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The Red Cross save-a-mate (SAM) program is now looking for volunteers for the 2010/11 music festival season.
SAM is a health promotion initiative that aims to educate people on safe partying. Festivals we have attended include: • Homebake • Stereosonic • Creamfields • Good Vibrations • Future Music
You must be: • Over 18 years of age • Fun, friendly and love talking to people • Have an interest in alcohol and drug education • Willing to attend four training sessions
Volunteers are required to assist festival goers by delivering key health messages, distributing resources and supporting chill-out space visitors in a non-judgemental way.
You will receive: • Free entry into festivals (before and after shifts) • Extensive training • Senior First Aid Certificate
APPLY NOW! For an application pack email nswsam@redcross.org.au. Applications close 14th June 2010.
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CONTENTS JAMES ZABIELA takes 3D World behind his expansive new mix for Renaissance and his now slightly less tricky club set approach
14 Tour announcements, Epic/Fail and other tasty morsels in NEWS
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From a Jamican sabbatical to a Norfolk pig farm, Maxi Jazz lifts the lids on the return to anthem territory for FAITHLESS 16 What’s in a name? If you’re ALEX KIDD, a multi-tiered franchise
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After losing his way briefly, JAMIE LIDELL is back on track with Compass
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There’s nothing chilled out about the electro bombs served up by LAIDBACK LUKE
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THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA take us behind another sterling addition to the Late Night Tales series
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You can tell by the title of the new SHARAM JEY album that music is in his blood
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SHEILA E came to fame with Prince, but there’s more to her career than an association with His Purpleness
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JAYTECH has made his first mix CD count with Anjunadeep: 02
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The only thing longer than the name of THE PUBLIC OPINION AFRO ORCHESTRA is their list of members
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CLIVE HENRY on life after Peace Division and how he filled in his time with his DC10 residency on hiatus
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SAGE FRANCIS has pulled out all the stops to make his final release on Epitaph count
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The latest albums and singles get put under the microscope in CD REVIEWS
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SOCIAL CLUB learns not to request The Scissor Sisters from Sofie Loizou
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Dig a little deeper with our specialist genre COLUMNS
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Social snaps galore in SUSHI. Don’t let your mother see this!
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What to do, and where to do it in LISTINGS
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NIDA graduate BELINDA WOLLASTON talks about life before, during, and after attending the famous acting school, whose biannual Open Day is on this weekend
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The week in arts news, gossip, and reviews: FRONT ROW and CULTURAL CRINGE
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This week’s FILM REVIEWS: The End Of The Line and The White Ribbon
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Long-time the favourite writer, STEPHEN MOFFAT talks being the new head honcho of the Doctor Who TV series
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TIGER LILLIES’ Martyn Jacques discusses bringing dark themes to the 2010 Biennale Of Sydney
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MIKE FIELDING (AKA NABOO) DJ SET– Friday 21, Q Bar + 34B Stereo JAMES ZABIELA, TOM BUDDEN – Saturday 22, Chinese Laundry CLIVE HENRY – Saturday 22, Civic RICKY PETERSON & THE PETERSON BROTHERS FEAT SHEILA E – Sunday 23, The Basement AUTECHRE – Friday 28, The Forum SKOOL OF THOUGHT – Friday 28, Chinese Laundry DEXTER XX TOUR – Friday 28, Oxford Art Factory NOCTURNAL: OXIA – Friday 28, Civic
ON THE RISE AGAIN
With the impact of Rise Up already acutely felt by hip hop fans across the country it was only a matter of time before they’d be crying out for Cypress Hill. Whether that’s happened or not the opportunity has presented itself in a headline gig at Coaster Festival on Saturday 25 September and a performance at the Enmore Theatre on Friday 24. While tickets won’t be made available until Thursday 3 June, the Tom Morello featuring Rise Up is available now through Snoop Dogg’s Priority Records/EMI and also features guest appearances from Pete Rock, Daron Malakian, Mike Shinoda, Apathy, Pitt Bull, Marc Anthony and more.
WISH YOU KNEW NATALIE PORTMAN? THE PUBLIC OPINION AFRO ORCHESTRA – Friday 28, The Basement MAGIC CITY: ZANY, DONKEY ROLLERS VS NOISE CONTROLLERS, ALEX KIDD VS KIDD KAOS, THE PITCHER, JOWAN VS DR WILLIS, DV8 & MORE – Saturday 29, Olympic Park Sports Centre LUKE D – Saturday 29, 202 Broadway DEXTER XX TOUR – Saturday 29, Cambridge Hotel SOUND PELLEGRINO THERMAL TEAM – Saturday 29, The CBD Hotel
JUNE
THE RED EYES – Thursday 3, Transit Bar DJ LORD – Friday 4, Chinese Laundry THE RED EYES – Friday 4, Manning Bar PACHA CD LAUNCH – Saturday 5, ivy BASS DROP: LONDON ELEKTRICITY – Saturday 5, The Arthouse CO-OP FIRST BIRTHDAY: HARRI – Saturday 5, Secret Venue ALL OUR FRIENDS FESTIVAL: LAIDBACK LUKE, TIGA, CONCORD DAWN, KLUTE & MORE – Saturday 5, University Of Canberra COMMON, KID CAPRI – Friday 11, The Forum KLUTE – Friday 11, Chinese Laundry GIFT OF GAB – Friday 11, Oxford Art Factory MIAMI HORROR – Friday 11, Waves WE LOVE SOUNDS: UNDERWORLD, TIGA, THE PROXY, CROOKERS, ELLEN ALLIEN, MANDY & MORE – Saturday 12, Hordern Pavilion and Surrounds RON CARROLL – Saturday 12, ivy LEE MORTIMER – Saturday 12, Chinese Laundry DJ SPUN – Saturday 12, Civic MIAMI HORROR – Saturday 12, Manning Bar SHAPESHIFTER – Sunday 13, Metro JAY-J – Sunday 13, ivy RAP CITY: DJ PREMIER, THE BEATNUTS, MASTA ACE & EDO G – Sunday 13, The Forum NOUVELLE VAGUE, BERRY – Wednesday 16, Factory Theatre NOUVELLE VAGUE, BERRY – Thursday 17, Factory Theatre CASSETTE KIDS – Friday 18, Oxford Art Factory MOBIN MASTER – Saturday 19, ivy TOM NEVILLE – Saturday 19, Chinese Laundry DANCE CLUB: NADASTROM – Saturday 19, Oxford Art Factory ALIX PEREZ – Friday 25, Chinese Laundry ERPHUN – Saturday 26, Chinese Laundry OPERATOR PLEASE – Saturday 26, Metro Theatre ROBERT HOOD – Saturday 26, Civic Underground
JULY
THE LIKES OF YOU: STEPHAN BODZIN, HUGO – Saturday 3, Arthouse Hotel GODSPEED: NEOPHYTE, TOMMYKNOCKER, BEHOLDER – Saturday 10, Metro Theatre KEVIN RUDOLF – Sunday 18, Enmore Theatre LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, HOT CHIP – Monday 26, Hordern Pavilion YEASAYER – Wednesday 28, Metro Theatre FOALS – Wednesday 28, Manning Bar GOLDFRAPP – Thursday 29, Big Top at Luna Park
AUGUST
JÓNSI – Monday 2, Enmore Theatre PASSION PIT – Monday 2, The Forum K-OS – Wednesday 4, Oxford Art Factory MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS – Friday 20, The Forum THE CAT EMPIRE – Saturday 28, Hordern Pavilion
SEPTEMBER
LEE BURRIDGE – Saturday 25, Chinese Laundry
Still not so sure what the reference is to the actress in I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman, but who cares? K-os has most certainly hit the spot with some tight, party friendly beats, surprisingly tolerable Nelly Furtado vocal and the oh-so-catchy sample of Phantom Planet’s California. It’s a stand out track from his album Yes! which also features the well received 4,3,2,1 – a hip hop response to Feist’s 1,2,3,4. Those unable to afford the trip to Queensland for Splendour In The Grass 2010 (or indeed the ticket) will be pleased to hear he’s playing at the Oxford Art Factory on Wednesday 4 August. Tickets available now through Moshtix for $33 + b/f.
HIP ROCK OR ROCK HOP?
Urban guitar slinger Kevin Rudolf may be better disposed to define the difference between his music and that of fellow Cash Money artists, but whether there are any or not seems largely irrelevant in the face of his rising popularity. His debut album To The Sky hits shelves on Friday 11 June courtesy of Cash Money and Universal Republic and with the lead single Let It Rock already setting a cracking pace sales wise he’ll be wiping his backside with twenties before he knows it. Rudolf is locked in for a Sunday 18 July performance at the Enmore with support from Tyga and other yet to be announced guests – tickets on sale to the general public on Friday 21 May through Ticketek for $69.50 + b/f.
EPIC & FAIL EPIC RINSE AND REPEAT
Get yourself to underworldlive.com, sign up, and immediately download Scribble, the glorious new Underworld collab with melodic drum n bass gun High Contrast and first taste of their September album drop. The bombs are back kids, and we’re extremely fucking excited.
PEACE OF MIND
As half of Peace Division or otherwise, Clive Henry is a key figure in the UK house scene, and the Circo Loco resident will be performing alongside local house/techno jocks Robbie Lowe, Jordan Deck and Dave Stuart at the Civic Underground on Saturday 22 May thanks to Shrug and Chemistry. You can check much of Henry’s productions out on labels such as NRK, Tsuba, 8Bit and Crosstown Rebels; it’ll be well worth the time spent! Entry $15 before 11pm or $20 after, doors open at 10pm.
JUNE DANCE CLUB
Following on from a massive jungle themed launch, Dance Club will be returning to the Oxford Art Factory on Saturday 19 June for an ‘All American Rave’ featuring Nadastrom – aka Dave Nada and Matt Nordstrom. The duo have seen their stars in the ascendant since joining forces in 2007 and punching out the Pussy EP – a testament to their skill and complete Beatport destroyer throughout 2008. Their LEZGOZ tour also encompasses interstate gigs, giving the rest of Australia a chance to sample their inimitable blend of heavy handed club house, electro and techno. Ticketing details and support acts are yet to be confirmed.
SOUND DIVING
The pop-tastic synth abusing Yeasayer are winging their way to Sydney for a Splendour In The Grass sideshow on Wednesday 28 July at the Metro Theatre. Riding high on the back of successful (and fantastic) singles Ambling Alp and ONE, Yeasayer’s style twists and turns with unexpected gusto through hook laden pop and electronic experimentalism whilst keeping a watchful eye on depth and content. While support acts are yet to be announced, tickets will be available by the time of print from metrotheatre.com.au for $45 + b/f.
CHANGE FOR FREE
Loose Change embody the local hip hop crew ethos of keeping it real on their debut self titled album, injecting it with laidback, infectious beats and honest, soul soaked raps. Demonstrating that a drum machine, solid basses and two mics are all that you need to rock a good tune, Loose Change are putting their money where their mouth is and making the album available for free download from www.loosechangehiphop. com; thus encouraging you to shell out a mere $10 to catch them live at The Sandringham Hotel on Friday 28 May. Support from True Vibenation, Suburban Dark and Mathijs.
START THE DANCE
Speaking of bombs, Faithless have got back to what they do best on new album The Dance and delivered the most anthem-packed record of their career – nothing quite Insomnia/God Is A DJ/We Come One-esque, but enough to help us officially strike To All New Arrivals from the record.
THE DRUGS DO WORK
Fuck it, we’re going an old-skool stadium techno trifecta this week, and after bagging The Chemical Brothers’ directionless teaser single Escape Velocity a couple of weeks back we’re falling over ourselves after hearing Swoon – the sort of gorgeous psychedelic beauty that only The Chems on form can deliver.
FAIL LOLCAT
Clubbers across Australia are ruing not banking ANZ after revelations that 14 staffers have lost their jobs over an investigation into a ring of employees dealing meow meow from two Melbourne branches. They must have built up an impressive kitty as well (thanks, we’re here every week)...
TITANIC 2
Straight to DVD specialists Asylum Productions have finally delivered the unofficial sequel we had to have, with the most excellent tagline “100 Years Later, Lightning Strikes Twice”. We’re pretty sure it was an iceberg the ship struck the first time, but you can’t argue with filmmaking genius…
WAKE IN FRIGHT
Does anyone know who made the Socceroos World Cup squad? We tuned in for the live announcement but started to doze off when we still hadn’t heard a name read out 15 minutes in…
THEY MIX YOU DANCE
Indie jocks PhDJ, MIT and Ben Lucid have earned themselves a place in Sydney club history with Purple Sneakers and cement the legacy with their debut compilation relase We Mix You Dance. Featuring tracks from Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, Hot Chip, La Roux, Friendly Fires, Major Lazer, Simian Mobile Disco, Midnight Juggernauts, Animal Collective, Miike Snow and more across two discs titled Booty Shakin and Chin Strokin, the release is an accurate representation of what you’d hear the trio cranking in clubs. We Mix You Dance hits shelves Friday 11 June through Boundary Sounds/Inertia with a Purple Sneakers launch party held at The Gladstone Hotel the same night.
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AFTER LOOKING AHEAD FOR SO LONG, CLAN ANALOGUE LABEL MANAGER NICK WILSON TALKS KRIS SWALES THROUGH THE AUSTRALIAN DANCE MUSIC COLLECTIVE’S NEW RETROSPECTIVE COLLECTION.
MIDNIGHT AXIS
Rather than relive notorious Dubya speeches or World War 2 history we’re instead announcing the Friday 28 May release of Midnight Juggernauts’ sophomore album The Crystal Axis through Siberia Records/Inertia. Relieved? You should be; NME has already touted lead single Vital Signs one of their 10 Tracks You Have To Hear This Week and whether that convinces you or not, the apparent luxuriant jams, walls of sound, and ‘70s AM melodic forks featured throughout the album probably will. Often at their best live, the Juggernauts’ album tour reaches The Forum on Friday 20 August, proudly supported by Street Press Australia. Tickets available from Moshtix for $30 + b/f.
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SPIT STREAM
So that’s a bit gross but we had to get your attention right? You may not have needed it anyway as Spit Syndicate’s sophomore album Exile seems to be doing just fine on it’s own. To make sure you know it’s there, Spit Syndicate are streaming it in full direct from their MySpace page in the lead up to its release which should have happened by the time you’re reading this! Produced by Adit of Horrorshow fame and featuring guest production appearances from M-Phazes, Jsquared and Cam Bluff, the album represents an impressive gathering of talent if nothing else. Out through Obese Records.
CIRCUIT BREAKER 2
Already dedicated to the cause of promoting local electronic music talent through selling all the well priced equipment such individuals may need, Lightsounds has gone one step further and committed to selling the end product. Like its predecessor, Circuit Breaker 2 contains a wealth of material from up and coming Australian artists narrowed down from a field of 250 entrants. Available digitally and on CD from Tuesday 1 June, Lightsounds are celebrating the release with a launch party on Friday 28 May with Sosume (Qbar) featuring performances from Toasters Boutique, Sceptic & Dceeva, A-Drone, Rip Lee and FIXD. The $10 cover includes a copy of the compilation. A Mash Up competition coincides with the release, encouraging artists to re-imagine compilation tracks on their choice of rig so long as the end result sits in a three to five minute time limit. Winning entrants will be notified by Saturday 31 July and their work posted on lightsounds.com.au. There are impressive prizes up for grabs so this is well worth the look.
WIN WITH SONY
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes within one of Sony’s many businesses? Whether you have or not, the opportunity to do so has presented itself in the Sony Experiences contest. Taking inspiration from Sony’s ‘make.believe’ (make dot believe) slogan that “anything you can imagine, you can make real”; Australians passionate about music, movies, gaming and technology are being given a chance to sneak in inside peek at what goes on in each business. To enter, submit a 500 character or less blurb with an accompanying short video to makedotbelieve. sony.com.au to explain why you deserve the inside track. Entries judged by Sony exectuives Michael Ephraim, Denis Handlin, Carl Rose, Stephen Basil Jones and Kim Overall; must be received by 6 June.
BREAKING THE MOLD
Melbourne based pop duo Young Heretics are a perfect example of what a little determination and hard work can earn you. Their debut album We Are The Lost Loves contains eleven tracks worth of locally recorded, self produced and self funded goodness which challenges the listener with a host of theatrical soundscapes, driving beats and plenty of drama. The duo will be performing an 18+ gig at Spectrum on Saturday 10 July – tickets for which will be available by time of print at an as yet undisclosed price. Supports yet to be confirmed.
Out of such an era was born the Clan Analogue label. Founded in Sydney in 1992 by a like-minded collective with an interest in the electronic dance music revolution, in the ensuing years the label has gone on to help launch the careers of the Infusion, Deepchild and B(if)tek amongst countless others, and after many false starts the label’s past – and indeed present – is being celebrated with the two-CD/one-DVD Recognition: The Clan Analogue Legacy Collection collection. “I was first discussed around nine years ago,” current Clan label manager Nick Wilson recalls from his Melbourne base, “because the label manager of the time Gordon Finlayson wanted to put out a kind of retrospective, ‘greatest hits’ kind of album to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Clan Analogue, which would have fallen in 2002. That was the original plan, but there was a bit of resistance at the time because people thought we should be concentrating on new music and new acts. We started thinking about it again when I was label manager of Clan Analogue for the 15th anniversary which was in 2007, and then we thought to make it a mixture of old and new we could do a disc of remixes to give current Clan Analogue artists the chance to remix their favourite track from the back catalogue.
Ministry Of Sound are near indomitable in sheer weight of releases and aren’t slowing the rate any time soon with Sessions Seven out by time of print. Again a two-disc affair with Tommy Trash and the Stafford Brothers turning in one each, both acts manage to mix more chart hits than you’d think; covering the likes of Jump Jump Dance Dance, Placebo, Bob Sinclar, Chris Sorbello, Wiley, Passion Pit, Yolanda Be Cool, Vandalism, Fedde Le Grand, Afrojack, Two Door Cinema Club and more between them. More importantly still they’ll be hitting the road in support, arriving at The Mean Fiddler on Friday 28 May. Supports include Joel Granger, Tom Piper, Wax Motif, Ta$k, J-Smoove and DJ Cookie. $10 cover.
One ARIA, plenty of sales and a massive tour later, Bliss N Eso have finally gotten around to penning Running On Air, the follow up to 2008’s Flying Colours. Written in and inspired by the Victorian bushland, Running On Air sees the trio rach new levels of maturity in both lyrical content and musical posture, making a statement that ought to endure the test of time. Lead single Down By The River will have hit the radio waves by time of print but will be made available to iTunes customers from Saturday 5 June.
Dance music has come a long way in terms of mainstream recognition in Australia since the turn of the century, but back in the 1990s what is now big business was more of a cottage industry as a small band of dedicated labels and producers sought to make their mark on a local music scene which was only just starting to look beyond pubs for its next set of heroes.
“And basically it didn’t come together for 2007 due to various distributors going bust – Creative Vibes closed down, and then we were with Amphead and they closed down, and there were quite a few delays along the way.”
GET YOUR SHWAY ON AGAIN
Love it or hate it, MTV still remains a relevant force in popular music and acts such as Shwayze are a testament to fact. Alongside parter in crime Cisco Adler, Shwayze – aka Aaron Smith – dominated charts, airwaves, television sets and stages alike in the wake of his self-titled debut album and seems set to do it all over again with the release of sophomore effort Let It Beat. Propelled to popularity by lead single Get U Home (which featured in ‘09 film Sorority Row), Let It Beat has also gotten Shwayze onto the Jimmy Kimmel Show and Good Morning America. He’ll be performing at Home on Friday 18 June with support from LA based hip hop duo The Knux and DJ Jason Smith. Ticket prices yet to be confirmed.
WATUSSI RETURN
Recently returned from their successful South American tour, Watussi are gearing up for the celebratory 1000% Guapo Tour which includes a slew of Sydney dates. The band will be performing alongside DCUP at Coogee Diggers on Friday 4 June, at Hotel Gearin with Katoomba Dub Collective on Saturday 5, the Annandale Hotel with Samba Mundi and James Locksmith on Friday 11, the Heritage Hotel on Saturday 12 with Nicole Brophy and finally at the Brass Monkey on Sunday 13 with Justin Carter. Details of the Adrian Arce directed documentary of their South American tour will be made available in the coming weeks. Watussi’s ARIA-nominated album Tequila Sangre Fuego is available now through Knowfoowl/Inertia.
RNB SUPERTOUR
If recent news regarding the release of RNB Superclub Volume 10 had you excited, this tour date announcement should hopefully do the same. Covering a three month period including dates at multiple venues, RNB Superclub will be holding album launch parties at Tank Nightclub on Friday 21 May and Friday 2 July, Establishment on Saturday 22 May for Sienna and Sunday 13 June for Superjamm. RNB Superclub Volume 10 is available now through Platinum One Entertainment/Sony Music and features tracks from Black Eyed Peas, Dizzee Rascal, Armand Van Helden, Britney Spears, Kid Cudi, Jessica Mauboy, Israel, Stan Walker, Guy Sebastian, HR King and more. Mixed by RNB Superclub residents G-Wizard and Def Rok.
GET WILD
Already off to a blinding start, Ozi Batla’s Put It On Wax has been eating up airtime on Triple J and as the sixth most played track last week it sets a good impression of how popular its source album Wild Colonial will be. On shelves by the time of print, the album will also be available via streaming from elefanttraks.com for the uncertain listener/buyer. Wild Colonial is an altogether more personal album for Ozi, punctuated by humour and honesty yet still finding time for guest appearances from the much vaunted Sandro and DJ Bonez. No details of a tour as yet so keep your eyes peeled.
But it’s worth the wait, with the first disc indeed a ‘greatest hits’ package, the second seeing the label’s founding acts remixed by newcomers like Koshowko and Meat Grinder, and a companion DVD containing clips, a documentary and cult concert performance from 1995 rouding out the set. “The DVD aspect added a little bit to the time as well because we ended up making a documentary and remastering the video release Clan Analogue Live at the Goethe Institut which was originally put out by Clan Analogue on VHS in 1995,” Wilson explains. “It was one of those things which was quite influential at the time as one of the first examples of live VJing and live electronic music. We thought we should try to get that remastered, and we actually had to try and find a VHS copy that was actually good enough to master properly. Quite a lot of people had a copy of it but they had deteriorated, so that was a bit of a search as well!” What’s apparent from the relative timelessness of the material presented is the label’s refusal to bow down to the dance music trends of the day – 3D World’s recent review of the re-release of B(if)tek’s We Think You’re Dishy even stating that “it could have emerged at any time after that and still have sounded bang up to date”. And upcoming releases from Koshowko and Valley Forge (featuring a vocal contribution from Kamahl no less) will no doubt continue that ethos. “We did put out an electro compilation and a couple of electro focused release five years ago which was a couple of years before [electro] sort of hit big,” Wilson says. “Sometimes it might be that some of those acts are able to ride that wave of a style becoming more accepted, and sometime it might just be that we can look back and say we put out a release that anticipated this.”
WHAT: RECOGNITION: THE CLAN ANALOGUE LEGACY COLLECTION THROUGH CLAN ANALOGUE/MGM WHEN: OUT NOW
VIVID DEVELOPMENTS
The Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed curated Vivid LIVE festival – held at the Sydney Opera House from Thursday 27 May to Monday 21 June – takes on another dimension with even more free and ticketed events announced. ‘Day For Night Movies’ seems one of the more interesting events on the program, featuring documentaries, experimental art films, classics and more with live scores and performances from festival artists including curators Reed and Anderson within the spectacular surrounds of the Concert Hall. The eight-hour event will be split into three sessions, with breaks in between – tickets range from $17 per session or $40 for the full experience. Due to the popularity of Vivid LIVE in The Studio, second shows for Holly Miranda, My Brightest Diamond and King Khan & BBQ Show are also available for $35 or $30 concession. SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH THE WORLD? EMAIL NEWS@3DWORLD.COM.AU
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A NEW LEASE ON LIFE
JAMES ZABIELA WAS ONCE THE PIN-UP BOY OF MODERN DJ TRICKERY, BUT ANGUS PATERSON FINDS HIM NOW PRACTISING A MORE RESTRAINED APPROACH WHEN HE FRONTS A DANCEFLOOR – IRONICALLY AS HE RELEASES HIS MOST AMBITIOUS MIX SET EVER WITH THE MASTERS SERIES: LIFE ON RENAISSANCE.
