Clan Analogue

Lunar Module

Manager — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:59:52 +0000

Lunar Module make great Electronic Pop music, in the studio and live on stage. Their sound is firmly rooted in the Golden Age of Electronic Pop 1978-1988. Taking the sound of “then” and the technology of “now” has allowed Lunar Module to hone their sound with sonic purity and high fidelity. Then add to it the organic simplicity of good songs that have both traditional structure and strong melodic familiarity. The result is at once polished and entertaining on many levels.

Lunar Module are Ant Banister, Alberto Martinez, Peter Davies, Mel Grogan and Grant Muir.

In mid 2003 Ant decided to go with his passion and start writing song-based electronica with live vocals and classic 80’s electro influences. In 2004 Albert Martinez joined Ant, bringing his own songwriting and vocal skills on board as well as his considerable production talents. In early 2010 LM were joined by Mel Grogan on keys.

For more info, pics, video and music go to www.myspace.com/lunarmodule
and you can find even more on Facebook

RELEASES ON CLAN ANALOGUE RECORDINGS:
CA039V: Lunar Module l Lunar Module
CA038: Re Cognition l Various Artists
CA034: Doppler Shift l Various Artists

Fluffy T / Fluffy T Bunny

Manager — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:28:28 +0000

Fluffy T, also known as Fluffy T Bunny, is the musical construct of artist Edward Kelly. Fluffy T’s music is loosely based on electronica and pop with aspects of noise and minimalism.

Fluffy T is Kelly’s longest-lasting band moniker and is, according to the artist, “in a slow downward spiral of convolution”. New names currently being considered include: Sleep Wear and the Strange Buddhists; Impetus for the Inevitable; Intrinsic Psychic Love Paradigms; Euler Diagram;
Set Membership.

Other acts by Edward Kelly include:
SS Spanky – a prior more chaotic, hectic and slightly punk attitude
Double Happiness (Surveillance Systems) – a minimal ambient approach, with drawn out repetition and soothing sounds
This Corporate Militia – some sort of IDM style
98 Biscotti – a more guitar based dream pop electronica

Edward Kelly was also a member of:
Captains of Industry – an extreme noise act gone soft
Futile Sound of Brunswick – two persons, a general appreciation of sound, and an attitude of no attitude, fuck you in other words

Fluffy T website

RELEASES ON CLAN ANALOGUE RECORDINGS:

CA038D: Re Cognition DVD | Various Artists
CA032: DeFocus | Various Artists
CAM05: Sampled Synthesis 05 | Various Artists

Nanotech

Manager — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:43:33 +0000

Nanotech are Ant Banister and James McParlane. They formed in 1990 when Ant answered James’ ad in Drum Media looking for fellow electronic musicians who were interested in cutting-edge sounds. James had just moved to Sydney from Perth where he played in the band The Accelerated Men. James had a Commodore Amiga he had modified so much it could only fit in a cardboard box. Ant at the time had been working with Albert Martinez for nearly two years in Eidolon and needed a fresh side project. Nanotech went on to pioneer new video and synth software using early Intel CPUs and played with live video and sound. Ant and James have played all over Australia, including many Big Day Out shows, went on tour with The On U Sound System and supported Sven Vath and Bjork.

RELEASES ON CLAN ANALOGUE RECORDINGS:

CA039V VALLEY FORGE | FOLLOW SUIT [EP]

james — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:36:00 +0000

Out now!

‘Follow Suit’ swings from guitar-laden, heavy electronics to pulsating dance with guest vocals from Glen Cassidy [So I'm Jo] and remixes by dance legends Boxcar and Single Gun Theory. Both singles are lifted from the forthcoming album ‘Artificial Heart’ which features vocals by Legendary entertainer Kamahl. VF appear on many Clan Analogue releases including ‘ReCognition’ and have performed alongside Australia’s finest electronic acts including Severed Heads and Underground Lovers. Think: Depeche, NIN, Jarre, Radiohead and Severed Heads. In bed.

The EP is now available from Waterfront, Red Eye, JB HiFi, Sanity and other good music retailers.

Buy CD from Waterfront Records

Buy from iTunes

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]

Tiatto

Manager — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:56:44 +0000

The story of Tiatto begins in a Brixton garret opposite a crackhouse in 2001, with Benwah and Max Devere installing every software synth that bubbazanetti.com had to offer while they ripped off the collected B-sides of Steely Dan. In London, Tiatto played a number of private exclusive house parties – which means they got stoned and jammed a lot with tape players and speak’n'spells. On the advice of a senior Radio 1 staffer, Tiatto “got the fuck out of [his] office”.

Tiatto relocated to Melbourne with a laptop full of tunes and were joined by Nick Fakeman, the notorious twin-handed keyboard demon of Clifton Hill. Some money was wasted in a studio botching the first four cuts for a projected album. It all went pear shaped when Dave Graney volunteered his time for vocal duties for the final track of this impending vanity release. Tiatto realised that, unfortunately, influential people took them seriously and it was time to act their collective ages.

After a number of low key events where they accidentally set fire to their equipment, Tiatto somehow played Freebase’s 3rd Birthday event at Seven to considerable acclaim (much to the surprise of Devere who wasn’t awake or even there). In the next chapter, Fakeman turned up to disturb Tiatto’s music with some knobbage, voltage and circuitry at a First Floor gig with Steve Law.

