3D World Issue #1013

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UNDERWORLD return from life under the radar and prepare to give Oz a taste of their forthcoming album before anywhere else in the world

14 Tour announcements, Epic/Fail and other tasty morsels in NEWS

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What finanical crisis? Things have never been better for Hospital Records impressario Tony Colman, better known as LONDON ELEKTRICITY

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Let there be keytar when JOACHIM GARRAUD hits the stage at We Love Sounds

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All MASTA ACE really needs to keep him in the hip hop game is the occasional special project

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Long sets are finally becoming a reality for long time resident DJ of Glasgow’s Sub Club HARRI

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THE RED EYES push a take on reggae unhindered by the usual coernerstones of the genre

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From humble re-edit beginnings, disco maestro THE REVENGE is quickly becoming a one man production tour de force

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KLUTE on moving from punk to drum n bass, and then all of the colours of the electronic music spectrum from there

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LEE MORTIMER is too busy trying to smash every dancefloor he confronts to get caught up in any hype mongering

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ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE are soul brothers linked by a series of coincidences

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The latest albums and singles get put under the microscope in CD REVIEWS

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SOCIAL CLUB is back with a Vengeance

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Dig a little deeper with our specialist genre COLUMNS

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Social snaps galore in SUSHI. Don’t let your mother see this!

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What to do, and where to do it in LISTINGS

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Taking to the stage this week as well as gracing our screens at Sydney Film Festival, ROBIN MCLEAVY talks about Shakespeare and horror

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The week in arts news, gossip, and reviews: CULTURAL CRINGE, FRONT ROW, and REVIEWS

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FILM REVIEWS: Animal Kingdom, The Secret In Their Eyes, The Stoning Of Soraya M.

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LIOR KALFO bring a lot of neon to theatre in Glow

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There will be blood. Lots and lots of it: JULIA OHANNESSIAN talks about Oresteia

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JUNE

THE RED EYES – Thursday 3, Transit Bar DJ LORD – Friday 4, Chinese Laundry THE RED EYES – Friday 4, Manning Bar BLANK CANVAS: LEWIE DAY – Friday 4, Tao Lounge PACHA CD LAUNCH – Saturday 5, ivy BASS DROP: LONDON ELEKTRICITY – Saturday 5, The Arthouse CO-OP FIRST BIRTHDAY: HARRI – Saturday 5, Secret Venue ALL OUR FRIENDS FESTIVAL: LAIDBACK LUKE, TIGA, CONCORD DAWN, KLUTE & MORE – Saturday 5, University Of Canberra COMMON, KID CAPRI – Friday 11, The Forum KLUTE – Friday 11, Chinese Laundry GIFT OF GAB – Friday 11, Oxford Art Factory REMEDY: TOTAL SCIENCE – Friday 11, The Loft UTS GENERIC COLLECTIVE FIRST BIRTHDAY: RENAISSANCE MAN – Friday 11, Civic MIAMI HORROR – Friday 11, Waves

WE LOVE SOUNDS: UNDERWORLD, TIGA, THE PROXY, CROOKERS, ELLEN ALLIEN, MANDY & MORE – Saturday 12, Hordern Pavilion and Surrounds RON CARROLL – Saturday 12, ivy LEE MORTIMER – Saturday 12, Chinese Laundry PICNIC: THE REVENGE, DJ SPUN – Saturday 12, Civic MIAMI HORROR – Saturday 12, Manning Bar MAD RACKET: TOM TRAGO – Saturday 12, Marrickville Bowling & Recreation Club SHAPESHIFTER, ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE SOUND SYSTEM – Sunday 13, Metro SHE: MR V, DJ JORJ – Sunday 13, ivy RAP CITY: DJ PREMIER, THE BEATNUTS, MASTA ACE & EDO G – Sunday 13, The Forum FIERCE ANGEL: MARK DOYLE, LADY V, SORAYA VIVIAN – Sunday 13, Trademark RENAISSANCE MAN – Sunday 13, QWB NOUVELLE VAGUE, BERRY – Wednesday 16, Factory Theatre NOUVELLE VAGUE, BERRY – Thursday 17, Factory Theatre CASSETTE KIDS – Friday 18, Oxford Art Factory MOBIN MASTER – Saturday 19, ivy TOM NEVILLE – Saturday 19, Chinese Laundry DANCE CLUB: NADASTROM – Saturday 19, Oxford Art Factory URTHBOY, LOOSE CHANGE – Saturday 19, Sandringham Hotel ALIX PEREZ – Friday 25, Chinese Laundry ERPHUN – Saturday 26, Chinese Laundry OPERATOR PLEASE – Saturday 26, Metro Theatre ROBERT HOOD – Saturday 26, Civic Underground OZI BATLA ALBUM LAUNCH– Saturday 26, Annandale Hotel

JULY

GIGI BAROCCO – Friday 2, Candy’s Apartment THE LIKES OF YOU: STEPHAN BODZIN, HUGO – Saturday 3, Arthouse Hotel AIRPORT: SIMON PATTERSON, SIED VAN RIEL – Saturday 3, Gaelic Theatre DROP THE LIME – Saturday 3, Chinese Laundry GIGI BAROCCO – Saturday 3, Lot 33 RIP-THE-RUNWAY: LIL KIM, JUELZ SANTANA & SKULL GANG, CHINGY – Friday 9, Sydney Entertainment Centre TRANCE NATION: TYDI, MARLO – Friday 9, Home GODSPEED: NEOPHYTE, TOMMYKNOCKER, BEHOLDER – Saturday 10, Metro Theatre ALL-4-ONE – Friday 16, Metro Theatre REDLIGHT: ALEXKID, MARTIN LANDSKY – Saturday 17, Plantation KEVIN RUDOLF, SHONTELLE – Sunday 18, Enmore Theatre SPIT SYNDICATE – Thursday 22, The Harp, Wollongong SPIT SYNDICATE – Friday 23, The Cambridge, Newcastle JAMES HOLDEN – Saturday 24, Chinese Laundry SPIT SYNDICATE – Saturday 24, The Gaelic Club SPIT SYNDICATE – Sunday 25, The Wall LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, HOT CHIP – Monday 26, Hordern Pavilion SCISSOR SISTERS – Tuesday 27, Big Top at Luna Park YEASAYER – Wednesday 28, Metro Theatre FOALS – Wednesday 28, Manning Bar GOLDFRAPP – Thursday 29, Big Top at Luna Park

AUGUST

THE DRUMS – Sunday 1, Oxford Art Factory JÓNSI – Monday 2, Enmore Theatre PASSION PIT – Monday 2, The Forum K-OS – Wednesday 4, Oxford Art Factory LIBERATE: JOHN 00 FLEMING, MIKE, TRITONAL – Saturday 7, Space LOWRIDER – Friday 13, Annandale Hotel UTOPIA HOMEGROWN: DARREN STYLES, MARK BREEZE, MC WHIZZKID, BITROK, SHADES OF GRAY & MORE: Saturday 14, Hordern Pavilion and Surrounds MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS – Friday 20, The Forum TRANCE NATION: TYDI, MARLO – Friday 20, Academy THE CAT EMPIRE – Saturday 28, Hordern Pavilion

SEPTEMBER

LEE BURRIDGE – Saturday 25, Chinese Laundry

DECEMBER

MUSE – Thursday 9, Acer Arena

EPIC, NOT STIRRED

Onside Entertainment’s Liberate launched to much fanfare in April of this year with a tour line-up which included trance all-stars Eddie Halliwell, Sean Tyas, Matt Hardwick, Solarstone and Signum, so it’s especially pleasing to find that they’ve already planned a follow-up. Proudly presented by Street Press Australia, Liberate takes place on Saturday 7 August at Space in a grand sequel that features Belgian powerhouse MIKE, first time Australian visitors Tritonal, pictured, out of Austin, Texas, and the mighty John 00 Fleming, who is confirmed for an epic four hour set! Local supports from Steve Strangis, Ahmet Atasever and Nathan Cryptic. First release tickets on sale now through In The Mix and onsideentertainment.com for $35 + b/f.

WIND IT BACK

If you were around the first time that rave reared its smiley head, chances are there were some golden years enjoyed. If you weren’t, the only thing you’d be likely to hear is “well, that’s too bad then”. Fear not, as Reunion are back on the case and bringing yet another of their much enjoyed revivalist parties to their biggest venue yet, Home, on Friday 15 October. Featuring extra sound, lighting, visuals by Morph and an allegedly kick arse laser show, the spring party plays host to veterans of the industry Nik Fish, Sasha Vatoff, Peewee Ferris, John Ferris, Jumping Jack, Mark Dynamix, KC, Gian, Chester, Shade, Hi-Shock, Michael MD, George Vagas, Crisis and another yet to be confirmed guest. Expect trance, hard dance, Belgian techno, hip house, hardcore and more. $30 + b/f early bird tickets available now through stickytickets. com.au, VIP early birds – including an event t-shirt – will set you back $40 b/f.

PURE BASS POWER

A capacity Favela crowd enjoyed the talents of London Elektricity only last year and though he’ll be performing at The Arthouse this time around, keen drum n bass fans will be hard pressed to be anything other than overjoyed. He’ll be spinning up a storm with the assistance of MC AD for the 3D World presented Bass Drop on Saturday 5 June with support from Linken & Vertigo, Royalston, i-Dub, Intercepta, Sariss, DtechMC, SLS, V-Man vs Cruz, Boot vs Sook and Paul Fraser. Tickets available through Moshtix for $45. Those of you unable to head along can at least catch London Elektricity the day following at Bondi FM studios from 6pm for the first ever live broadast of his Hospital Podcast from outside the Hospital Records studios.

EPIC & FAIL EPIC TALK LIKE THAT

Two years after Girl Talk’s sample happy Feed The Animals dropped, all of his borrowings have finally been catalogued, and if you make your way over to feedtheanimalssamples.com you can heartily stroke your chin as the sampled artists and songs pop up in front of you in time to the album in its entirety. We <3 geeks so much.

BETTER RED THAN DEAD PART II

We mentioned there was a glitch or two when we big-upped Red Dead Redemption last week, but little did we realise the full extent of the (nodoubt intentional) madness. YouTube search “The Outstanding Gunslinger Dog”, “Miraculous Flying Deer!”, “The Incredible Donkey-Lady” and “The Infamous Cougar Man”, and be thankful game developers have a ludicrous sense of humour…

CALL OF THE WILD

Speaking of ludicrous and YouTube, type in “Piedmont Bird Callers on David Letterman”, grab some popcorn, and revel in the absurdity of it all – Letterman clearly loves these wacked out high schoolers so much it’s an annual segment. God bless America.

FAIL FABRIC LAST?

After fapping on about the general awesomeness of the Fabric compilation series last week, rumours that it might be following its London sister club Matter down the gurgler are disturbing to say the least. The shockwaves will spread much further than the UK, that’s for sure…

RIP-THE-RUNWAY

BET’s Rip-The-Runway is making its way to Australia for the first time thanks to SRMG Entertainment, seemingly eschewing the fashion aspect of overseas counterparts in favour of running a huge line-up. At the end of the day, with five hours worth of massive urban chart hits we doubt many punters will be too worried! Presented by 3D World, the all ages event takes place on Friday 9 July at the Sydney Entertainment Centre featuring Lil’ Kim, Juelz Santana & Skull Gang, Chingy, pictured, DJ Drama & Willie The Kid, Young Twinn plus more yet to be announced acts.

Business class tickets will set you back $129 + b/f while first class costs $149 + b/f though Ticketmaster.

EVERYBODY STOP DANCING NOW

FIDGET FUN

If you’re still reeling in horror at Sidney Samson’s wanton destruction of ‘90s anthem I Like To Move It, brace yourself – C&C Music Factory’s 2010 Sweat Collection is on its way. Yep, Gonna Make You Sweat is about to get “re-imagined” for the modern dancefloor. While ‘C1’ Robert Clivillés will no doubt be rolling in the money, ‘C2’ David Cole will probably be rolling in his grave…

So long as fidget and electro house remain popular there’s going to be characters like Luigi Barrone – aka Gigi Barocco – around to keep fans of the style happy. His emphasis on strong hooks, rave vibes and swift edits has earned him the attention of artists such as Armand van Helden, Benny Benassi and Cassius; the 2009 remix of Breakdown’s Play With It spurring them on. On Friday 2 July Gigi Barocco will be treating Candy’s Apartment to a proper flogging with as yet unconfirmed supports.

Be there.

KILLER BOOK, SHIT TITLE

AFTER THE LOVE

Dexter fans can only be thankful that the respective book and television series have moved apart so much that the show will no longer be directly using the books as inspiration. Especially with news the new book is called Dexter Is Delicious. And Vampire Goths are also involved. Puh-lease...

We’ve yet to enjoy the entertainment of Steve Aoki and his Dim Mak crew at We Love Sounds 2010 just yet but even so, the prospect of being able to do so more than once should surely be enticing. Rave electro heads can start frothing as Music People and Future Entertainment have managed to pull off the coup of locking in the Dim Mak Australia Takeover at Metro Theatre on Saturday 12 June which will feature five as yet unconfirmed international guests for what will be one of the busiest We Love Sounds after parties around. Pre-sale tickets $40 + b/f through metrotheatre. com.au.

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UTOPIA GOES LOCAL

If you locked in for 15 Years Utopia and had to weather the disappointment of Mark Breeze, Darren Styles, pictured, and MC Whizzkid cancelling due to the eruption of Iceland’s unpronounceable volcano, you’ll be pleased as punch to hear that Powerhouse Productions have committed to bringing them out for Utopia Homegrown 3 in a slight, but justified, bending of the original locals-only concept. Co-presented by 3D World, the Saturday 14 August event at the Hordern Pavilion (and surrounds) includes a live/ local producers VIP arena which plays host to Shades Of Gray, Bitrok, Flatwound and more. VIP packages include fast lane entry and exclusive signings/meet and greets with the international guests. Up and comers will have an opportunity to win a set in the 3D World VIP Arena so watch this space. The line-up also includes Amber Savage, Suae, Weaver, Matrix, Steve Hill, Yoshi, Spellbound, MC Losty and more. First release tickets are available now through Ticketek for $65 + b/f and include a free VIP upgrade. And it’s the first ever 16+ all night dance event at the Hordern, so get amongst it trainee ravers!

YOU’VE GOTTA KNOW WHEN TO HOLDEN

You don’t have to be an overly adventurous listener to appreciate James Holden, much as some hacks would have you think otherwise. Although a fervently underground champion of all things challenging and off-beat where music is concerned, Holden is above all an exceptionally talented musician capable of making even the most warped sounds palatable in the context of his DJ sets. His mix for !K7’s DJ-Kicks compilation series is a musical statement which aptly demonstrates what a little nerdy technicality and ingenuity can bear, without at any moment becoming snobbish or haughty. If the idea of hearing Caribou next to Legowelt in the same mix appeals to you or you want to flat hear some great tunes, you can catch Holden at Chinese Laundry on Saturday 24 July.

MUSE RE-TOUR

LET THERE BE LIGHT NEARLY FOUR YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL CIRCUIT BREAKER COMPILATION DROPPED, LIGHTSOUNDS REP MATHEW GUY FILLS LIZ GALINOVIC IN ON THE INEVITABLE SEQUEL.

TRANCE NATION REVIVAL

It’s been a while between drinks for Ministry Of Sound’s Trance Nation compilation series, and who better to step up to the mixing desk again than Brisbane hero tyDi? Umm, MaRLo apparently, as he’s chucking his two cents worth in on a second disc. Featuring tracks from BT, Ronski Speed, Ali Wilson, First State, Matt Darey, Phynn, Randy Katana, Ferry Corsten, DJ Preach, Sander van Doorn and Faithless, the two disc effort owes as much to the old guard as it does to emerging talent. The two genre purists hit the road throughout July and August in support, performing at Home on Friday 9 July and Academy Friday 20 August. Trance Nation 2010 hits shelves on Friday 11 June.

PICNIC REVENGE

We all know that Muse are almost ridiculously over the top but do we care? Not one jot. Why? Because clearly, that’s just what we want! For once we’re not going to be missing out on the full theatricality of their live shows, and though Muse’s 2010 Big Day Out tour went some way towards filling the void, we’re still allowed to want more, and they’ll be performing at the Acer Arena on Thursday 9 December with the full arena production – laser, video screens, Sven Väth-esque shiny pants and all.

Tickets on sale Monday 7 June through Ticketek.

So disco may be swiftly becoming the Emperor’s New Clothes and hence pretty bastardised, but it’s not stopping folks like Graham Clark – aka The Revenge – from subverting the opinions of those who think that’s what he’s giving them. At the end of the day we’ll probably not give much of a shit what it is when he plays Picnic on Saturday 12 June as we’ll be having too much fun to care. New York’s legendary DJ Spin will also be joining the revelry with locals Matt Trousdale, Marcus King and the brilliant Loin Brothers supporting. Pre-sale tickets $20 + b/f through Resident Advisor, $30 on the door.

OUT OF EXILE

CHANGE FOR FREE

Spit Syndicate’s sophomore album Exile has been streaming in full direct from their MySpace page for some time and recently debuted at number eight on the ARIA Urban Chart. Produced by Adit of Horrorshow fame and featuring guest production appearances from M-Phazes, Jsquared and Cam Bluff, the album represents an impressive gathering of talent if nothing else. Sydney fans can catch Spit Syndicate on the road at The Gaelic Club on Saturday 24 July and The Wall for an all-ages event on Sunday 25, while The Harp in Wollongong host them Thursday 22 and the Cambridge in Newcastle Friday 23.

ALL-4-ONE FIRST

In the late ‘90s when RNB was king, groups such as All-4-One ate up chart space and airwaves like they’d disappear. To a certain extent that may have proven true, at least, in consideration of RNB having moved on somewhat. Nonetheless, when the opportunity for a tour could have been there first time around, the boat was missed.

Seeing as plenty of folks haven’t grown remotely sick of their seductive hits, the band are now on their way to the Metro Theatre for a Friday 16 July performance with support from Kulcha and Chauncey Black. Tickets available now through metrotheatre.com.au and Ticketek for $55 + b/f.

REDLIGHT LAUNCH

Loose Change demonstrate that a drum machine, solid basses and two mics are all that you need to rock a good tune with their debut self-titled album. The P Major produced affair also features cuts from Sam Z and guest verses from P Smurf, using a blend of jazz samples, romance and wit to tie it all together. The crew are putting their money where their mouth is in making the album available for free download from www.loosechangehiphop.com, encouraging you to be the judge for nix. You can catch them in support of Lotek at Loft Bar on Thursday 3 June, at the Oxford Tavern in Wollongong on Saturday 5 June and in support of Urthboy at the Sandringham Hotel on Saturday 19 June.

POP FIX

If you thought Miike Snow was actually just one lone dude in a studio that’s okay, Swedish duo Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg probably won’t be too upset that you mixed them into one. In fact, they’ve previously written and produced under the handle of Bloodshy & Avant, writing hits for Kylie Minogue, Madonna and Britney Spears – for whom they wrote and produced the Grammy Award winning, chart smashing Toxic. Their far more recent Miike Snow project is hardly less interesting, as performances at South By Southwest and Coachella prove, and they’ll be heading our way for a performance at The Forum on Wednesday 4 August. Tickets go on sale for Frontier Members on Wednesday 2 June while the rest of us can snap them up from Friday 4 June.

Sydney is hardly suffering from a distinct lack of decent tech house nights, but you can never have too many late night fixes when that urge for a 4/4 beat hits. Redlight will be celebrating its first outing with a stellar line-up at the Plantation on Saturday 17 July that includes French dub-tech house explorer Alexkid and the ceaselessly creative Martin Landsky. Local supports from Nick McMartin and T-Boy. Pre-sale tickets available from Resident Advisor for $20 + b/f and with venue capacity limited to 400 you know this is going to be good!

The first Circuit Breaker was a success and the exposure provided a kickstart to the careers of some of the artists who “got picked up by more serious record labels and some of them went on tour and one of them even went over to the UK”. Not to mention Bluejuice, who this year hit the #5 position in triple j’s Hottest 100.

Since then, Guy and his team have been busy preparing and compiling the material for Circuit Breaker 2. Set to be released this week, the compilation features 13 tracks by talented musicians from all around the country such as Toasters Boutique, Rip Lee, Fixd, Sceptic and Dseeva and many more.

“We’ve changed it a bit to reflect recent trends in dance, electro and hip hop. The last one had a big breaks element but this one has more of a dance influence. But it’s still a mish mash of different styles. There are a few hip hop artists, there are a few electro artists, there’s a few banging hard tunes on there so there’s a bit of a blend and we try not to exclude anyone. We tried to make it fairly diverse.”

As further means for spreading the music of Circuit Breaker 2, Lightsounds will be launching a Sharp competition that will encourage DJs to listen to the tracks, work with them and hopefully play them. “We’ll be offering a great prize pack of Akai and Ableton and Native Instruments products and that will hopefully generate further interest and get DJs to mash up their top choice of the tracks on the album.”

