Since their formation in 1979 Scattered Order have been confounding listeners with their non-stick, genre bending ideas of noise and tune. During this time they have released material on the M Squared, Volition, Ink (UK), Vinyl on Demand (Germany), Klanggalerie (Austria) and their own Rather be Vinyl label.
After numerous line-up changes, 2009 finds this Mk 1 version of the band with original members Mitch Jones and Michael Tee ‒ founders of the semi-legendary independent M Squared label ‒ combining for a sonic assault of loops, samples and guitars. Using “tried and trusted” but ageing samplers, MiniDiscs, audio cassettes and other deleted media mixed up with a whole lot of guitars and held together with some new found computer technology string, their plan is to DIY reverse engineer their way to the summit, demolishing and building tunes on the way. Some of this material was previewed on the SO CDr released in September 2009.
New songs have been written and recording started on the next Scattered Order CD which is due for release hopefully sometime in 2010. A brave first attempt is ‘Ruined by Me’, with its U-Boat inspired bass claustrophobia, insistent mosquito guitar and looped cocktail piano trapped somewhere deep inside. Recorded live in a small fibro room in the Blue Mountains on Friday 13th November 2009. Michael Tee – Bass guitar, Mitch Jones ‒ Guitar.
Scattered Order Mk 1 appears on ‘New Weird Australia, Volume Four’.
