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I'm extremely proud to say that an Alternate Parallel Reality track is going to be on one of the most excellent compilation albums of underground dark electronic subversive music to be released this year.
I'll be in good company, amongst such fine talent as theunsoundproject, Milkrun, Nigel J Moore, Cassandra's Myth, Sarcophony, Manticle, Autonomous, Ninja Gaijin, Harpy, Michael Roper, Electro Kore, Bastich, Monkey Lung, Dark Organics, Empty, Exitcity, Noistruct, Ebola Disco, Mystral Tide and Noir Core.
If you've been following my ravings, you'll know that I am a bit of a fan of at least half those acts, and have much respect for the rest of them. So it probably goes without saying that the thought of this CD release has me delerious with excitement.
The release date could be as early as August! Watch this space for more...
Legendary comic George Carlin passed away on Sunday at the age of 71. To say this is a great loss is a massive understatement. He is one of the most profound and daring comedians the world has ever seen.
He took the medium from crappy impressions and silly skits to cutting-edge satire, with keen political observation. And it was a hell of a career too - from the early 60's to a gig at Vegas only a few days before he passed on. His legacy made the work of people like Bill Hicks and Doug Stanhope possible. He changed the face of modern media, and the world is much richer for his contribution.
This sucks. Abstract expressionist Robert Rauschenberg passed away not too long ago and I'm running out of living heroes. Fortunately, John Searle is still going strong at the age of 76.
I don't actually hero-worship much, but Carlin deserves massive respect. He'll be very much missed in my household.
Here's a video for your viewing pleasure. Presenting A.W.O.L (I), a preview from my next project. I'll be telling you more about this project (Titled A.W.O.L) in coming updates.
It's creepy, it's sinister and it's only 7.6mb to download. As always, feedback is extremely welcome.
Download A.W.O.L (I) (right-click and and download)
Enjoy!
In the spirit of keeping free music month here as exciting as possible, I've finished my own latest EP and am making it available for download.
I don't know quite what else to say about ExiStance except that it's seven tracks that I think are quite good. You've maybe heard a couple of them, because a few have been available here for download.
Basically, this is the first ever APR collection and it reflects a style that's beat-driven, introspective, and psychedelic.
Zip file is 33mb, and it includes 7 mp3 files and high quality front and back covers to print out. As usual, any comments are more than welcome.
Download ExiStance (right-click and save) - enjoy!
Wow.. it's free music month! The spirit of generosity continues as another brilliant Australian indie talent makes one of their releases available for download.
This one is from Mechanised Convulsions, the Adelaide-based project of David Kudrev. The sound is rhythmic industrial music that's reminiscent of early Tankt, Converter, Noistruct, Mlada Fronta at his most energetic, or a slightly less frantic Bastich. In other words it's dark, it's rhythmic, it's tightly structured and extremely ominous. It's the audio equivalent of looking at a Rothko painting, and I absolutely love it.
The Adelayed EP was released in 2006, but it's now made free. I personally love this genre, and Mechanised Convulsions is one of Australia's best exponents of it. If you like good dark rhythms that are heavy and ambient at the same time, I strongly urge you to check them out.
Link : Download the Adelayed EP
Link: mechanisedconvulsions.com
For those of you unfamiliar with Sarcophony, it's the musical project of one Brett Lambden - Melbourne-based industrial rock god and all-round nice guy. I've been a fan ever since the first independent release, "Devour".
The next release, before moving on to creating a new album, will be a disc filled with remixes from his awesome "This Venom" album. I believe the remix disc will be called "TV Is Bad For You"
There's some pretty amazing artists remixing the Sarcophony tracks for this release: Cassandra's Myth, Bastich, theunsoundproject, Mystral Tide, Nigel Moore and Alternate Parallel Reality.
Yes, that's right... I did a remix of a fine Sarcophony track called "Flesh Parade" and it's going to be included. It's a thumping and perverse mix that has gotten the seal of approval for inclusion in the release - which is slated for later in the year.
In the mean time, if you want to check out a fantastic independent goth/industrial-rock act, I heartily recommend you check out Sarcophony on either his MySpace or FaceBook pages.
Pete from Plague Sequence has decided to make their 2006 "Future Sight" EP available completely free of charge!
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The EP Future Sight has been on iTunes for about a year now but I'm deciding to give it away for free. These songs were made between 2003-06, so keep in mind the style and production of these songs is not at all representative of Plague Sequence now. This EP was never promoted at all because it hit iTunes at about the same time as I signed to Sector 9 Studios and I didn't want to confuse people with these older songs.
This is fantastic news if you're after a solid slice of futuristic dark and emotive dance. This has been playing non-stop in my car for a while now, and I strongly recommend you grab your copy while it's free.
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The project consists of Pete Crane, originally from Sydney but now living in London.
Pete is known for creating the music for EBM/Electro act The Crystalline Effect. The Crystalline Effect's debut album "Glass" was released in 2005 on Poland's Black Flames Records, and a new EP and album are due for release soon on Hungary's Advoxya Records. Pete has also DJed since 2004 under the moniker of Virulent and is an active remix artist, having remixed renowned acts such as Implant, Skoyz and Alien Produkt, among others.
Currently signed to US-label Sector 9 Studios, Plague Sequence has an extensive live history in Australia and the UK, having played in a headlining capacity and at outdoor psytrance festivals including REGEN '07 (with 3000 people) and supporting Broken Toy.
The download link is at Rapidshare. If you've never used them before, you'll find it to be quite a pain in the arse... but a reliable source of a free download.
1 Simply select the "Free" option.
2 Then, they'll make you wait a while - It will count down from about two minutes (they put this speed bump there to make their Premium service seem worth it).
3 Then they display all these distorted letters and numbers and you have to enter the 4 digits that have the cat (instead of a dog) over them.
4 Then your download will start.
5 Sometimes you're lucky and you get "Happy hours" that have none of this nonsense
Trust me, it's totally worth it. A great album for waiting a few seconds and typing a couple of numbers.
Here's the download link again:
Plague Sequence - Future Sight
And, as always, feel free to leave your thanks and comments here for the artist to read.
If you're a follower of the forums, you'll probably already know that I am selling my house (and if you're interested, click here to check it out). This means going through the arduous process of pulling the studio down and packing it away... which is fantastic if you happen to be in love with rolling miles of cable and labelling which power supply goes with which gizmo. Personaly, I tend to find my tolerance completely depleted when I have to hook up a DVD to a TV, so you can probably imagine that I find this one of the least attractive bits of moving house.
in the meantime, writing and producing APR material goes ahead relatively unabated, being hampered more by the pressures and time constraints of the day job than the fun of living in a display home 24/7. The big difference is that the hardware is being scaled down, which means that new tracks, and the Sarcophany remix I'm still working on are going to be composed largely in a software environment.
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As part of the commitment to a sustainable future, all QPSU members, as well as their friends and families are encouraged to participate in Earth Hour.
On Saturday 29th of March at 8pm everyone is asked to turn off all their lights and switch all their appliances off at the wall for an hour to reduce our cities’ carbon emissions by 5%.
Earth Hour 2008 will send a powerful message to the world: when many individuals take action against global warming they have a powerful collective effect.
The longer tem goal is for each of us to reduce our carbon emissions by 5% annually, just by minimising energy waste
I'll be managing to survive 60 minutes without consuming. I hope you'll be able to join me.
It's always news when Mystral Tide gives one of their rare live performances. For me, catching the album launch for Geometry Of Loss was one of the year's definite highlights. So I can heartily recommend this gig - it'll be a great night.
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