping with about 250 heads by the time I go there and caught the last tune that Seb was playing. It seemed he’d set it up nicely because this was one of the friendliest dance crowds I’ve seen in a while, no gropers and no topless muscle marys paved the way for me to enjoy what was about to happen.

Pilgrim took the booth with Chickaboo in tow and eased into panning, sweeping beds of air raid sirens, synth beds and low battery warning noises, he dragged it out like a fly fisherman on the stalk as the crowd tensed and then he did the unexpected, he gently worked his way into the set. It was so nice to see a DJ with a more sensitive and delicate touch, so much of the time our ears get numbed to DJs over using the tension and release mechanism, with Rennie he wooed the crowd with his savoir faire and he, well, killed me softly. I heard someone say before the gig that they didn’t care who was DJing, they were going to see Chickaboo. Quite often an MC is the person tacked on to big up the DJ and add a live element to a set. Chickaboo was much more than this, her voice like an SBS radio macchiato, punctuating Pilgrim’s set and adding the waves to the sonic tide.

Over the last year Halo has been hosting breaks DJs that are the best in the world, in reputation, skill and taste. As a local MC recently said, it’s time to put any small town mentality to bed cos we’re getting the best of it in this little city right now.

After The Fall & Modus Stand Defiant, @ The James 1/10/2005 Halfmast,

By Ryan Cooke Something Kills & The Hellfire Club

I’m usually not a ‘fan boy’ type of guy. There are a lot of bands and DJs I like and that I will actively seek when they are in town for a gig. The Red Eyes are something else all together.

I was recently in Brisbane for a week and had an opportunity to go out one night so we shambled on down to The Zoo to check out the bands which fortuitously had The Red Eyes headlining that night. I was blown away to the extent that the next week when they were in Tassie I went to their gig at The Republic and the Lewy so I could immerse myself in their gentle barrage of dub and reggae styling just that little bit more, and that’s what these guys are about – sublimity of groove.

The gig at the Lewy had about 250 heads on this late Sunday afternoon and as the sun set over the sea the blissed out folks who come to the Lewy precisely for this vibe had ear to ear smiles. With some bands you can really taste the brother/sisterhood on stage; with The Red Eyes the shared feeling on stage is so thick you could cut it with a butter knife. Often with a band that has ten or so members you will see people getting antsy for solos, folks overlapping each other, with The Red Eyes their beauty is often in what they don’t play – their little smirks at each other when it naturally breaks down to just bass or drums or whatever was completely charming. The icing on the cake? Their sound technician – the power of a well timed and directed delay and reverb on this mix left me all juicy for more.

This was their first show in a while, here in Launceston, Their performance mainly focused on their newer material, but they threw in some older, more well known tracks towards the start of the set. Their sound has come so far - it holds more of a punch than usual.

Their style - you could almost call it Nu-Metal. Jaek’s skills and Ahmad’s rock moves are always a highlight.

Modus have to be the tightest band in Launnie, maybe even Tassie.

From the moment ATF walked out onto the stage the crowd was going off. From the opening song, guitars and punters were going everywhere.

ATF are one of the most promising bands in Australia, not many bands can do 2 acoustic tracks mid-set and pull it off.

The crowd went mental when the band played its more well known tracks like ‘Mirror Mirror’, ‘Fighter’ and setcloser ‘Concrete Boots’. After a short break, ATF rejoined us for an encore, the punters still even wanted more after that.

There were, for me, 2 things that let this show down.

First, the sound could have been clearer and, second, if that’s sold out, I would like to see empty.

(Editor’s note: Apparently, the Launceston City Council has reduced the capacity of Reality @ James Hotel, despite earlier assessments. There was ample space left in the room. Bummer! )

STAND DEFIANT New comers the Hellfire Club were the first onto the stage, from the ashes of ‘Burning the City’ these guys have formed. The Hellfire Club are a perfect example of how good this new wave of punk is, Scotty’s guitar work is brilliant, only problem if the performance I could see was the singer pulling rock moves we have all seen 100’s of times before.

Halfmast are one of these acts Launceston has seen come along way in the last year alone, Halfmast’s catchy tunes get everyone excited and get the pit moving. HM’s new bass player really seems to get into their performance, same with drummer Meddy, who is always throwing his body around and getting into it, if the final song ‘Sirens’ is anything to go by, they have a big future ahead of them.

Hobart’s Stand Defiant are usually a 4 piece but due to some reason, this trip north they would be without a bass player, Mischa and his boys seemed not to care, from the word go the punters were going wild. Stand Defiant’s set was spoiled by technical problems, after playing a fair few newer tracks; Defiant finished their performance with Dead Letter from their split EP. Last but certainly not least Something Kills closed out the night, there mix of hardcore, rock and Emo work really well for these guys, the injection of new guitarist Richard add something new to their sound, only 2 things that were disappointing about the performance were 1).

They had no second mic so Richard could sing backing vocals and 2). The set was only 5 songs long. One of the best local shows in a long time, good to see the punters out there supporting these shows.

The night opened with local DJs Joycie, ESKAY and GRox, each filling the dance floor and each delivering their own unique sounds, setting a vibe rarely seen outside of Saturday nights.

Once the ball was rolling, a stoked dance floor welcomed Ministry of Sound member Alan Thompson to the decks.

What followed was his two-hour chapter in this journey into house music. As a DJ, Thompson’s talents were obvious; serving up his skills with minimal ego, playing off the crowd’s reactions to serve up highlight after highlight. But perhaps even more outstanding than Thompson’s individual skills was how our local DJs measured up to a clearly anticipated headliner. The fact that the crowd didn’t thin at all when the closing DJ – Randall – took to the decks just goes to show that our local talents can clearly measure up to international standards.

For once, the headliner didn’t dominate the night, but rather worked with the other DJs to sustain an infectiously funky mood throughout. A memorable show.

Having been recipients of the John Butler Trio Seed Fund grant, a recent feature in The Age and Triple J coverage, I’m certain that we’re gonna be hearing a lot more from these folks.

28 Days & The Styles @ James Hotel 9/9/2005

By Tom Wilson

The Vasco Era & TZU @ The Saloon 30/9/2005

By Ryan Cooke This was one of the most interesting lineups I have seen in a while - one of the success stories of the National Uni Campus Band Comps - The Vasco Era and Oz hip hoppers Tzu.

@ Batman Fawkner Inn – 23/9/2005

By Ryan Cooke

After the Fall hadn’t been back to Tasmania since we first got a taste of them at the first Falls Festival. This show had sold out earlier in the day so everyone was pumped up and ready for a good time. First up were local rockers Modus.

On the third Friday of September, a stoked dance crowd flocked to Lonnies for a night of house music in all its forms. It promised to be good, and it delivered.

When support act The Styles started playing, I couldn't help noticing that the venue was well under half-full. While they played - delivering solid rock numbers to a thinly spread but eager crowd - I realised things just weren't improving.

I found out from a bouncer that the underage show that afternoon had pulled in barely ten people. Given the main act, I couldn't believe it.

After finishing a highly decent set, The Styles made way for the main attraction, and a hand-full of dedicated punters lined the barricade.

After a very long wait after the doors opened, The Vasco Era decided to grace us with their presence. From what I had heard on CD from these guys, I didn’t expect much but they blew me and everyone away, TVE use of different instruments is really interesting - one of the best bands, technically,I have ever seen live. The singer/ guitarist seemed to be able to play everything and anything.

What happened next was incredible.

From the opening chords of "Sucker", it was clear that they weren't going to be fazed by the lacklustre turnout. After some hiccups with Jedi's turntables, the boys ploughed through a diverse set list, mixing crowd favourites with numbers from their forthcoming EP. But it wasn't the tightness of their performance that was amazing; it was their interaction with the crowd.

Throughout the show, they took requests, even attempting songs they couldnt remeber how to play, much less sing.

Crowd favourite "Rip It Up" was, of course, superb, and even Sauce's own Ryan Cooke joined Jay on stage for encore "Plastic Fucks" - an encore that almost didn't happen because of a dodgy amp cable.

Overall, a very intimate, memorable show from one of the country's most dependable live acts.

After a very short break, TZU joined us and brought down the house. For some reason, the punters were more interested in these guys, maybe it is ‘cause of their good and fun nature. I hadn’t heard much of this band, but they really impressed me and the audience. It’s always great to see Hip Hop artists picking up guitars and playing old school keyboards. All in all, one of the better shows of 2005, lets hope all the rest of the gigs we have coming up live up to this show.

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Gus Da Hoodrat

Naked Eye N a k e d

@ Syrup

Eyes On The F u t u re

By Leigh Dillon

They could well be one the best kept secrets in Australian music. The Naked Eye from Melbourne seem to be gaining more attention overseas in the US than in their own hometown.

This relaxed three-piece comprising of Scott Anderson, Jim Lewis and Mark ‘The Don’ Venosta hit Tasmania shortly and with a new album almost ready for release The Naked Eye are looking firmly toward the future.

What have you been up to today?

Well, I’ve just finished watching Vampire Circus (a Hammer Horror film) on DVD.

is far more gratifying getting strong reviews when people don’t know who you are. You know they’re not bullshitting.

On our first album we basically just recorded the tracks and then did a fair bit of mucking around after the fact.

This time we went in knowing what we wanted straight off the bat.

I hated dealing with industry types and something that was originally a lot of fun became a real chore

This was back in the early 90s. We used to do a lot of shows together and came to realise that we were into similar bands like the The Dictators, The Eastern Dark and The Sunnyboys.

The Subzeros mutated into the Naked Eye although at the time we had a different drummer (Dave). He decided to leave the band so we got in Mark.

Is there an element of frustration about that given that you’ve been prominent in plenty of bands in Australia?

Nah, not really. I was in the first line-up of the Casanovas and it became a real pain in the arse. I hated dealing with industry types and something that was originally a lot of fun became a real chore.

I’d much rather play music for my own enjoyment.

Earlier I was on some workplace training learning to use some new software- not very rock n roll I know!

For those of us who don’t know, what’s the background of the group?

Scott (guitar, vocals) used to be in a band called The Subzeros, while Mark (drums) and I used to be in a band called Red Shift.

I think the Europeans have been positive towards us because we have a fair bit of that 70s/80s Australian sound in what we do (the New Christs, the Saints and the like) and that sound has always had a big following over there.

You seem to be getting more positive feedback from overseas than in Australia; what do you put that down to?

Well, we’re not on a major label or part of any clique here in Melbourne.

We’re pretty much iconoclasts. Subsequently the local music business doesn’t pay us much attention.

However with people overseas, no one gives a stuff if you’re part of the in-crowd or not.

Your music is simply judged on its own merits. In fact it

That was around 2000 or so. We recorded our debut album “Obscurity to Nowhere” with Dave but Mark has been in the band for a longer period of time.

Knowing that, how do you tackle the band’s schedule? Are you more actively interested in touring overseas or perhaps thinking of a possible relocation?

Mark and I are both married and we both have full time career jobs.

Mark’s job entails a lot of travel (he is an environmental scientist), so that pretty much dictates that we play infrequently.

We’d love to tour overseas but I think we’d all be treating it as a working holiday. As for relocating, that will never happen. I’ve bought a house and there’s no way I could give up my football: both playing and following Hawthorn (who have been horrid I know!).

How do you tackle the writing and recording process within the group?

Scott writes the songs - Naked Eye is pretty much his baby. I’ve got a couple of tracks I’d like to have a shot at playing but I’m not too fussed.

You’re in the process of putting together a new release, what stage is that currently at?

Well it’s all recorded and mastered, and Scott has done the artwork. So it’s pretty much ready to go. We’ll hopefully have it out by the end of the year.

You’re heading to Tassie in the near future, what can we expect from your live shows?

Hopefully a great night of loud guitars, cool songs and some fun covers (we’re trying to get a New York Dolls song down for the tour but we’re making no promises!). Basically three blokes having a great time playing music.

How will it differ from any prior that the band has produced?

Since this is our second go at recording an album we had some more definite ideas of how certain songs should sound.

Drag Show @ Barcode 17/9/2005

Some Verse On Vialka

Vialka ROZFEST

By Leigh Dillon

menting the five year working relationship of the band.

In the past they have collaborated with Italian saxophonist Jacopo Andreini, French cinematographer Laurent Varlet and members of Chinese punk band SDL.

By Lenny Tarbath

Yo u n g R o c k I n S t a t e ’s C a p i t a l It’s on for young and old. Rozfest (presented by Elbows) is a new event on the Hobart music calendar,

Their future plans include a world tour while taking in further collaborations with various musicians.

showcasing five of Rosny College’s elite bands.

Vialka play Syrup in Hobart on October 15th.

Koa, who offer up music styles from indie rock to heavy

The line-up includes Separatist, Anhedonia and Acacia

metal.

Joining them are special guests Solvent Intake and Lady, There’s no easy way to describe a band like Vialka.

The pairing of French woman, Marylise Frecheville, the group’s drummer and vocalist and her Canadian counterpart Eric Boros, bassist and vocalist.

You could look for a genre to pigeonhole them in, but in this case I’m not sure you’d find one, unless of course you were familiar with gypsy turbofolkpunk, or at least that’s just what their website labelled them as being like.

Heading to Tasmanian shores in October, Vialka draws musical influence from all over the world. Quoting from the band’s official website: “Vialka is not just a musical project, but a social scientific experiment, attempting to meet and communicate with people and musicians all around the world.”

Responsible for releases such as, “Tonight I show you Fuck” and “The Republic of the Bored and Boring” Vialka are currently based in France between tours, although have previously lived in Switzerland, Slovenia and Canada.

As well as their most recent album, “Curiosities of Popular Customs” the duo have also released a DVD docu-

both having competed in the Tasmusic Rock Challenge,

Vialka is not just a musical project, but a social scientific experiment, attempting to meet and communicate with people and musicians all around the world

and both playing a number of shows on Hobart’s pub circuit.

Rozfest is an all ages gig, but it is strongly recommended that ID is brought along.

The Queen’s Head function room has been converted into a dry bar for those underage, while downstairs is a fully licensed bar.

Smoking and drinking are prohibited in the function room.

Rozfest takes place on Friday October 14 at The Queen’s Head Bar & Cafe in North Hobart.

Doors open 7:30pm, with music kicking off from 8:00pm till Midnight. Entry is $7.00 at the door. All are welcome.

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Gyroscope

By David Williams and Leigh Dillon

The Big Question: Helmets Or Socks?

Perth band Gyroscope hit Tasmanian shores this month as part of their national tour. With their new album, “Are You Involved” coming out hot on the heels of the first single, “Fast Girl” which reached number one in the net top 50, Daniel Sanders from the group

meeting and doing a bit of press. It’s not too bad a day.

We’ve got to rehearse later in the day so that’s a bit of a downer because there’s no crowd to get you through it. It’s a bit like homework really. It sucks, but you’ve got to do it.

tour, we did about 12 shows and road tested about four new songs and they seemed to go around really well so we’ll do a couple more for the album tour.

“Fast Girl”, the single, fast as in what way?

You know, you kind of come across a couple of these shifty girls in your life, I suppose that was what it’s about.

People who get involved in things when they shouldn’t.

Is it biographical?

No not at all. I’m in a great relationship but I don’t tend to write about politics or government, I tend to write about human interaction and experience, and scenarios I make up in my mind or things I’ve heard through friends. The emotional side and what triggers people’s reactions and communication between two people Human interaction is more my thing.

But it must have come from somewhere, the inspira-

You kind of come across a couple of these shifty girls in your life, I suppose that was what it’s about

tion?

You’re always going to see shifty girls during your life and I just took my anger out on that. I don’t have an example but I like to think and dwell and I create scenarios.

Some thought will pop into my head and then I’ll be able to create a whole song.

spoke to us about music, touring and the big questions in life; helmets or socks.

What have you been up to today?

Just around at our manager’s place, having a bit of a

With their “Call to Arms” tour kicking off this month and their new self-titled album in stores, 2005 is going to end on a loud, rocking note for one of this country’s finest punk-rock outfits. Having been releasing records for more than a decade the boys from Bodyjar are back and ready to rock, playing Tasmania in early November.

What are you guys up to as a band at the moment?

We just got back from the NRL (National Rugby League) gig. We did a half time show at the semi-final. It was a full stadium so it was a lot of people. It can’t hurt to do that sort of stuff. There’s certain things we won’t do; if it’s something we don’t agree with then we won’t do it.

Like if it’s the Big Brother soundtrack which we’ve been asked to do a few times, if we don’t like it then we won’t

I just think it makes people famous who’ve got nothing to say and nothing to contribute, so I don’t really want to endorse it

do it. But most things we’ll do if it means a bit of exposure for the band. If it’s not going to hurt of interfere with our schedule.

So you were asked to do the Big Brother soundtrack?

We got asked to be included when they do the ads and when they go to a commercial break. There’s some things you just don’t want to be associated with.

Why didn’t you want to be associated with Big Brother?

I just don’t really like it. I just think it makes people famous who’ve got nothing to say and nothing to contribute, so I don’t really want to endorse it.

What can you tell us about the naming of your new, self-titled album?

I wasn’t really down with it being self-titled, I am now, but at the time they had to talk me into it. I was like, “it’s a cop out.

We’ve got to think of a title for it.” But I guess in a way we wanted people to focus on the music a bit more instead of the concept of the album or whatever it was supposed to be. It’s always a pain in the arse coming up with a title and an art concept.

You guys have just come off a tour. Can you tell me where you’ve been and what you’ve done?

Yeah that was for the “Fast Girl” single that we’d just released not that long ago. We did a two week stint around Australia, just the Capitals (cities). It was a good little

How has the take up of “Fast Girl” been?

It’s been great. We included it in the set for this last tour we’ve just been on. We felt comfortable with it and the crowd seemed to dig it at the same time. It’s been number one in the net 50 and kids have been voting for it.

What are you doing for the launch? Are you playing a special gig or having a party?

We kick off the tour in Queensland in early October and then we go nation wide – regional and metro – and then the tour will end in Western Australia in November. It’s a good month on the road. We’re hitting up every city and every little city outside of the city so you won’t be able to miss us.

You went to America to record, how did that come about?

The producer, Mark Trombino just seemed more comfortable working in his studios and with people he knows which we weren’t going to complain about being a bunch of Perth boys. When someone says, “you’re going to L.A to record your album” we weren’t going to say; “That sucks.” It was a blessing. It was a really good thing.

You’re coming to Tassie on the tour, is that true?

Yeah, it’s going to be awesome. None of us have ever been there before and we’re going to do a couple of shows there.

Like I said, we’ve never even seen the place. We’ve had so many emails from Tassie asking when we’re going to tour. It hasn’t been viable for a band like us (financially).

It’s so out of our range, we can’t afford it and schedules clash but this time we’ve taken that step up and can go over there and play a few shows and actually get to see the place for what it is. We wanted to get over there to play a festival. That was probably going to be our only opportunity. But it’s hard to get included because we’re not made of money. You get a budget and you have to make that work. So to be playing Tasmania this time round will be great. I can’t wait to get over there.

On every tour there’s a story, what was the story from your tour?

We’d played a few gigs with the support bands and then afterwards we had a barbeque back at our guitarist’s place.

And after a few beers the singer from one of the supports told us that he can pick whether someone has been circumcised or not. Helmets or socks. So throughout the whole tour we had this thing where he’d predict whether someone was a helmet or a sock. He was just uncanny, so that was our running joke on tour; helmets versus socks.

Return to Arms for Bodyjar

By David Williams and Leigh Dillon

Bodyjar

So we already had this coat of arms image and we thought it suited the self-titled thing.

You’ve had a few ups and downs in the band lately with a new drummer and new management and a new label, is that right?

We’ve had a few changes for this album but I think it’s good, like a fresh start. And that’s probably another reason why it’s self-titled as well because it does feel like a new beginning, having a new drummer, a new manager and a new label. Ten years is a long time and you want it to fresh as much as it can. Especially with Shane (Wakker the new drummer) his drumming has helped freshen up the sound a bit.

Was it nerve racking going into the studio this time around?

No it wasn’t. We’ve got this old high school in Brunswick. We’ve got this room there that we’ve sound proofed and we jammed and we did so much pre-production. Wakker had been in the band for about a year before we even started out recording.

We were jamming, bashing the songs into shape. So when we got recording it we know what we were doing.

Wakker is a classic name for a drummer, isn’t?

When I saw his name on the list of drummers that were trying out, I said, “he better be fucking good with a name like that.”

It turned out he was, so lucky. But he’s a bit of a whacker though.

He hits the things like they owe him money. He’s a hard hitter and that always makes the drums sound better.

So with everything new with the group, do you think the sound of Bodyjar has changed much for the album?

Yeah I do think so. It’s a bit less quirky. Probably a bit more straight ahead. It’s a big rock album.

It’s got a real punk-rocky vibe but it’s got a natural progression, but it’s not anything too drastically different.

How many gigs have you guys played in the last 12 months?

In the last 12 months only about 20 gigs, not much. We didn’t have anything out (releases) to promote and we’re

very conscious of not playing too much.

You can wear out your welcome. Australia’s such a small country and so is the industry.

So when we knew we were putting out the album we just decided to play a few regionals, get Wakker happening and then when we do play people haven’t seen us for a while. We’ve just got to be careful not to play too much in Australia.

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Daniel Lanois

By David Williams and Leigh Dillon

A Legend Goes Solo

He is one of the most respected names in music.

Having produced such seminal albums as U2’s “The Joshua Tree” and Bob Dylan’s “Oh Mercy” Daniel Lanois has worked with some of the world’s music legends and has cemented his stature over the last 25 years. His latest solo release is “Belladonna.”

After doing so many albums in the role of producer, do you still feel like a virgin who has lost his cherry? (laughs) Let’s put it this way, I’m still pretty wide-eyed about it all and I love it.

I still wake up every morning full of ideas and excited about my music. I thank the Lord every time that hap-

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pens to me. But without any doubt it’s feeling fresh to me and I’m very proud of this record.

a lovely return. The music is not the same, of course, but the parameters are similar.

How long have been working on this album?

Well we decided on it not that long ago, but some of the bits and pieces were just laying around and that’s the way I work with my laboratory.

The success of those albums, partially was that they were so different to all the other albums that were around, do you believe that?

That’s a good point. I think Brian had hit on something.

He’s a bit of a futurist and sees things around the corner before everybody else.

I hit on something that I think has something special about it and I just put it aside. For example there’s a track called “Telco” that has a very turbulent undercurrent. It sounds like foot soldiers marching and ambulances ringing in the distance.

