New Weird Australia presents RITES WILD
BLACK VANILLA
& special guest PIMMON
FRIDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2011
$10 / 7PM / ALL AGES
BLACK WIRE, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale, Sydney
RITES WILD
Rites Wild from Adelaide makes monotone pop with 80′s analogue keys and good intentions. “sits nicely alongside Maria Minerva, Fabulous Diamonds and Nite Jewel… Rites Wild cloaks ritualistic minimalism in foggy casio drones, stony delivery, and lush synth delays” – Altered Zones
BLACK VANILLA
(with members of Guerre, Collarbones and Marseilles)
Black Vanilla is the brainchild of gender-bending beatmaker Romeo aka Juliet, convicted ladykiller Extra Smooth aka The Sex and slutty ho-bag Sean Lockhart, creating the most reprehensible R’n'B boyband supergroup of the 21st century. Borrowing from only the sleaziest and most disgusting 90s R’n'B reference points Black Vanilla will get you wet in the whitest possible fashion.
PIMMON
Over the past decade and a half, Australia’s electronic godfather Pimmon (known to friends as Paul Gough) has carved out a unique space for himself through producing a series of masterfully executed excursions into abstract electronic sound. His new release The Oansome Orbit is out this month on Room40.
New Weird Australia announces the fourth release in the artist release series New Editions – the debut release from Melbourne’s TANTRUMS, titled ‘Anomie’.
A shared love of artists such as KRAFTWERK, DEAD CAN DANCE, NINE INCH NAILS and PANTHA DU PRINCE informs their ‘midi-evil disco’ / industrial sound, which – through reviews of their live shows – has invited comparisons with HTRK, SIOUXSIE, IKE YARD, TELEPATHE & PiL.
Setting forth with reverb-drenched vocal, spun through an echoing vocoder, ‘Anomie’ steadily layers washes of synthesisers – seemingly gaining ground note-by-note – and almost stubbornly refuses to show its hand. Each player waits their turn, before breaking into a final rush and flourish of electronic and organic instrumentation – showcasing the full spectrum of sounds now at their disposal.
‘Anomie’ is available in two formats: a run of limited-edition CDs – housed in a gatefold card sleeve, with artwork inserts by the band – available from TANTRUMS shows & New Weird Australia events; and a 320kbps digital release, available as a free download. The single comes backed with remixes from COLLARBONES, WORNG and an ambient makeover from TANTRUMS themselves. UPDATE: LIMITED CDS NOW SOLD OUT.
New Editions, Edition Four.
TANTRUMS, Anomie.
Catalogue, NWAED04.
Jade McInally: Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Keys
Sarah Phelan: Beats, Synth, Production/programming
John Nguyen: Keys, Beats, Guitar, Production/programming
James Campbell: Drums
“‘Anomie’ sees vocoded tones trailing out over a backdrop of ebbing, doomy keys and drones that’s lulling and menacing at the same time, only for distorted drum machine rhythms and explosion effects to suddenly lock into precise focus as the track begins to ascend towards a fiery conclusion amidst clattering live drums, eerily delicate piano keys and distorted pulsing digital effects … an impressive debut offering from Tantrums that left me wanting to hear more from this Melbourne band.” Cyclic Defrost, March 2011
“An amazing piece of ambient, experimental music that gives a big nod to Justin Broadrick’s Final alias. Simple, repetitive piano stabs and guitar drones are interwoven with heavily bit-crushed, distorted beats that are spaced so far apart that they almost blend into the atmospheric textures of the guitars and pianos rather than propel the track along. Stunning.” 3D World, February 2011
We’ve recently posted a number of new podcasts and vodcasts, as well as changing our Podcast server (and thus getting a new Podcast feed address – update your bookmarks!).
Our new content includes two radio interviews & live performances from DANGER BEACH and COLLARBONES (the collaboration between SCISSOR LOCK & CYST IMPALED), as well as three video recordings of live sets from New Weird Australia events – ambitiously dubbed ‘NWA TV’. The recordings include KUSUM NORMOYLE and HORSE MCGUYVER (pictured above) from Refraction vs New Weird Australia back in June 2010, and ERASERS from the New Weird Australia at The Red Rattler gig in July. Expect more podcasts and vodcasts soon.
New Weird Australia broadcasts weekly on Sydney’s FBi Radio – playing two hours of new, experimental and ecelctic Australian music. The show features regular guest performances, playing exclusive in-studio sessions – many of which are previously unreleased. This free download collects together twelve of these exclusive tracks from Danger Beach, Collarbones, Ghost_, Blake Freele, Dual Uzis (feat, members of The Splinter Orchestra, Nhomea, Seeake and Ghoul), Raven, Nhomea, Kate Carr, Actual Russian Brides, Crab Smasher and Forenzics.
1. DANGER BEACH, Lakes (feat. Tv Colours) (2:10)
2. COLLARBONES, I Sea A Wolf (Psuche Cover) (3:06)
3. GHOST_, Seqe (feat. Black Pyramid) (6:30)
4. BLAKE FREELE, Bitter Springs Formation (12:19)
5. DUAL UZIS, Quick Draw (11:53)
6. RAVEN, It’s Too Fucking Hot But We’ve Still Got Melody (5:10)
7. NHOMEA, Jam @ FBi (9:23)
8. KATE CARR, From These Dreams A Boat (5:09)
9. ACTUAL RUSSIAN BRIDES, Sun Shadow Analysis (4:42)
10. CRAB SMASHER, Card Shark (2:55)
11. FORENZICS, Untitled (Two) (6:25)
12. GHOST_, Outro (feat. Black Pyramid) (2:36)
All recordings previously unreleased.
Originally performed & broadcast live on New Weird Australia on FBi Radio.
Stream FBi Radio at fbiradio.com, or listen in Sydney in 94.5FM.
‘New Weird Australia’ broadcasts every Thursday at 9pm (Aus EST).
Compiled by Stuart Buchanan.
Artwork by Heath Killen, www.madebyhk.com.
All music donated by the artists for use in this compilation only, all rights reserved.
New Weird Australia is a not-for-profit initiative designed to promote and support new eclectic and experimental Australian music. Our current projects include a series of artist releases on our ‘New Editions’ label, a free download compilation series, a weekly show on Sydney’s FBi Radio and an irregular program of live events. Contributions from Australian artists are welcomed and encouraged.
(June 2010) Well known experimental musicians in their own right, MARCUS WHALE (also known as SCISSOR LOCK) and TRAVIS COOK (who performs as CYST IMPALED) moved into unique territory in 2010, recording as alternative pop duo COLLARBONES. With a debut album shortly to be released, Marcus and Travis joined Stu Buchanan on NEW WEIRD AUSTRALIA in June 2010 to talk about their evolving project and to play live in the studio. They also discussed their (then) forthcoming live appearance with Melbourne’s PSUCHE. In addition to hearing the tracks ‘Kill Off The Vowels’ and ‘Beaman Park’, we also hear them play a cover of the PSUCHE track ‘I See A Wolf’ and preview the new album from PSUCHE with the track, ‘Recognise’.
The New Weird Australia Podcast Series features selected interviews and in-studio recordings from our FBi radio show, as well as live performances from events, video interviews and more. Subscribe to our podcast feed by using this URL: http://newweirdaustralia.libsyn.com/rss or click here to subscribe directly in iTunes.
