Cyclic Defrost

Amon Tobin’s Beyond 3D – ISAM: interview

April 30, 2012

Amon Tobin is without a doubt one of the most transformative and progressive electronic music artists today, with the length and nature of his career highlighting his ability to change and develop along with his music. His music has gone through numerous transformations; starting off in the field of jazz and drum and bass with a heavy reliance on smooth samples and break beats, over time it has drifted to the heavily warped, morphed and deep soundscapes in his most recent releases. By Joshua Millar Read on

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Interview with Atsuo from Boris

March 16, 2012

Live, Boris can get a bit intense. In 2010, they played a brief set as part of the VividLIVE ‘Noise Night’ at the Sydney Opera House. By Luke Telford Read on

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Michael Rother’s Subtle Magic – interview

March 7, 2012

Sometimes the most radical ideas are the simplest; so natural, in fact, that upon first exposure to their subtle magic, you would be forgiven for wondering what all the fuss was about. Especially when looking back from the present day, with all the subsequent descendants to that first risky gesture firmly in place, it can be a stretch of the imagination to comprehend of how profoundly influential those formative statements would be. By Oliver Laing Read on

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Tripping in the Elizabethan sense – Moon Wiring Club

March 7, 2012

Pick up a tourist guide to the town of Clinkskell, perched amongst the cold and misty moors of Northern England. Walking past the usual mise-en-scène that accompanies such a town – one of oak trees, unassuming tea houses and free-standing thatched cottages flaking against the wind – you will eventually come to Old Gloaming Street. By Daniel Gottlieb Read on

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David Cunningham flies his Lizards back to the Fourth Wall

March 7, 2012

In their time, and up until the last couple of years, The Flying Lizards were mostly thought of as a joke band. Australian artists have been among the first of a new generation of musicians to appreciate and benefit from what The Flying Lizards were doing. By Samuel Miers Read on

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Cyclic Selects – Meem

March 7, 2012

ALBUMS Cameo – Cardiac Arrest (1977) The debut album from the hard-hitting funk legends still blows me away now. This came out in 1977, way before their crossover 80s pop hit ‘Word Up’. By Alexandra Savvides Read on

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Roll the dice with Black Dice – interview

March 7, 2012

Brooklyn’s art noise ensemble Black Dice have been delighting and terrifying audiences for over 15 years now with their strange and beautiful music. They began as noisy, often violent experimentalists, though quickly took on a more exploratory approach to their instrumentation, leaving traditional sounds and structures behind and focusing more on stringing guitar pedals together and bizarre combinations of electronic devices. By Bob Baker Fish Read on

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Konono No1 interview

March 7, 2012

It’s rare, but every now and then you hear music so far outside your experience that it feels like it just dropped out of the sky fully formed. In fact there are few things that can prepare you for the music of Konono No1. By Bob Baker Fish Read on

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Alex Mustakov – Cover Designer interview (issue 30)

March 7, 2012

As the old adage goes, inspiration can be found in the strangest of places. For Alex Mustakov, cover designer for issue 30 of Cyclic Defrost, one source in particular is most unorthodox. By Alexandra Savvides Read on

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Deerhoof interview by Luke Telford

January 12, 2012

Deerhoof is one of those bands that really polarises people — you either love them or hate them. It’s understandable why some might have trouble with them. By Luke Telford Read on

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