He had a hunger for that kind of music itself and he was hoping that other listeners would have that same feeling eventually. You have to trust those instincts.

That was the first thing that existed. Then the melody came much later. So some of them were like studio fabrications and some were of a little more pure form like a guitar number called “Flametop Green” which is very much in pure form.

Do you think that’s true with your new album as it is quite unique in the marketplace?

It’s quite unique and it’s interesting because as a kid growing up there were all kinds of records that were

The title of the album is “Belladonna.” How long did it take to choose that title?

Well I was going to call it “Deadly Nightshade” because it’s a pretty tripped out record and it’s got a little south of the border feeling about it and I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of visiting the desert and then maybe taking peyote and going for cleansing.

I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of visiting the desert and then maybe taking peyote and going for cleansing

So I thought that I’d name it after a plant. Belladonna is also the other name for the deadly nightshade, a psychodelic plant.

Going back a while, talking about you collaboration with Brian Eno, I guess there’s some similarities between “Belladonna” and what you and Brian Eno did, would you agree?

I think it deserves a comparison especially in terms of values and our mode of operation because I remember the first time I worked with Brian Eno I was very impressed with his dedication.

He would stick to his thing and he was really good at it and he’d get beautiful music results and I like those values. It was kind of a turning point in my life, those early records with Eno. I’ve always hung on those values. It’s

present in people’s record collections.

You’d have the most popular signing music whether that would be The Beatles or The Rolling Stones then right next to that there would be a Ravi Shankar record.

It was regarded as no less a citizen and the same thing with Miles Davis. “Bitches Brew” was right in there with Hendrix. So if nothing else I hope people with place “Belladonna” next to The Killers, let’s say (laughs).

When you set out to make this album, did you have any specific goal?

I did have a goal. I wanted it to be an album that people

could put on and not have to skip over tracks. A record that would take them on a journey and they would trust that journey. I really wanted to make a record that didn’t have any filler, and that’s kind of hard to do, funnily enough. It’s got harder to do in these contemporary times.

Because how often do you find an album you love from beginning to end? So that was a priority for me, to have something that wasn’t disposable. Something that you have that would become your friend.

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Carl Barat

By David Williams and Leigh Dillon

By Sarah Harding

From Libertine To Liberated

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Formerly of The Libertines, Carl Barat has just released “Under the Influence” a collection of some of his favourite songs. Featuring classics such as Bob Dylan’s “Hurricane” and The Smiths’ “Big Mouth Strikes Again” this album is his first release post The Libertines, one of the publicised bands out of the UK in recent years. With a series of highs and lows culminating in the band’s split caused by drug use and a deepening rift between the band, Carl Barat is currently working on his first solo album which he hopes will be out early next year.

You’ve just released “Under the Influence,” how do you feel about that?

Well, it wasn’t very difficult really, it was just using my favourite songs. Songs that I grew up with, songs from the past and present.

Did you get much of a say in the order that the songs appeared on the album?

I got some say, but a lot of the tracks I chose they wouldn’t let me use because I couldn’t get permission, like The Kinks and The Velvet Underground. It was a bit of a bummer really.

If you had to choose one track off the album, if you were being tortured, to be your favourite, then what would it be?

I’ve forgotten what songs are on there but I guess it would be The Small Faces, “The Universal.” It was a time of my life but also the simplicity and the mix of different styles in it.

I think it’s ironic that you’ve got a song on there called “Sorted for E’s and whiz” on an album called “Under the Influence.” When was the last time you were under the influence?

Yesterday I think. I was writing at my new bass player’s house. I was writing songs and we just had too much

work aid. Last night it was wine, French wine.

What do you think about the relationship between art and being under the influence?

I think if you can use something to give you an extended perception then that’s different to being a slave to it. But as soon as you overdo it you then I think you succumb to being a bit too much over the influence and it can hurt your output.

Talking about The Libertines, can you pick a highlight of that time?

I think getting the record deal and the togetherness. Appearing to be the last gang in town and being against the world, the four of you against the world, that unity. There were lots of highlights; being in the studio making the second album, certain moments where whatever had occurred and no matter where we’d been to it was still us against the world.

You talked about what you guys had been through and there was a lot of publicity about how tumultuous things had been for the band, what is everyone talking about?

A big wedge was driven through the middle of the band due to drugs and the publicity, therefore, was all for the wrong reasons.

Was that the reason the band broke up eventually?

Yes, I’d say. We didn’t want to carry on without all the members because I thought that would be disloyal really.

You’re writing a new solo album at the moment, is that right?

Yeah. I’ve got a new band together. We’ve got some great new songs we’re playing together. Hopefully the album will out early next year.

Supergrass

“There is nothing clever about Sigur Rós and how we write songs, it’s just mucking about really. It’s all very spontaneous,” says Sigur Rós keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson.

Easy for him to say. Most musicians could muck about for millennia and never come up with anything approaching the elegance and depth of Takk …, the fourth album from Iceland’s glacially cool art rock quartet.

In Iceland, Takk translates to a simple “thanks” - which begs the question: what is Sigur Rós thanking us for? Perhaps it’s for sticking by them during what for many fans has been the band’s baffling excursion into the far-distant realms of sonic art.

In 2002, Sigur Rós confounded admirers of their breakthrough CD, Ágætis Byrjun, (voted by the UK’s Q Magazine, as “the last great record of the 20th century”) with a grimly atmospheric third album, ( ), a chilly compendium of titleless songs that sold over 600,000 copies but one suspects is not often played by people in a positive frame of mind. Writing music for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, the Danish Royal Ballet and composing a 70-minute orchestral work called Odin’s Raven Magic didn’t exactly enhance their reputation for easy listening.

Looking back, Jón Birgisson (vocals, guitars), Kjartan Sveinsson (keyboards), Orri Páll Dýrason (drums) and Georg Holm (bass), see ( ) as a retreat from the intense

Switchfoot

By Jonathan Fraser

By Leigh Dillon

Supergrass ditch their baggage on The Road to Rouen

Switchfoot play an extraordinary amount of live shows each year, so much so that their latest album was written and recorded on the road. Much of The new album, “Nothing is Sound” was written back stage and not surprisingly has plenty of that live energy that Switchfoot is renowned for. Active in Bono’s charity organisation DATA, which raises awareness about to problems in Africa, I spoke to guitarist Jerome Fontamillas about Africa, the new album and why the band love Australia so much.

They’ve spent a decade riding the rock’n’roll roller coaster and Supergrass pride themselves on making it look like more fun than most. But this is the music business - appearances are always deceptive.

The UK quartet has faced the gamut of late: parenthood, bereavement, personal demons, professional wobbles and a flush of newspaper stories that had the tabloid bloodhounds gleefully tying the words “celebrity” and “wife-swap” into the same headline. Oh, and for a minute back there, Supergrass didn’t even exist …

Taken as a whole, it’s an accumulation of baggage that has brought many a good band down. But the boys of Supergrass are made of sterner stuff. Instead of sliding into premature retirement, the band decamped to a barn in Northern France, harnessed their recent experiences – the good and the bad - and fed them into the creation of their fifth album, Road to Rouen, an uncharacteristically downbeat outing for a band who made their reputation surfing the sunnier side of the Britpop wave with 1995’s I Should Coco.

“It’s been a strange couple of years,” admits Gaz Coombes [lead voice, guitar, beard]. “The weirdest two

years of the band’s career. I had the birth of my daughter and then within months Rob [Coombes, keyboards] and I lost our Mum, you know, extreme highs and lows.

And during the making of the record there were problems within the band. Danny [Goffey, drummer] had to step away for a couple of months. It was important to complete the album otherwise all those songs and frustrations would have been left hanging around. But those things gave the songs more weight and a kind of emotional strength.”

And on first listen, Road to Rouen sounds nothing like Supergrass staples like “Alright” and “Pumpin’ On Your Stereo”. Lines like “Commercial suicide/ Kiss of Life/ Don’t let it bother you/ Have you got what it takes/ To get where you want?” (from “Tales of Endurance”), the muted sentiment of songs such as “Low C” (“Things we used to have/Are fading all too fast”) and the ominously titled “Fin” has Grass fans pondering the question: Is This The End? The answer, according to Coombes, is that it is most definitely not. After releasing and touring last year’s Best Of, Supergrass is 10, Coombes sees Rouen as “a case of turning the page” rather than a downcast farewell to the fans.

“We wanted to do a record that’s pretty honest,” says Gaz. “You know, trying not to focus on some sort of massive commercial connection. If we’d done 10 more “Pumpin’ On Your Stereos we wouldn’t have been showing anyone anything new. We had to make the record this way to survive musically as a band. The upheavals made us value the band more. When it’s not going right you really miss it. We had a rough period and some things were uncertain, but one thing that was certain was finishing the record.”

As far as bassist Mick Quin is concerned, the low-key atmosphere of Road to Rouen is nothing new for Supergrass. It’s all just a part of their musical DNA, albeit something of a recessive gene.

“I don’t think the music’s changed as dramatically as people think that it has,” says Mick. “ If you go back to I Should Coco there are tracks like ‘Sofa (Of My Lethargy)’ and ‘Time’. The songs we’ve done for the new album have kind of got their roots.”

So the new album, “Nothing is Sound” was recorded on the road. What sort of challenges did that create for you?

Well we were trying to figure out when would be a good time to record the album and looking at our schedule it was pretty packed so we thought, why don’t we just do it on the road. So we set up a drum kit back stage in the dressing room with some guitars and we’d work on a song then perform it live on stage and figure out the reaction of the crowd. If they liked it then we’d keep it and if they didn’t then we’d toss it. Funnily enough I think the crowd probably co-produced most of the album.

heat generated by their success. In the time between Ágætis Byrjun’s appearance in Iceland and its final release in Japan, the group toured relentlessly for three years. ( ) simply reflected their mindset. It was also a struggle to record, with the band chasing live-sounding versions of its darkest soundscapes in their newly built studio, a converted swimming pool 10km outside of Reykjavik.

“This album sounds much more optimistic than the previous one,” says Kjartan Sveinsson. “When we were doing the previous one there was so much going on you know with us, as a band and as people. Things were going quite fast and we were really tired. After we did Agetis Byrjun everything went so fast - signing record deals and meeting all these new people in different countries. It was a scary thing really. [With] this album we had more time just to play around in the studio.” “Ágætis Byrjun is sort of like a fairytale record and we really enjoyed [making] that,” adds Georg Holm.

“But the last record was more like a Grimm fairytale – very dark. So, yeah, I think we wanted to do it again, because it feels happy. I think we were a bit sick of this depression.”

Takk… may be something of a return to melody and song structure but you won’t hear the bus driver whistling this one – even if he or she happens to be fluent in “Hopelandish”, Jón Birgisson’s self-invented nonsense language.

Switchfoot On The Road Again and that was pretty much the start of Switchfoot. And then a few years later I came in and joined them. This is going to be our fifth album, “Nothing is Sound.” It’s been a while but it’s been great.

What was your actual involvement in the Spiderman 2 soundtrack?

We contributed a song called “The Beautiful Letdown.”

I don’t know if it was in the movie itself. For the international release it was one of the singles.

Are movie soundtracks something bands like to be involved in? Is there an element of prestige about them?

For a band that is wanting to get a lot more exposure then it’s probably good to be on a soundtrack. But you’ve got to be careful because some of the songs that are on soundtracks might not be used with the intent you wrote it for. A song that you wrote might end up being a hot tub scene and you really didn’t write it about that (laughs).

Were there songs that you thought just didn’t work and got rid of or did you try to fix and re-write the songs that the crowd didn’t get into?

We did for the songs we felt strongly about - and you could see it in the crowd, in their eyes - if they liked it or not and so if there was a little bit of interest we’d go back in the dressing room and figure out the tweaks and then try it again the next night.

So what can we expect from this album given the way you’ve gone about recording it?

I’d say given the way we recorded it that there is a live energy about it. We felt that we were able to take some of that and put it on the album. It’s hard to put a live element in the studio recording but we did somewhat do that with “Nothing is Sound.”

I was researching on your website about you guys playing 400 live shows over the last two years. That obviously takes its toll, but you do enjoy being on the road, correct?

We feel like we’ve got the best jobs in the world because being a musician you can’t not want to travel, tour and perform shows. We love to perform in front of people.

We love playing clubs and we love to travel and so it didn’t take too much of a toll. What did take a toll was that you’re away from family.

How did the group get together?

Well two of the band members are brothers – John and Tim - so they’ve been in their own bands since they were kids. They met up with a Chad, our drummer in college

You’re about to head off on tour again. You’re taking in Canada, Europe and Australia, what can we expect from your live shows?

A sweaty rock show. We love to get down and dirty and interact with the audience. We actually love going out to your part of the world because it reminds us of San Diego. We feel like it’s a sister country. This would be our third time at least, I’m losing count. I love it down there.

You were in South Africa at the start of last year and that’s obviously something that had a profound impact on the band. What can you tell us about that?

We decided to go to Africa to see what was really going out there. It was pretty mind blowing. We visited a few villages. One out of every four kids has Aids or most of them are orphans but they have the most beautiful hearts and they are such beautiful people. It’s hard to put it in perspective with all the things that they go through because of the people they are. They’re such wonderful people. It was a very life changing experience going over there.

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Break it Softly

In Australia we have Creative Vibes’ Mother Tongues label, a resting place and rightful throne for female MCs and artists. Elsewhere in the world, things aren’t so finely engineered for our sisters. A place like the UK can be brutal to their best, which is one reason why the cream that does rise there is so rich.

MC Chickaboo is widely regarded as the most popular female MC on the planet. Not many people, male or female, can deliver beautiful, fierce lyrics over breakbeat’s godfathers live on the floor. From Timo Maas to Afrika Bombata to Rennie Pilgrem, she’s been on the train for thirteen years, stopping in all the right places. And now, at long last, she is working on a solo album with some of the industry’s biggest names joining in. It should be a great ride.

“I started MCeeing in 1992,” says Chickaboo, visibly at the height of her game, “I actually started as a DJ on a Reggae sound system and progressed from that into dance music.

It was introduced to me by friends that used to go raving at Raindance, Dreamscape, etc. They used to ask me to play hardcore, so I went record shopping and discovered the crazy sound.”

These days, she can afford to choose her projects, and her collaborators. That doesn’t really limit Chickaboo though, as she has plenty of aural suitors lining up. “I am only going to work with certain DJs. I already have a great working relationship with Rennie Pilgrem, DJ Dazee, Soul2soul, etc. They understand that it is time to go to the next level as a performer, so I am stopping working with just anyone who books me over any DJ.” “Working with Timo Maas and the legendary Afrika were both unforgettable experiences for different reasons.

Timo and I created ‘Shifter’, so I MC’d for him in some pretty exclusive places and met some superstar DJs as

there’s a huge drinking culture there and not much else

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we promoted the track.

Timo and I really get on well as we both smoke quite hard. ‘Shifter’ still sounds like nothing else around, so I’m proud. Afrika – well, how would you feel if he asked you to MC for him? Exactly. I still get tingles remembering.”

“I have a few people with me for my album. From Super Style Deluxe to Sudha, from Rennie Pilgrem to Faithless, it is a mix of different vibes and sounds as I MC over so many different DJs and sounds too.” The as-yet unnamed album is also as-yet homeless, as Chickaboo is waiting to complete the project before label shopping.

But it should be ripe for the picking when she drops it, with the upsurge of breaks in the UK, and really, globally.

“I left Birmingham over ten years ago, so I’m not sure what is going on there, but I’ve asked my brother and he tells me it is not so good as there’s a huge drinking culture there and not much else.

The rest of the UK I know is jumping off to the breakbeat sound. I’ve been travelling the whole of the Uk and it is really exciting right now as live music is taking over from DJ culture, which I think has lost control of itself a little.”

“Being from back in the day, I’ve got to admit things are so much better now as we can support our lifestyles and have proper careers in dance music. When I started it was more about the good time, and less professionalism.

Yeah, there was fun but no one can really remember as we were all quite fucked. Stay true and move with the times…”

Elite Force

By Leigh Dillon

Elite Force hits Hobart Shack of Elite Force fame has worked with some of the dance scene’s biggest names and by his reputation he is highly regarded. Having been on the scene in a variety of capacities he has collaborated with such artists as Meat Katie, Lee Combs and Dylan Rhymes. With a massive discography to his name, he has been on the scene for more than 15 years beginning in the South West of London.

You’re known as a breaks DJ but also as a DJ that plays elcetro and funk, how do you create a cohesive set with that variety?

Last time I played in Hobart it was an awesome night - fantastic crowd, great atmosphere and good vibes all round First up I wouldn’t personally say that I played much electro, and certainly no ‘funk’ in the traditional sense - instead I’d describe myself as a DJ that plays techfunk, which I see more as a state of mind - inclusive rather than exclusive when it comes to genres. The end product is an amalgamation, if you like, of breaks, house & techno.

What’s the mood of the dance music scene in the UK now?

Musically I think it’s a really positive time. This year there’s been a massive resurgence in people’s interest in house music and the minimal end of techno, because there’s been such a wild array of talent upping the ante with every release. Music from Trentemoller, Dave Taylor (Switch/Solid Groove), Jesse Rose, Alter Ego, John Dahlback, Ego Express, Style Rockets, Zoo Brasil...(the list goes on) but there’s been some great, inspirational sounds being made. Breaks hasn’t been all that exciting bar a small handful of producers, but things go in waves & it gives you an opportunity to revisit some older bits & pieces. That being said, there’s never been a bigger audience for breaks so it’s not all bad!

What are you plans for when you play in Hobart?

Unfortunately I’m just in and out to do the show would love to have a chance to tour the island sometime. Last time I played in Hobart it was an awesome night - fantastic crowd, great atmosphere and good vibes all round. I’m hoping for it to be at least half that good again.

What’s the atmosphere, in general, that you like to create on a dance floor?

I like to push the parameters of what people are expecting a little. When I was growing up as a young producer I used to love watching the Chemicals and Weatherall playing, where you’d find yourself wondering just how they took you down that avenue and left you dancing like a lunatic to music you weren’t at all expecting. It was always inspirational, and it’s always been an aim of mine to at least strive for that kind of range.

You’ve collaborated with a number of other producer/DJ’s over the years - what has been the highlight and why?

Collaborations are tricky things - they often don’t yield quite the results you might like, but everything I’ve done with Meat Katie has worked out a treat, because basically we have very similar likes and dislikes, musically.

Can you please describe what you do with the Strongarm Sessions?

Strongarm Sessions is my fortnightly radio show which I host on www.protonradio.com and archive it on my own www.strongarmsessions.co.uk site. It

runs from 2-5pm UK time every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. I’ve been doing it for nearly four years now, starting out on nubreaks, moving to breaksFM and then onwards and upwards to proton where we now get a lot of listeners. The normal format is that I do a live two hour mix myself, followed by a one hour guest mix of my choosing, although occasionally I’ll do the whole three hours myself. The musical manifesto for the show is tech-funk in all its many glories.

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Disco D

Shaking your ass is shaking your ass

By Rezo (Beat)

Cracked The Big Time With 50Cent

Disco D has been a man on a mission since he was a teenager. With his first release hitting stores when he was just 17 years old, Disco D had his own vinyl only record label before he was 20. Since then his career has gone from strength to infinite strength and by 2001 he was named in the Top 100 Artists by Alternative Press. One of the originators of Ghettotech, Disco D hit the big time when 50Cent chose his beats for the track "Ski Mask Way" on the album "The Massacre".

Tell us a little bit about growing up – what sort of stuff were you into as a youngster? When did you decide you wanted to hit the decks? Is it everything you imagined?

I was really nerdy growing up. I got into computers at the age of 5 and playing saxophone at 9. I used to get picked on and beat up a lot. Then when I was 15, my parents divorced, and my best friend Aaron Deakins, who was older and kind of a big brother figure to me, started hanging out with me a lot more. He took me to a rave at the Packard Motors plant in Detroit and there I saw DJ Godfather and Gary Chandler (a big radio DJ in Detroit) going at it on 4 decks. Something clicked in my head and I was like “I want to do that” and within a year I had a residency at a club, a mix CD on the streets and had already done a tag team set with DJ Godfather.

I never expected it to go anywhere and I definitely never expected all the twists and turns that took me to where I am now.

Where do you hope to be 10 and 20 years from now?

10 years I want to be one of the most successful and respected producers in urban music and 20 years from now I want to be retired with my wife in Brazil.

You are classed alongside guys like Godfather, Assault et al, but your style is more subtle and different.

Describe it to us.

Well, I used to be real aggressive, like Godfather, and do tons of scratching and play at a really high BPM. As I got older and played more and more shows I started to realize that when you do too much of the trickery, instead of dancing people start to just watch you. So now I really limit the amount of technicality and just focus on rocking the party. Also I slowed the BPMs down so I could incorporate other related styles that haven’t busted out as much like Baile Funk from Brazil and Baltimore Club music.

Would you say anyone played a pivotal role in your

inauguration into the musical field as a career – be it another artist or say a family member?

Definitely my man Aaron Deakins because if he hadn’t taken me to that party, I wouldn’t be here! Also DJ Marquis and Joe Hahn who showed me I could make money at this! Also 50 Cent for blowing the door open for me as a producer!

Explain the relationship, in your view, between all the sounds that you enjoy playing in your sets – techno, drum and bass, hip hop, electro etc…

When I started spinning I didn’t know anything about dance music, about the different genres and all that. I just knew that I wanted to be a DJ, so I would go to the record store and just buy whatever sounded cool to me and mix that all together. No one told me I wasn’t supposed to do that. I was slowing down drum n’ bass and putting techno at 45 RPM and crazy shit like that. Shaking your ass is shaking your ass. I’ve kept that aesthetic through my entire career.

Do you think there is a place in the DJz stable for technology – FinalScratch, Ableton, Traktor etc? Or are you of the opinion a DJ is a vinyl DJ only?

I just recently switched to using Serato almost entirely.

It’s great – I have access to such a wide range of stuff at all times. It’s taken some getting used to, but I definitely don’t miss the back pain from carrying so much vinyl!

But you’re not just a DJ – you’ve also done work for commercials and show packages – tell us how these relationships came about?

After I graduated from the University of Michigan, I moved to NYC. I had to hustle, so I started working marketing for an upstart music house called Expansion Team. They had me write music for them freelance on the side. Now I don’t work marketing for them anymore but they call on me all the time – I’ve done music for companies like Sprite, VH1, Best Buy, and Nike.

Furthermore, you have a number of other projects in the pipeline – you worked with Fiddy; you’ve got Sara Stokes and Kato. Tell us about these projects and what you might hope to achieve with them?

