Cyclic Defrost

Metropolis Festival – Melbourne Recital Centre

April 29, 2013

The Metropolis Festival, presented by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, is a Festival of New Music. Last year they brought out Steve Reich. By Bob Baker Fish Read on

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The Longest Day Cyclic Defrost interview

April 28, 2013

Since their earliest beginnings as the result of jamming sessions in a Sydney sharehouse back in 1997 inspired by the likes of Flying Saucer Attack and My Bloody Valentine, space-rock / shoegaze duo The Longest Day have gone on to outlive many other similar bands. While co-founders Jay Annabel and Brad Stafford now live in two different cities (Annabel in Canberra while Stafford resides in Sydney), they’ve continued to build up a steady body of work, with their latest release ‘Beyond Your Skies’ offering up their fourth album in total. By Chris Downton Read on

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Interview with Aoi

April 3, 2013

“Aoi’s influences come together into one amorphous, pulsating blob of sound, creating something of a mystery as to exactly what is going on. According to (Aoi), it’s the influence of ‘beat digging culture, anime, Italian zombie flicks, gold fronts, weird video games, golden era rap music, dusty drums, no quantising, prog, soul, krautrock and jazz fusion’ that made it what it is.” — Nick Sweepah Matthew Jonas has quite a few musical aliases, including juke project Lamborghini Asshole and jungle project Kitburner, as well as being a former member of Brisbane shoegaze band Shuriken. By Kristian Hatton Read on

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WOMAD 2013 review by Lindley McKay

March 27, 2013

Darling WOMAD! How saccharine the earthen musk of your scent after so long. By Lindley McKay Read on

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Interview with Pole

March 6, 2013

Pole – aka Stefan Betke – found his project name when he allegedly dropped a Waldorf 4-Pole mixer in 1996, which he then started using within his production due its imperfections of its “strange hissing and popping noises.” He has just released his 12″ three-disk series, Waldgeschichten (roughly translating to Sounds of the Forest), heralded as an organic wonderland of sound, of which he will be showcasing at three shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide in March. He talked with us at some length via Skype about his origins, views on production and art at large. By Kristian Hatton Read on

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Interview with Ollie Teeba of The Herbaliser

February 28, 2013

UK’s The Herbaliser began life as a DJ set between two crate diggers with a love of old school funk and hip-hop. Signed to Ninja Tune in the early ’90s they were part of a golden period of electronic music, entrenched in a community of artists like DJ Food, DJ Vadim, Amon Tobin and The Cinematic Orchestra, creating forward thinking funky music that pushed the envelope without forgoing a deep groove. By Bob Baker Fish Read on

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Interview: The Necks at 25 – A Changing Same?

February 8, 2013

Tony Mitchell interviews Chris Abrahams and Lloyd Swanton of the celebrated Sydney improvisers The Necks in the 25th year of their existence. Tony Buck was unavailable, as he is based in Berlin for most of the year. By Tony Mitchell Read on

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An exploration of electronic-classical and classic-electronic: Chapelier Fou Interview

January 14, 2013

French musician and producer Chapelier Fou has, despite his relatively young age, managed to strike a musical harmony foreign to that of even seasoned musicians. His music is a blend of frantic and eccentric electronic rhythms resting underneath featured smooth violin melodies, a pleasure both to the ear and the intellect. By Joshua Millar Read on

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Omar Souleyman Interview

December 3, 2012

Omar Souleyman is a wedding singer from Ras Al Ain, located in northeastern Syria near the Iraqi and Turkish border. His success in the west is unparalleled. By Bob Baker Fish Read on

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Beats in Space, tunes in clubs – an interview with Tim Sweeney

November 5, 2012

Tim Sweeney has been hosting his quintessential New York based dance music radio show Beats in Space since his first year as a student at New York University in 1999. Since then, it has developed into one of the most well-known and listened to radio programs within the dance music community. By Joshua Millar Read on

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