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quick shots latest local, national & international news Waiter is off to Adelaide from 25–27 November 2004 to participate in the 2004 FUSE Festival. The band was selected from over 600 national applications and is one of only 24 artists participating, and the only artist from Tasmania. FUSE is a contemporary music event held annually in Adelaide's west end. Now in its eight year (formerly "Music Business Adelaide" 1997 - 2002), it features seminars, workshops, forums, networking activities and live performances from selected artists and bands from around Australia.
you'd expect from a label of Warp's calibre - their music looks as good as it sounds.
EVEN play WIGOUT with The Stems Inspired by playing Little Steven Van Zandt's New York Underground Garage International Festival earlier this year, The Stems will be playing a series of events around the country in November with a gang of likeminded rock'n'roll revolutionaries. Joining The Stems as the main support on their east coast pilgrimage will be EVEN. Fresh from their own relentless touring schedule on the back of their latest release "Free Kicks" , EVEN couldn't think of a better reason to get their asses back out on the road. The evening will be a non-stop celebration, featuring live performances, rare film footage, disc jockeys, and go-go dancers
Multi-platinum recording artist Sarah McLachlan was determined to make a statement with the new video for her new single “World On Fire.” It was McLachlan’s desire to assist those in need by arranging for the video’s production costs to go to charities around the globe. Award-winning video director Sophie Muller and her production crew donated their time and skill to create this video with the labour costs benefiting those in need worldwide. Muller captured a stark, simple performance by McLachlan that is interspersed with scenes displaying the standard cost for video production (inclusive of camera crews, electricians, and location fees, etc) comparing those costs with the price of food, medical supplies The only production expense was $15, the cost of a Sony mini DV tape.
With U2's latest offering Vertigo exploding across the airwaves around the country, fans have the opportunity to legally download the track ahead of its physical release in stores. Vertigo is now available for sale via download on two of Australia's legal downloading services: Ninemsn Music (www.ninemsn.com.au/music) and BigPond Music (www.bigpondmusic.com). The paid-download is one track only, and precedes the song's release in traditional music retail stores by over 5 weeks. Warp - Arguably the world's finest electronic label release their first DVD collection: 'WarpVision The Videos 1989 - 2004' and as
This definitive collection of Warp videos features ground-breaking work from directors such as Chris Cunningham, David Slade, Alex Rutterford and Jarvis Cocker among many others. 32 videos for artists such as Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Autechre, Plaid, LFO, Beans, Luke Vibert, Jamie Lidell, Broadcast, Sabres of Paradise and Nightmares On Wax. Plus stunning, never seen before videos for Aphex Twin and Jamie Lidell.
This week’s announcement lets you know that there is plenty more gas in The Falls Festival fuel tank and it is definitely premium grade! There’s still a long way to go with the list of acts announced so far including less than half of the final line-up. The story so far: The Black Keys, De La Soul, Billy Bragg, The John Butler Trio, Missy Higgins, Spiderbait, Vusi Mahlasela, The Living End, Xavier Rudd, Bob Brozman, Hilltop Hoods, You Am I, Hayden, Rocket Science, Sarah Blasko, The Cops, Epicure, Spazzys, Carus & The True
Believers, The Vasco Era, The Hot Lies, Ash Grunwald, The Panics, Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set, The Roys and Betchadupa. Stay tuned, loads more to come! Michael Jackson called in on Los Angeles radio station 100.3 this morning (October 12th) to voice his disapproval of the new Eminem video for his song "Just Lose It." In the video, Eminem plays the characters of Jackson, Madonna & MC Hammer and others. The video shows scenes of Eminem dressed as Jackson sitting on a bed with children jumping around him. With Jackson's recent troubles, the scenes are hitting a little too close to home for the King of Pop. "I never had a problem with Eminem," Jackson said during The Steve Harvey Morning Show. Harvey also voiced his disgust with the rapper. "Eminem has lost his ghetto pass," Harvey declared. "We want the pass back." Harvey said that he was displeased at the way Eminem chose to depict the black community. He added that rappers who are afraid to say something because they don't want to jeopardize their own careers are "cowards." "You [Eminem] apologized about the comments you made before about us being ni**ers and calling black women b**ches but we don't want your apology now", Harvey fumed. In a bombshell revelation, Harvey stated that Bob Johnson, Founder and CEO of BET has decided to pull the video from BET's rotation and will not be playing it again. Johnson also called The Steve Harvey morning show and confirmed the video has been pulled from the BET airwaves. Johnson is expected to release a statement later today about this issue. Harvey also stated that MTV and VH1 should follow suit and pull the video as well. After years of making the music of others sound great through his talents as producer and remixer with the renowned Elite Fleet production team (J-Wess, 1200 Techniques, Selwyn), the time has come for Israel to show the world his
real talents: singer, rapper, song writer and musician. The first single to be lifted from his debut album 'CHAPTER 1', 'WAKE UP WITH YOU' is a nod to the smooth, sweet RnB of the 80's. Impeccable vocals - both solo and in harmony float over an understated, melodic groove and a sublime guitar line. This is music that speaks to adults, yet it's what the kids are living and breathing every day - a true crossover record. Hard-rocking debutantes Jet have stormed their first ARIA Music Awards, taking six awards and bringing the room to its feet with a screaming performance of their hit single Are You Gonna Be My Girl. It was a night when rock ruled and roots reigned supreme. Jet - The Melbourne four-piece who restored hard-rocking riffs and anthems to chart glory – scored awards for Best Album (Get Born), Best Group (Get Born), Best Rock Album (Get Born), Breakthrough Artist – Album (Get Born), Breakthrough Artist – Single (Are You Gonna Be My Girl) and the prestigious Single of the Year (Are You Gonna Be My Girl). Meanwhile, indie outfit John Butler Trio scored nods for Best Blues and Roots Album and Best Independent Release for Sunrise Over Sea, while the dreadlocked Mr Butler took out Best Male Artist. Kasey Chambers – no stranger to the ARIA stage – won Best Country Album for her chart-topping album Wayward Angel, and took out Best Female Artist for the same release. It was a big night for newcomers. Missy Higgins, whose pure vocals provided a showstopping performance, won Best Pop Release for Scar, and Guy Sebastian – a wide-eyed Australian Idol at last year’s ARIA Awards – won Highest Selling Single for Angels Brought Me Here and Channel (V)’s Oz Artist of the Year.
quick shots latest local, national & international news Introduced to the illegal rave scene as a young teen, Andy C started his DJing and production career while still a school-boy in Essex. He blew off a career in printing and created Ram Records, which has gone on to become one of the most respected drum n bass labels on the planet. Few DJs or producers could claim to be as active and committed to their music as London’s DJ Hype. He’s built sound systems, A&R’d for Kickin’ Records, worked with both indies and majors, and hosted radio shows on the seminal Fantasy FM and Kiss. FABRICLIVE. 18 sees two of drum n bass’ most exciting talents showcase their sounds together for the first time. Kicking off with DJ Hype; we journey through upto-the-minute cuts, exclusive forthcoming tracks from his Ganja label and his special edits of Benny Blanco and JB. Andy C takes over for the final part showcasing his superb technical skills as he furiously mixes up tracks by J Majik, Moving Fusion, Ed Rush & Optical, DJ Fresh, and his own Ram Trilogy moniker. By combining their experiences and musical inspiration, Melbourne’s Muphin and Plutonic Lab are doing their bit to widen the boundaries of Australian hip-hop with the release of their first joint-album ‘Hunger Pains’. The album was released on 20th October 2004 through Obese Records. It is an energetic album with reflection on Australian life, as we know it. Tackling concepts including work life, introversion, finding love, the struggle of
life, all blended with samples, atmosphere, guest verses from Minas (Art of War/Hired Goons), Raph-Boogie (Mnemonic Ascent), The Grouch (Living Legends) and cuts from DJ FX. The Statler and Waldorf sound is one requiring a broad genre definition. Not singularly breaks, house, techno, hardcore, hip hop or drum ‘n’ bass but at the same time a bit of all of these styles, the Statler and Waldorf machine explores the darker side of groove, mixing live synths and vocals with hard beats and deep bass. The new EP titled ‘Collusions’ extends their deserved live reputation beyond the club into the studio. Consisting mainly of collaborations, the release features the sounds of Paul Kelly, Blue MC (Bionik World) and Miss Brown (Solo and Soma Rasa) and showcases a subtler aspect of Statler and Waldorf. Demonstrating their extensive production skills, the EP merges the unique Stalter and Waldorf sound with the hip hop, folk and breakbeat styles of the guest artists. ‘Collusions’ by Statler & Waldorf is released on CD through Freefall/MRA. As a precursor to the much-anticipated new album from Downsyde, the ‘Lesfortunate EP’ is a limited edition release in stores at the end of October. Complete with the current Triple J/Nova favourite "Bring It All Back", the title track ‘Lesfortunate’ is a guaranteed favourite, blending a stinging attack on greed and
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power with a monster chorus, supreme beats and extra-wide sub-curdling bass. The EP is the ultimate summer block party rocker featuring 6 killer tracks from the WA six piece hip-hop group and is their debut release on Obese Records. Congradulations to Aussie Hiphop group Koolism for winning the 'best urban release' at the 2004 ARIA awards last week for their 'Random Thoughts' release. The Scenes EP marks the debut for the sounds of Stewart & Melville. The Sydney duo first met in London, where they discovered a shared love for a song with equal parts pop and atmosphere. Kinship soon turned to collaboration, and the pair have now notched up some years locking into each other ’s sensibilities. Similarly to their lineage in Air, The Flaming Lips and Radiohead, Stewart & Melville enjoy putting pop on its head, shaking all the best things out of its pockets and creating something otherworldly. On The Scenes EP, Stewart ’s melodic knack is stretched and spun out by Melville ’s production, a glaze of honeyed textures pierced with shimmering harmonies, symphonic keyboards and trippy effects. It ’s a mix of heavenly proportions. In a nifty twist, Sydney electronic act ollo remix “Scenes ” and put a wiggle in its spacewalk. 2005 sees another EP release from Stewart& Melville, followed by a full-length album.
out of the van….it has been a never ending whirlwind of Krispy Kremes and Sushi for the Beautiful Girls over the past few months. The lusty crush between punters in the USA and Japan and The Beautiful Girls is blossoming into a full blown love affair. The Beautiful Girls return home after another overseas sojourn, to start laying down tracks for their new album due out mid 2005. They will unpack their international knap sacks, pack up the van and migrate north to Byron Bay to record @ Rocking Horse Studios in Byron Bay on the NSW North Coast. ‘Weight of the World’, a 4 track EP teaser will be released in December 2004, followed by the unnamed second studio album set for release mid 2005. Cog are ripping through the recording of their debut album at Radiostar Studios in Weed CAL, U.S.A. Drummer Lucius Borich said "The 1920's studio theater here is far from a normal recording environment, and it suits Cog down to the ground. and what we're trying to create. Led Zeppelin recorded their album "The Song Remains The Same" through the same Neve Desk!, and Sylvia Massy is making our music come into its own - it's really great to hear what Cog sounds like through all the right recording gear. I'm hearing our band for the first time!"