It’s a brilliant initiative on Lightsounds’ part; an exercise in altruism that may have the cynics squinting suspiciously. But as far as Guy is concerned, this is truly about “generating interest into the whole music scene that Lightsounds is part of. We want to make people aware that there’s so much talent out there and Australia is producing some great stuff, half of it gets produced in the bedroom and is unheard of.”

500 SHADES

TOGETHER HARD

Recently returned from their successful South American tour, Watussi are gearing up for the celebratory 1000% Guapo Tour which includes a slew of Sydney dates.

The band will be performing alongside DCUP at Coogee Diggers on Friday 4 June, at Hotel Gearin with Katoomba Dub Collective on Saturday 5, the Annandale Hotel with Samba Mundi and James Locksmith on Friday 11, the Heritage Hotel on Saturday 12 with Nicole Brophy and finally at the Brass Monkey on Sunday 13 with Justin Carter.

Details of the Adrian Arce directed documentary of their South American tour will be made available in the coming weeks.

“We’ve been trying to do things to give back and try to support the local music scene which was going through a fairly rough patch when we first picked this up with Circuit Breaker Volume 1. We thought young kids weren’t getting enough of their music played on radio stations so we decided we needed to help because our customers make music; they’re DJs, they’re making music, they’re clubbing and partying their way out there to try and get some exposure. So we thought why not put together a CD where we could feature and expose some of these guys who were trying to make it in the music industry.”

WHEN: MONDAY 7 JUNE

Sick of partying locally? Need a holiday? Like drum n bass? Well then, why not head to Paradise In Bali? You’ll not only get to catch Utah Jazz, Netsky, Makoto, Krust, Die, Matrix & Futurebound, Squire, Bungle, ShockOne, Q-Bik, DJ Low, DJ Aki, Javabass Crew, de la Haye and more, you’ll get to bask in the Sunday 14 November to Monday 15 November sun within the picturesque GWK Lotus Pond limestone pillared enclosure.

Or more if you can get the time off work of course! The Ragga Twins will be hosting with support from MC Wrec. Tickets available now for $171 + b/f from Moshtix.

WATUSSI RETURN

This was the beginning of a “give something back” movement from a company whose very survival has depended on the never ending production line of young people with a passion for creating electronic music. The movement comes in the form of the compilation CD Circuit Breaker, put out

by Lightsounds, and featuring the music of said young people.

WHAT: CIRCUIT BREAKER 2 THROUGH LIGHTSOUNDS/ MGM

DRUM’N’BALI

If hardstyle is your thing chances are you’re already familiar with the Harder Styles United parties, the eighth of which – Get Your Rave On – takes place at The Gaff on Friday 4 June. With UV lighting, triple the normal amount of lasers, reflector jackets, whistles and free glowsticks on arrival, it’ll undoubtedly be the brightest yet. Toneshifterz face off against Kid Finley in the headline slot with support from Hardforze, Matrix, Sdee, Suae vs Pulsar, Amber Savage, Import & Convict and Dillytek. Doors open at 9pm.

Two years ago audio and DJ gear purveyors Lightsounds put the word out that they were looking for original tracks created by Australian musicians.

With the help of radio stations, forums and a marketing team, the call out wove its way through the Australian music industry until the music came pouring in. As Lightsounds’ Mathew Guy recalls, “luckily, we got a few hundred tracks”.

PURE IVY IN JUNE

Having launched with much fanfare and the sounds of Michael Gray last weekend, pure ivy is moving forward in June with Experience Entertainment booking a line-up which, in their words, aims to “bring back house music back to Sydney”.

Starting with Matt Nugent and Alex Taylor for the Pacha CD Launch on Saturday 5 June, pure ivy plays host to Ron Carroll, pictured, on Saturday 12 June, Mobin Master and Karina Chavez on Saturday 19 June, and finally rounds out the month with its talented residents Minx and Tass on Saturday 26 June. Entry to each pure ivy event will set you back $20 on the door, opening at 6pm and closing late.

Though its tenure at Lady Lux was a short one, Blank Canvas hasn’t faded to black, instead deciding to move onto the exceedingly well equipped Tao Lounge – part of the recently revamped Mr B’s complex. For their first night at the new venue, Friday 4 June, Blank Canvas have Melbourne based DJ/producer Lewie Day (Mumur, 8Bit, Dirt Crew, Haul) making a visit before travelling to Berlin where he’ll no doubt be working the angles. Support from George Hall, Robbie Piper, Robbie Cordukes and Jake Hough. $10 on the door.

NYC DRUMS

A little bit of cred from NME tends to go a long way and NYC’s The Drums are prime example of that – having led the magazine’s anticipated event tour throughout February of this year they cleaned up the Philip Hall Radar Award and had their UK gigs attended by Morrissey, Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke of The Smiths. No mean feat indeed. Your only chance to catch them in Australia would have been to lie, cheat and steal to get along to Splendour In The Grass 2010, but we don’t condone that so instead recommend you grab tickets through Moshtix for their Sunday 1 August appearance at the Oxford Art Factory instead. Probably easier and they’ll only set you back $42.

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HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS STADIUM TECHNO PIONEERS UNDERWORLD HAVE BEGAN TO TEASE FANS WITH THE FIRST HINT OF A FOLLOW-UP TO 2007’S INTROSPECTIVE OBLIVION WITH BELLS, AND INFECTIOUS FRONTMAN KARL HYDE ASSURES KRIS SWALES THAT THE NEW LONG-PLAYER – WHICH AUSTRALIAN FANS WILL BE FIRST TO TASTE IN THE LIVE ARENA – IS PURPOSE BUILT TO SMASH DANCEFLOORS.

The Underworld faithful should have known something was coming. Even before Karl Hyde and Rick Smith’s fifth Underworld MK 2/3 era studio album Oblivion With Bells dropped in October 2007, the duo and their right hand man Darren Price were busily criss-crossing the globe with their incendiary live show, Hyde all the while blogging the band’s adventures on their website and sharing his slightly left take on the world via Twitter – a medium seemingly tailor-made for his trademark stream of consciousness ramblings. The only evidence that the band had been active in the studio at all came from the esoteric Athens compilation (tracklisting Laurent Garnier and Squarepusher via Roxy Music and Mahavishnu Orchestra), a collaboration with Mark Knight and D.Ramirez which produced the big room minimal-tech weapon Downpipe, and the 020202 and phonestrap/autotrader releases which appeared with minimal fanfare through their website.

But on 12 December 2009 the touring cycle finally ended in Abu Dhabi’s salubrious Emirates Palace and the tweets became more sporadic, though Hyde continued to diarise his wide-eyed view on everything from Formula One racing to reuniting with Brian Eno and Australian improv-jazz trio The Necks at the Brighton Festival in March to again perform the Pure Scenius composition they debuted as part of the Eno-curated Luminous Festival in Sydney last year. Only a 24 March post saying “Four nights in a row without sleep – things get interesting. Bring on the dancing horses...” and a May 11 revelation from Knight that he and Ramirez were again in the lab with Underworld hinted that something big may well be brewing at Underworld HQ. But no one suspected just how big it would be until Scribble – a re-worked version of the ‘intelligent’ drum n bass You Do Scribble which has been a semi-regular feature of live shows since 2005 – came roaring across the BBC airwaves courtesy of Zane Lowe on May 13.

3D World caught up with Hyde just two days before the High Contrast co-produced bomb dropped, his blog intimating Smith was just about to see the light of day for the first time in months with work on a sixth album drop rumoured for September this year seemingly complete. “We’re getting him warmed up,” Hyde jokes fondly of his musical companion of 30 years. “We’re pumping oxygen in there and showing him pictures of trees and stuff, and just getting him acclimatised to the idea that maybe we’ll let him out.”

While Oblivion With Bells was still a solid outing, the slow and steady pace at which it unfolded meant that the singles Crocodile and Beautiful Burnout only featured occasionally on the ensuing tours – and even then only interspersed in between such seminal festival smashers as King Of Snake, Pearl’s Girl and Mmm Skyscraper... I Love You to ease the crowd from warp factor nine back to idle. The aforementioned You Do Scribble and Downpipe, as well as another uplifting progressive house anthem in the making known as Between Stars on fan forums, indicated that a return to the relentless big tunes of the band’s turn of the century period may well be on the cards.

It’s an assumption that Hyde is happy to confirm correct.

“The last album was probably one of our most introspective records, and quite likely influenced by making two film scores back to back and enjoying that experience of exploring those sound palettes,” a considered Hyde reflects in reference to the musical backdrops they helped provide to Anthony Mighella’s 2006 romantic drama Breaking And Entering, and Trainspotting director Danny Boyle’s 2007 cosmic freakout Sunshine. “[The new album] has come directly out of three years of live shows, experimenting with new material, and gearing towards being able to play it live. A lot of Oblivion With Bells you couldn’t play live unless we did it in a theatre, a sit-down theatre – which is still an intent of ours, to be able to do that kind of show

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THE DUMMIES’ GUIDE UNDERWORLD ANTHEMS

UNDERNEATH THE RADAR (From the Underneath The Radar album – Sire Records Company, 1988) The only lasting calling card of Underworld MK 1, Underneath The Radar crossed over big time in Australia where it hit #5 in the ARIA charts upon release but was largely ignored elsewhere. Was briefly resurrected in a best-forgotten cover version by 2006 Big Brother finalist Danielle Foote – fortunately the original film clip lives on via YouTube to erase that footnote. Still, only the hardiest of trainspotters would have drawn the dots between it and…

COWGIRL (From the Dubnobasswithmyheadman album – Junior Boy’s Own, 1994) One of many standouts from the first album outing of Underworld MK 2 (now counting house DJ Darren Emerson as one of their kin), Cowgirl remains a cornerstone of the Underworld live show to this day – and when combined with the squelchy synth lead of Rez you stop questioning what exactly an “eraser of love” is and enjoy the ride.

BORN SLIPPY .NUXX (Single release, also featured on the Trainspotting OST – Junior Boy’s Own, 1995) Containing the synth lead that launched a million Best Festival Moments Eva, Born Slippy still is and probably always will be Underworld’s commercial peak and at one stage was one of triple j’s most played songs of all time. Featured over the end credits of Trainspotting, in which career junkie Ewan MacGregor also hallucinated a dead baby crawling along a ceiling while trying to get clean to the strains of Dark & Long (Dark Train). Think about that next time you’re shouting “lager, lager, lager” with 10,000 of your new best friends...

– but a lot of that material just wasn’t integratable into the live show. So a lot of the new material has been written on the road, and a lot of it is written from being in the world in 2010 and all of the sounds that are going on now.”

Enter Knight and Ramirez, two masters of working a modern dancefloor into a frenzy – Knight arguably helping reframe the sound of superclub main rooms with releases through the Toolroom Records label he’s helmed since 2003. Introduced to Hyde and Smith through Junior Boy’s Own label co-founder Steve Hall (now part of Underworld’s management team), the four-way collaboration immediately struck paydirt with Downpipe in 2009.

“They sent [Downpipe] over, I sang to it, I sent it back to them and it came out!”

Hyde laughs at the simplicity of it all. “When you work with talented people who are open-minded it happens, stuff like that really happens.

“I think we’ll carry on working with Mark and Dean for a long time,” Hyde continues with obvious warmth for he and Smith’s kindred ‘big tune’ spirits. “They’re really cool blokes, really talented, a fantastic vibe in the studio, and their point of view is one that we find uplifting. So when you’ve found people like that to work with you don’t stop working with them. It’s about working with people we find exciting and [who] challenge our notion of ourselves, and open our minds up to possibilities that we wouldn’t normally.”

It’s through keeping their minds open that Hyde and Smith have evolved so fluidly since first joining forces in 1979, their union producing two albums as electroclash forerunners Freur in the early ‘80s, coalescing into Underworld MK 1 (alongside bandmates who Hyde admits with a hint of melancholy that he’s no longer in touch with) through the late-‘80s Underneath The Radar synth-pop era, and then exploding off the back of the acid house revolution with now-departed househead Darren Emerson in the ranks for the instant classic Dubnobasswithmyheadman long-player in 1994.

Then there’s the Tomato arts collective which curates art shows and experimental happenings alongside providing the visual accompaniment to the Underworld live extravaganza, and Hyde’s own return to his artistic roots – he painted the cover art for the Athens compilation, and has an exhibition of new work set to open in Tokyo this August.

“I’m a product of a ‘70s art school,” Hyde admits. “And the reason I stopped was that I felt it was too exclusive, that a lot of people were intimidated by art galleries.

TWO MONTHS OFF (From the A Hundred Days Off album – Junior Boy’s Own, 2002) Doomsayers said Underworld were dead in the water when Emerson moved on to pastures greener or otherwise at the turn of the century, but Messrs Smith and Hyde obviously missed the memo and emerged from three years in the recording wilderness with Two Months Off. Sporting one of the biggest walls of synths this side of, well, any track ever, there was something slightly heartwarming hearing Karl Hyde happily chanting “You bring light in” after the dark times of Beaucoup Fish.

SCRIBBLE (From album TBC – underworldlive.com, 2010) 22 years on and Underworld still know how to throw a good curve ball, and with melodic drum n bass prodigy High Contrast joining the duo in the studio they’ve delivered one of their biggest tracks in years with Scribble.

It’s massive, it makes you smile, it makes you want to dance, and it’s everything anyone could ever hope for in an opening salvo from an Underworld album. Standby for the rumoured album drop in September…

And I think for Rick too, we wanted to communicate with a lot of people and I didn’t want to just communicate with a few people. But then we formed Tomato with the other guys and that was being around artists and we started to get back into galleries. And the great thing about that was that Underworld fans who had never been to an art gallery were coming to galleries, and that was a very important turning point for me. People were coming to art galleries because they liked the band and they liked the music.

“So I’m happy working in galleries, they’re a different headspace to being in the band which allows me to really enjoy what’s great about being in Underworld. I kind of miss [Underworld] when I’m out painting, but it’s a good thing to happen – to go somewhere else to realise where you come from is home.”

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THE POWER & THE PASSION TONY COLMAN – AKA LONDON ELEKTRICITY – TELLS CYCLONE HIS HOSPITAL RECORDS IMPRINT HAS ENJOYED ITS MOST FINANCIALLY SUCCESSFUL YEAR EVER AS HE TAKES TIME OUT FROM PREPPING ALBUM NUMBER FIVE TO LAUNCH A COMPILATION FOR THE MOST UNLIKELY OF LABELS.

Dubstep may be more hyped than drum n bass in 2010, but its popularity has benefited London Elektricity, aka Tony Colman. Far from feeling hostile to dubstep, the drum n bass don, preparing to return to Australia, is effusive. “They’re very compatible – and totally interlinked,” Colman says of the two musics. Dubstep’s young fans are embracing drum n bass...

The Hospital Records boss confesses that, initially, he, like other junglists, dismissed dubstep. “We were all going, ‘Oh, that’s just slowed-down drum n bass!’,” he laughs. “Everyone in drum n bass said that at first, just ‘cause it’s always nice to try to completely take the piss out of a new genre of music. But I’ve grown to love dubstep – it’s fantastic.”

Colman launched Hospital with old pal Chris Goss back in 1996, their base then West London (they’ve since transplanted to the South). Colman, who plays the keys as well as guitar, was previously in the acid jazz Izit. What’s more, he and Goss had an earlier label, Tongue And Groove. Colman began producing drum n bass with Goss as London Elektricity. Their Song In The Key Of Knife was deemed an instant classic – and a watershed. At the time, drum n bass was dark, austere and macho, but London Elektricity espoused a jazzier style, reminiscent of LTJ Bukem’s ‘intelligent’ jungle, while referencing RNB, disco and house.

In 1999 London Elektricity delivered their debut, Pull The Plug, featuring jazz singer Liane Carroll. She’d worked with Gerry Rafferty of Baker Street fame. Post Pull The Plug, Goss quit London Elektricity to focus on administering Hospital. With Colman at the helm, London Elektricity’s breakthrough LP, Billion Dollar Gravy, arrived in 2003. He collaborated extensively with sessionists, among them Chicago house soul man Robert Owens, and soon London Elektricity evolved into a band, hitting the road. Despite their success, and the release of two DVDs, Colman eventually determined to abandon the live format, preferring to DJ. He last issued Syncopated City two years ago.

Colman is currently readying a fifth London Elektricity album. “I’m right in the middle of it. I’ve been working for the last year. It’s coming along really well – I’m very excited with what I’ve got so far. For this album, I’m working exclusively with Elsa Esmeralda [aka Sweden’s Elsa Hedberg], who was the vocalist on one track on my last album called Just One Second. I decided I’m doing the whole album with her, so she’s the only featured vocalist on the album. She’s great, she’s a really good writer, and [she has] a very different voice from Liane Carroll, who I’ve always worked with in the past. It’s going to be a very different feel to the album. I’m immensely enjoying it.”

Hospital, specialising in “fast soul music”, has long attracted those who might not necessarily be drum n bass heads. Colman himself is eclectic. On his MySpace, the DJ cites the usual New Wave, electronic, soul, funk and hip hop influences, but he also lists punk bands ... and kd lang.

WWW.3D WORLD.COM.AU To tie in with his Australian tour, Colman has overseen an exclusive mix compilation, Hospital Presents Drum + Bass Club Anthems, together with New Zealand’s Agent Alvin. The package is out through the Universal-affiliated Central Station. “It’s all happened really quickly,” Colman enthuses. “It’s brilliant in the way it’s happened, actually.” Central touted the project in only February when London Elektricity’s tour dates were locked in. Colman is meticulous, but he doesn’t endlessly fiddle with mixes. “I’m very anal – but quick,” he chortles. At any rate, Colman is chuffed with Drum + Bass Club Anthems. “I’ve done a lot of mixes over the years, but this is the best mix I’ve ever done, I think.” He considers the package as a “statement” about the surging drum n bass movement as much as Hospital. Both DJs’ selections underscore the internationalism of contemporary drum n bass, Colman commencing his set with the State Of Mind remix of Shapeshifter’s Dutchies.

Hospital has survived a catastrophic downturn in the music industry – and the digital revolution. Colman is philosophical about rampant file sharing. His perspective is that labels should harness the Internet, not fight it. “It’s an amazing tool for promotion.” He’s unconvinced that illegal downloading hurts music sales.

It’s mainly people who can’t purchase music who download – or kids with “loads of disposable time, but no disposable income Once you have a job, once you have enough money, then it’s all about time.” It’s more convenient logging onto iTunes or Hospital’s Website to obtain music legitimately. Colman also appreciates that kids in the Second and Third Worlds can’t easily access music legally. “What’s the point of making music unless people can enjoy it? We never went into this because we’re running a bank. We’re making music ‘cause we love music.”

Still, as CEO, Colman is a canny operator. He understands the importance of branding – and adapting. Recently Hospital has diversified with the experimental offshoot Med School, showcasing Russian minimalist Bop, not to mention a publishing company. Colman presents a weekly Hospital Records Podcast via iTunes. Then his label hosts Hospitality events across England, with a major party looming at London’s Fabric (relocated from the temporarily, but perhaps permanently, closed Matter) in July. And, yes, the Hospitality nights encompass a dubstep room in addition to a drum n bass one.

Times are tough in Britain. Nevertheless, the veteran DJ Greg Wilson contests that economic struggle is good for music. “Yeah, it is very good, so Greg’s right!” Colman concurs. “I’m old enough to have been working during the last recession, which was right in the mid-to late ‘80s, and it was that recession that gave birth to dance music in the UK. I started my first record label during that recession. People do turn to music during times of hardship and it becomes more important and less taken for granted. We’re seeing that again now...

“People need to get out and have a good time – particularly during a recession when you can’t afford to go on a really nice holiday or whatever, but you can afford to go to a club and get off-your-face and enjoy yourself. It’s the best form of escape. It’s probably the cheapest form of escape as well, in a way – [or] the most affordable. We’ve had our best year ever in terms of the business – and that’s right in the depth of the recession. So, certainly, from a financial point of view, the proof’s in the pudding for drum n bass.”

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LONG-TIME GUN FOR HIRE JOACHIM GARRAUD ADMITS TO CYCLONE THAT HE’S IN LOVE WITH MACHINES NOT SONGS AS HE PREPARES TO DEBUT A NEW LIVE SHOW FOR AUSTRALIAN AUDIENCES.

foray into “the pop universe”. “I’m not a big fan of the brand new album,” he says candidly.

Garraud is something of a maverick within the French electronic community, not tied to any one camp, but he doesn’t cast himself as an outsider. “In France we’re very lucky at the moment because a lot of producers have good stuff. When you are going everywhere in the world and you are talking about Daft Punk, everybody knows that Daft Punk come from France and they are very famous – like Bob Sinclar or David Guetta now. Regarding electronic music, I’m more a techno guy. I’m more in love with the machine [music] than the house or vocal [side]. I’m more in the techno area than the pop – especially when I’m doing this new show Invasion on stage. This is more electro and techno than house and vocal stuff.” Ironically, at home Garraud listens to classical with his kids, who’re also now being immersed in music, as per the family tradition.

