Auraltered State
dualpLOVER and Performance Space
Sat 20 February & Sat 6 March, 8pm
{TRACK 12}
FREE

Performance Space in association with dualpLOVER invites you to Auraltered State #1 the first of eight free performances to be conducted across 2010 focusing on the music of New South Wales as heard through the ears of Lucas Abela. The performances will cross a wide spectrum of music from the state with a focus on some of our more entertaining, innovative, unusual and new thought artists. All shows will be held at the new Performance Space ClubHouse which has a limited capacity of 100 patrons so please come early. This series has been kindly supported by Arts NSW.

Auraltered State #1 – 20th February
Auraltered State #2 – 6th March
http://performancespace.com.au/?p=498

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...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXN9r6tPgHU

Song for Today - each day (or close to it), I've been selecting a song for facebook and twitter. listing them here too. usually they'll be playable via a youtube video or other online link

sound a day - posting a sound each day (week?) inspired by Shannon O'Neill's Sound A Day project

song for today : Nitin Sawhney "Tides"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShvMm00B1YY

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.

song 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)

DEPECHE MODE LIVE "Shake the disease" TV
thanks @MJTallon - some Depeche Mode for sunday

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1cv0m_depeche-mode-live-shake-the-dise...

Sound A Day was inspired by Shannon O'Neill who is posting one of his sounds each day.

music for today: Autumn Leaves (Irresistible Force mix) on ZEN RMX (ninjatune)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLyYEzUNEZw

(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)

Song 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)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLQPzjPW7LM

Sound for Today : for World Techno Day - some tekno : Quadrophonia "Wave of the Future" - and yes, it was..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyU6iFX5vOI

:::

& a classic Jeff Mills "The Bells"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KevUFO2moZI

WHAT IS MUSIC? FESTIVAL 2009
EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
PRESENTED BY WIM Inc
http://www.whatismusic.com

What Is Music? is Australia's longest-running and prestigious experimental music festival.

It began in Sydney in 1994 as a platform to expose unusual contemporary musical forms that were unknown to the general public, and has continued that tradition throughout the years of its expansion, presenting a cutting-edge and spectacular snapshot of modern sound culture.

This year will see further exploration of the world of large-scale new instrument design, as well as the sonic extremes it is known so well for.

Alan LAMB & Dave NOYZE's performance of rain on the wires. it sounded like space invaders / star wars laser guns!
Wired Lab Open Day
31/10/2009
Cootamundra, NSW

wiredlab.ning.com/profiles/blogs/wired-o-p-e-n-day

this is day 2 of VloMo09 - 2009 Videoblogging Month - watch other people's videos at http://videobloggers.mirocommunity.org

.mov video file ::: flash video file via blip.tv page

Garry Bradbury & Alan LAMB's performance - live mixing in the pitch of "B" (also the pitch of Bees in chorus) - Bradbury selected some of the raw wires sounds and compiled them together into a georgeous layered ambient piece, and Lamb played the wire with a large bow - such an amazing physical performance with simply beautiful sounds. this was the highlight performance of the night for me. masterful!!
Wired Lab Open Day
31/10/2009
Cootamundra, NSW

wiredlab.ning.com/profiles/blogs/wired-o-p-e-n-day

this is day 1 of VloMo09 - 2009 Videoblogging Month - watch other people's videos at http://videobloggers.mirocommunity.org

.mov movie file ::: flash movie file via blip.tv page

Warren Burt sent an email to the ACMA list today mentioning "I've now put up six videos of some of my work from the past 18 months. If you have time, check them out. I'd be interested in hearing what people think."

here are the links and descriptions from his email. this is amazing! it's so great that sound artists are sharing their work with others and documenting their work & performances.

:::

Hilbert Trace - an abstract video and sound
piece which traces the Hilbert fractal and uses
old-fashioned 8bit sound in the soundtrack.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpVC-NL2Vao

:::

Board Instruments
Improvisation with homemade electro-acoustic
percussion board instruments which are processed
by a computer program to make an accompaniment
for me to play with.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03iCq5Wq8NA

:::

Perth-based beats duo "Projekt Inertia" announce the release of their new single "Someone like You" through Trans:Com. This EP features 4 very fine leftfield vocal and instrumental dance tracks, and includes bonus remixes for breaks and dub lovers; with mixes by Lo Key Fu, Fridayz, and Victor Xray. The EP is available now on iTunes at http://itunes.com/ProjektInertia - so go and have a listen! -- Trans:Com. Keep an ear out for their upcoming album too

Projekt Inertia's soundcloud page

bookmarking Brian Eno - His Music and the Vertical Color of Sound - by Eric Tamm - sounds interesting to read once I get through current booklist

Brian Eno - His Music and the Vertical Color of Sound-Eric Tamm

This Is Not Art festival 2009
This is Not Art is the parent arts, music festival of experimental and underground arts & music held annually in Newcastle, North of Sydney, Australia. The 2009 festival was held between October 1-5. The festival comprises of various festivals, listed below.

