[filter] Australian electronic music, arts, media, project listings blogsAustralian electronic music, arts, news, events, media, project listings, linkshttp://www.aliak.com/blog/atom/feed2009-12-02T03:55:52+00:00SUPER MASSIVE - FREE AUSTRALIA DAY FESTIVAL SHOW AT THE ROCKShttp://www.aliak.com/content/super-massive-free-australia-day-festival-show-at-the-rocks2010-01-22T00:01:42+00:002010-01-22T00:10:47+00:00Malina Hamilton-Smith
Named by MX Magazine as one of Sydney's best emerging electronic/dance/rock bands, Super Massive will be bringing their dynamic, high energy electro rock to the huge Australia Day music festival down at The Rocks on Tuesday 26th January, performing on the Parksong Stage in First Fleet Park at 4:15pm, with Zennith Brothers on directly before, and King Tide and Bertie Blackman on directly after. The set will include a couple of brand new songs, and the band will be joined for this show by special guest keyboardist/soundscaper 3K Short from MGF. Entry to the event is free.
Super Massive have been busy in the studio recording a new single and shooting a film clip due for release in March/April; a follow up to the band's self-titled debut EP.
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Named by MX Magazine as one of Sydney's best emerging electronic/dance/rock bands, Super Massive will be bringing their dynamic, high energy electro rock to the huge Australia Day music festival down at The Rocks on Tuesday 26th January, performing on the Parksong Stage in First Fleet Park at 4:15pm, with Zennith Brothers on directly before, and King Tide and Bertie Blackman on directly after. The set will include a couple of brand new songs, and the band will be joined for this show by special guest keyboardist/soundscaper 3K Short from MGF. Entry to the event is free.
Super Massive have been busy in the studio recording a new single and shooting a film clip due for release in March/April; a follow up to the band's self-titled debut EP.
Super Massive has also launched a youtube channel: www.youtube.com/supermassivesounds, with new videos from a recent trip to Vietnam to play a major music festival over there.
]]>Assignment: Share – Day Tenhttp://www.aliak.com/content/assignment-share-%E2%80%93-day-ten2009-12-24T03:24:47+00:002009-12-24T03:26:31+00:00AliaKI'm running out of ideas to share (for class - we've been sharing links, readings, videos, music for the past week+). my brain is shutting down with the heat and upcoming holidays. so here's a few links for Pandora - the world in the movie Avatar. I saw the movie last week in 3D and was amazed - I really want to go live on Pandora and explore the flora & fauna and colours.
I posted these on twitter yesterday, but here's a short 'doco' (promo) on flora 7 fauna @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIYb9g_U8jU (embedding disabled so you need to watch it at youtube) & they have a wiki @ http://bit.ly/5d1yT4 - I think this is a good example of a fan site mixed with transmedia mixed with a computer game. it almost reminds me of a moo too as there's text descriptions of the plants/animals/characters. i was thinking of getting the game so I could explore but I don't have the modern consoles. I was wondering if they've built Pandora in second life - though I haven't been inworld in ages - this'd be the thing to get me in though. some of the dance parties I've been to over the years (mostly brisbane ones, some outdoor/psytrance parties) have had chill rooms with similar sets/props, with neon/black light decorations and themes either indoors or props hanging from the trees in the bush - so it reminded me of those too, where you get lost in the spaces whilst listening to the music.
I liked the movie for it's eco / sustainability ideas, the strong female characters, the shamen/medicine woman, the colours & imaginative plants & animals, the 3D (!), the new technology, the spirituality themes, symbiosis, the way the planet rose up against the invaders. I hope this film helps bring some of these ideas into the public sphere.
]]>I'm running out of ideas to share (for class - we've been sharing links, readings, videos, music for the past week+). my brain is shutting down with the heat and upcoming holidays. so here's a few links for Pandora - the world in the movie Avatar. I saw the movie last week in 3D and was amazed - I really want to go live on Pandora and explore the flora & fauna and colours.