Garraud hasn’t abandoned DJing. In 2009 he placed at an impressive # 36 in the DJ Mag poll. Then he mixed a Toolroom Knights compilation for Mark Knight’s British house label. It may seem an improbable alliance, given Garraud’s predilection for techno over house, but he says not. “Toolroom [Records] is one of my favourite labels because they are very professional – and the sounds that come from this label are always good.

Mark Knight did a very good job. I was very excited – and very proud – to be the first French DJ to do a mix for Toolroom.

The kind of production I’m doing fits very well with this label – this is electro without any vocals, a lot of groovy things, electronic stuff... That’s why Mark Knight asked me to do the compilation.” It was a smart move by Toolroom, too: Garraud’s comp was a top seller in France. “The people from Toolroom were surprised, because they never expected to sell so many copies in Europe.”

Electronic types world-over idolise Jean Michel Jarre, but Joachim Garraud has actually worked and even hung out with him. As sound designer, Garraud participated in Jarre’s New Millennium concert before the Pyramids in Egypt – The Twelve Dreams Of The Sun – which was broadcast globally on TV. The Frenchman also co-produced Jarre’s first vocal album, Metamorphoses, with Laurie Anderson among its guests. “By luck, I’m very close to Jean Michel Jarre – he’s a very good friend of mine,” Garraud says in broken English. “I was very excited to work with this icon because this is maybe the number one guy who did some electronic stuff in the ‘60s and the ‘70s.”

The formally-trained Garraud is returning to Australia with a live spectacular of his own – he’ll play keytar and be accompanied by two vocalists. The very scifi Invasion show takes its title from Garraud’s 2008 ‘artist’ album. “The name of the show is Invasion because this is the story of aliens, space invaders, who come to earth – not for war, but to just have fun and to share music.”

And, the eccentric Garraud reveals, Invasion is inspired by his exchanges with Jarre. “This guy knows exactly how to do a show – how to organise lights, video, audio, live performance on stage... He’s the master for that.”

The native of Nantes was raised in a musical family. He studied piano as well as drums in childhood. Garraud eventually defected from the classical world to electronica. He’s been active as a DJ since the Second Summer of Love, first spinning at the Paris club Boy in the late ‘80s. Garraud subsequently set up a studio in Paris, becoming a producer-for-hire. The veteran has collaborated extensively with David Guetta – and is credited on WHO: JOACHIM GARRAUD several albums, including 2007’s Pop Life – but he didn’t contribute WHAT: PLAYS WE LOVE SOUNDS to OneLove. Garraud admits to WHEN: SATURDAY 12 JUNE feeling ambivalent about Guetta’s

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MASTA OF THE VERSE

LIZ GALINOVIC DISCOVERS DUVAL CLEAR COMFORTABLE WITH HIS STANDING AND DEDICATED ONLY TO WORKING ON “SPECIAL PROJECTS” LIKE HIS COLLAB AS MASTA ACE & EDO G FROM HERE ON IN. Masta Ace, known to his mother as Duval Clear, is one of hip hop’s most lauded, sometimes overlooked, but always respected MCs. For 20 years Clear has been wowing the hip hop world with his rhyming skills since his days in the legendary Juice Crew, through his highly acclaimed solo albums and now, by teaming up with fellow veteran Edo G for their collaborative project Arts and Entertainment.

Today, Clear is relaxed about his career and his priorities. He wouldn’t commence work on a project just for the hell of it; he’s only interested in working on what he calls “special projects”. For example, an album made up of tracks he and Edo G have appeared on together over the years – not a special project.

“By coincidence we wound up on about four or five different records together and after all those records came out, Edo had the idea of putting all those collaborations on a mixtape and maybe adding a couple of freestyles and a couple of new songs. I wasn’t really interested in that idea,” Clear recalls of the events that lead to the creation of Arts and Entertainment. “About a year later he came back to me and he had somebody who actually had money

that they wanted to invest in us going into the studio to do a real studio album. And that idea was a little bit more interesting to me because I like the idea of creating new music but I wasn’t really excited by the idea of taking collaboration songs that we did on other people’s records that weren’t really beats that I picked or really liked; but I liked this idea.”

So the special project Arts and Entertainment has been well received and so it should – it’s a dope album. Yet one reviewer made the point that with its classic Masta Ace sound it would keep the fans happy, but not necessarily win the duo any new ones. A brief chat with Clear and it appears that this could almost have been their goal.

“I think we tried to keep it appropriate for people who are kind of in our age range. A little bit older hip hop fans that can relate to our point of view. We weren’t trying to sound like the new guys that are out, rap about subjects that they’re rapping about. We’re tried to keep it more fitting to our age group and to the people who’ve been fans of ours.”

This stuff about older hip hop fans and young guys is humorously explored on the M-Phazes produced track Little Young, where Ace and Edo list the various rappers whose name’s begin with the prefix ‘little’ or ‘young’.

“We don’t just name young rappers, we also name veterans and it’s really just shining light on the fact that maybe it’s time to go for a little more originality in hip hop. It’s kind of reached the point where every other day there’s a new rapper coming out named little something or young something and it’s just starting to get a little bit corny.”

Even when criticising, Clear sounds relaxed, as though he’s worked out there’s no point getting mad, he prefers to get proactive. He has no interest in reinventing himself to suit today’s commercial hip hop trends; nor does he feel the need to push out any more solo albums.

“I’m at the point in my career where I’m just looking to do what I call special projects. A&E was a special project, the eMC [2008 collborative project The Show] was a special project and I’m looking to do the next special project. At this point I’m just looking for creatively challenging things to stick my teeth into.”

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CLEAN HARRI

JAMES HARRIGAN TELLS NINA BERTOK THAT DRESS CODES DON’T GET HIS NOSE OUT OF JOINT, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE’S ROCKING THE JOINT BEHIND THE DECKS AS SUB CLUB MAINSTAY HARRI. Such small matters as finding his feet in a foreign DJ booth in a new country don’t seem to bother Scotland’s James Harrigan, aka Harri. In fact making his way through a whopping four-hour set covering classic disco to glimmering techno via underground house for Co-Op’s first birthday is all part of the challenge – as long as he doesn’t “get too pissed, it should all be cool”.

“I am used to much shorter sets and I am actually relishing the challenge of longer sets,” Harrigan admits. “The longest I have ever played would be around six hours, which in terms of Junior Vasquez or Danny Tenaglia would be a mere sprint. I just play what I personally like and keep my eye on the dancefloor and tweak as necessary. I think most of what I play is directly influenced by US house, techno, soul, jazz, funk and Jamaican dub. But I have no idea what exactly I’m going to play until I actually get up there and get to hear what the other DJs are playing. I will then try and fit my thing around that.”

To mark his first ever Australian visit, Harrigan plans to showcase some of his most recent tunes which resulted from a collaboration with good friend and long-time production partner Graeme Clark. The pair have previously released material through Nordic Trax, Deep Freeze and Bosh as part of projects Harri & The Revenge and Burnt Island Casuals.

“Graeme and myself have been working together for nearly 10 years,” Harrigan explains. “Sometimes we drink tea, sometimes beer, occasionally we finish a track that we are happy with, though we never force it. We have just finished a remix for Roberto Rodriguez for Compost Records which sounds pretty hot. Myself and Graeme are also working on a remix for Instruments Of Rapture. Apart from that, I have a project on the go with Graeme Reedie of Silicone Soul hopefully out on Darkroom Dubs soon-ish.”

Known as much for his aliases as his collaborations over the years, Harrigan says it was as Daddy’s Favourite that he gained the most success thanks to the hit I Feel Good Things For You. “The music under each of the aliases has been because they’ve actually been collaborations, so it’s all tied in,” he explains. “Because there were different individuals involved, the different tracks were all a result of where each of us was at [in] that particular point in our lives and with our music. There were no manifestos, it just unfolded however it did. The Daddy’s Favourite record was made start-to-finish in a couple of hours, would you believe? I had recently heard the Patrice Rushen record that it sampled and thought it would make a cool house track. I was a bit surprised at how it did, but I felt slightly fraudulent as we had only looped up a couple of bits and added some beats.”

And while Harrigan claims he was both shocked and happy I Feel Good Things For You did so well around UK clubs, he claims it certainly lead to much bigger and better things – such as a seven-year-long residency at Plastic People in London with Kenny Hawkes.

“It was a meeting of musical minds, for sure,” says Harrigan of Hawkes.

“My partnership with Domenic [Cappello] also has been the most enduring and he still remains my favourite DJ. I think Subculture with Domenic and myself is perhaps the longest running weekly house night in the UK, everyone else has gone monthly. When I first started out in music, clubs were a bit more elitist and you had to wear the right gear to get in. It’s both a good and a bad thing, I guess. All that it takes now is you just need the right attitude and you’re in.”

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ON THE MARCH

DAMIAN “KING CHARLIE” CHARLES OF THE RED EYES ASSURES HUWSTON HIS OUTFIT ARE MORE INTERESTED IN AN INVIGORATING LIVE SHOW THAN SINGING THE PRAISES OF JAH.

“When they become a cliché then people can just say them without the meaning behind the words,” Charle says. “I’d rather look into some conscious reggae from now than the slack ‘90s dancehall with homophobic lyrics.”

The inevitable ‘second-albumsyndrome’ question looms, yet the band doesn’t feel like they’ve steered too far off the path to upset their existing and very massive fanbase. Has success altered their game plan?

“Depends on your definition of success!”

Charles laughs. “Our definition is a Grammy in the reggae category and to be touring the world, so we are working towards a more ambitious idea of what to achieve. Everything is a stepping stone career wise but to get out there and have a really good time is the most important thing. Music is the message and of itself it is very spiritual and we just want to go out there and enjoy it with the people.”

Considered answers aside, surely the temptation to up the ante for album number two could have swayed the band to alter their direction slightly?

Charles suggests not.

“It’s easy to overanalyse things,” he says. “The one thing I wanted to do was to make it more rough and ready and more like the live show,” he says of Red Army. “It’s actually part one of two records we worked on at the same time – this one is to be more reflective of the live show – a bit more uptempo, a bit more extroverted and thematically a lot of the themes tie together, lyrically.”

“There’s nothing on this album our diehard fans won’t like,” he says. “This album is 10 percent more punk than the last album, in attitude more than style, using more live takes and stuff.

We don’t try and stick to how you’re ‘supposed to do’ reggae music.”

The Red Eyes are a progressive seven piece dub-reggae act from Melbourne who achieved formidable success with their 2007 debut album Rudeworld and dominating live show. With over 20,000 people committing to their debut record, on the eve of their sophomore effort Red Army, The Red Eyes look set to do it all again. Speaking to guitarist Damian “King Charlie” Charles, you get an impression that by not compromising their ideals and delivering electricity on the live front, The Red Eyes are getting their success and gaining momentum, “We’re not some high concept thing like Lady Gaga,” he says, “we’re a kick-arse live band and when people see us they are converted.

Generally, the mainstream media pretty much ignores us but we get across to people by playing festivals and getting into their town and when people see it, they love it.”

Confidence is not an issue for the half Kiwi, half Aussie band. They’re not daunted by a looming tour of dub-reggae’s new spiritual trans-Tasman home, nor are they compelled to perpetuate Reggae stereotypes in order to fit in. Describing the whole operation as a “support network”, Charles goes on to talk about the band’s place in the contemporary reggae scene.

“We do name-check ‘alternative’ as it is a natural progression of the genre,” he says. “Reggae has been around long enough for there to be a mainstream and a typical way of doing things and to pick up a lot of clichés. We love a lot of the foundation reggae tunes but that being said we don’t sing about Babylon or Jah.” WHO: THE RED EYES Suggesting lyrical clichés are WHAT: RED ARMY THROUGH ECHOFOXTROT RECORDS annoying, it’s refreshing to hear someone being openly secular /MGM / PLAY TRANSIT BAR / MANNING BAR about their music in a fairly WHEN: OUT NOW / THURSDAY 3 JUNE / FRIDAY 4 traditional genre.

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BEST SERVED COLD GRAEME CLARK TALKS GUIDO FARNELL THROUGH HOW HIS RE-EDITING CAREER AS THE REVENGE BEGAN, AND HIS UPCOMING COLLAB WITH JOEY NEGRO.

I never really collected disco music and as a DJ I have always just played whatever switched me on at the time.

My sets feature a wide variety of stuff.

I am glad that this disco revival thing is happening. It’s timeless stuff. I thing that in this time of recession and all these pressures that are coming to bear on us collectively and individually people generally just want to escape on the weekends and have some fun.

Disco music gives them that uplifting good time they are after.”

Whilst appearing especially prolific in the past 12 months, Clark bemoans the fact that he works very slowly on his tracks in the studio. “I have missed so many deadlines and have things here that are weeks and months past deadline at the moment. To be honest I think I just took on too much work last year but I really find it hard to turn down projects for artists whose work I really love. I have a couple of really big album projects with 6th Borough Project and Joey Negro both of which are really exciting.”

Working with Joey Negro, who is rumoured to own almost every disco record ever released, is about as disco as it gets, and as Clark drops his name 3D World wonders what the two are cooking up. “We got together after his label got me to do a couple of remixes for him. We started by listening to a whole lot of old boogie, soul, funk and disco and just in the last week we have agreed upon a final track listing. I have been a fan of his for a while so it really is a dream come true.”

Interestingly though Clark has not yet had the opportunity to rifle through Negro’s record collection. “He did invite me one time to visit him and go though his record collection. I didn’t take him up on the offer but I guess if I am ever short on anything to sample I can just pop around to his house and go through his records.”

As discotheque dancefloors are burning up to spaced out cosmic sounds and dreamy slow motion house, DJ and producer Graeme Clark shakes things up a little with deep darkly hypnotic grooves that sit somewhere between house and techno yet subtly reference soul, funk, boogie and disco influences. Operating under his The Revenge moniker, Clark is emerging as a rapidly rising star thanks to the plethora or remixes, edits and original productions he has released in the past couple of years.

Talking influences in a thick Scottish brogue from his home in Glasgow, it becomes clear that Clark’s music reflects the sounds he loved when growing up. “When I was in my teens I loved all the first wave of all that French touch stuff like Daft Punk and Cassius and of course all the Chicago house records. It seemed to me that a lot of this older music could be represented in a different context to a new generation. This was the catalyst that got me onto edits. Often there are tracks that you want to play in a bar or a club that wouldn’t really work because of the bridges or because it was too long or too short or whatever. I was always a producer and understood that you could adjust these things with the technology that’s available.

Generally I only do edits so that they can be played out. It’s really about doing something for a club environment that will work the dancefloor.

Clark’s music could all too easily be filed away under nu disco, but like most artists filed away under anything he is not entirely WHO: THE REVENGE accepting of the tag. “I can’t deny that disco is definitely in the music WHAT: PLAYS WE LOVE SOUNDS / PICNIC AT I play, it is after all the foundation WHEN: SATURDAY 12 JUNE / SATURDAY 12 of house and techno anyway.

CIVIC

DO THE HUSTLE

LIZ GALINOVIC COMPARES ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE’S DAVID WRIGHT TO A MUSICAL JESUS AS THE KIWI PSYCHEDELIC SOULSTERS PREPARE TO VISIT DEPRIVED AUSTRALIAN FANS. You may not have heard of them, and that’s because Electric Wire Hustle have been sneaking around behind your back and gallivanting around Europe while depriving Australia of the coolest thing to come out of New Zealand since Fat Freddy’s Drop. That could be misleading as EWH lack the dub, but have taken on jazz, funk, soul and hip hop so that critics are drawing comparisons with the likes of Marvin Gaye and The Roots.

It was back in 2006 after having completed his stint at the Red Bull Music Academy that David Wright returned to New Zealand an inspired man. Wandering the streets of Wellington he came upon a busker who was “just phenomenal. So I got in contact with him and we ended up jamming out some ideas over a few beats that I’d already got started on with this new group idea in mind and he came on board.”

Not long after that, while playing a New Year’s Eve gig with his other band, Wright “heard this phenomenal singer, a guy called Mara TK (Mara Tekahika) and I approached Mara the next day when I managed to bump into him in one of the main coffee shops in Christchurch. It turned out that he was actually moving to Wellington and I was just like, ‘we have to make music together’. We had a little click in the studio and it just began from there.”

It’s almost as if the universe was leading Wright in the right direction.

Effortlessly he happens across talented musicians on the streets and they get up and follow him to the studio. He’s like Jesus. And as the miracle is at work, these three strangers (drummer Myele Manzanza was the busker) discover they’re musically made for each other.

“We were all into the same stuff! We’ve all dabbled with studying a bit of jazz, we’re all hip hop heads and we’re all into soul music. And the same stuff too, because you’d mention a genre and it’s as broad as you want to make it and within each of those genres we were big fans of the same people so we were quite likeminded from the get go.”

The three multi-instrumentalists took jazz, soul and hip hop and fused them together to create psychedelic soul with a heavy hip hop influence. It sounds like the procreation of a Gnarls Barkley and Jill Scott union and the Marvin Gaye comparisons are evident. Tekahika sings beautifully over productions that fluctuate between traditional sounding soul and classic hip hop.

Although likeminded, the boys have diverse musical backgrounds and influences. Wright grew up under the influence of traditional Vietnamese music, Manzanza under Congolese, while Tekahika’s father, Billy TK, is considered the Jimi Hendrix of New Zealand.

Their debut album was released last year on their own label in New Zealand only, bringing us back to the deprivation they have served their Australian psychedelic soul loving neighbours. While EWH were ignoring us, Europe was embracing them, which lead to their signing deals with UK label BBE Records and making it onto Gilles Peterson’s radar. EWH will finally be making their presence known here when they take the stage to support Shapeshifter, their album also released internationally in July.

“The album gets released in July and we’ll be heading to Europe in July and then looking to tour the States in October and in between all that we’re going to be writing as much new material as we can for the next record.”

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PROPHET & LOSS

HE’S COME FROM PUNK TO DRUM N BASS STARDOM, BUT THERE’S MORE THAN SLAMMING BPMS TO THE MUSIC TOM WITHERS CREATES AS KLUTE, ACCORDING TO STUART EVANS.

Tom Withers was once the drummer, vocalist and songwriter in punk band The Stupids, but he now churns out drum n bass, breakbeat and techno tracks under the Klute production alias – an approach a long way from his punk heyday. “We were fairly successful in our day,” Withers recalls of his time behind the drum kit. “The band fell apart because I lost interest.

When you’re young and you lose interest things generally fall apart quickly. After finishing the band I went on a big journey of music discovery.”

He turned to electronic music in the early 1990s and released two 12-inches under the Override guise.

In 1998, Withers released his debut Casual Bodies LP followed by Fear Of People in 2000.

It was in 2001 that Withers established Commercial Suicide, a record label that provided him with the perfect medium to release his own material, including albums Lie Cheat and Steal (’03), No One’s Listening (’05) and The Emperor’s New Clothes (’07). He created the label to retain more control over his own releases. “I had been under contract with another label,” he explains. “I had a good relationship with [them] but when the contract was done I went to them with an idea of running my label through theirs. They weren’t interested, so I felt I’d have more control doing things on my own. At the time there were not many other labels that I could have worked with.”

He also created the label as a support tool for the new generation of producers. “Like a lot of today’s music, there’s a lot of good stuff out there but you generally have to search for it. Commercial Suicide is a way for me to release good, quality music.”

The label hass churned out material from Calibre, Total Science, Digital and D.Kay. And rumour has it that signature track Time 4 Change was the last track played by the late John Peel on England’s Radio 1. “Apparently that’s true. I think [Peel’s] wife thinks it’s symbolic as the record is called Time 4 Change that’s taken from my album No One’s Listening. It actually meant a lot as I know John supported my work in my early years.”

Withers has also released via Hospital Records and Metalheadz. Yet his style is a hybrid, influenced by techno. It also has progressive elements that touch on house, and is, for the most part, vocal happy. He says he’s known as one of the most melodic drum’n’bass producers in the game. “That’s what sets me apart from other people within drum’n’bass. It’s melodies and harmonies that stick with you, much more than production. A lot of electronic music has got stuck on production and structures, which is immediately gratifying but after a while it fades away. Melody tends to stick with you for longer.”

Withers views vocals as an instrument; something that adds another layer to a melody. “I never remember words from songs as I’m relating the vocal as a melodic instrument. The human voice is a great instrument.”

Withers is championing his new album, Music For Prophet. He says he achieves maximum production output when he works alone. “Generally I always produce music alone. I get myself into the zone and just focus on making music. It’s always great to bounce ideas off another person though.”

He’s honest when explaining how this album differs from previous efforts.

“I don’t know,” he laughs. “The album’s so close to me I can’t gain any perspective. It’s me and it’s me growing as an artist.”