I just want to make hot beats, for everyone! I got a super huge project in the pipeline right now too but I can’t talk about it yet. I’d rather have popular music sound good or like shit!

Tell us a bit about your Disco DVD venture – what’s that all about.

Basically my life is totally crazy – working in the studio, flying around the world and all that – that I wanted to document some of it. DiscoDVD Vol. 1 was filmed over only 4 days and it’s totally watchable and that’s saying something.

good and the bad.

Good: I get to see the world, play great tunes, make music for a living, and not have to answer to a boss!

Also I never would have met my fiancée if I hadn’t gone on tour in Brasil!

What’s been happening on your record labels lately?

I have been so busy producing for other artists that my labels right now are on hiatus.

A night at the Booty Bar – that is your most recent artist album isn’t it – 30 tracks of fast paced ghetto goodness – when are we anticipating some new production and CD projects from you?

I actually have 2 new CDs that you can order directly from my website – ‘Return To Olive St.’ which is full length tracks that were previously 12” only releases, and ‘Funk Flava 2005’ which is a new mix CD incorporating everything from Miami Bass, Baltimore Club, Baile Funk, Dancehall, Hip Hop and of course Ghettotech!

What other cool shit have you been up to lately?

I got engaged recently and have been splitting my time between Sao Paulo, Brasil and NYC! Wrapping up, give us an insight into the life of a traveling DJ come businessman. Fill us in on the

Bad: Airlines, long flights, lack of sleep, crappy crowds sometimes, and shady promoters! The music industry is shady!

Finally, what can we expect to hear from you on your tour of Melbourne?

Expect one hell of a party.

Thomas Heckman

By David Williams

On Busts and Orgies With a massive back catalogue of releases, Thomas Heckman is one of the more prominent artists in the dance world today. A mainstay in the dance world Heckman has produced such titles as “Metropolis,” “Boys and Toys” and “Pillow Horror.” Soon he’ll play in Hobart.

You’ve been known for playing acid, techno and house, plus the crossovers between these genres, what are you, primarily playing these days?

As a DJ I, basically, play all things that I like. I don´t care about any hypes or trends.

I miss the energy and the peaks in today’s big tunes hope I will be shown around.

You, and your record label, have brought other DJ’s to prominence, who are you top five favourites and why?

Ihave no favorite DJs, sorry.

What is it about a style that attracts you above others?

Interesting and energetic stuff.

What are your favourite tracks at the moment?

Puuuh, there are quite a few and most of them are white labels. I really don´t know their names.

Every DJ I speak to says they are there to play what the crowd wants, that you can’t just play what you want. Doesn’t that get a bit depressing, as there’s little personal expression for a DJ playing live?

I started DJ’ing in 1983 with Italo Disco and Electro and nobody asked what the DJ wanted ;-) I´m playing and partying for and with the crowd, but I´m not just Playing what everybody else plays. Otherwise I probably would be gone by now.

What did you do last Saturday night, from beginning to end?

I DJ’d at my hometown, drank a bottle of Vodka and chilled with my girlfriend.

You’ve been DJ’ing for a long time, what’s your view on the global scene now?

I’ve been a DJ for more than twenty years and I’ve played live for over sixteen years now. I guess the global scene is still alright and I´m still grateful, that music took me through all those years.

I know Germany is big, but to what extent is there a general trend in dance music in Germany at the moment?

At the moment, everything that´s big seems to be the most boring and uninspiring music for ages. It´s really just cheap-sounding, minimal stuff. I miss the energy and the peaks in today’s big tunes. They are just linear - on one low level. There are some exceptions, though.

What do you know about Tasmania, and what is your attitude towards playing here?

The only thing about Tasmania is the Tasmanian Devil and that it´s even further Away than Melbourne ;-) But I can´t wait to see it and

What’s the most outrageous thing that you’ve experienced as a DJ – dance floor orgy, mass drug bust ... what?

Everything in this order ;-)

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Psy-Wise (Hbt)

By Leigh Dillon

Psywise to the power Psywise is one of the busiest DJs in the state. Apart from being a chef and restaurant proprietor, which eats into plenty of time, he still puts in the long hours DJijng around Tasmania. One of the people behind Tassie’s Earthdance, a worldwide dance party promoting the importance of peace through the power of dance, Psywise has been an important DJ in the Tasmanian scene for years.

You’ve been at the forefront of the Tassie scene for a long time, how do you see the Tassie dance world at present?

The Tassie scene at the moment is still a very beautiful place to be. I’m absolutely stoked that week after week venues are being filled with happy punters that have come to hear the locals play. It wasn’t that long ago that you’d need to import a DJ to get the kind of responses we’re seeing these days. Even with all the big name DJs travelling down here, more than ever before it seems, the locals are still often out-shining them. Having travelled a bit I can honestly say we’ve got the best and friendliest club scene in Australia.

What was it that got you into DJing in the beginning?

A love of the music. I know that sounds like a “standard response” but it’s true. The first time I heard psytrance it just blew me away. I was more into the punk scene back then and my girlfriend at the time dragged me along to a bush doof. Had an amazing time, bought up all the music I could find and slowly became friends with others who shared an appreciation of the music. Soon after-

wards I was single again so it was also a great way to pick up babes!

What were those early gigs like? Did they help shape you into the DJ you are today?

The early gigs were terrible! I’d blag my way into being allowed to do a set and then not have a clue what I was doing, broken beats all other the place and only a smallish collection of music. If in any way it “shaped” me, it encouraged me to buy more music and actually practice occasionally.

The first time I heard psytrance it just blew me away.

What’s the best way to describe a night that you DJ at?

Banging hard psytrance for the faithful.

What would you change in the Tassie scene to make it better?

More outdoor parties definitely. Nothing compares to dancing under the stars then seeing the sunrise. Also I’d like to see some bigger venues used sometimes. Back in the good old days it was relatively easy to snare a warehouse for the night but insurance companies have put an end to that.

What are your favourite nights to DJ and why?

Once again it’s the outdoor “bush doofs” that win every time. One of the main things that make these nights so special is the people. Everyone’s there because they want to be there. They’ve planned weeks in advance and they’ve travelled a long way so they’re going to make sure that they are going to have a great time.

Where are you playing at the moment?

You’ll often catch me up at the Psy Lounge (formally Eden) and at virtually every outdoor party over the summer months.

Hobart's DJ Chilli

By David Williams

Flexible and Focussed When did you start DJ’ing and how did you begin?

I started about a year ago. It all happened pretty quickly.

I just got some decks and got out and about straight away. I guess I picked it up pretty quickly due to the fact that I have played instruments for years prior to getting decks.

Not to be confused with Launceston’s DJ and Urban Supplies shop, “Chilli DJ”, DJ Chilli is a Hobart resident who’s dived head first into the scene. He told Sauce the what, where, when and why’s of his life as a DJ. How did you choose your DJ name?

Well, my last name’s “Chilcott”, which normally gets shortened to Chilli, so it was a pretty natural selection.

Where have you played?

Soak, T42, Mobius, Halo, Parties…

Where do you play now?

All of the above ^ ^ ^ How does playing in bars differ from playing in clubs?

I think you have to pick your tunes pretty carefully and also have to keep it pretty light. Half the time people are just finishing dinner and also the crowd types are completely different. At a bar it’s a mix of young and old whereas at a club it’s mainly younger crew who are normally pretty keen to get into it.

What style of music do you play mostly?

I find myself changing-about a fair bit due to the different locations I play. At the moment I have been into new school funk & funky breaks, but in a bar set, I normally switch between 5-10 genres - like I said, all over the place.

How much does that differ from what you like to listen to?

My listening habits have always been pretty varied. I guess that’s why my bar sets are pretty eclectic.

What was the last gig you attended that blew you away?

Where to start… The recent Rennie Pilgrem + Chickaboo gig was pretty sweet. At times it was hard to tell if it was her live or if it was part of the track - that’s tight!

The Freestylers – great seeing a live band make some massive sounds along-side decks and syths. Koolism – Some damn unbelievable skills.

What are your three favourite tracks at the moment and why?

Quantic – Transatlantic – Love the old school brass mixed with really natural jazzy drum sounds.

Bass Kleph – Bonx – This just has an awesome fat and bouncy sound to it.

Plaza de Funk – (any thing) – These guys kick ass. Big fat well produced bass lines - what more can you ask for?

How much do you aspire to produce your own beats?

I am already onto it. I already play 2-3 originals in my sets. Eventually, it would be great to be able to do a fully original set. Finding the time to put into them is hard though.

What’s the best thing about being a DJ in Tassie?

I think we are a beat mad lot down here and good music is supported really well by both the crowds and the venues. Also it’s a pretty tight crew of DJ’s, who are pretty good at helping each other out.

What’s the worst?

Bloody Khe San requests! It’s only happened a couple of times, but that’s more than enough …

Where do want to take your DJ’ing?

Like I said, I want to end up playing my own tracks for the majority of my sets, so I can have something a little different. I just have to find a bit more spare time to spend on the puppies. At the moment I am enjoying what I am doing and it seems to go down alright so I will keep at it.

Kid Kenobi

By Leigh Dillon

A t T h e To p O f H i s G a m e For the third straight year, Kid Kenobi has been voted the number one DJ in the land in the Technics In The Mix Top 50, a feat that no one had thought possible.

Currently promoting the new Ministry of Sound Sessions CD, Kid Kenobi is a regular visitor to Tasmania.

We spoke to him about returning to Tasmania, the new album and his incredibly busy touring schedule.

What have you been doing this week?

Just recovering from the last weekend of gigs, it was such a massive weekend. We did Darwin, Melbourne, Sydney and a gig in Margaret River in Western Australia in four days. We pretty much did every capital city in Australia apart from Hobart. It was pretty full-on, not a lot of sleep so I’ve just been recovering. I actually had a studio day on Wednesday which was good, but other than that just running around getting a few things done that I didn’t get a chance to do.

For the third year in a row, you’ve been voted number one in the In The Mix Top 50, how does that make you feel?

I don’t really know what to say about it. It’s a great honour and I feel pretty privileged to be able to get that kind of recognition. I’ve had a great run of gigs over the last year and the crowd support and the vibe in the clubs has been amazing and I think for me – I get more of a high out of that – than I do with something that I could put on my wall. But it’s pretty amazing.

So what do you think it is that makes you so appealing to the judges and to your audience?

What I like about DJing is all the creative energy. The more I DJ the more simple it becomes and the more I tap into the reason why you do what you do. When we’re performing we’re creating a positive vibe and a positive energy to let people know we really are all about the music. I know that sounds like a cliché but I think that people feed of that. They know that when we rock up to a show and see us perform, hopefully they’re going to see a good show but they are also going to see a bunch of people up there on stage doing what they do because of a love for the music, not because they’re getting up there to say, “how cool are we?” It’s good to remind people that we are all about the music.

Congratulations on the release of the New Ministry of Sound Sessions CD. How did you choose the tracks for it?

The tracks are just a reflection of what we’re doing at our gigs. So it’s tracks we’ve been playing over the last year as well as new ones we’ve gathered in the last months.

And some of them are a collection of tunes I’ve been buying over the last six years and they’re just the bestof dub and reggae influence music that I’ve bought. It wasn’t too hard to choose.

So some of the tracks choose themselves?

Yeah, I think the best way to approach things sometimes is just to go with the simple thing and what you know works. You do it week in week out. It tends to work better if you just go with what you know works and what’s been working for you.

You’re back in Tasmania again, how does it compare down here to other places?

I love playing in Tasmania. I’ve been totally and utterly blown away by the vibe in the clubs. After the first time I went straight back to Sydney and told some of the international DJs. I said, “You’ve got to go down and play there. It’s got such a good vibe.” It’s tended to be overlooked a lot. I think a lot of people feel like that when they go down there. It’s got such an amazing vibe.

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love playing in TasI’ve been totally and blown away by the the clubs

How do you compare playing day and night gigs?

It’s a different vibe really. Day gigs just have a bit more of a happy vibe about them – everyone is out in the sunshine – it’s a bit lighter and a bit happier. Often you end up playing pretty similar stuff, but I think it’s just a bit happier.

You seem to be working constantly; what do you do to relax when you’re not DJing?

At the moment I usually come home and just go straight back into the studio. I’ve got a lot of projects that I’ve started over the last three or four years. The ball has really started rolling so I’ve decided to get right back in there and try different things. It’s like an addiction.

It’s hard at the moment because I don’t really take that much time off. When you work for yourself you have set your own boundaries and sometimes I get to the weekend and go: “oh, shit here we go, another weekend and I haven’t had any time off since last weekend’s gigs.” I guess if anything I try and go down to the beach and just lay on the sand and do nothing. That’s my favourite way of relaxing.

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Max Graham ' S m a c k M y B i t c h U p '

By David Williams & Leigh Dillon A diverse producer and composer, Canadian based DJ Max Graham has become a recognised name across the world of dance. An artist unable to be put into any definitive dance music genre, Max Graham has a solid body of original work and remixes including the Prodigy’s “Smack My Bitch Up” which appears on his soon to be released new album, “Mix Mag Live.” Here’s what he had to say about the release, his rise on the scene, and whether or not Smack is worse than Violence.

Your new album, “Mix Mag Live” is due for release soon, how do you feel about its release? Are you nervous about it or are you really confident?

I’m pretty excited. It’s a chance for me to showcase the changes that I’ve made in my sound over the last couple of years. “Transport” was the last really high profile thing that I did so this is definitely going to show people what I’m up to now. This will give people a chance to see where my head is at.

How would you say that sounds that you are producing have changed?

Well I’ve been heavily influenced with a housey, funky sound, where as in the past I was a lot more transient, progressive, with 12 minute songs. Now I’m making seven minute songs so I can get to the point a lot faster with more bassline. We’re all influenced by each other (DJs) all the time. Each time I get a new record there is something in it that will trigger an idea in my head for my own thing when I’m back in the studio so it’s such a constant evolution.

The track “Owner of a Lonely Heart” (a Yes remix) you think will open you to a new audience, have you heard anything from the members of Yes as to their opinion of your remix?

I haven’t heard directly, but they all approved it and they all liked it. There was one guy who was questioning it, but they convinced him. They all signed off on it. They liked the fact that I kept the original pretty intact. I can’t take a lot of credit for the music because it’s written by them so I tried to leave a lot of it alone.

I didn’t want to filter it up and go crazy with it. I sort of left it as is and I think that’s why they’re into it. I wasn’t expecting it to get cleared.

Why weren’t you expecting it to get cleared?

When you have rockers that are from a different era who don’t really understand dance music and they don’t understand sampling, a lot of times (artists like) Alanis, Madonna, all those guys turn down so much. Radiohead turned down that amazing hybrid mix because they don’t really get it. It’s not their thing. They’re rich and they don’t need the money so they say, “you know what, we’re not going to allow this.” These guys, though, really saw, they understood it. I think the success of “Call on Me” before it kind of helped them realise that an 80s song could go number one and be a big hit and help those guys financially. And although they don’t need it they’d be crazy to turn it down. But I was surprised that all five writers and all five lawyers and all five agents

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Canada remains an incredible place to come DJ and perform and a great place to go out and party.

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all agreed to it. I was pretty happy, when you have that many people involved.

It’s been said about you that you had a meteoric rise as a DJ. Is it one of those cases of overnight success that takes 10 years?

It’s so true, an overnight success that takes 10 years. It’s so funny. Canada is like Australia in a way that it’s so big. Overall dance music is very big in Canada. We’ve been very lucky in Canada, we’ve had an incredible scene here over the last 10 or 15 years and it’s still going strong. You’ve got 8,000 people at the big parties - 21 to 35 year olds - they’re not kids, so because of that they’re very expensive to get into. They have amazing sound and light shows and they really are on another level.

Canada remains an incredible place to come and DJ and perform and a great place to go out and party.

I’ve been really lucky to have it. The government haven’t got too involved and the police haven’t had too many problems so it’s been great.

On the new album, you remix Prodigy’s “Smack My Bitch Up” which has such a different feel to than “Owner of a Lonely Heart”. What compelled you to get involved in the remix of this track?

I was mixing another Prodigy track and I realised they were in the same key so I started to play around with it. It only took about a day to put together and clean it out and I realised it worked, and I thought this is something I’ll have exclusively. It really kind of fell together one day.

It was just for to have something that felt a little bit different.

Do you think the track is about being violent or is about using heroin?

You know what, I have no idea. To be honest I haven’t really thought about it. But I guess maybe a bit of both.

Which do you think is worse then, being violent to someone or encouraging someone to use smack?

That’s a tough one.

I think in the long run, smack would be a lot more dangerous. Encouraging someone is also pretty bad, so I think they’re both equally as bad. Encouraging someone to do something that could really ruin their life or if you’re smacking someone around, and the song’s connotation is that it’s towards a female, so they’re both pretty rough.

Death In Vegas

By Simon Hancock and Leigh Dillon

Leaving Las Vegas A man with a passion for his DJing, Richard Fearless of Death in Vegas fame has long been at the forefront of the DJ scene. His latest release, “Death in Vegas - Fabric Live 23” highlights the strengths of a DJ who started on the scene in the UK as a 19 year old alongside famous counterparts, The Chemical Brothers. His track “Girls” from the 2002 album “Scorpio Rising” caught the attention of director Sofia Coppola who used it on the soundtrack for her Academy Award nominated film “Lost in Translation.”

What have you been up to today?

Today I’ve been chasing a mouse actually. Chasing a mouse that we eventually caught in a plastic container, then took out to a field and gave a name and released to its parents. After that we went to the park, then after that I listened to a bunch of songs I recorded last night and walked about the streets. Now I’m just eating ice cream and doing interviews.

Congratulations on the new “Fabric” CD. How important is it to you that other people enjoy your work?

I always try and pretend like it doesn’t matter but of course it does. I feel, that the thing I really want is for fans to appreciate it and enjoy what we’re doing and know where we’re going and where we’ve come from.

There’s always a step forward or a step to the side with Death in Vegas. All the projects are very different but there’s this underlying feeling, a soul that goes through it and I just want to keep that.

What’s it mean to you to be asked to put together a Fabric compilation?

It’s an honour to be asked to do it. And the way I approached it was by thinking, if I was playing in Fabric tonight or next week and I’d want to get a whole lot of new stuff to play for that night. So I went to Detroit and just bought stuff that I’d want to play.

On the album, the second track reminded me of Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells” and the next track reminded me of Pat Benatar’s “Love is a Battlefield.” How do you feel with the comparisons?

We get comparisons with anything that’s kind of monotonous or heavy and repetitious. When you see the structure of a lot of the electronic stuff that I take out to DJ and listen to, you can understand the similarity of where we come from. Repeating, going around one frame for four minutes with live musicians you really get sucked in. It’s so hypnotic.

Did you approach production on this album with a particular theme or goal? Did you have an idea of the sound that you were after?

Totally because when you go out to DJ you take a pile of records it just flows. It works. You don’t know exactly how it’s going to sound but you can hear it in your head.

It’s not rocket science. It can always be more intricate but I just wanted to do a track like how I play, just bang it out.

There’s this underlying feeling, a soul that goes through it and I just want to keep that

Will we see a new Death in Vegas album out soon?

We have a new album which has all been recorded and we’re just ready, waiting to find out where we are going to mix it. So we’re basically just sitting on a new album.

You planned to produce one of Oasis’ albums. What happened there?

We worked on it for a month. It was a difficult one because it was a good experience and great time but we wanted to go one way and they wanted to go another.

They didn’t have enough songs and they felt that they were trying to recreate the sound from their studio somewhere else and it just wasn’t working. It just didn’t work out which was a shame. We didn’t get to mix any songs.

What were they like to work with as musicians?

They were brilliant, but to be honest it was really hard work. I love them, I thought they were hysterical and I felt like I learnt a lot from them and I think they learnt something from me. They were really good guys.

They had some trouble on a plane trip to Australia a few years ago. Do they still get up to that sort of thing in the studio?

No not at all, they’re complete workhorses. They were the hardest working guys I’ve ever worked with.

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By Carlisle Rogers

Awfully Deep Roots Manuva’s first album was pressed in an initial run of 3000 copies. The seminal Brand New Second Hand went on to sell over 90,000 copies. Run Come Save Me proved equally as defining as his first release. And now, on the cusp of his Australian tour, he has dropped his third and most ambitious album, Awfully Deep. Rodney Smith attempted to make a classic pop album this time, and his inimitable style and canted driftings are leaning pretty heavily in that direction. 100% caught up with him to figure out how…

How long did the new album take?

It took me about four or five months. I don’t work every day, every day. I do a couple of weeks, then stop for a month or two months, then a couple of weeks again. It’s just the way things seem to turn out. The idea of taking a trip to the Bahamas and making an album in one block of three months hasn’t been available to me.

Where did you draw your inspiration from?

From pressure, from massive tax bills, from having to keep up with the Jones’s; the desire to have a bigger house and a nicer car and to send the boy to private school so he can be somebody.

Would you like to see him take up music?

I always try to encourage him to keep his hobby as his hobby.

Music was my hobby and it turned into an occupation, and I have a hard time with it now. It’s about being put into situations where you start off with loads of standards or ‘principles’ and slowly the focus gets all blurred.

Slowly but surely it turns into a big ball of confusion.

Little things like getting offered money for my music to be on adverts.

You look into it and realize, shit, you’re supporting a bank that supports some crazy war in some third world country, or some biological experiment. Or you’re supporting a company that’s supported by genetically modified food. All those initial focuses on ‘Burning Down Babylon’ kind of dwindle away when you start paying your mortgage and keeping up the repayments on the car.

How did you first become enveloped in hip hop?

I was never the kind of kid to stand on a street corner and rap. I was more the kind to make a tape at home and secretly distribute it. Give it to the loudmouth in school

and they would distribute it and you’d get a little buzz, and underground buzz at school. It wasn’t shy, but more proud, that I didn’t need to get up in everybody’s face. I can do this with more of a stealth campaign.

How have you developed the Roots sound with Awfully Deep?

This album, I had a whole lot more financial stability in my life so there was this massive paranoia of becoming stale or middle-of-the-road. I tried to capture a hunger and a sonic bravery, a linguistic freeness on this album.

There was more of an effort, a calculated effort to make a genre-defining record, I suppose.

Whereas the first couple were just happy-go-lucky weed and champagne. This time I tried to consider the full spectrum of the sonic application in terms of how you use the technology that’s out there.

Also looking at the structure of the song, trying to break out of regimented structures. Someone said to me that I was trying to reinvent the wheel. I’m trying to get back into that boundless spirit of just being out there.

