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Severed Heads are one of the pioneers of electronic music in Australia. With their infectious dark robotic rhythms and quirky lyrics, they broke electronic music firstly in the Australian underground during the post-punk era then the mainstream during the 1980s. Having produced work spanning experimental and industrial sound art through to techno, electro and synth-pop, Severed Heads provided unique inspiration to a generation of Australian electronic artists and made a huge impact overseas. In 2011 they impressed a new generation of fans when they reformed to tour supporting Gary Numan.

Clan Analogue members acknowledge the influence Severed Heads has had on them and their music. The collective formed in 1992 drawing inspiration from the example of Severed Heads, pushing boundaries in the use of new and obsolete technology in music, sound and visuals and to explore avenues for multimedia distribution outside of the mainstream. Once word spread that Clan Analogue were compiling Headspace, artists from as far away as London and Tokyo put their hands up to contribute. The album includes tracks from long-running Clan Analogue acts such as Telemetry Orchestra and Kazumichi Grime, current stalwarts such as Lunar Module, Telafonica and Winduptoys, along with new emerging artists like Aeriae, Actual Russian Brides and Philosophy of Sound. International guests Scanner and Little Nobody also demanded to be included once they heard the news.

As befitting a collective of technologically-inspired, forward-looking sound artists, the traditional notion of a cover version for Headspace was deconstructed and reinvented. Rehashing chord progressions and vocal melodies was not often the best method to rework abstract sound pieces and industrial electro masterpieces. Artists needed to distil the essence of their chosen track and rebuild with a new sonic palette for the decade. Approaches included cut-up collages using the original recordings as source material or using the original tracks as inspiration for further explorations into sound.

Headspace is available in classic CD jewel-case format, as well as in non-physical formats, through MGM Distribution.

Track Listing

1. Telafonica l Twister
2. Philosophy of Sound l Ugliest Twenties
3. Scanner l Adolf a Karrot?
4. Lux Voltaire l Pilot in Hell
5. Telemetry Orchestra l Propeller
6. Valley Forge l Twenty Deadly Diseases
7. Lunar Module l Hot With Fleas
8. Aeriae l Snuck
9. Kazumichi Grime l Petrol
10. Data Transmit & Nick West l Dead Eyes Opened
11. Inflatable Voodoo Dolls l Big Car
12. Stewart Lawler l Now, An Explosive New Movie
13. Clone l All Saints Disco
14. 15-11 Enterprises l We Choose Moon
15. Actual Russian Brides l Kittenette
16. Winduptoys l Ottoman
17. Little Nobody l A Million Angels
18. The Process Void l Godsong

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‘Wayfaring Stranger’ is the second single from Valley Forge’s debut album Artificial Heart. The Wayfaring Stranger EP includes a remix by Itch-E & Scratch-E’s Andy Rantzen and follows the release of Follow Suit which featured remixes by iconic dance acts Boxcar and Single Gun Theory.

“An eerie downbeat crawl of vocoders, gliding hiphop-inflected rhythms and shimmering electronics, dark pop hooks lurking just beneath the surface”
Cyclic Defrost

Tracklisting:

1. Wayfaring Stranger [Radio Edit]
2. Wayfaring Stranger [Andy Rantzen Remix]
3. Pain Threshold
4. Sea of Simulation [Dubliminal Mix]
5. I Want Us to Merge [Recombinant Mix]

Following on from the recently-released Wayfaring Stranger EP Artificial Heart is one of the most impeccably-crafted albums to be released in the modern Australian electronic music ecosystem. The debut album from Valley Forge is a true synthesis of the organic and synthetic, a new form of transhumanist electronica.

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Spanning rich, cinematic synthscapes to intimate and melancholic techno-pop, Artificial Heart is a modified microarray of electro, dub, ambient and world music elements. With influences such as Tangerine Dream, Giorgio Moroder, Kraftwerk, Boards of Canada, Wendy Carlos, BT and Air gene-spliced with sounds from gamelan to gospel, Artificial Heart transforms these nanosonics into a new organism of sound.

Valley Forge was formed by biosonic engineer Freeman Lowell, joining with a selection of notable collaborators on Artificial Heart, including Australian music legend Kamahl, Sydney indie band So I’m Jo’s Glen Cassidy and Japanese experimental music artist Amos Wong. Tracks such as ‘Wayfaring Stranger’, ‘Follow Suit’ and ‘Machine-Built Rhythm’ have preceded the album, with contributions to Clan Analogue compilations Doppler Shift, In Version and Re Cognition anticipating Valley Forge’s first full-length work.

Now Artificial Heart has arrived at its destination – a singularity of pure emotive machinery. Embrace the transformation – implant yours today.