The CD mix compilation has always been one of the hallmarks of dance culture, something club fanatics have raced to get their mits all over, barely able to contain their excitement in getting it home to devour those sparkly fresh sounds that had been handpicked by their favourite DJs. But that was then and this is now, and increasingly it’s becoming an irrelevant format. How can it compete when dance enthusiasts are already so readily consuming free podcasts and live sets? Do you take Sasha’s lead, and heavily remix every last track in the way he did on his Involver releases? Or do you take the elaborate approach of Joris Voorn, and sit down over several months and stitch together over one hundred tracks across the running time? If you’re James Zabiela, you face the sweeping changes in distribution head on by giving it away for free. There is a catch though – you’ll have to catch Zabiela at one of his club gigs on his current world tour, where he’ll be giving away a copy of the latest Renaissance release The Masters Series: Life on special edition DVD, packaged with exclusive videos, screensavers, wallpapers and a bunch of other digital goodies. You can see it as an ‘adapt or die’ approach from Renaissance, and perhaps a recognition that in 2010, live performances count for everything. But when 3D World spoke to Zabiela, already well underway on the European leg of his worldwide tour and on his way to Australia, he played down any such dramatic notions. “It’s just a way of getting more exposure, and getting it into the hands of more people,” he says. “Especially when I’m playing a lot of far flung places, where people might not even have an internet connection. Certainly, the amount of people that I play to isn’t reflected in CD sales, that’s for sure.” These reasons meant it was a valuable proposition for both James, as well as the diverse selection of electronic artists included on the release. “Technically I’m still buying all the music,” he says. “So all the artists get the same royalties they would with a retail compilation, and we’re also doing a commercial release were you get much higher quality audio and packaging. To get the artists on our side we explained they’d still get their publishing money, and it wouldn’t be too different from any other compilation deal they’d done before, except with this one they’re more likely to get much more reward and exposure for it. Once that was explained, everyone was on board with it.” In line with his unconventional approach in getting Life out to more ears, Zabiela similarly tried to do something a little different with the way he put it together. He says it was a matter of taking in the overwhelmingly positive feedback he received for the opening disc of his debut Masters Series mix on Renaissance last year, where he fused a gorgeous selection of downbeat electronic music with haunting spoken word monologues, ambient sounds and ‘field recordings’ he’d collected while gallivanting across the globe. He wanted to try for something even grander this time – and as it turns out, he was equally influenced by the not so stellar feedback for the other ‘club’ disc on the same release. “I wouldn’t say that I’m ashamed of that second disc,” he says. “But it’s safe to say that it got rushed at the hands of the amount of time I spent on the first mix. So this time I was much more organised, and rather than put together two distinct styles, I wanted to shape one really long composition. Or at very least, make the second half of the mix compliment the first half. If you listen to the mixes as one big thing, you can hear the effort to try and get them to flow all the way through.” It makes for a mesmerising collection of different moods, styles and tempos across the two interconnected mixes. You get everything from the abstract strains of Lusine, the minimal aesthetics of Ellen Allien to the slightly noisier sounds of Boys Noize, and James says it took a fair amount of studio trickery to get all the different parts working together – not that you’d expect it to be that much of a challenge for one of the most technologically gifted DJs to ever walk the planet. Longtime fans will still remember the hype that begun building around him back in 2003 when he first toured Australia, the young technology fiend who’d so impressed the masters of the progressive genre that he’d been quickly snapped up by Sasha’s Excession agency. He was the robot lovin’ DJ with the boyish looks who could effortlessly juggle several CDJs at once, all the while squeezing all sorts of fascinating squeaks and bleeps out of his assorted gadgets and FX units. He’s always been one to adopt new technology into his sets, and not a lot has changed. “Obviously I’m using the CDJ-2000s,”he reveals. “I helped with the firmware on those, and I’m fairly heavily involved with Pioneer. And I still use other little gizmos that I get my hands on, I’m messing around with a Kaossilator Pro at the moment. There’s no MIDI on that, so the way to get it working in time is to use feedback loops. It’s really just meant as a toy, something you can just play around with when you’re bored, sort of like a Game Boy of sound. But I always like to incorporate new toys into what I’m doing, where it’s appropriate.”
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THE DUMMIES’ GUIDE JAMES ZABIELA BORN: August 7, 1979
FROM:
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SINCE: 1999
FUN FACTS:
* First gained fame in 2000 by winning Muzik magazine’s Bedroom Bedlam competition. * Has been a longtime representative for Pioneer’s DJ gear, responsible for roadtesting the DJM-800, CDJ-1000 and EFX-1000 before more recently helping with the development of the CDJ-2000.
MEDIA HYPE:
“The concept that this is somehow a soundtrack to a touring DJ’s life is somewhat daft. (If that was honestly the case, it would be full of samples of promoters explaining why they can’t pay yet, announcements of planes being delayed and conversations with room service at 5 am.) But as a thoughtfully mixed and immaculately programmed trip into the deeper sides of Zabiela’s house and breakbeat, Life is an interesting diversion.” Resident Advisor review of The Masters Series: Life
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY SINGLES Robophobia (Renaissance, 2005)
Weird Science (Renaissance, 2006) Rover (with Nic Fanciulli as One + One) (Ministry Of Sound, 2007) No Pressure (with Nic Fanciulli as One + One) (Ministry Of Sound, 2007) Human (Renaissance, 2007) Tylium (Bedrock Recordings, 2009) Burnt Bridges (Renaissance, 2010)
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Röyksopp – Remind Me (Zabiela’s Ingeborge Mix) (Wall Of Sound, 2002) While years ago you used to actually be able to hear him playing around with these toys on stage, these days we get a markedly different experience. Every year when he returns for a tour, the technical trickery is just a little bit more restrained. Does he feel that’s a natural evolution, for that to slide more under the radar? “I think that again, it’s a response to criticisms I’ve received,” he says, in the ever humble manner we’ve come to expect from one of dance music’s most down-to-earth personalities. “When you’ve got a new gadget or toy, it’s easy to get trigger happy with it. I even realised that myself when listening back to bootlegged recordings of my own club performances. I’d say, ‘oh man, I went over the top there, I butchered that tune just a little bit too much’,” he laughs. “And now I try and use it on the tracks that I think are meant to be played with, while the tracks that sound perfect as they are, I let the music speak for itself. Which of course is more important to me as I’ve grown a bit older.” The word ‘maturity’ springs to mind. There’s also a touch of irony there, in that it was once arguably one of the gimmicks that drew a lot of people to his shows, and helped shaped his musical identity. He’s now transcended any such ‘gimmick’, as well as getting closer to mastering his eclectic track selection. His passion for the whole gamut of dance music always shone through in his sets, but while it once could have meant chopping and changing at the expense of flow, he’s increasingly knuckling down the sort of programming skills reserved for only the top-tier DJs. “It’s having a bit more respect to the music that I’m playing,” he says. “It’s finding the right balance, of being creative and able to mess around with tracks so you’re entertaining the audience, without ruining someone’s favourite tune. I still try at every gig to get that balance right. For a while that was the challenge, but now I feel I’m getting a grasp on it.”
Pole Folder & CP – Dust (Zabiela’s Dakota Bar Slam) (Bedrock, 2002) Charlie May vs Sasha – Seal Clubbing (James Zabiela Seal Squeal Remix) (Renaissance, 2006) Radiohead – Reckoner (James Zabiela’s Remix) (White, 2008)
COMPILATIONS ALiVE (Renaissance, 2004)
Utilities (Renaissance, 2005) James Zabiela and Nic Fanciulli present One+One (Ministry Of Sound, 2007) The Masters Series Part 12 (Renaissance, 2009) The Masters Series: Life (Renaissance, 2010)
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YOU’VE GOTTA HAVE FAITH MAXI JAZZ INFORMS NINA BERTOK THAT THE LATEST FAITHLESS ALBUM TOOK SHAPE AT SUCH FARFLUNG LOCALES AS JAMAICA AND A NORFOLK PIG FARM – BUT AN URBAN NIGHTCLUB HEART BEATS STRONGLY AT THE CENTRE OF THE DANCE.
It’s often at 3am, when the rest of the world is fast asleep, that genius strikes Faithless rapper Maxi Jazz and future classics are born. It’s precisely how hits like Insomnia and God Is A DJ came about over a decade ago, and it’s the same way Faithless’ sixth studio album The Dance has come to be in 2010. Far from people and technology, somewhere in Jamaica, Max Fraser put pen to paper and set in motion the most introspective and lyrically-contemplative album of the British collective’s career. “I do stay up all night when I am working because there is something special about the night time, when everyone else is asleep,” says Fraser. “When it’s day time, the atmosphere is thick and full of everybody else’s vibes, whereas at night when people are asleep, there is a lot more space to be creative. There is a lot more energy available to soak up. I was in Ibiza on the beach recently, by myself in a quiet area, just doing bugger-all, when all of a sudden I realised that I just had basslines frantically running through my head. It was crazy, just one after another, and really good basslines. If there had been a studio 10 minutes away from this beach, I would have quickly ran over and put them down immediately. That’s when it struck me that in order to be creative, I have to be in a situation where there is no stress. Other artists talk about working under pressure and how it’s good for them – that could never work, it’s just impossible. I have to be in a space where energy is not being depleted.” The ideal getaway, therefore, was Fraser’s mother’s private home on the island of Jamaica – a location where the rapper knew peace and scenery would both be in abundance. And so began the makings of The Dance. “It was the only place I could think of where I knew every time the phone rang, it definitely wouldn’t be for me,” he states. “It really is one of those things where the environment you’re in influences your output. I wrote 80 percent of the lyrics for this album in mum’s house in Jamaica simply because I had the mental space that I needed. I don’t see how musicians who live in the city can have that kind of clarity anymore. The hustle and bustle of meetings, people coming in and out, running errands in the meantime, being able to just pop out for a quick lunch, or this or that – how can anybody focus on creativity?” With isolation being key, Fraser claims the rest of the album was recorded and mixed outside of London too – on a pig farm, of all places, also known as the location of Faithless producer Rollo’s studio in the Norfolk country-side. “It takes, like, three-and-a-half hours to drive out there!” Fraser laughs. “It’s a real pig farm. We were joking that he should sell up his farm and come back to London, at least that way maybe we won’t take as long between albums! And, really, that’s something that we never planned to happen, we’re not big on procrastination by any means.” Four years, to be exact, since Faithless’ last album To All New Arrivals, The Dance
WWW.3D WORLD.COM.AU is simultaneously a return to the group’s roots and an innovative step forward. While still quintessentially Faithless in sound and propelling the DIY ethic of the early dance scene, album number six sees producers Rollo and Sister Bliss up the ante in the studio, getting their hands on plenty of new technology and generally modernising the group’s sound. In true Faithless fashion, a star-studded cast of guest vocalists also make their mark on The Dance, including Temper Trap’s Dougy Mandagi, Neil Arthur of Blancmange, Rollo’s sister and long-time collaborator Dido, and Jonny Fox from The King Blues. “I know how Rollo and Bliss operate,” Fraser states. “They look for an authentic voice that has a tone and a sound of sincerity. The X factor is somebody singing from the heart, that’s what makes a great song. When we did Insomnia and God Is A DJ, they were big hits and a whole bunch of unscrupulous DJs and producers jumped onto that sound straight away. Suddenly there were all these sound-alikes all over the place using the sound that Sister Bliss created. We can’t really go back to that sound because it’s dated now anyway. I have no idea why Insomnia was such a success, other than that people just liked it. Even if you make just one track that sticks in people’s brains, you had better just get down on your knees every day and thank whoever it is up there that gave you that amount of good fortune – much less three times! People ask us if we get bored of playing Insomnia, for example, and I think, ‘What a bunch of bullshit that is’. I never get bored of that tune. Get bored of people loving and enjoying our music? You’re mad! You’re crazy! Anybody that would say such a thing suffers from issues of the ego.”
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I NEVER GET BORED OF [INSOMNIA]. GET BORED OF PEOPLE LOVING AND ENJOYING OUR MUSIC? YOU’RE MAD! YOU’RE CRAZY! ANYBODY THAT WOULD SAY SUCH A THING SUFFERS FROM ISSUES OF THE EGO.”
So humble and modest is Fraser, in fact, that he even avoids using the term ‘fans’ at all costs when it comes to the subject of the group’s legions of followers around the world. To this devout Buddhist disciple, every living being on the planet is of equal importance and hierarchy – a theme that also appears on the new album. “Here we are, something like 14 years after we first appeared, and it seems we have more fans now than when we started,” Fraser muses. “This record is almost like a gift to our fans… Actually, I hate that word – I really dislike using it. We are all on the same level, nobody should stand above anybody else. But basically, we see this album as our chance to give back to the people who have stood by us all along. I have been able to build a really nice house for my mum in Jamaica, to pay her back a little bit for the love and energy she brought to my life, and I have been able to pay her back solely because people like the music Faithless makes. So if the payback to the fans requires us to always play the two tracks they helped make so famous and to sign some autographs along the way, then that’s what we would be willing to do forever. Why not? It’s purely arrogance otherwise, isn’t it?”
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CYCLONE DISCOVERS THAT FOR ALEX LADDIN THE ALEX KIDD SOBRIQUET ISN’T JUST A NAME – IT’S A FRANCHISE. Alex Kidd must be the busiest man in hard dance. Since moving on from his A&R gig at Goodgreef, he’s established ‘Kiddmania’ as a countercultural dance brand globally. The Brit oversees Kiddfectious Recordings. He promotes the Kiddstock festival, which last year expanded to four corners of the UK. And then he’s mentored Kidd Kaos. Despite his business endeavours, Alex Laddin (the ‘Kidd’ is a promoter’s sobriquet) continually pushes himself as a DJ/producer. The Mancunian was 13 when he first DJed at a birthday party. Early, Laddin was heavily into jungle, but he then embraced hard music. Still, thanks to his older siblings, Laddin was exposed to a spectrum of dance – including house – and so he’s always been open-minded. “I produce other styles outside of hard dance, so that helps keep me on my toes, over all,” Laddin says. “In the hard dance world, I’m looking into live sets. And the promotion and event work for the Kiddfectious and Kiddstock brands is always a challenge.” In 2009 Laddin and Kidd Kaos each provided mixes for the Kiddfectious compilation Kiddstock The Album: The Sound Of Kiddstock (together with A*S*Y*S). “The label is now running consistently at a release per week – and I normally feature on there every month or two,” Laddin reveals. “The next album project is the Kiddfectious World Tour compilation, which will feature a lot of the new releases from the label.” As a DJ, Laddin’s technical prowess is renowned – and he’s not complacent here, either. “On my WHO: ALEX KIDD radar at the moment are Traktor, WHAT: PLAYS MAGIC CITY CDJ-2000s and Serato Bridge. I’m currently looking at my live set-up, WHEN: SATURDAY 29 MAY
focusing around the Akai APC controller I have, but I think that there is still more room for research.” Laddin follows the scene closely – starting Kiddfectious was his way of stimulating the UK underground, which lags behind that of the Continent. “In the hard scene I’m liking quite a range, from [the] Tuneboy stuff out of Italy and [the] Kamui style, which is defining the tech-dance movement, right through to the Kidd Kaos and In2ition hard dance sounds that are coming out of the UK.” Hard dance is traditionally self-contained, but not necessarily impervious to external influences. “Musically, it seems that there’s lots of divisions and fractions – from traditional UK hard house giving way to European hardstyle and minimal and techy influences spinning off for the more educated or discerning clubber and artists. Generally, I play the best bits of everything, though, which works well for my tastebuds. The scene is in a very interesting place right now – [there’s] lots of artists crossing over. Also people in competition are now working alongside each other. It’s definitely a transitional year.” Indeed, Laddin is among those hard dance types into Millsian techno, one of the most purist forms of electronica. Techno kids don’t pay heed to hard dance. Laddin doesn’t mind. “I don’t see it changing. Techno has a groove that dictates the flow of the dancefloor, whereas hard dance is all about contrasts and going from one extreme to the next. The very difference in the chemistry, which makes up these scenes, is the reason why the crossover is only in one direction.” Presumably music was once a hobby for Laddin, but today it’s all-consuming. So what does he do now to unwind? “Eating and studio [time] is a good way for me to relax – and watching Man United at Old Trafford.”
TURN IT UP
LAIDBACK LUKE TELLS STUART EVANS HE’S MORE EXPERIENCED THAN HIS FRESH FACE INDICATES, SHOWING NO SIGNS OF RAVAGES FROM THE SO-CALLED LOUDNESS WAR. Luke van Scheppingen’s artist moniker Laidback Luke is thankfully much easier to articulate than his name. But is he as mellow as a Jamaican dope smoker, as his name suggests? “In music I’m not that laidback. Away from music my friends say I’m a relaxed and easy-going kind of person,” he says. Van Scheppingen spent his formative years in the Philippine capital Manila, before moving to the Netherlands at four years of age. Before switching to house music, the young van Scheppingen was initially drawn to hip hop and graffiti values. It was at a high school party where he befriended his eventual mentor Dobre (Chocolate Puma), subsequently taking his hip hop skills and applying them to house music. Early production work, including We Can Not Get Enough, resonated. Production wise van Scheppingen was on the money with a burgeoning reputation. Virgin Records took note and signed his seminal 2002 single, Rocking With The Best, then his debut album Electronic Satisfaction in the same year. So all was rosy with his production exploits, but his international DJ career was slower to take off. “I may not look like it but I’m a veteran of the scene,” he explains. “My career has had lots of ups and downs and at one point I was only known in my native country. After 2006 I finally got the chance to prove my DJing abilities. So it just took time to get out there.” His remix style is also second to none –
Roger Sanchez, Martin Solveig and David Guetta have sought his particular brand of wizardry. And van Scheppingen is widely known as the informal fourth member of the Swedish House Mafia – his collaboration with Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello, resulted in Leave The World Behind. “For me the Swedish guys have been the Daft Punk of the 2000s,” he states. “They won’t like me saying this but they basically invented the electro genre. In 2004 house music was really stuck and searching for a new angle. The Swedish guys came along with this massive production sound and big basslines. They were a revelation. “We’re going into a period where house music will come back into its old form. It used to be genres without boundaries. Back in 1992 house could be tougher, softer, funkier or harder but it was always called house music. I feel we’re getting back into that.” Yet van Scheppingen’s style incorporates many influences – fidget, hip hop and junkyard house to name a few. According to van Scheppingen he’s always been one step ahead of the pack, keen to test out new sounds. “I’ve always tried to remain ahead but people don’t always immediately understand my stuff until much later. I do have a sense of what’s coming up next and in the past it’s prevented me from being fully understood. These days I’m trying to push my mind backwards,” he says. Understanding his work doesn’t always come easily, like his tendency to produce tracks that send the bass needle into the red. Whilst some producers may fear mass sound distortion, he sees it differently. “I’m fully into this loudness war. I have the Swedish guys to thank for that,” he says. The loudness war is simple: make records as loud as possible. “It’s important to have a record that smashes you in the face. I’m really trying to be on top of the loudness but tracks need to make a really big impact on the floor.”
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A NEW DIRECTION
HUWSTON CATCHES UP WITH JAMIE LIDELL UPON THE RELEASE OF HIS FOURTH AND ARGUABLY BEST ALBUM COMPASS, WHICH SEES HIM TEAMING UP WITH AN ALL-STAR CAST OF COLLABORATORS AFTER THE SLIGHT MISSTEP OF JIM.
Preceded by the leak of the title track, the Compass album sees Jamie Lidell continuing his funky ways, yet the influence of cohorts Beck and Grizzly Bear adds a missing melancholic element that gives the album a solid backbone, rather than just the coolcrooning soul guy we’ve become used to in the past. Somewhat of a confusing proposition, the elements work. An album recorded across multiple studios with a cast of dozens often picking up where others have left off, Compass is a step in the right direction – but was the mariachi influenced teaser a red-herring? “[The song Compass] was more of a statement of intent,” he says, ”if I can say that and sound a bit fucking pompous? I wanted people to know I’m on a different one now and I’m not coming back with more Jim.” Throughout the interview, Lidell back and forths about nearly every subject, showing that nothing is really cut and dried in his world. Whilst the big names on the album take a bit off the spotlight on him, the media is hungrier than ever to find out how he got to this particular point. Back-peddling slightly, he says there is a “hint” of Jim on the album. “This album is a lot more wide reaching,” he says. “With everything the way it is on this record, I thought Compass would be a good starting
point. It’s a real moving number and maybe people have never heard me in that context. I wanted people to feel ‘what the hell is he up to?’.” For a man that doesn’t like talking about his personal life, it’s an honest representation of where he is at right now. Happily living in New York City after a stint in Berlin, the British expat feels to have finally arrived. With a long history as a weirdo electronic experimentor and singer for Mathew Herbert’s Big Band, it seems collaboration has always seen Lidell at his best. “It influenced me knowing I was going to be working with Beck from the beginning,” he says. “The first song we worked on was Coma Chameleon which is the closest thing to a Beck production on the record by far. In a weird way, he was always in the room with me when I was making sketches of tunes, even when he wasn’t there. It was good to have someone who cared, someone of that stature and it really stepped up my sketching game.” Insisting it’s very much his album when quizzed about whether the profile of his guests was a defense mechanism to not having to open up, he says it was about timing, peership and luck. “In this case this is very much my album. When i worked with Mocky it’s a much more collaborative effort as far as songwriting but the reality of how it went down is then we did [Beck’s] Record Club is just spawned from there. Beck would take the songs I wrote on my own and produce them. Chris Taylor popped in when he could, off tour.” Lidell has often mentioned that he hates labels looking at fans as stakeholders and has been critical of artists who feel they have to angle themselves a certain way to stay relevant, yet it does enter his mind. “I learned what aspect of that whole thing I liked and which part I didn’t. In the past I was too concerned about what sort of impact I wanted to make and too much was weighted on the business sides of things,” he says, which definitely shows in the more strained moments of Jim. Compass however, is an artistic statement.
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SCORING LATE GOALS
FOR HIS INSTALMENT IN THE LATE NIGHT TALES SERIES, JASON SWINCOE OF THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA TELLS NINA BERTOK HE TRIED TO CREATE A NARRATIVE – JUST AS HIS BAND DO WITH THEIR OWN WORK.
common ground among each, coupling them together so as to create a whole new fusion of sound. “It was a very difficult thing which I took very seriously,” he says. “I spent a good 18 months on it, actually. Yeah, I still worked on other things in the meantime and had a bit of touring to do, but this was what I was dedicated to the most. Plus, there were some licensing issues with certain tracks which made for an even more complicated process, but I persisted and I wanted to have diversity for a storyboard and a kind of history behind the songs. I got so excited when I was able to find a common ground between two tracks, like a contemporary one and a more classic, because they still fundamentally were very connected musically. It was like making an unfolding narrative and telling a story through a series of pieces of music – you fuse two together and they unfold into something else!” While it was an exciting project to undertake, Swincoe also admits it was quite draining in other ways. And while he could not be more proud of both his effort and the result of Late Night Tales, he claims he is ready to undertake something very different on The Cinematic Orchestra’s next studio release. “Ma Fleur was very art-based, and to a big extent, so was Late Night Tales,” Swincoe says. “The fourth record is still in the early stages but it will be a shock, something totally different. All the records have been stages in creativity and production and they have been very particular for their time. Motion [1999] and Ma Fleur have both had a huge impact on me – the last album was especially a big departure from the previous two and whole world of club music. Making the compilation hasn’t really led me to discover anything new about myself, but it has pushed me into the next stage of where I want to go with the new record.”
The jazz heads argue he’s one of them while the electronic cats claim him as their own, but Jason Swincoe floats happily somewhere in between the two worlds, increasingly dipping his toes into the world of film scores ever since The Cinematic Orchestra’s release of the picturesque Ma Fleur in 2007. And while the band’s Late Night Tales is a compilation much in common with their last album, Swincoe insists their next offering will be something else entirely. “Between 2004 and 2007 I was literally all over the place,” Swincoe begins. “I moved to Paris, then moved to Brooklyn… Ma Fleur was obviously going to make for an interesting musical experiment. I distinctly remember how much cityscapes and the very different environments that I found myself in played a part on my music. I worked with a scriptwriter with whom I developed this storyboard for the songs, so the album ended up as a narrative kind of like a screenplay. The music had a direct relationship to the words and stories that unfolded on the album. It was so exciting to be able to work in this way, it really did feel like a special project in so many ways.” In a similar vein, Late Night Tales is basically more of the same, only this time taking the shape of a compilation made up of artists and tracks which have served as inspirational and influential in Swincoe’s career to WHO: THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA date. With artists as diverse as Flying Lotus, Nick Drake, Bjork, WHAT: LATE NIGHT TALES THROUGH AZULI/STOMP Thom Yorke, Burt Bacharach and WHEN: OUT NOW Burial, Swincoe manages to find a
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STUART EVANS LEARNS THAT A LIFE SPENT ON THE ROAD AND PLETHORA OF INFLUENCES HAVE INFORMED THE SECOND ALBUM RELEASE FROM SHARAM JEY.
appeared via his own imprint, King Kong Records. In 2005 Jey delivered his debut artist album, 4 Da Loverz, a self-assured offering that was praised by critics. Despite gaining the nod from the electronic music media, the mainstream media has, thus far, remained elusive. “The planet’s a big place. If you’re just trying to make good music and not make commercial music it’s harder to be known. I’m happy if I can be in a new place and meet new faces.” Of course he’s happy to flog his latest album, In My Blood, which he hopes will resonate with Aussies. “I enjoy making albums and hope to do more. Since 4 Da Loverz I’ve been touring for about three years, so this album is one-and-a-half years in the making. I’ve been exposed to so many different sounds that when I first started this album it was difficult as I had all these ideas floating around. If you travel and listen to other people’s music you grab bits from everywhere,” he says. Musically, Jey has evolved. “As a producer you can always do everything better afterwards but, yeah, I’m happy with the album. When I listen to the album I am still totally surprised by some elements.” History tells of his rock past and of soul and funk influences, which is exactly what Jey is trying to bring into his music. “I just love music. It doesn’t matter what it is – hip hop or rock – I try to bring many aspects into my music.” Despite the talk of variety, more recently Jey’s popularity has surged on the back of Germany’s infatuation with electro. He views the maligned genre as diverse and acknowledges its prowess. “For the past few years the name ‘electro’ has been very famous in many countries. I try do play many styles of music because it’s all about the quality, not the genre.”