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SUCKA FOR PUNISHING TUNES

LEE MORTIMER TELLS STUART EVANS HE DOESN’T PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO HYPE – HE JUST WANTS TO SMASH OUT BIG TUNES.

favourites. According to Tong, Mortimer’s track Crazy was one of the largest tunes at ‘07s WMC. Not a bad accolade. “It’s good. Things have been great and I’m very proud of it. I’ve never rested on my laurels and have kept busy, trying to appeal to more people. It’s really exciting and long may it continue,” he tells.

Now focusing on his own Wearhouse record label, his ear for a jingle has remained tight, churning out releases and remixes. And just to prove he has a wicked sense of humour, Mortimer also has a couple of rather unusual production aliases – “I’ve used Sawtooth Sucka and Lemon Pesterer,” he spills with little prompting.Sawtooth Sucka is easy to explain, he says.

“When producing tracks I use a lot of tracks that have a sawtooth kind of a sound. So I’d use it a lot on my tracks.”

Lemon Pesterer – well, that’s another story. “It’s actually an anagram of my name. I searched the internet and that’s what came up. The full name is I’m The Lemon Pesterer, which is still better than the alternative - the Penis Thermometer!” he laughs.

Having started making music on the unassuming Commodore Amiga, Mortimer’s has advanced to becoming a respectable recording and remixing artist in his own right. That he’s had tracks and remixes appear on Front Room Records and CR2 only adds to his standing. Probably his most successful track thus far is Blau!, his collaboration with Laidback Luke, or his reworking of Visage’s classic ‘80s anthem Fade To Grey. The fact is his music has caught the ears of many.

As such he’s been racking up the air miles. “I got a lot of gigs on the back of Blau!, my track with Laidback Luke. I love traveling and going to new places. I usually play my normal music wherever I travel. After all, if a venue books me they should have a rough idea of what I play.”

Englishman Lee Mortimer is yet another DJ being touted as the ‘next big thing’ or the ‘hottest DJ of the moment’ – and is definitely someone to keep watch of. Surely DJs are getting sick of being placed up on a pedestal, right? Mortimer, or Mr Lee as the conference call operator mistakenly refers to him, reckons so. “I’ve actually been touted as the next big thing for about three years. If people want to say it then it’s fine with me. People will always discover music at some point and there are always more people to impress,” he says.

He’s also been dubbed as an underground superstar who plays fidget house. As you’d expect from a DJ, Mortimer plays music, however Mortimer argues he plays music that’s sleazy. And no, he’s not referring to a seedy, grubby style of music. Mortimer’s talking about something different. “It’s big – it’s big electro house with lots of wobbly basslines and massive main room tunes. I always try to throw in a few funny samples, just to keep things interesting,” he reveals.

His theory about music is about ramming the music out of speakers as hard as possible. His approach is akin to “sod the consequences”, modern music has to be in your face. “I always try to make big tracks. I like big synths and big sounds. For me that’s music.”

The Brit, who scored a residency at UK Ministry of Sound, has a love of sound that grabs snippets WHO: LEE MORTIMER from all over the globe. Typical and influential music makers like WHAT: PLAYS CHINESE LAUNDRY Pete Tong, Claude VonStroke and WHEN: SATURDAY 12 JUNE Derrick Carter rate a mention as his

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DISTANT RELATIVES

Nas & Damian Marley

ONE TRACK MIND WITH TIM FINNEY

Universal The homage both Nas and Damian Marley pay to Africa and its bloody history is laid out through this season’s highly anticipated Distant Relatives. The cross-genre pollination of ragga and rap blossoms beautifully here as a rapper with arguably the single-most defining hip hop album of all-time and the youngest of Bob Marley’s dynasty musically cultivate a new herbal strand of riddim and rhyme. As We Enter billows through in true ragga style with Marley toasting while God’s Son bounces effortlessly between the smoked-out beats laid before most tracks here. Strong Will Continue works well when turned up. Recorded over a progressive hip hop beat comfortable for Nas and behind a live band, it is pitted against Marley’s vocals, marking the contrast between rapper and singer. However, Marley attempts to get his own back on Disappear, belting out full strength bars in raspy protest while Nas calibrates his delivery to the riddim. The rich presence of Joss Stone and Lil Wayne on My Generation alleviates the album from a darkening of clouded subjects, as does the shining Count Your Blessings which displays a hypnotic rhythm rapped and rasped over, while last toke Africa Must Wake Up sees Marley drowning in sorrow over whining guitar chords as both MCs harp on situations right now over in Africa.

The two year effort allows both individuals to play out their talents while finding middle ground on Distant Relatives. This could become classic.

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SINGLE OF THE WEEK

SYCAMORE FEELING Trentemøller In My Room/Stomp

I remember being a bit dubious about the post-rocky electronica on the first Trentemøller album, coming as it did off the back of some of the finest slices of mid-00s electro-house-into-minimal hyper-insectile anthemism (Physical Fraction! The Röyksopp remix!), but several years on it hardly seems like it matters anymore. And the sturm und drang Lynch/Badalamenti creep and drawl and slither and drone of Sycamore Feeling really is incredibly pretty and lush and foreboding, rather like old Australian band The Paradise Motel really (complete with sleepy methadone female vox), only with a vaguely ridiculous number of ideas per track. Trentemøller’s own remix isn’t really a dance effort, but a “mood music” combination of ringing guitar and echoey post-punk snares. For actual techno, like, head for the depressive and involved but not terribly memorable Gui Boratto and Thomas Schumacher remixes.

SAY YEAH

THE DANCE

IMMERSION

Nate’s Tunes/Liberator

Warner

On first glance all the signs are there that The Dance is going to be a big return to form for Faithless after its limp 2006 predecessor To All New Arrivals failed to fire – from the title to the ecstatic semi-clad dancers on the cover to the way album opener Not Going Home leaps straight into a 4/4 house groove from the outset, it all screams Statement Of Intent. And when Sister Bliss reveals that she’s rediscovered her Ultimate Rave Riff 101 synth preset at the two minute mark of the opener, visually-impaired ravers the world over will reach for the heavens in the hope they’ll soon be able to see again. But the payoff never quite arrives, and therein lies the problem – Faithless have delivered an unashamedly bombastic collection of stadium smashers that fall just short of the euphoric heights they’re aiming for, at least on record. Dancefloors the world over will erupt when the hands-in-the-air breakdown of Tweak Your Nipple and sliding synth hook of the Dido-fronted Feelin Good get served up in the live arena, but these efforts pale in comparison to the ubiquitous bombs of yesteryear. More successful is the jocular house romp Feel Me, while the languid reggae of Crazy Bal’heads sees Maxi Jazz trade rhymes on the state of the world with Jonny ‘Itch’ Fox and Francis Jobe. But Faithless know where their bread is buttered and save the best for last, closer Sun To Me containing all of the elements that have made them one of electronic music’s few true headline acts – and one whose tour on the back of The Dance will no doubt be a sight to behold.

While from the moment In Silico screamed its way to life long-time Pendulum fans and drum n bass purists alike wept blood, Immersion makes its intentions clear when the proto-classical march of opener Genesis merges with its Slam-esque successor Salt In The Wounds and puts the foot down. Yep, Pendulum are back in clubland kids, and the Perth expats are now so important their third record requires its own intro music just to ram the point home. Leaving all chinstroking cynicism aside, there is much to like about Immersion – Swire, Gareth McGrillen and their cohorts (notably revered skinsman newcomer KJ Sawka) have their brand of quasi-metal flavoured dnb mayhem perfected right down to the last 20hz bassline, but they’re not afraid to throw some ideas at the wall to see what sticks either.

Take Exhibit A The Island, a two-parter flexing a 4/4 electro stomp, big synth lead, hook-heavy vocal and a touch of fidget which comes off like the bastard lovechild of MGMT’s Kids and Deadmau5 and Kaskade’s I Remember – albeit a decent one.

Then there’s Self Vs Self with Swedish metallers In Flames, which smashes out of nowhere towards the tailend with duelling guitars, blastbeats from Sawka, and Swire trading vocal counterpoint with Anders Friden’s screamo roar. Liam Howlett even teams up with his anointed successors to lend a touch of industrial rave to Immunize, before Swire’s signature synth patch pokes its nose through again.

Because this is a Pendulum record after all, and while they’re not quite an important band yet, on the back of Immersion they’re destined to be a fucking huge one.

Faithless

KRIS SWALES

Pendulum

KRIS SWALES

P-Money Feat David Dallas & Aaradhna Central Station/Universal

Was not expecting NZ rap producer P-Money to bust out a piece of shiny house-pop, but that’s precisely the sound Say Yeah goes for, give or take an RNB vocal and the intermittent (and dubious) rapping. Gorgeously delicate synth zaps and fluttering percussion and just a general vibe of light airiness set this apart, its syncopated soulfulness reminding me more of the UK Funky scene than anything else (though it’s a loose resemblance). The rap almost kills this with its combination of rudimental rhyming and attention-seeking referencing (“I’m thinking this is re-al/like Brad Pitt, Angelina, Timberlake and Bi-el”), but the sweet female vocals and the pillows of synth chords drag it back from the brink. The DCUP Remix is slightly derivative but fun early ‘80s electro-disco (think SOS Band or early Madonna). After that the remixes get increasingly clubby, stomping on the original’s spirit somewhat.

HOLLYWOOD

Marina & The Diamonds Warner

At first blush something about Marina really irritates me: is it that ohso-2010 combination of Kate Nash-ish ostentatious British accent with throaty alto wail, or the way she tries to overdo the intensity by puffing up a rather slight tune (actually marginally worse than that recent Nash single in this regard) with such pomp and ceremony, or the very unsubtle “irony” of the lyrics (“I’m obsessed with the mess that’s America” – wow, how layered of you Marina). But you know the thing about all these annoying new-fangled female pop stars is that they seem to be most awful in the beginning and then gradually grow on you, so while the selfsatisfied smirking melodrama of Hollywood makes me want to rip off my ears I haven’t ruled out the possibility that I might end up liking Marina.

Perhaps it would help if she owned up to being the new Transvision Vamp rather than some great artiste.

THE CALLING Lucid

Scattermusic

MORE MALICE

INTERCITY SPRING 2010

Capitol Records/EMI

New State Music

After listening to Snoop Dogg’s latest album Malice N Wonderland, this reviewer wasn’t sure whether or not he really wanted to listen to its sequel, More Malice. To be fair to Snoop Dogg, I’m sure his contemporary fans have a level of expectation, which he sets out to fulfil. He was made famous by his gangsta image and he continues to flaunt it. I guess if it worked in the past, then who’s to say that it won’t work again? The song Protocol is clearly the best song on the release, Snoop Dogg flexing his muscles as a veteran in the hip hop game, taking shots at disrespecting up and comers rapping “Gangstas don’t kiss, we get old and die rich” and “all y’all niggers owe me till you rest in peace”. Butch Cassidy’s west coast gangsta singing style on So Gangsta is hardly among the likes of Nate Dogg, who perfected the style when the West Coast hip hop scene was really coming into its own. More Malice also features songs with Kid Cudi, Jay-Z, Soulja Boy, Bun B and The-Dream.

If you did enjoy Malice N Wonderland then you will enjoy this sequel, this release continuing where the earlier finished. However, if you didn’t like the earlier release or intentionally tried to stay clear of it, then don’t go and get More Malice. You will not be too thrilled, even though it does come with a somewhat entertaining DVD movie where Snoop Dogg plays a gangsta superhero.

The most interesting thing about Lange is that once upon a time, he was responsible for helping lay the groundwork for trance that so many have bemoaned as formulaic ever since. The massive chords, the breakdowns and the build-ups – look to any of his massive anthems from the late ‘90s, and it’s all there. At some stage though he decided to push back – and now, he’s both producing and playing some of the most forward-thinking trance you’ll come across. He’s back with his latest mix compilation Intercity Spring 2010, an extension of his classy podcast of the same name, and what we have here is an excellent collection of upfront progressive, tech and electro influenced trance that works best as a showcase of some fresh sounds. Like what we hear in his DJ sets and productions, it’s often heavily influenced by the slower house tempos, and it’s all the better for it. That said, the first disc is more pumping than you’d typically expect from Lange – pulsing electro basslines and loopy tech percussion over the big synths, pounding right through to the epic mayhem of Simon Patterson’s Miss You. The BPMs are markedly slower on the second disc though, allowing for some deeper selections.

Even if he doesn’t nail the programming, there’s plenty of diversity here, and if you’re after trance with a point of difference, there’s plenty of exciting stuff to wrap your teeth around.

Snoop Dogg

L-FRESH

Various Artists (Mixed By Lange)

ANGUS PATERSON

I must admit to always being a bit leery of techno tracks with generically menacing names like The Calling – it always seems to mean a rather grim time to be had by all. In fact Lucid seem to trade in a kind of mindlessly muscular sound somewhere between late ‘90s Euro techno and, um, late ‘90s hard house – up to and including the vocal samples vaguely redolent of hip hop. It’s all very late ‘90s really. And while it’s enthusiastic rather than grim, this kind of drum-roll festooned, squealing thumper always used to go over my head somewhat at raves and nothing has really changed in 10+ years. Much better is B-side Run It, whose syncopated stuttery pseudo-Caribbean rhythms and cut-up vocal samples, while peddling the same basic sound, reveal just how much of a debt recent club hits like Pon De Floor and Riverside owe to this sound.

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A STATE OF TRANCE 2010

ESCAPE TO MARS

NEW AMERYKAH PART II: RETURN OF THE ANKH

405 Recordings/Stomp

Quannum/Other Tongues

Universal Motown

One can only wonder at what point Armin ban Buuren was kidnapped by aliens and replaced with a super sophisticated robot sent back in time to destroy the world with beige flavoured trance music. This latest iteration of his A State Of Trance series proves there is no turning back for the once legendary trance DJ, who now seems content to coast along on autopilot while his Armada label allows him to have a dumptruck full of cash reverse up to his house each day and unload on his doorstep. The worst thing about the type of cookie cutter trance music that the Armin machine has been pushing for the past few years is that on the face of it it seems like what trance music should sound like. All the big pumped up synth sounds are there, along with the arpeggio breakdowns and cheesy vocals that have somehow become synonymous with the trance genre. What is even more bizarre is how van Buuren has labeled disc one as On The Beach and disc two as In The Club as if they portray a different vibe when really both discs sound pretty much the same. ASOT 2010 is pleasant enough to listen to but once again Armin seems content to play the same non-abrasive lemming trance over the whole compilation.

Whether this is a business decision or an artistic one remains to be seen, yet even Armin himself looks discouraged on the cover of this CD.

Blackalicious efforts in the past are not unlike Gift Of Gab’s latest drop, a funked-out soul ride bumping over evened hip hop beats on Escape 2 Mars. One of the most heralded West Coast rhyme-smiths joins DNAEBEATS from the Bay Area aboard this spacey, synthesised P-Funk mothership revival. El Gifto Magnifico racks up the first single and finds Gab spitting calisthenics of verbiage left and right over a Latin organ but despite this, as it ascends through Dreamin’, Del The Funky Homosapien and Brother Ali orbit Gab lyrically with half a sweat leaving the rapper stammering through bars over a robotic delivery of beats. Leading track Electric Waterfalls features Lateef the Truthspeaker and Jojo Velarde from the Quannum collective who throw in vocal mechanics over Korg electronics as the globally-aware Gab, with a rise in his rhymes, questions the heavy footprints technology treads. On Richman Poorman Gab stays in a conscious mind over more electronic melange by Headnotic who stays on for Some Of The People, a standout track that lightens the mood with its piano-touched groove. Spotlight rattles the rocketship trunk with a smacking beat and touches down on Rhyme Travel completing this intergalactic opus. Escape 2 Mars continues Gab’s exploration, treading over old footprints to a flag already planted. Despite his lyrical flow being like Bruce Lee’s “be water” analogy, the sonic template contains the same even flow as his last solo drop – albeit another sound fantastic voyage. Gift Of Gab crashed, flowed and became the teapot.

Over a year after its intended release, the second addition of The New Amerykah trilogy is out. Badu has already cemented her place in contemporary music as one of the most successful nu soul artists from the last decade. Trilogy opener 4th World War was noticeably darker and heavier than New Amerykah Part II: Return Of The Ankh, where the common themes are love and relationships. Part II opens with soft keys and softly sung lyrics like “then you/you built a wall/a 20 foot wall so I couldn’t see/but if I get off my knees I might recall I’m 20 feet tall”. This track sets the tone for the remainder of the album, soft and soulful. First single Window Seat follows, which is definitely one of the strongest points on the album. Turn Me Away (Get MuNNY), (which covers Biggie Smalls’ ‘95 classic track Get Money) is another high point with its addictive licks. Soft keys are still present but the funk bassline and fun loving vocals where Badu sings “I’ll cook like your mother/I’ll bring the honey/ You just bring the money” make this a stand out. Whilst there are enjoyable singles, it definitely doesn’t solely rely on them as the album transcends into a smooth jazz funk jam. While Return Of The Ankh is enjoyable, at times it feels a bit safe, and it’s hard not to compare it to 4th World War. But it still has a very intentional shift that could please old Badu fans but not excite the new.

Various Artists (Mixed By Armin van Buuren)

Gift Of Gab

JC ESTELLER

Erykah Badu

JO LETTENMAIER

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NEW RELEASES THIS WEEK

BEN FROST Theory Of Machines (Bedroom Community/Stomp) Symphonica from the Adelaide lad now living in Iceland.

MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS The Crystal Axis (Inertia) Hopefully as twisted as the vid for lead single Vital Signs.

JUNE 4

SANDY RIVERA The Blackwiz Farm (Blackwiz/Stomp) US house in a deep soulful direction.

VARIOUS/CROOKERS Onelove Presents Crookers (Onelove/ Sony) Onelove let the Italo duo take over the brand for one set.

TIEFSCHWARZ Chocolate (Souvenir/Stomp) German tech duo feature Seth Troxler and Dave Aju here.

VARIOUS/LAIDBACK LUKE & AVICII Super You And Me (Mixmash/Stomp) From Drop The Lime to Bob Sinclar, it’s party time.

VARIOUS ARTISTS True Blood Vol 2 (Warner) A mix of dirty blues and orgy funk (incl King Britt and Thievery Corporation).

VARIOUS/OLIVER HUNTEMANN Play! 03 (Ideal Audio/Stomp) The German DJ at NY’s Cielo dropping deep tech and trippy tones.

VARIOUS/SIMON DUNMORE Defected In The House: Ibiza ’10 (Defected/Stomp) Ibiza house from Arthur Baker to DJ Gregory and Dennis Ferrer.

TRENTEMØLLER Into The Great Wide Yonder (In My Room/Stomp) The great Dane moves into a moodier electronic field.

IYAZ Replay (Warner) Virgin Island R&B act releases debut.

GIVE YOUR UNI AMBITIONS A SIX MONTH HEAD START. Many people get ahead of the game by starting their degree six months earlier through the mid-year entry program at the University of Western Sydney. So, if you want to give yourself a six month head start in achieving your goal, you can. We have courses on offer in Law, Business, Science, Teaching, Engineering and much more. But you have to hurry because applications close on June 11.

Don’t Miss Out! Mid-Year Entry Applications close June 11. Visit uws.edu.au/midyear or call 1300 897 669.

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2010

VENGEANCE WHERE AND WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST SET?

Oscar: Our first gig was at Big Guns @ Candy’s Apartment, it was the 23/2/2008. We were actually arranged to play for the month before, but when the awful truth came out about Mark being under 18 and they made us wait til his birthday, which was next month’s Big Guns – it was really magical.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE ALL TIME 12”?

Mark: I know Oscar is not afraid to admit that it’s Tonite Only – Danger (The Bomb). It’s either that or Love Juice (Danger TV Remix) by SymbolOne. By no means my number one, but I gotta say Smokecream and JF – Retox (Wendel Kos Remix), that’s been consistently my secret obsession for two years.

WHO ARE YOUR FAVOURITE DJS?

DJs that have really captured our hearts and made us want to be better people include Danger, Mikix the Cat, Fukkk Offf, Treasure Fingers and a special big hug goes out to Moonchild, he has been like a father to us… a father you would have troubling and confusing thoughts about.

WHAT’S THE FUNNIEST THING YOU’VE SEEN FROM BEHIND THE DECKS?

Mark: Without a doubt the funniest thing is Oscar getting kicked out of Candy’s Apartment. Yes, it was in the middle of our set, and yes he was meant to be DJing. He was having a pretty special night, and he decided that we were clearly rocking out so hard that it was important to climb around the speaker stack and hang off the stage into the crowd. 100 percent my fondest memory ever.

WHAT’S THE WORST REQUEST YOU’VE GOT?

Mark: One time this girl asked for that song… you know “I’m a woman, on a mission” etc. I kindly declined her request. She was then helpful enough to suggest that “everyone would go crazy if I played it”. It was 3:30am and I had just played Lyposuct. She then asked for anything by Lady Gaga? No. Pussycat Dolls? No. Katy Perry/Timbaland?

No. “Do I have any good music?” – I went home and cried myself to sleep that night.

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF WHAT YOU DO?