I was quite sober doing this record. It wasn’t like before where I was living the life of waking up and smoking weed first thing in the morning and drinking champagne all day. It was a bit of a harder process. I had a team around me that I had to trust more than I’ve ever had to trust anyone before.

It’s not just about cashing in on the trends of the moment. For me it’s about trying to make music that will be relevant to the youth of today and in twenty or forty years time. That’s what will quantify the significance of what I’m doing. I don’t think most people even bother with that kind of thing, but that’s the spirit I’m trying to tap into.

I’m just trying to make a classic pop record. In the back of my mind I’m trying to make a record that will sit beside a Frank Sinatra album or a Barry Manilow album, or Michael Jackson’s Thriller. I want to do something that can sit down sonically beside it.

There’s a massive fear of being an individual. Everybody wants to wear the same thing, get beats from the same producer. Eat the same food and drink the same drink.

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Princess Superstar

By David Williams and Leigh Dillon

The Princess & The Machine After the massive success that was her last album, “Princess Superstar Is” which spawned the mega hit “Bad Babysitter” Princess Superstar returns with her new release, “My Machine.” With a career spanning more than ten years, it’s no wonder so much gets written about this passionate New Yorker. She is after all, a mesmerising artist. She spoke to us

a friend. Chocolate cake. I like chocolate everything.

Reading about how much you love New York, it made me want to pack up and move there myself.

It’s such a magical city. It’s one of those places where you really can become whatever you to be. After ten years of being here I still feel the same way.

such shock. I was so freaked out. There were all these people on the street walking up from down town covered in blood and debris and in shock. Some people had no shoes on and it was like night of the living dead.

It was so surreal, like you were in a dream. I remember I was about to shoot a video for “Bad Babysitter” and I was like: “Why the fuck am I going to dance around in a little costume when something like this has happened?” I just felt so worthless. (But)I read an article in the New York Times recently and I was reflecting on that yesterday, and now I have another record coming out. A very different record and I’m really proud of this record because I think it has a really good message in it underneath all of the funny stuff.

You say this is quite a different album to the last?

For one thing it’s a concept album which makes it different from anything I’ve ever done and musically I feel it’s the most political album that I’ve ever done, even though it’s under the guise of all these hilarious stories.

But the underlying thing is that it’s political.

It took you three years to make the new album, “My Machine,” did everything go smoothly?

Oh god no. It was a mess. I went through a horrible writer’s block. I couldn’t write for a year. I felt really shitty and I thought, “I suck. This isn’t going to work. I don’t know what to do.” I was DJing at the time, which I still do, and I was DJing all over the world and I was procrastinating about it and I just kept putting it off and every time I sat down to write I thought; “it sucked.” I had to force myself out of it and I’m so fucking happy that I did because that was a real dark time in my life.

from the streets of her home town.

Where are you at the moment and what have you been doing today?

I’m just going home. I’m on the lower east side and I’m on my way back to my apartment. Today was my record release so to celebrate I just had some cake with

Phrase

By Leigh Dillon & David Williams

He’s just been signed to Universal music and could be the artist that takes Australian hiphop to the world. Phrase is one of the freshest names in the Australian hip-hop scene. Growing up in Melbourne, Phrase has fit an awful lot of life into a short period of time. Leaving home at the tender age of 14 and delving into a dark world of drugs and danger, Phrase has emerged on the other side as an undeniable talent; articulate, focussed and definitely nonconformist. His debut album, “Talk with Force” is out this month.

Congratulations on the release of “Talk with Force” and also congratulations on getting signed with Universal. How are you feeling about everything at the moment?

Cheers, yeah it’s a bit of a biggie. I’m feeling good about it all. Universal have been great about everything. A lot of people have been saying you’re signed to a major and you’re going to get bullied into doing things and you’re going to be a sell out, but we’ve finished the album and we’ve got a licensing, distribution deal with them, it’s not like they’ve had control of my music, or what I write or my image or anything like that. They’re completely ready to support me for what I do so it’s really good.

They’re obviously interested in supporting you for what you’ve done and to change that would be a bit stupid, wouldn’t you agree?

People have been asking whether I’ve changed or whether it’s any different, and it’s not really, it’s just given me a forum to push it out there as hard as I can. It’s all the promo work you miss out on if you’re doing an indie thing, so for me it just doubles my chances of doing what I’ve always wanted to do.

How did you go about recording “Talk with Force,” did you pay for the recording yourself?

Yeah, I sort of scrimped and saved to come into the studio here and record two tracks. We’ve got a crazy studio here at Marlin Records. The guy that owns the label really liked what I was doing, but

New York has just had the anniversary for the September 11 attacks, what did you do on the day of the anniversary?

It’s very difficult. I’ve got these crazy mixed emotions because I remember when it happened because my last album came out right before it. It was so devastating for me that I almost wanted to give up music. It was

this was going back three years ago and then Aussie hip-hop hadn’t taken off yet. It was still really an underground thing so it was hard for him to offer me a deal or anything like that, so he just got me to keep coming in. I was just doing development work in here at the studio, always writing through that time and as Aussie hip-hop started to grow we realised that it was marketable and that there was a chance to be able to make some money back of this. Then Marlin Records offered me a deal, that was about two years ago, so we did the whole album in the studio here, so I didn’t have to go out and pay to record it but obviously you’ve got to budget because you’ve got to pay back.

The title track, “Talk with Force” talks about life on the streets, is that autobiographical and what can you tell us about that?

Yeah, pretty much. It really depicts where I came from, but because I’m starting to see success and rewards from all the work I’ve done my past doesn’t look as gloomy to me anymore. Whereas take me back five years and I thought the world owed me something and nothing meant anything to me. So growing up as a kid I left home at about 14 or 15 and I dropped out of school and got really heavily involved with graffiti and drugs and spent six years with a pretty full-on drug habit, but I came out of it.

I met people who were doing youth work who gave me an insight and made me recognise that I had a talent and that I could do something with my rapping.

I came through it and I realised that if I didn’t do this and I didn’t focus on something then five years down the track I was either going to be dead or doing nothing. So to me it’s a big thing that the record definitely talks about my past. It’s not like I’m glorifying it like Gangsta Rap that I’ve done this and that, but a lot of the record is saying I’ve been there but now I’m doing this, and I’ve seeing better days because of what I’ve been through.

In the beginning of the title track, “Talk with Force” you call other MCs soft-cock mutherfuckers. That’s pretty full-on man, is that how you see things, or is it a bit of bravado?

It’s a bit of both. Through the whole of hip-hop history it’s kind of what it’s about, that you’re going for number one, that you’re going for that spot and that you’re confident in what you do. Especially being on the title track it kind of says, “okay, let’s see what this dude has got to say.”

To an extent, do you think hip-hop has tak-

Was that because you lost the fun attitude of your writing, something that always features in your work?

Right, it was becoming not like fun. I think some of the success I’d had really put the pressure on me in a way.

I just felt that I had to follow up “Bad Babysitter,” and although it was my fourth album it was my overnight success. I guess I felt that I had to come up with something and I couldn’t. Then I thought; “Fuck that. I’m just going to write what’s in my heart.” You can’t put those pressures on yourself and expect to write good music.

I really enjoy the way your lyrics are direct and raw, yet still very clever, how inspires you as a writer?

A lot of people: David Bowie, Missy Elliott. So many

en over as the voice of angry youth, given that it used to be rock and heavy metal?

Yeah, I think you’re spot on. I think that it has. As sub-cultures have emerged out here and has times have changed obviously it’s what kids out here relate to most.

There’s a scene out here and it seems to me that Phrase has paid his dues and he’s doing good things.

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people, but you ask me and my mind draws a blank… typical (laughs).

It must have been a lot of fun working with so many different people on “My Machine” and having so many creative influences?

It was the greatest. Each producer brought something to the table and brought something else out of me that I didn’t know existed, and that’s why I chose to work with so many different people. You always have to keep pushing yourself and bettering your music.

You’ve written a lot in the past about love, sex and physical attraction. Do you consider yourself to be sexually liberated?

Yeah I guess so. You could put it that way. Men have been talking about sex for ages, so why can’t women?

It used to be this scandalous thing. But yeah, I guess I am liberated.

Is that what it means to you – to be sexually liber-

There were all these people on the street walking up from down town covered in blood and debris and in shock. Some people had no shoes on and it was like night of the living dead ated – to be able to declare those subjects in your music or does it mean more than that?

I think it means that essentially, you can talk about traditionally what men have talked about and that it’s all good and that it shouldn’t be such a big deal for women to do it.

What do you find sexy?

A sense of humour, that’s the key. Somebody who is smart - that’s very sexy to me. I don’t like the bad boy.

I like the nice, smart boy.

You’ve had some respect paid to you from Ice-T, how did that happen to you?

When Ice-T was down here, only a few weeks ago, Axle Whitehead who hosts Video Hits was wanting to start playing the video, and Ice-T was programming on the show so he thought this was the perfect opportunity to play it and to get Ice-T to talk about it: and he (Ice-T) said, ‘there’s a scene out here and it seems to me that Phrase has paid his dues and he’s doing good things.” And it’s a spin out because I grew up listening to him.

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Hermitude

By David Williams and Leigh Dillon

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The Sound Of Hermitude On The Herd’s New Album, Shouts And do get a M a k i n g T r a k s sense of theYou people who have Released last month on the Elefant Traks label is Hermitude’s new album, “Tales from the Drift.”

Whilst having a distinctive hip-hop style, Hermitude mesh jazz, funk and Cuban rhythms on the new record. Renowned for their spectacular live shows, their songs weave a delicate blend of melodies and emotions throughout giving listeners a feast of warm and intricate music. “Tales from the Drift” picks up from where their debut “Alley’s to Valleys” left off.

Yeah, that’s it. So, what have you been doing today mate?

Ah, not much. Been listening to the new Herd album, actually.

I just stumbled out of bed and broke out a new copy on Sunday so I was just eating my breakfast checking it out. Yeah, it’s a great record. It’s a bit more personal.

It’s a bit darker, which is cool.

You’ve been getting a bit of airplay, and a few you know, albums of the week and all that sort of stuff.

Yeah. There’s been a bit of love for it, which is great you know?

We’ve been working on it the last couple of years. We just hooked straight back into it, with our style it came out really well. We’re pretty breezy.

terms of the kind of music before we were producers.

And we have a pretty broad range of music that we’re into apart from hip-hop.

I’m into funk and Latin and jazz and, I don’t know, classical, thematic, cinematic kind of shit. So I guess we’re trying to encompass all that in the in the sound. Then we write these tunes. So, yeah, I don’t know if that answers your question properly, but fuck it.

As you said before you’ve been getting a bit of airplay, especially with Falling Giants, who do you see as the giants that you want to fight?

Ha ha. You’ll probably have to ask the rappers that.

They’re the ones with all the grudges. That song came together kind of quickly; we had a beat, we were trying to dub it at a few shows.

There can be a lot of bullshit and not just in the hip-hop community

There’s always going to be a couple of things you’re not happy with. You’ve just got to get to the point where you just let it go.

We played it and they just freestyled all over it, and then we finally got it into the studio to knuckle-down and write the track. I guess that session was basically one of the funnest sessions we’ve done with MCs in terms of, we got those guys in, we bought a few beers.

It’s that theory that it’s never finished, it’s just abandoned, huh?

It was just this really relaxed kind of vibe. I guess how I see what hip-hop is, in terms of just having fun and

By David Williams The Herd’s Urthboy will be touring to Tassie with Hermitude soon. Sauce caught up with the “grounded” DJ. Hello, Pizza Hut. Hello, is David there?

Ah, yeah. I just thought I’d try and trick you.

Ah, you got me. This is Tim from Elephant Tracks here.

Where did you come up with the handle Urthboy?

Ah, it’s pretty random. It’s very boring. Back when the Internet was still only unleashed on the US Military, we are… whenever I was getting my hotmail address or something back at the end of school for me which is kinda like mid-to-late nineties or mid-ish nineties, yeah, I just got it. I just thought of some…um…I had my reasons at the time, but there has been a few moments in the last few years where I’ve just gone “Jesus, where the hell did I come up with that?” But it’s just stuck, so I’m just sticking with it.

Yeah, like if you start calling yourself something else people wouldn’t know who you were.

Yeah, I guess a name is…it’s more important what you do rather than what your name says about you, I suppose you know? Like people with really good names put out really deplorable product, or they’ve just kinda got… no skills. So I got the name and in the end I just relaxed and just realised – it doesn’t matter too much.

And you run Elephant Tracks, do you?

I am one of the people who run it, yeah.

How many are there involved?

Ah, there’s about eight of us who work quite consistently on it. That includes people who do graphic design to people who keep our kind of IT stuff sorted out, as well as gig bookings. And I’m kind of like the overseer; I just sort of do all the ins and outs, A&Rs and you know, do all the kind of bookings of ads and all that sort of stuff. So I kind of do all the…I’ll be sweeping the floor at freaking 10AM on Monday morning when everyone else is kind of stumbling off to their workplace or still asleep. I’m kind of like the all-rounder.

Is that eight people who have a financial interest in it? Who owns it?

Ah, we all own it. We haven’t kind of set…we set up our company in a way that’s just grown with each year, so we started off with our own songs, and we just burnt them onto a CD and then just used each other’s computer burners and put out two hundred copies of each compilation. And that sold a few copies, and then the next thing we did we actually pressed up properly and that sold a few copies and we’ve just kind of worked and just always re-injected the money into the company.

So in a sense we don’t have any owners; we’re all sort of part-owners.

Cool. And congratulations on the new album for the Herd; The Sun Never Sets Yeah You’re welcome. The first track on that, called “Unpredictable”, how many different languages are there on that track?

Okay, there is Chinese…Mandarin – that’s Uncle Ho (?).

There’s also Italian which is one of the producers, Sulo (?). And there’s Spanish, which is Aussie Battler. There’s some Czech Republic, which is Berzerkatron, one of the other MCs. And we actually had other languages which we could’ve brought into it but we thought that it would have been a bit too much in the end, ‘cause one of our guys is Sri Lankan, so we have a few people who speak their own language. And of course we’ve got English in there as well.

Yeah, exactly. It was a bit tricky this time; we had a bit of a deadline going on. I’ve heard someone say that the first album can take forever to make, and the next one has to be done in eighteen months.

having a party. That’s pretty much how that session was in the studio. It was just like this little mini-party.

So it was good; it made us work a bit harder and kind of knuckle down, I guess.

And I guess what they were talking about, in terms of “giants will fall” and all that kind of business is that there can be a lot of bullshit and not just in the hiphop community. I’ve seen it in all forms, probably all professions. A lot of attitude and a lot of egos, and I guess it’s talking about fucking all that shit off and just, you know, having fun. That’s what hip-hop’s about, you know. A party.

So how do you feel that Hermitude differs from other hip-hop acts in Aussie?

Well I guess there’s not too many groups doing instrumental hip-hop. Now there are a couple of them, who are all funnily enough on the same label. There are other guys; there’s Plutonic Lab. I definitely kind of see ourselves as a bit different.

Now, to finish off with; if your porno name is made up of your first pet’s name and the name of the street that you lived in, what is your porno name?

Well, I can’t actually remember my first house, but the house that I moved into when I was about 1 will have to do. So that would have to make my porno name Goldie Craig End.

And it’s kind of the way, you know? The first record no one knows who the fuck you are. You just take your time, which is what we did with our record, and with this one we kind of had a bit more of a deadline.

We come from a bit more of a musical background in

And what was the motivation behind having all the different languages in that track?

Ah, I don’t think it’s…it’s not to sort of say “wow, we’re multi-lingual” because I think there’s a certain novelty value for that, because if you’re not multi-lingual yourself the songs…their quite difficult to understand what’s going on. It’s more just because…it’s a song we’ve been doing live for the last few years and…we’re a pretty differed crew. We’re not your average sort of Aussie hiphop crew and I think this is one of the ways were we’re just saying “well, you know, this is how we embrace all the…all our different outlooks in the world.” So we have some people who are really…they’ve just spent years in South America, or in Latin America or in Central America or in Eastern Europe and you know, one of our guys is…we’ve all got sort of different heritages and I guess that does come out in our music. So I guess it was just a…yeah, there was no real grand plan behind that song, it’s just like, “ah, it worked live, let’s record it”.

And so, when you say that you see yourselves as not your average group, are you referring mainly to the

got their heart in it for the right reasons and people who are trying to help out differences in ethnic background of the members or is there something more?

No, I don’t think there are any crews out there who are quite the same as us, but I’m more speaking from an angle of I think we try and do stuff which is not really an interest to a lot of the other hip-hop groups out there.

When you come and… when one crew sorta says “well, you know, we’ve got to battle; we’ve got to have wordplay.” And that’s kind of the predominant style that goes on in Australian hip-hop, and that’s cool. I love that stuff as well. But that stuff wouldn’t hold in The Herd just ‘cause we all have…we kinda have different goals for this project. It’s not just about lets get a phat loop and lets get some phat raps and a sick chorus and put it all together. Like, for the Herd, we kinda do things and in the process create something that is just a little bit of a new take on an old genre. So whether we achieve that or not, it doesn’t really matter. That’s what we’re trying to do. We’re not trying to do the same old stuff.

So what are your plans as far as videos and singles and all that sort of stuff?

We’ve done the first new clip, for “We Can’t Hear You”, which is track four. We kind of got dressed up as zombies and skeletons and vampires, and we chased around this little girl who was riding on a bike. That’s the premise of the clip. And we’ve done another one for a track called “Under Pressure”, which is a little bit darker, a little bit more…it’s not autobiographical, but a bit more story-telling.

Cool. And you’re coming down to Tassie soon with Hermitude?

Yep, yep.

And I mean, obviously Hermitude is on the Elephant Tracks label. Is that the right way to say it?

Yeah, that’s right.

So, do you guys…you obviously have a pretty close relationship?

Yeah, for sure. I was in my first band with Luke Dobson – Augusto (?) – from Hermitude, and I’ve know Gusto since he was about fourteen or fifteen and he was playing…like, he was only a drummer back then; this was before he picked up turntables and before he started producing. And as soon as we went our different ways, because it was very amicable for us because I was involved in the Herd and they were wanting to get their project of theirs up and running so, in the end, they kind of went hard on Hermitude and I kind of went hard on The Herd. But we came out all the time and they’d come down to Sydney socialising, and they’d come and hang out. So it’s just another extension to jump in the studio and work on tracks and I’ve done that many tours with those guys now that I know them a little too well.

So who’s got the smelliest feet?

Ah, that would be Aussie Battler.

I mean, I’m talking from someone who puts his shoes and socks out every night Yeah. Ha ha.

Now you’ve been down here to Tassie quite a few times. What’s your overall impression of the place?

Ah, last time that we came down we actually had a gig in Hobart and Launceston, and that was cracking because that was the first time I’d done the Hobart to Lonnie drive. So that’s just an incredible little part of Australia, I reckon. Every time we go down there we try and spend a bit of time to go down to those…Glass House mountains, is it called?

No, no, no. Glass House is in Queensland.

Yeah, well, like down south of Hobart. Like, yeah, we always have a good time; there’s always some good local supports, and there’s always a good little vibe in Hobart, and you get a sense that we have… we take it a bit for granted being up in the mainland so if we can ever go down and have shows then we will promote it and what not. It’s just an excuse to see another part of Australia.

On the album you give a shout out to Ruffcut Records in Hobart. Why? We’ve done stuff with Nick and the crew for a couple of years now and you travel around the country doing shows all over the place and meeting new people and you do get a sense of the people who have got their heart in it for the right reasons and people who are trying to help out, and they’re trying to do their own thing as well, but they’re people who are just so easy to deal with.

They’re not so common. A lot of people are so caught up in their own world that you don’t get a sense of the people. Ruffcut have always been good to us, even though we haven’t done that many tours with them.

GIG Guide 05/10/05 - 02/11/05 WEDNESDAY 5TH

With Seb and Parky

DEVONPORT

Customs House Hotel John Craig

Spurs/Warehouse Bundy 8 Ball Calcutta HOBART Customs House Hotel Charles Kaos House DJs Chilli & Brent 10 till late Queen’s Head Café Bar James Maddock Swing 4 Republic Bar & Café Waiter 9pm Syrup MESH – Hobarts oldest club night, breaks/ drum+bass with resident Scott WoodHouse and guests Telegraph Gnosis and friends Trout Punk with Disconnect Records LAUNCESTON Batman Fawkner Inn Launceston Show Eve, 4play And Dj’s Earl And Patty, Cheap Drinks All night Free Entry Irish Murphy’s Jesse The Uprising Saloon Legendary Uni Night Multi Band Night with a great line up for Show Eve night and Karaoke in The Loft with DJ Loco.

THURSDAY 6TH DEVONPORT Spurs/Warehouse Karaoke – Win a trip to Melbourne!

HOBART Customs House Hotel Pete Thomas Queen’s Head Café Bar Banda Chiquitta Republic Bar & Café Women In Docs (no cover) 9pm Trout Couch Night with Jezza and John LAUNCESTON Batman Fawkner Inn Batty Social Club Nite, Pulse in the Batty Bar Irish Murphy’s Ahmad & Nick James Hotel Uni Night with Trentwood (Phil Cebrano) & Funkin Unbelievable Saloon Take 2 with Glen from Big Brother at 10pm, $3 Daiquiri’s for the Ladies and live DJ’s playing the best commercial tracks.

New Sydney Hotel Giant Hamsters Duke of Wellington Psy-Lounge Local Trance Dj’s Bringing you the Best In PsyTrance, Hard NRG & Anthems $5 on the door. Midnight til 10am

FRIDAY 7TH DEVONPORT Spurs/Warehouse SEXY dance party Big screen videos

Dr Syntax Fuse 8:30pm Halo Mad Racket with Sydney’s Mad Racket residents Ken Cloud, Simon Caldwell and Jimmi James New Sydney Hotel Lyn Thomas Section

Queen’s Head Café Bar Greg, Tilly & The Jazz Brothers

Kaos House DJs Chilli & Brent 10 till late

Republic Bar & Cafe Tex Perkins (Cruel Sea) & Tim Rogers (You Am I) $25 limited tickets. Supp: Hayley 10pm

Queen’s Head Café Bar Pumpkin Heads

Sirens Matt Walker & Ashley Davies with special guest Sime Nugent Syrup Downstairs 8pm: KO – Resident DJ’s MEZ, & Guests ‘Laying down the Khunks “O” Funk’ Downstairs 10.30pm: BOOGIE – 70’s & 80’s FUNK with resident DJ’s Nick C and Duncan.