“A trip-hop sci-fi soundtrack, merging sinister technology with spiritual soundscapes… Artificial Heart is an excursion into our own warped, inconsistent world.”
Rave Magazine

Tracklisting:

1. Power-Up
2. Machine-Built Rhythm
3. Ne10
4. Muscle and Grit
5. Follow Suit
6. Unfurl
7. I Want Us to Merge
8. Stonerich
9. Sea of Simulation
10. Payload
11. Wayfaring Stranger (featuring Kamahl)
12. Flatline

“downbeat indie synth-pop that fuses twinkling electronic landscapes with slow, clattering beats and swelling vocal harmonies”
Cyclic Defrost

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Opening track ‘Follow Suit’ features guest vocals and guitar from Glen Cassidy of Sydney duo So I’m Jo, bringing his lo-fi bedroom electronics sensibility to the studio for this collaboration. ‘Follow Suit’ is also presented with an exclusive new remix by the legendary and reclusive Single Gun Theory, emerging out of a dream for this one ethereal moment.

Bonus double-A-side ‘Machine-Built Rhythm’ bridges the club sounds of the last twenty years with remixes from Clan Analogue nu-disco comrades Koshowko and Sydney’s prodigal synth-pop sons Boxcar, ending their exile from Australian dance music by delivering three globe-trotting monster remixes bounced during production between studios in New York and Sydney.

Valley Forge produce a genetic fusion of cinematic electronic textures and rhythms of machine-like precision. The Valley Forge debut album Artificial Heart will be released on Clan Analogue later this year.

Follow Suit is available on CD from Waterfront, Red Eye, JB Hi-Fi other good music retailers. It is also available in non-physical format from iTunes and other online retailers.

The Follow Suit EP is one of four new EPs released by Clan Analogue showcasing the work of the collective’s newest artists, along with new EPs by fellow Sydney-siders Lunar Module and Melbourne bands Koshowko and Tiatto.

Tracklisting:

1. Follow Suit [Radio Edit]
2. Follow Suit [Single Gun Theory Remix]
3. Machine-Built Rhythm [Album Version]
4. Machine-Built Rhythm [Boxcar Club Malfunktion]
5. Machine-Built Rhythm [Boxcar Complete Malfunktion]
6. Machine-Built Rhythm [Koshowko/Philosophy of Sound Remix]
7. Machine-Built Rhythm [Boxcar Radio Malfunktion]

Relocating to Melbourne they were joined by Nick Fakeman, the notorious twin-handed keyboard demon of Clifton Hill, and Canadian renegade entrepreneur Ganz Enfarben. Producer extraordinaire Simon Grounds stepped in to help turn the chaos into a record.

Theme From Tiatto is the first taster. Teutonic slabs of analogue synthesizer, random breakbeats, funky distorted clavinet stabs, ambient drones and earsplitting guitar noises from special guest Penny Ikinger – what more could a music fan want? How about Andy Rantzen, who needed some practise to warm up his dance music production chops before getting stuck into work on the new Itch-E & Scratch-E album. Check out his remix, full of reverse polarity groove.

“Elements of more abstract noise rearing their heads amongst the more dance-friendly rhythms, through hypnotically glimmering analogue synth tones, grinding broken machine rhythms and spectral dub drop-outs”
Cyclic Defrost

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You won’t find Tiatto on Myspace or Facebook. With their international business interests and illegitimate children around the world, people in their position don’t have time for such trifles. But you can find Theme From Tiatto on iTunes, Juno Records and other online retailers. Look out for the album, to be released later this century.

Theme From Tiatto is one of four new EPs released by Clan Analogue showcasing the work of the collective’s newest artists, along with releases by fellow internationalists Koshowko and Sydney bands Lunar Module and Valley Forge.

Track Listing

1. Theme From Tiatto (Radio Mix)
2. Theme From Tiatto (Andy Rantzen Remix)
3. Cellophane
4. Theme From Tiatto
5. Lateralis

“Joins some of the dots between early, vocal-led electro and it’s turn-of-the-millenium counterpart”
Cyclic Defrost

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Lunar Module remixed Nerve Agent on the recent compilation Re Cognition: The Clan Analogue Legacy Collection. Their previous Maxxi Single Get Low, featuring several remixes by Sydney electronica extraordinaires Telafonica and Bleepin’ J Squawkins, sent pulsating synth-bass throbbing through the airwaves.

Now they return for their new self-titled EP containing a critical mass of seven new tracks bound for escape velocity, including the epoch-defining single ‘I Want To Be On TV’.