I think most parents have an image of the sleazy guy at the school disco with a microphone saying things like “aaaalright” when a new song comes on burnt into their heads.

Our parents know that we are not that potential lawsuit hanging around school discos, so they can get over the DJ stigma and understand that DJing can now be seen as a performing art, and they like that.

WHAT DOES THE SYDNEY CLUB SCENE NEED MOST?

Less Ed Hardy. Also we need more people out for fun! Everyone is so damn self-conscious; I’ve seen an international play the most amazing set, to a crowd of deadbeats standing around drinking and looking too cool to dance like an idiot. That’s what we like to do, dance like idiots and make everyone else do the same.

FAVOURITE CLUB TO PLAY?

We are lucky to have some awesome clubs here in Sydney and our home since forever has been Candy’s!

It’s such a fun place to be and no matter what, there is always some crazy shit going down. A lot of the songs we write are inspired by Candy’s and that’s probably why we have been adopted by them – it’s like one big happy family of circus runaways.

WHAT’S YOUR BEST ALL TIME GIG?

Supporting Boys Noize and Housemeister at The Forum was epic. Playing right before the two internationals, especially someone as legendary as Boys Noize was such a tingly thrill. The venue was packed and the crowd was awesome.

Bon appetite!

WHAT GIGS HAVE YOU GOT COMING UP?

We’ve got heaps of gigs coming up on any given weekend, but some others to get notably excited about would be supporting Lazrtag (25 June) and Gigi Barocco (2 July), both Fridays at Candy’s Apartment and you know they will be freakin’ awesome!

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STARS GENERAL OUTLOOK

Stop worrying if everyone likes you. You don’t WANT everyone to like you, believe me most people are arseholes and they aren’t worth knowing. Try to be a little bit more selective about your friends this week.

AQUARIUS

20 JANUARY TO 18 FEBRUARY Don’t ever look me directly in the eye when I’m giving you a prediction. I’m serious, don’t eyeball me you pile of shit. I will tear your eyes out of your head and show them to you if you’re not careful.

PISCES

19 FEBRUARY TO 20 MARCH That Aquarius is asking for trouble.

It’s like I’m being taunted into a fight. And I’ll do it as well, I don’t give a shit, I’ll bash someone for sure. No problem. How are you anyway, are you OK?

ARIES

21 MARCH TO 20 APRIL Good news! You’ve just been given a brand new timeslot! You’ll now be seen at the sexy new time of 9:30pm every Wednesday night, right after Two and a Half Men. Sound good? Aren’t you happy?

TAURUS

21 APRIL TO 20 MAY Like to save money on your Mobile Phone? Are those monthly bills driving you fucking crazy? Well how about combining your mobile, Internet, food bills and heroin costs into one low, low price. I’d do it.

GEMINI

21 MAY TO 20 JUNE GUESS WHO (DON’T SUE)?!?

Guess which professional predator was spotted buying a brand new Nokia phone this week from a pawn shop? Looks like someone is planning to do some prepaid texting!

CANCER

21 JUNE TO 21 JULY A fall down a flight of stairs will certainly help to sober you up nice and quickly. Of course strong black coffee might also have done the trick. And then you wouldn’t have the bone sticking out of your ankle.

LEO

22 JULY TO 21 AUGUST Why aspire to being a contestant on a game show when you could be the bloody host? That’s your problem in a nutshell. You always think way too small. You make me wanna puke. Fucking loser.

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VIRGO

22 AUGUST TO 21 SEPTEMBER You think your shit don’t stink?

Think you’re better than me and the rest of us? You need people like me. We’re the people who shine your shoes and drive your taxis and serve the food. We should kill you.

LIBRA

22 SEPTEMBER TO 22 OCTOBER Crying isn’t going to help anything this week. Your problems won’t simply evaporate when you show some sense of contrition. You’re better off standing up straight and accepting your punishment.

SCORPIO

23 OCTOBER TO 21 NOVEMBER You’ll be disappointed this week when you meet your Internet date and discover that she looks a lot less like Oscar winning actress Kathy Bates than her photos would have you believe. Fortunately liars turn you on.

SAGITTARIUS

22 NOVEMBER TO 20 DECEMBER A simple micro-sleep, lasting just a few seconds, could be all it takes for you to start having a graphic and vocal wet dream in front of your co-workers. For God’s sake get some rest this week.

CAPRICORN

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1. DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

ROOF

THE FLAMING LIPS

HOW WOULD YOUR MUM DESCRIBE YOU?

2. DJ-KICKS

KODE 9

I asked her and her response was “Hey dickhead, put a shirt on!

Don’t you have anything better to do?”

3. DISAPPEAR HERE

HYBRID

WHAT’S ONE GENRE YOU WOULD REMOVE OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND WHY?

4. THE TRACKS ARE ALIVE

PEZZNER

Don’t think there is one but if there is one that can make you vomit then probably that!

5. WILD COLONIAL

WHO INSPIRES YOU MUSICALLY?

YOKOO

OZI BATLA

6. MONOLOGUE EP

Justice.

7. DISTANT RELATIVES

NAME THREE TRACKS CURRENTLY DETONATING YOUR DANCEFLOOR.

NAS & DAMIAN MARLEY

Light Year – The Pop Shot, Uffie feat Pharrell Williams – Add Suv (Armand van Helden Vocal Remix), Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP – We No Speak Americano (Vhyce Remix).

TELL US ABOUT A CLASSIC CLUBBING MOMENT. It’s normally a good night if you’re not wearing the same underwear you started with.

WHAT’S ONE RECORD YOU’RE EMBARRASSED TO ADMIT YOU OWN? Human Nature’s first and best album!

8. THE ARCHANDROID

JANELLE MONÁE

9. WE ARE PROUD OF OUR CHOICES SPIKE MILLIGAN QUIPPED HE’D LIKE HIS TOMBSTONE TO READ ‘I TOLD YOU I WAS ILL’ – WHAT WOULD BE ON YOURS?

Yep, street racing in reverse was a bad idea…

WHO’S YOUR +1?

It’s usually whoever wins Twister

21 DECEMBER TO 19 JANUARY Discipline is the key. Don’t spend a cent. Live like a monk (a monk with a pot addiction, but a monk nonetheless). No one can force you to spend money. Having a big bank account is great for the self esteem.

EWAN PEARSON before we go out…

WHO: ROOF WHAT: PLAYS DANCE CLUB AT OXFORD ART FACTORY WHEN: SATURDAY 19 JUNE ‘different but the same’, there are short, long and wire haired dachshunds, red, black, tan, dapple, chocolate and even ‘piebald’ whites. I don’t know of another dog breed with that racial breakdown, outside of all those poodle subgroups with silly names.

I love dachshunds, I don’t know whether other people see the same thing in them as I do or not, but they really make me happy and seem to represent the beauty of endeavor and personal struggle, alongside the absolute folly of it. I wanted the audience to expect the work to be critical of the UN, but wind up affected by it in a different way. Like how ‘dog’ or ‘bitch’ is an insult but really everybody loves them. The dachshund seemed to be the right dog to mimic how the UN is both flawed and fantastic.

TECHNOSCAPE HOT DOGMA! Perth artist Bennett Miller has been in the global spotlight recently for an artwork that involves 141 live sausage dogs masquerading as United Nations delegates, Dachshund UN (photo here by samara clifford, see nextwave.org.au for more info). He was kind enough to take time out from juggling canines to answer some questions.

HOW DID YOU POSSIBLY MANAGE TO GET 47 DACHSHUNDS?

WAS THERE A SPECIFIC UN INCIDENT THAT TRIGGERED YOUR THOUGHTS FOR DEVELOPING THIS PROJECT? My interest in the reputation of the UN was triggered when the ‘coalition of the willing’ bypassed the UN during the Iraq War. Since then I’ve been interested in the public perception of the value of the UN and what forces are at play in shaping this perception. I developed this work in response to the festival theme No Risk Too Great. The UN is a very good fit for that idea, and while my work

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seems like a piss-take, I’m actually a huge fan of the UN (whilst it has some massive failings – the idea of it alone is quite important).

WHAT QUALITIES MAKES THE DACHSHUND A GOOD CHOICE TO POSE AS A UNITED NATIONS DELEGATE?

They are physically restricted via a breeding history that has literally ‘shaped’ them. Yet they always persevere, blissfully unaware of their stature and limitations.

They often look very proud, like a statesmen or diplomat, but in faintly ridiculous dog form.

They also have a racial diversity comparable to humanity, eg

The Kickstart program by NEXT WAVE helped get the project off the ground, and get callouts placed in The Age newspaper.

I also had a lot of help from Corrienne at the Dachshund Club of Victoria. I actually needed three separate groups of 47 dogs – for a total of 141 – which took a full year of recruiting and meeting (pleading) with the owners. It got much easier as the momentum grew and interest in the project snowballed.

HOW DID THEY SEEM TO FEEL ABOUT

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SEEING EACH OTHER? Many dachshunds only like other dachshunds, it’s not always true but it often is. The truth is I don’t really know what they feel about it, so whilst I like to think the dachshund UN is an exciting event on the dachshund social calendar, it may not always be the case. Certainly there have been some barking incidents, but on the whole the dogs have been remarkably well behaved and fall asleep more often than they get upset.

WHAT KINDS OF UNEXPECTED SCENARIOS / STRANGE LOGISTICS HAVE YOU ENCOUNTERED WITH THE WORK? The whole project has been a bizarre undertaking. Logistically it was massive and difficult, and generated all kinds of weird databases and spreadsheets.

The structure itself had some strange requirements too. As the deadlines approached it became super serious with risk assessment forms and engineer approvals. I became completely humorless about it, which was a bit strange for what is essentially a gathering of sausage dogs.

WHAT BREED OF DOG DO YOU THINK BEST REPRESENTS KEVIN RUDD AND TONY ABBOTT? If I was making a work about australian politics it would be two chihuahuas in a room full of mirrors.

JEAN POOLE

BRENDAN COWELL’S READING SELECTED EXCERPTS FROM THE GREAT RUGBY LEAGUE BIOGRAPHIESS @FIREUPONFBI. HOW’S YOUR 1/2 TIME ENTERTAINMENT? #ORIGIN”

GOOD NEWS EVERYBODY – AT LEAST NEXT TIME WE HAVE TO ENDURE THE BLUES GETTING SMASHED WE KNOW FBI WILL BE DELIVERING THE GOODS AT HALF-TIME [THOUGH IF YOU LOVE THE MAROONS LIFE IS CURRENTLY VERY GOOD – QLD BORN ED].

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ARIA CLUB CHART 1. WE NO SPEAK AMERICANO

YOLANDA BE COOL & DCUP

UNDERSIDE

2 HEY HEY (DF’S ATTENTION VOCAL/DIM CHRIS/RIVA STARR/TOM DE NEEF MIX)

EYES WIDE SHIT

DENNIS FERRER

3. I BELIEVE (JONO FERNANDEZ/ BASSJACKERS/ORIGINAL MIX)

NICK GALEA FEAT AMBA SHEPHERD

4. DANCE THE WAY I FEEL (ARMAND VAN HELDEN MIX)

OU EST LE SWIMMING POOL

5. ROCKSTAR (DANNY T/CHRISTIAN LUKE & CHARDY/ANGGER DIMAS/ DCUP/STEVIE HART MIX)

PIPER & FERNANDEZ FEAT MARVIN PRIEST

6. GETTING OVER YOU (THOMAS GOLD MIX)

DAVID GUETTA FEAT CHRIS WILLIS, FERGIE & LMFAO

7. MY FEELINGS FOR YOU (ANGGER DIMAS/DIGITAL LAB/THE NOISE MIX)

CLUB CLASSICS

3D WORLD SOCIAL CLUB ASKS LOCAL DJS WHICH TIMELESS MEGA-BOMBS STILL BLOW THEIR MINDS…

THIS WEEK: LEWIE DAY

AVICII & SEBASTIEN DRUMS 8. ONE

SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA 9. ASCENSION (KAM DENNY MIX)

DENZAL PARK

HIT & RUN

10. EVERYDAY (DIGITAL LAB/CLUB MIX)

(Salsoul Records), 1977.

As discovered by Carl Craig in his C2C4 rub Specimen 4 of this classic Loleatta Holloway, Hit & Run has one of the best two bar grooves around. The sleazy-cool guitar riff coupled with the tingly vibraphone chord is capable of giving shivers to the blokiest homophobe from Frankston. Couple that with Loleatta’s breathtaking voice and you’re paddlin’.

SGT SLICK

BILLBOARD CLUB CHART 1. IMMA BE

BLACK EYED PEAS

LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY

2. DUST IN GRAVITY

DELERIUM FEAT KREESHA TURNER 3. FREEZE

BIMBO JONES 4. BEAUTY IN THE WORLD

MACY GRAY

5. SOMETHING LIKE A PARTY

SCHOOL GYRLS

6. GETTIN’ OVER YOU

DAVID GUETTA & CHRIS WILLIS FEAT FERGIE & LMFAO 7. RUDE BOY

I CALLED U (THE STORY CONTINUES)

LIL LOUIS & THE WORLD (Epic), 1990.

(The Story Continues) resides on a piece of wax titled I Called U – and it lives amongst other very worthy versions of this massive follow-up to Lil Louis’ hugely successful French Kiss.

At the moment that I am writing this my favourite version is The Story Continues, but perhaps tomorrow morning I’ll prefer The Conversation, and maybe on Sunday morning I’d rather hear Why’d U Fall. It seems that he has the same ease of writing a timeless, classic dance anthem as you and I do making twominute noodles.

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JULISSA VELOZ

9. PRETTY MESS

ERIKA JAYNE 10. RISE!

VERNESSA MITCHELL

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In the weird moral universe of this movie, Tom is a nice guy because he picks up a prostitute and even when he doesn’t go through with the sex, he STILL PAYS HER! You know, cos he’s a classy guy.

The next day Tom finds out the prostitute is HIV positive anyway, so it worked out well. What? What the fuck is going on in this movie?

I have no idea. I’ve only watched it twice.

So by now, as Nicole continues to sleep, Cruise has a new mission.

He’s got the details of that masked orgy I mentioned earlier. It’s hard to know how to react to the orgy scene. I just shook my head in embarrassment. It’s one of the most jaw dropping 20 minutes in cinema history.

Stanley Kubrick dropped dead right before this film premiered in 1999, which was a massive overreaction but a fitting end to an eccentric life.

The second victim of this movie was the Cruise/Kidman marriage, which apparently couldn’t survive the intense scrutiny they put it under while making the movie (that and the fact that Tom seems like he’d be a bit of a jerk to live with). Eyes Wide Shut is a bad movie but we should look on the bright side. It could have starred Tom and Katie Holmes.

DAVE JORY

JOEY BELTRAM

THE SOUND (SMOOTH MIX) REESE & SANTONIO (Kool Kat), 1988

RIHANNA

8. TAKE CONTROL

Though there is an entire movement to choose from, The Sound is my favourite TR-909 based track. Reese & Santonio (better known as Kevin Saunderson and Santonio Echols) show us that less is more with this six and a half minute track comprising of nothing more than 909 drums and a soft, shy sine wave riff – wonderfully fun in its simplicity.

while calling her ‘sweetie’ in a way that suggests he’s covering up that he’s forgotten her name).

So one night Tom and Nicole smoke a joint in their bedroom and Nicole has a preposterous laughing fit and blurts out a bunch of inane sex fantasies she’s had, which didn’t involve Tom Cruise (go figure). Tom, humiliated, leaves the apartment and hits the streets of New York for some soul searching, while Nicole essentially exits the movie altogether.

Seriously, the next time we see her is about 40 minutes later, when she phones Tom to ask how long he’ll be. Because she smoked pot, she apparently has the munchies, so Kubrick has her sitting in the kitchen with junk food all around her. She tells Tom she’s gonna go to bed. And then she goes to bed.

And that’s about it for Nicole. Who says they don’t write any good roles for women?

Speaking of women, Cruise meets plenty of them as he walks the strangely empty streets of New York (it was filmed in England actually). Everywhere Cruise goes, both men and women want to fuck him. But something always goes wrong and poor Tom never actually gets is pants off. He just keeps on grinning like a guy doing an over the top Tom Cruise impersonation.

ENERGY FLASH

KERRI CHANDLER (157 Shelter Records), 1993.

Track 3 is the standout track on an already very strong four track EP. On this release, Kerri shows why he is a master of deep house with each track exhibiting a distinct sound that 17 years later we can only reflect on with admiration and respect.

After years of procrastinating, I finally sat down to rewatch Stanley Kubrick’s 1999 film Eyes Wide Shut. When it first came out, this movie was the hot ticket of the year, because it starred Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as a married couple, back when they were actually married. What we didn’t know back then was that the plot is like the first draft of a bad idea.

If you’ve never made the time to watch Eyes Wide Shut, take it from me. It kind of has to be seen to be believed. It’s about a group of old rich men who attend masked orgies with prostitutes, which sounds like a great recipe for a night at the movies. Except you have to wait over an hour before you get to the orgy.

In the meantime we meet ‘Bill and Alice’ as essayed by Tom and Nicole, a wealthy married couple in New York (he is a doctor, she does nothing) who act as if they have never been formally introduced. This looks like the coldest, most sterile marriage in history, although it has yielded a young daughter, a strange red haired child who seems as though she had a condition in her contract that forbade her from making eye contact with Tom Cruise. Their few brief scenes together are breathtakingly uncomfortable as he helps her with her homework and tells her it’s bed time (all the

as both the main room and den witnessed a collection of classics, digitally synthesised for everyone’s pleasure from the likes of Ministry, Defected and Hed Kandi. Sydney’s eclectic DJs didn’t disappoint as the early rotation contained Ultra Nate’s Free, Axwell’s Watch The Sunrise, Rui De Silva’s Touch Me and EBTG’s Missing.

Deborah Cox let her presence known around 12.40am as her vocals graced the punters with the smash hit Leave The World Behind, and the reaction from the lavish bar and lawn said it all as she backed this up with an upbeat rendition of Nobody’s Supposed To Be Here.

It was time for the UK’s Michael Gray to grace the decks as the weekend was well underway and you would have been familiar with his anthems The Weekend and Borderline. He let it be known

(R & S Records), 1990.

For those who have heard Energy Flash somewhere late, somewhere dark and somewhere special, this will come as no surprise. For those who haven’t – start going to the right places.

WHO: LEWIE DAY WHAT: PLAYS BLANK CANVAS AT TAO LOUNGE WHEN: FRIDAY 4 JUNE

early in the set that punters would witness not only his collection of solo productions, but that his Full Intention remixes would dominate his rotation. So he decides to drop his own twist of Tim Deluxe’s It Just Won’t Do and as the intensity builds, Cicada’s Beautiful uplifts and warms the pace a notch.

Other dancefloor delights from the DJ/Producer/Remixer keep the faithfuls on their feet well into the morning.

Pure class, pure house!

EMMANUEL GROOVER

GIVEAWAYS

with ‘WE LOVE SOUNDS’ in the subject line.

WATCH TIGA FROM SIDE OF STAGE AT WE LOVE SOUNDS!!!

It’s not long now until We Love Sounds hits the Hordern Pavilion and surrounds, Saturday 12 June in fact – and with this week’s cover stars Underworld headlining alongside the likes of Crookers, Laidback Luke, Ellen Allien, Seth Troxler, Steve Aoki, The Revenge and Tiga, it’s going to be the hottest ticket in town. Speaking of Tiga... how would you like to enjoy the Canadian electro-tech maestro’s set from the best seat in the house? Because thanks to WLS we’re offering two lucky readers a general admission double pass to the big event which includes side of stage access to watch the man himself in action from close quarters! For your chance to win, email your name, address and telephone number to giveaways@3dworld.com.au

TIËSTO CDS

Trance doesn’t get any more epic than the style delivered by Dutchman Tijs Michiel Verwest, who you probably know better as Tiësto. He was king of the trance world from 1998-2008, and that period is celebrated on his new greatest hits compilation Magikal Journey – which we have five copies of to give away. For your chance to win, email your name, address and telephone number to giveaways@3dworld.com.au with ‘TIËSTO’ in the subject line.

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JUNO DOWNLOAD CHART 1. KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON (ORIGINAL MIX)

PERSONALITY TEST

CHOPSTICK & JOHNJON FEAT FRITZ KALKBRENNER 2. SCOTCH HOP

BURNT ISLAND CASUALS (AKA HARRI & THE REVENGE)

JAMIE MATTIMORE

HOW WOULD YOUR MUM DESCRIBE YOU?

3. OTP PARTY BREAKS VOL 2

As a little shit!

WHAT’S ONE GENRE YOU WOULD REMOVE OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND WHY?

JACQUES RENAULT

4. ALL ABOUT THE MONEY

DJ AGENT 86

Happy hardcore.

WHO INSPIRES YOU MUSICALLY?

5. TATTOO MAN

FAZE ACTION

I’d have to say Danny Howells… the guy’s a god! Although Sydney locals like Defined By Rhythm, Dave Stuart, Nick McMartin, Jimi Polar and Jay Smalls have all had a major influence on my DJing.