Sharam Jey is an all-rounder. He’s mastered the art of networking and, having associated himself with former Underworld honcho Darren Emerson and his Underwater Records kingdom, his stature has subsequently grown. His savvy approach is also a good way to remain updated on all things music. “It’s not difficult to stay updated as I have a really strong network with other DJs. We swap and change music and usually comment on each other’s releases,” he says. Originally from Iran, Jey’s been living in Germany for the past 25 years or so. His roots lie in funk, hip hop and soul – urban music – yet he was the face of a rock band in his teens. In the early ‘90s he started DJing as a pastime – before long his hobby became all consuming as he discovered techno and house. “All I know is when I was a teenager I desperately wanted to do music,” he tells. “The easiest way for a teenager to be involved in music was to become part of a band. So that’s what I did. I played in a band until I was about 21. During that time I was actually DJing in a club at night. “They got pissed off and started asking me why I was DJing and why I was into dance music. After that I decided that I only wanted to make and play electronic music,” he laughs. Predictably, Jey moved into production. He formed Three N One and supervised a key remix WHO: SHARAM JEY of Energy 52’s trance anthem Cafe Del Mar. He’s also remixed WHAT: IN MY BLOOD THROUGH Moby as well as a host of smaller WHEN: OUT NOW outfits, some of which have
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IT BEGAN IN AFRICA ONE OF THE PUBLIC OPINION AFRO ORCHESTRA’S FOUNDERS TRISTAN LUDOWYK EXPLAINS TO LIZ GALINOVIC HOW THE MELBOURNE GROUP HAVE PUT A MODERN AUSTRALIA TWIST ON A ‘70S NIGERIA ARTFORM.
The past decade has seen the resurgence of a style of music founded in Nigeria by the late Fela Kuti in the 1970s. Jazz, funk and traditional African music fused together with vocals that convey a political or social message has been sweeping across the UK and the US via bands such as Antibalas, Kokolo and Femm Nameless. It’s a scene that’s been flourishing across the seas and found its way into stereos and finally studios on Australia’s east coast. Now Australians need not wait for the likes of Antibalas to pack their 20 piece band onto a Boeing 747 in order to have the pleasure of live Afrobeat, as The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra release their debut album Do Anything Go Anywhere and launch it over the border from Melbourne. “The band was formed by three of us,” Tristan Ludowyk recounts of the 16 to 20 piece band’s genesis, “myself, DJ Manchild and Zvi Belling. Two-and-a-half years ago the three of us decided to put together the group mainly because we love the music and we’ve always been playing African and funk music. There hasn’t really been anything like this happening in Australia whereas overseas it seems to be starting to take off again. After we travelled for a bit to the UK we noticed there was a thriving scene and we wanted to have something like that here.”
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CYCLONE LEARNS THAT SHEILA E WAS ACTIVE LONG BEFORE PRINCE INVITED HER TO BE ONE OF HIS ASSOCIATES – AND CONTINUES TO BE SO TODAY.
Madonna, Cyndi Lauper and Janet Jackson loom large as ‘80s pop aristocrats, but none were as musically dynamic as Sheila Escovedo. ‘Sheila E’ sang, yes, but she also played drums and percussion – with both a spectacular athleticism and rare grace. The Oakland, California native will forever be identified with Prince’s pantheon of stars – or ‘associates’, as his fans call them. Still, as Escovedo tactfully stresses, Prince didn’t ‘discover’ her. Escovedo appeared on stage as early as five. Indeed, she’s from a musical dynasty, her father Azteca’s Pete Escovedo. Escovedo didn’t think herself “special” as a female drummer in the ‘70s. “I thought all young girls played drums and percussion,” she laughs, battling spring allergies in the offices of her production company, Heaven. She remembers how male musicians “try to discourage me – and say really rude and very disrespectful things”. Escovedo’s father counselled her to always be prepared and she’d win them over – but instead rival drummers became increasingly jealous. Legend has it that Prince spotted Escovedo gigging with her Dad. “We’ve been friends since 1978,” she says. “I met him when he started, when his first album came out, so we’ve been friends for a very long time. The exciting part of when I first met Prince was he was really excited about my family and how musical we were and the kind of music that we performed. We played Latin-
jazz music and he had never really got into that. He would come and sit in and listen to us play and just was amazed – ‘Wow, where’d you guys learn this?’. He was really enthused with our music.” From the outset, Prince was supportive of female players. He recruited Wendy & Lisa for his band The Revolution. Escovedo presented her debut The Glamorous Life, home to the hit of the same title, under the Minneapolis muso’s auspices in 1984 – coinciding with Purple Rain fever. (Prince sparred off Escovedo on Erotic City, the B-side to Let’s Go Crazy, now a classic in itself.) Her sophomore, Romance 1600, surfaced on Prince’s new Paisley Park imprint – and spawned A Love Bizarre (another Prince duet). She’d drop one more album before leaving Prince’s fold after a rumoured – albeit short-lived – fall-out. Escovedo last released the album Heaven – jazz-funk with a subliminal Christian message – nearly a decade ago. She now plans a follow-up. “I said that in 2010 I’m gonna finally do a Sheila E record – a pop commercial record – because so many fans have been asking [for one]. I just didn’t wanna do it – [but now] I feel that it’s the right time to do it. So I’m starting to write songs for the record. I don’t know when it’ll be done. I don’t want it to take six months. I wanna do this record and get it done, because it doesn’t take that long to do a record – and that’s how we used to do it back in the day. It wouldn’t take us a year to do a record. We’d do it in a week.” Escovedo continues to be an in-demand musician-for-hire, jamming on Beyonce Knowles’ Neptunes-helmed Work It Out and helping the RNB megastar assemble a band. “She reminds me of me in a way that she works really hard – and that hard work and dedication is why she’s as good as she is, because she takes it seriously. She has a lot of fun, but she’s not there to mess around and take for granted her gift that she’s been given to share with millions and millions of people.”
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WHAT: PLAYS THE BASEMENT WHEN: SUNDAY 23 MAY the tension between these sounds, it’s been one of the most widely embraced dance labels in recent times. Cayzer does admit it’s a fine line to walk. “It’s the kind of style where you run the risk of becoming full-on trance at any moment,” he says. “And if it pushes any more in that direction, then it loses its appeal in a sense. House and trance music have been around for such a long time, but there’s a nice little grey area in between and if you can pitch it right in the middle, it opens up all sorts of new musical avenues.”
In 2009 Belling and Ludowyk embarked on a research trip to Africa where they were lucky enough to jam with the members of Fela Kuti’s family, still dedicated to his musical legacy. Here they became involved and recorded with Nigerian hip hop stars Modenine and Terry Tha Rapman before heading to Johannesburg to work with South African MC, Tumi. It is their incorporation of hip hop and DJ elements which makes their style of Afrobeat differ slightly to its forefathers and contemporaries. Mixed in with the heavy funk and grooves are the scratching skills of DJ Manchild and the rhymes of POAO front man, the Namibian-Australian MC 1/6. “Some of the vocals are sung and some delivered by MCs,” Ludowyk explains. “That was part of the original idea that we had. Hip hop is a modern voice to use as a similar thing to what Fela was doing in the ‘70s. It’s music for the people, you can say a message quite directly, use aggressive words as well as poetry, and you can have a strong political message. I know there are some MCs who have done work with Afrobeat artists but I don’t know any Afrobeat bands that have an MC as part of the group.” Although their hip hop leanings add something new to the genre, everything else remains loyal to traditional Afrobeat, especially the lyrical content. “The music and the politics are kind of entwined. It’s not something where you can take one or the other and so we try to keep that in mind when we’re writing. Some of our tracks are talking about things in Africa, the singers who wrote them are from an African background, but we try to make it relevant to Australia as well because we’re not living in Nigeria in the ‘70s.” The title track Do Anything Go Anywhere deals with the concept of borders as inhibiting, socially divisive structures created by powers that “don’t necessarily represent your interest”. “It applies hear as well as in Africa, setting up divisions whether they’re real or abstract borders, between people, is not really a good thing. So it’s kind of a call to arms saying challenge those borders if you need to.”
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TAKING US ANJUNADEEP
ANGUS PATERSON CATCHES UP WITH CANBERRA PROGGER JAMES CAYZER, WHOSE GLOBAL STAR CONTINUES TO RISE WITH HIS FIRST COMPILATION RELEASE AS JAYTECH.
Stylistic decisions aside, the most amazing thing is the calibre of the music that made it onto the new compilation. We’ve heard classics like Jaytech’s own Pepe’s Garden and Michael Cassette’s Shadow’s Movement in the past, but there’s just as many unforgettable tunes on Anjunadeep: 02 – listen to the sublime piano tinkles Paul Keeley’s Disco Belle, or the peaktime mayhem of Solarity’s DNA, and you’re only just getting started. Cayzer is arguably the label’s star producer, and is currently taking a sojourn in Berlin to complete the follow-up to his sublime debut album Everything Is OK. But he’s part of a growing cast of prodigious progressive talent that includes experienced producers like 16 Bit Lolitas and Jody Wisternoff, alongside fresher faces like Tom Fall and Andrew Bayer.
For better or worse, long gone are the days when a mix compilation would shift hundreds of thousands of units, and further still, the sort of seminal releases we saw with Sasha & Digweed’s original Renaissance release are few and far between. So for a mix CD to cut through and generate as much buzz as Anjunadeep: 02 has is something special indeed. While trance trio Above & Beyond had taken the reigns on the first instalment for a venture into deeper house territory, now it’s time for Canberra golden boy Jaytech “We’ve got a pretty stringent A&R and label boss James Grant to shine. process at Anjunadeep now,” he says. “It’s hard to distinguish a regular DJ mix from a retail compilation “Generally if a track is going to be nowadays, because they’re quite similar in nature, so we wanted to make released by us, it needs to get through this to be a showcase of our own label’s material,” says James Cayzer aka me, it needs to get through James Jaytech, who moved from Canberra to the UK several years ago to take Grant our label boss, and it needs to a greater hand in the running of the label after his extreme production get through two or three other A&R talent was recognised by Above & Beyond. “Every track on the CD is also people as well. I tend to look at tracks something we’ll be going on to release as a single in one way or another.” from a DJing perspective; the most Anjunadeep was originally an offshoot of the trance label Anjunabeats important factor is whether people are that Above & Beyond started gonna get it when they’re out.” ten years ago, which itself was responsible for changing the face of its respective genre. WHO: JAYTECH Anjunadeep’s unmistakable sound falls somewhere between the WHAT: ANJUNADEEP: 02 THROUGH ANJUNADEEP/ euphoric melodies of trance and BANDROOM RECORDS the sophisticated, deeper grooves WHEN: OUT NOW of house music, and in finding
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REST IN PEACE
TEMPORARILY FREED OF HIS DC10 RESIDENCY, CLIVE HENRY HAS SPENT THE PAST 12 MONTHS REACQUAINTING HIMSELF WITH THE LONDON CLUB SCENE – AND HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AS DANIEL SANDERS REPORTS.
after parties, then all of the sudden they realise that it’s needed for the good of the island and its economy. It took a big hit last year with DC10 not being open and a lot of people I know didn’t make it because they’d only go for [it]. The whole snowball effect of that shutting has given people a kick up the backside and made them realise what we’ve got going here and it’s important. “Not being in Ibiza for the first time in ten years has given me the opportunity to do a lot more back in the UK; hit the festivals, see my family and friends more, hang out with my girlfriend a lot more. Staying in London in the summer when the sun’s out, it’s a vibrant city and there’s loads going on at the moment musically.” Citing the likes of Lee Foss and his Hot Natured collaboration with Londoner Jamie Jones as current inspiration for reinvigoration of the – until recently – overlooked London club scene, Henry considers his local scene to be well and truly back on its feet. “London is just helping push dance music,” he extols. “For me at the moment it’s the biggest city going for clubs and music definitely. It’s had its low points obviously with Berlin and Ibiza sort of coming to the forefront and Miami having its weeklong conference, [but] to me noone can touch it at the moment.” Though it’s been a while since Henry and Justin Drake parted ways as Peace Division, the duo have a road map to do the odd gig together in the future. While Drake has been busying himself as a production engineer for the likes of Spencer Parker and Hector (Mobilee), Henry has been getting occasional studio time with Alex Arnout from Dogmatik Records. “It’s opened up more opportunities for me,” Henry says of the split. ”I’m not known as Clive Henry from Peace Division anymore.”
As half of Peace Division and a solo DJ in his own right, Clive Henry attests a chequered history in house music which reaches beyond what many later fans of the genre may realise. The current round of bongo infused house owes an enormous debt of gratitude to both Henry and Peace Division cohort Justin Drake, who together stamped out the blueprint in the early ‘90s. Well prior to his deserved success, Henry cut his teeth as an enthusiastic clubber attending legendary parties such as Shoom, Spectrum and Queens which gave him the impetus to start his own event – GOSH – alongside X-Press 2 member Rocky. Though Peace Division’s more successful remix outings included Moby’s Natural Blues and Rui Da Silva’s Touch Me (and a cult take on Yothu Yindi’s Treaty which featured on Steve Lawler’s Global Underground: Nubreed), Henry has always and will always be a denizen of the underground – a fact appreciable through his residency at Ibiza’s DC10 for the legendary Circo Loco. Though the 2009 closure of DC10 by Iberian authorities could be seen as an unfortunate turn of events for Henry and many others, the circumstances have turned out to be a blessing in disguise and have given London the chance to look inward to its own clubbing scene. “I suppose where DC10 had closed for a year it made people re-focus back home a bit more,” Henry explains. “I think the authorities underestimated the power of dance music over there in watering WHO: CLIVE HENRY it down and trying to make it a millionaire’s playground or WHAT: PLAYS CIVIC UNDERGROUND whatever. They shut down DC10 WHEN: SATURDAY 22 MAY and started getting really strict with
THE FINAL EPITAPH
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ALWAYS SO MUCH MORE THAN HIS PARENT GENRE, RHODE ISLAND’S SAGE FRANCIS MAY HAVE FINALLY TRANSCENDED HIS HIP HOP ORIGINS WITH NEW ALBUM LI(F)E. MATT O’NEILL REPORTS.
Paul Francis has always enjoyed a problematic relationship with hip hop. A staunch traditionalist in regards to his appreciation of the genre’s socially conscious role within society, Francis’ celebrated alter ego Sage Francis has nevertheless consistently subverted the genre’s aesthetics with innovative perspectives and unexpected stylistic influences. The MC’s socio-political perspectives may have positioned him within hip hop ideologically but, stylistically, albums like 2002’s Anticonsponsored Personal Journals rapidly established Sage Francis outside the genre’s standard definitions. “I don’t feel too connected to contemporary hip hop,” the MC says. “I definitely don’t feel like I make the same kind of music. I would almost say my music could be considered a different genre. Rock gets away with having sub-genres that are clearly defined but, somehow, hip hop does not. If someone is playing guitar, drums and a bass, it isn’t necessarily rock – it could be punk rock or country music or whatever – but as soon as someone is rapping, it becomes hip hop. We get lost in the mix somewhat, I think. The minute I tell someone I rap, they have a false idea about what I do.” None of which is to say that it is especially easy to classify Francis’ work outside the realms of hip hop. The venerable MC has spent the majority of
his career caught between worlds – having operated as both a spoken word artist and an MC, maintained his own independent record label (Strange Famous Records), enjoyed a recording contract with punk-rock label Epitaph (via the company’s Anti- imprint) and collaborated with artists like alternative folk singer Jolie Holland. The only title that seems to have stuck is ‘indie-rap’ but even that sobriquet is questionable. “I suppose, if that was a label I had to die with, I could be moderately happy with that,” the MC allows – having often been dubbed the godfather of the genre. “I can’t say it’s true. I certainly don’t think I godfathered this shit. I would be happier as the title of ‘godfather of DIY rap’ – though I certainly think the rap music I grew up with was DIY rap. Indie-rap’s been around much longer than people like me. It depends on what your definition of indie-rap is, really – if you define it as the weird, off-kilter rap that came out in the late ‘90s, than I’m one of the few that did it very well.” Li(f)e – Sage Francis’ latest release – arguably represents the closest the MC has come to a contained and specific stylistic dialect. A partial meditation on the negative impact of organised religion and Francis’ final release for Epitaph, Li(f)e constitutes the MC’s definitive work in regards to his uniquely hybridised vocabulary. The album also encompasses collaborations with Amélie composer Yann Tiersen, Grandaddy’s Jason Lyttle and the sadly departed Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse fame. “This is my last record with Epitaph and this is the kind of record I always envisaged doing with Epitaph,” the MC reveals. “We didn’t want people to make hip hop. We wanted them to make the music they wanted to make and then we would work around it. I spoke to [Anti- President] Andy Kaulkin about who I could work with and he just reached out to all these different people because this was my last record for Epitaph.”
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EXILE
Spit Syndicate
ONE TRACK MIND WITH TIM FINNEY
Obese Records Remembering their minted, debut album and how well the young duo were received, a maturity is felt in the title track with a laidback delivery from two lads in full swagger of good fuckin’ hip hop. This is the return of Spit Syndicate and their follow-up Exile – an LP that fronts as a passport for Jimmy Nice and Nick Lupi, well-travelled and heavily stamped. The production is immaculately clean, fresh and still sporting tags by Horrorshow’s Adit, Cam Bluff, Jsquared and super producer M-Phazes, who collectively pour into this body of work with such even flow from every beat to rhyme. Feathers fly on Disruption and Showtime featuring Solo pulling in half the verses about a typical night out with the New South kids as they push out several energising hits to invoke that great live spasm, before easing back introspectively for Table For Two and Pretty Girls Make Graves. These bring some thought-provoking rhymes over upbeat flows from Adit and Cam Bluff respectively as Nice and Lupi roll their sleeves up and go in on relationships. And in the same vein the Syndicate give it up to those they looked up to on Kings Only, declaring “This is a testament to the legends that set us right/Your footsteps are forever, true kings never die”. Exile disengages after the cinematic closer Endgame and shows where they are right now – ascending heights so few have scaled so quickly.
RIP NICHOLSON
SINGLE OF THE WEEK
DRUNK GIRLS
LCD Soundsystem Parlophone/EMI
I may be the only music critic in Christendom who has not yet heard the new LCD Soundsystem album, but I’m guessing the thrifty (thrift store even?) garage-rock of Drunk Girls occupies the same role vis a vis the rest of James Murphy’s third release as Daft Punk Is Playing It My House and Yr City’s A Sucker did on previous efforts. That is, it’s a slight, slightly naff “rocker” that belies the more expansive efforts contained on the full-length. As always he approaches the style with a dance producer’s discipline: even Drunk Girls’ deliberately throwaway qualities (raucous, unhinged vocals and lyrics that veer between meaninglessly figurative and prosaically literal – “drunk girls think that love is an astronaut” vs “drunk girls wait an hour to pee”) are deployed with architectural precision. It’s like a sidewalk paving reproduction of old master paintings, but they’re usually nicer to look at than the hand-drawn efforts.
GETTIN’ OVER YOU
THIS IS HAPPENING
WHERE DID THE NIGHT FALL
Parlophone/EMI
Pod/Inertia
As he did so successfully with the first two LCD Soundsystem albums, James Murphy has been very successful in piecing This Is Happening together as a collection of songs, as opposed to something resembling a mixtape or DJ set. First single Drunk Girls is the album’s answer to Daft Punk Is Playing At My House with the party vibe amped up thanks to some call and response chanting. I Can Change is a desperate love letter to a potential girlfriend with the obscure random synth bleepiness of a ‘50s horror movie squawking in the background to counterpoint the steady heartbeat pulse of the rhythm synth. You Wanted A Hit builds up slowly from atmospheric synths aping the previous track’s atmosphere and intention, before a chugging guitar as styled by The Cars creeps in and shifts the whole dynamic up a gear. The album’s closer Home maintains the familiar pace and repetitive synth button pushing that cements the whole record together, slipping into the second (and only other) chord with an effortless lean that twists the vocal into a tasty hook. It provides perfect closure for the album and further proof that Murphy and the gang are serious about making an album in the most traditional sense of the form, which both pays respect to a lifetime of music already digested and oozes with timely modernism that falls well short of hipster bandwagon jumping.
Who knows how James Lavelle and his cohorts do it, but with every new Unkle album they manage to bring something new to the table. Their 2007 masterstroke War Stories took the epic bombast of bands like Queens Of The Stone Age and injected sonic texturing and a dark sentiment that resonated long after you’d stopped listening. In many ways Where Did The Night Fall is an extension of this, except this time, they’re drawing from a musical groundwork of jangly indie rock and blues. It turns out to be a great fit. A brief intro sets the tone for the album – swelling electronic ambience, a mournful guitar line breaking out over the top before it jolts into Follow Me Down and Natural Selection, respectively featuring California blues act Sleepy Sun and Texan psychadelic rockers The Black Angels. The sound of those bands is intact – but with the addition of Unkle’s trademark deep emotion and the aforementioned electronic ambience, it’s elevated into something you’ve never heard before. In contrast to the ferocity of War Stories, the attention to detail is a lot more subtle here, which is a blessing and a curse. The emotion comes through as strong as anything they’ve done before, but it can meander at times, and the musical framework is repeated a little too often. There’s so much restrained beauty here, but it’s equal parts a little “nothing” at times. Regardless, Where Did The Night Fall continues Unkle’s sonic journey in its logical direction, and it easily stands out on its own.
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CHRIS YATES
Unkle
ANGUS PATERSON
David Guetta Feat Chris Willis, Fergie & LMFAO EMI
By far Guetta’s most obnoxious release yet from his ubiquitous, Black Eyed Peas-of-commercial-dance recent album, Gettin’ Over You is like a surgically spliced amalgam of all the most gratingly memorable moments in Guetta’s previous work and commercial dance-pop generally – Fergie shrieking histrionically (reprising her similar effort on Boom Boom Pow), LMFAO wheeling out their semi-literate party-rap, Chris Willis doing some kind of bleatingly emotional ‘80s rock wail in the background, Guetta offering the kind of bleepy electro house arrangement that’s like electronic mosquitos burrowing into the skin on the back of your neck. Every time I think there’s something rather likeable about the way in which commercial dance and commercial rap/R&B are collapsing into a single populist mush, I hear a tune like this and want to tear off my ears. What makes it so offensive is that as a producer Guetta clearly knows what he’s doing, and undeniably has done quite good work previously – evidently he wants to be this awful.
WE BLEED Karton
Sound Of Habib Does anyone remember Hybrid’s If I Survive with Julee Cruise on vocals from about, oh, 10 years ago? Karton do: We Bleed has that same “speaker tearing” breakbeat groove filled with little ripples and tics and micro-hesitations so that it cuts across the arrangement like a serrated blade. Unfortunately, every other aspect of We Bleed cleaves closer to bad contemporary dance choices that do Karton no favours: standardissue electro house synth riffs, and appropriately generic grainy rock vocals that presumably came free with the purchase of the synth riffs. Not a good sign when the best bits of your tune sound a decade old and everything else just sounds generic, but if history has taught us nothing else, it’s that breakbeat producers can switch up just about anything in their productions except their post-Hybrid beats. I await a girly, trancey future single with (a very, very small amount of) interest.
MACHINE GUN Noisia
Vision Records/Stomp
RISE UP
CLASSIC FANTASTIC
PRIORITY/EMI
Kilohertz/Stomp
After six long years of little to no material coming from the Cypress Hill camp, they’ve returned with a brand new album in Rise Up. Having already built their history on Latino party tracks and off the wall pot references in every possible way, the four Californians have gotten a bit more serious on the latest effort with a political undertone, strong aggressive guitar driven sounds and throwbacks to the classic ‘80s hip hop beats that propelled them into the mainstream to begin with. Opening up with It Ain’t Nothin’, B-Real and Sen Dog set the perfect mood and draw a line in the sand for the rest of the album, still keeping tight rhymes, perfect samples from DJ Muggs, the strongest drum presence of any Cypress album courtesy of Eric Bobo, and starting the collaborations with a featuring from Young De. The album features heavily from other artists ranging from Evidence And The Alchemist, Everlast, Mike Shinoda, and even Tom Morello who shines on the lead single and title track – a rallying, rough, raised fist four minutes, written to make you want to put your own fist in the air and chant along. For the diehards who want tracks to sit in their utes and get baked too, Pass The Dutch and KUSH fills up their stoner sound criteria, and does a pretty good job at breaking up the aggressive onslaught that the majority of the album presents. Rise Up’s changed sound slots it perfectly into the Cypress Hill catalogue and keeps their relevance to the modern hip hop game strong. While it’s a far departure from the aims of Black Sunday, the album stands high on its own merit and is a testament to the band’s progression.
Considering their trademark sound, a lightweight, good-time blend of indie rock, hip hop, funk and disco, and their constant referencing to their hometown of New York City, it’s surprising to learn that Fun Lovin’ Criminals have never had any success at home. The bulk of their record sales have come in the UK and, as such, before the release of their fifth and latest album Classic Fantastic, the trio relocated to London where lead singer Huey Morgan is something of a media personality. It seems the move has only had a minimal impact on the group though – they retain the same dapper look and their sound, bar the odd flourish, remains firmly rooted in the million selling albums of the second half of the ‘90s. Opening track Mars, with its subtle electro buzz, shows some English influences creeping in and adds a pommy accent with the appearance of Roots Manuva on Keep On Yellin’, yet that’s where any experimentation ends as more familiar moments such as The Originals pair screaming rock guitars to golden age hip hop references. It must be said though that despite dealing in rock-rap hybrids, one of the dodgiest fusions to emerge in the past twenty years, FLC pull it off by never taking themselves too seriously and adding a healthy dose of THE FUNK. The kitschy, cocktail-disco-flecked title track and soulful Mister Sun ooze summertime pool parties with the help of giant horn lines while the superfunky We, The Three rocks to a devastating Kool And The Gangstyle bassline. Sure there were always going to be missteps and moments of cheesy predictably, and, sure FLC’s time may have passed, but Classic Fantastic, against the odds, is thoroughly enjoyable.