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SAT 13TH NOVEMBER PIMP THE SOUNDTRACK #3 Featuring: Matthew Chalk (vocals), David Haley (Drums), Joe Haley (Guitars), and Cameron Grant (Bass), have teamed up together since 1999 to form a Tasmanian heavy metal band, Psycroptic. We chatted to Dave, just to get an insight of what being in Psycroptic was like: When and how did Psycroptic first form? Psycroptic formed in 1999 after Joe and myself started jamming on material that didn’t really fit in with our band at the time (Disseminate), so we decided to start a different band. We asked Matthew and Cam if they would be interested in joining – they were, so we started to write more material and played our first live show the year later. What tours have you guys participated and played in, and where? We’ve done quite a few tours, most notably supporting US bands Deeds of flesh in 2004 and Incantation in 2003. We’ve also played Metal for the Brain a couple of times, High Voltage, and various other metal shows. We’ve played in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, and of course Hobart and Launceston. We’re just preparing for our first European tour this November, which we’re all looking forward to greatly…. and hopefully we can make it to the US next year as the label we’re on (Unique Leader) really want to get us over there.
Who came up with the name for the band and how, does it have any meaning? The name doesn’t actually mean anything…so people can give it what ever Meaning they want! A friend of ours made it up when we started, because we couldn’t come up with anything. Unfortunately we’ve not seen this person in a few years, so we’re not sure what he’s up to…. What type of musical image do you guys want to portray to everybody? None, really…we just do what we do. Of course we want to get across a professional appearance, because we do take what we do seriously – we wouldn’t practice 4 or 5 days a week if we didn’t. But we don’t (and have no intentions) want to get across an image like say that of Slipknot or Cradle of filth for example. Nothing against those bands who do have an image, but that’s not us…its just about the music really, What genre of music do you guys categorise yourselves in? That’s a hard question…for ease of understanding for those who haven’t heard us; I’d say we’re a death metal band. We do however incorporate different elements into our sound such as black metal, traditional metal and progressive music, so I personally would say we’re just an extreme metal band…or just a metal band. In the end it’s for the listener to define what the style is anyway.
Tell us about your albums... Eg. How many you've had, the titles, the songs, and weather they hold any meaning or not? Well, we have 2 albums – The isle of Disenchantment (2001) and The sceptre of the ancients (2003). All the lyrics are written by Matthew, so that’s really for him to answer I’d say. For me personally, I hold all our songs to be important, because each song was the best we could write at that point in time. Its always about continual improvement, and progressing to try to write the ‘perfect’ song…this of course is unachievable, but its inspiring to try to get as close as you possibly can. Where have you guys previously played, and have you got any up coming gigs? We’ve played many different venues since we’ve been together, so its hard to list them all (mainly because I’ve forgotten!! Haha). We haven’t got any local shows lined up anytime soon, but as I said before, we tour Europe in November 2004. We’re playing 25 shows over there, so its going to be pretty intense…we’re all very excited about it…hehe hopefully it all goes to plan! How did you guys "MAKE IT BIG" in the musical industry? Make it big? Hehe, I whish I could say we were!! We’re by no means big – we do have quite a good following – but we’re not a ‘big’ band, and this isn’t really our intention. We’ve sold a few thousand copies of each album, which for us is pretty cool. But, I’d say to ‘make it big’ you’ve got to have a record label who puts a load of money into promotion for you, have a good product to sell (i.e. music) and be able to tour a lot to get it out to as many people as possible. We’ll just keep doing what we do…which is enjoying playing music and touring. What have you guys done internationally, Eg. Tours, performances, interviews, etc. we’ve yet to tour internationally – it will be the first time in November…but we do a lot of interviews for international magazines, webzines, etc. We’re fortunate enough to have a record label with wide distribution releasing our albums so that its available right around the world. We get quite a lot of mail from overseas, which is great…and most of our website hits are from outside of Australia…which is a cool thing. Do you guys have any helpful advice for the bands out there that wanna make it further in the music industries...? Get out there and play! People wont know about you unless you let them know by playing! Also, a good quality recording is pretty essential as well…don’t take the cheap option – is better to pay a little more for a quality product, than settle for something that sounds like it was recorded on a tape deck. Also, the main thing is to enjoy what you do, and not just jump on the next trend that comes along just to try an make it “big”!
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Rock Salt Tonewheel night, then it was a big door opening in my brain and I walked in and smiled. From there I quickly started to realize that I wanted to integrate totally what I could do with not only Nick but also DJ’s doing their thing. So now the CD is ready in all its glory tell us about the launch party. What can people expect from this gig? Ahhh the launch is based on the album material but will be where we really see the live interaction between the performers on horns, Hammond, Rhodes, vibraphone, percussion, vocals, bass and the decks and electronics expertise of Nick. This is where the cutting edge fun will be had. It will all be recorded and filmed so we could end up with 2 more instant albums!! Would you care to elaborate on the technical process used to construct this live event? The Tonewheel event will be made possible by a revolutionary new software aptly called "live", engineered by some very smart German guys, this platform allows multiple mixes to run together so you can be getting stuff ready to send out front as it the gig progresses.
Many of you will have witnessed or at least heard of The Benjafield Collective, one of Tasmania's premier jazz outfits. The Benjafield Collective (TBC) are well known for playing hard hitting, hard groovin' inspirational funk jazz with dirty bass lines and obese horn sections. TBC released their first album 'Mountainside' earlier this year, their first product received critical acclaim and cross-the-board interest as the soulful sounds and undying grooves infected hips and feet across the country. Many of you will also have experienced the performance of Don Bate, the front man and founder of The Benjafield Collective, Principal Trombonist with the TSO and an acclaimed producer in his own right. Don's charms have enraptured many audiences and his drive has been the catalyst for many exciting cross-genre projects. The latest product from Don and his crew has been on the brew for nearly two years now and the fruits of their grooves are coming to the fore with the soon to be released TONEWHEEL. I recently caught up with Don Bate for a chat about what to expect from their latest works . . . Tell me about how the idea for TONEWHEEL was conceived, who were parts of the integral core of the project and how did you make the first steps to getting it off the ground. Tonewheel evolved out of my partnership with Denki funk ( aka Nick Lesek – Tokyo based producer and performer ) as we started jamming and helping each other over the last 6 years. We realized about 2 years ago there was an emerging body of work that we could start to make an album out of. Tell me about the blend of talents with the classic Benjafield crew and the new-guard producers.
The blend is a truly unique one combining the forces of locals great talents Spinfx, Parky with Denki funk (Tokyo) who’s on the fly technical skills will enable true integration of the instrumental talents of some of the countries best live performers.
The live jamming will be recorded in real time against the beats and will instantly become part of the library of material available to remix. At the same time we can send mixes to either of the DJ’s decks for them to create their magic
breaks on. This again is recorded and integrated into the mix. As you can see the possibilities for an amazing perpetual journey are made possible. The whole tone I'm getting from this project is a sense of sharing and inclusion that transcends the barriers of language and location. How has this effected the work and would you care to comment on how you think these kind of projects will evolve in the future both in the general music scene and in your own ventures? I think we will see a real converging of music making worlds because of this new technology. It’s totally new in its ability to put every one on the stage together as a single entity. I imagine this will become a major part of my role as a music maker and collaborator in the future. Is there anything else you'd like to add? This event, the Tonewheel launch, I believe will be an experience like nothing that has been seen in Australia before. I hope people will be as blown out as we all have been preparing it. Thanks for your time Don, I'm looking forward to your gig. You can catch tonewheel at the Hobart Uni. Bar Saturday November 13 from 9pm Tickets from Uni. contact centre, lazenby's and on the door if available.
So once you had the concepts and the contributing artists how did it get off the ground? Sharing large files over the web or covert disc mailers? How did the distance of the collaboration affect the piece? Sometimes we met in Sydney, Hong Kong or Tokyo and one month long session in Hobart last summer, so we got a good chance to get the balls rolling before doing the file swapping on the internet. Broadband meant that we could link our programs and I could hear a track he’d put down a few minutes after he’d done it. The distance factor sometimes slowed down the bouncing off each other factor but we adapted. I believe you've engineered most of the product yourself, how did you cope with the line between player and producer? Do you believe your connection with the music shaded the final product or were you able to separate from the music? With this kind off music you have to do a lot of production yourself but I was in total partnership with denkifunk and atmixdown. For the album we went to Red Planet where Stuart Long put a fresh set of ears on the perspective which is essential. How has this foray into dance music affected your ears, tastes and playing styles? Do you find yourself more receptive to modern dance floor grooves, how has it expanded your bag of tricks? I didn’t really understand where the decks thing was coming from until I saw Spinfx go off one
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Epicure I was wondering if it had something to do with inspector Gadget or Mission Impossible. (Laughs) No, I don’t think so, but you never know. He could have been watching (007) Bond or something. He’s a big Bond fan.
I think the guitar sound you produce has a strong role in the overall sound of the album, “Self Destruct in 5”.
Epicure are spending so much time in Tassie, they’re in danger of sprouting second heads! For the third time this year Epicure will play Hobart, at the Republic Bar. With a new single from their recently released album, The Goodbye Girl, Epicure are about to hit the road again. Guitarist Dan Houlihan told why Epicure keep coming back. What have you been up to today? Today? Not much, really. A bit chilly. Getting ready. I’m off to Sydney tonight to do an interview tomorrow morning with Triple J, so just getting myself ready for that and tomorrow night’s show in Adelaide. Right. So you’re jet-setting all over the place. Yeah, it’s a bit like that. When you do an intyerview with someone like Triple J, do they give you forewarning of what they want to talk about? Sometimes, when you do the live radio, you get a it of a “heads-up” about it. But usually when you get there they say, “We’ve got these sort of questions …” It just gives you a bit of time so you’re not completely shocked by them, or surprised. But that only happens in radio. Flying all over the place, from my perspective, things seem to be going well for Epicure, what’s your perspective? Yeah. This is the third time this year that we’re doing this kind of tour. This will be the last time we do it for this album. We’re closing down a chapter and ready to write another album, so it’s a good way to finish off the year. The vibe in the band is all pretty positive, so, we’re looking forward to all these shows, but we’re also looking forward to getting into some serious writing for summer. The next thing on the horizon is another album, then? That would be what we’ll start to work on straight away. We’ve been playing these songs for a while now, so everyone’s pretty keen to get into the rehearsal room, which we have already been doing. There’s a few new songs in the set at the moment. So, we’re keen to get in there and get it moving along. So, the middle of next year, hopefully, we might have an album. We’ll see how we go,
I love playing guitar in this band. The guitar is quite present on the album, because it’s quite a melodic sounding album. That’s what I like to play and that’s what I like to work with , with the band, developing ways to get some melodies or little “hooks” happening, instead of just shuffling through the chords. The guitar had a fairly strong presence on, previous release, “The Goodbye Girl.” I can’t say I listen back to myself all that much, though.
though (laughs). Do you mind me saying the current album, “The Goodbye Girl” sounds a little like REM? Yeah, we get that quite a bit. Strange. We’ve never really, I don’t think, had them as a huge influence to anybody in the band, really. Of course, everyone knows the band. So, yeah, it seems to pop up. When I listen to an REM song and then listen to one of ours I can see how people are drawing parallels between us. I think it has a lot to do with the pacing of the song, as well. Yeah, that could be right too. The tempo and, at times, if you hear Juan’s (Alban) vocals, I can understand why people get that impression. But it’s strange, ‘cause it’s never, really, been a massive influence on anyone …
It’s a little different from the other tracks on there. Different from a rhythmic point of view … it was one of the last songs we recorded for the album, so it could have been that we were looking to do something different anyway, in the studio at that time. We were all pretty happy with the way it came out. It’s a really simplistic song, but it didn’t come together overnight. I think we mucked about with it for a little bit. Is it about people self-destructing or something else? I don’t really know where the lyrics came from. Juan’s written the lyrics and I’ve never pried into what it’s about. I think Juan’s pretty happy if people take away from the song what it means to them anyway. Hopefully, it’ll have a different effect on different people in different situations. So, I don’t think he goes into too much detail about what things are about, whether they’re autobiographical or biographical.