I posted these on twitter yesterday, but here's a short 'doco' (promo) on flora 7 fauna @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIYb9g_U8jU (embedding disabled so you need to watch it at youtube) & they have a wiki @ http://bit.ly/5d1yT4 - I think this is a good example of a fan site mixed with transmedia mixed with a computer game. it almost reminds me of a moo too as there's text descriptions of the plants/animals/characters. i was thinking of getting the game so I could explore but I don't have the modern consoles. I was wondering if they've built Pandora in second life - though I haven't been inworld in ages - this'd be the thing to get me in though. some of the dance parties I've been to over the years (mostly brisbane ones, some outdoor/psytrance parties) have had chill rooms with similar sets/props, with neon/black light decorations and themes either indoors or props hanging from the trees in the bush - so it reminded me of those too, where you get lost in the spaces whilst listening to the music.
I liked the movie for it's eco / sustainability ideas, the strong female characters, the shamen/medicine woman, the colours & imaginative plants & animals, the 3D (!), the new technology, the spirituality themes, symbiosis, the way the planet rose up against the invaders. I hope this film helps bring some of these ideas into the public sphere.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year everyone! see you in 2010!
]]>sft-20091222 : Orbital "Halcyon"http://www.aliak.com/content/sft-20091222-orbital-halcyon2009-12-22T12:32:14+00:002009-12-22T12:46:56+00:00AliaKsong for today : Orbital "Halcyon" since they're playing in the bush in 2010 - Playground Weekender at Wisemans Ferry, 18-21 February 2010. Orbital are one of my alltime favourite bands. I'm not sure if I want to go see them with 12000 other people though! am hoping there'll be a small sideshow, but I know that's asking too much!! staying in a teepee does sound like fun though...
]]>song for today : Orbital "Halcyon" since they're playing in the bush in 2010 - Playground Weekender at Wisemans Ferry, 18-21 February 2010. Orbital are one of my alltime favourite bands. I'm not sure if I want to go see them with 12000 other people though! am hoping there'll be a small sideshow, but I know that's asking too much!! staying in a teepee does sound like fun though...
I heard this for the first time on a rainy day in London when I was a little lost and ended up in a little record store and this was the song playing in the store. I had to ask them what it was and buy the album. perfect tune for the day. then I left and found my way and went to meet some friends at a little bar/cafe. and ended up seeing someone I knew from sydney (I'd been living in brisbane at the time) - small world.
I heard this for the first time on a rainy day in London when I was a little lost and ended up in a little record store and this was the song playing in the store. I had to ask them what it was and buy the album. perfect tune for the day. then I left and found my way and went to meet some friends at a little bar/cafe. and ended up seeing someone I knew from sydney (I'd been living in brisbane at the time) - small world.
]]>sft-20091220 : Future Sound of London - "Cascade"http://www.aliak.com/content/sft-20091220-future-sound-london-cascade2009-12-20T12:32:07+00:002009-12-21T12:32:29+00:00AliaKsong for today: Future Sound of London - "Cascade" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oylzsdb13NU
yeah I love all the FSOL & Amorphous Androgynous too! PNG is on youtube. I was thinking of the old parties with the neon toadstools and forest themed chillrooms like in Avatar's Pandora (just saw it last night) & thought of FSOL & found this one.
we used to play it at home too - just up the road from the dome, and in the car overlooking brisbane from mt coot-tha watching the sunrise. (& The Beloved's album plus some others)
]]>song for today: Future Sound of London - "Cascade"
yeah I love all the FSOL & Amorphous Androgynous too! PNG is on youtube. I was thinking of the old parties with the neon toadstools and forest themed chillrooms like in Avatar's Pandora (just saw it last night) & thought of FSOL & found this one.
we used to play it at home too - just up the road from the dome, and in the car overlooking brisbane from mt coot-tha watching the sunrise. (& The Beloved's album plus some others)
]]>sft-20091220 : DEPECHE MODE LIVE "Shake the disease" TVhttp://www.aliak.com/content/sft-20091220-depeche-mode-live-shake-disease-tv2009-12-20T02:26:02+00:002009-12-21T12:26:37+00:00AliaKDEPECHE MODE LIVE "Shake the disease" TV
thanks @MJTallon - some Depeche Mode for sunday
]]>SAD-k001 : birds at herzog st jerusalemhttp://www.aliak.com/content/sad-k001-birds-herzog-st-jerusalem2009-12-17T13:30:43+00:002009-12-18T01:46:15+00:00AliaKShannon O'Neill has started uploading a SAD - Sound A Day - different sounds he's made or recorded or found. it's very inspiring, some of the sounds are quite quirky, and ambient, and experimental and different. he explains what the sounds are and how he made them too which I find useful. so I asked if others could join in. I've been posting a Song for the day to share with my friend Ray and anyone else who sees it, and also with the share this course/book crew. I've just noticed how many friends on facebook have been sharing songs - often youtube videos of the songs, so they can be played/embedded in the post - it's great to see! and hear. and doesn't even feel too promotional. I'm not sure if I'll be able to do a Sound a Day - as in an original sound - as I don't really make music, but I do record a lot, so maybe I'll try post a sound a week - usually a found sound or something I've recorded.