MARK BERESFORD
DARREN COLLINS
Cypress Hill
Fun Lovin’ Criminals
I almost never get to review these big, brash, lumpen drum n bass/ rock crossover efforts (except from, like, Australian live drum n bass groups) so I have no idea whether Noisia’s drift into a kind of electro house sound here is indicative of anything apart from their own desire for exposure. Of course the turgid synth-riffs of drum n bass and those of electro house are basically the same thing at different speeds and registers (drum n bass is habitually more bass-focused), which is maybe what Noisia is celebrating on Machine Gun, which passes back and forth between the two styles simply by speeding up and slowing down – now it’s constipated schaffel-rock, now it’s humourless clown-step! The fact that this trick “works” shouldn’t be taken as an endorsement of Noisia’s methods; rather it’s an indictment on the sonic myopia of both styles. In its favour, Machine Gun does sound appropriately “huge”, but not in any way that Dillinja et al didn’t already master and then repeat-to-exhaustion a decade ago.
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SESSIONS SEVEN
Various Artists (Mixed by Steve Aoki, Stafford Brothers and Tommy Trash) Ministry Of Sound/EMI We’re told by the music communists that dance music is dying and Ministry of Sound is somehow responsible for the implosion. And because Ministry churns out albums quicker than the speed of light, everyone gets their pants in a pile and causes a ruckus. Puh-lease. Ministry isn’t responsible – they simply compile and market the music that’s already appealing. Take Sessions Seven. Scattered throughout are a host of records that, no doubt, will have commercial appeal, with Roger Sanchez’s 2Gether, Meck featuring Dino’s Feels Like A Prayer and Vandalism’s Throw Your Hands Up all prime examples. That the commercial angle still surprises a few is growing tired. The Brothers Stafford’s mix is commercially geared, but Trash’s selection is harder and more aggressive and Aoki’s mix is something different altogether. Here Ministry delivers a very good compilation that’s high on energy and entertainment. Dance music is forever changing, and Sessions Seven is reflection of that truism. Despite rapidly turning today’s modern club anthems into a Now That’s What I Call Music style album, it’s hard to fault anything that contains mixes of Groove Armanda, Goldfrapp, The Bloody Beetroots, Kissy Sell Out, Tiga, MYNC, Hook N Sling and Passion Pit. Because most will probably whinge and gripe about Sessions it gives everyone else a chance to run up to The Doubters and chuck eggs on their noggin as, come Saturday night, they’ll probably be dancing to everything on the album.
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NEW RELEASES THIS WEEK
CRAIG DAVID Signed Sealed Delivered (Polydor) Former 2-stepper tackles Green, Wonder and Redding. JAMIE LIDDELL Compass (Warp/Inertia) More twisted soul from the UK’s finest.
ON
HIGHER THAN THE EIFFEL
Ninja Tune/Inertia
Cooking Vinyl/Face Piece
Fans of the mysterious Warwickshire, UK-based jazzist Funki Porcini will no doubt be impressed at his prolific work ethic, having dropped another full-length set, PLOD, just late last year on his own label. Back on Ninja after eight years Porcini doesn’t miss a beat, serving up more painstakingly composed, jazz-influenced posttrip hop, pieces of mood and melancholy that cannot be fully appreciated unless given full attention and respect. Exhibiting, dare we say, an element of humour, On opens with a cover of (wait for it) Moon River, suggestively re-titled Moog River and executed in such a way that it conjures images of a slowly-sinking submariner’s burial at sea; This Ain’t No Way To Live is full of foreboding, shuffling beats and cold keys while Belisha Beacon is beautiful broken jazz with pianos that oddly recall Atlantic Ocean’s house classic Waterfall. Though with tracks such as The 3rd Man Porcini goes all epic and almost classical, elsewhere he brings it back to the essence. Undermud is something of a breakbeat striptease, huge boom-bappery dangled, teased, dubbed, taken away and then tantalisingly dangled again while Bright Little Things, Robert Crumb’s Natural Gait and The Magic Hands of Fernando Del Ray show just what is possible with burning ‘60s jazz licks and a sonic blender with its dial set to ‘wig out’. Too much effort has gone into On to be relegated to wallpaper music; with repeated listens the patient (and maybe also the stoned) will be rewarded time and time again.
It’s been a while in between songs for the Audio Bullys. In fact it’s been four years since Bully boys Simon Franks and Tom Dinsdale released Generation and their popular if frantic take on Nancy Sinatra’s classic Shot You Down. In those four years the Bullys’ admit to losing their way. Sadly Higher Than The Eiffel confirms that the pair is still somewhat lost and has a way to go to find direction. The boys were once considered a force in UK dance music, but now the force has been replaced by over-production and misguided bearings. Shotgun and The Future Belongs To Us are both efforts that barely qualify as songs and are more akin to an air-traffic control system of beeps and button pressing. Only Man is better, with its brisk mix of electro loops and breaks. Dynamite is one of the best tracks as it drops delicious beats with a funky guitar riff. Twist Me Up has Madness frontman Suggs on backing vocals while Drained Out is all about the repetitive horn sound, which is nicely rounded with wicked vocals like “I’ve pissed away everything I’ve had…”. Apart from the Bullys’ normal angle of booze and drugs references, they don’t have a great deal to say. Higher Than The Eiffel contains a couple of what you’d call slammin’ tunes, but the traditional Bullys sounds of angry electro and fashionable dubstep is missing. Still, they’ve managed to produce a lively album that’s worth a listen.
Funki Porcini
Audio Bullys
STUART EVANS
DARREN COLLINS
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM This Is Happening (DFA/EMI) Already streamed on their site; wonky beats galore.
OZI BATLA Wild Colonial (Elefant Traks) Herdsman hip drops his latest solo venture.
VARIOUS ARTISTS/G-WIZARD & DEF ROK RNB Superclub Vol 10 (Sony) From Kesha and Chuckie to Sway and Guy Sebastian.
VARIOUS ARTISTS/MATT DAREY Nocturnal 2010 (Xelon/Stomp) Drops in Rui Da Silva, Robbie Rivera, etc.
MAY 21
MOBY Wait For Me! Remixes (Virgin/EMI) Remixes go from hipsters (Maps) to minimalists (Gui Boratto).
SPIT SYNDICATE Exile (Obese) Another hip hop genre blur from the Sydney MCs.
VARIOUS ARTISTS/STAFFORD BROS, TOMMY TRASH & STEVE AOKI Sessions Seven (MOS) Over 60 cuts from Beetroots and Kissy to MSTRKRFT and Placebo.
VARIOUS ARTISTS/STEVE HILL & MASIF DJS Hard Trance Bootlegs Vol 4 (Masif/ Stomp) Hill and the crew drop in a truckload of their own bangers.
LADYTRON Velocifero (Shock) Local physical release for 2008’s ‘Tron set.
FAITHLESS The Dance (Liberator) Sampling Blancmange’s Feel Me is reason enough to return.
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TUESDAY 18 MAY
2010
SOFIE LOIZOU
WHERE AND WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST SET?
I was about 16 and was asked to DJ at a house party in Epping. I had never used turntables to mix before. Prior to that I had only ever made mixtapes using my old school belt-driven turntable and double cassette deck at home. My first real set as a laptop DJ was in Cape Town, South Africa in 2003.
WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE ALL TIME 12”? Drexciya – Bubble Metropolis.
WHO ARE YOUR FAVOURITE DJS?
Theo Parrish, The Gaslamp Killer, Lorna Clarkson.
WHAT’S THE FUNNIEST THING YOU’VE SEEN FROM BEHIND THE DECKS?
A guy covered in christmas lights headbanging. Another guy getting busy on the floor doing somersaults. I also have seen synchronised dance moves, air punching, caveman stomping, and a gaggle of excited women screaming at the top of their lungs furiously during a two hour set.
WHAT’S THE WORST REQUEST YOU’VE GOT? The Scissor Sisters.
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF WHAT YOU DO?
They have no idea about it really, but I think they were hoping I would grow out of it... and although I have taken lots of breaks from DJing over the years it’s been one of the things I have always wanted to do since a teenager, and I am still doing it and loving it.
WHAT DOES THE SYDNEY CLUB SCENE NEED MOST? More female DJs.
FAVOURITE CLUB TO PLAY?
Any club that takes pride in having an amazing sound system and an open minded music policy, which rules out most of the clubs in Sydney.
WHAT’S YOUR BEST ALL TIME GIG?
It’s a toss up between Sonar Festival in 2005 and Peats Ridge 2009.
WHAT GIGS HAVE YOU GOT COMING UP?
Headroom on Friday 21 May and every Friday night on 2ser 107.3fm on a show called For The Heads. LISTEN TO SOFIE LOIZOU MIX ON HODGIE’S ‘THE MIX-A-NATION RADIO SHOW’ SATURDAY NIGHT BETWEEN 6-8PM ON BONDI FM 88.0 OR ONLINE AT BONDIFM.COM.
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STARS GENERAL OUTLOOK
They say life is what happens to you while you’re waiting to die, which is a horrific and overly simplified way of looking at things. Life can also be the stuff you film and put on YouTube. Like a kitten being run over by a Vespa.
AQUARIUS
20 JANUARY TO 18 FEBRUARY Make me a promise that you will challenge several people to bare knuckle fist fights this week. Most will decline, citing bad knees or a general aversion to fighting for no good reason. But you’ll feel tough.
PISCES
19 FEBRUARY TO 20 MARCH Try to find a glimmer, a sliver, just a miniscule amount of hope this week. You may have had your trust betrayed but there is always a chance things will improve. Nevertheless, you may want to buy a gun.
ARIES
21 MARCH TO 20 APRIL Don’t answer any phone calls from private numbers this week. If you do, bung on a weird accent and deny that you are you. Ask who is calling then blow a whistle into the phone, really loud.
TAURUS
21 APRIL TO 20 MAY Don’t let people make you feel stupid, ashamed or too tall this week. People will often try to make you feel bad, so they can feel better about themselves. Turn the tables on them by throwing a table at them.
GEMINI
21 MAY TO 20 JUNE GUESS WHO (DON’T SUE)?! Which professional sex predator and author of a very low selling book (printed on cocktail napkins) was recently discovered to be completely fictional? It’s a whopper!
CANCECR
21 JUNE TO 21 JULY Bake custard pies for your neighbours this week, then knock on their doors and when they answer, slam the pies into their stupid faces. That’ll teach them to complain about your late night drumming.
TECHNOSCAPE SENSUAL PAPER OBJECTS People with the internet in their pockets. Print tycoons desperately hoping everyone will pay for subscriptions with their multimedia tablets. And elsewhere, people, in 2010, who want to make and publish books. Two Case Studies in crazy...
RIZZERIA, BLOOD AND THUNDER Rizzeria is a Sydney (St Peters, yo!) based co-operative interested in pushing the boundaries of stencil press printing. As their site says: “Stencil printing has a unique and beautiful quality. It’s not screen printing or offset printing – it’s stencil printing and it prints with paints! The Rizzeria has a Riso RP3700 which prints one colour at
LEO
22 JULY TO 21 AUGUST Stop pretending to be a socially anxious virgin. Everyone in your circle of friends has seen that sex video you posted on the Internet. Just because you like to think you are pure, that don’t make it so.
VIRGO
22 AUGUST TO 21 SEPTEMBER Your life will feel like an old black and white foreign film this week, a film with no real narrative structure and no subtitles. This will make for a confusing and very boring few days. Bring snacks.
LIBRA
22 SEPTEMBER TO 22 OCTOBER That whole thing with the police and the blood diamonds and the beating last week never actually happened did it? Sorry if I worried you, you must be really pissed off at me. My bad.
SCORPIO
23 OCTOBER TO 21 NOVEMBER Lie about your age this week. Specifically, when you are on the bus, let people know that you are 900 years old. That way even the legitimate elderly will be obliged to give up their seat for you.
SAGITTARIUS
22 NOVEMBER TO 20 DECEMBER As the weather turns cold this week, try to stay indoors. Or at the very least stay huddled in a doorway. The homeless are really on to something there so you should take a leaf out of their book.
CAPRICORN
21 DECEMBER TO 19 JANUARY Make yourself feel better by throwing yourself in to work this week. Your earning capacity needs to skyrocket. Only then will you be able to afford that gold plated plate you’ve been admiring.
a time from a selection of nine spot colours. We can print from digital files or off the glass to re-produce large quantities efficiently.” All well and good – nice to have some indie publishers able to print exotic CD inserts, posters, flyers and small books etc. And browsing their site, they’ve already helped bring into the world a delightful range of quirky and delightful prints. Most recently though, they printed the epic (and suitably named) 74 page Blood & Thunder anthology of Australian comics, which was curated/horse-whipped into existence by Leigh Rigozzi. In other words, the cream of Aussie comic makers including Ben Hutchings, Ross Tesoreiro, Anton Emdin, Gregory Mackay, Jase Harper and Anna Wilkenfeld were all reproduced in large format, and each given a spot colour to play with (and most using it for striking effect). It’s a really strong compilation – but with terrible web presence – so contact Rizzeria if interested in a copy. Hopefully the next compilation follows later in the year.
HOW TO MAKE TROUBLE AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE Published by Breakdown Press (breakdownpress.org), this one’s a who’s who of Australian troublemakers, lovingly compiled by Iain McIntyre and Lou Smith, with book design by Tom Sevil (aka street-artist Civil). Breakdown Press are a tiny homespun DIY publishing outfit, who focus mostly on social justice and environmental issues, so it’s no surprise that the 270 pages of this book are filled with Adbustery Billboard Liberation photos, creative urban interventions,
INDUSTRY WATCH LUKIE D
THE IDEA BEHIND OUR NIGHT IS…
To promote Jamaican music by touring reggae and dancehall artists to Australia. Lukie D is a superior talent that any music lover into soul, RNB, reggae and dancehall will appreciate.
WE’LL BE PIMPING THE SOUNDS OF…
Well Lukie D is the main act but throughout the night you’ll hear the full range of Jamaican music – Beres Hammond to Mavado, Dennis Brown to Sean Paul.
THE TALENT WE’VE GOT LINED UP TO PLAY INCLUDES… Aside from Lukie D, we’re proud to present Shotta Paul from the World Champion Sound Sentinel out of Germany. He’ll play a high-powered set of dancehall
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PENDULUM, KID KENOBI HOME: 07.05.10 Being fashionably late is all well and good, but it means finding a vantage point in a ram-jammed Home main room is a difficult proposition – and working out whether Kid Kenobi is still playing, and if so where exactly he’s positioned, is a mission impossible. Whatever the case some tasteful dirty dubstep is piping through the speakers at barely audible levels, not really preparing the ears for the onslaught which is approaching. A graphic of a human circulatory system leads to a heart which eventually coats itself in metal on the screen above the stage,
and a provocative range of interviews with troublemakers with the pedigree of John Safran, Pauline Pantsdown, Dave Burgess (Remember the ‘No War’ paint on the Sydney Opera house?), The Chaser (How dressing up as Osama Bin Laden can get you past APEC security), Buga-Up, Grevillea, Kevin Buzzacott, Meredith Burgmann, Deborah Kelly, Order of Perpetual Indulgence, Stuart Highway, John Howard Ladies’ Auxiliary Fan Club, No To Pope Coalition and The Graffiti Games Organising Committee. There’s a foreword by Andrew Hansen from The Chaser, and a whole lot more inside, a most worthy coffee table addition. More details at the site they’ve made to publicise it – howtomaketrouble andinfluencepeople.org.
AND BECAUSE YOU INSIST ON PAPER Print on demand is such a fascinating possibility these days. Being able to farm the production and distribution tasks so easily is a very attractive proposition for anyone wanting more time to focus on the creative aspects, let alone the possibilities of remotely collaborating juicy brains putting together crazy stuff. Check out magcloud.com for the ability to publish your own magazine
downstairs in a European style! Plus live sets by Admiral Kilosh, Kenyan reggae pioneer and Gina Mitchell from Basslines (FBi).
THE OTHER TRICKS UP OUR SLEEVE INCLUDE…
Crazy bashment vibes all night, HOLD TIGHT!
CHECK OUT OUR NIGHT IF YOU’RE THE KIND OF KID WHO LIKES… Maxi Priest, Wayne Wonder, Major Lazer, Sean Paul, Elephant Man...
THE THING WE PROVIDE YOU CAN’T GET ANYWHERE ELSE IN SYDNEY IS…
A wicked live show by one of the great talents from Jamaica! The smoothest voice in reggae, don’t miss it!
WHO: LUKIE D WHAT: PLAYS 202 BROADWAY WHEN: SATURDAY 29 MAY
signaling Pendulum’s arrival on stage and the beginning of the night’s scheduled annihilation. Set opener Salt In The Wounds is also the first shot fired from new album Immersion, and though it’s a virtual clone of Slam it’s a promising sign for those still wiping the foul taste of In Silico from their mouths – a pummeling dubstep breakdown in particular inciting an already excitable dancefloor/mosh pit. Rob Squire’s fingers dance across his synth in impressive fashion, the instrument tilted towards the audience as if to prove there are no smoke and mirrors at work. He then steps up to a mic with a MIDI keyboard strapped on for Granite, his vocals suspiciously note-perfect and facial expression impenetrable as hypeman MC Verse all but jumps out of his skin prowling the front of house fringes. The band gradually warm into the set through their remix of Voodoo People, Showdown, Fasten Your Seatbelts and Slam, and by the time Propane Nightmares gets the whole crowd singing along the floor is a throbbing sea of humanity. But it’s a pair of new tracks towards the tailend which deliver the money shot – The Island has a 4/4 electro stomp which brings MGMT’s Kids to mind, and once hardened junglists had finished choking on that Pendulum ram it home with the Chase & Status-esque crossover dnb bomb Watercolour, which sees Verse stagedive and crowd surfers fill the air. By the time an encore of Tarantula wraps up proceedings, even the chinstroking fraternity have to lay off the haterade – it may be a largely one-note performance and the talents of new drummer KJ Sawka are sadly under-utilised, but there aren’t many acts on the planet who can get a dancefloor frothing like Pendulum.
GLORIA LEWIS (upload a PDF, see a proof, then copies get advertised on their site, and printed and posted only when ordered. Profits are split between you and magcloud). Or try lulu. com for your own book. Lulu have also created printondemand. com to help explain the process. Paperbacks? Hardcovers? Photo books? Calendars? Cookbooks? No problemo...
JEAN POOLE
ACID TONGUE BIGOTGATE
A couple of weeks back, when (now former British Prime Minister) Gordon Brown called Gillian Duffy a bigot, it became the headline that wouldn’t die. It was major news that Brown, who had gotten into a conversation with Duffy in the street, had called her a bigot after he had walked away, forgetting that his microphone was still on. Polls showed that Brown was almost certain to lose the election as a result of Bigotgate. The reason for this is that Brown tried to make nice in front of the cameras, but when he didn’t realise that he could still be heard and he called her a bigot, it revealed that the friendly, smiley personality that he was trying to pull-off was all an act. But hang on – haven’t we forgotten something here? Oh that’s right: Gillian Duffy actually IS a bigot. Watch the footage. You can clearly see and hear her saying stupid shit, like “what about all these Eastern Europeans what are coming in... where are they all flocking from?” – unaware that the clue to her question was in the words “Eastern” and “Europeans”. Brown then tried to point out to her that immigration out of Britain is almost equal to immigration in, but that just flew right over her dumb bigoted head as she went on to complain about how unfair it is that she gets taxed for claiming her dead husband’s pension every week. This whole event reminded me of another politician who keeps getting in trouble for being a bit narky every now and again. That’s right; Kevin ‘Talk to the Hand’ Rudd has been known to give a frosty reception from time to time. When he met with Kristina Keneally to talk about health reform, he slammed his fist down while she was talking and grunted, “let’s get on with some health reform”. Following this, the Sydney Morning Herald asked the question “Is Rudd’s rudeness the tip of the iceberg?”, insinuating that if Rudd was capable of narkiness, what other depraved behaviours went on behind the scenes? Violent crimes, perhaps?
3D PLAYLIST 1. SCRIBBLE
UNDERWORLD/HIGH CONTRAST 2. DJ-KICKS
JAMES HOLDEN 3. RECOGNITION: THE CLAN ANALOGUE LEGACY COLLECTION
VARIOUS ARTISTS
4. DARKROOM DUBS VOL 2
SILICONE SOUL
5. THE DANCE
FAITHLESS
6. SKREAM!
SKREAM
7. HEARTBEATS
GRUM
8. EXILE
SPIT SYNDICATE 9. RIGHT ON!
SILICONE SOUL 10. HIDDEN
THESE NEW PURITANS After all, if he’s capable of grumpiness, there’s no knowing what other depths of depravity he’s prepared to go to. Speaking of homicide, by almost all personal accounts, Adolf Hitler was one of the calmest and most polite people you could ever meet. People who weren’t even Nazis met him and always recounted how he could make them feel comfortable and at ease. He also murdered 17 million people. What does that tell us about politeness? It counts for nada if you’re still a twat during your working hours. When are our politicians going to be allowed to spit in the faces of people that annoy them? If Gordon Brown is smart enough to notice that Gillian Duffy is a stupid bigot, then why can’t he shout it from the rooftops? Until the day comes when he’s free to do exactly that, the person now in Brown’s might have immaculate manners, but they could also be a homicidal maniac.
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ARIA CLUB CHART 1. WE NO SPEAK AMERICANO
YOLANDA BE COOL & DCUP 2. DANCE THE WAY I FEEL (ARMAND VAN HELDEN MIX)
UNDERSIDE
OU EST LE SWIMMING POOL
THE CAFÉ SCENE
3. I BELIEVE (JONO FERNANDEZ/ BASSJACKERS/ORIGINAL MIX)
The café scene is a confusing labyrinth. I try to fit in, but how are you supposed to know the rules? The menu tells you what’s available but it never tells you how to behave or what’s appropriate. What’s a guy to do? Make a bunch of mistakes and hope to learn from them? I went to a cute, hip little café the other day, searching for a cup of tea. The list was endless. I was struggling. The line behind me was growing longer and more impatient by the minute. Eventually I decided on something called Sydney Breakfast tea. The guy behind the counter told me it was a new variety and very similar to English Breakfast. The only apparent difference is that when you drink a pot of Sydney Breakfast tea, a junkie comes over halfway through and asks you for a dollar. Then he tells you to go fuck yourself. Hardly the relaxing experience I’d been looking for. And can someone please tell me what the etiquette is around tipping in these places? Evidently tips are expected. Someone has to pay for the waiter’s Ed Hardy bullshit clothing. But again, it’s unclear how one should approach these matters. I was in the café near my house last week, standing at the counter ordering a coffee. There was a tip jar on the counter with a little hand written sign that said “Good Tippers Make Great Lovers”. The waitress behind the counter was really cute so after I ordered my coffee, I dropped $1.90 in the tip jar. I said to the waitress “So, what
NICK GALEA FEAT AMBA SHEPHERD
4. HEY HEY (DF’S ATTENTION VOCAL/DIM CHRIS/RIVA STARR/TOM DE NEEF MIX)
DENNIS FERRER
5. CASSIUS 99 (ORIGINAL/ TIM GREEN/RESET! MIX)
CASSIUS
6. EVERYDAY (DIGITAL LAB/ CLUB MIX)
SGT SLICK
7. ROCKSTAR (DANNY T/CHRISTIAN LUKE & CHARDY/ANGGER DIMAS/ DCUP/STEVIE HART MIX)
PIPER & FERNANDEZ FEAT MARVIN PRIEST
8. GETTING OVER YOU (THOMAS GOLD MIX)
DAVID GUETTA FEAT CHRIS WILLIS, FERGIE & LMFAO
9. I WANNA SEE YOU (ORIGINAL/HARVARD BASS/ MALENTE/DCUP MIX)
SGT SLICK & CHARDY
10. FILTER FREAK (KAM DENNY/DCUP/ORIGINAL MIX)
DENZAL PARK
IN THE STUDIO WITH... STEPHEN WEBBER
YOU’VE OFTEN REFERRED TO QBERT AND MIX MASTER MIKE AS SOURCES OF INSPIRATION, WERE THEY THE MAIN REASON YOU GOT INTO TURNTABLISM OR IS THERE MORE TO THE STORY? I was teaching a remix class at Berklee College of Music and more and more of my students were DJs and would come in and demonstrate how they did their remixes – I guess this was back in the mid-’90s. At the time I was really searching for something new and I couldn’t believe that there hadn’t been a revolution in music as big as the one that I experienced with The
Beatles when I was a kid. When I saw my first DMC video of DJs competing head to head and using the turntables in ways that I had never seen before, it was like somebody had flipped a switch and I knew that was something that I wanted to do and be involved with. It seemed radical and irreverent as growing up I was always told you didn’t touch the records. The controversial concept of using recorded music to make new music was something that appealed to my sense of pushing boundaries and getting people to think about things in new ways.
happens now?” and I gestured at the tip jar. “What do you mean?” she asked. I said “Well, that was a great tip. That’s almost 50% of the bill.” She goes “So?”, and I said, “Well, do you have a break soon? I assume after this you probably want to fuck me.” And do you know what she did? She told me to get out before she called the police! I didn’t want to cause trouble, so I said, “Fine, I’ll go. But can I have my $1.90 back please?” Next thing she’s called the manager over and he’s put me in a headlock, like I was some common sleaze bag and told the waitress to call the cops on me. And I never even got the coffee I’d ordered. I mean, seriously what the hell is going on down there? The cops rocked up a while later and they dragged me downtown and start asking me all kinds of nasty questions. I said I wasn’t gonna say a goddamn word until I spoke to me lawyer. Then I admitted I’d never even met a lawyer and I told them I demanded to speak to someone else’s lawyer. They arranged for a lawyer to come and see me and in the meantime, you’ll never guess what they did. They offered to make me a coffee. It was only instant and the milk was a bit off, but it really wasn’t bad. This left me with only one final question: What is the etiquette around tipping in a police station?