Yeah, we just play the songs “from go to wo’”, to time the set, but we’ve never been really good at the dress rehearsal kind of thing (laughs) We’re pretty laid back about that sort of stuff. It’s hard enough trying to get this band into a sound check sometimes. Coming from Ballarat, do you think that helps you connect with people from other regional areas? Do you think that’s one of the reasons why you do well down here? I’ve thought about it before. Hobart feels a lot like Ballarat. I don’t know if there is any connection, in that way, between the audiences. We’re a lot bigger in Hobart than we are, probably, in Ballarat. (Laughs) It’s funny like that. I don’t know. It’s a bit of a mystery why we’ve done so well down in Tassie, but we’re back down there soon (laughs) so …
How did you get into guitar playing? You’ve got to be happy with it I su’pose? I fell into it, really. My brothers all played guitar and it was always around the house, but I really wasn’t interested inh it when I was younger. I was more into footy and stuff. I picked it up really late. I’d almost finished school. It’s only been about five years since I first played in front of someone. I sat ‘round at home, listend to records and played along with them. Somehow, I picked it all up.
I still get a bit nervous. When I first started I was shocking. I’d play with my back to the crowd.
How would you describe the new track, “Self Destruct in 5”?
Do you guys do a dress-rehearsal, where you play the entire set?
How do you deal with performing in front of people?
I still get a bit nervous. When I first started I was shocking. I’d play with my back to the crowd. I don’t get nervous, as such, now. I’m confident in the material, but if it’s a big show, it’s good to get a few “:butterflies”. It keeps you on your toes. I’d be thinking I’d be getting a little bit bored with the music if I wasn’t getting a teensy bit nervous before shows. How did you guys get together? Well, I joined late. I’ve been in the band for about 2 _ years. The other guys went to school together and were mutual friends. They got going when they were pretty young, like 16. They’ve been together for about 8 years or so …
Yeah. Hopefully, we can continue on with the same sort of audiences. You wouldn’t kick us out of bed if we farted? Sorry? You wouldn’t kick us out of bed if we farted. Ah … yeah. What’s the most embarrassing moment you’ve had on tour? We’ve all had our little slip-ups on stage. People falling over, not plugging their leads in – that sort of thing (laughs). It’s always pretty embarrassing when you’ve got a room full of people looking at you … Juan and I have been waiting for the band to turn up, while we’ve got a crowd full of people all looking at us pretty seriously, lik, “What the fuck’s going on?” … and the rest of the band haven’t shown up. They’re always fun moments. Have you ever had a groupie jump out at you from a cupboard? (Laughs) No, nothing like that. We, pretty much, pack up our stuff and disappear out of the pubs pretty quick. Or … it hasn’t happened to me . Do you guys get groupies? Not really. I don’t really know. I don’t, really. Riiiiight! (Laughs)
When you are about to tour, do you rehearse as a show or concentrate on the songs individually? A bit of both, really. If we’re going to go out and do a run of dates in a row, we’ll try and get a particular idea for a set. We’ve chopped and changed it around a fair bit this year. We’ve added some new songs to this set. We rehears them as a song, to get the song right and we try and string them together as a set that’s going to work.
The other guys do, I suppose. It depends on what you mean. It’s not like we’re all off shagging people, that’s for sure. We get our fair share of people taking photo’s with phones, at the moment. That’s as “paparazzi” as we get. So, you haven’t got any stalkers? No, thank God. Or, I don’t think so. They haven’t made contact with me. (laughs)
Rock Salt The Styles Murphy’s. We’re playing that on next Wednesday night (November 3rd). So, made up a few posters and got them up and around the city. You do all your own promotion? Yeah, we do everything. We’re a self-servicing band. The (self titled) EP we released two weeks ago, we did everything ourselves. I’ve got a little recording studio set up at my house. Dave Williams caught up withguitarist/vocalist Luke Triffitt to find out about The Styles, with no Swedes in sight. Have you got time to do the interview now? Yeah, cool. Just sitting back, watching the cricket.
We recorded them there and printed them all ourselves. We do everything we can to save money where we can. Who does the work on your flyers? A friend, Simon Barnard. He works at Scarab design. He’s a good mate of ours and does all our artwork.
How’s it going? How long did it take to put the EP together? Pretty good. It took 2 or 3 three months, in the end. I was The cricket, I mean.
doing a bit of other work, recording another artist, as well, so it took a bit longer than
Oh yeah, the cricket. We’re going really well. Bowled them all out for 185 and we’ve got
expected. We still didn’t get it out how we wanted it, but it was pretty good in the end.
about 20 on the board, I think. What would you do differently next time? You relax by watching a bit of cricket, chilling out. What else do you do?
The sounds that we actually recorded, I want to work on capturing the sound a bit better, use a
The cricket. The footy. Hang out with my mates. Having a few beers watching a bit of sport is always a bit of fun.
few different techniques and set up drums and amps and stuff in different rooms and just have a bit of a play around and see if we can get the We played five shows in six days. We started
initial sound sounding better. What have you been doing, today?
No, we don’t have management.
then around Melbourne city … all the shows
If you’re doing your own promotion, I guess What have I done? Made some posters up,
you don’t have a manager?
off in Geelong, went up to Warnambool and
What are you going to do with your new CD?
actually. We’re playing a gig down at Irish
went really well. Sold a few CD’s over there as well.
Currently, we’ve got them in the CD centre. We had our CD launch a couple of weeks ago. We
You funded that tour yourselves?
sold 58 copies at that. We’re trying to get Wills to put some in their CD store … it looks like
Yeah. We did that all ourselves . We’ve got a
early December, getting down to Hobart to do a
contact over there. A friend manages a couple
launch down there. Hopefully, put some in
of bands and he hooked us up with a couple of
Aroma Records down there, as well.
gigs. We funded it all ourselves from money we’d made from previous gigs in Tassie.
Have you thought about sending it to record companies, management companies …?
Have you ever tried to get funding for promotion or touring?
We’ve discussed it and it’s definitely going to happen. There’s a couple of Melbourne radio
Yeah, for the tour of Victoria, we looked into
stations, like PBS and Triple R that have copies
that, but we were too late. Our knowledge has
of it, from when we were in Melbourne last
been a bit limited on the whole grants and
month. We went over for a week and did a tour.
funding thing. A mate just told us about it
We’re going to send some around Hobart. As
recently, so that’s definitely something we’ll be
far as record companies go, we’ve got to nut
looking into.
out the ones we’ve got to send it to, find out who’s out there and who might be interested in
I think Tasmusic has expertise in those
us.
areas.
I guess certain labels are better for certain
Yeah.
sounds? What does the future hold for The Styles? Yeah. We’ve got a couple of gigs lined up at Irish How would you describe your sound?
Murphy’s over the next couple of months, but we really want to write some new material.
Basically, it’s Rock or Hard Rock with a
We’ve been playing the same songs for a while
European influence, but we’ve also got that
now. It’s been a pretty hectic year, band-wise,
Aussie feel as well.
and our main goal now is to write some new material. Then we’ve got the Falls Festival
Where did you go on the tour in Victoria?
coming up, which we’ve applied for and hopefully we can make the playoff there and get
Look, it was brilliant. It was a really good week.
a chance to play at that again.
Rock Salt The Voyeurs @ Irish Murphys David Williams delves deeper into the
violin … We’ve changed it now. We went up to
secrets of The Voyeurs with Connor O’Brian
a 5 piece for a while. Now, when we have a violin or an Oud featuring in one of our songs, I’m able to play it all the way through without
So what are you guys doing tonight?
having to change instruments. We’re quite We’re just having a quiet BBQ and a few beers.
versatile, though. We can switch around.
Nothing too crazy. How long have you been together? No gig tonight? We’re approaching two years. And are you No, we don’t, which is, actually, good ‘cause
happy with what you’ve achieved so far?
we’ve been flat-out. It’s good to have a Oh, yeah. The first gig we ever played was at
weekend off every now and then.
the National Campus Band Competition out at Uni. We got through to the final in Hobart and
What have you been doing?
we were quite happy with that, seeing as it was We’ve been writing and recording a lot of stuff.
our first gig ever. I think we’ve come a long way
Not professional recording, but we’ve been
since we’ve been together. (Some of the guys)
doing our own recording at the schools we work
were playing in a band called Whalebone and
at and just writing a lot of new material. The gig
I’m playing in a band called The Dead
on Wednesday night at Irish Murphy’s was our
Kilkenneys.
first gig in probably three or four months. We’re about to, in early November, do a recording
And where do you The Voyeurs play?
down at Red Planet studio’s. At Irish Murphy’s on their Original Music night, Your about to release a web site and CD?
on Wednesday nights, at the Uni bar (Ltn), but probably our memorable gigs were playing
Yeah, the web site is already up
Gone South last year and we played, supporting
(www.thevoyeursmusic.com) and we’re
Gerling at The Saloon, last year.
recording in a fortnight in Hobart, three or four Wednesday, October 27. 2004 @ Irish Murphy’s, Launceston The Band: Ben Miller: Vocals, Electric Guitar and Sas. Conor O'Brien: Bass, Oud, Violin, Viola and Back Up Vocals. Justin Emmerton: Drums, Percussion and Back Up Vocals. Adam Langridge: Guitar, Keys, Bass and Back Up Vocals. Although it was an almost full moon, I really didn't feel like venturing into the night, but I went along to Irish Murphy's to listen to local outfit, The Voyeurs. As a Voyeur virgin, I was blown away by the musicality and talent of these guys. All teachers of music around Launceston, the gig started off very Tea Party-ish, and moved across the musical realm with violins, ouds and a weird tube thing that turned all round musical guy, Adam's voice into a synthesised instrument.
As a Voyeur virgin, I was blown away by the musicality and talent of these guys.
by Elle Tiffen upcoming gigs, and fingers crossed we see them at the Falls Festival.
of our best tracks. The only CD’s we’ve got at
What about Falls?
the moment are amateur ones we’ve done We haven’t (played it). This year, we’ve
ourselves. We want to spread it around.
submitted an application, so … What kind of music do you play?
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So what are your ambitions for the band? Probably put it in the genre of alternative rock, with exotic influences. A lot of Middle Eastern
Well, I guess, like every band you hope you’ll
influences. I’m a big fan of The Tea Party. They
be signed up by some major record company,
use all these Middle Eastern instruments and
but we don’t want to be changed. We want to
things. I play an Oud in the band, which is a
keep doing the music that we’re doing and, I
North African instrument and it gives an
suppose, our aim is to be not too commercial.
authentic sound. And you’ve got the violin and
There aren’t really that many bands around with
other stringed instruments that make that weird
our sound …
sound. If we didn’t have them, I’m not saying we’d be boring, but it adds to the flavour of the music. How does it transform into a live performance? Quite easily. We started out as a 3 piece, and we had to write the music so that we had time to swap instruments, pick up the bass or the
Self-professed fetish-rockers, The Voyeurs' music is definitely exotic, heavy and dynamic.