6. GANGSTER

DREADZONE

7. STATIC ON THE WIRE

HOLY GHOST

NAME THREE TRACKS CURRENTLY DETONATING YOUR DANCEFLOOR.

8. JAM HOT/BIG THROWDOWN 9. RE RUBS VOL 3

Bleep District – Science & Soul (Lawnchair Generals Remix), Kaiserdisco – Chordalia, Matthew Dear & Seth Troxler – Hurt (Martinez Dark Soul Remix)

10. TARANTA

TELL US ABOUT A CLASSIC CLUBBING MOMENT.

JOHNNY DYNELL

ELECTRIC JONES (JAMIE JONES) PIZZA BROTHERS

ACID TONGUE

NATIONAL SPARE A THOUGHT FOR A JUNKIE WEEK Every junkie knows not to trust another junkie. Junkies think about one thing and one thing only – getting that next hit. We’ve all seen Trainspotting. We’ve all seen the junkies that live on the floor in Kings Cross. We’ve all seen the pale, anorexic hookers that fuck just for their next hit.

If you’ve been up close to one you’ve probably seen an arm or leg with every vein covered in puss filled scabs. These weeping scabs become such a problem that some junkies are forced to shoot up into their eyeballs or genitals.

We all know the way people look at junkies. We all know the way people talk about junkies. We all know how people regard them as the lowest scum on earth. We consider them weak people who don’t care about themselves, their families or the people they’ve stolen things from the pay for their next hit. That’s what we think too.

I’ve never had a hit of heroin. I never will. But I believe that the people that do have that first hit must have their reasons. Surely they must be aware of its addictive nature. They must know what an addiction to heroin does to people – what they become. But they still take that first hit. They probably take their second, third, fourth and fifth hit for the same reasons. Then after a while it becomes something else – an addiction.

There are very good reasons why they can’t just stop. Even if they really, really want to. They are quite literally killing themselves to live.

You see, a junkie really suffers when they don’t get a hit. They don’t just want that hit, they physiologically need that hit and they become very sick when they don’t get it. Within 6-24 hours of not getting any heroin, addicts suffer from symptoms that include sweating, malaise, anxiety, depression, priapism (a prolonged erection), extra sensitivity of the genitals in females, a general feeling of heaviness, cramp-like pains in the limbs, excessive yawning or sneezing, tears,

The best I can think of at the moment would have to be the John Digweed five hour set at home about five years ago!

Absolutely amazing music…

crowd was so insane, sweat was actually dripping from the roof!

WHAT’S ONE RECORD YOU’RE EMBARRASSED TO ADMIT YOU OWN?

Off the top of my head I’d say “Put Your Hands Up For Detroit – I Love This City”. The things we do when we’re young!

SPIKE MILLIGAN QUIPPED HE’D LIKE HIS TOMBSTONE TO READ ‘I TOLD YOU I WAS ILL’ – WHAT WOULD BE ON YOURS?

“You’re standing on my balls” in really small writing so you have to get up close!

IMAGINE YOU’RE ON DEATH ROW. WHAT’S YOUR LAST MEAL REQUEST?

A huge Sunday roast! Beef, roast potatoes, pumpkin, turnip, homemade gravy and of course…

Yorkshire puddings!!

WHO: JAMIE MATTIMORE WHAT: PLAYS SPICE AT HOME TERRACE / CHURCH OF TECHNO / GOOD SORTS LAUNCH PARTY AT CIVIC WHEN: SUNDAY 6 JUNE / SUNDAY 6 / FRIDAY 25

DANCE MUSIC HUB CHART 1. WE NO SPEAK AMERICANO

YOLANDA BE COOL & DCUP 2. TELEPHONE (ORIGINAL EXTENDED MIX)

PANDORA BX

3. WIZZLE (MOTEK REMIX)

DANNY BONNICI

4. COME ON LET’S GO (PH ELECTRO REMIX)

SIDNEY SAMSON FEAT. LADY BEE AND BIZZEY 5. LOSE CONTROL

DATAMOTION 6. TNT

DELGARDO FEAT. GIGAHERZZ 7. WEAPON OF CHOICE 2010 (LAZY RICH REMIX)

FATBOY SLIM FEAT LAZY RICH

8. SHE’S A NYMPHO (MAX FARENTHIDE CLUB MIX)

BERNASCONI & FARENTHIDE

9. MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER WITH YOU (MINISTRY OF FUNK WMC EXTENDED)

OLI VIBEZ rhinorrhea (a runny nose), insomnia, cold sweats, chills, severe muscle and bone aches, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, cramps, and fever. Put simply, they become violently ill.

It is extremely hard for a junkie to live without heroin. For example if a pregnant junkie gives birth to a living child, which does happen, and that newborn baby is not administered a surrogate heroin ‘hit’ emulating the mother’s addiction, that baby will die within hours of being born. It then has to weened off methadone. This works better in children than adults.

Junkies who are weened off heroin usually have to take methadone for the rest of their typically short-ish lives. Another problem with being a junkie and another reason not to go near them is the horrible diseases they are most likely to contract at least one of over the course of their fabulous shooting careers.

Now I’m not at all suggesting you should make friends with a junkie. They are disgusting to look at. They are usually disgusting to smell. They really, really can’t be trusted.

But spare a thought for their suffering when you see them on the pavement and cross to the other side of the street. Then after you cast that thought for their pathetic situation promise yourself never to end up like that.

AMITIEL EVE ASTATINE

10. REWIND (FRAKFUNK REMIX)

DJ STORM

PICTORIAL

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Sydney’s Spit Syndicate have seriously jumped a few light years with their follow-up to their 2008 debut Towards The Light. The majority of the beats are provided by Hororshow’s Adit and he does a superb job with a sound that sounds tremendously full and vibrant. Nick Lupi and Jus Enuf still bring their graffiti background with them for the Kase2 licked, JSquared beat Kings Only. They continue the theme for part of Disruption. Cam Bluff loops up a gorgeously distinctive sunny ‘60s female vocal for yet another ode to skirt chasing on Pretty Girls Make Graves, albeit with a more perilous tone. They reference the townspeople of Salem and Berlin at the end of WW2 in The Creditors on which they talk about taking back what was once theirs and acknowledge the victims of man’s inhumanity to man. The track also features some very subtle background vocals from sister duo Joyride.

What an amazing tune Showtime turns out to be. M-Phazes outdoes himself with the music and will be a worthy choice for those who like to play up-tempo hip hop and mix it into some disco boogie. Horrorshow’s other half Solo provides the hook while Thundamentals’ DJ Morgz adds the cuts. Solo also pops up on the very poetic and thoughtful Contour Lines, while the last remaining guest Sarah Corry carries the chorus for Can’t Go Home and Adit surpasses himself with a rare percussive moment in the last third. Spit Syndicate are a rare breed in that they might have run the lines and bombed trains in the past, but they sound like sensitive new age guys. No wonder they have a solid female fanbase. They leave the tough guy antics behind and sound far more mature than their early 20s. No one can begrudge their roots and instant authenticity and even though we are already a decade into it, they are making incredibly polished next millennium hip hop...

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NAS & DAMIAN MARLEY

KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY Collaborative albums are hit or miss in urban music. Mighty egos can easily negate each other. Jay-Z teamed up with R Kelly for 2002’s The Best Of Both Worlds – and distanced himself from the whole enterprise soon after. (Kelly’s sex scandal didn’t help.) Then there have been forgettable alliances like Bow Wow and Omarion.

So what of Nas’ partnership with Damian Marley, aka Junior Gong, on Distant Relatives? Can the duo recreate the synergy of their earlier Road To Zion from Marley’s 2005 Welcome To Jamrock? Nas has already released a much-hyped collab album with The Firm. At the time, hip hop heads questioned the conscious MC’s involvement in a gratuitous Mafioso rap project, but Nas has always been as contradictory as he is brilliant.

Like country, reggae is a genre that you either get or don’t. Fortunately, Distant Relatives is not straight-up ‘reggae’. In fact, Nas has suggested that he felt an affinity with Marley’s youngest son as “a rap guy”. Damian is more ‘urban’ than his musical siblings, who’re beholden to following their father’s legacy. Damian was the first reggae artist to win a Grammy outside the genre with the single Welcome To Jamrock (it scooped ‘best urban/alternative performance’). Surprisingly, Distant Relatives is Marley’s first endeavour in five years. The buddies have something else in common: both are the progenies of legendary musicians, Nas’ father being Olu Dara.

Distant Relatives is produced by Damian in conjunction with his brother Stephen.

The Marley offspring are not exactly innovators – or risktakers – so don’t expect anything cutting-edge. Major Lazer, this ain’t. However, Distant Relatives is wonderfully expansive. The album is also inherently musical with a strong live orientation – nirvana for those not feeling the synthetic sounds currently dominating urban – plus symbolic samples. (That live element is apt given that Nas has toured with a rockin’ band.) Ultimately, the most important aspect of Distant Relatives is the concept.

The album explores the geopolitical – and cultural – nexus between reggae and hip hop, tracing black music’s journey from Africa to the Caribbean to the US, while

Damian Marley, one of the many offsprings of Bob, hooked up with Nas many years ago and they decided to collaborate for the just released Distant Relatives album. I can’t say it blew me away by any stretch. In fact I could probably find about four tracks worth listening to again. Lyrically Nas is on fire and keeps it fairly PC, while Damian puts in some solid vocals, but overall the musical production didn’t excite me that much. The ones I did like would be Africa Must Wake Up, which is a beautifully sensitive ode to the mother continent and an urge for the “sleeping sons of Jacob” to arise from slumber, and the Ethiopian jazz artist Mulatu Astatke sampled As We Enter. Unfortunately a few tracks were just a tad MOR for me, such as the middling jazz café vibe Count Your Blessings and the saccharine sound of In His Own Words which gave me the shivers. Sorry, I can’t handle ‘spiritual’ lightweight tunes.

Makes my skin crawl. I don’t find them soulful. I find them all a bit Hillsong for my tastes. But then again American based reggae has always sounded weak sauce to me. Only the Jamaicans and English seem to have a firm grip on the sound. Leaders with Stephen Marley proves my point. Fast forward that one quick smart.

The TR-808 drums propel some superb work from Nas and Damian on My Generation while Jess Stone coos, aaahs and wails in the background with a kiddie chorus emphasising the title’s inference. An odd tune, where even guest Lil Wayne can’t hold a candle to Nas’ flow, but sometimes it all sounds like the final song at the Grammys where all the participants get up on stage. Tribal War with Ethiopian/ Canadian K’Naan is interesting in that the rhythm is quite a standout and brash, but I just feel that the majority of this album feels dated and wishy washy.

Some have said it’s an excellent Damian Marley album, but a poor Nas album.

It straddles hip hop, reggae and world music but probably ends up not entirely pleasing anyone, except for those that like their music ‘middle of the road’...

centring on the plight of postcolonial Africa. (Monies raised from Distant Relatives will reportedly be used to fund a school in the Congo.) Marley proclaims the pair to be “street intellectuals”, but it’s really only Nas who qualifies for that description.

The Marley clan have long privileged Rastafarian spirituality and positivity (cue: One Love) over critique, but here Damian’s humanism balances Nas’ streetwise cynicism. The lead single is the uptempo As We Enter, which samples Mulatu Astatke, the godfather of Ethiopian jazz. Nas and Damian might have secured Senegal’s Akon as a guest, but instead it’s SomalianCanadian MC K’naan who blazes on two cuts, including the pertinent Tribes At War – and that’s a good thing since Akon has disputed the existence of blood diamonds. Nah Mean is the hardest-hitting hip hop joint with Nas on form. Triumphant, too, is the dancehall Land Of Promise, on which the late Dennis Brown can be heard in an old interview.

RZA’s Gravediggaz aired the most poetic-ever song about the African Diaspora, The Night The Earth Cried, and Patience is nearly as spectral, borrowing from Amadou And Mariam’s Malian blues, Sabali.

Overall, Distant Relatives is a success.

It could have been moralising, or laden with platitudes, but the dynamic between Nas and Damian is such that they lead each other away from any pitfalls. Perhaps Distant Relatives lacks the intellectual vigour (and controversy!) of Nas’ recent solo forays, but that would have undermined Marley’s contribution.

Alas, Nas veers offtopic in Strong Will Continue with a spiteful dig at his ex, Kelis – not in the spirit of this project.

And, indeed, there’s no black female voice on Distant Relatives. The sole girl is (the uncredited) Joss Stone, who warbles on the overblown gospel My Generation, which also features Lil Wayne, repping for New Orleans. (Nas appeared on Stone’s Colour Me Free!.)

It’s a pity that Damian didn’t convince his not-so-distant relative Lauryn Hill to come out of the shadows...

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HOLY FUCK

Their new album, Latin, arrived in the 3D offices last week and it’s been a mainstayer on the stereo ever since.

There’s a great track called Red Lights that’s straight-up funk, like something Lefties Soul Connection would come up mid-collaboration with Battles.

Where old Holy Fuck songs ended up on hypothetical film soundtracks (geek) about the end of the world, this album is full of songs fit for a redemptive final act. Particularly Stay Lit. So I guess they’d still work on said soundtracks.

Another of my favourite bands, Band Of Horses, also recently released an album, thier third, titled Infinite Arms, and it’s a much more subdued effort than their first two albums. Where 2006’s Everything All The Time was le petit mort – seriously, The Funeral is beyond words - and 2007’s Cease To Begin felt like Everything All The Time Redux, this time round they’ve found a little ray of sunshine in their lives and written some sublimely pastoral songs. Dilly is a doozy of a tune; a breezy, almost surf-pop gem. There’s something very ’70s British folk-rock about the album.

It’s getting increasingly difficult to find music that no one else has heard of. Well, at least in Sydney. You go to a party and you’re bound to bump into someone that’s heard of Salem or The White Birch. If you read one of the bigger music blogs – Stereogum, Said The Gramophone, et al. – all of these guys (and girls) are scouring hundreds of sites every day doing the culling for you. And the likes of NME are reading these same blogs, and the daily papers are reading NME. Hell, even a band that’s not trying to be found can’t escape the likes of the Guardian. (To be honest, the Guardian have their finger scarily well on pulse.) The band in question is WU LYF, who got some media love about a month ago. This Mancunian collective – who also go by the name of Vagina Wolf and Tu-Wang Clan – distribute their tunes via CD-Rs and vinyls and have fuck all presence online, but this is all adding to their mystery and aura. If any of the major indie labels (Rough Trade, hi) had any sense they’d ink a deal with these kids right now. They sold their debut EP for an hilarious £50 – and no copies remain. See if you can find Nic Cave and Heavy Pop, they’re genius.

Speaking of heavy pop, one of my favourite releases of the past few years has been Holy Fuck’s second album LP – which I discovered relatively late in the game, but it’s gone on to become one of my most frequently played albums. It’s perfect writing music – it’s rare that you find a record of songs that actually inspires you simply through the sound it blasts into your ears.

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HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE

There’s nothing more stirring than a marching band. It’s up there with classical as far as I’m concerned, and whilst more than 60 minutes at one sitting tests even my patience, the soaring heights of a well arranged brass section will win in a battle over a synth meltdown any day of the week. Earlier this year I got to interview the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, a band steeped in tradition by the fact that the father of the seven blood-brothers in the band is Phil Cohran of Sun Ra’s Arkestra and teacher of Earth, Wind & Fire’s brass section. The band has released several EPs which you can get on iTunes and a collection of the best of those songs re-recorded for a formal debut with Honest Jon’s which no doubt would have already been mentioned in this column some time ago. Featuring heavily on the new Gorillaz album Plastic Beach, the band are due to release a new EP of inspired covers shortly called Heritage with the music site Choice Cuts. A lot of the tracks seem like obvious selections given the power of the original material, matching the soul of this incredible band, but it’s not until you hear them that you get hit with a sort of ‘why didn’t I think of that’ moment. Outkast’s Spottieottiedopaliscious and Fela Kuti’s Water No Get Enemy are the two biggest no-brainers but the ones that will hit you over the head are the versions of Art Of Noise’s Moments In Love and Madvillain’s Rainbows… Truly inspiring!

Finally, LCD Soundsystem have recorded their masterpiece in This Is Happening. As a mild fan of their first two albums (I know it’s blasphemy in some circles but I thought Franz Ferdinand’s cover of All My Friends was the better version) this new album blew me away from first listen.

Opener Dance Yrself Clean is an epic nine-minute monster that starts with a simple ditty sung by James Murphy (sounding a lot like Kermit The Frog) before the song decends into a dancefloor stormer, while One Touch is a glammy disco moment. If you haven’t seen the hilariously lo-fi but carefully orchestrated Spike Jones directed music video for Drunk Girls yet you need to YouTube it right now.

While a lot of moments seems scripted there’s a lot of crazy shit that happens seemingly unexpectedly.

Oh, hey, and Liam Gallagher’s new band name is Beady Eye. WTF.

You can always trust Cologne’s Melting Pot Music for a good fix of funk, soul or that old boom bap. They are one of those labels where you can always buy ‘em sound-unheard and be confident you’ll have something in your kit for the whole season. Even though I am bombarded with beat tape type releases every week, I try to give them all the same type of attention, even the ones that come with accompanying press-grabs like ‘post-Dilla’ and ‘Dilla-esque’ which, quite frankly, makes me want to puke when I read them now. Appearing as somewhat of a collaboration, the Puzzles compilation pairs sixteen beatmakers who fuse equal amounts of synth action with samples, so there’s something for schools both old and new. Highlights come from the ever reliable DJ Adlib, Hubert Daviz and Kan Kick but there’s many a standout moment to be revealed here. Vinyl only, no CD, no digital. Get down on it.

A few years ago you would have seen me all over Mark Ronson’s dick thanks to his covers record Versions.

Even today I find a bit of joy in the Daptone led versions of Stop Me, Just and Valerie and they still get the party started, but I have no idea what to make of Ronson’s new 8-bit direction.

His new project Mark Ronson and The Business Intl has leaked two tracks, the B-boy disco-esque Circuit Breaker which marries cowbells and synths with turntablism (a head-scratcher at best) and is accompanied by a Legend Of Zelda inspired video clip. Flairs’ Truckers Delight it is not, however it did get me back to the land of Hyrule to give Ganon another what for, so well done there. Some one-hundred times more confusing is the song Bang Bang featuring Q-Tip, which is on some Bow Wow Wow shit. Ronson has been convinced by his collaborators to take to the mic on this album and it’ll either pay off in spades or become his Scott Storch moment. Now, I don’t want to see anyone fail in life but this new direction does perhaps need to be made an example of. Maybe he could be punished, just a little. No doubt when the album drops, I’ll be eating my words, but for now I’d rather forget what my ears have just heard.

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PLAYTIME FEAT. CHARDY AT SOHO Melbourne’s Chardy helms Playtime this Friday with support from Ember, Kristiano and Elmo Is Dead. Free entry, doors open at 9pm.

TWILIGHT AT THE ROUGE

If you’ve got a thing for bloodsuckers chances are you’ll like what the Rouge has in store.

The Only, Kyro vs SMS, Deckhead, Ray Seymour and Dan Baatz will be keeping it dark from the booth.

Free entry via list, doors 9:30pm.

CELEBRITY LAUNCH PARTY AT THE TRADEMARK

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BASS DROP PRES. LONDON ELEKTRICITY AT THE ARTHOUSE (SATURDAY)

3D World proudly present London Elektricity at The Arthouse this Saturday with support from Bass Drop regulars Linken & Vertigo, Royalston, i-Dub, Intercepta, DTechMC and Sariss. Accompanied

by AD MC on the mic, London Elektricity is touted as an “out of this world” act and well likely to put the reinforced sound system to the test. Those with a taste for dubstep can catch SLS, V-Man vs Cruz, Boot vs Sook and Paul Fraser in the side room. $45 second release tickets still available from Moshtix. Doors open at 9pm.

WEDNESDAY

THE WALL AT WORLD BAR

As if tunes from 16 Tacos, Adam Bozzetto, Bently and Alistair Erskine weren’t enough, promoters at The Wall have drafted in the Stand Up Get Down comedy show to tickle your funny bone. Screw you hump day, we’re getting down for free from 8pm onward.

YELLOW BRICK ROAD, OXFORD ARTS FACTORY

Yellow Brick Road presents Designer Pilot & Johnny Took. Doors open 8pm, get into your indie rock and come on down! Free entry.

WEDNESDAY AT THE BEACH PALACE HOTEL

Come down for beers and a $5 steak at the Beach Palace where you can kick back and bask in the sounds of Coogee’s best acoustic duo, Soulganic.

WEDNESDAYS AT THE EASTERN

Eclectic beats from John Glover, Tenzin, Here’s Trouble, Cassian, U-Go-B, Steve Frank, Mistah Cee, Naiki and Kavi-R; free until 9pm $10 there after!

