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Clan Analogue Victoria AGM

Manager — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:52:02 +0000

The Clan Analogue Victoria AGM is coming up shortly.

This will be held in Melbourne at The Lounge, 243 Swanston St, on Monday the 3rd of December at 6.30pm.

All are welcome to come along and discuss Clan Analogue’s local Victoria plans for the coming year.

Random Acts of Elevator Music Android App

Manager — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:16:33 +0000

Experience the soothing oscillations and melodies of Random Acts of Elevator Music in your very own portable lift. Celebrating six years since these undercover sonic redesigners first played their improvised muzaktronica in lifts throughout Melbourne’s CBD, this Android App enables users to hear a live set from 2006 combined with a selection of elevator images captured during those covert performances.

The Random Acts of Elevator Music Android App includes a live performance recorded in the lift of the Manchester Unity building at 226 Collins St during the 2006 tour of Melbourne CBD office buildings. Just what you need to lift your workplace productivity!

For further information visit: City Frequencies website

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Sydney Headspace launch: Severed Heads Tribute Party

Manager — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 04:01:01 +0000

To celebrate the 20th birthday of Australia’s long-running electronic music collective, Clan Analogue are launching their new compilation Headspace with a series of free parties! Headspace is a lovingly crafted tribute album to the legendary Severed Heads, with Clan Analogue’s artists reinterpreting their favourite tracks from this seminal Australian electronic music act.

The SYDNEY Headspace party kicks off at 8pm on Saturday 16th of June at the Sly Fox Hotel, 199 Enmore Rd, in Enmore.

The lavish line up includes Actual Russian Brides, Telafonica, Lunar Module, Grime+Jones (a new collaboration between Kazumichi Grime and Andrew Jones, formerly of Telemetry Orchestra), Aeriae, Data Transmit and DJs Foxbat, Baby Swindle and Michael MD. And who knows, there could be the possibility of a guest of honour…?

Visuals are integral to any Severed Heads tribute and we are honoured and somewhat amused to have Ed Leckie from LZX Industries bringing along his now world famous modular video synthesizer! Fresh from NAMM, this phenomenally successful piece of locally designed gear is a treat to behold. Rumoured to also be preparing footage to mix are stalwarts Morph and Squiggle.

The night starts with a radical DJ set, heads into bands, heads back to DJs, heads severed, heads roll until 2am. Happy hour of $3 drinks from 8–9pm. Free entry, cosy surrounds and great sounds.

Headspace is an epic, connoisseur album with 18 killer tracks and will be spun and available on the night.

Headspace is available through MGM Distribution in classic CD jewel-case format, as well as digital download from iTunes, Bandcamp and Amazon.

The Melbourne Headspace party at Horse Bazaar went off with a beep in May. Winduptoys, Actual Russian Brides, Philosophy Of Sound, and DJ Reductionist revelled in a warm crowd. Tables were moved for dancing which went on into the small hours, with a fresh influx of late-night Italian artists from Next Wave Festival getting down to ‘Dead Eyes Opened’. Don’t miss the Sydney Headspace party in June!

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CA041: Headspace: A Tribute to Severed Heads | Various Artists

Manager — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:03:13 +0000

To mark its twentieth anniversary, Clan Analogue are proud to release the new compilation album Headspace uniquely celebrating the heritage of this Australian electronic music and arts collective. Headspace is a tribute album to the legendary Severed Heads, with Clan Analogue’s artists reinterpreting their favourite tracks from this seminal Australian electronic music act.

Buy CD from Waterfront Records

Buy album from iTunes

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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.