DAVE JORY YOUR STYLUS SYMPHONY BEARS LITTLE RESEMBLANCE TO ANY OTHER – WHAT WAS THE IMPETUS FOR BRINGING IT TO LIFE AND DID ANYTHING OF THE CONCEPT CHANGE UPON INCEPTION? I was commissioned to compose a work for the premier concert of the Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra which would break new ground and decided to tackle the concept of the turntable as a musical instrument head on. I wanted to make it a piece that was musical in its own right and stay away from any sense of it being a novelty or any sort of trick – it’s a piece for orchestra that happens to include the dance music of the day which is something symphonic music has done for hundreds of years, although that concept has been somewhat dormant recently. In a way we were bringing back a concept that had been missing from the scene.
HOW HAVE YOUR TURNTABLIST CLASSES AT BERKLEE CHANGED SINCE INCEPTION AND WHAT WAS THE MAIN BARRIER TO ITS INCLUSION IN THE CURRICULUM?
YOUTUBE OF THE WEEK
BILLBOARD CLUB CHART 1. RUDE BOY
RIHANNA
2. PYRAMID
CHARICE FEATURING IYAZ 3. DUST IN GRAVITY
DELERIUM FEAT KREESHA TURNER 4. IMMA BE
BLACK EYED PEAS 5. DRUMMER BOY If like us you were slightly nonplussed by the teaser single Escape Velocity from the forthcoming Further long-player from The Chemical Brothers, take heart – the follow-up Swoon is possibly the best single they’ve dropped in a decade, a euphoric slice of psychedelia which is sure to incite hands-in-the-air behaviour wherever it is dropped for years to come. Set your course for a record store on June 7 for the full story.
We spend more time on mixing than we did at the beginning, because that seems to be more foreign to the average Berklee student who is already a musician. They pick up the idea of the turntable as an instrument fairly easily, but mixing records, beat matching, programming a set, and doing mash-ups is something that is rather new to them. There were many barriers into introducing it into the curriculum, partly to do with some musicians seeing DJs as competitors for gigs that they would like to get, and there was a general prejudice against viewing the DJ as a musician. It continues to be something that is controversial and probably will for a long time.
WHAT KIND OF DIFFERENCE HAVE YOUR INSTRUCTIONAL TURNTABLIST PUBLICATIONS MADE TO HOW THE INSTRUMENT IS PLAYED, OR INDEED, HOW WELL IT’S PLAYED?
I think education is always a good idea. In my books, classes and the Turntable Technique: The Art Of The DJ seminar, I help people get their head around the culture that spawned the instrument in the first place. During the seminars I’ll be supplying a tool kit, which people can apply in their own ways and find their own voice. While it’s good to understand what came before and how we arrived at where we are now, what’s really exciting is what the next generation of DJs and turntablists are going to do with these tools. I’m always excited to hear things that I never heard before and that’s often the case when I’m listening to young DJs and I’m really jazzed about being in Australia and working with JMC Academy. I’m looking forward to meeting people who are interested in DJing and turntablism and the culture of hip hop.
WHO: STEPHEN WEBBER WHAT: TURNTABLISM TECHNIQUES: THE ART OF THE DJ AT JMC ACADEMY / YOUR SONGS: A PRODUCER’S PERSPECTIVE AT JMC ACADEMY WHEN: WEDNESDAY 19 MAY / SATURDAY 22 AND SUNDAY 23
DEBI NOVA 6. I AM
MARY J BLIGE 7. ROCKET
GOLDFRAPP
8. VIDEO PHONE
BEYONCE FEAT LADY GAGA 9. FREEZE
GIG REVIEW
THE BAMBOOS MANNING BAR: 07.05.10
PHOTOS BY KOSTAS KORSOVITIS
BIMBO JONES 10. BREAK YOUR HEART
TAIO CRUZ FEAT LUDACRIS
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JUNO DOWNLOAD CHART 1. DEEP & MEANINGLESS
RON BASEJAM
2. CALL ME TONIGHT (REMIXES)
ILIJA RUDMAN
3. REMIX YOUR MIND
BOP
4. SUOMO EP
BERT ON BEATS
5. RIGHT MAN
JOSH GREEN FEAT PATRICK MILLER 6. DELTA NRG
LAUER
7. GONNA GETCHA EP
NICK THAYER 8. LEFT
MAREK HEMMANN FEAT FABIAN REICHELT 9. SOUND MACHINE
LTJ X PERIENCE
10. THE DIRTY EP
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SHOULD RATATAT CHANGE THEIR NAME TO R@@@ IN ORDER TO FIT IN WITH THE POSTTWITTER WORLD?”
HIPSTER RUNOFF POSES THE UNASKABLE QUESTION – IF THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS R@@@@R@@@.COM THE WORLD MAY WELL IMPLODE.
EL B VS LAZE/SKOLZ
IN THE STUDIO WITH... FLATWOUND
WHAT IS IT THAT TIES YOUR VARIED MUSICAL INFLUENCES TOGETHER IN THE AESTHETIC OR TECHNICAL SENSE?
PERSONALITY TEST NIC SCALI
HOW WOULD YOUR MUM DESCRIBE YOU? Stubborn and lazy. Well, I’m sure she’d have a few nicer words to say about me but that’s all I ever hear.
WHAT’S ONE GENRE YOU WOULD REMOVE OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND WHY? I don’t have a problem with the majority of musical genres that exist, and can generally find something I like but there is one that I would wipe off the planet – Plena is a style of music from Puerto Rico in which scandals, rumours and political messages are revealed and from there distributed around the island. This is totally against my philosophy of what music is and should be. Through music there should be no losers, everyone should benefit and in my opinion this is one genre that the world would not be worse off without.
WHO INSPIRES YOU MUSICALLY? One person in particular is Ravi Shankar, an Indian musician/ composer who at 90 years of age and with a musical career spanning nearly 80 years can still sell out two shows in Sydney (I’m pissed off I missed tickets). He is truly unbelievable, not only in the way he plays the sitar but also in the way that he has managed to inspire an unlikely audience in the Western world (even in the ‘50s and ‘60s) with his passion which is his national traditional form of music. Anyone with that much passion for the music they play inspires me.
NAME THREE TRACKS CURRENTLY DETONATING YOUR DANCEFLOOR.
CJS: I grew up with dance music and pub rock in both ears in Sydney, when a band like AC/DC hit hard, it’s damn funky! They alone proved music still doesn’t belong to any one tribe. There’s simple musical elements everyone in the universe wants: tempo, passion and sound. A good bass sound will get a positive reaction from an Eskimo or a Wall St broker. For example the lead singer of Euphoria features on the closing track of our CD, she’s the queen of Aussie techno and daughter of jazz musicians. I’ve always said, there’s good music and... well, there’s nothing else!
Kink – Existence, Josh Wink – Minimum 23 (Agoria Remix), Butch – Joy. Been playing this one consistently for six months and it still gets a huge response!
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MR B’S LAUNCH PARTY DOUBLE PASSES
Recently, a top clubbing experience for me took place last year at a Cocoon party in Ibiza. With Luciano and Loco Dice at the helm of a six hour set that was nothing short of epic, consisting of fresh tunes unknown to most, mixed up with house and techno classics, the clocks had quickly spun themselves forward to 7am. The Amnesia terrace was still at capacity, sun beaming through the slits in the roof. After pumping the crowd with an education in acid house for the last hour of darkness, the boys decided that the sunrise and approaching closing time signified time to lift the crowd back up from the depths of the dark basslines. Closing with Reboot’s track of ’09, Caminando, they had the whole crowd with their arms in the air and wearing expressions of what at first might seem like pain, but were indeed of intense joy.
WHAT’S ONE RECORD YOU’RE EMBARRASSED TO ADMIT YOU OWN? None. $20 is a lot of money so I always spend wisely.
WHO: NIC SCALI WHAT: PLAYS SPICE AT HOME TERRACE WHEN: SUNDAY 23 MAY
You might have partied there in the past when it was The Mandarin Club, but Mr B’s now sits on the same site and is as far removed from its predecessor as you could possibly imagine. Set over three levels with the amazing Tao Lounge club space just under street level, the venue is set to make itself a new entertainment hub for the CBD, and will be launching with style when some of Sydney’s finest DJs step up to the decks Wednesday 2 June from 7pm-10pm. Want to be on the guestlist? We’ve got 25 VIP double passes up for grabs which include entry and complimentary food and beverages on the night. For your chance to win email giveaways@3dworld.com.au with ‘MR B’S’ in the subject line. STEREOHEROES
YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SOUND AS STRADDLING THE DIVIDE “BETWEEN GEORGE DUKE AND DAFT PUNK”, HOW IS THAT TECHNICALLY ACHIEVABLE AND DID YOU SET OUT AS FLATWOUND WITH THIS IDEA IN MIND?
JP: Nothing in our music is preconieved, but our influences can’t help but shine through. Daft Punk were definetely a major influence at the start or the project but we bring a little more musical depth with a subtle jazz element, hence the George Duke. Justice and Public Enemy are definitely an influence especially sonically, the urgency of their sound is relentless. We’re not interested in background music.
IN ESTABLISHING FLATWOUND WERE THERE PARTICULAR INSTRUMENTS YOU CONSIDERED MANDATORY FOR THE SOUND PALLETTE? CJS: A Minimoog and the love of a good woman.
YOUR SOUND IS OSTENSIBLY DISCO, SO DID THIS LIKEWISE DETERMINE A CERTAIN APPROACH TO PRODUCTION WITH REGARDS TO WHAT KIND OF SOUND PROCESSING TECHNIQUES YOU COULD/COULDN’T USE? STEREOHEROES AT CANDY’S DOUBLE PASSES
All things French and Dim Mak are still in vogue, so it’s timely that a duo with both of those things in common are hitting Sydney to celebrate two years of existence this weekend. The StereoHeroes fly into Candy’s Apartment this Friday 21 May with local support from Mindgutter, Moonchild, Lights out!, Vengeance and more, and if you’re keen to party with them from 8pm til 5am we’ve got three duble passes to giveaway. For your chance to win email giveaways@3dworld.com. au with ‘STEREOHEROES’ in the subject line.
CJS: Get the bass right and the rest will follow. As far as technique, we use the Good Principle: good speakers, good audio interface, good mics, good musos, good music! JP: If you follow that approach it’s hard to go wrong. We used the tools we had to harness the sound and the energy of the disco we dig. But this is not a retro record. We feel we have made a disco record that feels like 2010 so we weren’t placing limitations on oursleves in order to get a “vintage” sound. Were looking to the future but remembering the past.
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WHAT’S IN STORE FOR PUNTERS SEEING YOUR REVISED LIVE SHOW?
4. WEAPON OF CHOICE 2010 (LAZY RICH REMIX)
JP: I’m really excited about the new live show, its got more of a DJ/Club focus with more tunes and more mixing. We’ve stripped back the setup as well with [keys player] NJayE taking a break making records for other people for the moment. This set is going to be less of a jam and more about the dancefloor, straight up party music! We’ve also got a new set of visuals from Sydney artist Dead Galaxy, who is just about the most exciting visual artist on the planet right now.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST RELEASES PLANNED FOR THE SWAT LABEL IS YOUR FORTHCOMING ALBUM SUPER SPACE DOPE FUNK – I GUESS THE NAME IMPLIES A CONCEPT BUT IS THERE ACTUALLY ONE BEHIND IT THAT YOU SPENT SOME TIME CONSIDERING?
CJS: Yes, we want to be the resident dance band on mankind’s first hotel space-station. Flatwound is the premier Moon Rave party dance band specialising in holodeck theme parties. Free oxygen.
ON TOP OF THIS YOU’VE HAD THE TICKLE ME DISCO MAXI COME OUT RECENTLY, HOW DID YOU DECIDE WHO TO BRING ON BOARD FOR THE REMIXES AND WERE THERE ANY SPECIFIC PRIORITIES WHEN BRINGING THE WHOLE PACKAGE TOGETHER?
JP: I wanted to get artists that I’ve enjoyed as a DJ across a range of genres that all meet up at one point or another. Diesler for the broken beat/nu-funk scene, Jamie Lloyd for that minimal tech weirdness and SWAT brought in Tal M Klien who is straight killing it in nu disco circles at the moment. I felt these were all different subcultures that would vibe on what we are doing.
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5. SHE’S A NYMPHO (MAX FARENTHIDE CLUB MIX)
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8. BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS (KECRIN FM MIX)
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10. WHAT IS LOVE 2K9 (BODYBANGERS REMIX)
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Having led the vocal charge for the likes of The Herd and Astronomy Class, it’s welcome news that Ozi Batla goes for self with his debut album Wild Colonial. I first met Ozi in the late-‘90s when he managed to track me down to ask me to DJ at a Reclaim The Streets party. He was more involved with the dnb scene if I recall correctly, but then gravitated towards the local hip hop scene by winning multiple freestyle competitions with his skills and obvious talent. But it was his hook-up with the also forward thinking Elefant Traks crew that helped him find a solid home and an outlet for his vocal talent. From memory the first time most people had heard Ozi was on the slightly goofy Scallops track from The Herd’s 2001 debut album. Who could forget the subsequent video of them cycling around Surry Hills? But then he left that style well behind and grabbed the bull by the horns with such memorable tracks as 77%, Burn The Parliament Down and their cover of Redgum’s I Was Only Nineteen. So it doesn’t come as much of a surprise that he would name his album something like Wild Colonial. He’s also an anomaly in that his moniker has always invoked a patriotic slant, but he lacks the nationalism or chest beating superiority stance that most ‘patriots’ seem to display. Thankfully Ozi is bogan-free, non-prejudiced and certainly not a nationalist. He’s what a ‘proud’ Aussie should be like. Intelligent, sensitive, forward thinking, environmentally concerned and a stand-up dude. He has an interlude titled Have A Beer, with dialogue that sounds like it was culled from the seminal outback classic Wake In Fright, but he leaves the BBQ raps off and focuses on other strains of life such as companionship on the Spike Lee titled She’s Gotta Have It. In this he displays his self-deprecating demeanour and lack of machismo in regards to
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dealing with the opposite sex. It’s all summed up by the outro in which the lass remarks about how she likes how he wears shorts on stage. Sure he’s kinda daggy, but that’s the appeal. The everyman aspect works wonders when appealing to an audience that probably doesn’t want to hear agro bullshit or bling encrusted pop fantasy lyrics. Integrity and Doesn’t Matter are similar themed tracks that deal with personal viewpoints in regards to his own moral attitudes and beliefs. He’s more the peacemaker and less the instigator as he focuses on the manner in which he deals with people and their proclivities. Is that a sample from They’re A Weird Mob for the intro to the relationship 1000 Drummers? He gets props for mentioning Fela Kuti and Fellini in the same verse. It’s also one of the tracks in which Ozi flexes his ‘other’ vocals. Yes, dude sings. Not with any dynamic range, but it’s quite serviceable. Personally I’d rather hear more of DJ Bonez scratching shit up as he does on the JJJ selected Put It On Wax, for he only gets to show his needlework on this and two other songs. As for the man behind the beats, Sandro has worked with Good Buddha, Def Wish Cast, MC Trey Brass (Celsius), Mnemonic Ascent and Reference Point, but we’ve all been waiting for him to get some proper shine and this is a dynamic showcase that has been years in the waiting. Dude doesn’t disappoint in the slightest and has yet to release a dud beat. Being a big fan of Sandro’s psych-rock influenced beats, it was pretty gnarly to hear a more electronic TR-808 sound for Shoot The Breeze. A slight mid ‘80s Italian sci-fi/horror John Carpenter soundtrack type of vibe permeates with the keyboards. But what really moved me was the languid and emotive horns on the very solemn Distant Shores. It was hard not to fall into a faded stupor as this very downtempo joint wrapped itself around what comes across as the tale of a 17th century sailor looking for land, or perhaps… himself.
for Million Dolla Baby. Rollacoasta is very Prince – and Elevatas a bit rocky Michael Jackson. The son of Growing Pains actor Alan Thicke, Thicke enjoyed an early Australian hit with the novel When I Get You Alone – based on Walter Murphy’s disco A Fifth Of Beethoven – but his success has been largely in the US. Sex Therapy debuted in the Top 10 Stateside. It’s unfortunate that, from 2003’s debut, A Beautiful World, to 2008’s Something Else, Thicke’s albums have been underpromoted Down Under – but don’t expect anything different with Sex Therapy.
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ALIX PEREZ
Fast forward to one month’s time and it’s all about the new. Alix Perez is coming to the Laundry on Friday 25 June for (if the last couple of times he’s been here are anything to go by) a great indication of the future of our music. He’s a man who’s definitely taken the jungle love and moved it into the dnb world, where the futuristic ethos behind his music can only shine a light down drum n bass’ path. His album for Shogun last year offered the listener an inside to both jazz influences and technoid soul, which he took to new levels. Punishing sound systems with The Cut Deepens or warming the ears with Fade Away, it’s this all inclusive absorbing of sounds to be delivered in the dnb realm that keeps dem fiyah’s blazin.
Jungle love… Nope, not the beat heavy riddim supplied by J Dilla to MED and Guilty Simpson for his album The Shining (although that beat gives me the same feeling), but rather that feeling of 1995 (well, for me anyway) which harboured music that we all felt spoke to the future. It looked back to jazz and techno, to reggae and hip hop, harnessed it all and threw it in the blender to make the origins of the music I get to write about for all of you today. From Bukem to Krust, SS to Splash, Rider to Randall and the army of souljahs that fought hard in the studios, drove down the motorways to unleash dubplate style and the MCs who rode riddims til dawn, all came together to give all of us who listened to so much different music, one place to call home. The jungle… Yes, today as I write this I am full of love. Jungle love. As I have been exposed to a collection of music that randomly came in to The Record Store that took me back to the era. Hearing Photek (under his Aqauarius guise) and Tayla hug the listener with sweet pads and tinkling emotive pianos, only to smash the dance with a weighty amen and sub to roll out the aforementioned sonics makes the arms on my hair stand. Entitled Soul Searching (GLR013) this is a great example of what made records great in this era. Sweetness and strength, showing junglists they can be rude bwoys and gals but can also go deeper. DJ Trace’s Miles High on Dee Jay Recordings was in the pile of beats, too. Jazz chords that have a female vocal calling to arms all soul boys over a simple,
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It’s ironic that in the same year that the ‘quiet storm’ Sade returns, her US counterpart Toni Braxton is also staging a comeback – Pulse. Braxton last offered 2005’s Libra, which had little impact. Now, having competed in Dancing With The Stars, she’s signed to Warner.
FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE FREAKY With a plague of celebrity ‘love rats’ packed off to rehab for sex addiction, and women’s glossies gleefully charting their descent into the gutter, Robin Thicke couldn’t have dreamt up an ickier album title than Sex Therapy – The Experience. The RNB singer – happily married to Precious actor Paula Patton and, as of last month, a new dad – may have wanted to compose babymaking music, but so corny is Sex Therapy (sample song titles: Mrs Sexy, Shakin’ It 4 Daddy, 2 Luv Birds – bucket, quickly please!) that it’s likely to have a dulling effect on the libido. Thicke’s musicianship isn’t in question, just the sentiment. The would-be ‘sex doctor’ doesn’t grasp that soul’s great lovermen were subtle – subtlety coexisting with sensuality. Plan B actually got it right on his latest... Importantly, this time Thicke’s desire was to craft a hip hop album. Thicke hasn’t necessarily abandoned his slinky retro soul, but he’s brought in a legion of rappers – Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, Nicki Minaj and Game – in addition to soulstresses Estelle and Jazmine Sullivan (who should be focusing on the follow-up to Fearless, tsk). It’s to Thicke’s credit that, for the most part, he doesn’t allow the guests to overshadow him – he and Hova are perfectly balanced on the breezily escapist Meiple (complete with Brigitte Bardot sample). Nor is Sex Therapy especially mackalicious. These songs are more for the crib (and the bedroom) than the club (or club toilets) – and for the monogamist. Thicke’s music has more of an urban groove but, excepting the aforementioned freak jam Shakin’ with Minaj, it isn’t crunked up. He’s collaborated with Polow Da Don (on board for Shakin’ plus the balladic title-track, which saucily flips Lesley Gore’s It’s My Party) as well as the ol’ skool Teddy Riley (the delicate It’s In The Mornin with Snoop). Thicke is aligned with Star Trak, yet there’s no sign of The Neptunes. Still, the best songs recall the romantic Thicke of old – songs such as the sweetly sexy Brand New Luv, which, like his mega hit Lost Without U, has a Latin feel. Thicke’s style usually lies somewhere between Justin Timberlake, George Michael and Luther Vandross. He audaciously borrows from Marvin Gaye’s Trouble Man
Braxton has had a miserable run, with business issues, relationship dramas and health problems, but, in contrast to Whitney Houston, she sounds better – and more impassioned – than ever. That said, Pulse is conservative fare – alas, Braxton doesn’t exude Sade’s cool or mystique. The real trouble is that Braxton’s tasteful material just doesn’t live up to that of her LaFace heyday – classics like the sultry Another Sad Love Song, Breathe Again or You’re Makin’ Me High. The lead single, the ‘trad’ ballad Yesterday, over-produced by Frank E (BoB), is utterly forgettable – no wonder it flopped. (Syrupy as it was, Un-Break My Heart had a tune.) Oddly, Braxton has madeover Delta Goodrem’s overblown femme anthem Woman. The album’s stand-out is the punchy (and, with its horns, very Rich Harrison-ish) Make My Heart – the closest Braxton comes to a hip uptempo (Wardrobe is playful but doesn’t convince). Word is that the diva recorded a song with the suave Thicke that didn’t make the album. What Braxton really needs is for Beyonce Knowles to donate some songs.
spacious stepped out beat and speaker blazing subs. I’m still in shock almost 15 years later that he wrote something so deep. There were many other records in this pile, from Flytronix to Ed Rush, Trace and Nico that reminded me heavily of jungle love and how involved I really am with this music. Its past, present and future…
If you haven’t got tickets to see Jorge Ben at the Enmore this Sunday, then this is your first and last chance! The Brazilian legend who fuses funk, rock, samba and bossa-nova is coming to Australia for one show only and for the very first time. Most famous for songs like Take It Easy Brother Charles (as sampled by Drummagick), Commanche (as sampled by Black Eyed Peas when they were good) and of course Taj Mahal, for which he successfully won a legal dispute against Rod Stewart’s crew for melody infringement on Do Ya Think I’m Sexy? (of which the song writing royalties now go to AIDS research), Ben is one of those songwriters whose building blocks laid the foundations for so much popular music of then and now. You only need to look at the explosion of Latin drum n bass in the late ‘90s and the fascination with all things tropical to see what an impact this guy has had. It’s bound to be a memorable show! Flying Lotus has finally let Cosmogramma out of the bag and it’s definitely worth the wait. Almost two years to the day after the release of Los Angeles, Cosmogramma sees Steve Ellison setting his sights a lot higher, indeed wanting to create something that could not be recreated, as he found the post Los Angeles copy-catting unbearable and borderline offensive. So he’s doing it with cousin Ravi Coltrane, harpist Rebecca Raff, Carlos Nino and Thom Yorke, and if that doesn’t
Word on the street is that Calibre will be arriving in the country in mid August to do only a couple of shows. If you’ve ever picked up a Brockout in the past five years, you’ll all know that he is not to be missed. Cleaning up with his recent Signature release Steptoe and exorcising his and ST Files’ collective soul’s on Zero T’s Footprints via Devil Inside, Calibre is someone every music lover needs to see. A term I love is “past referencing future music” and that is a great way to describe this master of creativity. After what seems to have been a quiet time musically for those aligned to the sonics of Brockout, the next few months look like they are going to deliver. Winter always seems to be the time for that and the warmth that will be emanating from the speakers when both these highly accomplished artists come to our town will be like standing in front of a fire… and we don’t need that in summer!
get your heart rate pumping then I don’t know what will. It’s very much a concept album that has these sort of familiar melodies and ideas running throughout and, unlike Los Angeles, there’s really cohesive tracks that stand out on their own, not just obvious vocal highlights like RobertaFlack. He even goes uptempo on Do The Astral Plane, which is my pick of the lot. There’s not a week that goes by without another Madlib record dropping and it’s taken me some time to properly get in to the OJ Simpson album, not because I don’t like the rapping of Guilty Simpson, but because you need to be in the right frame of mind to hear tales from the ghetto when everything is pretty much sunshine and lollipops in Sydney. It’s startling how these guys have thrown the album format out the window and woven this really ratty patchwork quilt made up of more skits than songs. I experimented by listening to the album on shuffle which really paid off. It’s no different to the layout of a Quasimoto album, it’s just that the subject matter is fairly constant and Simpson is a less colourful character but the vocal snippets and strangeness of the music help make it a wilder ride. In fact, I prefer Ode To The Ghetto for being an unabashed gangster record, as this one is very much a confusing proposition, even if after repeated listens it does make sense. More sense than Strong Arm Steady’s In Search Of Stoney Jackson, anyway. Finally, house and soul music legend Osunlade is coming to Australia in August. Sorry to let the cat out the bag early but it’s bloody exciting and you can catch an extended interview with him on my Spare Hands blog. He has just released a slew of new material for his Yoruba label and compiled it in the form of Yoruba Gold, which he explains is basically soul music with a 4/4 tempo. A heap of interesting material from Erro, Djinji Brown, Afefe Iku, Osunalde and others, it’s a perfect summer tonic and fits in with the proper tradition of soulful house music that’s not afraid to be deep, worldy and techy. Can’t wait to see him play!