Upstairs 11pm: BREAKEVEN – Presents Ministry Of Sounds Sessions with Kid Kenobi and MC SureShock + resident DJ’s AdamTurner, Scott Woodhouse Telegraph back ground beats with messi jessi Trout Dirty Harry & The Rockets ($3) Wrest Point Entertainment Centre Pete Murray LAUNCESTON Batman Fawkner Inn Happy Hour 5:30PM7:30PM Food, live music & cheap drinks.

Something Kills & Muddy Turds out the back bar.

Free Entry Irish Murphy’s Distro James Hotel Carl Fidler Lonnies Joycie Craig Randall Saloon Dance the Night Away with live DJ`s playing the best commercial music and Karaoke in The Loft with DJ Loco.

Royal Oak LBC Stringy Bark McDowell SATURDAY 8TH

Sirrocco’s Decks in the City Stage Door The Cafe Breathless, 8.00pm10.00pm, cover charge $10 DEVONPORT

HOBART

Spurs/Warehouse Trentwood (Melbourne)

Alexander Hotel Distro Sexy Dance Party

HOBART

Bar Celona Elevation

Duke of Wellington Psy-Lounge Local Trance Dj’s Bringing you the Best In PsyTrance, Hard NRG & Anthems $5 on the door. Midnight til 10am

Kaos House DJs Chilli & Brent 10 till late

BURNIE Royal Oak The Rakes

LAUNCESTON Customs House Hotel Morning Glory

Bar Celona Elevation With Seb and Parky

Republic Bar & Café Bomba $15/$12 concession 10pm Syrup Upstairs 3pm: SATURDAY ARVO LIVE SESSIONS – Rock out with the bands Dirty Harry and the Rockets + The Muddy Turds 3pm to 6pm.Free Entry Downstairs 10.30pm: TACKYLAND – 70’s 80’s and 90’s RETRO with resident DJ’s.Naughty. & Rolly Upstairs 11pm: The BEEZ NEEZ presents – DIRTY F*CKN DANCIN – house, electro & breaks, with resident DJ’s Gillie, Adam Turner, + Corney, Kir Telegraph Oscar Trout TasMusic - Bad Luck Charms The Pissweak Kids LAUNCESTON Batman Fawkner Inn Sweetbeats out the back $7 cover 10pm kick off Irish Murphy’s Funkin Unbelieveable James Hotel DJ MacD Rippin it up in Reality Saloon HUGE Saloon Birthday Party with the brand new Coyote Ugly Girls dishing it out. VIP members stay tuned for special invitation.

The Royal Oak Matt Walker & Ashley Davies - with special guest Sime Nugent SUNDAY 9TH HOBART Alexander Hotel Kyron & Rob Dr Syntax Joe Pirere, The Fox and the Hound 5:30pm Lewisham Tavern Matt Walker & Ashley Davies with special guest Sime Nugent New Sydney Hotel Billy & The Swinging Hepcats Queen’s Head Café Bar Black Coffee Republic Bar & Café Bomba $15/$12 concession 9pm Telegraph H20 liquid drum and bass

Irish Murphy’s Leo Leigh Ratty Ratcliffe Uncle Lucy

James Hotel Carl Fidler

James Hotel Open Dekz Night - Bring your vinyl

Saloon Legendary Uni Night with live DJ`s playing the best commercial music and Karaoke in The Loft with DJ Loco.

MONDAY 10TH

THURSDAY 13TH

HOBART

DEVONPORT

Queen’s Head Café Bar Fred Bradshaw Trio

Spurs/Warehouse Karaoke – Win a trip to Melbourne!

Republic Bar & Café Republic Quiz Night 8:15pm LAUNCESTON Batman Fawkner Inn Pulse in the Batty Bar. Free pool 10pm-close Irish Murphy’s Carl Fidler James Hotel Hospitality Night with Ben Castles Tuesday 11th HOBART New Sydney Hotel Blues in the Bar Queen’s Head Café Bar Holloway Street (Sydney) $10.00 Cover Charge Republic Bar & Café Stringy (One man swamp music) 9pm Telegraph ASA wax lyrical

HOBART Customs House Hotel Joel & Brett New Sydney Hotel Doubleman Queen’s Head Café Bar I & I Bredda Republic Bar & Café The Devastations $3 9pm

Irish Murphy’s Sambo Saloon Trivia Night in the Main Room $5,000 to be Won Commences at 7pm.

WEDNESDAY 12TH

HOBART

James Hotel Ben Castles

Batman Fawkner Inn Batty Social Club nite, roundabout in the Batty Bar

Lonnies Randall Craig Little Cam

Irish Murphy’s Jesse

Saloon Dance the Night Away with live DJ`s playing the best commercial music and Karaoke in The Loft with DJ Loco.

James Hotel Uni Night with 3 Some Saloon Take 2 with The Best of Australian Idol, $3 Daiquiri’s for the Ladies and live DJ’s playing the best commercial tracks.

Royal Oak The Stoics SATURDAY 15TH BURNIE

Royal Oak Samuel Bester

Sirrocco’s Decks in the City

FRIDAY 14TH

DEVONPORT

BURNIE

Spurs/Warehouse The Machine (Melbourne)

Stage Door The Cafe Stringybark McDowell, one-man swamp blues show, 8.00pm-10.00pm, cover charge $10

Queen’s Head Café Bar James Maddock Swing 4

HOBART

Trout Maverick and Separatist

Telegraph Oscar Trout Killawatts Club with Tyrant, Blackout, Hammerhead ($3)

Alexander Hotel Well Strung Bar Celona Elevation With Seb and Parky Customs House Hotel Ethol the Frog New Sydney Hotel Inertia Duke of Wellington Psy-Lounge Local Trance Dj’s Bringing you the Best In PsyTrance, Hard NRG & Anthems $5 on the door. Midnight til 10am Queen’s Head Café Bar Greg, Tilly & The Jazz Brothers

LAUNCESTON

Kaos House DJs Chilli & Brent 10 till late

Batman Fawkner Inn DJs Earl & Patty $8 jugs and $4.50 basics 8pmclose

Republic Bar & Café Magic Dirt $17/$15 conc.

(Support – Meebah) 10pm

Irish Murphy’s Samuel Bester Mick Attard and the Embers

Somerset Hotel Brett Boxhall Syrup

Dr Syntax Full Tilt Boogie (Great pub rock – best in Tasmania) 8:30pm New Sydney Hotel Full Tilt Boogie Duke of Wellington Psy-Saturated-Saturday Pharma Psy (lonnie) EM Ham Ellis.D D.Matty.T & Special Guest Only $7

Kaos House DJs Chilli & Brent 10 till late Republic Bar & Café Magic Dirt $17/$15 conc.

(Support – Meebah) 10pm Syrup Upstairs 3pm: SATURDAY ARVO LIVE SESSIONS – Rock out to LIVE BANDS Vialka (France) + Locals The Que Experince , South Sea from 3pm to 8pm. Free Entry Downstairs10.30pm: TACKYLAND – 70’s 80’s and 90’s RETRO with resident DJ’s T.H.C.and Rolly

WEDNESDAY 19TH

Spurs/Warehouse Bundy 8 Ball Calcutta

Irish Murphy’s Distro James Hotel Ministry of Sound Mashed Tour with Ajax & Dangerous Dan Saloon Super Saturday, the Party Continues with Vesna and Hotdogs, live DJ`s playing the best commercial music, The Time Warp Show featuring Jade and the Fabulous Saloon Pulse Dancers and upstairs DJ Loco with Karaoke at the best venue in town!

Royal Oak Ben Castles SUNDAY 16TH

Alexander Hotel Jesse Dr Syntax Joe Pirere, The Fox and the Hound 5:30pm New Sydney Hotel Billy & The Swinging Hepcats Queen’s Head Café Bar Black Coffee Republic Bar & Café Fruit $10/$8 conc.

9pm Telegraph H20 liquid drum and bass

HOBART Customs House Hotel Peron & Amanda Halo Elite Force New Sydney Hotel The Craic Queen’s Head Café Bar James Maddock Swing 4 Kaos House DJs Chilli & Brent 10 till late Republic Bar & Cafe Wild Turkey $2 9pm Syrup SHOW DAY EVE Downstairs 10.30pm: BOOGIE – 70’s & 80’s FUNK with resident DJ’s Nick C and Duncan.

Upstairs DISCO D from Detroit U.S.A ass shaking GettoTech + locals Modal and Kevin Willis Telegraph Gnosis and friends Trout The Ghost and The Storm Outside LP Launch LAUNCESTON Batman Fawkner Inn DJs Earl & Patty $8 jugs and $4.50 basics 8pmclose Irish Murphy’s Robbie Elliot The Rakes James Hotel DJ Randall

Irish Murphy’s Phil Picasso Ben Castles 3 Sum

Saloon Legendary Uni Night with live DJ`s playing the best commercial music and Karaoke in The Loft with DJ Loco.

James Hotel Open Dekz Night - Bring your vinyl

THURSDAY 20TH

MONDAY 17TH

DEVONPORT

HOBART

Spurs/Warehouse Karaoke – Win a trip to Melbourne!

Queen’s Head Café Bar Fred Bradshaw Trio

HOBART

Republic Bar & Cafe G.B. Balding 8:30pm Trout Jamjar LAUNCESTON

Queen’s Head Café Bar Abt

Saloon Trivia Night in the Main Room $5,000 to be Won Commences at 7pm

Batman Fawkner Inn 4play in the Batty Bar & Halfmast, The Infected & Spankpaddle out the back. Free entry.

LAUNCESTON

Bar Celona Elevation With Seb and Parky

Irish Murphy’s Carl Fidler

DEVONPORT

HOBART Alexander Hotel The Machine

LAUNCESTON Batman Fawkner Inn The Batty Presents “S.I.N” with Mark Stinson in the Batty Bar

LAUNCESTON

HOBART

Spurs/Warehouse Big screen videos

Telegraph Gnosis and friends

Upstairs 11pm: The BEEZ NEEZ present DIRTY FKING DANCIN – the best of house, electro & breaks with resident DJ’s Gillie, Adam Turner, Modal and DSKO.

LAUNCESTON

LAUNCESTON

New Sydney Hotel Stringy Bark McDowell

Syrup Smackdown Hosted by Grotesque and Mdusu dj battle, mc battle, open mic + dj’s scam (melb) chango phat (melb) and dameza (tas dmc champ) also feat a set by DaMaGeD goods doors open at 9pm $5 cover

Trout Vialka (France), Enola Fall ($3)

Irish Murphy’s Off the Cuff

DEVONPORT

Republic Bar & Café Eureka Club House 9pm

Trades Hotel lyrical commission ‘murderous tour’ hosted by caddy feat djs grotesque, ari & buffet tix $20 at ruffcut records

Trout Couch Night - Ryan Kinder

Customs House Hotel Shawne & Lucas

Kaos House DJs Chilli & Brent 10 till late

The Uni Bar End of Semester Bash

Batman Fawkner Inn Happy house 5:307:30pm, food, live music & cheap drinks Breakwater out the back back, free entry

DEVONPORT Spurs/Warehouse Bundy 8 Ball Calcutta

Telegraph back ground beats with messi jessi

Syrup MESH – Hobarts oldest club night, breaks/ drum+bass with resident DJ SPIN-FX , Scott WoodHouse and guests.

LAUNCESTON Batman Fawkner Inn The Batty Presents “S.I.N” with Mark Stinson in the Batty Bar

Downstairs 9pm: KO – Resident DJ’ Mez ‘Laying down the Khunks “O” Funk’ Downstairs 10.30pm: BOOGIE – 70’s & 80’s FUNK with resident DJ’s Nick C and Duncan.

Upstairs 11pm: LaCasa – Vocal and funky House with residents DJG, Mat B and Guests

Batman Fawkner Inn Pulse in the Batty Bar, free pool 10pm-close Irish Murphy’s Jesse TUESDAY 18TH HOBART New Sydney Hotel Blues in the Bar Queen’s Head Café Bar Classics With Strings On Fire Republic Bar & Cafe Australian Songwriters Association Quiz Night 8pm

Customs House Hotel Pete Thomas New Sydney Hotel Wild Turkey Jam Queen’s Head Café Bar I & I Bredda Republic Bar & Cafe Son del sur 10-piece salsa band $5/$3 conc.

9pm Syrup MESH resident DJ SPINFX and guests.

Fri 21/10 Downstairs 8pm: KO – Resident DJ’ MEZ ‘Laying down the Khunks “O” Funk’ Downstairs 10.30: BOOGIE – 70’s & 80’s FUNK with resident DJ’s Nick C and Duncan.

Upstairs 11pm: LaCasa – Vocal and funky House with residents DJG, Mat B and Guests Trout Couch Night with Laura MacFarlane (of Ninetynine)

GIG Guide 05/10/05 - 02/11/05 and K Mason

Decks in the City

LAUNCESTON

Stage Door The Café Alyce Platt “In the Flesh” re-lives the ‘80s, Burnie Town Hall, 8.00pm, $28.50/$22.50, book at the Burnie Civic Centre

Batman Fawkner Inn Batty Social Club Nite, Pulse In The Batty Bar

Dr Syntax Joe Pirere, The Fox and the Hound 5:30pm

LAUNCESTON New Sydney Hotel Billy & The Swinging Hepcats Queen’s Head Café Bar Black Coffee

DEVONPORT

Republic Bar & Cafe Sunny Side Up (Music, Comedy, Poetry) no cover 8:30pm

James Hotel Uni Night - Live @ Subs and Coverband The Rodgers

Spurs/Warehouse Funken Unbelievable

Telegraph H20 liquid drum and bass

HOBART

LAUNCESTON

Saloon Take 2 with $3 Daiquiri’s for the Ladies and live DJ’s playing the best commercial tracks.

Alexander Hotel Funken Unbelievable

Batman Fawkner Inn Pulse In The Batty Bar. Free Pool 10pm-Close

Bar Celona Elevation With Seb and Parky

Royal Oak Dan Townsent

Customs House Hotel Big Swifty

FRIDAY 21ST

Dr Syntax Stratos Roussos and the Voyeurs (Launceston) 8.30pm

Irish Murphy’s Distro

BURNIE Stage Door The Cafe An Intimate Evening with Alyce Platt, 8.00pm, cover charge $35, including refreshments and nibbles.

Somerset Hotel Jesse Pitcher

Spurs/Warehouse Big screen videos HOBART Alexander Hotel Cobalt 45 Bar Celona Elevation With Seb and Parky Customs House Hotel Oscar New Sydney Hotel Wild Turkey Jam Duke of Wellington Psy-Lounge Local Trance Dj’s Bringing you the Best In PsyTrance, Hard NRG & Anthems $5 on the door. Midnight til 10am Queen’s Head Café Bar Greg, Tilly & The Jazz Brothers Kaos House DJs Chilli & Brent 10 till late Republic Bar & Cafe 67 Special $8/$5 conc Support: Live @ Subs 10pm Telegraph back ground beats with messi jessi

LAUNCESTON

Republic Bar & Cafe Sugartrain $2 10pm Syrup Upstairs 3pm: SATURDAY ARVO LIVE SESSIONS – Rock out to LIVE BAND Ninety Nine(Melb) + The Naked Eye(Melb)+ The Reactions from 3pm to 8pm. Free Entry Downstairs 10.30: TACKYLAND – 70’s 80’s and 90’s RETRO with resident DJ’s Naughty and T.H.C. Upstairs 11pm: The BEEZ NEEZ – present DIRTY FKING DANCIN – house, electro & breaks with resident DJ’s Gillie, Adam Turner, Timoand Corney.

Telegraph Oscar The Venue Trasharama Film Festival 7:30PM $10 full $8 concession Trout Field of Battle, Bad Luck Charms, Ninetynine (Melb), End Show

Batman Fawkner Inn Alphinumric Out The Back Bar. Free Entry

LAUNCESTON Batman Fawkner Inn Happy Hour 5:30-7:30pm Food,Live Music & Cheap Drinks.

Breakwater Out The Back Bar. Free Entry Irish Murphy’s The Dead Kilkenny’s James Hotel Carl Fidler Lonnies Joycie Craig Randall Saloon The Spazzies Pre Sale Tix only $12 and Karaoke in The Loft with DJ Loco.

Irish Murphy’s The Fabulous Picasso Bros James Hotel 67 Special supported by Rocket Noodle Saloon Super Saturday, the Party Continues with live DJ`s playing the best commercial music, The Time Warp Show featuring Jade and the Fabulous Saloon Pulse Dancers and upstairs DJ Loco with Karaoke at the best venue in town!

Royal Oak Dave Adams & Friends SUNDAY 23RD

SATURDAY 22ND

HOBART

BURNIE

Alexander Hotel Kyron & Rob

Sirrocco’s

MONDAY 24TH

Queen’s Head Café Bar Stynes Missiles

LAUNCESTON Trout The Roobs & Naked Eye ($4)

James Hotel Open Dekz Night - Bring your vinyl

HOBART

Kaos House DJs Chilli & Brent 10 till late

Batman Fawkner Inn Dj’s Earl & Patty $8 Jugs And $4.50 Basics 8pmClose Irish Murphy’s Daniel Townsend Bachelor Of Arts James Hotel Leigh Ratcliffe Saloon Legendary Uni Night with live DJ`s playing the best commercial music and Karaoke in The Loft with DJ Loco.

FUNK with resident DJ’s Nick C and Duncan.

Upstairs 11pm: Pickle presents Thomas Heckman Live from Germany + locals DSKO, Modal, Tristan Hard Trance, Acid Techno Telegraph back ground beats with messi jessi LAUNCESTON Batman Fawkner Inn Happy Hour 5:30-7:30pm Food,Live Music & Cheap Drinks.

Tempony Joke(Melb) With The Belchers & Rocketnoodle Out The Back. Free Entry Irish Murphy’s The Cat’s Whiskas

THURSDAY 27TH Irish Murphy’s tbc The Geale Bros Funkin Unbelieveable

Duke of Wellington Psy-Lounge Local Trance Dj’s Bringing you the Best In PsyTrance, Hard NRG & Anthems $5 on the door. Midnight til 10am

DEVONPORT

Telegraph Gnosis and friends

Queen’s Head Café Bar Fred Bradshaw Trio Republic Bar & Cafe Joe Pirere 8:30pm

Batman Fawkner Inn Batty Presents ‘S.I.N.’ With Mark Stinson In The Batty Bar Irish Murphy’s Carl Fidler TUESDAY 25TH

DEVONPORT Spurs/Warehouse Karaoke – Win a trip to Melbourne!

HOBART Customs House Hotel Shawne & Lucas New Sydney Hotel Doubleman Queen’s Head Café Bar Banda Chiquitta Republic Bar & Cafe The Detonators $5/$3 conc 9pm LAUNCESTON Batman Fawkner Inn Batty Social Club Nite, Roundabout In The Batty Bar Irish Murphy’s Leigh “bloody” Ratcliffe

HOBART New Sydney Hotel Blues in the Bar Queen’s Head Café Bar Classics With Strings On Fire Republic Bar & Cafe Blue Flies 9pm

James Hotel Uni Night with Sgt Green

Friday 28th BURNIE

Batman Fawkner Inn Batty Presents ‘S.I.N.’ With Mark Stinson In The Batty Bar

Stage Door The Cafe Gaye Clarke & the Big Band Sound, 6.30pm8.30pm.

Irish Murphy’s Phil Picasso

DEVONPORT

WEDNESDAY 26TH DEVONPORT Spurs/Warehouse Bundy 8 Ball Calcutta

Spurs/Warehouse Big screen videos HOBART Alexander Hotel 3some Bar Celona Elevation With Seb and Parky Customs House Hotel John Craig

HOBART Customs House Hotel Garod New Sydney Hotel Comedy Club Queen’s Head Café Bar James Maddock Swing 4 Kaos House DJs Chilli & Brent 10 till late Republic Bar & Cafe Tim Freedman (The Whitlams) $25/$20 conc 9pm Syrup MARGARIT-A-GO-GO! Margarita mayhem with 50’s,60’s, 70’s Retro DJ’s, Sven Gali Thurs 27/10 MESH – Hobarts oldest club night, breaks/ drum+bass with resident DJ SPIN-FX + Loki + Scott Woodhouse.

Lonnies Randall Craig Patty Duke

New Sydney Hotel Beluga Duke of Wellington Psy-Lounge Local Trance Dj’s Bringing you the Best In PsyTrance, Hard NRG & Anthems $5 on the door. Midnight til 10am Queen’s Head Café Bar Greg, Tilly & The Jazz Brothers Kaos House DJs Chilli & Brent 10 till late Republic Bar & Cafe Dirty Harry & the Rockets 10pm Syrup Downstairs 8pm: KO – Resident DJ MEZ ‘Laying down the Khunks “O” Funk’ Downstairs 10.30pm: BOOGIE – 70’s & 80’s

Batman Fawkner Inn Monsoon Out The Back Bar. Free Entry

Irish Murphy’s Rip Sister James Hotel Carl Fidler / MacD Rippin it up in Reality Saloon Super Saturday, the Party Continues with live DJ`s playing the best commercial music, The Time Warp Show featuring Jade and the Fabulous Saloon Pulse Dancers and upstairs DJ Loco with Karaoke at the best venue in town!

Royal Oak Idle Hands SUNDAY 30TH

SATURDAY 29TH

Queen’s Head Café Bar Black Coffee

HOBART Alexander Hotel Brett Boxall New Sydney Hotel Billy & The Swinging Hepcats

BURNIE Sirrocco’s Decks in the City Stage Door The Cafe Hot Strings, 6.30pm8.30pm.