“Who better than Australian collective Clan Analogue to pay tribute to Severed Heads? The Sydney pioneers blended synth-pop and industrial with dark techno over three decades, and here they get reinterpreted by their diverse acolytes.” Stack

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 & Andrew Jones 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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Stewart Lawler

Manager — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:03:23 +0000

Stewart Lawler, also know as DJ 2 Minute Noodle, is a middle-aged Australian bloke who was involved in a number of bands on the Volition label in the early 1990s. A life-long Severed Heads fan, he came out of retirement in 2011 to perform with the band on their retirement tour with Gary Numan, who wasn’t retiring. He is married, with one cat, and enjoys drinking wine and making pasta – often at the same time.

RELEASES ON CLAN ANALOGUE RECORDINGS:
CA041: Headspace | Various Artists

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Little Nobody

Manager — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:57:00 +0000

Born in Melbourne, Andrez Bergen is an expatriate Australian author, journalist, DJ, photographer and musician who has been based in Tokyo, Japan, over the past 11 years.

Aside from specializing as a journalist in Japanese culture, anime, movies, and electronic music’s various tangents, Bergen makes music and performs under aliases Little Nobody, Slam-Dunk Ninja and Funk Gadget amongst other names.

Having kick started pioneering Melbourne electronic/techno label IF? at the beginning of 1995, Bergen ran a series of infamous warehouse parties and live electronic music gigs that featured the likes of Voiteck, Zen Paradox, Sub Bass Snarl and Krang, as well as his own Little Nobody persona, and released his first LP Pop Tart in 1998.

“If the pharmaceutical journeying of writer Hunter S. Thompson seems allied, somehow, to the rituals of club culture and its music,” mused Rolling Stone magazine at the time, “then look up this grab-bag of sounds and postures by Little Nobody, aka Melbourne producer/DJ Andrez Bergen… A deluded, entertaining quest, in this case through the electronic music of the ’90s. There’s a bit of everything here, all fighting for control.”

Bergen relocated to Tokyo in 2001.

Since then he has worked with internationally acclaimed artists such as Aux 88, Blake Baxter, Bas Mooy, James Ruskin, Ade Fenton, Dasha Rush, Si Begg, DJ T-1000 and Mijk van Dijk, and played live support to Jeff Mills, Squarepusher, Coldcut, Ian Pooley, Stacey Pullen, Scanner, Cari Lekebusch, Adam Beyer and Mike Patton. He has performed in Japan, China, Hong Kong, Europe, and North America and Australia.

Over the past two years, Little Nobody and Funk Gadget have released a dozen vinyl 12-inch records via IF?, Gynoid Audio, TTAK, and Slidebar, acclaimed for the way in which they pervert existing stylistic perimetres and create challenging new sound directions—always while maintaining the groove.

On the side, Bergen has also written two novels, Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat (2011) and One Hundred Years of Vicissitude (2012).

RELEASES ON CLAN ANALOGUE RECORDINGS:
CA041: Headspace | Various Artists

Little Nobody website

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Philosophy of Sound

Manager — Sat, 05 May 2012 01:30:01 +0000

Philosophy Of Sound is the nu-disco/electro/funk production team started by Melbourne’s Martin K (originally hailing from Poland) who is a philosopher turned music producer. Martin K has spent the last few years producing music videos, film soundtracks, podcasts and working in close collaboration with various international electronic and dance artists.

Before starting Philosophy Of Sound, Martin K has been active in his previous music project Koshowko, which has put out several critically and commercially acclaimed releases on Clan Analogue and Las Machinas. Koshowko played several music festivals in Australia (St Kilda Festival, Renaissance Festival, Opoeia Festival or Electundra) and toured in Germany. Martin K also became the finalist of the The International Songwriting Competition in the Dance category. His music videos have also been screened around the globe in a selection of Film and Music Video Festivals.

During the recording sessions for the upcoming Philosophy Of Sound EP, Martin collaborated with many talented musicians, including two intriguing vocalists: Melbourne’s Magnolia and New York based Mereki Beach (Peacocks). You can also expect to hear some hot disco guitar  licks and booty shaking bass.

Stay tuned for P.O.S’s ‘Fragile Disco’ EP which will be out on vinyl and digital download in June via Discotexas.