The Lunar Module EP is available now from iTunes, Juno Records and other online digital retailers. Check out filmclips for the tracks ‘Illusionary’ and ‘I Want To Be On TV’ on Youtube.

Lunar Module feature Ant Banister on vocals, Albert Martinez on backing vocals, keys and guitar, Morph on bass guitar, Peter Davies on guitar synth and backing vocals and Mel Grogan on keyboard.

The Lunar Module EP is one of four new EPs released by Clan Analogue showcasing the work of the collective’s newest artists, along with new EPs by fellow Sydney-siders Valley Forge and Melbourne bands Koshowko and Tiatto.

Tracklisting:

1. Illusionary
2. I Want To Be On TV
3. Haunted
4. Let Go
5. Berlin Wall
6. Elektoral Fear
7. The Neuromantic

“Ranging from club-centric house grooves through to more headphone-oriented downbeat soundscapes”
Cyclic Defrost

“Let’s just say that ‘atmospheric euphoria’ is all that needs to be said about the latest Koshowko release”
3D-World

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Koshowko is the musical brainchild of Polish-born anarchist philosopher Martin K. After spending time in Berlin and Reykjavik, Martin K arrived in Melbourne to begin a new phase of existence as he set about exploring ‘the Philosophy of Sound’.

The Truth In Me EP explores the transitoriness of existence and the search for meaning by melding the in-the-moment philosophy of dance music with timeless musical values of melody, harmony and structure. The EP opens with epic synths and haunting vocoders on the ‘Down On your Knees’ edit of the title track. Next we hear a new remix of ‘Switched On’, initially produced by Koshowko for the critically acclaimed collaboration with Winduptoys on their 2006 album Double Exposure and now remixed by Philosophy Of Sound with added existentialist dancefloor intensity. ‘Lose What We Have’ touches on the transient aspect of life with a fatalistic funk-hop groove. ‘Promise – Part 3’ update the classic Koshowko dub track with lyrics inspired by Leonard Cohen’s poem ‘Democracy’. ‘The EP closes with a nu-disco mix of ‘The Truth In Me’.

The Truth In Me is one of four new EPs released by Clan Analogue showcasing the work of the collective’s newest artists, along with releases by fellow internationalists Tiatto and Sydney bands Lunar Module and Valley Forge.

Tracklisting:

1. The Truth In Me (Down On Your Knees Edit)
2. Switched On (Philosophy of Sound Remix)
3. Lose What We Have
4. Promise – Part 3
5. The Truth In Me (The Easy Mix)

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In conjunction with the release of Re Cognition: The Clan Analogue Legacy Collection, Clan Analogue are pleased to make available Cognition X: The Clan Analogue Rarities Collection, a selection of rare and obscure tracks from the collective’s back catalogue. Many of these 17 tracks have not been heard for over a decade, coming from early vinyl, cassette and CD releases going back to the early 90s.

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Hear Infusion back when they were called Oceania! Listen to a track by Clan Analogue founders Toby Grime and Brendan Palmer working together as Telharmoneom. Check out Deepchild working with the Fourplay Quartet. And lots more…

This release is available free for download to all who purchased Re Cognition on CD. Just answer the pop quiz question! Otherwise, Cognition X is available from iTunes.

1. Telharmoneom l Spectrum Analyzer
from Schizmatrix [CAC01] released: 1995
2. Swalbr l Organic
from Clan Analogue EP1 [CA001] released: 1992
3. Krang l Escape Velocity
from Clan Analogue EP4 [CA004] released: 1994
4. Moo l I⊗I
from Pre-Sense [CA021] released: 1998
5. The Family l Baat 2; rotor Vers 1.0
from DeEP Three [CA003] released: 1993
6. Nanotech l Prairie
from Music For Aliens [CA009] released: 1994
7. Holy Terra l Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector
from Music For Aliens [CA009] released: 1994
8. Oceania l Ascend
from Clan Analogue EP1 [CA001] released: 1993
9. Genlevel l My Baby Won’t Boogie No More
from 20 Disco Greats [CA020] released: 1999
10. Biceals3 l Meem
from Cognition 3 [CA025] released: 2000
11. Deepchild vs FourPlay l Gypsy Scream [Live]
from Clan Recordable [CAS01]
12. Loose Unit featuring Jah Jaffle l Particular Purple
from Clan Analogue EP2 [CA002] released: 1993
13. Bubble & Squeak l Gargamel
from Sampled Synthesis 3 [CAM03] released: 2002
14. Atone l Burundi
from Atonement [CA006] released: 1994
15. Size l Tuna Helper Radio Glove
from Cog [CA007] released: 1995
16. Kazumichi Grime l Inside
from Aphelion One [CA011] released: 1997
17. Seo l Namaste
from Clan Analogue Melbourne [CA006E] released: 1994

Released in 2010

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Plug In & Switch On also explores the appeal of electronic music and issues faced by electronic music artists in Australia. Interviewed are founding members Brendan Palmer and Toby Grime, artists such as B(if)tek and Deepchild, past and present Label Managers Gordon Finlayson and Nick Wilson, and a new generation of artists including Winduptoys, Koshowko and Bleepin’ J Squawkins. Plug In & Switch On also includes excerpts from live gigs and rare archival footage.