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Bangin Beats Joel Turner
by David Williams Bangin out beats from his choppers, Joel Turner came into the national spotlight as a contestant on Australian Idol. Dave Williams was lucky enough to give Joel the good news that he had now become the highest selling Australian Hip Hop/R’n’B artist, according to his PR lady.
to go to that Australian Idol thing?’ I’m like, “Alright.” We got to the train station and went. I didn’t expect to get through.
Thanks for doing this interview.
Who told you that?
It’s cool, man.
Your PR person, so I think it’s true.
What have you been doing today?
Heck.
Today?
Yeah. How do you feel about that?
… In Australia, 1200 techniques, Hilltop Hoods and JWess is pretty good.
I’ve just been spending time with my cousin, organising practice and stuff.
Oh, that’s awesome. Wait ‘til I tell the boys. They’ll be wrapped.
Was going into the recording studio a bit freaky?
You must be happy with how your single has gone.
Will you celebrate a bit?
No, I’ve actually done a lot of recording. I used to do it at school. It wasn’t that new to me But, last year I started recording in proper studio’s, which is new to me.
Yeah, totally stoked it’s gone as far as it has and stayed in the charts. It’s good. Why do you think it’s done so well.
I’ve been told you’re the highest selling Australian Hip Hop/R’n’B artist ever. How do you feel about that?
Probably go out and then get together and have a jam. We like jammin’. How did you get into the whole “beat box” thing?
Yeah I’ve been doing promotions ..ads …been pretty busy. What’s next or are you still concentrating on this single? Well we’ve got another single on the way. We’re thinking of bringing it out in December. Yeah, a good time. So, who have you liked in Hip Hop?
Do you want to give any shout-outs? Yeah. This is the first time I’ve got to do it.
I’m not sure man. Maybe because the lyrics are talking about a serious issue and that makes a difference. Maybe that’s why people like it. I’m not sure man. Coming through the Australian idol show, what were you thinking when you went for your audition? I just went for fun, man. Just to have a go. I wasn’t even going to go. My cousin woke me up at 5 o’clock in the morning, says, Joel, do wanto
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I started playing drums, when I was seven, and then to practice the rhythms I’d grind my teeth together on the bus, because I didn’t have a drum kit so I had to practice the rhythms in my head’ till I got to a drum kit to play it. So that’s how I got to beat-boxing, until someone told me 3 years ago that it was actually beat-boxing. I thought, “oh, heck.” So, for the last three years, I’ve been practising all the time.
But you would have done plenty of interviews? Yeah, but this is the first time that I’ve actually been asked … just put Kitch and Frankie. Thanks very much. Cool.
Have you been doing a bit of travel, promoting your new single, “These Kids”?
Club Crawl - Hobart (Sat 30th October 2004) We started our evening at a fine establishment called Bar-celona. Friday and Saturday nights they have DJs playing funky beats upstairs at Elevation.
warming the place up for Jason Midro and John Ferris. The place was pumping. The new toilets at Syrup are deluxe and by that time we were using them every 5 mins. Syrup is one of Hobart’s oldest nightclubs and a great place to get loose. Killer sound system.
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happy punters and the chill bar was host to DJ’s Rbent, Robbery and Seb. We were definitely not gonna
After a few more brews we were ready for the next leg of our binge adventure. So we headed north to Mobius aka ‘da bunker’. DJ Spinfx was ripping it up with drum
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The vibe up here is very relaxed, a great place to warm up for the upcoming night. We’d already been slapping back beers on Salamanca lawns so the plush leather couches were a welcome change form the itchy-arse grass. We gathered a bit of a crew and chilled in style. Some security to guard our couches while we went for a piss would have been nice. Seb and Parky were rolling out some fresh tunes and everything was chippa. We prolly could have stayed here all night but we had work to do.
make it anywhere else so we made ourselves comphy. Halo is a slick club with a fuck off sound system and plenty of room on the main floor. From what we could tell, everyone was having a top old night. Except for the very contagious hiccups, which spread rampantly. Four other peeps had them too, so and bass. Mobius has the underground stronghold on Hobart, a comfortable second home to many. It feels like ya mates lounge room, supa comphy. By then we were starting to get a bit sideways, Fin was too pissed and lost his pants, Huwba fell over himself and ate carpet. The owners were too polite to kick us out, but Fin had found his pants so we decided to leave. The next stop on the agenda was the hallowed Halo. We walked in, barely. Weren’t allowed to bring in the trolleys we found on the journey there. So we tied up our steeds out the front and wandered in for more lager. DJ Flix was smashing it out too a bunch of
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it wasn’t just us. The toons at Halo we rad, but by then we were starting to get a bit dangerously drunk. We stayed there for ages and then I vaguely remember something about a donkey and a taxi driver that couldn’t speak Engeleesh.
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After a few refreshing brews we headed around the corner to Syrup nightclub. Syrup had a hard nrg night on and the kids were having a great time. DSKO was
We woke up in a front yard somewhere in West Hobart…..?????? Fuck know’s how we got there!!!!!! Hobart is tip top place for a good night out. What the town lacks in quantity it makes up for with quality……. Get amongst it People. Get your arse off the couch, turn off the TV and have a few with some crew!
Bangin Beats
by David Williams
Muphin & Plutonic
Plutonic is in the middle of a mess of shows, but took time out to have a yak with Dave Williams about things that go Hip and Hop in the night.
Do you keep track of what’s happening in the Aussie Hip Hop scene? Yeah. I get to see what everybody else is doing.
You’ve got a new release out. Can you tell me a bit about it? It’s called, “Hunger Pains”. It’s a collaboration between me and Muphin and there are a number of guests on it … Is it a happy album, an angry album, a political album …? It’s pretty varied really. Do you know much about Muphin’s style. No, I don’t. I’m like a blank canvas that you can paint with whatevern brush you want. Oh shit, that’s pretty hard, man. I think, conceptually, Dan (Muphin) has a better handle on it. It covers a pretty broad range of stuff. Some of it is political, most of it comes from a personal viewpoint. Production-wise, there’s some pretty amped stuff. There’s also some reflective stuff, chilled out bits. So, varied, I suppose.
What is your view on the scene or the business at the moment? The way I see it, hip Hop music is s genre that a lot of different people are into and so the style’s as varied as the number of people doing it. I fail to see an Australian Hip Hop style, ‘cause I think it’s too varied to pigeon-hole it. I prefer to see it as Hip Hop, but coming from Australia. Recently, I’ve read a few things about Australian Hip Hop, that it’s got “ockerisms” in it, but I don’t actually hear that in recording a lot of the time. When did you first get into music and production?
Do you guys get into the whole Hip Hop culture and graph ans stuff like that?
I first got into music when I was a kid. My Dad played keyboards, so we always had instruments and stuff, lying around. I got an interest early on. I didn’t get into production ‘till I was about 18 and someone I knew had a home studio setup. That was back in the days of reel to reel recordings .There were some examples of sampling, that only had a few seconds to deal with.
Do we do any other elements than what we do?
Are you a full-time muso?
Yeah. I don’t think so.
I just finished an honours in a media/arts degree last year and this year I’m concentrating on music.
So, how did you end up working together.
What would you be, if you weren’t a muso?
A few years ago, a label I do production for, called “’Nuff Said”, were doing a compilation with a bunch of MC’s who weren’t actually on the label. We were just handling the production. One of those MC’s was Muphin. Because I was on the label, I had access to accapellas and I decided to do a remix … and I showed it to him and he really liked it and when he came to make his next record, I ended up doing quite a few beats on it. Since then, we grew accustomed to each other’s style, I think. Initially we were going to do a 12 inch, which grew into a EP, which grew into an album.
That’s really hard to tell, ‘cause I’ve been playing music since I was ten. I’ve got interest in film, so maybe I’d do something like that.
What are the advantages of collaboration compared to being a solo artist?
I came down on the tour with Pegz when we did the support for The Hilltop Hoods. I had a pretty good time down there, actually. I thought everybody was really down to earth, really friendly and I thought I definitely want to come back. I hadn’t been to Tasmania before, but really liked it. I was there for only a few days, though.
For one, I don’t MC, so the benefit is getting vocals on the track, otherwise it’d be instrumental. I do put out instrumental stuff as well. Also, the chance to collaborate with someone on ideas. We delved into each of our own elements. Dan had suggestions on production. I coached the lyrics a little bit, as well. We were pretty upfront about what we didn’t like and how we wanted the tracks to go. They were pretty thought out.
You going to be touring at all? Yeah we just started our tour. We just did a couple of shows in Brisbane. Wee’ve still got Sydney and Adelaide and a few other places to do. Hopefully, we’ll get down to Tassie, as well. What’s your impression about touring Tassie?
Not long enough to spoil your opinion. Yeah, that was just the general impression of the people that I did meet there.
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Bangin’ Beats DJ R BENT
by Huw Joseph at the moment bro? I play funky and Nu-skool breaks, kinda just depends on what kind of gig it is, and I make my decisions then. Easy… where are your gigs at the moment? I play at the Telegraph on Wednesday nights and Mobius on Saturdays. I spose I also play at most of the FXU and Future Elements events. Have you played any big support gigs? Ummmm… I’ve supported Stanton Warriors, Krafty Kuts, Finger Lick’n, Soul Of Man. That’s all I can think of at the moment.
I’ve seen so many bloody articles about Retro Café. The coffee is so good, it’s the best café in Hobart…… yadda yadda yadda. Well what about the talent that dwells within, the harmless looking characters that happily bring you food and drink and then smash the f@#k out of you at a club with all their pent up frustrations being unleashed on the turntables. I know this sounds pretty serious, and it probably has nothing to do with R-bent, in
fact now that I’m talking to him, nothing could be further from the truth. I think he is probably happy doing everything in his life. He seems like one of those cats that just chills and smiles. Happy doing his own thing. I don’t now what that first paragraph was about, so if you were wondering the same thing. Then I guess we’re in this together. R-bent….. What kinda music are you playing
Bliss n Eso @ Lonnies
On their double album launch; Urthboy and Bliss’ n’ Eso jumped on the plane to give the Launnie crowd a strong taste of up coming Aussie hip-hop. The night started out with Hermitude, two guys; Elgusto (decks) and Luke Dubs (keyboards). They played a collection of phat beats entertaining the crowd. Unfortunately I missed half their set however I was still impressed with what I heard. When re-entering the building there was a change in the air as Urthboy had hit the stage. Urthboy (an MC) and his crew for the night, MC Ozi Batla and Elgusto (on decks), had the crowd responding. They gave a good introduction to Urthboy’s new album "Distant Sense of Random Menace." The guys combined crowd-bouncing vocals with dynamic beats and turntable skills to produce a raving
show. I think Urthboy’s new album would definitely be worth a listen. As Bliss n Eso were setting up waiting for the green light, everyone waited pumped. The Sydney group started there set with tracks off the new album “Flowers In The Pavement.” They were crowd involving MC’s and had the Heads replying. Vocals cut as they gave the Dj time to scatch and show off his best beats. There was a quick break as Bliss n Eso handed out the supplies for ‘Beer o Clock’. They broke into the track with beat box and freestylin. Bliss n Eso with their tight combination of vocals and decks would’ve pleased anyone who came along. For a full night of hip-hop at Lonnie’s it was a show not to be missed.