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Por Khunt Productions present West Australian mic veteran Hunter in the headline slot for full throttle evening of beats. Support from DJ Vame, PK Crew, Social Change, Dialect, DJ Skreamo One and DJ Skae. Doors open at 10pm, entry $12.
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JAMES ZABIELA AT CHINESE LAUNDRY (SATURDAY)
Beloved of punters and peers alike, James Zabiela may be long enough into the game to have shed “wunderkind” status but you’d hardly know it; the Pioneer sponsored DJ still acts every bit the excited teen behind the decks when things are getting interesting. This Saturday he brings the much anticipated The Masters Series: Life tour for Renaissance to Chinese Laundry and for those not au fait with what that’s all about it basically means you get a two disc compilation from Zabiela himself included in the cost of entry! To top it off he’ll be accompanied by UK tech house newcomer Tom Budden whose chunky beats have earned him fans from many corners of the house music world. Support from Mattt and Andrew Wowk. Doors open at 3pm, tickets available from residentadvisor. net for $45 + b/f.
WEDNESDAY
SIDESHOW AT THE BEACH ROAD HOTEL
Live indie rock and alternative action with The Scare and Rushcutters for some musically adventurous hump day entertainment. Doors open at 8pm, free entry.
FUNKDAFIED AT DR PONG
Get a strong dose of re-edits, funk and remixes from DJ Frenzie and while playing more ping pong than is reasonable. Dr Pong also has a restaurant, so you can do more than feed yr ears.
SALSA LOUNGE AT GOLDFISH
The Afro Cuban Jazz Quartet treat outgoing folks to the perfect hump day remedy alongside Dante Rivera, Armando Garcia, Daniel Pliner, Giorgio Rojas and Danuo Martinez. Free entry.
WEDNESDAYS AT THE EASTERN
Diverse beats from John Glover, Tenzin, Here’s Trouble, Cassian, U-Go-B, Steve Frank, Mistah Cee, Naiki and Kavi-R; free until 9pm $10 there after!
THURSDAY
NIGHT FALL AT THE GAFF
House and minimalist grooves from Hannah Gibbs, Nic Mclean, Nic Scali and Marc Jarvin from 8pm onward. Free entry.
BASIC AT 202 BROADWAY
Paper Moon and Alison Wonderland will make for some fine entertainment which makes the free entry seem almost a joke. Doors 8pm.
DA BOMB AT GASWORKS, THE ALBION
RNB, neo soul, house and hip hop with DJ Fresh from 9pm ‘till late. Free entry.
TV PARTY LIVE AT MELT
The penultimate local indie party returns to Melt, filming and all, with guest acts Wifey, The Delta Riggs, Virgo Rising, John Song, Pasqual and the Black Doors. Doors open at 8pm, $10 entry.
FRIDAY
LET’S GET ILL AT CHINESE LAUNDRY
Programming gets a shake up and clean out at the Laundry this Friday with a balls out hip hop and RNB line-up which ought to have genrephiles salivating. DJ Moto, Samrai and Nacho Pop headline the main room with support from Mike Hyper while Tom Piper and A Tonez belt it out in the Cave. Doors open at 10pm, entry $15 after 11pm.
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No Frills and Locus present a collision of Sydney drum n bass jocks to cover the full gamut of sub genres. Peter Chen, Fire & Whitey, BHopps & PappaBoom, Speaks & SFL, Reload & Dauntless and Blackout will be keeping the beats rolling from 10pm onward. $15 cover.
Local bass crews Void, Headroom, Foreign Dub and Space Is The Place gather all their might for a brand spanking weekly dubstep, jungle, drum’n’bass, wonk, hip hop, glitch and future beats event that will put 202 Broadway’s new Funktion One sound system to the ultimate test. DJ tag teams Pappa Boom vs B.Hopps, Jonny Faith vs Monkfly, Prize vs Sofie Loizou and Victim vs Paul Frazer will be keep the beats rolling from 8pm to 1am. Free entry, relaxed dress code.
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TEENAGE KICKS AT WORLD BAR
Dubstep may as well have been made for Funktion One sound systems so who better to put the 202 Broadway installation to the test than Mark Pritchard, aka Harmonic 313? Monk Fly, Jonny Faith, Sofie Loizou and the Onefour Collective can perhaps challenge the throne but you’ll have to head along to find out. Doors open at 10pm, $10 cover.
Multifaceted pop, electro and mash-up sounds from The Vines DJs, Nik V, El Mariachi and Johnny Segment. Doors 8pm, free entry.
KING TIDE AT THE BEACH ROAD HOTEL
Vitamin Records present dub reggae band King Tide for a pleasant change of programming. Free entry, doors open at 8pm.
LIVE AT CIVIC HOTEL
A mix of live acts and DJs keep the mix interesting at the Civic this evening; Pluto Jonze, Alex & Violin,
French guests Stereoheroes (Dim Mak) join Mindgutter, Moonchild, Lights Out, Vengeance, Slipperywhenwet, Jackpop, Liz Bird, Muttdangz and more in celebration of their second year in the game. Expect some ear bleedingly maniacal electro crunk ridiculousness from 8pm to 5am, entry $20.
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DISCO PUNX AT CIVIC UNDERGROUND
A fine selection of sounds greets the intrepid Disco Punx attendee while Bon Chat Bon Rat, Slow Blow and Disco Punx crank out the sounds. Doors open at 10pm, $10 entry.
The super sound onslaught carries on for yet another week at World Bar with Mum. This week’s line-up includes live acts Dirty Secrets, Radio National and The Spitfires in the main bar, while Red Ink, The Preachers, Simo Soo, Hey Fever and Monii mix it upstairs. Doors open at 8pm, $10 cover.
PURPLE SNEAKERS AT THE GLADSTONE
Purple Sneakers brings the indie mash up sounds of SVU, M.I.T vs BenLucid, Nick Findlay, Fantomatique and Seabas to the Gladstone, providing you all the groove necessary to keep partying well into the wee hours. Give away copies of Tame Impala’s fresh album ‘Innerspeaker’ will be floating around thanks to Mushroom. $12 cover, doors open at 7pm.
SOSUEME FEAT. NABOO AT QBAR + 34B
Mike Fielding – aka Naboo of The Mighty Boosh fame – performs yet another Sydney gig, proving once and for all the reach of the ever entertaining comedy series. He’ll be joining an enormous line-up that includes Joyride, Alison Wonderland, Elaine Benes, Damien Crangle, Rogers Room, Max Smart, Coitus Interruptus, Mr Belvedere, SIDP, LITK, Monkey Genius, Nick Walsh, Seabass, Mush, Lone Wolf, Robbie Erectro, Downkick and Jared Reyes. Tickets are completely sold out and if you’re lucky enough to have one don’t forget that doors open at 8pm.
HOODOO GURUS AT OXFORD ART FACTORY
Legendary Oz rock band the Hoodoo Gurus hit Oxford Art Factory for the second night with their Purity Of Essence tour, again supported by The Fumes. Tickets sold out, doors open at 8pm. Arkestra, Meanwhile the gallery hosts the Dubrave and guest jocks Tom Piper, Will Styles Vs Flux-3, Frenemies, Rubio and Creeptown from 8pm onward, $10 entry.
GAMEBOY AT KIT & KABOODLE
Resident jocks The Gameboys get set to blow out the speakers with guest spinners Hanson and Calling In Sick – knowing this lot you may want to strap on those dancing shoes and settle in for some Friday night boogie. Doors open at 10pm, $10 cover.
DUST TONES AT THE BEACH ROAD HOTEL
A selection of Australia and New Zealand’s best DJs and MCs kick things into over drive at The Beach Hotel. Nick Knowledge headlines for his album launch with support from Mathmatics and Mike Who. Doors open at 8pm, free entry.
RNB SUPERCLUB AT TANK
Australia’s leading urban club brand presents Sydney’s biggest weekly RNB event, featuring the leaders of the RNB pack, DJs Def Rok, G-Wizard, Eko, Troy-T, Lilo and MC Jayson .
FUEGO AT COLLINGWOOD HOTEL Cuban independence Day special featuring Latin, reggaeton, funk, hip hop and R&B sounds from Pace, Asado and Dennis Tha Menace; hosted by MC C-Major and Empress MC. Doors open at 9pm, $10 cover.
RESIDENTS AT GASWORKS, THE ALBION
RNB, neo soul, and hip hop from DJ Nobby Grooves and DJ Karey from 9pm ‘till late. $10 cover.
DJ CRUCIAL D AT HOTEL CHAMBERS
Keen for after work drinks? Early
starters can head to the Hotel Chambers from 5pm onward to catch DJ Crucial D dishing out soulful house to the desk wearied.
and Scott Anderson. Need more convincing? Doors open at 10pm and entry will set you back a mere $15. There you go.
FRIDAY AT THE EASTERN
WHAM AT WORLD BAR
John Glover, Tenzin, Here’s Trouble, Cassian, U-Go-B, Steve Frank, Mistah Cee, Naiki and Kavi-R rock out The Eastern for the second time in a week with their eclectic beats. Free until 9pm $10 there after!
VERMOUTH AT OPERA BAR
Make your after work drinks session an impressive one with the awesome ambiance of the Opera Bar and sounds from Vermouth – a collaboration between members of Martini Club and La Fiesta Sound System. DJ Marc Scully goes Omegaman on the place after 8.30pm with breaks, beats, dubs and grooves. Free entry.
FRIDAYS AT THE MEAN FIDDLER
The mix up keeps on rolling throughout the weekend at the Fiddler, Mats Lieborg brings the jazz from 6pm while Jarred Baker, Tenzin, Bobby Dazzler and Knickers provide commercial dance and house for the rest of the evening. Free Entry.
J-ROC AT BANK HOTEL
Souled Out DJ J-Roc features at the Bank this Friday alongside Abel ElToro and Eddie Coulter. Doors open at 6pm.
ELECTRO HOUSE SESSIONS AT CC’S HOTEL
The Funky Fresh crew get dirty for their first Electro House Session featuring new draft Aaron Lane alongside regular faces Petebuzz, Dan Mac and Mark Randy. Doors open at 7pm, $10 cover.
PROGRESSION64 AT THE BURDEKIN
Covering everything from early ‘60s mod to the indie rock of today DJ Key-Star is locked and loaded to time warp the Burdekin from 8pm onward. Free entry.
PRETTY GIRLS OF THE WEEK AT TRADEMARK
Sexy house music from Jackson, Jace, Adrian M, Andy Rodriguez and Stellar MC. $5 shots and basics, doors open at 9pm.
FRIDAYS AT THE EASTERN
Proving that once is never enough John Glover, Tenzin, Here’s Trouble, Cassian, U-Go-B, Steve Frank, Mistah Cee, Naiki and Kavi-R rock the Eastern for second night of eclectic beats for the week; free until 9pm $10 there after!
SATURDAY
CLIVE HENRY AT CIVIC UNDERGROUND
Thanks to Shrug and Chemistry the Civic Underground rocks to the house beats of ex-Peace Division member and Circo Loco/DC10 member Clive Henry. Support from Robbie Lowe, Jordan Deck and Dave Stuart. Tickets $15 + b/f from residentadvisor.net, doors open at 10pm.
SUENO MARTINO AT HOTEL HOLLYWOOD
People Must Jam bring Melbourne house obsessive Sueno Martino to Hotel Hollywood for his first Sydney appearance. Support from Pete Dot, Matt Trousdale and JMS. Doors open at 9pm, $5 entry.
BAG RAIDERS AT CHINESE LAUNDRY
Carrying on from the awesome James Zabiela, local heroes the Bag Raiders bring a decidedly more commercial flavour to the Laundry from 10pm onward with support from Jeff Drake, Ben Korbel and more. Entry $15 before 11pm or $25 after.
TRINITY AT SADDLEBAR
State of the art lasers, crystal clear sound and pure trance from DJs Colin Jowell, Man Lie
An all star line-up of local DJs including James Taylor, Kato, Klaus Hill, Levins, Ben Morris, Illya, Discopunx, Adam Lance, Foundation, Moneyshot and Gabriel Clouston rock the World Bar this evening from 8pm onward. $15 cover.
RHYME HARD 2 AT IRON DUKE HOTEL
Por Khunt Productions present PK Crew, Kerser & Rates, G Tha Devil, DJ Myme and DJ Loudmalph for what promises to be a full throttle evening of solid beats. Doors open at 8pm, gold coin donation on entry.
RITUAL AT CANDY’S APARTMENT Hard and heavy electro disco with a tribal tech edge from Teez, SMS, Smokin Joe Mekhael, Filth Fiasco, Slappin Plastic and plenty more from 8pm onward. Entry $20.
TEENAGE AT OXFORD ART FACTORY
Teenage takes over the live art space from 9pm onward with the assistance of Trump Disco, Revolver, Singha, Felony Crew, German Shepherd, PMA and Diskera. While entry to Teenage will set you back twenty clams you can catch Pockets and The Border Thieves for nix from 8pm onward in the gallery. It’s a no-brainer really!
KITTY KITTY BANG BANG AT KIT & KABOODLE
Kit & Kaboodle Supper Club wheels out the all girl line up this Saturday with all star locals Elaine Benes, Gabby, Cassette and Alison Wonderland. $10 cocktails and share plates before midnight ought to cover the thirst/appetite as well as the DJs sate the ears.
RED ROOM AT HOTEL CHAMBERS
Residents Troy-T, Trey and C-Bu spin old school RNB, soul, and hip hop while MC C-Major takes on mic duties. Winner Best Club Night 2008 Urban Music Awards. $20 on door.
SIENNA AT ESTABLISHMENT
Sienna hosts one of the most luxurious venues with beautiful people and great times. Australia’s premium DJs present the greatest in top 40 classic RNB, sexy house and ol’skool grooves every Saturday. DJs on rotation: DJ Def Rok, Troy-T, Lilo, G-Wizard, Eko, Zoo Rok, Elektroy and MC Jayson. Doors open at 9pm.
HOUSE PARTY AT GROUND FLOOR, KINSELAS
Soulful house from rotating residents Beth Yen, Shaun Keble, Matt Hoare, Brynstar, Marc Us and BC. A bevvy of guest vocalists including Michael Wheatley, Paula Baxter, Betty Vale, Maz, Cavan Te and Rebekah Jensen round out the entertainment on offer. Free entry.
RED ROOM AT HOTEL CHAMBERS
Tekkaman, Mac, Trey and C-Major are on duties spinning up some old school soul, R&B and hip hop gems from 8pm onward. $20 cover.
MENTAL AT MELT
Melt goes a little Mental this Saturday with plenty of guests wielding the strait jackets. Micheal Jay, Matt Plant & Andrew Myers, Bassline Brothers, 10:87 and MattRaD all join in the madness. Head along and we promise to stop the puns; doors open at 9pm, entry $15.
BACK TO FUNK AT THE MEAN FIDDLER
Sydney four piece Back To Funk live up to their name with some sleek cuts but don’t take our word for it, as they’ll be carving it up in the Woolshed from 9pm onward. Meanwhile, Wild FM and Edge 96.1 presenter Rob Brizzi continues his Saturday night residency in the Sub Bar with a blend of party friendly commercial dance tunes and top forty hits.
Support from Dave Montgomery and Mats Lieborg. Doors open at 6pm, free entry.
MERENIA & THE WAY AT OPERA BAR
With a positively gorgeous voice and an ability to sing in five languages, Merenia will wow alongside her band The Way in swinging upbeat latin grooves from 2pm onward. Free entry.
ULTIMATE PARTY VENUE AT JACKSONS ON GEORGE
Local hip hop/R&B jocks Lenno and Aladdin Royaal feature alongside special guests from 9pm onward. Free entry.
2 WAY DJ AT CARMENS
Floor pumping roof breaking house music from the rampantly successful Hook N Sling and local heroes Paul Moritz and Dave Mckay. Doors open at 9pm, $15 cover.
ALEX ALMEIDA AT THE BANK
Rising house star Alex Almeida joins Jack Prest and Dale Stephen at The Bank this evening to provide a fine blend tunes. Doors open at 6pm.
SUNDAY
SPICE AT HOME TERRACE
Ex-Peace Division member and Circo Loco/DC10 resident Clive Henry joins YokoO, Robbie Lowe and Nic Scali for an extra special edition of Spice – Sydneys premier after hours club. Doors open at 5am.
BUNKER 003 AT PLANTATION BAR
Finely Tuned bring rocking Canadian artist Alix Quellet to the Bunker for an after hours extravaganza. Support from Ben Korbel, Dopamine, Ben Dunlop, Zaak Magintz and Dan Peres. Doors open at 5am, $15 entry.
BONDI CULTURA AT THE BEACH ROAD HOTEL
The Strides treat the keen Sunday evening crowd at The Beach Hotel to some live funk, reggae and world music from 6pm onward. Free entry.
SUPERJAMM AT ESTABLISHMENT
R&B, sexy house and old school hits from DJ Def Rock, Troy-T, Lilo, G-Wizard, Eko, Zoo Rok, Elektroy and MC Jayson. Doors open at 9pm.
DJ JACK SH*T AT OPERA BAR
FBi presenter and all round dope selectah DJ Jack Sh*t brings the noise with funky treats and soulful beats for a perfect Sunday wind down, or up if you like. Free entry.
SUNDAYZE AT GASWORKS, ALBION
DJs Fresh, Adrian Allan, Jorgie Jay and guests end the weekend on a commercial house high with a dash of R&B to keep it real. Free entry, doors open at 6pm.
THE DEEP DISKO AT COLOMBIAN HOTEL
House obsessive Phil Hudson rounds up an impressive collection of locals for fresh weekly event, The Deep Disko. Join the crew from 9pm onward. Free entry.
EASY SUNDAYS AT KIT & KABOODLE
Up front dance tunes from Miss T, Murray Lake and Charlie Chux. Doors open at 6pm, standard serve drinks and pizzas $5.
RADIO SOCIAL AT WORLD BAR
Hattie Carroll and The Tourist bring something a little more civilised to the World Bar this afternoon from 5pm onward. $5 entry.
MATS LIEBORG AT THE MEAN FIDDLER
For a solid chill out session head along to The Mean Fiddler where Mats Lieborg will be taking you on an early afternoon jazz journey from 1.30pm onward. Free entry.
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“On the 100th anniversary of the original voyage, a modern luxury liner christened ‘Titanic 2’ follows the path of its namesake. But when a tsunami hurls an ice berg into the new ship’s path, the passengers and crew must fight to avoid a similar fate.” While not technically a quote, the official synopsis of Titanic 2 (we’re so not joking here, kids) was too good to pass up. Google it – there are production images and all.
DVD OF THE WEEK Picnic At Hanging Rock on Blu-ray. This masterpiece of Australian cinema is still unmatched in its haunting beauty, 35 years after it first hit Australia cinemas screens; the infamous line – “What we see and what we seem are but a dream, a dream within a dream.” – still lingering in the deepest recesses of our brains. A tale of three girls that go missing during a Valentine’s Day picnic in 1900, Peter Weir’s film is uneasy, hypnotic, and completely unforgettable. Now, thanks to Umbrella Entertainment, we have a newly restored print for Blu-ray.
ON A ROLE BUDDING FILM AND THEATRE ACTORS CTORS TAKE NOTE: NIDA’S OPEN DAY, WHICH ONLY HAPPENS EVERY TWO YEARS, IS ON THIS WEEKEND. SO IF YOU WANTT TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MEL GIBSON OR CATE BLANCHETT THIS IS WHERE TO START. DARRYN KING TALKS TO NIDA GRADUATE BELINDA WOLLASTON.
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1. Snakes On A Plane (2006) 2. Mars Needs Women (1967) 3. Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1964) 4. Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla (1952) 5. Zack And Miri Make A Porno (2008) 6. Zombie Strippers (2008) 7. Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969)
GIVEAWAY
The amount of spin-off series that Top Gear has spawned – either directly or indirectly – is astounding, and rather difficult to keep on top of. Richard Hammond latched onto a good one in Brainiac: Science Abuse, where he basically gets to blow up stuff in the name of science. Hell, we’re not about to say that’s not entertainment. Thanks to Shock DVD, we’ve got five copies of Brainiac: Science Abuse: Series 3&4 on DVD to giveaway. That’s 765 minutes of pure television. For your chance to win a copy, email giveaways@3dworld.com.au with ‘BRAINIAC’ in the subject line.
As it does only once every two years, this week the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Australia’s foremost theatre and film dream factory, is lifting the curtain and throwing open the hallowed doors to its world class rehearsal rooms, performance spaces, lighting and sound studios, music rooms and costume workshops. Everyone from prospective students to the merely curious will be able to sit in on rehearsals for upcoming productions, and have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of drop-in classes and workshops, including classes in movement, voice, improvisation, prop making, TV presenting and stage combat. There will be information on part- and full-time courses on offer, and a jam-packed programme of performances, demonstrations and presentations showcasing its full range of full-time courses, including Acting, Directing, Design, Production, Properties, Costume, Playwriting and Musical Theatre. There are certain names that predictably parade through every article ever written about the legacy of NIDA: past students include Mel Gibson, Judy Davis, Robyn Nevin, Steve Bisley, Baz Luhrmann, Colin Friels, John Wood, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, Jeremy Sims, Richard Roxburgh, Garry McDonald, and Cate Blanchett. But it’s not only these high-profile NIDA graduates who have enjoyed successful and busy careers. When I put the call through to musical theatre star Belinda Wollaston, she’s stepping into a taxi to go to her final callback for Hairspray. “It’s audition season at the moment,” she tells me. “So who knows where I’ll end up?” Twenty-six-year-old performer Belinda Wollaston has gone from show to show since graduating from NIDA – and not just any old shows. She’s performed in Mamma Mia!, the stage musical Titanic, Respect, Shane Warne The Musical, the international tour of Jekyll And Hyde and the Sydney Theatre Company
production of Summer Rain. She’s currently singing and dancing through the Sydney Comedy Festival show The Musical Of Musicals (The Musical!) and is jetting off to Taiwan and China in June to reprise her role in Jekyll And Hyde. “For me, personally, I couldn’t have asked for a better run really,” she says. “I haven’t really been unemployed. So far so good.” It’s a familiar story: Wollaston caught the acting bug during a Year 7 excursion to a production of Les Misérables. “I think that was the moment for me, when I thought that’s exactly what I’d love to do. Getting there was another question.” Wollaston auditioned for a place in the part-time Young Actors Studio course at NIDA when she was still in high school and remembers the experience all too well. “It was nerve-wracking,” she says. “They’ve changed the criteria now to get into the course but I know back when I was there you had to write your own monologue. I was probably more nervous about the script than the actual audition. But I think I was a lot braver back then. I think when you’re younger you don’t have as much fear as you do when you become more aware. Adults are scared about embarrassing themselves!” At a tender 16, Wollaston enrolled full-time in NIDA’s Singer Dancer Actor course, trekking daily from Penrith to the Kensington campus and learning and honing her craft among much older peers. Already she was, as she puts it, learning on the job: she devised and performed a solo cabaret act called Songs From My Hairbrush: The Bedroom Mirror And Me. “It was the first thing I did out there in ‘the industry’,” she says. “A 16-year-old doing a cabaret show. These days there are so many young people doing cabaret but back then I’m proud to say I was one of the first. But I don’t think it was the best show in the world…”
Even then, Wollaston – also a saxophone and clarinet player – was nothing if not dedicated and hard-working. It was that commitment that helped her get the most out of her studies at NIDA. “I think it’s up to you how hard you work,” she says. “It’s your journey. It’s kind of a chooseyour-own-adventure. I teach musical theatre now in NIDA’s open program, and I tell my students that I won’t force them to learn four songs this week if they don’t want to; but if they do learn four songs I will help them challenge themselves. I was challenged the same way when I was at NIDA. My tutor would say that every Saturday was a Masterclass – you’d have a new song every Saturday to do in front of the class and she would tear it apart...” (Wollaston laughs, corrects herself) “… critique it. She would teach you but she wouldn’t force people to do it and I think that’s what made me grow. You get out what you put into it.” And, according to Wollaston, even a performer well into their career still has to be willing to learn. “I’ve never settled to think, ‘I know it all now.’ I still go to singing lessons once a week, I do an acting course here and there, a dancing class… not that dancing’s my strength, which you may have seen.” (I certainly didn’t.) For any aspiring performers visiting NIDA this weekend, Wollaston has some straightforward words of encouragement. “Don’t worry about it and just do it. Just put yourself out there and then work as hard as you can, and know that it’s a place to learn – you don’t have to be perfect. Just hang in there, because if you don’t you might miss out, you know?” WHAT: NIDA Open Day WHERE & WHEN: NIDA Saturday 22 May
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BUGS BUNNY AT THE SYMPHONYY Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
After some 20 years, the much-acclaimed Bugs Bunny On Broadway has been reworked as Bugs Bunny At The Symphony (probably more appropriately, since it is much closer to a symphonic concert than a Broadway show). If 20 years seems like a long time – it’s certainly longer than a lot of this evening’s audience members have been around for – the cartoons on display are positively ancient, reaching as far back as the 1940s, back when Daffy was a duckling and Porky was the biggest star in the Looney Tunes barn. The cartoons themselves are as magical as ever though. Shorts like Zoom And Bored (a Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner classic), and LongHaired Hare (the one with a wig-wearing Bugs tormenting an opera singer) are probably as much a riot now as they were in 1957 and 1949. Completely aside from the musical element, which is terrific, it’s just a thrill to see these cartoons on the big screen with an enthusiastic all-ages audience – as nature intended. There are some strange choices of new material: a Tweety and Sylvester cartoon, playing unaccompanied by the orchestra, seems to have been arbitrarily plucked from the archives. Especially bizarre are the Scooby-Doo and Flintstone montages, which, although a good chance to hear Grieg’s In The Hall Of The Mountain King and Offenbach’s “can-can” movement in the Concert Hall, add very little to the event as a whole. The best new material is a montage of Looney Tunes musical snippets. The excitement among the adults is palpable when Pepé Le Pew, Daffy Duck, and the amphibian from One Froggy Evening make brief appearances.