here's my SAD-k001 : birds at herzog st jerusalem
it's about 10 minutes long, so best listened to in the background. it's recorded using my Nokia N95 phone. I was sitting out on the little balcony at the back of the studio apartment I was staying in - the one with the green gate - and thinking about Starhawk's "Earth Healer" class I was taking at MLA. I was reading a book called "Homesick" by Eshkol Nevo - I was a bit homesick for Australia at this time, and it wasn't long before I moved back home. and I was looking up at the Jerusalem stones on the building next door - so sturdy and strong they seemed. all the buildings in Jerusalem are made of jerusalem stone (limestone) and it gives the city character and makes it glitter in the light at times. there was one bird sitting on the wires chatting to me, then some others came and joined in. there were long grassy weeds with pretty little white flowers in the small shared backyard, which were later removed - one week they were there and I had a verdant backyard, then I went to Istanbul for a work trip and checked afterwards and the yard was barren. It was such a lovely relaxing day, I wanted to record the sounds to help trigger my memories of it.
backyard at Harav Herzog (St), Jerusalem, Israel 16/05/2008
]]>Shannon O'Neill has started uploading a SAD - Sound A Day - different sounds he's made or recorded or found. it's very inspiring, some of the sounds are quite quirky, and ambient, and experimental and different. he explains what the sounds are and how he made them too which I find useful. so I asked if others could join in. I've been posting a Song for the day to share with my friend Ray and anyone else who sees it, and also with the share this course/book crew. I've just noticed how many friends on facebook have been sharing songs - often youtube videos of the songs, so they can be played/embedded in the post - it's great to see! and hear. and doesn't even feel too promotional. I'm not sure if I'll be able to do a Sound a Day - as in an original sound - as I don't really make music, but I do record a lot, so maybe I'll try post a sound a week - usually a found sound or something I've recorded.
here's my SAD-k001 : birds at herzog st jerusalem
it's about 10 minutes long, so best listened to in the background. it's recorded using my Nokia N95 phone. I was sitting out on the little balcony at the back of the studio apartment I was staying in - the one with the green gate - and thinking about Starhawk's "Earth Healer" class I was taking at MLA. I was reading a book called "Homesick" by Eshkol Nevo - I was a bit homesick for Australia at this time, and it wasn't long before I moved back home. and I was looking up at the Jerusalem stones on the building next door - so sturdy and strong they seemed. all the buildings in Jerusalem are made of jerusalem stone (limestone) and it gives the city character and makes it glitter in the light at times. there was one bird sitting on the wires chatting to me, then some others came and joined in. there were long grassy weeds with pretty little white flowers in the small shared backyard, which were later removed - one week they were there and I had a verdant backyard, then I went to Istanbul for a work trip and checked afterwards and the yard was barren. It was such a lovely relaxing day, I wanted to record the sounds to help trigger my memories of it.
backyard at Harav Herzog (St), Jerusalem, Israel 16/05/2008
]]>sft-20091217 : Autumn Leaves (Irresistible Force mix)http://www.aliak.com/content/sft-20091217-autumn-leaves-irresistible-force-mix2009-12-17T12:44:50+00:002009-12-21T12:45:38+00:00AliaKmusic for today: Autumn Leaves (Irresistible Force mix) on ZEN RMX (ninjatune)
(I made the video - I know I'm not meant to use other people's music but I do because I love the songs so much, not out of disrespect)
]]>life.. todayhttp://www.aliak.com/content/life-today2009-12-16T13:31:17+00:002009-12-16T13:32:33+00:00kathysometimes life turns one way, then stops for a breather, then turns the other way. sometimes things are in focus and other times not. my dryer as a metaphor for my life today..
]]>sometimes life turns one way, then stops for a breather, then turns the other way. sometimes things are in focus and other times not. my dryer as a metaphor for my life today..