Electrofringe
Sound Summit
Critical Animals
National Young Writers' Festival
Crack Theatre Festival

video playlist : (all videos taken at the festivals - individual videos also in separate articles below)

Electronic music place. Our team wants to bring you only high-quality tunes. We filter a great volume of music
and publish only that, considered a quality tune by us...

We are doing this because '' We actually care about the music... We are just trying to keep it real... ''
(John Creamer Live, Just Music FM, 12.03.2006).

electronic music
electronic music blog

Crankthesteza.org is a new brisbane Net / independent label in Brisbane. I am looking for the unusual, usual, weird and bizarre forms of music. Check it out and drop us your tracks on the drop box..

We also hire P.A's and production gear with a community approach. Will soon have a production library and memberships are coming soon.

Drop by and have a look.. any feedback would be greatly appreciated..

Thanks Stoicdee

peas :)

Experimental Music: Audio Explorations in Australia is written by artists, producers and participants in alternative music-making, and including a companion CD, Experimental Music explores the development of forms, ideas and scenes in Australia from the 1970s to the present. It brings together a wide range of musical experimentation, from post-punk, noise, appropriation, electronic dance and listening music, to free improv, computer process music, experimental radio, instrument building and audiovisual fusions -- practices that have formed an integral part of Australian creative culture. Experimental Music illustrates how these forms have influenced each other to create a fertile and diverse culture, and highlights why it is vital to question, experiment and break the rules.

Liquid Architecture 10 : Festival of Sound Arts is a landmark occasion for the festival and for sound culture in Australia. Celebrating its tenth consecutive year, the Liquid Architecture sound festival runs for four weeks and goes to seven cities across Australia, presenting an exciting program of contemporary sound arts. With a decade of experience to draw upon, the diverse program features live events and installations showcasing the highest quality sound work in an intense focused listening environment, privileging our most unsung sense: listening.

The breadth of diversity of artists and artistic practices includes meticulous recorded work, improvised instrumental performance, new sound for screen work, radical uses of digital technology, inventive self-made sound making devices and historically informed practices.
-- info via Liquid Architecture website

events will be held in June & July in different cities across Australia - Brisbane, Sydney, Castlemaine, Perth, Bendigo, Melbourne, and Cairns - visit the festival website for more details

any ideas of history/origins of Apollo Space program samples in electronic dance music? (Q via maillist, pls help) http://tinyurl.com/cdx84e

I'm on a maillist which discusses EDM (electronic dance music) and one of the members/list managers, Graham St John (an Australian scholar who has compiled a few books on EDM) has asked about origins of samples from the Apollo Space mission in music. he's asking specifically about dance related music but the discussion has brought up Sun Ra's name. so I was wondering if anyone here knows of examples/history along hip hop / funk /soul / electro (80s, not 2000s) & electronic dance music lines which might help plot the history deeper? (the discussion then went onto alien imagery at some psytrance events but that's another topic)

here's the initial request from Graham St John :
I'm attempting to trace the appeal of Apollo Space Program dialogue

Custa's house was broken into and his record collection of acid tech records & other things including Mac computers with around 17000 photos (memories) were stolen from the Gold Coast. if anyone hears of them for sale pls post/contact him. or would anyone know any 2nd hand places that might be worth checking on the Gold Coast / Brisbane in case they show up?

Some labels are Acid test, bionic orange, Manx rippers, stay up forever, stay up forever remix, wah wah, skankadelic, BAWOP, headcase

he doesn't have a computer atm (stolen too) - but if you hear of any of these for sale, pls let him know via his facebook profile or let me know & I can pass onto him

pls pass on if you can
thanks for your help!

thanks
kath

I've started a google spreadsheet listing record stores / pawn stores on the gold coast in case they turn up at one of these. pls add to this if you know of some more to try!

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pYEfA_ZJVzPK3NLtkXlCFAg

A SHIMMY SHAKIN' NIGHT OF LIVE ELECTRO/DANCE-POP WITH SUPER MASSIVE & YEN

Award winning Sydney dance/rock band Super Massive team with fellow electro-funksters Yen for a very special night of electro/dance-pop at the Excelsior Hotel Surry Hills on Saturday 7th March. Newcomers Life Bitter Soul support.

The night showcases three of Sydney's best up and coming electronic/dance rock bands. With all bands on the bill sharing a love of deep rhythm, shimmering synths, poetic pop, not to mention lights and lasers, it's set to be a spectacular, shimmy-shakin' night, if not an outright dancing frenzy, if both Super Massive and Yen's previous shows are anything to go by.

The show is at the Excelsior Hotel, 64 Foveaux St, Surry Hills. The night starts at 8pm. Tickets are $10- at the door.