SUPERFLUID8-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 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” DEJANHeavy 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.
VSSIDEWINDERHard 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. GOTO80Live 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 / PONYLOAFLive 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) DRiLive 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! HEXADECIMALElectronica & 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 http://esque.ice.org/hexadecimal/
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