WEDNESDAYS AT THE BEACH ROAD HOTEL

9:15pm in the Sports Bar. If that’s not enough and you’re feeling like a dance, head to Mango Jam and hit up the dance floor with DJ Tobi V and Matt Rossi.

THURSDAY AT THE BREWERY

Head to the Brewery on Thursday to see live and local talent. From 9pm watch The Elevators and from 10pm Mark Wells Band.

FIRE! SANTA ROSA, FIRE! AT OXFORD ART FACTORY

Get your indie rock on with Fire, Santa Rosa, Fire!, Deep Sea Arcade, Traps, and Bearhug from 8pm onward in the ever popular Oxford Art Factory live space. Entry via $12.80 presale tickets from moshtix.com.

Tight arses can still get their kicks in the Art Factory Gallery with Aleesha Dibbs and Jesse Redwing, again from 8pm onward.

THE STRIDES AT THE BEACH ROAD HOTEL

Folk, blues, and pop jams from The Strides from 8pm onward. Free entry.

DJ FRESH AT GASWORKS, THE ALBION

Come enjoy a smooth blend of hip hop and RnB from DJ Fresh and special guests. Free entry, doors open at 9pm.

For the indie electro rock lovers, The Filth presents an unrivalled mid-week kick start with Cloud Control and Richard In Your Mind.

Doors open at 8pm. Free entry

FRIDAY

THURSDAY

The darker than dark DJ Hellraiser is locked in for a cursed three hours worth of pain in the Home main room with support from Scotty G and Big Dan for another instalment of Sublime. Peewee Ferris, MC Losty, Haze, Team Rocket, Dover, Vekta, JTS, Ravine, Concept, Fazed, DJmon and Jin Kang fill out the line-up across all other areas of the massive Home super club. Doors open at 11pm, $15 cover.

BASIC AT 202 BROADWAY

Local bass crews Void, Headroom, Foreign Dub and Space Is The Place gather all their might for the now not-so-brandspanking weekly dubstep, jungle, drum’n’bass, wonk, hip hop, glitch and future beats event that’s been putting 202 Broadway’s Funktion One sound system to the ultimate test. Void, Headroom, Foreigndub and Space Is The Place will be on duties from 8pm onward. Free entry, relaxed dress code.

TEENAGE KICKS AT WORLD BAR Multifaceted pop, electro and mash-up sounds from Banshee, Nik V, Tom Libertine, El Mariachi and Sugar Ape . Doors open at 8pm, free entry.

LOTEK AT THE LOFT BAR

Catch Lotek’s ‘Still Splendid’ single launch at the Loft Bar, UTS. Free entry.

THURSDAY NIGHT AT NORTHIES

Feeling like some good old live music? Catch Andy Mammers from

SUBLIME FEAT. HELLRAISER AT HOME

DJ LORD AT CHINESE LAUNDRY

Public Enemy and Trillbass member DJ Lord brings an inimitable mix of drum’n’bass, hip hop and dubstep direct from the dirty south to rock the Laundry. Support from Typhonic, Boonie, Mindgutter, Raye Antonelli, Will Styles, Farj & Paul Fraser and A-Tonez. Free entry before 11pm, $15 after. Doors open at 10pm.

LOOSE AT THE EASTERN

Loose takes over Circus Fridays at the Eastern this week, with Hoodlmz, Birdman, ShortBit, Peeping Tom and Lu Nattic all throwing their tunes into the mix to help you along. Free entry before 11pm, $10 after. Doors 10pm.

Adrian M and Jackson bring their brand new event to The Trademark this week with support from Victor Lopez. Doors open at 10pm.

MUM AT WORLD BAR

The super sound onslaught carries on for yet another week at World Bar with Mum. This week’s line-up includes live acts Magnetic Heads, Pluto Jonze, Camera and Paper Moon downstairs, while Long Island Sound, Nikko, The New Pagans and Radio Star mix it upstairs. Doors open at 8pm, $10 cover.

WARPED RETRO AT THE WATERSHED HOTEL

Sydney’s newest ol’ skool Friday night with $10 cocktails! Doors open 9pm – 2am. Free entry.

FRIDAY AT COHIBAR

With a mixture of DJ’s from 5pm the beats will keep on rolling.

Kicking the night off with a special guest DJ alongside DJ Matt Roberts at 8pm following DJ Jeddy Rowland from 11pm-close. Doors open at 5pm, free entry.

FRIDAYS ON FIRE AT THE COLLINGWOOD HOTEL

Get fresh with latino, funk, hip hop, and RNB from a rotating roster of residents. Doors open 9pm. $15 cover.

FRIDAY AT OPERA BAR

Come down this Friday for the Graham Cordery Crew. Doors open 8:30pm, free entry.

FRIDAY AT THE MEAN FIDDLER

To keep your Friday night jam packed, a combustion of DJ’s are lined up to burn up at the Fiddler this Friday night. Catch DJ Task and MC Bunny Belle in the Woolshed or DJ KDB and DJ Tenzin in the Sub Bar from 9pm.

DJ Cookie will meanwhile keep things going on his lonesome in the Station Store Cafe. $10 cover for Sub Bar, all other areas free.

FUEGO AT COLLINGWOOD HOTEL

Latin, reggaeton, funk, hip hop and RNB sounds from Pace, Asado and Dennis Tha Menace; hosted by MC C-Major and Empress MC. Doors open at 9pm, $10 cover.

FACE OF ORIGIN AT NORTHIES

With tunes from DJ Radish and Jim Beam drink specials, you can look forward to partying it up with some of Cronulla’s hot beach goers.

BLANK CANVAS FEAT LEWIE DAY AT TAO LOUNGE Melbourne’s Lewie Day hits the Blank Canvas decks this Friday for the events first night at Tao Lounge.

A young producer/DJ on the rise, his tracks have become an instant hit with deep disco and house jocks across the globe. Support from George Hall, Robbie Piper, Robbie Cordukes and Jake Hough. Doors open 10pm ‘til late, $10 cover.

ROBBIE SANTIAGO AT THE BEACH PALACE HOTEL

Robbie Santiago kicks in the funky jams in the mid-Palace nightclub to usher in your weekend in style.

DUST TONES AT THE BEACH ROAD HOTEL

Get ready to bust a move with Australia and NZ’s finest hip hop crews, MCs and DJs. On the cards this week are Agency Dub Collective, Zino & Caroline, Ology and Bentley.

Free entry, doors open 8pm.

UNWIND FRIDAYS AT OMEGA LOUNGE

The finest in 80’s boogie, disco and soulful house every Friday From 6pm with DJs Greg Summerfield, Matt Brunton and special guests. Free entry.

for all involved. Tape2Tape, MC Shureshock, Will Styles, Slice, Rubio, Frenemies, Creeptown, Wax Motif, Kato, Deli, Coopa vs Dizz & Draz and Bass Thiefs will all be pushing the boundaries and giving you more than a little bounce.

Doors open at 9pm, $20 cover.

NOBBY GROOVES & DJ KAREY AT THE ALBION

SATURDAYS AT THE WATERSHED HOTEL

RNB, neo soul, and hip hop from DJ Nobby Grooves and DJ Karey from 9pm til’ late. $10 cover.

FRIDAYS AT THE BREWERY

Head to the Wharf for early hours beats from DJ Suri K around 5:30pm and kick on upstairs for an all nighter with DJ Matt Saxon, Suri K and DJ ADZ.

RNB SUPERCLUB AT TANK

The Watershed Presents Sky Bar. 9:30pm-close. Free entry

SATURDAY AT THE BELVEDERE HOTEL

If you’re feeling relaxed come down for the live acoustic sets from 8pm.

Featuring Pete from 8pm-11pm this event is free entry.

SATURDAY AT COHIBAR

Australia’s leading urban club brand presents Sydney’s biggest weekly RNB party featuring leaders of the RNB pack, Def Rok, G-Wizard, Eko, Troy-T, Lilo and MC Jayson.

Kick start your night off at 8pm with DJ Anders. It doesn’t end there, with DJ Mike silver from 11pm-close. Free entry.

PURPLE SNEAKERS AT THE GLADSTONE HOTEL

For some old skool, nu-soul and RNB head to the Hotel Chambers.

Doors open 8pm, $20 cover.

Indie, rock, pop and hip hop jams from Fait Accompli (DJ Set), M.I.T, Nick Findlay, BenLucid, Banshee, Johnny Says Aloha, Erectro, and Phatworks. This weeks album launch comes from Inertia, who’re giving away free copies of Here We Go Magic’s highly anticipated sophomore effort, ‘Pigeons’.

Doors open 7pm, $12 cover.

HARDER STYLES UNITED 8 AT THE GAFF NIGHTCLUB

Annihilating rhythms from dark locals Toneshifterz vs Kid Finley, Hardforze, Matrix, Suae vs Pulsar, Sdee, Amber Savage, Import V Convict, and Dillytek. Get on the guest list and receive a free mixed cd! Doors open at 9pm.

THE DOMESTICS AT OXFORD ART FACTORY

Let The Domestics and Massema ease you into the weekend with a gentle dab of funk goodness.

Doors open 7pm with free entry.

FRIDAYS AT JACKSONS ON GOERGE

For the ultimate party venue hit up Jacksons, featuring house DJ’s four dance floors and DJ’s from 9pm. Free entry

ROCKSTAR AT THE MARLBOROUGH HOTEL

Free entry event. Live cover bands from 10:30pm.

Commercial House and RNB DJs from 9:30pm -11:30pm.

SATURDAY

CO-OP’S FIRST BIRTHDAY AT SECRET VENUE

For a truly underground house music experience it’s been hard to top the efforts of CO-OP over the last 12 months and they’re not holding back on the celebrations.

This Saturday they celebrate a year in the game with Glaswegian Sub Club resident and industry veteran DJ Harri who’ll be supported by the CO-OP DJs. Only 150 tickets are available for the limited capacity event and you’ll need to have one to find out where the party is! Available for $33 from In The Mix. Doors – if there are any – open at 9pm.

LE ROUGE AT THE ROUGE

Okay so they might technically be doubling up in the old name game but The Rouge management are still doing an ace job of keeping some solid dance music on the program. This week it’s Tim McGee, Lights Out, Chris Fraser, John Glover and Coops who’ll be gracing the decks while you charge up with one of many drink specials.

Doors open at 9pm.

F#%K YEAH AT THE EMPIRE & PLANTATION Dubrave and Fresh Jams team up to present a huge line up of local talent across two floors of the recently refitted Empire, ensuring a bloody massive night

RED ROOM AT HOTEL CHAMBERS CHARLIE & JORGIE JAY AT GASWORKS, THE ALBION

Sexy commercial house from Charlie and Jorgie Jay from 9pm, $10 cover.

FUNKAMENTALS AT OXFORD TAVERN

Funkamentals hip hop along with the Daily Meds for Equal Elements album launch. Don’t miss, free entry.

NORTHIES HOTEL CRONULLA

Indecisive? Northies has you covered with the live angle and David Agius Duo plus DJs Khyle Frost and Ryzie Ry from 9pm. Free entry.

WHAMARCTICA! AT WORLD BAR

An all star line-up of local DJs, ah, lines up for the Wham Winter Wonderland blog launch this Saturday for a largely back to back program. James Taylor, MC Shureshock, Raye Antonelli vs Wax Motif, Trent Rackus vs Johnny Rad, Illya vs Husky, Levins vs Bad Ezzy, Telefunken vs Matt Weir, Adam Bozzetto vs Moneyshot, Brenden Fing vs Sushii, Reno vs Foundation, Discopunx, BC vs Andy Webb, Temnein vs Daigo, Venuto and Kingpin rock the World Bar this evening from 8pm onward. $15 cover.

SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE BREWERY

Wharf front beats from James Paul at 3pm followed by Ally B around 7pm. If you feel pulling an all nighter head upstairs for a top up with DJs Bruce Lee and A.G.T.

SIENNA AT ESTABLISHMENT

Sienna hosts DJs Def Rok, Troy-T, Lilo, G-Wizard, Eko, Zoo Rok, Elektroy and MC Jayson at one of Sydney’s most luxurious venues.

Expect the greatest in Top 40, classic RNB, sexy house and ol’skool grooves every Saturday.

Doors open at 9pm.

PURE IVY AT IVY

Experience Entertainment brings you the crème de la crème of the house music world with its latest night, pure ivy. The event launches this Saturday with the launch of Pacha’s latest compilation, helped along by the very men who mixed it, Alex Taylor and Matt Nugent.

Support from Minx and Tass.

Doors open at 6pm, $20 cover.

STEVE SMYTH AT OXFORD ART FACTORY – GALLERY

Indie rock artist Steve Smyth will kicks off in the Gallery at 8pm; tickets are $8 on the door and for such a promising act that’s pretty paltry indeed! Don’t miss.

TUFFEM UP! RECORD RELEASE PARTY AT LIVE ART SPACE

Gear up for some Saturday night hi jinks electro fans as Defeat, Redial, Nadisko, Smacktown, Gus Lakeview, Sodul, PMA, Always, Never, Diskera, and Lenight kick out some tasty beats. Doors open 9pm with $20 cover fee.

SATURDAY AT THE MEAN FIDDLER Get dazzled with DJ Bobby Dazzler from 10pm ‘til late. Free entry.

ULTIMATE PARTY VENUE AT JACKSONS ON GEORGE

Rip up the dance floor from 9pm with DJs Lenno, Aladdin Royaal and guests. Free entry

DJ MICHA AT BEACH ROAD HOTEL

With free entry and doors opening at 9pm there’s little reason to miss DJ Micha in the Rex Room this Saturday night.

SATURDAY AT THE MARLBOROUGH Mark Da Costa and live Cover Bands from 10:30pm, commercial house and RNB DJs from 9:30pm -11:30pm. Free entry

SUNDAY

CHURCH OF TECHNO AT SECRET LOCATION

The whole secret location thing is getting pretty popular isn’t it? You can hardly blame promoters or punters for wanting things to head in said direction though, after all, when you’re onto a good thing why waste it on those who won’t appreciate it?

Robbie Lowe, Defined By Rhythm, Chris Combe, Jami Mattimore and Shepz will be delivering sermons in drums from 11am to 8pm in what’s reported to be a bloody dark space helped out with some top notch production thanks to Techno Bug and Golden Cage. Free entry. Take a sniff around Facebook to find out more.

SUNDAY AT THE WATERSHED HOTEL Relax at the Watershed with DJ’s from 3-6pm. Featuring DJ Brynstar get ready for a casual end to the week. Free entry.

JOYCE COLLINS AT THE BELVEDERE A chilled mix of funk, soul and jazz with Joyce Collins from 5pm - 8pm. If your feeling lazy and just want to relax this is the spot for you. Free entry.

SUNDAY AT THE BREWERY

Beats from RPM, Suri K and Matt Saxon from 2pm onward in the chilled Brewery environs.

SUNDAY AT NORTHIES HOTEL

For a chilled afternoon head to Northies Cronulla to catch David White Duo at 2:30pm, followed by Reckless at 6pm. If you’re in the mood for a bit of a boogie head to the dance floor for a spot of DJ Danny Simms and Ben Morris.

SOUL SHAKEDOWN PARTY AT THE VIEW FACTORY

Soul Shakedown Party grooves the first Sunday of every month with a relaxed program of DJs spinning the best vintage soul, reggae, RNB, ska and rocksteady. DJ Kid Mince, The Scorcher and Chuan The Soul grace the decks from 3pm to 7pm this Sunday. Kids welcome, free entry.

SPICE AT HOME TERRACE

Can’t bear to let the night end?

Sydney’s premier After Hour Club starts 5.00am with Loin Brothers, YokoO, Jay Smalls, Jamie Mattimore, Jeremy Joshua and Sam Roberts.

SUNDAY NIGHTS AT THE GOLDFISH

Five piece groovesters The Martini Club sidle up with DJs Pascal, Illya, Miss Match, Johnny Gleeson, Jack McCord and Tom Kelly for a proper, funky Sunday program. Hungry for music and food? With 49% off all drinks and food between 6pm and 8pm you’ll not suffer for lack of opportunity. Free entry.

BONDI CULTURA AT THE BEACH ROAD HOTEL

End your busy weekend in relaxed fashion with the funk, Brazillian, reggae and world blend of Tropical Jam. Free entry, doors 6pm.

RADIO SOCIAL AT WORLD BAR

Civilised sounds from Eush, Johnny Took and Spookyland at the World Bar this afternoon from 5pm onward. $5 entry.

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THIS WEEK IN 1 JUNE 2010

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

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Robin McLeavy

“Last line of LOST finale (spoiler alert): ‘Frankly, Smoke Monster, I don’t give a damn.’”

The best comment we’ve read on the LOST finale, courtesy of New York City comedian/ writer Andy Borowitz.

DVD OF THE WEEK

Masters Of The Universe. Dolph Lundgren (Universal Soldier), Frank Langella (Frost/ Nixon) and Courtney Cox (Friends) in a film based on the stupidly popular toy line that anyone that was a kid in the ’80s grew up on?

Pass me a Coke and give me a ‘hells yeah’.

Let the battle for Castle Greyskull commence!

Reissued by Shock DVD.

7UP

BY CAMERON GRACE

TOWNS WITH ZOMBIE PROBLEMS

1. Pittsburgh - Night Of The Living Dead (1968) 2. Vermont - Zombie Town (2008) 3. London - Shaun Of The Dead (2004) 4. Macon - The Crazies (2010) 5. Utah - Carnival Of Souls (1962) 6. Port au Prince - White Zombie (1937) 7. Pennsylvania - Wicked Little Things (2007)

GIVEAWAY

Thank God for the indie comedy. These days every second film that comes out stars That Guy Who Used To Do Action Films But Now Is The Face Of Men’s Perfume and Women That Was In A Really Good TV Show But Never Made It In The Film World...Really in some botched attempt at comedy. So it’s refreshing when a little less money is spent on the catering and fed into the script. The latest indie-tastic comedy to come out of the US is City Island, revolving around a dysfunctional family headed by Andy Garcia (yes!) and Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife) and also featuring the always reliable Emily Mortimer. Thanks to Anchor Bay Films we’ve got five double in-season passes to the film to giveaway, so for your chance to win one email giveaways@3dworld.com.au with ‘CITY ISLAND’ in the subject line.

YOU’LL LOVE HER THIS WEEKK YOU GET THE RARE CHANCE TO SEE ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST PROMISING NEW ACTING TALENTS ON AGE AND SCREEN, SCREEN IN COMPANY B’S MEASURE FOR MEASURE AND IN THE LOVED ONES BOTH STAGE ONES, SCREENING AT SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL. DARRYN KING TALKS TO ROBIN MCLEAVY. On a rehearsal break at Company B’s warehouse, stage and screen actress Robin McLeavy – when she isn’t sneaking surreptitious glances at my notes – is casually philosophical about working through a tricky script. “Theatre’s always interesting when it’s not easy,” she says.

nun-to-be Isabella. McLeavy laughs at the mismatch between Lola and Isabella, particularly when asked if there’s a connection between the two, but if there is a similarity between The Loved Ones and this production of Measure For Measure, it’s that they’re both tapping into the darkness within – and are steeped in sex.

Thing is, on stage or screen, McLeavy makes it look easy. Speaking to NIDA’s Head of Acting Tony Knight to get the goss on McLeavy, there’s an outpouring of adjectives – intelligent, motivated, creative, a great ensemble member, generous, a lot of fun to work with – but he settles on one quality in particular. “Her versatility is one of the most attractive things about her,” he says. “She’s got quite an extraordinary range of characters within her.”

“At first I was like, it’s about a nun, what are you talking about?” says McLeavy (on mention of her semi-nude Measure For Measure photo shoot). “But, when you read the play, it’s really about sexual excess.

Sexuality is everyday and acceptable. Pornography is so accessible and it doesn’t seem like it’s really taboo anymore. It’s become commercialised. We’re being encouraged to be in contact with that urge no matter how shallow or meaningless it is. We really play with that idea of excess and raunch and the paradox of people who are removed from their sexuality, who are so confronted by it and the consequences of being cut off from those natural instincts. It’s got a disturbing edge to it.”

Talk about versatility. You may have seen McLeavy as a spunky bassist in 48 Shades, a sassy Empress of Russia in The Great, a conflicted Southern belle in A Streetcar Named Desire, or as any one of six characters in Holding The Man. (You may have also seen her on an episode of All Saints, the very mention of which mortifies McLeavy into silence.) It’s a wonderful string of roles for someone who came this close (I’m indicating a small space between my thumb and forefinger) to pursuing professional horse-riding over acting.

This week, McLeavy is smearing screens red in torture porn masterpiece The Loved Ones, part of the Sydney Film Festival programme. McLeavy plays Lola, a pretty power-drill-wielding psycho bitch from hell. Someone with a dark sense of humour at the festival has dubbed this grand guignol of a flick ‘the perfect date movie’.

At the moment though, as she says apologetically, McLeavy’s mind is operating in iambic pentameter.