That’s plenty mate. The last thing I supported was my ex-girlfriend was I 18 and her eye’s stuck together (don’t know how) after drinking some baileys and she thought she was blind.
Same here. Every time I get a bit of sun on my face I feel like I’m defrosting. So why DJ ‘ing. How did you get into it? Well I was into the dance scene for ages and I eventually really wanted to learn to play records. I ended up learning and buying some turny’s, and then Rob (SpinFX) just kinda pushed me into doing gigs. Ha ha ha ha…..Nah, it’s cool. Rob helped out heaps.
I play funky and Nu-skool breaks, kinda just depends on what kind of gig it is, and I make my decisions then.
Do you have any ambition with DJ’ing or is it just a bit of fun at the moment? I’d love to take it further, but I’m happy just taking everything one day at a time and just seeing what happens Sounds like a pretty wise philosophy to me! Well thanks heaps for the interview and for the coffee. All the best mate.
Yeah no worries, and that’ll be $3 for the coffee
uh huh!.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha.
Sorry about that. This is your story, not mine! So what are you up to for the summer?
Nah seriously, $3
I reckon I’ll party pretty hard. I’m gonna check out The Falls Festival. Just have fun. I can’t wait for the sun to come out!
R-BENT…….. Check him out at the Telegraph in Hobart on Wednesday nights with GNOSIS. Also playing at Mobius on Saturday nights with a number of Madddd Bastards!
Sorry mate
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Australia’s finest-ever DJ export.
year and then came back not long after to
For the past seven years four-time DMC
find a full house at Mobius waiting for more
Australian champion Dexter has wowed
bounce. Dexters new project, The Shook
audiences the world over with finger blistering
Daily Crew are heading out for your listening
sets.
and viewing pleasure. If you don’t know much about Dexter then he’s some shizzle
Stacking dazzling displays of technical
for ya manizzle.
proficiency on top of damn fine music, Dexter eschews genre ghetto-ism for a real love of
DEXTER - Former turntablist and member of
good sounds, wherever they come from. Hip
The Avalanches four time winner of Australian
Hop, r’n’b, urban, pop and straight-up-dance are
DMC. Dexter has rocked parties across the
just a few of the many styles his set touches on.
globe with his unique party sets combining just
It’s the way he melds these styles together,
about any style of music you could imagine into
however, that’s a completely different story.
a lethal dancefloor cocktail. As one-time member of The Avalanches, Dexter The SHOOK DAILY CREW is a new project of
toured extensively with the band in 2001,
Dexter, Kuya and Ooi who have combined their
playing to sell-out crowds in the UK, Europe,
amazing skills, ingenious ideas and enormous record collections in the never-ending pursuit of the original.
Their 6 turntable set weaves together future sounds and forgotten classics of Caribbean soul, east west north & dirty south hip hop, African hunting
“The SHOOK DAILY CREW is a new project of Dexter, Kuya and Ooi who have combined their amazing skills, ingenious ideas and enormous record collections in the never-ending pursuit of the original.”
music, grindin’ R&B, pop,
United States and Japan; as well as performances at international clubs and on key radio shows. In 2002 they completed a sell-out Australian DJ tour, Moby’s Area:2 Festival across the US, (including a Madison Square Gardens Show), Summer Sonic Festival in Japan and Dexter’s own sell-out
Arabic orchestras, hard n soft Drum ‘n’ Bass,
homecoming show at The Prince Of Wales,
disco, doo wop, house, jazz, electro, gangsta
Melbourne.
ragga, rock n roll and funk while keeping the party hyped and the dancefloor packed tight.
In late 2002 Dexter completed club tour of the UK and Europe in his own right, with 29 show
“After gigs in Canberra & Tasmania were spun
stopping performances in 40 days. The itch to
by DJ DEXTER, who can represent anywhere
get scratching hit him again in Summer 2003
… I swore I was in New York or something,
with a further 30 dates in Europe. This October
which confirms hip hop as a worldwide cultural
and November sees him hitting the US and UK
religion”
for another 20 club dates.
Chuck D, Public Enemy (Terrordome Archives, October, 1998)
Dexter recently put together a spaced out psychedelic reel greatest hits scratch’n’mix for
If heady words from Public Enemy’s Chuck D
The Chemical Brothers at their personal
leave you unmoved, hip hop titan Grandmaster
invitation. Entitled ‘Dexter’s International
Flash’s declaration that Dexter is “the world’s
Scribble Mix’ it encapsulates ten years of block
most creative and original DJ” should give even
rockin’ beats into four minutes of musical crazy
more credence to the solid gold skills of Dexter,
paving.
T P 8
who’s buyin’ TOP 8 SINGLES / NET TOP 50
Bangin’ Beats Ewan Pearson
Delta Goodrem Erip Prydz Joel Turner & TMDP Christina Aguilera Maroon 5 Natasha Bedingfield Missy Higgins Jo Jo
01. Out Of The Blue 02. Call On Me 03. These Kids 04. Car Wash 05. She Will Be Loved 06. These Words 07. Scar EP 08. Leave (GET OUT)
TOP 8 SINGLES / NET TOP 50 John Butler Trio Eskimo Joe Carus & The Fat Band Franz Ferdinand The Killers Jimmy Eat Placebo The Living End
01. Somethings Gotta Give 02. Older Than You 03. Ain’t No Crime 04. This Fire 05. Mr Brightside 06. Pain 07. Twenty Years 08. I Can’t give
TOP 8 SINGLES Scooter Global Deejays Eric Prydz Groove Coverage Commander Tom Starsplash Danzel Special D
01. Shake That 02. Sound of SF 03. Call On Me 04. Runaway 05. Attention 06. Hardstyle 07. Pump It Up 08. You
TOP 40 Girls Aloud Nelly Jo Jo Greenday Brian McFadden 3 of a Kind Donny Osmund Twista
01. Love Machine 02. My Place 03. Leavel 04. American Idiot 05. Real To Me 06. Baby Cakes 07. Breeze on By 08. Sunshine
HOTTEST 100 01. My Boo 02. Goodies 03. Lose My Breath 04. Lean Back 05. She Will Be Loved 06. Just Lose It 07. Drop It Like Its Hot 08. Over And Over
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COLLEGE AIR
Slow Hands American Idiot
Ocean Breaths Salty Pain Somebody Told Me Float On Walk Idiot Walk Who Is It?
Interpol Greenday Modest Mouse Jimmy Eat World Killers Modest Mouse Hives Bjork
Edge Radio Recommended Real Gone Sixteen Hailu & Other Stories Distant Sence Of Random Menace
This Island The Overture and the Underscore
Handler We Got Communication Kill Your Friends and Family
Tom Waits Sigmatropic Urthboy Le Tigra Sarah Blasko Har Har Superstar Love of Diagrams Sixninga
Ruffcut Recommended Albums 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08.
Flowers in the Pavement God Loves Ugly Banned In Queensland Im The Supervisor Bangzilla Special Blend Return To V
Nightlife 2
also being praised by the mainstream (Pete
Tiefschwarz and The Rapture as among
Tong making it his essential song of the
their favourite DJs and recording artists,
week, several weeks in a row). From here
Ewan Pearson is a pioneer, driving force
in, Ewan became the leader of the electro
and face of the new wave electro house
house movement, producing electro
movement. Never in recent time have
influenced records that tantilised the
electronic music, the dance world, high
underground while keeping well within the
end fashion and cutting edge youth been
reach of the mainstream.
so excited and united by such a fresh, innovative and fun music lifestyle…
Ewan has now made Berlin his home, and while the electro movement flourishes from
Currently among the most in demand
strength to strength, he continues to be
producers in dance music, England’s Ewan
dance music’s successful remixer, a hero
Pearson has been making records in 1996.
among the ultra cool fashion world, a
It was around this time that he began a long
champion of underground club anthems and
standing affiliation with revered UK label
a gold mine for record labels with his cross
Soma Recordings, while taking a Master’s
over chart success. Some of Ewan’s well
degree in philosophy and cultural studies.
known productions include his remixes for Leftfield, Goldfrapp, Ladytron, Future Shock,
Ewan’s rise to notability took a dramatic
Chemical Brothers, DJ Rap, Seelenluft,
ascent in 2001 when he was commissioned
Blackstrobe, Playgroup, Midnight Star
to remix Nelly Furtado. Then in 2002 his
(Midus Touch), Ereand Oye, Slam and
career as a remixer moved from strength to
Swag.
strength with a succession of hit mixes
TOP 8 SINGLES 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08.
Heralded by Felix Da Housecat, Tiga,
Bliss n Eso Atmosphere Lazy Grey Infected Mushroom Mixmaster Mike Blend Crafters Roni Size Andy C
including Freeform 5’s Perspex Sex (Classic
When not in the studio, Ewan manages a
Records), voted best remix of 2002 at the
busy DJ schedule, travelling across Europe
German Dance Music Awards. Ewan’s remix
(Berlin, London, Madrid, Ibiza, Paris,
of Seelenluft’s Manila turned a club track
Belgrade, Olso, Copenhagen & Ibiza),
into a radio hit across the World, hailed by
playing alongside electro stars such as The
the underground (being featured on the City
Rapture. He is currently working on his
Rockers – Futurism 2 compilation) while
second artist album for Soma Recordings.
Bangin’ Beats Selwyn
second Popstars … I was eighteen years old and I made it down to about the last 20. I got a little bit of school from the show . They played me every week and said this and that … I did Tears in Heaven” by Eric Clapton. From that I kept auditioning. One of the judges on the show, Jackie Howard, she said she’d hook me up with an audition in Sydney and … then a meeting with Sony music, in the boardroom. They wanted to hear me sing before they signed me. After that I had a record deal. I didn’t have a manager at the time. I did all that on my own and then I got management. It was pretty hectic, man. But, I can’t do it all. What do you think you’d be doing if you weren’t a singer. Well, I was a trolley-boy. I used to work at the supermarket. I was on fruit and vegetables, on the check-out and I pushed the trolleys. A jack of all trades. Maybe still in the fruit and veg department? Yeah, maybe moving on up … management (laughs) But I look at it like this, man. I would have gone and studied, probably music. producing or something. That’s what I’m actually doing now. I’m learning how to produce, so I can produce other people, too. So, I probably would have gone along those lines, ‘cause I’m always singing, man. Always singing. I would probably have studied music.
