The drummer formerly known as Bryan Ferrysexual has shifted into high gear song-writing wise and screeched out of 70s funk and into the shimmering future of funky dance-based, electro-rock music on this new leg of his spectacular musical journey. Grab your friends and come along for the ride! .............

SUPER MASSIVE

Beach Hotel, Byron Bay shows
Sat 11th & Sun 12th Nov

The Annandale Hotel
Thursday 16th Nov

Formed by drummer/producer Glenn Abbott and quirky singer / performer Malina over a shared love of dance spliced with rock, Super Massive is all about catchy songs, ultra-groovy beats for dancing and a huge sound, full of gorgeous layers of synths, quirky noises and beautiful harmonies, yet with the assault of a full rock band. Musically, the band sounds like a cross between AC/DC and Daft Punk, or, Led Zeppelin colliding with Basement Jaxx: Somewhere between Garbage and Soulwax, but with a sound distinctly all their own.

The band is a teaming of very fine musicians - bassist John D. Young having played for Marcia Hines, Chuck Berry and Vanda & Young amongst others, and young talent Matt Campbell from The Captain's Package & Christa Hughes' Gary Glittoris Band is on guitar. Glenn Abbott is best known for his work as drummer for Machine Gun Fellatio, and for his solo funk project, The Bryan Ferrysexual Experience. Malina comes from a multidisciplinary performance background of singing, acting & dancing as well as having played bass and sung in local bands in the past. She was the guest performer in The Bryan Ferrysexual Experience, usually to be found losing herself in complete ecstatic abandon whilst wearing a tight, white, lycra catsuit. Glenn found a whole new inspiration in her unique electro-rock style and Super Massive was born.

Together they explore the best of modern technology and draw on the pantheon of classic pop song-writing to push the boundaries of thrilling, get-up-and-dance and sing-along-at-the-same-time rock.

Formed in 2006, and Sydney based, Super Massive have played a handful of shows around Sydney at venues such as Spectrum, @Newtown, The Excelsior Surry Hills, Lansdowne and the Agincourt Hotel.

They will be playing two shows at the Beach Hotel, Byron Bay, this Saturday 11th November, 9:30pm, and Sunday 12th November at 4pm, with special guest appearance by The IT Boys, featuring 3K Short (MGF), returning to Sydney to play The Annandale Hotel on November 16.

For more information, visit www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds

Date Venue City
SAT 10 Sept HERMANS SYDNEY
SUN 18 Sept FRIGID SYDNEY
SAT 24 Sept AMNESTY GIG SYDNEY
THU 29 Sept HYDROFUNK NIGHT @ LA LA LAND BYRON BAY
FRI 30 Sept ADELAIDE
FRI 7 Oct KNIGHTS BRIDGE CANBERRA
THU 13 Oct FUNKTRUST SYDNEY
SUN 16 Oct BEACH RD SYDNEY
THU 20 Oct LALA LAND BYRON BAY
SUN 23 Oct ENTERTAINERS GRAFTON
SAT 29 Oct GAUCHE REMIX LAUNCH, BASEMENT SYDNEY
SAT 3 Dec REVOLVER with DJ Ransom MELBOURNE

Travelling KaleidoscopiK Candle Bonanza, or Damo as he is known by his friends has being hiding behind the scenes in Brisbane for longer than most of us have being listening. Specializing in light as an artistic medium, Damo started out by doing "cans" and "spots" for some of Brisbane's more rock and punk orientated bands before moving into rave and dance culture. Responsible for many shows at some of Brisbane's earliest "old school" parties, he programmed lights and rigged bank upon bank of strobe and other rave orientated effects at parties such as NASA, Creation, Adrenalin and Black Out at venues such as The Site, B.E.C (Nasa/Adrenalin) and The Roxy.

Damo's passion as a lighting designer quickly saw him push his experiments into the outdoor enviroment, taking advantage of the natural flora and fauna as lighting subjects in an endless search for the perfect "solar" trip. He quickly became associated with other designers such as "Squiffy Vision" and had integral involvement in many of Byron Bay's "Golden Age" events such as "Beyond the Brain." At the same time, TKCB has being working continually in the corporate AV industry for companies such as Skypak and All Access. This has given him access to an intense array of technologically advanced equipment, as well as the on-hand hours to learn how to use it. His resume includes an astonishing array of events such as Valley Fiesta (2002), Summer Dreaming, Syncron, Woodford Folk Festival (2002), CHOGM, Exodus, Stage X and Dragonflight, not to mention work on the recent Livid Festival, as well as many, many, many other parties.

Damo's thirst for collaborative energies is what pushes him to work on Orphic. His day to day activities are often clientele based and include activities such as programming light shows for product launches and media fares. Damo describes this work as "educational for the first five seconds" and consequently spends most of his spare time programming more full on sequences for his beloved dance parties and doofs.

In recent years, TKCB has worked almost exclusively on the larger festival circuits. He production managed "Jungle Arbour" at last years Woodford Folk Festival and was responsible for many a quick fix at this years Livid Festival after being put in charge of ensuring smooth sailing for all video/visual requirements. Many an outdoor go'er will splutter out stories of sheer amazement after seeing his vision at work within the Summer Dreaming festival and locals certainly note the year 2002 Valley Fiesta as a show to remember.

In the future, Damo plans to take his art form further by collaborating with performance and other such energy in an effort to portray what he describes as "the full picture." He is intent on reaching moments of syncronicity by working alongside and not against at some of the biggest events in Australia. In closing, he briefly mumbles something about Switzerland and the reflective properties of ice, forcing me to wonder just how far this intrinsic lighting designer may go.

As far as light can reach me thinks.

Travelling KaleidoscopiK Candle Bonanza joins Retina Scan Project, PiRate, ZyeroniK and many other installation artists alongside Andrew Till, DisKo Pussy, Rip Van Hippy, D Ko, FSElf and many more on Saturday November 1st at Souths RLFC (The Winery)