]]>sft-20091216 : Harold Budd + Brian Eno "The Plateaux of Mirror"http://www.aliak.com/content/sft-20091216-harold-budd-brian-eno-the-plateaux-mirror2009-12-16T12:48:09+00:002009-12-21T12:48:23+00:00AliaKSong for Today : Harold Budd + Brian Eno "The Plateaux of Mirror" (1980)
today's song for Ray (inspired by shannon o'neill's sound a day posts)
]]>Call for Submission: Music for Another World Fiction Anthologyhttp://www.aliak.com/content/call-submission-music-another-world-fiction-anthology2009-12-12T11:00:20+00:002009-12-12T12:41:48+00:00markCall for submissions. Fantasy and science fiction stories on the theme of music.
Submission deadline 30th April 2010.
£80 per acceptance.
Full submission guidelines at http://www.music-strange-fiction-submissions.info
]]>Call for submissions. Fantasy and science fiction stories on the theme of music.
Submission deadline 30th April 2010.
£80 per acceptance.
Full submission guidelines at http://www.music-strange-fiction-submissions.info
]]>sft-20091209 : Quadrophonia, Jeff Mils, Patrick H.A.F. (The Sentinel), Underground Resistancehttp://www.aliak.com/content/sft-20091209-quadrophonia-jeff-mils-patrick-haf-the-sentinel-underground-resistance2009-12-09T12:52:28+00:002009-12-21T12:53:26+00:00AliaKSound for Today : for World Techno Day - some tekno : Quadrophonia "Wave of the Future" - and yes, it was..
]]>Daito Manabe at dorkbot Sydney & Big In Japanhttp://www.aliak.com/content/daito-manabe-dorkbot-sydney-big-in-japan2009-12-02T03:31:48+00:002009-12-05T14:18:57+00:00AliaKwoah Daito Manabe is going to be at dorkbot sydney this friday http://bit.ly/8S4ZHi
What: “People doing strange things with electricity”.
Where: Black & Blue Gallery, 302/267-271 Cleveland Street Redfern
When: Friday 4th December, 5:30 - 6:30
Cost: FREE!
Dorkbot will be having a special presentation by Japanese electronic artist Daito Manabe in conjunction with the opening of Spooky Action at a Distance, a show curated by Amelia Groom at Black & Blue Gallery. The show hosts a selection of ten experimental video works by Japanese artists including the work of Daito Manabe.
After working as a system engineer and a programmer, Daito Manabe graduated from IAMAS (International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences) in 2004.
Redefining the existent media and technologies from unique angles, he has been active in various fields, such as art, design, and even research and development. He produces sounds, images, and light by analyzing and transforming numerical values gained from various sensors and input devices.
He is internationally active as a Turntablist and a Sound Artist using surround/oscillation/super low frequency technology and pursuing sensual peculiarity, commonality and interaction.
What: “People doing strange things with electricity”.
Where: Black & Blue Gallery, 302/267-271 Cleveland Street Redfern
When: Friday 4th December, 5:30 - 6:30
Cost: FREE!
Dorkbot will be having a special presentation by Japanese electronic artist Daito Manabe in conjunction with the opening of Spooky Action at a Distance, a show curated by Amelia Groom at Black & Blue Gallery. The show hosts a selection of ten experimental video works by Japanese artists including the work of Daito Manabe.
After working as a system engineer and a programmer, Daito Manabe graduated from IAMAS (International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences) in 2004.
Redefining the existent media and technologies from unique angles, he has been active in various fields, such as art, design, and even research and development. He produces sounds, images, and light by analyzing and transforming numerical values gained from various sensors and input devices.
He is internationally active as a Turntablist and a Sound Artist using surround/oscillation/super low frequency technology and pursuing sensual peculiarity, commonality and interaction.
]]>Lightspacehttp://www.aliak.com/content/lightspace2009-12-02T00:34:56+00:002009-12-02T00:44:22+00:00AliaKmy friend john (foaf) converted a warehouse into a performance / event space called Lightspace in Brisbane. it looks so beautiful. he's done so well! http://bit.ly/4V5AeS I've always wanted to do that. am so jealous! oh the performances he's going to have there. studios upstairs too & coffee. I'd add music & book library. in fact I'd prob just move in upstairs and live there too. might be a bit noisy when the gigs are on though. anyone got a spare couple of mill? & I'd add a little private cinema / projection space - like third-ear in jerusalem http://bit.ly/6ngzGf (they're upstairs in a dvd store) but other than that it'd look like lightspace. perfect. maybe less glam as I have no $ ;) I have notebooks full of little drawings of a space and the things it'd have. one day maybe... I hope he does well with it - he deserves it. good luck! so if anyone needs a nice space for an event in Bris, let him know.. http://lightspacebrisbane.wordpress.com http://www.lightspace.net.au
here's the blurb from the lightspace website's about page : Lightspace is a new event, education and exhibition venue located in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. Hatched from a converted warehouse its features include lofty warehouse spaces, rustic industrial chic and an outdoor terrace with views across the city skyline.
