Special Request – Soul Music (Houndstooth)
Special Request is the alias for Leeds DJ/producer Paul Woolford’s homage to UK ‘ardkore and…
Author Seb Chan
Seb Chan
Seb Chan founded Cyclic Defrost Magazine in 1998 with Dale Harrison. He handed over the reins at the end of 2010 but still contributes the occasional article and review.
Ultramarine – This Time Last Year (Real Soon)
More than twenty years ago, way back in 1992, I first picked up one of…
Issue 32 – June 2013
It was foolish to think that Cyclic Defrost could go on forever in print. And…
Issue 29 – October 2011
From Estonia to the streets of Marrickville in Sydney, this issue of Cyclic Defrost covers…
John Tejada – Parabolas (Kompakt)
There’s something strange writing about this latest album from the prolific John Tejada. It could…
Cyclic Defrost at Sonar 2009 photo & video essay
Photographer Richard Byers was at Sonar 2009 covering the event for Cyclic Defrost in June.…
Issue 23 – August 2009
Without planning it that way, Cyclic Defrost #23 appears to split neatly down the middle.…
Cyclic Defrost Issue 22 is here
Issue 22 is here. We are slowly uploading the articles from this issue but in…
Cinematic Orchestra at City Recital Hall, Sydney 21/01/09 (Sydney Festival 2009)
I’d been waiting to see J.Swinscoe’s Cinematic Orchestra for almost a decade. Back when our…
Cyclic Defrost: Best of 2008
Seb Chan This year I’ve listened, again, to quite a bit of music – something…
Cyclic Defrost Issue 20 is here
Editorial Things have changed since Cyclic Defrost kicked off as a photocopy fold-out in 1998.…
Cyclic Defrost is back!
Apologies for being offline the past few days. We were caught up in the data…
bvdub – Monuments to Oblivion (Southern Outpost)
Ex-Sydney label Southern Outpost relocated to San Francisco just over a year ago but everyone…
Cyclic Defrost Issue 19 now available
Issue 19 is now available This issue features interviews with Snawklor, Western Synthetics, Blank Realm,…
Tunng at The Spiegeltent, Sydney Festival 14/1/08
I’ve waited a long time to see Tunng live. Cyclic was the first magazine in…