Dave Williams spoke with Selwyn about his new release. What have you been up to? I’ve been producing an acoustic mix of my track, “Boomin” and preparing for the album drop, on the 1st of November. Yeah, just doin’ bits and pieces – preparing performances for the tour coming up … The name of the album, “One Way”. Can you tell me anything about that? It’s funny, man. When we were doing the photo shoot, right, there was actually a one-way sign in the picture. We were in an alleyway. I was going to self-title the album, but I thought, “Let’s just put, “One Way”, ‘cause, in reality, there’s only one way to get to the place where you want to really go. You know what I mean? One way to the top? I looked at it (the street sign) as a sign (of inspiration). I said, “Let’s leave it at that – “One Way.” When did you start working towards this album? I started working on this album as soon as I’d finished the last album. I started writing again and took trips overseas to work with different people, different producers, you know. I took a lot of time trying to write and just chilling. We did so many songs and chose the best songs that were appropriate for Australia. You’ve had some big names help you out on the album. For sure. The Big Brovaz in the UK’s producers, Skillz & Fingaz. How did their input influence the album? When I spoke to my A & R person, I said, “These guys, they’re African guys, right … they’re on an
African trip and I really want to experiment with a bit of South African sound and an African track. You know what I mean? Being South African, then moving here to Australia, I thought a mixture between the two would be alright. So, they were on the same page as me man and that’s how we got together. We came up with, “King of the Jungle”, “Showbiz”… “Rockstar”. It was a very productive four weeks. We got four tracks down. A track a week. … I didn’t want to change too much. The album is a growth from the first one, but not so much of a growth that you can’t digest it. It is definitely still me, but I wanted to experiment a little bit. How much are you influenced by R’n’B the United States? Oh yeah, man. For sure. That’s where it comes from, originally. That’s where it hails from. I look up toa lot of acts like R.Kelly, Stevie Wonder, Soulchild, Usher …that’s where it originates from … those guys do it. I’m always going to be influenced by overseas, because that’s where it came from. You’ve got to be influenced from somewhere. It’s only one guy every century that will come out and do something really left-ofcentre. And they’re usually massively successful. Yeah. Like Outkast. Outkast came up with that, “Hey Ya”. I’ve been an Outkast fan way before they did that album. And people go, Have you heard of this new group, Outkast?” and Outkast has been out for so long. It’s just because they really experimented and did something against the grain. They did something totally different, and people say, “What’s this?” So, you’ve got to take to recreate, I reckon. How did you end up in the entertainment business? I’ve always wanted to sing. From six years old. Michael Jackson played a major part in that. Saw him on TV and loved it. I always wanted to do it. I used to enter competitions. I used to be in a group called Quest. A four boy gropup. Me and htree mates. We used to sing acapellas, Boyz 2 Men style. When I got to Australia, I entered a competition, which was Popstars. That was the
Do you go out to clubs much? No. Although I’m into the Hip Hop and R’n’B, I’m into a lot of stuff, man. I’m not always in the clubs. I like a nice bar. I like listening to a little bit of House music too. I’m not always clouding my mind with Hip Hop and R’n’B, all the time. Even though I love it, I like chilling out in different places. What are you ambitions, as far as the international scene goes? Have you got any plans there? For sure, man. (Laughs) Yeah, actually, I’ve been speaking to some people in Atlanta. We’ve been corresponding for about six months. They want to work with me over there. The album drops 1st of November and when that’s finished, I’ll go over there and start recording in the states. Hopefully get it released over there. That’s what they want. They want to take me and mould me. Not just release the tuff from here, but work, work, work and release there. So, I’m looking forward to that. They’re talking some big names … just going to see how it goes.
Sometimes people get on my bad side. I can lose it.
What do you like to do when you’re not involved with music, in your spare time?
This Popstar reject keeps breaking the mould with his latest album, “One Way,” after finding inspiration in the UK.
chick, so I go out too, go to the movies, relax. Time where I can be sane. Normal. Normal.
Well, at the moment I’m learning guitar, so that takes up a bit of time. I like to spend 1 to 2 hours on that. I write every chance I can. I have a tape recorder and get ideas down. On days where I chill I watch a few DVD’s, maybe I rock the Playstation for a little bit. I’m a normal guy, man. I’m seeing this
Do you see yourself as successful?
Do I see myself as a success? You don’t show it to people, but you’ve always got to think in your mind, that you’re special. Not everybody gets a record deal like that. It’s hard. Not everybody can go and sing and get a record deal. You are special and you’re doing your own thing, so just keep going. My motto is to not compare, just continue. I think of myself as special and I’m doing what I’m doing for a reason. Everybody who’s doing what they’re doing now, they’re meant to be doing it. That’s how I look at it. Do you see yourself as a good boy or a bad boy?
LIFE BYTES DVD
‘THE LIVING END’ FROM HERE ON IN THE DVD 1997-2004 EMI
‘VERONICA GUERIN’ TOUCHSTONE PICTURES
THE LIVING END - FROM HERE ON IN DVD is a must see for all Living End fans. Having spent my uni days listening to them on the radio and seeing them at the ANU Bar, this DVD reminded me why I like them so much.
VERONICA GUERIN is based on the true story of an Irish journalist who got too close to the truth.
Influenced by The Who, The Clash, The Sharps and The Beatles, along with a myriad of 50's rockabilly music, The Living End have created the Punkabilly genre of which they are king. Disc One gives all the favourite music video's including the two that started their rocket to fame, Prisoner of Society and Second Solution. Festival clips from Summersonic, Splendour in the Grass and Big Day Out take up the 2nd half. Disc Two features a two hour doco which gives some fascinating insight into the origins of this band, how they started and their musical influences. The brilliant innocence of their early days contributed greatly to their success and there are a few lessons for anyone wanting to be a rock star. Footage of their early gigs is hilarious for the fashions and the crowds and when they go off at the Falls Festival in 1998 (I was there!) it makes you want to just go to summer festivals all year long. A must see for any Aussie music fan.
In 1994, the illegal drug trade in Ireland drove crime rates to the highest level ever recorded.15,000 people injected herion every day and methadone clinics were registering addicts as young as 14 years of age. The destruction caused by cheap heroin and wanton crime drives Veronica (Cate Blanchet) to start writing about the problem. Her investigations take her deep into the underworld of Ireland as she discovers the relentless wealth being created by the drug pushers, at the expense of children and families. The raw brutality of this film, both in violence and blatant disregard for humanity is chilling and effective, especially as the themes are based on truth. Cate Blanchet as Veronica is brilliant as usual and she never ceases to capture a character she portrays. Her naive determination to get to the truth, using her wiley charms to get information she wants, she is at times too trusting and too headstrong, which eventually gets her into trouble. Veronica Guerin is an interesting film which delves into the dark world of crime and journalism. Made by Blanchet's on film brilliance, this film is certainly worth a look.
‘DUPLEX’ MIRAMAX
‘OUT OF TIME’ MGM
DUPLEX is a quirky comedy about a young New York couple, Alex (Ben Stiller) & Nancy (Drew Barrymore) who think they have discovered the perfect house. A large two story house with enourmous rooms and at an unbelievably low price, they jump into purchasing their new dwelling. The only catch is that old Mrs Connelly (Eileen Essel), who has been living upstairs for uncounted years, must stay as a tenant.
OUT OF TIME is a thrilling suspense movie in which Denzel Washington performs his magic as Mathias Whitlock, Police Chief of Banyan Key, Florida. When the movie begins, we wonder whether the on-duty-beer-drinking, woman loving Chief is a good cop or a bad cop.
Thinking that in no time she will kick the bucket and they whole house will be theirs, Alex and nancy are in for a rude surprise. Stay at home writer Alex is constantly getting sucked in to doing chores for the old lady and every time he starts to work on his novel, he is interrupted by her incessant knocking. The chores are never ending and Alex's novel is going nowhere. When Nancy gets fired from her office job, she gets sucked in too and their life is hell. There are a few good hearty chuckles in this true Stiller style carry-on, but there are also a few strained moments when the comedy isn't quite kickin' it. Directed by Danny DeVito, DUPLEX is not nearly as good as previous gems War of the Roses or Throw Mama from the Train, and without Stiller's presence, it would have been a waste of film. I can see why it went straight to DVD. An amusing little movie if you have some time to kill.
On the verge of marital break-up, the Chief's affair with his high school sweetheart, Ann Harrison (Sanaa Lathan), gets him more than he bargained for. When the Chief discovers that Ann is dying of terminal cancer, his heart tells him he should help her. This is when everything in his life starts to go horribly wrong. Ann's house burns down leaving two charred bodies in the debris. Ann unexpectedly made Whitlock the benefactor of her insurance payout the day before the fire and the Chief is in the frame for double murder. To make matters worse, his soon to be ex-wife, Alex Whitlock (Eva Mendez) is head of the homicide investigation. Whitlock has to think fast and act quicker in order to escape arrest. What follows is a thriller of a race against time. This good cop is caught in a bad situation. The web of lies and deception is confusing the hell out of the Chief and keeping himself straight in the eyes of his ex-wife is even harder. A great film with a good story line (for once).
Call of Duty - Game Review 80Game of the Year Awards and 50 Editors’ Choice Awards worldwide, so as you can imagine it’s a pretty amazing game. The good news is, this game just got better. COD United Offensive is an expansion back to the Game of the Year. It offers three new battles in which you join 101 Airborne for the climactic moments of the Battle of the Bulge, become a British airman shooting down German ME-109’s from the gunner position of a B-17 Bomber in the Invasion of Sicily, then finally as a Russian Soldier in one of the greatest tank battles of all time, the Battle of Kursk. Each campaign is thrilling in its own right and, like in the original Call of Duty; United Offensive’s use of scripting is terrific. The first and third episodes really push the limits in terms of truly capturing the epic nature of WWII and stand out as prime examples of great game design. I have been searching for a new FPS for ages, I mean I play a lot of FPS online, but really wanted to play a single player that had the same intensity as playing online. I have been teased by Valve, getting to see their new engine with CS Source, and I am now on the edge of my seat waiting for Half Life 2. So I thought I would reminisce and play and old favourite Single Person game, Call Of Duty.
Unfortunately, some A.I. issues threaten to spoil the immersion. Your buddies can’t be commanded, which still seems just short of necessary at times. There are some curious A.I. irregularities, like weird scenes where U.S. and German soldiers stand face to face perfectly still amid a chaotic battlefield, but these programming flaws are less noticeable when you study the enemies. They generally stay on their toes too and will find a number of ways to outflank you.
There is something pretty special about Call Of Duty, and if you haven’t heard of it, then I am afraid that you have been living a rather sheltered existence. I mean it only won over
There are some new additions to United Offensive, which add to an already brilliant game play. There is a new ‘sprint’ feature, which allows for you to run a short distance,
by Matt C which really helps getting from one covered spot to another.
wonder that COD UO is tipped for best online shooter for 2004.
You can also hold onto grenades longer, making it more accurate than previously. These aren’t the only new ingredients to this expansion pack. You’ll find a few new toys to play with like the flamethrower, smoke grenades and a couple deployable heavy machine guns, which require you to fire only from a prone position.
The sound completes the package. The sound of helmets flying from terrified heads and the haunting “ping” of empty rifle magazines ejecting return with canorous splendour. Go get some burly speakers for this one, seriously
Unfortunately, the single player portion of United Offensive isn’t very long. An experienced FPSer will be done and ready for more in about 8 hours, maybe a few more if you take your time. This problem is easily solved with the multiplayer, which has new maps and two new game types, Domination and Base Assault to the original. Players also gain rank over time, unlocking more privileges for example, calling in devesting air strikes. These new maps are by far some of the best map designs I have seen, and it is no
The fact that Call of Duty United Offensive is better than the original game in nearly every regard should be enough to make any gamer have a look. Where most expansion packs merely add more of the same levels and maybe a few additional weapons, United Offensive adds incredibly fresh content, weapons that are actually new, different tactics than those found in the original, and game play enhancements that makes a person wonder how they ever got through the first Call of Duty without them. If you found the original Call of Duty to be an absolutely jaw-dropping game in itself then United Offensive should already be on your must-have list, and newcomers to the game would do well to pick up the as-yet unannounced but hopefully inevitable Call of Duty double pack. There’s no doubt about it, United Offensive is Call of Duty at its absolute finest, and hats off to Grey Matter for putting out such a worthy expansion pack to an already amazing title. Graphics ***** Sound ***** Game play ***** Multiplayer Yes Overall *****
Albums by Kris, Elle
& To m
‘Collusions’ Statler & Waldorf
‘Dios Malos’ Dios Malos
‘Sunset Scavenger’ DJ ZEPH
‘Schizophrenic’ JC Chasez
Freefall Records/MRA
Rogue Records
Wide Hive Records
Zomba
These guys are fresh, new and take another turn in electronica. Statler & Waldorf are establishing a high profile in the live industry being support act to Infusion and impressing at raves.
