SUPERFLUID
8-bit crunch
"Superfluid are the future of dance music.
Able to destroy the crowd live they are now well-known in the Brisbane
scene with headlining spots at the Advent*jah festival and Time
Tunnel. Their diversity, understanding of the importance of melody
and willingness to branch out in unexpected directions, all pulled
together by the fun of funk, should see their music heard around
the land in the very near future if there’s any justice in
the world." vibewire.net
 "
The energy of Superfluids performance was impressive and the live
breaks they played got me dancing once again. Another funky set
that exceeded my expectations!"
In the Mix review of Time Tunnel @ The Arena, Brisbane (13/8/02)
"Mixed and mastered to perfection, 8 Bit Crunch
is definitely a debut to make the music world take notice. Superfluid
have the same gift for catchy riffs and rhythms that has taken the
Resin Dogs so far"- TIME OFF
http://www.superfluid.com.au
phARMACY
phARMACY has been drawing attention with
this upbeat live set featuring quirky, tasteful tweaking through
to brilliant scratching and intricate rhythms. Grant's production
and programming skills have taken him to studios in Stockholm, Sweden
three times. His debut solo album under the phARMACY moniker is
It's All Fun and Games Until Somebody Finds an Eye is set for release.
He was also a lucky winner at the 2002 APRA awards, walking away
with the breakthrough songwriter of the year award. phARMACY is
a regular at festivals such as LIVID and ADVENT*JAH and he has also
played Recharge, Circus X and Canberra's Satellite Festival. He
has shared the stage on these festivals with artists like Fatboy
Slim, Groove Terminator and Kid Kenobi and has toured nationally
with acts such as Fatt Dex, Friendly, Endorphin, Skunkhour, Soma
Rasa and Salmonella Dub. "The Echo"
DEJAN
Heavy German Techno & Acid
Dejan is a major perpetrator of hard and artificial
electronic sound influenced by Swedish and German hard techno. His
music sounds like a bunch of industrial machines merging into a
driving rhythm with almost melodic combinations of percussive elements.
He does live
performances in following styles: acid, electronica, techno,
analogue/vintage, psy trance and ambient. At ARCADE 64, Dejan will
play live on a MicroKorg
synthesizer with special vocoder effects and non-linear track
sequencing on a computer powered by Reason
and a standard 4-octave MIDI keyboard.
VS
SIDEWINDER
Hard electronica and screaming synths
Performing as a part of "Subtekk"
at the Zen warehouse,
Brad's interest in all things that make big electrical noises has
been a major influence on his breed of sound. Interested in all
forms of music from jazz to classical and all shades of music in
between combined with a love of spatial sound, graphics and Electronic
music will produce something very heavy and nasty.
Recently working on a graphical collaboration with
Dejan for a video work (Harmonic
Distortions) a “VS” performance live using Reason
will make for an interesting battlefield.
A repressed designer by day creates dark disturbed
electronic noises by night.
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GOTO80
Live on C64!
"Swedish wiz Goto80 shows us why the pure
sound of the C64 is still king ... The breadth of styles and sounds
that Goto80 wrings out of the box quite frankly beggars belief."
- h0l of Monotonik, California USA
"If you do not know it yet, Goto80 is one
of the brightest stars in the sky of contemporary C64 music."
- Manou, Germany
"Goto80 has been stuck in the 8-bit music
composing business since the early 90's, and has since then learned
to adapt to the limitations of the C64, Amiga and Gameboy to take
advantage of them. He creates varied music, in reference to the
genres, techniques and sound. You can expect stuff ranging from
instrumental ambient-electronica and reggae-dub with toasting to
happy videogame-pop and all the way to furious computer-punk and
drum'n'bass. As seems the case with most electronic composers, he
releases other music under several different names and with different
people." http://www.8bitpeoples.com/_artist_nfo/nfo_goto80.html
Shano and Damo / PONYLOAF
Live Remix Set
Ponyloaf is a three-piece electronic music anomaly
consisting of a modernist sculptor, an informatics aesthete and
a guy who became famous for playing an axe keyboard while dressed
up like a rabbit. Dan, Damian and Shane (respectively) formed Ponyloaf
in 2001 as the volatile by-product of way too much fun at the school
of 1997 indie art gallery parties. Former art college kids and long
time activists in circles of mainstream culture resistance, Ponyloaf
has bred an innovative electronic music blend of emotional angst,
aesthetic sensitivity and informed participation in pop culture.
The result is "beautifully arranged, considered electronica
that will lift your heart, run it through a meat processor and leave
it floating somewhere over the rainbow." (Dan Monceaux).
Ponyloaf is ultimately a completely unconventional animal. Even
in broader definitions of e-music including the arcane arts of textured
experimentalism, it is difficult to see where the Loaf belongs.
Take a little bit of Phil Collins, add a bit of Ministry, throw
in some Autechre and present the whole thing as a three-piece rock
band that plays keyboards, knobs and buttons. Maybe its an electronic
grunge band for the dance floor. Regardless, there is not a turntable
or guitar in sight, yet you can mosh or dance or do both at the
same time. Ponyloaf is a band of contradictary themes, a hybrid
form. Distinct computational methods, yet a complete disregard for
any programmatic notions. Ponyloaf take an autorock dump on many
music norms.
Since the release of their 2002 debut EP "Epic Travels",
Ponyloaf have played with the likes of the Livid Festival, Anubian
Lights, Gold Chains, Gonzales, Chicks on Speed, DJ Dexta, Regurgitator,
Kid606, Gerling and Architecture in Helsinki. Often accompanied
by visual wizardry from long-time collaborators RINZEN, Ponyloaf
events have the tendency to spin into the realm of boutique electronic
theatre. A bit of a reputation as 'the band's band' hasn't stopped
the Ponys from consistently pushing ideas through their home studios
in preparation for the 2004 release of their first LP. A work guaranteed
to be substantial in both content, length and warmth. There is also
talk of a video clip or two on the horizon.
Download NHAEHE (Live version)
This track is available on the non-profit EAS Eat Food compilation
CD and we decided to release it here as well for people who wont
be able to get their hands on the CD:
http://www.ponyloaf.com.au/downloads/nhaehe.mp3
(This work is licensed under a Creative Commons
License)
http://www.ponyloaf.com.au
DRi
Live Breaks and Gameboy Tweaks
Micro-music meets breaks aesthetics, where DRi
indulges in all beats broken and all things electronic and bleep-o-matic.
Owing much of his musical education to previous tours of duty as
the beer swilling, reckless samplist in live breaks act Superfluid,
and of course the HECS debt accumulation that comes with years under
the musical yoke at the Conservatorium, DRi now works crafting audio
and multimedia for clueless plebs who couldn't tell a breakbeat
from their breakfast. That's where the dance-floor comes in, the
sole outlet for audio-career angst and general bass tweaking and
synth mashing. Laying down a bedrock of sample-tastic downbeats
to hard breaks, and featuring for this time only some "mummy
he's a madman" live GameBoy sound chip abuse, DRi will make
happy like only a pocket full of Sake and SID-chips could! Gaijin
style!
HEXADECIMAL
Electronica & Psy
"Live artist delving into psytrance and ambient
music. Lots of tweaking on the fly, flexible song structures and
whatever else comes with live electronica." artist profile,
mp3.com.au
"ambient chilled breaks through to psy trance,
but keeping it melodic and not too mental." artist profile,
thumpradio.com
"As a jaded psy-trance enthusiast I thought
I'd be unimpressed... I was wrong. Music from a true listener and
responder. Nice image too. Try it on." TSR, thumpradio.com
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