DEVONPORT Spurs/Warehouse Fabulous Picasso Brothers

Alexander Hotel The Fabulous Picasso Brothers Bar Celona Elevation With Seb and Parky Customs House Hotel Serotonin Full Tilt Boogie (Great pub rock – best in Tasmania) 8:30pm Huon Quays No Use for a Name All Ages New Sydney Hotel Mojo Daddies Duke of Wellington Psy-Lounge Local Trance Dj’s Bringing you the Best In Psy-Trance, Hard NRG & Anthems $5 on the door. Midnight til 10am Queen’s Head Café Bar Stynes Missiles Kaos House DJs Chilli & Brent 10 till late Republic Bar & Cafe Jeff Lang & Band $15/$12 conc 10pm

Republic Bar & Cafe Cake Walking Babies 8:30pm

Telegraph Oscar

Burnie Sirocco's Bar & Nightclub 64 Wilmot St Bur nie 6431 3133 Stage Door The Cafe 254 Mount St Upper Bur nie 64322600

Devonport Spurs/Warehouse 18 Kings St Devonport 64247851

Hobart Halo 37a Elizabeth St Mall Hobart 6234 6669 Lewisham Taver n 46 Scenic Drive Lewisham 6265 8144

LAUNCESTON

Republic Bar 299 Elizabeth St North Hobart 6234 6954 www.republicbar.com

Irish Murphy’s Leo Ben Castles Alphanumeric

Soak @ Kaos 237 Elizabeth St Hobart 6231 5699

Telegraph H20 liquid drum and bass

MONDAY 31ST HOBART Queen’s Head Café Bar Fred Bradsahw Trio

Syrup 1st Floor 39 Salamanca Place Hobart 6224 8249 syrupclub@bigpond.com

LAUNCESTON

Uni Bar - Hobart Campus 1 Churchill Ave Sandy Bay 6226 2495 www.tuu.com.au

Batman Fawkner Inn Pulse In The Batty Bar. Free Pool 10pm-Close

Launceston

Irish Murphy’s Leo

Cafi Centro 76 St John St Launceston 6331 3605

Republic Bar & Café Republic Quiz Night 8:15pm

James Hotel Open Dekz Night - Bring your vinyl NOVEMBER TUESDAY 1ST LAUNCESTON Batman Fawkner Inn Batty Presents ‘S.I.N.’ With Mark Stinson In The Batty Bar Saloon Trivia Night in the Main Room $5,000 to be Won Commences at 7pm.

WEDNESDAY 2ND DEVONPORT

Syrup Upstairs 3pm: SATURDAY ARVO LIVE SESSIONS – Rock out to LIVE BANDS PissWeak Kids + Echo Blue+The She Rats + Growling Swallet from 3pm to 8pm free Entry Downstairs 10.30: TACKYLAND – 70’s 80’s and 90’s RETRO with resident DJ’s Rolly and Naughty.

Upstairs 11pm: DIRTY F*CKN DANCIN house, electro & breaks with resident DJ’s Gillie, Adam Turner, Modal and Kir

@Venue Guide

Café Centro Halloween Drag Show Tix at Venue $5 on the Door

Saloon Gypsy Rose with a huge following from the coast. Entry only $5.

One of the best party bands anywhere and Karaoke in The Loft with DJ Loco.

Royal Oak Launceston Blues Club The Detonators

HOBART Saloon Take 2 with $3 Daiquiri’s for the Ladies and live DJ’s playing the best commercial tracks.

LAUNCESTON

Saloon Trivia Night in the Main Room $5,000 to be Won Commences at 7pm.

James Hotel Luke Parry

LAUNCESTON

Spurs/Warehouse Bundy 8 Ball Calcutta LAUNCESTON Batman Fawkner Inn Dj’s Earl & Patty $8 Jugs And $4.50 Basics 8pmClose James Hotel DJ Randall Saloon Trivia Night in the Main Room $5,000 to be Won Commences at 7pm.

Irish Murphy’s 211 Brisbane St Launceston 6331 4440 James Hotel Reality Niteclub James Bar 122 York St Launceston 6334 7231 info@jameshotel.com.au

Lonnies Niteclub 107 Brisbane St Launceston 6334 7889 www.lonniesniteclub.com lonniesniteclub@yahoo.com Saloon Bar 191 Charles Street Launceston 63 317 355 The Batty The Batman Fawkner Inn 35 Cameron St Launceston 6331 7222 Ursulas on Brisbane 63 Brisbane St Launceston 6334 7033

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Albums - Reviews Transgression

Fear Factory

By Ryan Cooke

by Elona, Randall + Ryan

From Autumn to Ashes

Abandon Your Friends

By Ryan Cooke

Most Precious Blood

Merciless

By Ryan Cooke

Soulfly

Black Ages

By Ryan Cooke

Hailing from New York City, Most Precious Blood have a lot to live up too.

Only 2 years ago, the 4 man machine Fear Factory appeared to be dead and buried.

In 1998, all the record labels went out and signed every Nu-Metal band on the planet, in 2005 the same thing is happening but this time Emo is the style.

After a few lineup changes early last year, things seemed to be back on track. New album ‘Transgression’ seems to lack the energy and the punch you usually expect with a FF album.

The so called genre of ‘Emo’ is slowly dying, but someone forgot to tell From Autumn to Ashes who have just put out of the best albums of 2005.

From the opening riff of ‘540,000 degrees Fahrenheit’ you start to feel the band are starting to lose ideas, tracks like ‘Spinal Compression’ and ‘Echo of my Scream’ seems to be the only real highlights. Since Dino left the band, Burton and his troops have seemed to have lose the plot, I mean come on covering ‘U2’ (I will follow) and ‘Killing Joke’ (Millennium). Sure if the formula has worked previously keep using it but you can’t make 4 albums about man vs. machine. Fans of ‘Archetype’ don’t waste your time.

Back To Mine

Pet Shop Boys

By Elona Bonnici

The new album ‘Abandon your Friends’ picks right up where 2004’s ‘The Fiction We Live’ left off, from the word go ‘Where do you draw the line’ has you by the balls, the power of tracks like ‘The Funny Thing About Getting Pistol Whipped Is...’, ‘Jack & Ginger’ and ‘Kansas City 90210’ blow everything else that is coming out of this genre to shame.

This album will be in mine and most people’s best albums of 2005 list come the end of the year.

Understanding

Royskopp

By Elona Bonnici

Their unique style labeled ‘Gotham City Hardcore’, comes across like a cross between NYHC legends ‘Sick of it All’ and goth rockers ‘The Cure’. Hard hitting opening number ‘Shark Ethic’ has a very much take no prisoners approach and this theme doesn’t give up until track number 13 ‘Temporary Solution to a Permanent Problem’.

Some of the tracks seem to be a little long winded compared to others that get straight to the point, standout tracks like ‘Diet for a New America’ and ‘Mad as the March Hare’ show how much promise MPB have.

MPB are seriously up there with acts like ‘afi’ and ‘the Cure’ as one of the best Goth acts in the world at the moment. This is truly of the better releases I have heard this year

The Sex The City The Music

Moscow

No matter whatever Max Cavalera will ever do, people are always going to stand up and take notice, since his departure from Sepultura in 1997, Max has been pushing the boundaries with Soulfly.

The follow up to 2004’s ‘Prophecy’ far from disappointing. The intro ‘The Dark Ages’ is a lot different to what we are use to with Max. The theme of this album is a lot darker and packs a lot more punch with previous releases.

The formula for the album seems to take a lot from the classic 1994 Sepultura album ‘Chaos AD’ and Soulfly’s 1998 debut self titled album.

The album features appearances from SOD’s Billy Milano and ex Megadeth bass player Dave Ellefson.

This album is not for everyone but both Sepultura and metal fans in general which be interested.

For The Masses

OPM

By Elona Bonnici

By Elona bonnici

Across three discs, Chris Lowe and Neil Tenant reappear for the Back to Mine series.

The different sets show each mix making strategy and clearly demonstrate what works and what doesn’t.

Put it this way. You can tell which one was in a mad rush and which was thought out just that little bit more as the results are obvious.

Pet Shop Boys fans will appreciate the early 80’s dance classics including The Flirts “Passion.” This is definitely a compilation for late night listening.

Insomniacs, this is what you have been waiting for.

Tennant’s disc is more finely tuned than Lowe’s, each track runs in and out of the next like good feng shui.

Pianos, strings and acoustic guitars add an earthy texture to this white wash of ambience.

Boogie Angst

KRAAK AND SMAAK

By Elona bonnici

When I first picked up the CD I was a bit like hmm, Kraak and Smaak hey? But rest assured their name is taken from an old Dutch proverb meaning “neither here nor there.”

So where are they? Well they balance on the border of musical genius and retro charm. The threesome is made up of DJ Wim, radio presenter Mark Kneepers and Oscar De Jonge. It is they who are responsible for this intoxication of sounds, classic 70’s groove, samba selections, a hint of 50’s blue notes, multiplied by a splice of acid jazz melodies that harmonize the soul and funk you up with some fat and funky riffs.

But wait there’s more! Oh yes indeed, and do we like more peoples? We love more. We’re greedy. We will take it, and trust me, this will have you hooked quicker than you say “SMAAK!” Sorry I couldn’t resist!

A great compilation offering a range of beats, styles, breaks and bass so fresh you can smell it! From J to AZZ, ambient dub to the samba rhythms this will house your body!

The long awaited follow up has arrived. This Norwegian electronica duo are back to redefine their atmospheric sounds.

A little bit poppy at times, “Only this Moment” has a prominent Pet Shop Boys influence and “49 Percent” is dotted with R&B tones, while “Follow my Ruin” has all the makings of a 50’s flashback. Back in the day baby, back in the day.

“The Understanding” sheds new light on Royksopp from their previous album Melody A.M. Unfortunately this time around the guest vocalists don’t do as much justice as Erlend Oye and Anneli Drecker did previously, which was a little disappointing.

Nonetheless this is still a solid album maintaining their whimsical dreamlike synth sounds that their fans love.

Star track “Where Else is There?” Check it out.

AXIS

Pegz

By Elona Bonicci

A powerful album with strong beats and a touch of jazz just to spice it up a little. Pegz brings us a sweet compilation that will have you begging for more.

The reminiscent track “Back Then” will take you back to the days of cherry docs, obviously a prolific story teller, he has it all. Lyrics with bite, bouncy beats, funky rhythms and back up vocals with soul. Packed with extra punches, some catchy sampling featuring Hilltop Hoods, Hyjack ‘N’ Torcha and Oebaser, this is an album so fresh it’s steaming hot and smooth in all the right places.

With his deep vocals, wicked production, everything compliments each other, from the drums and claps to scratches that leave battle scars you will not be disappointed. Give it up for Melbourne Boy Pegz.

Sit back, get comfortable and get ready for some eclectic lounge grooves from Moscow’s music scene, which will beam you up like Scottie to Moscow’s underground.

This audio trip will have you shimmying your dance through a series of Russian delicacies, embracing culture, dance, music and style.

Star tracks include “Way to The Stars” complete with airport sound effects to begin your journey, “Just an Engine” increases in quality.

Although there were a couple of tracks that were a bit ‘how’s your mother?’ overall it wasn’t a bad CD for a change of pace.

Straight Down The Line.

Ru C.L.

Blend hip-hop, pop and laid back reggae rhythms, a touch of indie haunting melodies and this is what you get. “For The Masses” was produced by OPM and Steve Gallagher who have also worked with Sugar Ray (hmm) and Cyprus Hill (Oh). Guest stars on the album are reggae legend Yellowman, Eeeka Mouse and Johnny Richter.

The single, “Horny,” like most tracks on the album is about real life incidents: hanging out, girls, sex, drugs and rock ‘n Roll mate!

It’s like Emo meets something a bit corny, like over processed pop, too clean to be dirty and too corny to be horny. It was a little bit of this and a little bit of that, and well not enough of the good shit that an album needs to make you want to listen to it again. Not enough substance to monopolize the audience, but some okay tracks, it’s just that none stood out long enough for me to rave about them.

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Tony Yayo

By Elona Bonicci

By Elona Bonnici

Melbourne’s Jamaican son, Ru C.L unleashes the beast with this decadent dancehall reggae.

Tony, Tony, Tony, did the rest of G Unit spend more time chasing ass and playing gangster than helping you with this album? Yes, because Yayo’s album “Predicate Felon” doesn’t really leave you anticipating his next solo offering.

Now this bad boy is sexy, in the track “Nothing To Lose” he mixes reggae, dub and soul into an audio vapor that will think you’re shaking your ass in Kingston Jamaica’s underground scene.

Impressed once again by the track “Let the Music Talk” with voluptuous bass and grooves and solid vocals this boy is sure to raise the bar in our dancehall scene.

He’ll be having the ladies grinding and winding with the sexy “Give it to Me” and the sultry “Always Loved” as well as the famous “What it Takes.” There are so o many good tracks so check it out. This boy will astound you with his vocals, rhythms and dirty reggae.

I think this boy is going to be around for a while so get ready for summer with Ru C.L. This is a definite for your summer collection. With this CD in your right hand and a Bacardi in your left, you’re all set!

Why is this? Mayhaps because the beats are weak, washed and blasé, his lyrics have about as much muscle as Tim from Big Brother’s bicep. With a translucent production, this leaves Tony holding the fort with his lyrics, which emphasize the weakness in his lyrical performance. For example; the piece sampled from Brittany Spears Toxic, producer Megahert creates this nightmare with Tony standing obviously - more like lyrically stumbling - with lines like “ Imma sneaker addict, gun fanatic, we live lavish with more carrots than bunny rabbits.

Hmm, actually Tony, you know what else you can do with carrots? Disappointing, the worst to come from the G Unit crew with crappy hooks, weak beats and dodgy lyrics.

People, my advice is to move quickly past this one.

Albums - Reviews

DVD - Reviews

DIGITAL EQUIPMENT Motorola E378i

Ivan Smagghe

The Hedonist

Second Serving

By Randall Stafford

By Randall Stafford

By Elona Bonnici

Fabric 23

The highly successful Fabric series based on the club and label out of the U.K continues with this Ivan Smagghe mix compilation.

The Parisian DJ and producer delivers and eclectic mix of electro from the dark side. Opening the album is Aswefall with “Ride,” it’s softer than typical electro with a filthy bass line and sets the tone for the remarkable collection of music.

Other titles include Booka Shade’s, “You Can’t Scape” and The Kills, “No Wow”, a constantly building pop vocal is the feature on this track. Yes, this album is abstract with occasional live drums, dots, clicks, distorted sounds, and the biggest movement in dance production at the moment, guitars, but it’s the deep, pulsating bass lines that hold the overall continuity. Touches of techno and Atari 2600 sounds also add to the distinctive flavour. You can hear so many different era’s and styles combined on this record and Smagghe does a smart job of putting them all together. This style of dance certainly isn’t for everyone, but it you’re after some quirky, yet thumping electro sound scape’s, don’t miss Fabric 23.

Martin Solveig

French producer Martin Solveig’s is best known for his massive hit “Rocking Music.” His new album is a journey into modern disco, rock, R&B and house music. The R&B aspect to this record is refreshing as the vocalists used, such as Stephy Haik and Jay Sebag ooze class.

Real drum loops feature throughout and the tempo variances make this a really complete album. For the first time the vast majority of lyrics were written by solveig, with some hits and misses.

The single “Everybody” is a simplistic piece of pop/ dance, clever yet basic lyrics with rock guitar over standard beats. The feature for me is “Something Better.” It’s fat funky house with a familar vocal, sounding so much like “Rocking Music,” it’s almost personal plagiarism. With Solveig’s back ground production lying mainly in Latin house and soul it is no surprise to hear clean guitar and synth solos, plenty of drum only break downs, layers of lush vocal harmonys and funky grooves. Diversity is the key word for this album and although the smooth production never changes, the tunes do. Beware though,there are some fillers on this record fortunately redeemed by it’s ‘feel good’ vibe, perfect for a sexy coctail party.

3.5 Turntables out of 5

Saturday Night Lotion

Supernature

By Randall Stafford

By Carl Fidler

Plump DJ's

The plump DJs are Lee Rous and Andy Gardener, two of the worlds biggest names in dance, credited with defining the sound of breaks their new album is full of tough and funky beats.

Featuring tracks by Soul of Man, Lee Coombes and the Plumps themselves this is an aw-some compilation, it also Includes a remix of “Push up”

by Freestylers which is a little dated and one of the biggest breaks tune of the year “Get Kinky”.

Happy Tree Friends The twisted, animated perception of Mondo Media’s cuddly critters comes to us in digital colour, bringing us two hours of content, including hilarious extras, 17 episodes, and commentary from the creators.

Cute, evil and seriously disturbed, the only way cartoon characters should come, bright and perky with a hint of sadistic tendencies to keep things nice and nasty.

You really can’t go past this delicacy of country bumpkin violence, combined with episode after episode of mindless, gory cartoon fun. The quality and sound is excellent, the characters schizophrenic and adorable and lots of tasteless blood and guts will have you waiting for the third serving of Happy Tree Friends.

High Hopes

By Elona Bonnici

Award winning director Mike Leigh once again brings us a very honest film, this struggle for survival between the middle and upper classes with their unsatisfied monotonous lives and their greedy materialistic waste.

Goldfrapp

Billed as “a colossal, multi-layered, sonic-pop thriller”, Goldfrapp deliver a candy store of glam fantasy and 70’s Polish disco.

There is nothing unpalatable about this album, the production is immaculate and the soundscapes are lush and complete. Waves of rolling synths wash over you as Alison Goldfrapp’s seductive, crystalline vocals hover above.

The first aspect of the album that really stands out is it’s seamless mixing, there are no drastic cuts or obvious samples but at times the effectiveness of the mixing is lost through too many straight forward breaks and very few analog sounds within each track.

After asking Cyril for directions his journey begins.

The fluidity of the script flows from director Mike Leigh, whose intent was to rely on the actors improvising, which worked exceptionally well. The film is a bit slow at times, but the acting and the way the characters interact brings High Hopes into the “I can relate” arena of things.

There’s also a little bit of Prince in the grooves and a splash of Kate Bush, and as always, the underlying theme of Alison’s obsession with the sulky Marlene Dietrich.

What make this film work too are the honesty and the reality of one’s expectations in life.

But it certainly is aptly titled, It’s the type of record that sounds great pumping in your lounge room, car or in the club, definitely a Saturday night lotion.

There are no shining moments of brilliance on this CD, and no massive choruses that play over and over in your head but Goldfrapp have produced sophisticated electro-pop album that is a pleasure to listen to.

To be honest, I wouldn’t watch it again, but it was a film that you should see at least once for a few home truths about life.

A Bigger Bang

By Carl Fidler

By Carl Fidler

The Rolling Stones

A long, long time ago, three young men made a deal with the devil. Their souls would burn in eternal damnation but they would play rock’n’roll forever...

The Brisbane 5 piece manage to produce a halfarsed version of emotional angst ridden crap. Picture a borderline goth singing into the wind on a cliff top with a bloodied sword in one hand and his girlfriend's severed head in the other.

Some of the guitars and drums could be described as tough but any attempt to give the songs a harder edge were foiled by Damien Douglass-Pages whiney fucking vocals going on and on with that woe is me, hand me the safety blades bullshit.

The only thing that offended me more than the recording was the mention of god in the liner notes.

And don’t get me started on the little i-Mode joystick.

While it is possible to book flights and seek restaurant reviews on your phone, I’d hate to think what kind of people would want to.

An integrated video camera is always handy, but you could get that in a cheaper phone without shelling out for half of the E378i’s features. So if, like me, you’re still using a brick with a two-colour screen, don’t feel the FEATURES i-Mode optimised Mp3 VGA video camera with zoom 5MB end user memory Tri-Band technology Voice memory FOR – clear display; video camera; Mp3; impressive screensavers, will impress girls AGAINST – cramped, stiff keypad; pretentious; annoying i-Mode joystick

Numark HDX

Apparently, Numark’s HDX is the world’s first and only tabletop HD/CD/MP3 player. With an ultrahigh torque motorized 12” platter, the HDX utilizes a real

feel. The design drastically reduces the machine’s

Avalon Drive

Possibly the most irritating release this year, Avalon Drive take Emo one step closer to aural agony. AFI certainly have a lot to answer for.

While it is packed with all the prerequisite goodies – iMode, video camera and mp3 to name a few – it is let down, like most new phones, by a horrible keypad that anyone with large hands will hate.

vinyl record which really gives it that ultimate vinyl

4 turntables out of 5

Avalon Drive

First off, I’m still proudly using a Nokia 1100 brick, which I deliberately bought because it was gimmickfree. So I have absolutely no idea how to use phones like the E378i.

High Hopes begins with Wayne arriving in the big smoke after growing up in a small town.

There are a few cheesy lyrics along the way, but where they lack, the beat picks up and carries you through.

Supernature is filled to the brim with Goldfrapp’s famous juicy, fat bass synths, only they’re much dirtier this time.

The Plump DJs tracks featured on the record are brilliantly produced with every sound in the mix having its own space and atmosphere.

By Tom Wilson

Stones fans are going to love this album, it has a raw, rough edge to it that is reminiscent of their earlier recordings.

There’s even a throw back to Little Red Rooster in their new single Rough Justice.

As an extra treat, Richards sings on 2 tracks in a Tom Waits style that only decades of alcohol and drug abuse could create!

Of course there is a cringe factor involved though, with cliché song titles and cheesy rhyming couplets: She moved in for the kill/I was served up on her grill/ I was a stupid jerk/She was a piece of work.

Keith Richards’ playing is pretty ordinary and seems to be limited to a few licks, but, this is not why we like to The Rolling Stones, we like them because they are The Rolling Stones!

The Amityville Horror

By Tom Wilson

It’s the 70s, and one night in a house in Amityville, a father goes berserk and kills his entire family. He later claims that “voices” in the house told him to do it. Shortly thereafter, a new family moves in, and supernatural elements in the house start to toy with daddy’s head…

The original Amityville was a ripoff of Kubrick’s The Shining, which tackled the I-hate-this-new-house-dad’s-gone-mad scenario far better.

That makes this modern Amityville a remake of a ripoff. It doesn’t sound good, and it isn’t. After the Scream films satirised traditional horror – pointing out every plot hole and cliché – films like this just seem old-fashioned and ridiculous. The characters are so bland and annoying that they deserve to get killed, and the ending is ridiculous.

weight – so no more DJs with back problems. This means they can carry more music. Bonus.

Numark have kept the basic design of their highly successful CDX player, just stuck extra bits on, like an onboard hard drive, USB 2.0 ports, and an 8x CD reader.

I can see this becoming popular with professional and aspiring performing DJs, mobile DJs, producers and club installers.

This model includes a removable 80 GB hard drive supporting MP3, WMA, and WAV media formats.

The unit’s enhanced search capabilities facilitate easy file location by artist, album, genre, track, plus

For such a bad movie, the extras are actually quite good, with several in-depth docos explaining the “truth” of the Amityville legend.

BPM. With high-speed USB 2.0 connectivity, you now

Despite one or two well-handled scenes, Amityville isn’t clever or inspired. Shocking, for all the wrong reasons.

1.5/5

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Trasharama

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H o w Tr a s h y D o Yo u L i k e I t ?