Writer Katharine Brisbane and theatre critic John McCallum joined politicians and artists in Sydney on Monday night to honour the writers frozen out of the 2010 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. This year there was no award for best play, but according to the Awards website a grant of $30,000 will be made available to support professional development opportunities for new playwrights. The reaction amongst the playwriting community has been one of frustration, especially since Premier Kristina Keneally promoted the awards as a way to “Perpetuate a cultural legacy in our state; a legacy of ideas, imagination and history.” Short-listed for the award in 2006, playwright Rebecca Clarke tells us it not only provides financial support to the winner, but inspires other nominees to persevere. She says some of the Australian plays which would have been eligible for the award, should it have been given, include: Poor Boy by Matt Cameron and Tim Finn, Pig Iron People by John Doyle, Let The Sunshine by David Williamson, and Rockabye by Joanna Murray Smith. Screen Australia is partnering with Emerging Pictures in New York to present the US-Australian Film Showcase, a season of new Australian films not previously released in the US. Emerging Pictures will use its digital cinema network to release three films over a year. Participating films will be screened across 21 American states and in 60 cities, with a minimum of 12 venues including leading arthouse cinemas. The first three Australian films in the Showcase are Accidents Happen, The Waiting City, and Charlie And Boots. Emerging Pictures will pick the titles and oversee their promotion alongside filmmakers and Screen Australia. Two of the most annoying reality television shows are battling it out to top the ratings table. Seven’s Australia’s Got Talent snared 1,509,000 viewers for its first semi-final last week. The figure bumped Master Chef Australia down to just 464,000, from the 1.6million mark at which it has recently stayed. Unfortunately Seven is expected to follow the success of Australia’s Got Talent with another British talent franchise, The X-Factor. It’s rumoured to be developing a local version with Kyle Sandilands, Delta Goodrem, and Guy Sebastian on the judging panel. Bangarra’s Daniel Riley McKinley has been nominated for outstanding performance by a male dancer at the Australian Dance Awards next month. Bangarra has also been short listed for Fire, a retrospective of the company’s 20-year repertoire and artistic director, Stephen Page, has been nominated for services to dance. The Sydney Dance Company has three nominations for its production of We Unfold. The Australian Ballet has five nominations, including outstanding performance by a company for Concord. Former One Nation MP David Oldfield has been taken off air at 2UE after just three shifts. It’s apparently because of comments he made about how the electric fence at Christmas Island’s asylum seeker detention centre should be turned on, so that anyone who tried to escape would “fry”. When a caller protested, saying he should go back to 2GB with that sort of comment, Oldfield replied “or barbecue them”. He was sacked a month ago from 2GB’s midnight-to-dawn shift. Where will he turn up next?
Most of the great numbers from Bugs Bunny On Broadway are still here in all their glory though – Zoom and Bored, Long-Haired Hare, Baton Bunny, and A Corny Concerto are big hits, and the formidable closing numbers of the first and second acts, The Rabbit Of Seville and What’s Opera, Doc?, still bring the house down. Conductor and creator George Daugherty has a contagious enthusiasm for the material, and even the Sydney Symphony players seem to be having a great time, which is very special indeed. Season finished DARRYN KING
A TASTE SENSATION Eastside Arts Café
CABARET QUEEN RETURNS One of the greats from the world of cabaret, Ute Lemper has performed on Broadway and London’s West End, released countess solo albums, and collaborated with film composer Michael Nyman (on an album called The Michael Nyman Songbook, where the composer wrote
VIVID LIVE REVEALS MORE INFO ON ITS FILM PROGRAME Vivid LIVE’s mega-collection of arty experimental cinema Day For Night Movie Marathon is shaping to be the coolest film night of the year from Sydney cinefiles. Comprising of documentaries, art films, experimental cinema, classics with live scores and performances, this eight-hour (!) afternoon/soirée will see the debut screening of a film by Maya Deren – “the most important and innovate avant garde filmmaker in the history of American cinema” – complete with new score composed and performed by Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Trio; Laurie Anderson performing live to film; Jennifer Reeve’s When It Was Blue, with live score from Skúli Sverrisson; work by Harry Smith with music by Metal Machie Trio; and the Australian premiere of Lou Reed’s directorial debut Red Shirley. Day For Night Movie marathon is held at the Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House Saturday 6 June. Head to vividsydney.com for tickets.
NOW AND WHEN PHOTO EXHIBITION Last year the Australian Centre For Photography (ACP) ran a ten-week workshop at the Oasis Youth Support Network, Surry Hills in partnership with the Salvation Army, where the participants learned photographic skills and documented each other with portraits. The resulting photographs will be on display at Storm Gallery from Monday 24 May to Saturday 5 June at an exhibition called Now And When. Te Rangatahi “Frank” Taniora, who participated in
songs based on text by the likes of Shakespeare and Mozart, and Nyman sang). Her latest show, Angels Over Berlin, explores the worlds of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Jacques Brel, Léo Ferré, and Édith Piaf, and marks Lemper’s first show in Australia since 2003. The German chanteuse performs at the State Theatre tonight (Wednesday 19 May).
the workshops, has also been named recipient of an ACP photographic scholarship. Now And When is part of the Head On photo festival.
GREEN, ABBOTT, BERNER ARE ALL-STARS Well-seasoned thespians of comedy, Jeff Green, Steve “The Sandman” Abbott, and Peter Berner are joining forces as The Comedy All-Stars and taking their jokes to regional centres across NSW. You can catch them at Castle Hill RSL (Friday 21 May), Penrith Panthers (Sunday 23), Campbelltown RSL (Tuesday 25), Harbord Diggers (Wednesday 26), Gosford RSL (Thursday 27), Mounties (Wednesday 2 June), St. Mary’s Band Club (Thursday 3), Souths Juniors (Friday 4), Belmont 16ft Sailing Club (Saturday 5), and North Sydney Leagues Club (Saturday 12). Tickets through the venues.
GET YOUR MEDIAEVAL POETRY ON Inaugurated in 1973, the Runnymede Pop Festival is the longest running regular festival dedicated to mediaeval music and poetry in Australia. After last year’s festival being cancelled due to flooding, the aptly named Renaissance Players are borne again in 2010, when the 33rd Runnymede Festival takes over the Great Hall, Sydney University Tuesday 8 June and Wednesday 9 (from 7pm both nights). A reader, two singers, and six multi-instrumentalists will perform mediaeval songs, popular dance music, and poetry. Punch ‘Runnymede’ into Facebook for more info.
You attend a dinner theatre event with certain expectations. One of those expectations, and I don’t think it’s an unreasonable one, is that at some point you get to have dinner. It would be easy to make a mockery of what happened at the opening night of A Taste Sensation (with a title like that, it’s begging for it), but here are the facts: several audience members, some of whom had lined up for 20 minutes, reached the front of the line to be told that there was no food left. They were not amused. Now, surely, one hopes, this little issue has been worked out by now – it’s just unfortunate that some people who’d been eager enough to attend opening night had to go hungry (or order pizza). But back to this idea of expectations. As far as the five short plays on offer are concerned, A Taste Sensation is the theatrical equivalent of a salad buffet. Don’t come expecting anything to chew on. There are a few laughs, a bit of noir comedy, a smidgen of farce… In other words, precisely the kind of theatre one hopes to get from an event like this: light, inoffensive, and unpretentious plays that won’t upset your appetite or get under your skin. Fantasy dates, two women fighting over a shared lover, poisoned cupcakes – it all washes down very easily. Even during the short play Over The Moon – the quietest, most poetic piece in the programme – you can feel quite comfortable reaching for an olive, and the two intervals mean that nothing tests your patience for long. A Taste Sensation takes place at the Eastside Arts Café on Oxford Street in Paddington, a not uncomfortable space. Assuming the food situation is running smoothly now, a generous platter will set you back $25, which is a bit much. But it’s a decent night’s entertainment – if you have a taste for that kind of thing. Saturdays until 5 June DARRYN KING
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It’s tricky to review Rupert Murray’s excellent documentary without giving a litany of alarming and potentially alienating statistics, so let’s just focus on one: global fishing will grind to a halt come 2048. That’s right, in our lifetime we will have devastated the world’s fish population to the extent that there will be no more seafood left to feast on. You’d better savour your sashimi while you can. Or actually, don’t. The aim of Murray’s documentary is to create awareness and change consumer attitudes towards seafood. It’s all well and good to top up your Omega-3 levels, but not uninformed purchases encouraging ruinous overfishing and extinction of species. Take bluefin tuna for example; it’s as endangered as the orangutan yet remains a popular fish to order in restaurants, and is prized by celebrity chefs. The tenuous fate of the bluefin is just one species that struck British journalist Charles Clover, who set about researching the staggering levels of overfishing, and wrote the book on which this documentary is based. Following Clover’s lead, Murray spent two years travelling the globe recording stories from Gibraltar to Senegal to Alaska. Narrated by Ted Danson, the documentary is a compelling patchwork of fascinating (and yes, alarming) truths from across the socioeconomic spectrum, the poor Senegalese fisherman
to the motor giant Mitsubishi. And though little time is given to naysayers (there are those who dispute the 2048 estimate), it’s impossible not to be affected by the awesome short-sightedness of the global fisheries industry and the government departments entrusted to protect our oceans. The documentary shares some common ground with Oscar winner The Cove. Though The End Of The Line lacks the high tech, singular focus and cuddly main character (the dolphin), both press their points about the need for change at a political as well as consumer level. And Japan once again comes under the microscope for their fishing practices, alongside other frightening examples of the wilful blindness of nations, all with catastrophic consequences for the world’s sea life. So what can be done? Mercifully, The End Of The Line provides alternatives, citing marine reserves and sustainable fishing areas as positive examples of ways forward. But the most tangible first step is to overcome our assumptions about the sea; as Danson intones in his opening narration, “Our view of the sea has always been that it is huge, beautiful and inexhaustible.” And it is our erroneous belief in that final adjective that The End Of The Line can immediately alter. WHEN: Screening in cinemas now ALICE TYNAN
The White Ribbon
THE WHITE RIBBON
Michael Haneke is an Austrian filmmaker who scares people. In fact, many have been known to run from the cinema while his films are showing. The director’s last film, Funny Games, a remake of his 1997 film of the same name, was aimed squarely at American audiences where violence is peddled as a matineeafternoon diversion from real life and dressed up as cartoon-like in its depiction of people being killed on screen. Well, Haneke felt this form of escapism from the true nature of violence begged for a film that brought home to the viewer the reality of what death at close range looked like – and he knew just how to suck the audience in with a wholesome family at the mercy of a pair of killers who had the face of angels and more scarily had no motive for their crimes. Now with The White Ribbon he again creates an atmosphere of absolute fear as he looks at the indoctrination of a race of people and their ideology, and the secondment of children in this type of brain-washing. Here we are cast back in time to 1913, to a Germany at a crucial time, before Nazism and nationalism would take hold of the public psyche. The story is set in the rural village of Eichwald and is narrated by the local school teacher (Ernst Jacobi). The village is divided very much along class lines, with the farmers working the land and the middle
class teaching and ministering to the locals’ health. All appears normal until a number of mysterious accidents start happening. Like the doctor (Rainer Bock) is nearly killed in a horse riding accident when he is felled by a tripwire setup between two trees near his house. Then a farmer loses his wife in an accident. A woman hurts herself after falling through the floor of a house. While all these accidents happen, the village children roam around with a sense of entitlement. They could even be linked to what is happening. We soon find out that secret crimes are being committed to some children, such as sexual abuse. The children are in fact tightly controlled by their parents and the village environment; one parent makes his child wear a white ribbon if he does something wrong or impure, like masturbate. The White Ribbon is another strong effort from Haneke, and beautifully looks at the psychological and social elements that can solidify political ideologies. It does look like the children of the peasant folk are really sowing the seeds for tomorrows’ fascists. They are at the bottom of the totem pole of power in the village, and this repression will have dire consequences in the years to follow. WHEN: Screening in cinemas now PRISCELLA ENGALL
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POST PUNK OPERATIC ACT TIGER LILLIES COULD POSSIBLY BE THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL ACT PERFORMING AT THIS YEAR’S BIENNALE OF SYDNEY. JAMELLE WELLS SPEAKS TO FRONTMAN MARTYN JACQUES.
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After London based band Tiger Lillies performed at a Viennese opera house a few years ago, it burnt down. One of their songs was about starting fires – The Dreadful Story About Harriet And The Matches – but frontman Martyn Jacques insists they had nothing to do with the fire and that organisers of Sydney’s Biennale don’t need to worry about Cockatoo Island when the band performs there this month. “It’s in the middle of Sydney Harbour,” says Jacques. “There’s water everywhere for firefighting.” The 50-year-old, who plays the accordion and sings in a falsetto voice that’s a cross between Dame Edna and Noel Coward, will perform a new post punk, neoBrechtian opera Cockatoo Prison with Adrian Huge on drums and percussion and bass player Adrian Stout. They’re among 50 artists performing on the island, with the theme of this year’s Biennale being The Beauty Of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age. Tiger Lillies have a cult following on the alternative cabaret circuit around the world, but are hard to categorise because they perform everything from gypsy ballads to French and German cabaret. Their postmodern take on cabaret results in perverse, yet haunting material, and their influences range from punk to The Threepenny Opera, Jacques Brel, Edith Piaf, Louis Armstrong, and burlesque. They’ve been compared to The Pogues and Tom Waits, and have collaborated with Leningrad, Talking Heads lead singer David Byrne, ex-Bad Seed Blixa Bargeld, Kronos Quartet, and writer Edward Gorey to record The Gorey End. Jacques says Cockatoo Prison, which was created for the venue, is about crimes and society’s attitude towards them. He also has a personal connection with the subject matter because for 15 years he’s lived on the Millbank Estate on a river in London. “It’s just behind the Tate gallery and was the site of the Millbank Prison where they kept prisoners be-
fore taking them to Australia,” he says. “Their journey started where I live and soon I’ll be performing where they finished that journey.” Jacques says the 16 songs in the show will be about different crimes, most from a prisoner’s point of view, some tragic and some comic. One is inspired by Barry Humphries, who is a Tiger Lillies fan and invited them to perform at his 70th birthday party. (Their other fans include Simpsons creator Matt Groening, cartoonists Edward Gorey and Jhonen Vasquez, and director Terry Gilliam.) “Barry and I have a lot in common, spiritually; when he was younger he used to smear himself in brown peanut butter and run around train stations during rush hour until police in special suits came to arrest him,” Jacques says. “So one of the songs is Shit Terrorist – about a guy who gets arrested for scaring people at train stations.” Another song Behind Baas is about sex with a sheep, but there is also darker material – like the song about a rapist who waits in the shadows for a lone woman to pass, another about a paedophile, and one about someone who kills their mother. Jacques says the band has always embraced disturbing material, because it’s real. “If something is intimidating I’ll write a song about it, rather than hide from it,” he says. “Life is unpleasant and not always comfortable and what we write about might be confronting, but that’s the world we live in.” WHAT: Cockatoo Prison WHERE & WHEN: Building 74, Cockatoo Island Thursday 20 May to Saturday 22
Stephen Moffat is on the line from the UK conducting what must seem like a never-ending conga-line of interviews. The attention is all because he’s stepped up from favourite feature writer to head honcho at Doctor Who, with the title card on his office door now reading Head Writer And Executive Producer. Moffat took over the series from Russell T Davies, another superstar British television writer responsible for triumphs such as Queer As Folk. In a book that chronicled Davies’ last days in the Who office, emails to and from Moffat were published to read as an almost tug-o-war between the two writers as they seemed to be bartering over who could use what villain and what character for what storyline. As a fan, this writer has to ask if such tussles over the writing desk were real, or just made for a good yarn. “I mean, it wasn’t a big deal for us – it was two big old Doctor Who fans talking rubbish at each other,” Moffat says. “There was not a hassle, it was just chat.” Given that Moffat had written for the show during the fabulous David Tennant reign as Doctor and for the actor before him as well (Christopher Eccelston), Moffat was keen to continue the show’s legacy as well as put his own mark on it. In addition to bringing back some of the amazing characters he created (the Weeping Angels and Professor River Song), Moffat also wanted to get his hands on the Doctor’s time machine, the 1960s looking police box called the TARDIS. “When the Doctor first crashes to earth in the new series it’s the David Tennant TARDIS, and it gets terribly damaged. So when it rebuilds itself, and just because I fancied it, the police box also gets tarted up a bit. “In the Peter Cushing Doctor Who movies in the ’60s they had a particularly beautiful police box for the TARDIS, and I wanted to reproduce that – and when I was a kid I always really liked those moments
where you got a glimpse of the rest of the TARDIS, so I think to redo the inside to suggest that there is a whole world inside that box that we don’t see, that is automatically exciting.” With a history of writing television for a variety of demographics, you might think Moffat would have to change gears to go back to writing for a family timeslot. For example, in the new season’s first episode, main character Amy Pond had her part time job described as ‘kiss-o-gram’ rather than something more sinister (in case you need a hint, she’s wearing a policewoman’s uniform, minus most of the skirt). Moffat’s keen to be a bit secretive about the Doctor’s sexuality – “It’s always been a bit ambiguous with the Doctor’s life, and we know he’s had a history. He never quite admits what he gets up to late at night but I like to think that’s just because he’s far too much of a gentleman to ever let that be shown on screen” – but he’s also very intent on keeping the real Doctor Who themes at the forefront. “It’s always been a little bit cheeky, Doctor Who, but you know, it’s fun. “But it’s mainly about monsters and explosions, let’s be clear.” WHAT: Doctor Who WHERE & WHEN: ABC1 Sundays (7:30pm) and abc. net.au/iView
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Position available in Busy music school in Beverly Hills, Kogarah and at various government schools. Teaching mainly beginners to intermediate level. Enthusiasm, patience and ability to inspire will be looked at more than your qualifications and experience. Email resume jobs@jumbonote.com.au
Position available in Busy music school in Beverly Hills, Kogarah and at various government schools. Teaching mainly beginners to intermediate level. Enthusiasm, patience and ability to inspire will be looked at more than your qualifications and experience. Email resume jobs@jumbonote.com.au
ZOOM HANDY RECORDER H2 NEW MODEL handy recorder and accessories, valued at $400. Only used once for pointless uni assignment. FOR SALE $300 ono. Ph: 0425 306 238.
Get your song recorded with a music producer/multiinstrumentalist in a relaxed and creative studio. Real drums, bass, guitar & keyboards plus programming for all styles of music. Experienced in arrangement, composition, performance & production. Call Greg 0425 210 742
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Prefer female: Position available in Busy music school in Beverly Hills, Kogarah and at various government schools. Teaching mainly beginners to intermediate level. Enthusiasm, patience and ability to inspire will be looked at more than your qualifications and experience. Email resume jobs@jumbonote.com.au
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VIOLIN TEACHER NEEDED!
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lessons in all instruments in comfortable commercial premises. Group or individual one-on-one. Kogarah & Beverly Hills ph:1300 787 697 www.jumbonote. com.au
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Professional illustrator available for any project. Book covers, children’s books, album art and much more. Based in Melbourne, drawing world wide! Excellent rates. www.paulikin.com -Phone: 0403 996 129 or email paul@paulikin.com
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Coming soon to a movie theatre near you, this dramatic fantasy musical adventure. From the trenches of the first world war to a new world beyond the mysterious Timeless Forest. All enquiries to Duncan on mobile: 0402 136 335 duncan321sunrise@yahoo.com.au View associated website at www.adventuresofjack. webs.com
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ILLUSTRATOR AVAILABLE NOW!
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Wanna be Famous? Wanna kickstart your carreer in the entertainment industry? Go to Sydney`s most glamourous and exclusive events, festivals and fashion shows? Here is the deal! Unseen Talent gives you the chance now to become a professional TV Presenter. Unseen Tv our parent company is Australia`s number one independent produciton house. Over the last few years we have filmed more events, fashion shows, celebrity interviews, parties and festivals than anyone. Now it is your chance to do the same. If you have always wanted to get in front of the camera and think you can benefit from hosting some video clips, do not hesitate to contact us. Our courses are limited to groups of 4. So call Diana on 02 9310 2100 or 0468 871 864 or apply on our website www.unseentalent.tv Don`t forget to check www.unseentv.tv to see how you can do something interesting with your time and make your friends jealous.
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Full size South Park arcade pinball machine, in 100% working condition. An impressive addition to any office or games room, this pinball features hilarious sound effects (like fart bumpers), as you set out to accomplish the games many modes, including trying to kill poor old kenny! The machine includes with additionalprototype ‘profanity’ software chip with extra naughty audio and animations and a video mode too rude for commercial release. Also included is the official South Park ‘anti pinball’ topper, plus the Cartman doll topper, and an original instruction manual. More photos available upon request - ph 0408 411 808
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We have 5 days recording in late June. We need a great Rock producer/engineer to mix our 5 tracks. Must have plenty of experience in Rock/Metal/Punk www.mypace. com/droptankband droptankband@gmail.com
FAB LIVE VENUE SEEKS PROMOTER We currently have an awesome warehouse-style live music/performance/DJ/Dance venue in Brisbane CBD. Amazing ambience for Live Performance...over 100 years old. High ceilings and great acoustics. Perfect for live music/DJ gigs.Basics are General Liquor Licence, holds up to 450, fully fitted out and ready to go, HUGE 114dB noise limit!!! 3am Late Licence, 2 stages, Flexible Room Layout can split into 3 different spaces including a Mezzanine Floor/Balcony area with viewing down to Main Stage. We are looking for a Joint Venture Partner/ Promoter/Band Manager/DJ Collaboration etc. to create a new Live/Dance venue in Bris Vegas. Venue is edge CBD easily accessible.High profile Main Road location with great traffic exposure for excellent signage and billboard opportunities. Looking to form a partnership with an enegetic innovative Promoter/Manager etc. who wants to be part of a new Highly Successful Brisbane Entertainment Venue. If you are interested please email Phil at whispurr7@hotmail.com. Thanks!
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PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHY AND MERCHANDISE Music for Film, TV, Radio, and Media. Composition of songs, jingles, commercials, themes, scores and classical pieces. Most genres undertaken: classic pop-rock, easy listening, acoustic, country, folk, comedy, lyrical and classical. Accomplished and experienced composer/ writer/ vocalist/ musician. All enquiries contact Duncan on 0402 136 335. duncan321sunrise@yahoo. com.au www.myspace.com/filmtvradio www.filmtvradio.webs.com www.loevinakingdom.webs.com www. adventuresofjack.webs.com
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rently seeking Sydney-based solo artists and bands for a 1-night show at a venue (to be confirmed) in July. All profits from the night will be used to fund the production of music videos for the performers involved. An established local profile is essential. Contact Gareth at gbeal@utropeafilms if this sounds like you!
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GUITARIST AVAILABLE TO JAM Learn Blues Harmonica all styles from Ragtime, Country Blues , Chicago Blues styles. Private lessons in Sydney with Blue tongue & Workshops across Australia with Bluetongue, Ian Collard & Doc Span. web- http://www.bluetongueharmonica.com.au p-02 80037132 m-0412 668575
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BASS PLAYER WANTED We are a rock covers band playing classics from the 70’s to current styles. AC/DC is a big influence along with Guns N’ Roses, Pearl Jam and Hendrix. We are easy going down to earth people looking for the same. We’re looking for someone who is committed and doesn’t take themselves too seriously. We have a view to play local gigs around Wollongong and eventually doing originals and touring. If you’re interested in rocking your way to the top then look no further. Call Dale on 0409 408 596
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BASS PLAYER WANTED Female fronted originals band seeks musically open minded bass player. Rehearsing in inner west. We like PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, The Bellrays, MC5, Nick Cave, Thin Lizzy, The Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath. Call 0410 865 035 or email newtons4@aapt.net.au
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BASS PLAYER WANTED
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Female bass player/vocalist required for working covers band, easygoing, gigs booked, classics to modern, band ages between 23-40. Call 0416 216 970 or email metalwolf@optusnet.com.au
LEAD GUITARIST AVAILABLE
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Lead guitarist looking to jam/form a heavy metal band, preferably on the central coast but willing to travel. Influences: Mercyful Fate, Judas Priest, Metallica, Iron maiden - Blake 0403138542
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DRUMMER WORSHIP NITES SEEKS EXCELLENCE
NOEL GALLAGHER-OASIS COV BAND OASIS cover band requires a NOEL GALLAGHER. That means good singing ability and tight rythm ability. Lead not essential. Please be a fan of the music, have your own transport and some good gear. Call Blake 0420 774 819
I’m trying to start a Punk Rock band and I cant do it by myself. If you can play the guitar or drums or whatever and want to start a band, then please call me. I don’t care how good or bad you are at your instrument-your probably better than me! My influences are The Clash, The Ramones and The Pistols. My No. is 0404 909 416
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WANNA BE IN MY BAND??!!! Who wants to be in a all girls original pop rock band hav some fun and make some $$$?! Guitar/bass/ drummer needed. Must be able to sing passable back up vox and luv performing!Practice 1-2 times per week. Gig asap. All ages welcome. www.myspace. com/nicolesero 0435 426 012
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FEMALE GUITARIST REQUIRED All girl rock band Seraphim Blaze needs a second guitarist to complete their line up. We are a working band who want to make it big so if you are dedicated, can kick arse, take names and play call us today.For more info go to www.myspace.com/seraphimblaze
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ROCK/POP GUITARIST WANTED!