Clan Analogue: Plug In & Switch On is available on the limited-edition DVD with the new triple-disc set Re Cognition: The Clan Analogue Legacy Collection

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The DVD contains all the filmclips made for tracks on Clan Analogue releases, going back to the 1990s with early clips by acts such as Deepchild and Telemetry Orchestra through to more recent ones from Bleepin’ J Squawkins and Winduptoys. There are also selected filmclips from Clan Analogue artists’ independent releases, such as B(if)tek’s Frequencies Will Move Together album or Koshowko’s Anarchy Monarchy EP.

Video clips:
1. Continuum | Neurosis [Radio Edit] [from Pre-Sense [CA021] released 1998]
2. 5000 Fingers of Dr T | Mr Love Bass [from Buttsqueezer [CA024] released 2000]
3. 5000 Fingers of Dr T | Elastic Scissors [from Buttsqueezer [CA024] released 2000]
4. 5000 Fingers of Dr T | Funk Police [from Buttsqueezer [CA024] released 2000]
5. 5000 Fingers of Dr T | Buttsqueezer [from Buttsqueezer [CA024] released 2000]
6. 5000 Fingers of Dr T | Barbequed Crickets [from Buttsqueezer [CA024] released 2000]
7. Deepchild | Rachel’s Meadow [from Hymns From Babylon [CA026] released 2000]
8. Toupee vs Sobriquet | Skyline [from Cognition 3 [CA025] released 2000]
9. Artificial & DJ Toupee | Any Ladies? [from Solid Gold [CA028] released 2001]
10. Double Happiness | De-Inch [from Sampled Synthesis 2 [CAM02] released 2001]
11. Pear Shaped | Hole In My Shoe [from Pear Shaped [CA027] released 2001]
12. Pempek vs 5000 Fingers of Dr T | 5000 Pempeks [from Solid Gold [CA028] released 2001]
13. Pretty Boy Crossover | Imica [from Sampled Synthesis 2 [CAM02] released 2001]
14. Clowns Smiling Backwards | Sombre (Resonance Mix) [from Sampled Synthesis 3 [CAM03] released 2002]
15. Disco Stu | An Englishman in Ibiza [from An Englisman in Ibiza [CA029] released 2002]
16. Artificial | Macrame [from Libraries Are Fun released 2002]
17. B(if)tek | Unisex [from Frequencies Will Move Together released 2003]
18. Carrier | Maddox (5000 Fingers of Dr T Remix) [from The Foley Artists released 2003]
19. Fluffy T Bunny| Symbols of Immodesty [from Defocus [CA032] released 2003]
20. Bleepin’ J Squawkins | Minerva Moog part 1 [from Floppydisco [CA035] released 2004]
21. General Electrik | What You’re Doin’ [from Doppler Shift [CA034] released 2004]
22. Deprogram | This Is That [from Inverted [CA036B] released 2006]
23. Koshowko | Promise (Winduptoys Over Here Mix) [from Clan Analogue In Version [CA036] released 2006]
24. Koshowko | They Are The Law [from Payola 2 released 2006]
25. Winduptoys | ghostDUB [from Double Exposure [CA037] released 2006]
26. Winduptoys & Koshowko | Switched On [from Double Exposure [CA037] released 2006]
27. B(if)tek | We Think You’re Dishy [Koshowko Remix] [from We Think You're Dishy [CA038B] released 2010]
28. Koshowko | Promise [from Promise [CA036K] released 2007]
29. Koshowko | It’s Time Now [from Anarchy Monarchy released 2008]
30. Koshowko | The Story (Artificial Wrinkle Rhythm Remix) [from Anarchy Monarchy released 2008]

Clan Analogue Live at the Goethe Institut, Sydney
25th of March, 1994
Imagery: Emile Rasheed, James McParlane & Adam Pierce
Sounds: Scot Art, Kazumichi Grime, Brendan Palmer & Anthony Banister

Clan Analogue: Plug In & Switch On
A new documentary produced by Manikin and Elevator Productions in conjunction with Clan Analogue