Sunscreen Music Video National Competition Winners will be given a complete filmmakers package for their next music video to the value of $10,000.00

Hey filmic freaknicks !! Trasharama A-go-go has arrived like a cold-sore on prom night!! Short Oz Fillums that will having you screaming with laughter one minute and soiling your pants the next After the awesome success at the Sydney Cracker Comedy Festival earlier this year, those trash deviates are touring Oz with a boat load of high quality, lowbrow entertainment.

If you’re an up and coming music video maker looking to be discovered, SunScreen may well be the ticket you have been waiting for. The organizers of Port Macquarie’s Festival Of The Sun are putting the call out to up and coming music video directors and / or artists to expose their latest creations!

Come and witness zombie carnage, sexy transvestites, toolbox killers, sick cartoons, twisted animations, bad taste nasties, and an industrial bin load of celleloid sludge.

Screening for one night only on Saturday 22nd October at “The Venue” Wooby’s Lane, Salamanca Place 7.30pm . $10 workers $8 shirkers Remember: STAY SICK!!! www.trasharama.com.au

SunScreen is a national competition to uncover Australia’s future ARIA Award winning music video creators!

SunScreen was created to give Australian independent artists and music video makers the chance to showcase their videos to Australian audiences, minus the competition of massive budgets and major label promotion teams.

For seven weeks prior to Festival Of The Sun, four entries per week will be selected and featured on www. fasterlouder.com.au. www.fasterlouder.com.au is fast becoming one of Australia’s premiere music sites with over 70,000 visitors last month. The general public can log on, view the entries and vote for their favorite clip.

Each week, the two clips with the most votes from those four featured will be added to a list of clips to be screened in between sets from some of Australia’s hottest up and coming artists including Sarah Blasko, Gerling, Ash Grunwald, iOTA and the Lizard Men, on stage at Port Macquarie’s Festival Of The Sun www. fotsun.com , with the winning clip being announced on site, at the festival.

• Flim clips must be sent to SunScreen Music Video Festival PO Box 1695 Potts Point NSW 1335 accompanied by an entry form, signed terms and conditions and entry fee.

Judging: • SunScreen selection panel, Bekk McQueen (fasterlouder.com.au), Clayton Ries (Festival Of The Sun), Bronwyn Christopher, Anthony Maguire (Below Ground Festival), Andrew Wholley (red Rug), will look at all entries and narrow it down to four clips each week to be featured on www.fasterlouder.com.au • www.fasterlouder.com.au will feature 4 acts per week running an audience interactive competition for its viewers so they can vote for their favourite clip.

• Two of those 4 entries will go into the final 14 to be shown outdoors between live acts, at Port Macquarie’s Festival Of The Sun in front of 3000 people on December 16th and 17th 2005.

Prizes: • Winners will be given a complete filmmakers package for their next music video to the value of $10,000.00. Including camera hire, film stock, facilities hire and processing so you’ll be ready to walk straight into production on your next winning film clip.

• Entry is $25. Entry forms can be downloaded from www.fotsun.com and www.redrug.com.au just click on the SunScreen logo.

• Audience voters have the chance to win three fun filled days for themselves and nine friends in a luxury beach house, in a secret location on the NSW North Coast. This prize includes three nights accommodation, surfing lessons, meals, travel and entry to Festival Of The Sun.

• All entries to sunscreen must be funded independently and kept within a budget of $10,000 or less.

• Double pass to Festival Of The Sun each month to winning to voting participants.

• Entries must have been filmed no earlier than June 2004

For more info visit: www.fotsun.com

Competition Guidelines:

• Entrants can be of any age or sex.

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis’

Original Soundtrack, “The Proposition” A powerful western drama set in the savage Eden of 1880s Australia; The Proposition is an elemental story of family conflict and primal violence, destructive love and divided loyalties. Featuring an international superstar cast including Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson and Danny Huston, it is directed by John Hillcoat from a specially commissioned script by the globally acclaimed singer-songwriter Nick Cave.

avant-folk drones. The softly swelling title theme lends a melancholy signature refrain while ‘The Rider’ is a haunting ballad in which the scattered natural elements of a starlit landscape engaged in hushed conversation. For a highly distinctive songwriter like Cave, the composition process involved stepping back and allowing the timeless power of the music to speak for itself.

“Because of Nick’s narrative song-writing, the characters are so vivid,” says Hillcoat. “I knew something really good would come out of it.”

So when you’ve dusted your popcorn off your trousers you could walk out with a slightly joyful song in your heart

Cave has also composed the film’s soundtrack in conjunction with Warren Ellis, his long-time Bad Seeds collaborator and multi-instrumentalist front-man of The Dirty Three. Incorporating soft chamber pieces, ghostly moodscapes and whispered laments, these 16 tracks are as starkly beautiful as the landscape of the film.

Story and music are closely intertwined.

“I always heard it musically, and I guess it’s written rhythmically as well” Cave explains. “It’s very similar to the way my band operates. There are moments of intense violence and there are also moments of long, lyrical, quiet sadness.”

But the resulting soundtrack is emphatically different to a Bad Seeds or Dirty Three record. While some of these pieces grew from improvised accompaniment to bigscreen projection, many also incorporate violin loops pre-recorded by Ellis at his home studio in France.

“It was very different to making a normal record,” Ellis says. “There were no boundaries in that respect, and I enjoyed much more than I thought I would. The music had to be very flexible, and as a result it has a very improvised, loose feel. But that’s fine. Beethoven and Mozart did not write with films in mind either.”

The soundtrack to The Proposition is punctuated by recurring motifs, fragments of church hymns and abstract

“I didn’t want to have songs in it,” he explains, “or Nick Cave songs, certainly. For me it was delicately balanced thing. On the one hand you don’t want a historical movie with a real contemporary soundtrack, but nor did we want wall-to-wall Irish jigs. I didn’t want songs to act as distraction.”

All the same, there is a smattering of more substantial songs on the album that will please fans of the Bad Seeds and Dirty Three. Cave and Ellis took great pains for the soundtrack to work as a stand-alone work in its own right. With ‘The Rider Song’ and ‘Clean Hands, Dirty Hands’, they lend a note of healing musical balm to the film’s bittersweet, blood-splattered finale.

“The film ends a little tragically,” Cave admits. “It doesn’t end in a traditional Hollywood way. There was a feeling that there needed to be something redemptive, so when you’ve dusted your popcorn off your trousers you could walk out with a slightly joyful song in your heart.”

A musical journey from revenge to redemption, The Proposition is a richly textured new chapter in Cave’s already illustrious body of work.

The Proposition will release in cinemas nationally on 6th October 2005.

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Your creative side is enhanced. Time to get into the kitchen and get creative with the Carrots/ Salami/ Zucchinis/ Sausages/ Bananas/ Battered Savs/ Little Boys/ Pumpkins.

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Love is in the air. You will be caught in the web of an extremely attractive arachnid genitalia illustrator.

Room 5 Shaun Baker Pusscat Dolls Rihanna Lil Love D.O.N.S Conway Mohito

Gemini Time is on the clock. What time is it when a gemini passes a gemini? Tin past Tin.

You may find your hair falling out in large clumps.

Leo

Leo is a line. Grrrrrrrr, grrrrrrrrrrr, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Grrr?

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Studio Road Case

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Behringer BCF200 Upright 3 speed room fan (cold only)

Virgo With stars and that this month, education is on the cards. Perhaps enlighten yourself with a frog and learn how to do stuff with a long shoelace.

Libra

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You’re feeling Super this month! And occasionally Regular. Towards the end you will be feeling Light.

Just go with the flow.

Scorpio Buy up this month! Again.

Take a risk and buy something quite expensive off the internet with no security. And cross your fingers. And toes. And perhaps your eyes?

Sagittarius Be wary of people borrowing things off you. They may not be returned in their original condition. Sue your friends.

Capricorn Goats beware! Don’t be led into the new season by a horn. They are sharp and pointy and hurt to sit on.

Advice: Wax off that bloody beard.

Aquarius

You had better be careful.

Just because we said.

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BOSS Flanger pedal

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Parkway Drive

More and more people are being exposed to hardcore one way or another which is also bringing the whole culture more into the public eye

By Ryan Cooke & Leigh Dillon

Your album “Killing with a Smile” sets the bar pretty high for Australian metal and hardcore; did you feel some sort of pressure from the success of your EP “Don’t close your eyes?”

Yes we did, not so much in writing and recording, just whether or not people would enjoy our new songs. I think our style and sound has progressed a lot since our first EP so we were not to sure how people would react.

You recently traveled to Boston to record your debut album ‘Killing with a Smile” with famed Metalcore producer Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage. Did you feel pressure to perform?

Yes and no. Adam was so easy to work with it was amazing. He was super cool and helped us out so much which made it really easy, but we we’re also running on a ridiculously tight schedule which really pushed us to our limits.

You list your friend Joel, who broke his back a few years ago as one of your inspirations, personally how does he affect your approach with life?

When Joel got hurt it s was a huge shock. It taught me to make the most out of every situation and be grateful for what you have. Seeing him recover has proven just what people are capable of when they put their mind to it.

After bursting headfirst onto the Australian scene comes Parkway Drive. Hailing from the northern New South Wales town of Byron Bay these boys know how to rock hard and have been attributed to the sudden emergence of the hardcore scene in Byron Bay. With their debut album, “Killing with a Smile” released last month the group hit Tassie in early November.

Your new bass player Shaun Cash has only recently joined Parkway Drive, how is he fitting in and adjusting to life in PWD? Cashy is the man. He’s fitted in really, really well. Better than we could have hoped for.

Your debut album, “Killing with a Smile” last week debuted at number 39 on the National ARIA charts, are you surprised by the success of the album?

Yes, very surprised and very excited The first couple of shows in support of the album have already sold out well in advance; do you feel more pressure when your fans are so eager to witness your performance?

No, not really just more excitement. Every time we play we want to go as nuts as we can, and playing to the maximum amount of people means there is a lot more

Stand Defiant

By David Williams

Don’t Stand Still Melbourne and Adelaide for two shows in each city with some really excellent bands and good friends of ours - there’s too many to list! Hit www.disconnectrecords. com for info. We’re really exited to get back over there.

It’s something we intend to do - a national tour - when the new album comes out.

Your last CD was a split EP with The Scandal. How long until you release a CD on your own?

We’re demo-ing the new record next week but due to the amount of touring we’re doing throughout October we’ll hopefully be in the studio by mid November. We’ve had these songs written for months now it’s just been hard to make the time and money to get them recorded.

Tasmanian four-piece punk rock outfit Stand Defiant have risen to prominence since their inception in 2001. With a new record in the works, following their split EP with The Scandal, Stand Defiant are planning a tour to the mainland and more shows for the u-18’s.

Sauce asked front man, Mischa, for the low-down on the band.

What’s the dynamic in the band, in terms of writing new music - who does what?

We all have creative input into the songs, we’ve all written songs and then brought them to the rest of the band or one of us will bring a riff or an idea and we’ll mess with it till it works. We tend to have our most fun just jamming a riff that has appeared out of nowhere. The song “dead letter” on the split EP, with The Scandal, for example, started with the intro and the first verse and we finished it in under an hour. It was intense.

What about when you play live? Who’s the show-pony and who’s the quiet achiever, or isn’t it like that?

We all really enjoy playing our music to an audience, so at any one time we could all be being “show ponies”, as you put it ha ha. Hang on a moment while I brush my mane…

What about when you’re on the road? Who’s the organized one and who’s always late? Who’s got the smelly feet and who scores the most?

Well, I’m usually the one who knows what’s happening and where and when we have to be somewhere. Reece gets us outa bed on time. Jay’s intestines should be looked at by the UN weapons inspectors at least every month and Kenny can fall asleep anywhere at anytime…

I’ll leave the other question well alone I think, he he.

Talking of on the road, you’ve been gigging up and down the state regularly this year, when are you taking on the mainland?

We’re heading back to the mainland this month to take in

You are involved with bringing down bands from the mainland and even the USA, how did you get into that and what’s the latest project?

A friend of mine in Sydney passed on one of our old records to Resist Records in Sydney, Graham (Resist Records) then gave me a call, due to the fact he had been looking for someone to talk to in relation to booking bands down here. Having already discussed tentatively with Liam from The Scandal and Mischa.P about the possibilities of us starting a label here it was just really good timing. We’re doing No Use For A Name on Fat WreckChords at the moment. Again, hit the website for info on that one. Its gonna be huge.

What’s the history of the band? How did you get together and what was the name you almost called yourself, before settling on Stand Defiant?

Basically, I was in another band and looking to start my own, I went into a music shop down here (Hobart) where Jason had placed an ad wanting a guitarist. I gave him a call and it was on We brought in Reece 4 months later and Kenny about a year and a half ago. There was so many almosts! We were “10togo” for over a year and we put out our first record, “so called humanity” under that name. There’s a warning to kids out there - don’t roll joints and think of a band name at the same time.

It ends badly.

How did you become a musician? Did you write poetry or did you want to smash shit up and had to find an outlet for your angst?

How? Nirvana. Greenday. Bodyjar. Blink 182. Frenzal Rhomb. The Offspring. Just being able to find a fulfilling, creative outlet was the driving force behind it. I mean, I was one of those kids who played air guitar in my kitchen while singing at the top of my lungs when no one was home until I taught myself to play guitar. I’ve always wanted to play music and have so far been really lucky to find people who share my passion for it.

energy to feed off.

Graham and everyone at Resist Records have done a lot for the Bryon Bay scene and the hardcore scene in general within Australia, where do you see the scene going?

At the moment it is definitely growing. More and more people are being exposed to hardcore one way or another which is also bringing the whole culture more into the public eye. I’m not sure how big it can go before it all collapses and breaks down again but at the moment the hardcore scene in Australia is very, very strong.

You’re hoping to tour the USA and New Zealand once you wrap up your National tour, how do you feel the international audiences will take to your unique style of Aussie rock?

Not sure, we can only hope they like it. From what we’ve gauged from our friends overseas it would seem that the style of music we play isn’t exactly unique and there are definitely people out there that would enjoy it.

What next for PWD? New songs, more breakdowns, bigger mosh parts, more tours, more fun.

HARD BOILED

Corpse Carving it up in Europe

By Ryan Cooke

Not many bands can say they have had more success in Europe than locally, but Launceston based grindcore experts Corpse Carving have this clam to fame. I spoke to guitarist Tom about touring, vocalists and the Tasmanian metal scene.

You have received more interest from Europe than locally, why do you think that is?

I think it’s mainly due to exposure and our style of music. It’s far easier to break the European market via the internet than it is locally and the metal scene over there is much more diverse then it is in Australia due to the population and other contributing factors. To be honest we haven’t really tried to push ourselves here. We could given a bit more effort.

did it for a while and recorded 90% of our CDs and then after 16 months or so he just decided he’d had enough

More exposure would mak e the general public realise that we’re not this rebellious and dangerous group of people

You recently went to Melbourne to play your first interstate shows with Fuck… I’m Dead and Garbage Guts, how did the audiences over there take to your interesting blend of chaos?

To be honest, I don’t think they took all that well to us. (There was a) lack of exposure, lack of people in the audience and perhaps not the best suited bill for us to jump on. Fuck… I’m Dead, Garbage Guts and Die Pigeon Die (the bands we played with) are awesome bands and cool people, but our style is different from theirs.

We’re more suited to the brutal scene rather than the grind scene and also on top of that, I think we ourselves were rather ill-prepared ED and it probably would’ve helped if we hadn’t started drinking very early on in the day…

and that was that, no hard feelings, no messy fights, no pissing in each others kegs. Sorry to let anyone down!

So we looked out of town and found Ed from Hobart, who joined pretty quickly, just a few weeks

During your short existence you have managed to go through three vocalists, what do you put this down too?

I was the first vocalist, back when I was doing it as a solo project. I stuffed my voice from doing it wrong for years beforehand and from smoking a pack a day, so I stepped aside and got Chris in (our second vocalist). He

Why was Ed Kube, the current vocalist, chosen?

Well he wasn’t really chosen it was more he was in the right spot at the right time. We were in need of a vocalist and I’d been working with Ed in another band, “Decaying Form” and at the time it was a logical step to get him to step in for the position as his vocals were quiet adequate for the job. After our second vocalist Chris Quince

CHRIS before a gig.

Hot Lies and the Taste of Chaos

By Ryan Cooke

In the last few years Adelaide has produced some of the cream of the crop within the Australian hardcore scene. The Hot Lies are currently one of the most promising bands in Australia. I chatted to drummer Jarred Brown about the Taste of Chaos tour, The Killchoir Project and the Adelaide scene.

Your new E.P “Heart Attacks & Callous Acts” has

only just come out nationally, how you think fans will take to the record? Are you hoping for the same sort of success you have had with “Streets Become Hallways?”

We are hoping for even greater success with this new EP because we feel like the songs are better and show a progression of songwriting from our first EP. I think fans will generally like the new material but as always in some cases, some fans won’t. It’s the nature of releasing music, but I’m really proud of the new release.

The Hot Lies have secured the chance to support bands like Killswitch Engage, The Used, Rise Against and more when the Taste of Chaos tour touches down in Adelaide. Will this be the biggest show you have played and what do you hope to take away from playing with such acts?

It will definitely be one of the biggest shows we have played, we are all really excited to share the stage with some of our own personal favorite bands which is going to be great. I guess playing with that calibre of acts really does help you to work on your own stage show because you have to step it up to their level.

The Hot Lies feature former members of bands like I Killed the Prom Queen, Day of Contempt and The Kill Choir Project, did you find it hard having to live up to peoples expectations of what the Hot Lies should be and sound like?

No we never felt any pressure to be anything. When we started The Hot Lies it was a new band and a combination of new members. We just were focused on doing what we wanted to do and taking this band further than we have ever gone in bands before. I think the style - being different - helped people not really place expectations on the band because it was totally different to the other three bands.

Did it surprise you when Triple J picked up ‘Bullets and Blacklines’ off your demo and placed it on regular rotation?

who played a pivotal role in getting our band’s status to where it is, we didn’t feel a vocalist could truly “join” the band, or in other words, replace him. The vocalist position in Corpse Carving is more of a session musician’s job for the time being until we are 100% certain we have found the right vocalist, not only for our band’s sound but for us, if that makes sense?

You’re new CD “And then there were 3” also features overseas artists Bludgeon & Twitch of “The Death Nerve”. How did you go about securing these acts to appear on your record?

Well it was relatively easy as it has been in the past with lining up international bands for releases. We’ve organized split CDs with Thorwald and Decomposition (both from Slovakia), Mincer (from Italy) and Human Mastication (from the Philippines).The two you mentioned above and are talking to a few others at the moment. It all happens via the internet these days. Bands get in contact saying they really like us and would like to do a split and we do the same. Once you’ve got one band on board you discuss the details. In other cases it’s the labels who hook the releases up. Split CDs are always a good budget release for labels. They can release two bands for the price of one and buyers see it the same way.

Corpse Carving is one of the most extreme acts in the local scene, who has influenced you to create such hell?

This question has cropped up so many times and I always give varied answers depending how passionate and argumentative I feel. I’m not so much influenced by singular bands, I am by the vibe of certain things. I write songs in bulk, 30 here, 20 there, five somewhere etc. and each writing splurge is set off by something different. Some of the bands I can honestly say I was TOM listening to a lot when I wrote a lot of songs were Bowelstew, CorpseF*cking Art, Deprecated and Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition. But I did write a fair few songs after watching the movies “From Hell” & “Notting Hill” one gave me thoughts of a rustic macabre atmosphere that held a lack of knowledge and care for anatomy and surgery which is the main theme in Corpse Carving and the other - well - just pissed me off enough to get off my sorry arse and make an album.

METAL / HARDCORE IN OCTOBER

By Ryan Cooke

September 12th may be remembered as a turning point in Australian music. It was the day the best album of 2005 was unleashed upon the world. Bryon Bay’s Parkway Drive’s debut album ‘Killing with a Smile’ wipes the floor with anything I have heard in a very long time. I recommend that everyone go out and buy it. In the first week of November you will be able to witness the mayhem that is their live show in person at three shows in our lovely state.

Hobart hardcore lads The Ghost and the Storm Outside are set to release their first full length album, entitled ‘The Rains’, later in October. The album is set to blow everything locally out of the water, check out the launch party at the Trout on 19th of October. Six months after the release of “The Pavour Nocturnus,” Behind Crimson Eyes return with their second studio effort produced by local hero Richard Stoltz (After the Fall, Bodyjar, 28 Days) in the form of a double A-side single. The release is titled “Prologue” with the two tracks “The Art of War” and “Cherry Blossom Epitaph,” hitting stores on Monday 7th November.

On other BCE news, the band will be hitting Tasmania for two shows at the end of October. They will be supporting Gyroscope on their album tour. Adelaide’s, The Hot Lies have finally set upon the world their new EP, ‘Hearts Attacks and Callous Acts’. It debuted at number 36 on the national ARIA charts. Another Adelaide band causing waves overseas, I Killed the Prom Queen has just announced their first European tour, the band is currently in Sweden recording their follow-up to 2004’s “When Goodbye Means Forever.”

Slipknot have finally announced the title and track listing for their new live album entitled “9.0: Live.” The album is set to be two discs and will feature live recordings from shows in Tokyo, Osaka, Singapore and Las Vegas.

The album will be unleashed upon the world this coming Halloween. Pioneers of the Nu-Metal movement, Korn, are set to release their first album since guitarist Brian

Yeah it totally did, we never thought that that song would hit radio but it was definitely the biggest blessing for us as it gave us a lot of immediate exposure and won us heaps of new fans from all over the country.

Both the Adelaide and Bryon Bay scenes have been setting the benchmark for the Australian hardcore scene in the last few years, do you find it harder playing outside of these areas?

Playing Adelaide shows is always a lot of fun but we really enjoy the challenge of playing to harder markets and to crowds that are not familiar with our music as it is the challenge to win them over and possibly make fans out of them. I don’t think that if a band plays to easy markets and the same people that their fan base can continue to grow You’re currently on the road with Gyroscope, when should we expect to see you guys hitting Tasmanian shores?

We played Tassie at the Falls Festival last year so we are really keen to get back over there as soon as possible. We are looking at the possibility of doing it on our headline tour.

Alchemy “Head” Welch left in early 2005. The album is still untitled although the release date is December 4th.

The kings of thrash, Metallica, will be appearing alongside Homer in a Simpson’s episode scheduled for 2006.

Front man James Hetfield, drummer Lars Ulrich, bassist Robert Trujillo and guitarist Kirk Hammett were all in the studio recently to record their voices.