Dios Malos (formerly known as Dios until some old age rocker made them change their name in court recently) come to us from California via their self titled album. Although they sound at times like the Beach Boys (‘Fifty Cents’) there isn’t actually a beach in their hometown of Hawthorne.
San Francisco’s DJ Zeph releases his second full length collection of instruments and rhyme tracks in Sunset Scavenger. Fittingly named after the busy recycling services of his home town, the album is a fusion of musical genres from across the spectrum. Covering a mix of Latin sounds, jazz tracks and hip hop beats; Zeph displays the skills he’s honed over the last ten years in a pleasing output.
N’Sync alumnus JC Chasez tries to revive his singing career and follow in the successful footsteps of his old band mate Justin Timberlake with his album Schizophrenic. It’s a decent effort, but the production teaming he’s tried fails to match what Timberlake has with Pharell and the Neptunes.
Like most electronic albums, it starts fairly soft and gets harder. However these guys stepped out of the box. Don’t think that after listening to the first track you’ve heard them. It starts out chilled then touches on drum & bass, dance, trance, hip-hop with the likes Paul Kelly, Blue and Miss Brown getting involved with vocals. I think they have been labelled Electro Dance but I’m not pointing a finger. These guys weren’t scared at all; they produced a collection of tracks that explored every corner of electronica. Unfortunately it’s only an EP so just when it gets going and your waiting to hear what’s next, it’s over. Track 5 was definitely one of my favourites. When you think it’s the end it boots back up with really deep base, buy a sub for that one.
Throughout the album, they evoke comparisons to similar sounding indie-rock that often lacks a driving guitar but is more based on a beautiful melody and melancholic singing style. You can hear Grandaddy and Weezer while still emulating the sounds of late Beatles and the Stones during their Exile on Main Street and Let it Bleed Era. They pepper slight samples of narratives creating a backtrack on many tracks (akin to the Faming Lips) and play acoustic tracks that remind you at times of Neil Young (‘Birds’) through an eclectic style that remains relatively consistent in sound.
Opening with ‘Unstoppable’ alongside DJ Quest, the hypnotic beats mix piano backbeats and solid scratching to create a DJ Shadow sound. The album soon progresses in new directions with rhymes from Boots (of the Coup) and Lyrics Born on separate tracks and the single ‘Frogs” with Azeem over a driving snare drum. Layered into the mix are instrumentals guided by the sitar (‘Imperial Interlude’) and ‘Organ Eyes’ with a drum riff alongside a sample of Qtip’s recognizable ‘the boob bip’.
Throughout the album the predominant theme is sex and ladies, with JC singing about one night stands, love and loss. He explores a wide array of singing styles sometimes sounding like Prince (100 Ways), Stevie Wonder (She Got Me), George Michael, late Police (Everything you Want) or just N’Sync after his voice broke.
DJ Zeph displays his refining skills by producing the album and melding b-boy samples flanking a broad selection of instruments and rhyming styles. Sunset Scavenger is a great example of DJ Zeph’s talents and influences, in a manner similar to RJD2, although not always as consistently.
The Basement Jaxx help him out on ‘Shake It’ but reminiscent of the disco classic of BT Express (Do it Till you’re satisfied) and becomes somewhat repetitive near the end. The album is a collection of easy listening and dance-club sounds that will please fans of Timberlake but may be a bit top provocative to the younger crowd that traditionally supported JC in the past.
This album is the go! I think no matter what your taste is you’ll find something in it. Statler & Waldorf are Definitely worth a listen. I can’t wait to hear what they’d whip up in an album.
This four-piece puts forth an album that easily reflects their laid back influences and styles that merit repeated listening.
‘White Sunday’ Mareko
‘The System Has Failed’ Megadeth
‘Starsign: Tarantula’ Montana
‘One Day Remains’ Alter Bridge
Dawn Raid Productions
Sanctuary Records
Laughing Outlaw Records
Windup Records
New Zealand rapper Mareko releases his first solo album outside of his crew The Deceptikonz, in a triumphant mix of renowned guests, fat beats and intelligent lyrics.
After a two year end to the band due to leader Dave Mustaines arm injury following an accident they are back with renewed vigour and distinct views on the American leader and direction of their country. The opening track ‘Blackmail the Universe’ is somewhat prophetic of the views of the American Government and the scenario in which the Presidents airplane is shot down may be somewhat wishful thinking for the band when held in light of the album’s title The System Has Failed.
Sydney four piece band Montana release their second full length album S t a r s i g n : Ta r a n t u l a f o l l o w i n g o n t h e success of their single ‘Koolest Band’ that has carried them over the last few years. The album is a collection of power-pop tunes that explore the expected issues on relationships and i t ’s o ff s h o o t s t o a l l o w r e f l e c t i o n , analogies and little politically minded content.
Alter Bridge is essentially Creed sans front-man Scott Strap who has been replaced by Myles Kennedy to reform a quartet with the three remaining members. The band continues with it is evangelical lyrics of past with underlying references to spiritual beliefs, although not to the degree of Creed’s Christian monikers.
The album is the typical powerful sound that Megadeth’s metal fans have become accustomed to, with guitar solos and the piercing licks that still emanate from their days in the 80’s provided with the return of guitarist Chris Poland but may fall short when compared to their earlier output.
T h e a l b u m ’s o p e n i n g t r a c k ‘ G o o d G o e s Bad’ is a good indication of the direction that the album will follow; Guitar hooks, layered choruses and upbeat styling. Alongside ‘MTV’, a n o t h e r c a t c h y s i n g l e , t h e a l b u m o ff e r s a selection of tracks that will undoubtedly find themselves on adult contemporary radio in the near future.
Hailed as the islands greatest MC battler, he has helped to shape the islands hip-hop music alongside Scribe in reputation and influence. Mareko performs with a variety of established stars throughout the album; the Wu Tang’s Inspectah Deck on ‘Street Rap’ that maintains the Clan’s distinct sound; The Beatnuts on ‘Oh Sh**’, the X-ecutioners on ‘Don’t Need Protection’ which is rich with spinning and samples, Sadat X of Brand Nubian on ‘Major Flavour’ and Scribe on the remix of ‘Stop, Drop & Roll’. Despite all these spots, Mareko is no less powerful when going solo by displaying he can’t be pigeon-holed with raw tracks like ‘Espionage’ or displaying his Samoan Heritage through a sermon from an elder. White Sunday represents the broad array of production, guests and locations that shaped the album often sounding like it came out of New York, rather than Auckland or Christchurch.
At times the album is somewhat standard in fare with tracks like ‘Tears in a Vial’, and ‘Die Dead Enough’ sounding formula based, but there are still great tracks like ‘Kick the Chair’ that are reminiscent of Megadeth’s genesis 20 years ago. Although some of the tracks are more commercially accessible than their material of the past, it still does not reach the levels of Metallica’s media pandering of late in targeting radio play throughout an entire album.
Montana does experiment a bit in tracks like ‘Stalki Blues’ that are more complex with unexpected feedback c o n t a i n e d t h e r e i n . S t a r s i g n : Ta r a n t u l a o ff e r s a n i c e m i x o f p o w e r s o n g s b e i n g s e t o ff w i t h m o r e s u b d u e d t r a c k s l i k e ‘Alwzbnafan’ and ‘Summerscool’ for a balanced, easy listening album.
Throughout the album Kennedy emulates the singing styles of Chris Cornell, but lacks the commanding nature found within Soundgarden and Audioslave. Overall the album is packed with guitar riffs and standout solos from Mark Tremonti, to create a broad range of pseudo-metal tracks that does differentiate the group’s direction slightly dissimilar to Creed. The standout track of the album ‘Broken Wings’ provides some insight into the potential for the band who will likely continue to grow under their new grouping. Overall the album is reminiscent of 90’s (grunge) sounds with some of the typical stretched out vocals and driving guitar, although never really coming to fruition when compared to other artists of this genus.
Backpacker Review The Pickled Frog - Liverpool St, Hobart by The first thing I noticed when I walked into the Pickled Frog on Liverpool Street was how relaxed the place seemed. Chris the painter let me in, even though it was before 3pm when the office opens.
hostel and you can almost hear the old piano playing and stein glasses clinking. In fact, when I first met Rod, he was disappearing out the back with two bottles of wine under his arm at 10 o'clock in the morning. (He swears he was just putting them away...in the cellar!)
While I waited to check in, we chatted away as Chris continued to paint the walls summer lily (it is NOT yellow) as part of the new look Pickled Frog. Gone was the old horseshoe bar and with a new raised floor leading up to the fully stocked bar, the entrance is open and inviting, with a huge stone fireplace to boot and some very happy staff. I was staying in a 3 bed room, but had it to myself. As I opened my fabulously painted door carrying my luggage and doona, hired for $3, my first impression of my room was small, but cosy.
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To my surprise, I had the best nights sleep I have had in ages until I was rudely awoken by the mechanics next door opening up at 7am. I had a nice hot shower, when the water finally arrived, and now understood the signs I had read every time I had been to the loo: "There is hot water, it just has a long way to come." I trotted downstairs, passing a seedy looking Chris the painter, drinking a red bull, and found the culprit of his pain in the lounge: 2 half finished glasses and an empty bottle of white wine. He assures me he never goes out, but came to the pub with me my second night there!
Offering VIP, YHA, Student and NOMADS discounts, plus $1 off all beers for discount holders you can't really go wrong. A new coat of paint and some beautiful art around the building makes The Pickled Frog the most colourful hostel I have stayed in. Beds start at $18 and with other services such as postcards, tea, coffee & hot chocolate, cheap broadband internet at $1.50/half hour and even an on site masseur at $25/hour, everybody is happy. With numerous books and videos to choose
How true coming from a man who came to the Frog for a holiday, and never left.
Skater Profile - Klaa Clements
By Huw
Klaa is such a chilled guy, so obviously not egocentric. Which can be a pretty hard thing to find with many young people that excel at what they love. But this guys got his head screwed on. And he’s a bloody good cook too.
didn’t really think I was good enough. But Greg’s been awesome, he helped me get flow from Premium and sorts me out heaps of stuff. To be honest I’m not out there to try and get sponsored and be the main man, I just skate for fun.
Klaa is an 18-year-old Hobart local who, as it just so happens, blows minds with his skating ability and style. He’s sponsored by local skate shop ‘Ozone House Of Boards’ and gets flow from ‘Premium Skateboards’… People have told me repeatedly……………. “Interview Klaa. He ripps.” So I thought, all right. I bloody will then.