So, with that in mind, Tiatto headed back into the studio with Melbourne producer extraordinaire Simon Grounds (Underground Lovers, God, Shower Scene from Psycho, heaps others). Local rock chick Sam Wareing took some time out from her Bar Open responsibilities to lay down a few vocalisations before vanishing to Berlin, while Gentleman of Fortune Graeme Cameron and Oneironaut’s Nick Pledge popped in and turned their amps up to 11. Jazz legend Adam Simmonds was forced at gunpoint to play saxophone solos for hours and Penny Ikinger made some earsplitting noises. Monique Brumby dropped around looking for her lost canary and found herself conscripted into singing, something she hadn’t done since the night before. Sunwrae’s Rae Howell gave a few blasts on her trumpet while Penrith hip-hop act The Kumpnee sold their washing machine and jumped on a plane to join in the fun. The sessions descended into chaos, forcing Benwah to seek refuge in academia.

At this stage Canadian producer and all-rounder Ganz Enfarben turned up and attempted to impose some order on proceedings. His first act was to play some La Monte Young-influenced keyboard drones. However immigration authorities weren’t convinced his business interests were genuine, so after a few sessions he was put on a plane back to where he came from, leaving nothing behind but a couple of broken-down synthesizers and a hard drive full of grooves.

Would Benwah ever descend from his ivory tower to rock once more? Could Devere escape from the health farm where his case manager had exiled him? Would Enfarben succeed in raising the cash to buy Abbey Road? Would Fakeman ever get back on stage to don his cloak and jumpsuit again? Whatever the answer, Tiatto were on the way to meet their destiny…

RELEASES ON CLAN ANALOGUE RECORDINGS:
CAM05: Sampled Synthesis 5 | Various Artists

A brief introduction

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:59:33 +0000

The collective was started in Sydney, Australia, in 1992 by a small group of people who were interested and active in electronic sound. Largely fuelled by the sore lack of live venues in Australia for electronic music and a lack of options for releasing recorded material, Clan Analogue was born out of necessity.

From a small group who were eager to swap tapes of each others’ compositions at meetings has spawned Australia’s longest running and innovative electronic arts and sound collective. It now has active members in Sydney and Melbourne, associated artists in Albury, Brisbane and Perth and is gaining a reputation for producing Australia¹s leading electronic music, both nationally and internationally.

Clan aims to allow artists to produce work free of the constraints of the commercial music industry by developing self funded, artist initiated recording and publishing projects. This ‘do it yourself’ philosophy encourages the direct transmission of the artist’s works to the listener without filtering it via label mediation.

Through its diverse and multi-talented membership, the collective allows for the pooling of resources and the cross-fertilisation of ideas. This co-operative nature of working together allows large, otherwise unattainable goals to be reached for the benefit of the larger collective.

Clan members traverse boundaries between sound, visual and written work as the collective explores both traditional and new media forms. Clan members maintain web sites throughout Australia that are regularly updated with graphics, audio and animations. Members produce regular radio programmes and live events that maintain a constant presence of original and innovative electronica in the public headspace.

The Clan’s Greatest Hits

admin — Mon, 24 May 2010 01:27:14 +0000

The latest Clan Analogue compilation is out now. Packaged in a very limited edition double-CD plus DVD pack and featuring a historical voyage through the Clan Analogue archives from the likes of Itch-E & Scratch-E, Bleepin’ J Squawkins, Disco Stu, Atone, Biftek, Deepchild and many more – plus a bonus disc of remixes by more recent members of the Clan like Koshowko, Valley Forge and many others. PLUS for a limited time, with every CD purchased,you will receive a special download ticket with instructions for how to access a bonus collection of Clan Analogue rarities.

For more information on Re Cognition: The Clan Analogue Legacy Collection click here

And for some interesting historical essays, a video promo and other related stuff about Re Cognition: The Clan Analogue Legacy Collection click here

And if you just want to get straight onto buying it, click below!

Buy CDs and DVD from Waterfront Records

Buy album from iTunes

Melbourne meeting

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 08:59:39 +0000

The next Clan Analogue meeting will be held at Horse Bazaar, 397 Little Lonsdale, on Monday the 2nd of August at 6.30pm.

The first half of the meeting is a chance to catch-up and discuss the latest Clan Analogue plans. Then from 7.30 we have the informal part of the evening with one Clan member each month DJing a selection of their latest music and stuff that’s inspiring them. This month the nominated DJ is Dr Anne, also known as Anne Scott.

CA038D: Re Cognition: The Clan Analogue Video Collection

Manager — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:45:40 +0000

As part of the new three-disc set Re Cognition: The Clan Analogue Legacy Collection, Clan Analogue have produced a limited-edition companion DVD, containing 29 filmclips, the new documentary Clan Analogue: Plug In & Switch On, the influential 1995 VHS release Clan Analogue Live at the Goethe Institut, some bonus historical essays and a discography. The DVD provides an audio and visual snapshot of the early days of the Clan Analogue collective until today and tells a story of electronic music in Australia.

Buy CDs and DVD from Waterfront Records

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

Holy Terra

Manager — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:08:36 +0000

Holy Terra is the original artist name for Michael Westcot who is now known as Terra Nine. He has built an international reputation through many acclaimed releases, exploring techno, ambient dub and chilled sounds, all combined with his virtuosic electric viola playing.

RELEASES ON CLAN ANALOGUE RECORDINGS:
CA038X: Cognition X | Various Artists
CA009: Holy Terra and Nanotech | Music For Aliens
CA006: Cog | Various Artists

Terra 9 Myspace site