As reported many times, PWD will be touring Tasmania in early November; the Launceston gig has been moved to the Batman Fawkner Inn from Irish Murphy’s because of safety concerns. The 2006 Big Day Out is set to go ahead with the first round of announcements in early October. Hot tip is Tool to headline the festival. Finally after years and years of begging, Australian metal fans have been rewarded - Arch Enemy will be playing their first Australian tour in early November. Last but not least, finally the Taste of Chaos tour hits Australia this month.

Look out for Killswitch Engage, The Used and others ripping up the stage around the nation.

I gue ss p l a yi n g wi t h that c alibre of a ct s r e al l y does he lp you t o wor k on your own stage s h ow b e cause you have to s te p i t My recommended albums: up to the ir leve l The Band lists their influences from the Foo Fighters and At the Drive-In through to AFI and Thursday.

Who are your influences and how do you see them affecting your style?

It’s very hard to say as every guy in the band has their own particular taste, so I guess that all goes in to make the band’s sound. At the moment I have been listening to the new Fall Out Boy, the new Boys Night Out. Finally, what is next for The Hot Lies?

We are about to embark on our headline tour in a month so just working on some new songs and getting ready for the tour and trying to get some rest. I didn’t get a lot on the last tour.

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It was a temporary hospital during the Spanish Bird Flu epidemic of 1919. I know – I never knew we had one either. It was also a refuge centre for people in Invermay and Inveresk during floods in 1929. While it was probably very useful for emergencies, it’s actually better as a conventional hall. Dances, political meetings, sporting events…even a livestock exhibition (there’s an image).

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Music-wise, it’s fairly underused for much outside classical music and organ recitals (a thumping great pipe organ makes the latter pretty popular). Still, several large gigs have been held there. It can hold a mighty-sized crowd both on the main floor and the balconies – licensed capacity is 910 people, unlicensed is over 1300 – and the acoustics are incredible.

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GAMES

By Rohan

Ridge Racer PSP - Sony

to master are accelerate,break and the new nitro

hidden as well as some old familiar tracks

button,that is now offered in this release.

from previous ridge racer releases.

To charge the nitro tanks you have too drift the more

The audio offers a series of soundtracks to

you drift the more nitro you get in your tank.

choose from but in order to imerse yourself

The game offers play in first or third person views,the

in the game and take full advantage I rec-

only downfall is the A.I controlled cars lack the sense

ommend the use of the headphones to take

of giving chase giving the game more of a multi play-

you completly into the games enviroment.

er feel.

On a whole ridge racer is a very impressive The wi-fi aspect of the game can have up to eight

offering from sony’s p.s.p giving solid game

players that gives you the arcade style of racing tha

play and an outstanding performance that

t everyone should love.

is sure to keep everyone happy even those

Don’t Want Your Party To Be A Disaster?

who are not ridge racer fans.

As in all ridge racer series there 58 cars and some

From the moment you load up you’ll be blown away by the f.m.v opening and impressive in game graphics that ridge racer offers, the colours are bright and the frame rate is outstanding.

The game can be controlled by analouge or d.pad and can easily be mastered on both,once you have that under control the only buttons

Get The Box! Available at:

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CAFE REVIEW

BARTENDER OF THE MONTH

How long have you done this work?

6months

KANE “CANDY CANE”

How did you get started?

Started off as security

The Batty

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SUGO

The food was tasty and well cooked with a balance of standards and specialities

Sweet on Salamanca

By David Williams

Where have you worked before?

Was born trained What do you enjoy most about bartending?

Meeting all the different people And dislike?

Not being able to drink own creations while working What are some of your favourite licensed premises and why?

Batty What is your favourite drink?

Jack Daniels/Triple ‘c’ What drink do like most to make and why?

Triple ‘c’, its sweet like candy

I love Salamanca. Now I love Sugo, in Salamanca.

On a sunny, spring day I enjoyed a late breakfast with my family.

We had: House made fruit toast with butter and jam $5.50

The waiting service was professional and friendly.

The food was tasty and well cooked with a balance of standards and specialities. The tables, cutlery, glassware and crockery were clean. Hard to fault.

The only thing I was disappointed by was the lack of freshly squeezed juice. I was told recently (and have had this agreed to by another source) that orange juice loses most of its Vitamin C within a minute of the orange being squeezed. So, does this mean orange juice in bottles, as I’m used to buying it, is just another sweet drink?

Egg & bacon pizzetta $8/$13

Anyway, I reccommend Sugo. I’ll be going back. If you go, check out the interior design too - nice!

Open omlette with grilled mushrooms + ham $11 (capsicum, spinach + halloumi cheese is standard) Scrambled eggs with bacon & tomato, served with toast $9.50 With mushroom $3 Doran’s orange juice $3 2 x mug-sized flat whites $7 1 x take away flat whites (large) $3.20

Have you had a bartender mentor or someone you admire in the industry?

Tom Cruise in Cocktail What makes a great bartender?

Friendly, fun, cheeky Tell us one of your bartending secrets: A true barman never reveals his secrets Advice for aspiring bartenders?

Have fun, be friendly, experiment with drinks and find your own blend.

To make things better, Tassie bars should have more ... ?

Week night sessions And less ... ?

No need for less just more.

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Regional aquatic centre Questions about pulp mill Stand up for Launceston

Launceston 2020 It’s About Us 2006 Regional co-operation

Recycling Wheelie bins Develop Council cohesion

Open public question time Office support for Aldermen Respond to community concerns

My three and a half years as Mayor have been exciting and challenging.

I’ve learnt a great deal and am now even more determined and capable to guide our city to reach its full potential.

We have some immediate challenges. I have heard your concerns about many issues, including car parking, the pulp mill and access to public transport. I will do everything possible to resolve these issues fairly.

There will always be challenges – that’s how dynamic communities grow. With a positive attitude and a focus on the future, I know we can face up to anything and turn each of these challenges into unique opportunities – that’s our heritage – our city’s reputation has been built on people leading the way, on innovation and excellence.

The team elected now will be in office for up to four years. The impact of our decisions will last far beyond this term. The key to our success will be working together on behalf of the whole community – city, rural, families, environment and business. If we do this – the whole community prospers.

That’s what I stand for. I absolutely believe in my ability to represent and stand up for our community.

I will be the Mayor only when I’m also elected as an Alderman. So, for a Mayor with vision, energy and courage, vote 1 Janie Dickenson for Alderman and vote 1 Janie Dickenson for Mayor.

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SPOTLIGHT The Midnight Painters Guild presents “The Sale” (HBT) Up to 200 works of Art from over 40 artists from around Tasmania 4-13 October @ The Long Galley – Salamanca Opening Friday 7th of October @ 7.30 pm “if you say it’s art, then it is” Who are the Midnight Painter’s Guild? Co-founder, Ivan Stinger, tells, “Late one night in early 2003, I, and a small group of dedicated artists formed the Midnight Painters Guild when we became bored with impersonating university students. Primarily the group was formed because of our tendency to work late at night and into the early hours of the morning. As our association progressed, we began to discuss the state of art in Tasmania both communally and commercially. We realised very early on that only certain artists were recognised as actually being artists, not because they were any different to us but because they were professional and businesslike in the way they dealt with galleries, corporations, and government bureaucracy. We also decided that the all too readily accepted conventions within this system of artist selection only existed to control the content of art in general. Moreover, this control was being exercised ruthlessly by people that don’t actually produce art; they just occupy a space or some position of authority. The Midnight Painters Guild realised that this was purely because artists had forgotten how to treat one another as equals and were instead competing against each other for government grants, corporate sponsorship and professional contracts with commercial galleries.

In short, we had been divided and conquered by a system that could not exist without us. So we decided that we would freely associate with any artists who would accept us as their equal and try to tear down some of the prejudice that can arise among insular, guarded arts communities.

Our only rule is ‘art universal�, if you say it’s art, then it is, and that makes you an artist no more or less than me. Our association has steadily grown over the last two years and will continue to grow because we accept everyone and we stand for placing the freedom, empowerment and perception of art as a distinctly human experience back where it belongs - into the hands of artists everywhere.”

Inveresk Art Forum - Academy of the Arts (LTN) Thursday 13 October ART, LIFE, POLITICS, PHOTOGRAPHY

HELEN ENNIS, curator, author and lecturer in the School of Art, Australian National University, will talk about her exhibition and book, Margaret Michaelis: Love, loss and photography (National Gallery of Australia, 2005) at a special Arts Forum, co-hosted by the School of Visual & Performing Arts and the Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery: 5.30 pm, Nuala O’Flaherty Auditorium Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery Inveresk The recent National Gallery of Australia exhibition, Margaret Michaelis: Love, loss and photography, had at its heart a story about the life and work of Margaret Michaelis and some of the momentous events of the 20th-century.

Michaelis’s professional career in Vienna, Berlin and Barcelona was shaped by the rise of Fascism and the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. In 1939 Michaelis fled from Europe and settled in Sydney where she excelled in the areas of portraiture and dance photography.

Helen Ennis, guest curator of the exhibition, also authored the biographical study of Michaelis that accompanied the exhibition, and has since been glowingly reviewed nationally.

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Are Things Funnier In Hobart?

A LOOK AT THE HOBART COMEDY FESTIVAL

By Tim Logan ‘Have you been to a fifth birthday? Fairy bread

organiser and lovely long haired comic, Mick Lo-

and loud skivvies!’ Promises local comedy all

wenstein comments on the scene in Tassie. ‘We

rounder and Hobart Comedy Festival organ-

started this almost by accident the rest just fell

iser Craig Wellington about the event which

into place. We’re getting bigger and better.’

he started in 2001 and which has continued to grow each year. ‘It’s fantastic that there is

Another reason for Hobart’s comedy scene explo-

a scene here where less than ten years ago

sion can be traced back to Adelaide. Fin Kruck-

there was none, January is going to be amaz-

ermeyer moved to Hobart and brought not only

ing!’ He continues with a wry smile.

his experience performing and MC’ing at festivals

MICK LOWENSTEIN

around the country but also his expertise in runFairy bread and all wiggles references aside, the

ning Sund’y Side Up, a fortnightly comedy/po-

real party has been happening not just during the

etry/music night now being held at the Republic

festival but throughout the year, where Hobart

Bar & Cafe in north Hobart.

has become arguably the fastest growing comedy scene in the country.

Both events have started in just the last five months but already word has spread across the

‘It’s got a real boutique feel to it’ says Gavin

Strait, with many comedians in Melbourne keen

Baskerville, a Melbourne Comedy Festival regu-

to come down and check it out. Posessing the

lar and award winner, following a crowd pleasing

best Dave Hughes impersonation on either side

set at The Big Laughs In The Little Pub monthly

of the Bass Strait, rising talent and 2003 Raw

comedy night at The New Sydney Hotel. ‘It’s a

Comedy Grand Finalist Andy Muirhead, started

great breeding ground for comedians, you can be

out in comedy just four years ago and remembers

the comic you want to be.’

what it was like looking for local gigs. ‘when we were coming through just a few years ago Raw

As recent memories of local radio personality, Tori

was the only thing around, now look, that’s the

Hodgeman, opening her set by licking her hand

great thing about whats happening now.’

BIG LAUGHS CREW

and rubbing herself fade away, The Big Laughs

White Noise: Moving Pictures In Melbourne ACMI Gallery, Federation Square, Melbourne Descending down the stairs the ACMI gallery, into the darkness of the underground. Ulf Langerich, Ryoji Ikeda, me wide opened and unprepared for the audiovisual assault that rammed, well split my skull in beautiful light anarchy.

Sounds abstracted to bleeps and roars ascend, crash like bombs, complete darkness and dislocation, the outside world seemed another universe.

Cinema becomes old as White noise destroys the narrative leaving us with abstractions of computer film technology.

I saw the creation of the universe in Langerichs work ‘Light’ that throbbed and lost shape moved around the room as if a void sucking me in I was left dim-witted unable to control my senses, travelling through space as if a space ranger in the last half hour light spectacular of Kubricks 2001 a space odyssey.

I managed to draw my self away and stumbled into a hall way of Ryoji Ikeda. Complete darkness as I walk alone, a red neon square, the end, claustrophobia, bang, strobe flash, black and the sound subtle yet slowly opening up my mind, the red square the only distinguasble shape.

White Noise surrounds with darkness light and sound.

I had no control, as the space interacted with me and delved into my subconscious mind. Austrian Ulf Langerich final work ‘Drift’ was an amazing highlight a twenty-five minute piece on two huge screens, from octopus to grains of nothing, sounds, patterns, bio-rhythms moving deeper and deeper.

There can be so much in nothing. This exhibition draws from suprematism, white on white paintings and similar avant-garde ideas from early last century, Radical movements of their time that questioned art practices, experimented and examined shape, colour and perception.

White noise takes these ideas and moves them on into the new century, amazing, simple but so very powerful.

In today’s world we are so often assaulted by narratives and selling ploys through the many different types of media and advertising networks.

We become used to the obvious and we crave to be told what it is, what it means. We forget the often difficult process off being able to think for our selves, white noise gave me the alternative to commercial media and art, I was made to think, watch, try to understand, but at the same time I felt manipulated out of control like there was something of a higher power something more.

White noise is one of the most exciting and cutting edge exhibitions going around as claimed by the catalogue.

Quite literally six internationally acclaimed artists blew

me away the scale and power of these works.

White Noise not only pushed barriers but destroyed them questioning and creating a whole new world. Light spheres, moving numbers, patterns slowly enveloping, interactive projections, the future now!

I couldn’t look at still objects for an hour after leaving, I was hit by flashbacks of light and shapes a day after id left, like a sixties LSD nightmare, this was the real deal pure and uncut!

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XTREME SPORT

No Chaser MTB: 6Hour Tasmanian brothers in the fashion pipeline

By David Williams

@ Four Springs

Sunday dawned clear and slightly cool. Organisers gathered early at Four Springs in preparation for the challenge ahead. Our watches beeped 8am and the chaos began!! A hoard of people started to arrive in vehicles laden with bikes, helmets and colourful lycra suits. “Great!” the organizers thought. Registration became busier and busier and busier and busier………. And the people just kept on coming!!!

“Holey moley!” the organizers thought.

The entry pile grew and grew and we had to type faster and faster to get everyone entered into the timing program. After typing in the details of a massive 140 riders all was ready to rock and roll. Due to the large turnout the start time was rescheduled to 10:15am. The masses lined up and when the magic words were spoken” Ready, Set, GO!” legs began furiously pedaling and the hoard of crazed lycra covered bodies headed off. A fast start was rapidly slowed upon entering the first piece of single-track.

For some reason 50 people just don’t seem able to fit through a 40cm wide gap all at the same time.

Entrepreneurial Tasmanian brothers, Jesse and Mitchell Pettigrew recently formed No Chaser, a clothing label for body boarders. The two brothers aged 17 and 21 respectively have just launched their Summer 05/06 range and are looking to the future with their hip label of t-shirts, caps and an upcoming range of accessories. Already sponsoring Australian body boarders, No Chaser looks set for big things.

We had done some research on other clothing labels and how successful some of them have become and how quickly that has happened is just amazing. As I am now 17 and my bro Mitch is 21 we had to think of our futures and what we could give back to the sport of body boarding and Tasmania at the same time. So we decided why not make the first ever Tasmanian body board label and that’s where were at now.

How did you get started?

The idea of making a label started a few years back but we just couldn’t stick a good name for it, but in 2004 while Mitchell was in QLD working he came up with the name, told me on the phone one night and it just stuck from then on. It didn’t come from one of the Hilltop Hoods’ songs as many think.

What are the goals for the future?

Short-term goals include getting our name out there around Tasmania and mainland Australia by hopefully getting some stores to stock our gear. Some long term plans would include sponsoring more riders from Tasmania and the mainland to help them build a career from this very underrated sport. As well as trying to get Tasmania’s competition scene up to the mainland’s standard by sponsoring events as we have done for the Tasmanian pro this year which will be held on September 8-9.

What was the first thing you did?

To start off with I was just designing some logos and bits and pieces. (Then I) started asking around for what we needed to do to get it all going and started getting some quotes for websites and printing prices.

What are you producing now?

Currently we are just making t-shirts but in winter 2006 we are looking at some hooded jumpers and accessories like hats and beanies.

Who helped you along the way?

Our parents for their insight, Jay and the gang from Radic’l Screen Printing - we couldn’t do it without them.

Jaymie Jones for help with the site, Paul Hutchins from frozenhole.com for his help and also anyone else I’d forgotten.

The congestion cleared as riders made their way around the 8.3km course.

Bumpy sections started to smooth whilst a few dry areas decided to mutate into goopy pools of mud which metamorphosed rider’s bikes from their shiny attractive colours to a common murky brown.

As time wore on; deuraileurs clunked louder, people grew wearier and drink bottles tasted more and more like mud (yum!). The clock kept ticking, slowly for some, and the laps kept being churned out. Families gathered on their picnic blankets to cheer their riders on. The little kiddies made friends and had their own fun near the timekeepers and were an amusement themselves. The sausages sizzled and supporters were seen eating the tasty morsels. Some riders also scoffed a few and were later heard to utter “3 snags probably wasn’t a great idea to have before that lap.”

The 6 hours finally elapsed and people rode across the line for the last time (some looked to be struggling to pedal!). In a tight tussle for overall victory Kris Clausen and Matt Dalziel for Team iRule completed a total of 13

By Row Fry way through 8 laps each. The pocket rocket Robby Holmes managed to finish in a faster time to take first place from a consistent Jayne Guiver.

Women’s Pairs was won by Imogen Pearce and Su Sprot of team IMSU (Imogen and Su – get it?). Imogen performed the fastest lap time for a female winning herself a free cut and colour from Convict Cutters Hairdressers in Brisbane Street Launceston (PLUG, PLUG! They do wonderful things there if you haven’t tried them!! The Cheryls made up of Clare Hester and Larni Gibson took out second place.

Mixed Pairs were won by MTB Aphrodesiac (i.e. Row and Ben) who ended up having a very expensive day at

the office with a snapped deuraileur and an unrepairable crank (so much for the cheap $10 entry fee!!!). Team TMac with Jayne Grubits and Warren Cedric Austin took the second possie from The Chicken and the Egg (i.e.

Rodney Mills and Carolyn Farrar.

The Men’s Four was won by We’re Riding Boutique *@$% Cos We Have Little #@*$%$#’s of Robert Potter, Tim Edwards and Tom Grigg. (I think the censored words were “Tricycles” and “Brains”). Team MAD of Sam Robertson, Danny Rayenga and Matt Wilson took second and if they lost a few The Spare Tyres may not have finished third!

The Mixed Four was won by Piston Broke (David and Carol Cole and John and Jenny Purtell). Team Tortise proved their name by coming last in this category. Fortunately for Rachael Bayliss, Katrina Gittus, Alexandra Milne and Donal McIntee last also meant second as there were only two teams in this category. Well done

Who does what - design, manufacturing, artwork etc?

Mitchell and I do all the design work for everything from clothing to the website. Our clothing is being printed in Ulladulla in NSW by a screen printing business which the owners all surf and are real good guys to talk to.

How are the products produced, from start to finish?

The designs are all done on computer then we send for a quote from the screen printers to get the pricing. We pay a deposit as they would then order in the shirts from a supplier, make up the screens then print them off.

Why did you start doing this?

Well there isn’t anyone better to work for then yourself.

laps in the 6 hours. Their endurance backgrounds shined through in the last few hours for them to ride away from the very competitive Cyclingo boys of Luke Wisby and Ben Greive-Johnson. These teams took out the positions 1 and 2 respectively in the Men Pairs Category from the Fairwheather Wiggins team.

It was vintage John Gregory (literally by the looks of his rear wheel) as he pumped out a phenomenal 12 laps to take out the Solo Men’s Category. Keith MacQueen put in a fantastic performance to finish second ahead of Greg Dwyer in third.

The Solo Women’s Category saw two riders slog their

guys!

A BIG thanks goes out to all those who showed up (participants and supporters). It was a great day and probably the biggest MTB event in Tassie aside from Wildside. We hope to make the next enduro event (12 Hour in March) bigger and better so please email us any improvement suggestions you have and keep an eye open for the event date.

MASSIVE thanks to the wonderful Mountain Designs, Geard’s Cycles and Shadforths Financial Advisors all in Launceston for proving such great sponsorship and prizes.

XTREME SPORT The

No Comply - Hip Hop Festival

By Nita Walker Burnie

Various competitions to win decks and hoodies were held, ranging from “most manly pushups” to a “rap off” – whomever from the crowd was better at rhyming on the spot.

Not being a hip-hop type myself, I was really impressed with this festival and the amount of skill it held.

Not only did everyone get in and give it a go, the music was on another height all to itself, especially TZU, and the skating was damn amazing.

Included in the skating line up was a 2 time US champ!

Talk about skill. The pipe wasn’t just for the pro’s though – anyone that could skate (inline or board) and had the proper protective gear on could get up and give it ago. I can’t say I was that keen.

TZU were the last act for the evening, and damn they are good. Not only did they have the full attention of

walls, one containing a roller-door and a little box no bigger than your bathroom.

Now add some life, a half pipe, a truck trailer, flashing lights, MC’s, stacks, turntables, DJ’s, skaters, decks, graffiti, break dancers, 2 drop down cinema screens, a pumped crowd, red bull, cigarettes, BMX, smoke machine, mosh pit, and Melbourne’s very own TZU, and you have No Comply’s 2005 Hip-hop festival.

This full on energy pumping event took place at the Burnie skate park.

Deck designs covered one wall and included artists such as Sean Kelly, Emperor Jagi, Koan, Unkieperuie and Burnie’s own Two Monkey.

Over at the half pipe skating his heart out and leaving spectators pretty damn impressed was no one else but USD’s Vovos, skating in style and in time to the somewhat talented and catchy tunes of DJ Dameza and MDUSU. The skating (both inline and board) was mad as including back flips, kick flips, multiple stacks and grinding.

One guy even awed the crowd by clearing the top rails of the half pipe landing safely on the other side.

the crowd singing along, moshing, chanting and forever keen for “just one more song”.

For those interested I recommend jumping onto their website – www.TZU.com.au , listening to their tracks and I recommend their latest album “smiling at strangers” which is currently grabbing some air play on Rage with “she gets up”, an awesome catchy tune.

As all good things do, come 7pm the No Comply team said their thanks and the festival started to shut down, only to head back to the King of Burnie hotel for the after party – and it’s no surprise that it was just as awesome as the festival itself.

If you didn’t end up at the No Comply this year – go next year – you have no idea what you’re missing out on.

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