SINGER
OASIS cover band needs a Noel Gallagher. That means a good singer with tight rythm guitar ability. Lead not essential. Good gear and transport required. Call Blake 0420 774 819
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SINGER TO JAM/ FORM BAND wanted for duo openmic nights leading into the opportunity to form covers/originals band northern beaches area call 0424487379
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GOSPEL SINGERS WANTED
Sydney originals band The Scarletts are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and committed guitarist to join their original rock/pop band. Also required to sing harmonies/bvs. 22-33 years preferred. Own gear and transport essential. send us a message at www.myspace.com/the.scarletts or Contact Susie:0432685806
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ILLUSTRATOR AVAILABLE!
NOEL GALLAGHER-OASIS COV BAND Inspire Design Studios provides meaningful, smart and economic design solutions that communicates clearly with a given market. From website design, to branding, we can take you through the entire process of creating an identity for your organization. Maybe you just need some business cards, or maybe you need a completely new look. From logo design, to website creation, to company apparel, and anything in between. To provide you with the most competitive pricing contact us to discuss your requirements without any obligation. Special prices Static website (within 5 pages) $495 CMS website (within 7 pages) $695 Online shopping site $795 No hidden charges or on-going monthly fees To find out more please visit www.lydiay.com
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GRAPHIC DESIGN WANT A LOGO FOR YOUR BAND?
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SAXOPHONIS AVAILABLE
SYDNEY
ANGUS YOUNG
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GUITAR LESSONS in the convenience of your own home. Fully experienced and qualified tutor. With 20 years of studio and live performance. Most styles including Rock, Pop and Jazz. Learn to play your favourite songs, practical theory, improvisation, proper technique.Beginners to advanced. Reasonable rates. Phone Oles on 0407413143 or email oa@olesart.com
Experienced saxophonist is looking for bands and studio sessions. Jazz, funky, afro, reggae, latin, rock, folk. If interested contact me at 0410041979. Cheers. Lorenzo
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PRO TROMBONIST AVAILABLE
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GUITAR LESSONS
CONTEMPORARY AND MUSIC THEATRE SINGING TUITION. TRAINED WITH LEADING NYC VOCAL TEACHER WORKED WITH ARTISTS IE. AVRIL LAVIGNE, KELLY CLARKESON AND BEYONCE. WORLD RENOWNED VOCAL EXCERSISES TO VASTLY IMPROVE VOCAL TECHIQUE BASED ON EXCSERCISES FROM MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC. LOCATED EASTERN SUBURBS. AVAILABLE TO TRAVEL. ORIGINALS WELCOME. AUDITION COACHING. 0435 426 012
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Professional Trombone player available for gigs, session and tours. Jazz, Funk, Latin, Pop, Rock and Classical. Can sight read, improvise and write parts. Contact Brendan 0409833827.
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LOOKING FOR LIFE TIME BAND
MUSICIANS WANTED
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4 WEEK COURSE GETS YOU PLAYING GUITAR OR KEYBOARDS FAST. CHORDS,SONGS,THEORY,INDIVIDUAL TUTION. CALL DAVID ON 0412360275 ANNANDALE AREA ,SYD
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PROFFESSIONAL ROYALTIES EARNING POP ROCK SONGWRITER AVAILABLE FOR TUITION AND GUIDANCE. TRAINED WITH LEADING NYC VOCAL TEACHER WHO HAS WORKED WITH ARTISTS IE. AVRIL LAVIGNE, KELLY CLARKESON AND BEYONCE. COMMERCIAL RADIO PLAY FOR ORIGINALS. LOCATED EASTERN SUBURBS. AVAILABLE TO TRAVEL. ORIGINALS WELCOME OR BEGINNING FROM AFRESH. K.I.S.S. = $$$$$. 0435 426 012
BASS PLAYER REQUIRED NORTHERN BEACHES AREA CALL 0424487379
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in the convenience of your own home. Fully experienced and qualified tutor. With 20 years of studio and live performance. Most styles including Rock, Pop and Jazz. Learn to play your favourite songs, practical theory, improvisation, proper technique.Beginners to advanced. Reasonable rates. Phone Oles on 0407413143 or email oa@olesart.com
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FEMALE SINGER WANTED
MUSO’S WANTED TO JAM/ FORM BAND
We are looking for an open-minded and charismatic artist. Experience not necessary. Keyboardist optional. Preferred age: 16-26. We are a new band looking to jump into the live music scene. Located in Bondi, our influences include blues, punk, rock and funk. Jam and practice sessions twice a week. Call Bo on 0401365924 or Email on andrewakman2001@ gmail.com.
muso’s wanted to jam form rock/metal band, steve,0424487379
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MUSICIANS AND AUDIENCE WANTED
NORTHERN BEACHES AREA CALL 04 NORTHERN BEACHES AREA CALL 0424487379 NO EGO’S
BASSPLAYER WANTED we are 3 guys who have been around the block a few times and we have decided to form a new lineup to have some fun. we’ve been doing the odd gig with a fill in bass and are looking for a permanent. we are 38-48 and have been playing a long time. we’re doing covers at the moment to get started in the pub circuit. rehearsing at barden ridge(menai) we are easy guys and dont mind a beer or 2.. srv, chisel, ac/dc, diesel, anything that gets bums off seats. call 0420 317537 cheers!
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We are a 4 piece folk/acoustic/blues/country band consisting of 2 x vox, 2 x guitars, double bass, stomp box and keys looking to find a drummer to add colour and energy to our songs. We play all original material and are currently gigging around Sydney and recording our debut EP in June this year. We play a mix of styles so looking for someone versatile. Must be willing to commit to at least 1 night a week rehearsal, gigs and festivals. If this sounds like you then please contact Susie on susiehurley@live.com
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SONS OF GENGHIS NEED DRUMMER!
METALLICA SHOW
Details: http://hotelwilliam.yayabings.com.au This is the underground melting pot of music jam sessions, organised by the Yayabings Music Club with the JazzKatts romping the Fusion Bar. Musicians/singers, comedians and artists at all levels perform by coming in on that evening. Totally impromptu and musicians may improvise with other musicians/singers or perform their own set. Local/Backpackers/Internationals all welcome.
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MUSO’S WANTED TO JAM/ FORM BAND B L U E S , M E T A L , H A R D R O C K , S U R F, P U B MUSIC,ORIGINALS&COVERS,CALL 0424487379
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SINGERS/SONGWRITERS/ ACCOUSTIC male or female singers/songwriters wanted to jam/ perform open mic’s with on northern beaches, stevesbackintown@hotmail.com
MUSO’S WANTED TO JAM/ FORM BAND MUSO’S WANTED TO DO OPENMICS WITH JAM/ FORM BAND ON THE NORTHERN BEACHES INFLUENCES ROCK/METAL/ORIGINALS/COVERS/PUBROCK/ ACCOUSTIC STEVE 0424487379
VIDEO / PRODUCTION
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THE UNFORGIVEN METALLICA TRIBUTE SHOW & BIGWAYOUT rock cover band requires a professional bass player for immediate start!! Agency backed, 8-12 shows per month. Your own form of transport and good gear a must.. Call John on 0416144111
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BASSPLAYER WANTED We are a newly formed covers project looking for an enthusiastic Bassist to join our line up of guitar,drums and vocals playing a wide Scope of music from the 1950’s to the 2000’s. Must have own gear,transport and be able to rehearse on Saturday mornings from 10.00am ‘til 1pm. A good sense of humour,an ability to count and backing vocals(not essential but an asset) and looking to gig once to twice a month why not give us a call. David 0403059200 Peter 0414743875
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Sydney Based “Sons Of Genghis” need versatile drummer, if you play like primus meets Chilli Peppers, Faith no more meets Pantera,this is the band for you and we want your chops!! Check the sounds at www.myspace.com/sonsofgenghis. Call Jono 0410 330 702 or Andy 0420 771 357.
GET YOUR MUSIC ON RADIO! Want to get your music heard on radio? Australian Broadcasting Media(ABM) has over 30 radio stations so getting your music out there is no problem! Interested? email andy@zfmcountrywide.com
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ImmoralFashion.com.au - For some of the best and the cheapest alternative footwear and fashion for Guys and Gals in Australia. New Rock, Demonia, Tripp NYC, Dusk Moth and more to come...
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STAND UP COMEDY COMPETITIONS
DRUMMER WANTED NOW!!
RECORDING + CUSTOM BEATS
ELECTRONIC MUSIC GURU WANTED!
Comedy Court and Quick Some Comedy Quick, presents Australia’s only live audience digital voting stand up comedy competition and show featuring up to 10 comics per week plus audience open mic (do u have what it takes?) Every Friday and Saturday night. 8pm. Star Bar Theatre. 600 george Street (formerley Planet Hollywood)$10-$15PP. Dinner and Show packages available. Great Music, Great laughs,Great Food, Great Fun. www.comedyintheraw.com.au or 95472578
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100% devotion to music and the packaging it comes in. Pi (Paul Ikin) has a Complete Design Studio aimed at album cover design, packaging and Band Websites. Based in Melbourne Central Complex its easy to get to. Some of the services include * Art Layout design for CD’s/Digipack/Gatefolds, * Vinyl Sleeves 12” & 7”, and professional Band Websites. Feel free to visit our site to find out more about our services www.paulikin.com
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ILLUSTRATOR AVAILABLE
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS SHOW Established and agent backed Oz Red Hot Chili Peppers Show are looking for a experienced singer. Must be based in Sydney, with own transport. info@ozredhotchilipeppersshow.com.au
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DIRTY DEEDS - Australia’s leading tribute to AC/DC are in need of a professional Brian Johnson impersonator for immediate dep work. If you look like Brian and can scream your lungs out in the style of Johnson to all the AC/DC classics - then we want you! This is the busiest AC/DC tribute show there is with the best crew so be prepared to work. Send your bio, recent photos, mp3’s or any other supporting evidence of your bad self to info@dirtydeeds.net.au for consideration. www.dirtydeeds.net.au
GUITARIST
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WEB & GRAPHIC DESIGN-
WANTED OTHER WANTED NEW FASHION DESIGNERS
Launch my label fashion show is looking for new up and coming Australian fashion designers who want to showcase their collection on 27th May.Please contact chicpetiteevents@hotmail.com
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DRIVER/S WANTED
PARTY & FUNCTION PHOTOGRAPHY
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SYDNEY PRO TOOLS EVENT: 18 MAY
OTHER
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New drummer needed full time for Hard rock outfit. Wollongong based. good heavy solid style required, looking to perform/ record asap. contact us at distract010@live.com or 0429728477.
The next SPTUG event will be held on May 18th, 6.30pm for 7pm at Trackdown in Moore Park. SPTUG is for any one who is interested in pro audio & Pro Tools. Hear Eden of Song Zu chat about his time working on projects for Baz Lurhmann, Gwen Stefani, Lamb, and even Holly Valance! COST: Free- all welcome RSVP: fass.shortcourses@uts.edu.au LOCATION: Trackdown Recording State. Building 125, The Entertainment Quarter. Lang Rd, Moore Park, NSW 2021. Join us at www.facebook.com/sydneyprotools
in the convenience of your own home. Fully experienced and qualified tutor. With 20 years of studio and live performance. Most styles including Pop, Rock and Jazz. Beginners to advanced. Good results guaranteed. Reasonable rates. Phone Oles on 0407413143 or email: oa@olesart.com
UTS:Pro School offers high quality, professional short courses in Digidesign Pro Tools 8 designed to improve your music and audio postproduction skills. PT 101 12-13 July PT 110 14-16 July PT 201 19-20 July PT 210M 21-23 July Logic Pro 101 7- 9 July Ring 9514 9931 or go to http://www.utsproschool. uts.edu.au to book your place
MUSOS WANTED FOR BAND
HELP
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MAKING MUSIC FOR THE STARS
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ACOUSTIC GUITAR LESSONS
PRO TOOLS/LOGIC TRAINING
BRAIN JOHNSON
guitarist ,singer song writer seeks lower mountains muso’s to form band. Drummer, Bassist, Guitarist and Vocalist welcome. Influences include The Cure, the Church, Bowie, Dylan etc Please call Dave on 0405059558
1100 FULL COLOUR POSTERS = $80 Visit our website for an extensive price list and other services!
This 5-week stand up comedy course gets u on the fast track of stand up comedy. Covering writing and stage techniques to prepare U for the spot light! How to develop a solid 3-5 minute comedy routine based upon any and all topics! Plus as an added bonus, All graduating students will perform live and be videotaped at Sydney’s Comedy Court stand up show and competitions. www.comedyintheraw.com. au or 95472578
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Qualified and trained. Freelance illustrator for childrens books, album cover, book covers, you name it! Based in Melbourne Central Complex but can do work for anyone anywhere. www.paulikin.com ---Paul:0403 996 129
DISTACT NEED NEW DRUMMER
AUS SCHOOL OF STAND UP COMEDY
Global Sanctuary Photography are currently running their yearly May, June and July specials. To name a few people we have shot: John Mayer, Jimmy Barnes, Iva Davies, Cruel Sea, Panic at the Disco, Human Nature, Killing Heidi and Delta Goodrem. We come to you on location or at your gig or come to our awesome warehouse studio at Botany. Studio style or grungy warehouse, the choice is yours. We are creative and easy going producing quality work using canon pro gear. Call us on 0416 144 277 or email us at globalsanctuary@mac.com. Visit www. globalsanctuary.biz
SKA SINGER WANTED
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PI BAND ART AND DESIGN
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We are a new band called Low Gear. Have had about 16 practices together at home, and now about 10 in a studio. We’re not looking for anyone interested in making money as soon as they join a band as we are not gigging yet, but will be looking to just for fun to start, then who knows. Whilst we dont like to admit to being influenced directly by any particular bands, we all like a mix of, The Specials, Toots and the Maytals, Madniess, Reel Big Fish, Prince Buster, Sublime as far as ska goes, we also individually have many opposing influences such as, The Clash, The Ramones, Stiff Little Fingers and thats just me! We have had a great time in the rehearsal rooms in Marrickville, Sydney for the past couple of months, doing 2 hours every fortnight until we get storage then looking to make it more regular. We are now finding that we are hitting a wall without a singer and are looking for someone to come along and give us some input and help us over this hurdle. We are looking for a singer who is decent, but doesnt feel the need to bash it out at 100% all the time, someone who can relax into a voice and also belt out some cheeky stuff every now and then too. If you feel you would have a good time practising with us, give us an email and see how you go. If you enjoy our company then I am sure you would be a welcome friend.
P&O have teamed up with DJ Bootcamp to bring u Australias first 8 day/3 island professional DJ Course Cruise.Learn DJing and enjoy, food,entertainmet,accommidation and 3 islands!Early booking discounts.Go www.djbootcamp.com.au to book 95472578 info. Sails August 29, 2010
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Bass player needed to join Guitarist & Drummer. Practise every 2nd sunday, Fairfield.Originals & Rock classics.Call Andrew 0421760495
Stately Manor Productions – Sydney’s newest HipHop Production House are offering MC’s, Rappers and Hip Hop Artists the chance to RECORD FREE at our project studios and have a customised beat created. Get that song out of your head and on disc at professional release quality. www.statelymanor.com. au for details (submit your best track online).
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ELECTRONIC MUSIC GURU WANTED FOR THE FLAMBOYANT Saba ‘FEELING FEMININE’ SHOWS! GOOD AT SEQUENCING AND PLAYING LIVE! INFLUENCES: LA ROUX, THE PRESETS, DELPHIC, HOT CHIP, MGMT. CALL SABA: 0410-450-375. CALL BEN: 0410-344-107.
Moderately sociopathic collection of retards seek bass player. You will have functioning hands, some kind of skill and a penchant for heavier music. Sanity optional. 0405 911 748
Who wants to be in a all girls original pop rock band hav some fun and make some $$$?! Guitar/bass/ drummer needed. Must be able to sing passable back up vox and luv performing!Practice 1-2 times per week. Gig asap. All ages welcome. www.myspace. com/nicolesero 0435 426 012
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SINGING & VOCAL PRODUCTION Whether you just want to sing for your own pleasure or dream of being a singer on stage, all aspects covered from diction, breathing, microphone technique, pitch, harmony,working with live bands and performing. Utilising the latest techniques from the US, sing without stress or fear. All lessons can be recorded and take place in a relaxed and fully equipped studio in Botany. All ages welcome - female teacher- children welcome. INTRODUCTORY OFFER: $30 per lesson for the first 3 months. Conditions apply.
MYSPACE - WEBSITES - ALBUM ART - POSTERS LOGOS - PROMO - TSHIRT DESIGN - Graphic Design services for everything in the music industry. Website packages start at $449 Custom Myspace $899 WE KNOW YOUR BUSINESS Email for a free quote/consultation paul@cattanachdesign.com.au or vist the website www.cattanachdesign.com.au
Sydney based alternative, rock band are looking for a reliable, experienced drummer. Good equipment and own transport is essential. Our influences are Tool, Rage Against The Machine, SOAD, Alice In Chains, Nich Cave, Queens Of The Stone Age...Contact Kat: 0424372751,or via e-mail: katerina.zhelezkina@ gmail.com
HUMANOID BASS PLAYER REQUIRED
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Are you looking to make a music video, but can’t afford the production costs? Utropea Films is cur-
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GUITAR LESSONS Fully experienced and qualified tutor. With 20 years of studio and live performance. Most styles including Rock, Pop and Jazz. Learn to play your favourite songs, practical theory, improvisation, proper technique, etc. etc. Beginners to advanced are wellcome. Arguably a much better service then most ot the music schools can provide. I put a lot of emphasis on individual talents and abilities. Lessons conducted in the convenience of your own home. Reasonable rates. Phone Oles on 0407413143 or email oa@ olesart.com
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Tuition in Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Electric Bass. Beginners welcome (children 10+yrs). Teaching since 1988. All aspects of the instrument. Can also come to you. www.guitar-bass.com.au Terry 9660 5059
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Panoramic Video create interactive 360 degree online videos that are a unique addition to any website, putting your fans and web viewers virtually there with you. We can add in hotspots into the videos too so that you can direct users to other web sites for ticket or music purchasing, and with the ability to be embedded into other pages such as blogs etc, a Panoramic Video is a perfect choice for viral marketing.. Our videos keep the interest and by their nature keep users and fans on your website for longer than a standard video. It’s cool, and it’s unique, and a great option if you are looking for something different and innovative.. Costs will vary depending on where you are and what we do for you, but our rates are very reasonable.... We are a new innovative business in Melbourne and looking to help promote local bands and artists with our interactive videos.. so give us a call for a great deal. Check out some of our samples at www.panoramicvideo.com.au then give us a call on 03 9457 7600 today.. We would love to hear from you!
Sydney Grunge/Rock band Samsara looking for a talented singer and front man to join a complete band looking to gig and record. An albums worth of music is already written but need vocal melodies and lyrics. Influences include Silverchair, Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Led Zeppelin, Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Black Sabbath etc etc. Contact Daniel: 0403 885 433, for more information and demos.
CASTING THE WITCH’S CIRCLE Next time ‘they’ call you a Witch you will be! Begin your journey to experience the ways of the Witch & psychic development. 4 weeks, (3hr x 4). Classes provide detailed theory & practice. It’s the best way to make a serious start in Coven-based Witchcraft. 13 places. See www.WitchesWorkshop.com
Want a logo to differentiate yourself from other bands? We can make you stand out from the rest! Boggleworks are currently offering a special price of $250 (RRP $349) for your very own custom designed logo. Visit www.boggleworks.com for more info. Be sure to enter the promotional code “IFLOG” for the special discount!
SINGER FOR GRUNGE/ROCK BAND
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Have you ever wanted to know how chords actually work? “All About Chords” is a single evening session designed to give musicians of all levels, beginner to advanced, the tools they need for writing and playing powerful and creative chords and chord progressions. Included with the session is a free copy of the “All About Chords Mastery Manual” which allows you to continue to build your skill with chord progressions well beyond the evening. If you’re serious about writing or performing music, you can’t afford to ignore the skills and information you’ll get in “All About Chords”. Places limited, book now at www. AllAboutChords.com.au
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SINGER-DANCERS WANTED! SINGER DANCERS WANTED FOR THE FLAMBOYANT Saba ‘FEELING FEMININE’ SHOWS! STYLISH ELECTRO-POP CABARET! THE MORE FLAMBOYANT THE BETTER! CALL SABA: 0410-450-375. CALL BEN: 0410-344-107.
ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS FOR GUITAR
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to complete lineup of new show. Ability to cover orchestrations and excellent sounds to match a must. High quality show with good pay. Contact: onemoreguitar@yahoo.com.au
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ABLETON COURSES! Introduction to ableton live course available that will end with you writing your very first track!! Max 2 people per class. One on one tuition also available, cheapest rates available. As we are a small school we are able to spend more time with you for less cash, and we adore doing what we do!! Call Hz Music 0402 85 87 87
Do you need an affordable Illustrator? Freelance illustrator Paul Ikin has a 3 year Advance Diploma in Illustration and can create a range of styles for your project. No hidden cost at an affordable price. Album Covers - Book Sleeves - Children Books - Online Images - Fliers - Posters - Editorial Artwork. Visit www.paulikin.com - T: 0403 996 129 World Wide based in Melbourne
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I’m a Sydney based artist looking for a bass player and a drummer. I’d love to give everyone a go but we can only consider accomplished players. We are and will continue to be gigging regularly around Sydney. With the music getting regular airplay on FBI and attention from all the right people, we need musos that LOVE the music I do and believe 100% in it. Let Management know if you’re interested by emailing: management@taylorkingmusic.com or calling on 0404 370 768 Check out the music at my Myspace: www.myspace.com/taylorjking
WANNA BE IN MY BAND??!!!
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Who wants to be in a all girls original pop rock band hav some fun and make some $$$?! Guitar/bass/ drummer needed. Must be able to sing passable back up vox and luv performing!Practice 1-2 times per week. Gig asap. All ages welcome. www.myspace. com/nicolesero 0435 426 012
genuine music man searching life time members.
DIRTY DEEDS - Australia’s leading tribute to AC/DC are in need of a professional Angus Young impersonator for immediate work. If you look like Angus Young and are an Angus nut, you live and breathe AC/DC, you can get down on the floor and spin on your shirtless back while shredding to Whole Lotta Rosie - then we want you! This is the busiest AC/DC tribute show there is with the best crew so be prepared to commit fully. Send your bio, recent photos and any other supporting evidence of your bad self to info@dirtydeeds. net.au for consideration. www.dirtydeeds.net.au
BASS PLAYER + DRUMMER WANTED
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All Levels and Styles, Learn to play having fun, record the lessons in video to watch again at home! $50 p/h. Call Roger 0404659197
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GUITAR LESSONS IN BONDI BEACH
Fully experienced and qualified tutor. With 20 years of studio and live performance. Most styles including Rock, Pop and Jazz. Learn to play your favourite songs, practical theory, improvisation, proper technique, etc. etc. Beginners to advanced are wellcome. Arguably a much better service then most ot the music schools can provide. I put a lot of emphasis on individual talents and abilities. Lessons conducted in the convenience of your own home. Reasonable rates. Phone Oles on 0407413143 or email oa@ olesart.com
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lessons in vocals, guitar, piano, drums, violin, bass, saxophone in comfortable commercial premises. Group or individual one-on-one. Best rates! Kogarah & Beverly Hills ph:1300 787 697 www.jumbonote. com.au
WANTED:SINGER/GUITARIST Singer/guitarist wanted for Melbourne based psychedelic rock band.Influences include:Pink Floyd,The Flaming Lips,Underground Lovers,Echo&theBunnymen.Must have own transport and gear NO TIME WASTERS.Male voice is prefered but will consider female.Age late 20’s - mid 30’s. If interested email Damian at floydfrogfrood@ gmail.com
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Have you got a great attitude, a heart to serve and a desire for excellence? Cronulla Uniting Church seeks experienced drummers for Sunday Nite service @ 6.30pm. Ph: 95441144. www.worshipnites.com
Inexpensive photo/video studios for hire from $150. Located at Turrella (10 mins drive from Newtown)
ADULTS ONLY LESSONS!
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Ableton certified trainer and author of Ableton video training for Groove 3 (USA) Craig McCullough is available locally in SE Qld for private Ableton and music technology training. Video training is also availble from www.groove3.com. Mobile: 0431 556 746 email: abletontrainer@optusnet.com.au
ICE CREAM FACTORY PHOTO STUDIO
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The next SPTUG event will be held on May 18th, 6.30pm for 7pm at Trackdown in Moore Park. SPTUG is for any one who is interested in pro audio & Pro Tools. Hear Eden of Song Zu chat about his time working on projects for Baz Lurhmann, Gwen Stefani, Lamb, and even Holly Valance! COST: Free- all welcome RSVP: fass.shortcourses@uts.edu.au LOCATION: Trackdown Recording State. Building 125, The Entertainment Quarter. Lang Rd, Moore Park, NSW 2021. Join us at www.facebook.com/sydneyprotools
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Are you looking for a cheap way to get interstate? Wicked Campers often look for drivers to get a vehicle one way and you can score the ride for free. Just pay petrol and a bond for the van. Drop them a line on 1800 24 68 69 and ask them more about free Relocations
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