Goddamn……Finally someone hit the nail on the head. Just skating for fun. Good shit Klaa, you don’t often hear that anymore. When I lived in Melbourne when I was a groms, kids thought that if you could do a crooked grind, you’d get sponsored. So you’d go to a park and there’d be 30 kids one after the other, trying f…ing crooked grinds all day.
Klaa, what’s happening mate? Yeah I’m not into that. Not much. I just finished work and went skating. Klaa, you sound like a great bloke, keep ruling Thanks Huw. See ya round. Any shout out’s? Great stuff! Do you get much time to skate? Greg, my folks and Linda. I skate every chance I get. Which is usually everyday. So what do you think about the local scene, it looks like it’s building pretty strong. Yeah it’s getting good. Since all these parks have been built, it’s getting heaps better. The street spots around Hobart are pretty crap, so that makes it tough. I usually just skate up at EC or something. So how’d you get sponsored? Greg from Ozone just asked me one day. I
The lovely Erin at the front desk will book tours for you, including Down Under Tours and Island Cycle tours, who are soon to be residents at The Frog.
As Chris the painter so eloquently said when I asked him why people should stay at the Frog: "When you stay here, it feels like home".
The building is the Old Central Hotel and I think the ghosts of the pub live on. Owner, Rod Parrish, has kept the open arms feel in this
Yeah it’s awesome, I love it. I’m a 2nd year apprentice chef.
With many original fittings from the old hotel days, the Frog is very close to eats and town, and is situated right across the road from Redline coaches.
There is off street parking, bike hire, heaters and original Pickled Frog beer holders to buy and remind you of your stay.
With a toast and cereal breakfast included, it is hard not to like The Pickled Frog. Sitting in the booths eating my brekky, chatting to people from Bolivia to Scotland to Canberra, I truly enjoyed my stay here.
How’s the job going?
from, The Frog also has a pool table and many games, including an old tabletop Frogger computer game.
I spoke to Greg at Ozone about this interview and he said “I find it absolutely hilarious that some shops will sponsor guys based on talent alone. All my skaters have a good attitude towards life, the right attitude to promote skateboarding not just make the shop a quick buck. I’ve seen a lot of teams that hate each other, where as, we’re all mates we all go skating together.” Greg owns Tazzie’s only 100% owned and run board rider specialist store. Ozone House Of Boards 122 Murray St, Hobart.
P r o f i l e : C o m e d i a n To m G l e e s o n Funny man Tom Gleeson ‘fesses up to Dave Williams about the persecution of redheads. So what have you been up to this morning? I've just been writing sketches, essentially. Monday is the day that we write for "Skit House" so I've just been sitting at home, writing some things, to get ready for a reading tomorrow. Yeah, at the moment we don't get "Skit House," unfortunately. Oh, that's no good.
No, I've never wet myself but I've felt like I was going to, but I've never, literally, wet myself. But I do remember years ago I was in a band, and I was with the drummer and the bass player and we walked into a service station on the way back from a gig, and I'd smoked a joint, and I started laughing so much that I got caught in a laugh circle, where I was laughing at the fact that I was laughing too much in an inappropriate situation. It just made me not stop and I started crying, but what happened was the two guys I was with started looking at me like, "Are you alright? can you just stop."
Have you ever wet yourself laughing?
No. We're deprived. Some people would say depraved. Yeah (laughs) Anything funny happen to you yet today?
Anything funny? No, not really. (Laughs) I woke up. I wrote some things down. Funny things happened on the computer, I suppose, that I wrote in today, but nothing that funny actually occurred to me. I guess there's still plenty of time. Yeah I find that something strange happens to me almost every day. Is that what you find? Yeah, I suppose so, but maybe I look at things a different way, 'cause I think about whether or not I can use it. Sometimes I think, "Oh, that's really funny... oh, it's useless." A friend that I saw doing some stand up on Saturday night here in Sydney was talking about "the man upstairs", referring to Jesus. then he started talking about God and how old God would be, the likeness of which. And he was saying, "Oh, I dunno ... about sixty," and he was trying to work it out and it was all going along very funny. Halfway through it, on stage, he stopped and said, "This is going really well, but I know that I can never use this ever again." (Laughs) And I thought, "That's the bane of a comedian." Your last name, Gleeson ... if you break that down to "Glee" and "Son," or son of glee or fun - to what extent is comedy genetic in your family. Yeah, I dunno. It's a good question. There's a kind of a lineage. Not really. My family has nothing to do with theatre or the arts or anything like that, but there is a commonality in that my grandfather, whose name was Tom Gleeson as well, was a politician and , apparently, was a very good speech-maker.... my Dad's really funny too, I must admit, and my mum. My whole family is pretty funny.
And the more concerned and indignant they got, it just got funnier. Just uncontrollable. I guess if there was ever a chance I was going to wet myself, that was it. And it was all because I was trying to explain something and I couldn't even get past the word, "the", in the sentence and it got to the point where I was going to start crying actual tears because I couldn't stop laughing. I was so upset, but I couldn't stop. Laughing in inappropriate places just seems to make us laugh more. Yeah. Sometimes you get that devil inside you where you think, where you're in the middle of an argument with a really close friend and you think, "Oh, if I laugh at them right now, that'd be so wrong", and then the more you contain it the funnier it seems and then maybe you'd laugh and then they'd get angry and you'd laugh more... just that feeling of tension I suppose. That's why stand-up ... can be really confronting, because you're just trying to blur that line of tension, because then it's easier to shatter, for a more exciting experience. I've heard comedy described as tragedy plus timing... Yeah. Yeah. For sure. Because sometimes you make a bold claim and it makes everyone in the room shut up and you can hear "pin-drop" silence and that's the perfect moment to drop a "bomb". ... Almost certainly I'll talk about some of the tales of me being from the country ... it's a favourite thing I've been talking about at the moment. And talk about having red hair and how shit it is (laughs). Why is having red hair shit?
And talk about having red hair and how shit it is (laughs).
So who's funnier than you? Oh, there are heaps of people funnier than me. I don't know... Why do we laugh about other people's misfortune. I mean slapstick comedy, someone gets hit over the head....why do we find it funny? I don't know ... (laughs) really good question. I guess part of it is you're glad it's not you ... maybe it's a mechanism for coping ... flying in the face of empathy, or something like that.
Oh you're marginalised in society and you're not recognised by anybody (laughs). We don't have an action group. Nobody lobbying for the red heads of the world? No.
Bits of your life are annoying. When you go to someone's barbeque and there's no shade and they decide to have it outdoors. Or you go with friends and it's a cafe and they're like, "It's a nice day we should have it out on the balcony." Nah. Let's not have it out on the balcony! (laughs) And I guess you can never get away from being called, "Hey, Red!" Exactly. Ok, thanks for your time. We generally transcribe the interview but I might mix up the questions a bit.
You know that you've been something similar yourself and you're just so happy that you laugh to celebrate the fact.
Oh yeah, if you want to trim it up. Do what you like.
Have you ever wet yourself laughing?
Alright. I'll just make it all up then.
Um, no (laughs). I've never wet myself.
Yeah. Cool. That's alright. As long as you make up better things than I said, I don't mind....
Never?
by David Williams
SPOTLIGHT EXHIBITIONS Kross Contamination "An experiment in progressive reinterpretation." Students of UTAS Bachelor of Contemporary Arts Mixed media Powerhouse Gallery Inveresk, Launceston 29th October -15th November Free The Poisoned Waters of Paradise Wed 27th October - Sat 6th November Arts Alive, 178a Charles Street, Launceston Mon to Fri 11am to 5pm & Sat 10am to 2pm An exhibition focusing on water and issues of water quality: bringing together artists whose work focuses on or incorporates water and the latest information on water quality issues in the Launceston water catchment area. The Poisoned Waters of Paradise is a response to one of the major issues facing humanity – the availability and quality of drinking water. While this is a truly global issue, it is manifest at the national and local level in many ways. At a time when some of Australia’s major cities are facing potential crises in water supply, and governments are committing huge sums of money to major projects such as the Murray River, smaller regional problems are often overlooked. The Launceston Water Catchment Group was formed in early 2004 to bring attention to the effects of the changing nature of land use in the Launceston water catchment area on water quality and supply issues for the region. The group includes scientists and community members, and will supply the latest independent information on these issues as a part of the exhibition. For information ph 63312777 / 63430417 email info@artsalive.tascom.net
Film Car Park Cinema - CALL FOR ENTRIES Interweave Arts Association Inc is proud to announce the return of Car Park Cinema Film Festival. Local artist and media teacher Kim Schneiders created the festival as part of the Streets Alive Youth Festival in 2002. Its popularity with both the public and local filmmakers saw it developed further into a unique cinema experience. Assisted this year by Screen Tasmania, the festival will run over three nights on the 5, 6, and 7th of November. “All films must be Tasmanian, or have Tasmanians attached to the project in roles of producer, writer or director. Their films can be recent or previous years films, and there is no limit to how many they can enter.” There is no entry fee for the festival. “The festival is a state wide event, receiving films from Hobart, Devonport, Burnie, St Helens, Launceston, and many regional areas of Tasmania. It gives filmmakers the opportunity to have their works screened in public, in a fun, entertaining setting.” In the past this event has also officially launched never before seen films; last year as part of Park Cinema's family night, the evening showcased Muse Films production 'Tiger Tracks,' giving audience the chance to meet the cast and crew, as well as ask questions about the film. “This approach with the festival has been a huge success, with many people commenting on how it increased their knowledge of Tasmania's film industry, as well as their awareness of how many filmmakers there are in the state.” For further information, contact Kim Reynolds on 0402 840560 (Wk days) or e-mail reynolds_193@hotmail.com
Bare Threads
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Name: Ammi Age: 19 How does it feel to be a part of a consumer driven society: Do we have much choice? Fashion is: Expression Today I’m gonna: I’m going to the Little Birdy concert
Name: Amy Age: 22 How does it feel to be a part of a consumer driven society: Not very good. I don’t like it. Everyone is too concerned with what other people are doing Fashion is: Something that should be an individual choice Today I’m gonna: Go to Clifton beach
Name: Amy Age: 21 How does it feel to be a part of a consumer driven society? You can choose how consumer driven you are. Fashion is: A canvas for your individuality. Today I’m gonna: Go skinny dipping in my grandma’s pool.
Name: Chris Age:20 How does it feel to be a part of a consumer driven society?Great,fucking tip top Fashion is: Fucked, but I like it Today I’m gonna: Do fuck all. Work. Achieve nothing
Name: Donkey Disk Age: Unknown? How does it feel to be a part of a consumer driven society?I don’t really care about it… As long as I can go buy heaps of stuff. Fashion is: The style characteristic of the social elite. Derr freddy… Today I’m gonna: Keep it real, smash fools and represent!
Name: Hunnibell Age: 24 How does it feel to be a part of a consumer driven society? poor Fashion is: clothes Today I’m gonna: Get drunk again
Name: liv Age: 19 How does it feel to be a part of a consumer driven society? My theory is that I buy what I need, I don’t really like it. Fashion is: Anything you want it to be. Today I’m gonna: Go to the Little Birdy concert
Name: Tom Age: 22 How does it feel to be a part of a consumer driven society? I’d like to think that it doesn’t affect me. Fashion is: Whatever clothes my mates leave at my house and op-shop scavenging. Today I’m gonna: Have a BBQ at the bowl with you guys.
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