Compilation NWA014

Sixes and Twelves, the first New Weird Australia compilation release of 2013, explores the guitar in all its varied forms and nuances. Over twenty-six tracks on two 'albums', six, twelve, and four string guitars are plucked, scraped, strummed, treated and picked to within an inch of tangible existence, before regularly being brought back into the realm of the recognisable.

The result of an extensive call out by New Weird Australia in early 2013, Sixes and Twelves is the end result of over seventy submissions received - all of which highlighted the world-class approaches to abstract guitar music hiding in Australia.

Sixes and Twelves highlights the adaptability of the guitar, a staple instrument in popular music throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, to be subverted within innovative and experimental creative approaches. From Kris Keogh's Stowaway, a glitched-out guitar and vocal paean from another dimension; to Sadglint's Overture, a one-man guitar symphony; to the heavy demonic de-constructive dirges of Bad Astrology by Bonnie Mercer (of Dead River and Grey Daturas); Sixes and Twelves spans an incredibly broad array of modern guitar experimentation.

Tracklisting.

Part One

1. Kris Keogh – Stowaway (04:13) (previously unreleased)
2. Pale Earth – Okuribito (03:38) (previously unreleased, from forthcoming debut on Someone Good)
3. Clinton Green – Night At Uluru (02:39) (previously unreleased)
4. Bonnie Mercer – Bad Astrology (05:27) (previously unreleased)
5. Golden Bats – One Shipwreck After Another (03:01) (from Golden Bats V, self released)
6. A Demon Sheen – The Mask of Ultimate Embarassment and Shame (08:12) (previously unreleased)
7. Seth Rees – Darkbeaut [edit] (04:10) (previously unreleased)
8. Afxjim – Money Not In Pocket, Money Not Your (05:20) (previously unreleased)
9. Paperclip Galaxy – Time-Waster (05:12) (previously unreleased)
10. Hinterlandt – Tired Of This (04:10) (previously unreleased)
11. The Children’s Encyclopædia – A Rope Walk Over A Mile Long (06:11) (previously unreleased, out-take from The Piece Of The Earth That Broke Off, 4-4-2 Music)
12. St. Jambience – Sunspots (03:29) (previously unreleased)
13. mumble(speak) – Mysterious Answering Machine Message (05:01) (previously unreleased)

Part Two
1. stephenfox – Chops (03:03) (previously unreleased)
2. Brain Drain – Return to Frontier [4kHz mirror edit] (02:24) (previously unreleased)
3. Kristian Roberts – Start-Start-Finish-Finish (01:34)
4. Marisa Allen – It Was Always Better When You Were Around (05:18) (previously unreleased)
5. Sadglint – Overture (02:41) (from Sadglint, self released)
6. Cuckoos – Unbe (03:53) (previously unreleased)
7. Drive West Today – Two Twelve (04:02) (from Pardon? Acousmatic Ecology Part 2, self released)
8. Julian Day – Terminal (09:21) (previously unreleased)
9. Christian Moraga – Hyperreal (03:40) (previously unreleased)
10. Software Of Seagulls – Carve Silence Into Me (04:46) (previously unreleased)
11. Hans Christian Bischof – Sour Grapes (05:52) (previously unreleased)
12. The Mystic Shithead – All Revolutions Must Come To An End (10:13) (from The International Solipsist’s Convention, self released)
13. Arundel – Flourish (04:28) (previously unreleased)

Released June 14, 2013

Compiled by Andrew Tuttle
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