Lightspace provides the ideal blank canvas for functions, events, product launches, fashion parades, exhibitions, photo shoots, video clips, weddings, parties, anything you can imagine…
Lightspace Studios offer open–plan office space with flexible, affordable tenancies – ideally suited to small creative industry businesses. The lofty, edgy interior design provides a range of personal and communal spaces. Converted shipping containers have become the shell for the shared meeting room, bathrooms, shower and kitchen. A roof terrace delivers sweeping views of the city and Valley. Tenants have access to all facilities. If you’re in Brisbane, creative and looking for cool warehouse space then send us a message…
Contact Lightspace:
enquiries @ lightspace.net.au (remove spaces)
30 Light Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
]]>my friend john (foaf) converted a warehouse into a performance / event space called Lightspace in Brisbane. it looks so beautiful. he's done so well! http://bit.ly/4V5AeS I've always wanted to do that. am so jealous! oh the performances he's going to have there. studios upstairs too & coffee. I'd add music & book library. in fact I'd prob just move in upstairs and live there too. might be a bit noisy when the gigs are on though. anyone got a spare couple of mill? & I'd add a little private cinema / projection space - like third-ear in jerusalem http://bit.ly/6ngzGf (they're upstairs in a dvd store) but other than that it'd look like lightspace. perfect. maybe less glam as I have no $ ;) I have notebooks full of little drawings of a space and the things it'd have. one day maybe... I hope he does well with it - he deserves it. good luck! so if anyone needs a nice space for an event in Bris, let him know..
here's the blurb from the lightspace website's about page :
Lightspace is a new event, education and exhibition venue located in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. Hatched from a converted warehouse its features include lofty warehouse spaces, rustic industrial chic and an outdoor terrace with views across the city skyline.
Lightspace provides the ideal blank canvas for functions, events, product launches, fashion parades, exhibitions, photo shoots, video clips, weddings, parties, anything you can imagine…
Lightspace Studios offer open–plan office space with flexible, affordable tenancies – ideally suited to small creative industry businesses. The lofty, edgy interior design provides a range of personal and communal spaces. Converted shipping containers have become the shell for the shared meeting room, bathrooms, shower and kitchen. A roof terrace delivers sweeping views of the city and Valley. Tenants have access to all facilities. If you’re in Brisbane, creative and looking for cool warehouse space then send us a message…
]]>Sarah McLeod - Aussie Going International Statushttp://www.aliak.com/content/sarah-mcleod-aussie-going-international-status2009-11-29T09:10:54+00:002009-12-02T03:55:52+00:00ash_stealthSarah McLeod has landed. Finally. It has taken this raven haired, bright eyed girl from Adelaide one solo studio album, one live album, an EP, two dance releases and an international tour de force to get here but there is no doubt that she is here with a sparkle in her eye and a tale to tell. This is an artist who – fresh from the clubs of New York City – is the embodiment of what happens when you mix a little dance, a little pop, a strong serving of driving electro beats, a personal journey of gigantic proportions.
She has been involved with that famous Hook 'N' Sling song "She Doesn't Love You"
Check out her fan page on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sarah-McLeod-New-Dance-Music-Songs-and-Albums/173191204429
What does everyone think of the track?
]]>Sarah McLeod has landed. Finally. It has taken this raven haired, bright eyed girl from Adelaide one solo studio album, one live album, an EP, two dance releases and an international tour de force to get here but there is no doubt that she is here with a sparkle in her eye and a tale to tell. This is an artist who – fresh from the clubs of New York City – is the embodiment of what happens when you mix a little dance, a little pop, a strong serving of driving electro beats, a personal journey of gigantic proportions.
She has been involved with that famous Hook 'N' Sling song "She Doesn't Love You"
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