RELEASES ON CLAN ANALOGUE RECORDINGS:
CA041: Headspace | Various Artists

Philosophy of Sound website

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SS Spanky

FluffyT — Tue, 01 May 2012 06:58:10 +0000

a noisy excitement of disco.
a healthy dash of indie attitude, metal intensity and punk sensibilities.

SS Spanky (now defunct), was the product of Edward Kelly, who was also the brain behind Fluffy T Bunny.

RELEASES ON CLAN ANALOGUE RECORDINGS:
CA038: Re Cognition: The Clan Analogue Legacy Collection | Various Artists
CA030: Habitat: Environmental Sound Research | Various Artists
CA021: Pre-Sense: A Convergence of Southern Harmonic Waves | Various Artists

RELEASES ON CHURCH OF THE INFINITE:
http://www.archive.org/details/SSSpanky_On

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Kazumichi Grime

Manager — Tue, 01 May 2012 03:09:47 +0000

Kazumichi Grime is a sound artist, techno producer and visual artist / director residing in Sydney, Australia.

He has been actively involved in producing electronic music and running electronic music labels like Pneuma and Clan Analogue since 1992. He was instrumental in setting up the early days of the Clan Analogue label and collective with Brendan Palmer in 1992. From 1992 to 1996, Grime and Palmer collaborated as a band called ‘Telharmoneom’ featuring a broad spectrum of sound making processes, although mostly based in the analogue realm. They performed impromptu live techno at numerous dance parties and outdoor ‘raves’ and in ‘chill out’ rooms. Currently, Grime’s aesthetic crosses the zones of experimental sound art, drone and minimal techno composition.

He has a fond interest in both music derived from software composition and manipulation as well as the use of older style technologies like analogue synthesis, analogue sequencing and tape delays. In 2000, Grime developed his own experimental audio/visual mixing software which is part of the ACMI collection at Federation Square, Melbourne.

Grime has released numerous tracks on compilation CDs, vinyl records, cassette compilations and on mp3 labels around the world including Clan Analogue, Pneuma, Zonar Records, ConV, Anechoic Media and earLabs. Notable events and shows include… Impermanent Audio, Cryogenesis , Big Day Out, Variable Resistance San Francisco MOMA, Electrofringe, Audio Ideas, Static Museum and dArt.

Grime incorporates video art projections into live sound art sets which have been performed at events such as The Big Day Out, eScapes, Disorientation, The MCA and Liquid Architecture Festivals. As well as his own solo practice, Grime has collaborated on a number of projects with artists such as Kim Cascone, Gary Bradbury, Anthony Guerra, Andy Polaine and has also developed a number of pieces as a sound artist for video artist Shaun Gladwell, including the 2007 Venice Biennial piece, ‘Storm Sequence’ and his 2009 Venice Biennial show. Gladwell’s video art with Grime’s sound design are featured and held within collections at numerous galleries and museums internationally.

Grime also works as a commercial artist and has been involved in music video directing, commercials directing and film visual effects art direction since 2000.

More info: http://www.kazumichi.com
Visual work: http://cargocollective.com/kazumichi
Sound Cloud: http://soundcloud.com/toby-grime

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Data Transmit

Manager — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:22:17 +0000

Data Transmit is the alter ego of electronic musician and drummer Nicholas Gray. After a few years of playing in bands and orchestras he stumbled upon the world of electronic music and has never looked back. He is heavily influenced by underground electro and metal but when on his computer he definitely doesn’t stick to just one genre. He chose to cover the Severed Heads track “Dead Eyes Opened” on Clan Analogue’s Headspace compilation because it made a great impression on him when he first heard it in the late 90′s. Data Transmit has played at various venues around Sydney and has also performed and been played on the radio. He has a great passion for music and is a proud member of Clan Analogue.

RELEASES ON CLAN ANALOGUE RECORDINGS:
CA041: Headspace | Various Artists

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