She’s currently in a production of Shakespeare’s Measure For Measure at Belvoir St Theatre, playing one of the Bard’s great female characters, the virtuous

McLeavy has worked with director Benedict Andrews once before, playing Honey in Andrews’s memorable 2007 production of Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

Andrews has described what he does as conjuring ‘beautiful nightmares’ and McLeavy says they’re very much on the same page. “I love working with Beno so much,” she says. “While he’s extremely academic and intellectual he’s also so poetic visually, to the extent where you kind of feel you’re entering into someone’s world. It’s really empowering to be inside of that.”

McLeavy’s last stage role was alongside Cate Blanchett in Sydney Theatre Company’s A Streetcar Named Desire, which was embraced by audiences in the US. McLeavy describes it as “one of the most special experiences I’ve ever been involved in,” and speaks with unreserved awe when the conversation drifts to Blanchett. “It was just mind-blowing to be able

to observe her level of skill and dedication and rigorousness and passion and discipline.”

Blanchett is an inspiration to McLeavy in another way, as someone who seems to effortlessly glide between theatre and film work. McLeavy’s intention was to pursue more film work after Streetcar... – she punished herself with a string of gruelling auditions in LA this year and will be going back – but she feels like she’s being lured back onto the boards. “I can’t get out,” she laughs. “I love theatre so much and when I say that I want to do more film I feel like I’m forsaking it. But I definitely want to do more film. All my favourite actors go in and out of theatre and film. I’d like to be able to do that. Theatre takes such a long time to cultivate and the idea of doing one scene once and once only is really appealing. Theatre is a beautiful thing to be involved in, but it vanishes into thin air, and you’re left with the memory – and a really bad DVD shot from a distance that’s nothing like what you created.”

McLeavy partly credits luck for her career thus far.

With a little bit more of said luck – and perhaps a smattering of that talent, charm and dedication of hers – she will be one to watch out for on the big screen. For the time being though, McLeavy is in her element. She lights up talking about the puzzles of Isabella’s character and, as someone who grew up in a politically active household, has also come to appreciate the value of her profession. “I’ve convinced myself over time that what I do is important,” she says. “This play especially offers some insight into forgiveness and redemption and compassion. That’s pretty useful. That’s what keeps me going.”

WHAT: Measure For Measure / The Loved Ones WHERE & WHEN: Belvoir St Theatre Saturday 5 June to Sunday 25 July / Event Cinemas, George St Saturday 5 June and Monday 7

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BIENNALE OF SYDNEY Sydney; various locations

The Biennale takes a whole lot of important and pretty Sydney institutions – the AGNSW, the MCA, the Botanical Gardens, the Opera House – and packs them out with additional and of-the-moment reasons to go there and feel clever and arty rather than ironic and touristy. It also takes the just plain cool, like Cockatoo Island and Artspace, plus provides incentives for you to get there more often, like a free ferry. And a festival club. SuperDeluxe @ Artspace is one of the most brilliant things you can do until August. Based below the Biennale HQ, it’s a club imported from Japan incorporating a bunch of innovative and underground(ish) local and international music and performance acts, runs PechKucha nights (slideshows by and for fun people, like TEDx talks but open to anyone) on Thursdays and films on Sunday.

Each Saturday morning sees a Mystery Tour of the installations at Cockatoo Island guided by a surprise famous art enthusiast (starting at 11:30am, again free but bookings required). Audio tours are available at the MCA and on the island if you’re going as a way of establishing date points with someone attractive but not very conversible.

Cai Guo-Qiang won a Venice Biennale and designed the fireworks for the Beijing Olympics.

His Inopportune: Stage One is a pretty strong retort to any claims of art elitism. It’s cars!

Flipping over in a life-size diorama of a crash!

Through the sky! With light tubes! This isn’t any kind of high-low opposition, though: the binaries are of the complementary kind, so this fascinating disaster is a commentary on how we understand space and objects in time as well as being the kind of eye catching that makes you feel guilty afterward.

Director Sam Strong has been appointed the new Artistic Director of Griffin Theatre Company.

Strong, the Literary Associate at Company B and director of its production The Power Of Yes, replaces Nick Marchand, who is leaving to become Director of the British Council in Australia.

Strong will co-curate the 2011 season with Marchand who has been in the job for three years.

Rumours that the founder of the Tropfest short film festival might take the event interstate are a sad reflection of New South Wales Government’s support for the arts. Actor/Director John Polson is returning a government grant of $10,000 and asking Events New South Wales to take the festival, which packs the Domain each summer, off its website. He says his festival gets three times more support from Victorian agencies than from the NSW government and Events New South Wales. Polson is also critical that the state government wants logos and VIP seats in return for less than one per cent of the festival’s costs of more than $1 million. Tropfest, which is free to the public, recorded a $50,000 deficit this year.

Cate Blanchett has joined Premier Kristina Keneally and Arts Minister Virginia Judge to announce that the Pier 2/3 wharf will be turned into a new performance space and home for arts companies. It consolidates a new cultural precinct stretching from the Opera House to the Sydney Theatre. The Premier reckons future use of the site will be determined by ‘an expert panel’, who will consult with the arts sector. It will also look at potential private sector investment.

At its Annual General Meeting last week, the Sydney Theatre Company announced an operating profit of $607,167 for 2009, the first year programmed by Artistic Directors Andrew Upton and Cate Blanchett. Box office income (excluding tours) increased by $2.9 million, up 27 per cent on 2008. Some of the highlights of 2009 included A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, directed by Liv Ullmann, plus a revival of David Williamson’s The Removalists.

Ian Wilding has won the $20,000 Patrick White Playwrights’ Award for Forever Seven. Set in the future, the play satirises the fetish of youth, the cult of beauty and the longevity business.

The award was established in 2000 in honour of White’s contribution to theatre and to foster the development of local writers.

Carlingford theatre patron Peter Maroon tells us he was the one-millionth person to buy a ticket to Wicked during its Australian run. Maroon got a VIP upgrade including a dinner and photo opportunity with the cast. But he says he liked the free merchandise bag and souvenir prop – a witches’ broom – the best.

Rehearsals are in full swing for a new production of Under Milk Wood, Dylan Thomas’ great love letter to the Welsh countryside that he wrote and left behind in a pub. Bambina Borracha Production’s new tilt on the classic play for voices promises to “rebuild the village in Sydney with the same curiosity and ratbag humour”. It opens this month at Marrickville’s Sidetrack Theatre.

JON DORE SWINGS INTO TOWN Canadian comedian Jon Dore is coming to Sydney this month for a string of dates at the Comedy Store. Best known for his mockumentary show for The Comedy Channel, The Jon Dore Television

THE RUSKIS ARE COMING The 2010 Russian Resurrection Film Festival has an historical film in it, named after historical figures you vaguely remember the names of. The historical film called Belka & Strelka is in 3D animation and subtitled ‘Space Dogs’. Awesome. It also features a survey of Russian WWII films, including Andrei ‘God’ Tarkovsky’s feature debut Ivan’s Childhood, a political satire called Miracle that uses a religious retribution as a lens on social taboos lifting immediately after the death of Stalin, plus a superhero film called Black Lightning where the guy has a flying car (have faith – it’s produced by Night Watch director Timur Bekmambatov). Russian Resurrection runs Thursday 19 August to Wednesday 1 September at Chauvel Cinema. Full programme online at russianresurrection.com.

SYDNEY PUNK MUSO RELEASES COMIC Science and supervillains are both very important to comic books and it’s nice to see them used to address the sorely neglected topic of girl bands and zombie rock stars. A four-issue investigation of a Frankenstein-style genius who takes his reanimation skills into record production, The Grave Shakers is the “braaains”child of Sydney punk band Nancy Vandal’s Mike Foxall. Roping some hapless attractive and/or bumbling types along the way, there’s scheming and nice gloomy-looking cartoon renderings of famous people. Issue one is available for free download or purchase of the print edition atthegraveshakers.com. Foxall will aslo be featured at Supernova this July.

ALL THAT GLISTERS BETWEEN WORLDS Stills Gallery’s next shows are photographic records of inaccessible worlds: that of childhood identityformation in Polixeni Papapetrou’s Between Worlds and the untouchable memorabilia under glass in All That Glisters by Mark Kimber. Viewers inhabit the gaze of the collector in Kimber’s dioramas, to recognise the markers of celebrity and authenticity that denote a treasure and are denied eye contact with the animal-masked children in fairytale scenes in Papapetrou’s costumed portraits. Both extensions on and continuations of the practices of these

Show, as well as being a correspondent for Canadian Idol, Dore is also a well-travelled stand-up comedian, something Sydney will see for themselves when he plays the well-known comedy locale Tuesday 1 June to Saturday 12. photographers, the two shows are open for viewing from Wednesday 2 June to Saturday 3 July.

RECORDING A TOTALLY AWESOME DVD Axis Of Awesome are household names in Australia, but their status has gone from pretty much unknown entities to indemand superstars in the making in the United States, thanks to a 140 character plug from actor-turned-influential-tweeter Ashton Kutcher.

Before they head across the pond for glory in that most fickle of nations, the three-piece musical comedy act are performing at The Metro Theatre, and recording it for a live DVD. If you want to see the recording live in action, The Metro show is being held Tuesday 8 June. Tickets through the venue.

MOMA DIRECTOR TO GIVE LECTURE AT MCA Sydney’s Museum Of Contemporary Art are kicking off their Ann Lewis AO Contemporary Visual Arts International Address series with a bang, by way of Museum Of Modern Art, New York Director, Glenn D. Lowry, who will give a speech at the Circular Quay museum Friday 25 June. The lecture, titled ‘The Museum of Modern Art and the Future: thoughts about art museums in the 21st Century’, will do just that: address the issues and ideas sorrounding the worlds of art and collecting. MoMA is one of the world’s best homes to some of the world’s best contemporary art so this is pretty much an event not to miss. Head to mca.com.au for more info.

PLAYS FROM SONDHEIM, FO, AND MOLIÈRE AT NIDA This week NIDA kick off three comedies, including their first staging of Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins – which explores Presidential assassination in the US – in ten years (that production including a young Sam Worthington in the cast). Directed by Toby Knight with choreography from Baz Luhrmann’s go-to guy John O’Connell, Assassins plays at Parade Theatre until Saturday 5 June. In addition, Dario Fo’s Accidental Death Of An Anarchist will play at the Parade Playhouse Wednesday 2 June to Saturday 5, while Molière’s The Hypochondriac will run at Parade Studio Tuesday 1 June to Saturday 5. That’s three big name writers, there. Head to Ticketek for tickets; nida.edu.au for further info.

While it was rumoured that some of Fiona Hall’s The Barbarians At The Gate had gone missing from the Botanical Gardens shortly after installation, the country-coded camouflage beehives and grain plantings are a source of moral discomfort only in terms of colonial importation and implanting of other cultures. Old news. But the grain plantings in this piece aren’t the only things growing here: Janet Laurence’s WAITING – A Medicinal Garden For Ailing Plants is laboratory-cum-field-hospital where human botanical and doctoring techniques are used on specimens that may recover or decay throughout the duration of the work. (Choi Jeong-Hwa’s inflatable lotus flower in the Main Pond, the unbearable lightness of being, isn’t expected to – um – blossom any further.)

Until 1 August BETHANY SMALL

RAIN MAN Ensemble Theatre

Plays are turned into films all the time. The other way round is less common. Why take something from the screen to the stage, where it will be seen by much fewer people, particularly when the original film is so well known and so, well, good?

With Rain Man, the answer partly seems to be because it works. The basic story of Charlie Babbit and his cross-country road trip with estranged savant brother Raymond (originally played by Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman, here played by Alex Dimitriades and Daniel Mitchell) is much the same in director Sandra Bates’ production as it was in the 1988 film. There are only a couple of significant revisions: Raymond’s fear of flying takes on a whole new meaning post 9/11 and it certainly wouldn’t do to leave the term “idiot savant” unaddressed in our politically correct times.

Mitchell’s wonderful portrayal of Raymond – the nervous tics, the infuriating compulsions, the surprising tenderness – is his own. Dimitriades too is excellent once he climbs out of Cruise’s shoes and brings more of himself to his performance by the second act. I’m still not convinced that a world with Rain Man: The Movie needed Rain Man: The Play – especially with theatre ticket prices costing as much as they do – but one can’t entirely dismiss this production which, judged on its own merits, manages to be almost as enjoyable and touching as the film, which is very much indeed.

Season ongoing DARRYN KING

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Animal Kingdom

ANIMAL KINGDOM

David Michôd’s feature debut is a visceral, character-driven journey into the dark heart of a Melbourne crime family. From its pitch-black comedic opening, Animal Kingdom is a slow burn of epic proportions, with fans of The Wire or Michael Mann’s classic Heat sure to find resonance in the incisive writing and palpable atmosphere throughout. When J’s (James Frenchville) mother overdoses, the lanky 17-year-old is rescued by his sunny maternal grandmother Smurf (Jackie Weaver) and reunited with his uncles Craig (Sullivan Stapleton), Darren (Luke Ford) and the patriarch, Pope (Ben Mendelsohn). This is a family once fuelled by armed robbery, but now Craig has turned to the more lucrative drug trade and Pope’s lieutenant Baz (Joel Edgerton) is considering the stock market. It’s the end of an era and when police detective Leckie (Guy Pearce) starts circling J, it comes time for him to chose which pack he’s running with.

Though the metaphor may be pushed a tad too far at times, along with J’s unnecessary narration, Animal Kingdom is nonetheless a stunning debut. Unfolding at a studied pace, with the disquieting leadership of a pathological Pope intercut with bursts of jarring violence; this is no action flick. Instead it’s almost Shakespearean in scope, with Mendelsohn and Weaver each giving tour de force performances

that etch themselves into your nightmares. Animal Kingdom is both a cruel coming of age fable and a chilling portrait of criminal psychology; a film in which Michôd proves himself a potent creative force and a contender for rule.

WHEN: Screening from 3 June ALICE TYNAN

THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES (EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS)

The somewhat surprise winner of this year’s Academy Award for best foreign film, The Secret In Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos) is an extremely worthy film.

Expansive, atmospheric and sensuously shot, it lures you into the foggy world of memory, further misted over by layers of regret.

Adapting the novel by Eduardo Sacheri, Argentinean writer/director Juan José Campanella weaves a captivating web around the story of a retired criminal court investigator, Benjamín Esposito (Ricardo Darín) who decides to write a novel about a 25-year-old case; the criminal – and the girl – who got away.

From the moment a grey haired Esposito pays a visit to his former colleague, now judge Irene Menéndez Hastings (Soledad Villamil), an epic,

GLOW SCHTICK GLOW IS IN MANY WAYS TRADITIONAL, HANDS-ON THEATRE, BUT IT DAZZLES LIKE THE MOST EYE-POPPING SPECIAL EFFECTS SEQUENCES IN HOLLYWOOD’S BIGGEST BUDGET BLOCKBUSTERS. LEE BEMROSE SPOKE TO THE SHOW’S CREATOR LIOR KALFO.

Félix Monti’s breathtakingly subjective cinematography, combined with deeply compassionate performances, pathos and humour make this film a tantalising world in which to spend 127 minutes. Though the political turmoil is largely in the background, those aware of Argentina’s checkered past will have a deeper understanding of the film as an historical parable, evoking the importance of memory and the pain of justice still unmet.

WHEN: Screening in cinemas now ALICE TYNAN

THE STONING OF SORAYA M.

There are over 5,000 honour killings committed globally every year according to the United Nations.

An honour killing is a punishment that is metered out against women in some Muslim countries, who are said to have “dishonoured” their husband/ father/brother by committing some sort of immoral behaviour. The definition of immorality appears to

run the gamut from infidelity, looking at another man, being raped, accepting phone calls from men and everything in between.

Now there have been few films that dare to tackle this very controversial subject. But Iranian-born, American-trained filmmaker Cyrus Nowrasteh has decided to take a risk and commit the story of one woman’s honour killing to the big screen.

Based on a book written by journalist Freidoune Sahebjam, The Stoning of Soraya M. sees Jim Caviezel driving through the mountains of Iran when his car radiator gives out on him and he is stranded. Zahra (Shohreh Aghdashloo) sees a chance to tell the writer what happened to her friend the day before. Soraya (Mozhan Marno) is a young woman whose husband frames her for adultery so that he can run off with a 14-year-old child. And despite her protestations of innocence, she is publically stoned to death.

The Stoning of Soraya M. is a good example of a filmmaker having great intentions but just getting so absorbed by the issue at hand, forgetting about character development and storyline. As treated here, this subject would have played better as a doco. But the topic is still important enough to overlook the hysteronics and see what is happening in our backyard.

WHEN: Screening in cinemas now PRISCELLA ENGALL

LET THERE BE BLOOD There will be blood. In rehearsals for the latest Sydney Theatre Company production, the actors are being splashed, spattered and soaked in gore.

Actor Julia Ohannessian gets drenched in the stuff.

“It’s actually made out of sugar and has a syrupy kind of texture,” Ohannessian says. “After a while it sets and becomes quite icky. It’s fun to try to deal with that as an actor. You can feel it drying and your skin tightening. I have it in my mouth, sitting in the back of my throat for about half an hour.”

Are there communal showers for the performers at the ecologically conscious Wharf theatres? “There are showers. You don’t have to shower together but, you know, it’s always nice to have someone to scrub your back.”

His latest production, Glow, has been delighting audiences around the globe and Kalfo has been content to direct the show for some time now rather than start in it. When the Sydney Opera House approached him in Spain and asked him to bring the show to Australia, however, he decided to climb back into the saddle and play the lead character, the titular Glow.

What makes Glow really stand out, however, is, well, the way it stands out. This is blacklight theatre and it’s quite unlike anything you’ve seen before.

It’s live theatre incorporating truly amazing special effects that rely on UV reactive clothing and props, black lights and a team of invisible ninjas. That’s right – there are three actors visible on stage supported by a team of invisible ninjas decked out in full length black body stocking rendering them invisible to the ultra violet light. In this way, the invisible ninjas – taking their cues from the music – scurry about in the dark, manipulating the props in a way that makes a standard stage take on characteristics normally seen on film via CGI or

unrequited love story is effortlessly established.

The film cuts backwards and forwards between the pair reminiscing as Esposito struggles to write his novel in 1999, then 1974 when he unwillingly took the Morales case – a rape/murder of a beautiful 23-yearold teacher – which was the event that effectively sidelined his life.

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BLOOD, BLOOD AND MORE BLOOD. THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF SANGUINOUS TALK SURROUNDING STC’S NEW PLAY, ORESTEIA. ACTOR JULIA OHANNESSIAN TALKS TO DARRYN KING. ABOUT BLOOD.

Lior Kalfo isn’t exactly a household name here, but he’s big in his native Israel. He has been a standup comedian, star of television sitcom, theatre director, producer, and actor. His bio claims that he “is a man with a thousand faces” and, while we suspect this might be a bit of an exageration, there is no doubt he is a man of many talents.

At this point in a regular theatre feature we’d probably spend a paragraph or two on the storyline, setting, characters and themes, but Glow is anything but regular theatre and the storyline is almost irrelevant. Basically our man Glow is a shy office nerd who gets bullied by his boss. He falls in love with a co-worker and you can join the dots yourself. Sweet story, yes, but as the show’s creator readily admits, it’s a story we’ve all heard before.

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cartoon animation. There are moments of homage in Glow to films such as The Matrix and The Mask, but here the effects are achieved with a much more modest budget and without a CGI geek in sight.On the phone from Tel Aviv, Kalfo describes Glow thus: “I would call it cinematic theatre, because you sit in the audience and you see a live theatre show, but you see it in the language of cinema. You even see opening credits the way you would in the cinema.

You will sit there and say how did they do that... how the hell did they do that?”

And speaking of language... Kalfo deploys at least eight languages to deliver the dialogue and has found that in this way, Glow is understood by audiences all around the world. So while the colours pop, don’t let your eyes have all the fun; keep an ear out for jokes in local vernacular.

WHAT: Glow WHERE & WHEN: Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House Saturday 5 June to Friday 11

Ohannessian is a member of the Residents, STC’s nine-strong in-house ensemble of actors, who have learned, worked, performed – and, it’s not surprising to find out, showered – together at the company since June last year. Most recently, they’ve been rehearsing under director Tom Wright in Wright’s own adaptation of Aeschylus’s bloody tragedy Oresteia (we agree to pronounce it “awre-sty-uh”, though there seems to be a strong case for “awr-e-stee-uh”). Ohannessian plays Trojan princess Cassandra, whom Apollo grants the gift of prophecy. When Cassandra fails to return Apollo’s affections, he turns his gift into a curse: her prophecies go unheeded.

Wright has made no secret of his impatience for domestic dramas and Oresteia is shaping up to be a work that lives up to its mythical origins.

“You can never go wrong with putting on a massive Greek tragedy,” Ohannessian says. “There’s so much you can get from it. There’s tragedy, loss and love – and it’s always nice to see someone going through a journey like that on stage. It’s great for the actors as well as the audience. It feels like it’s something we have to dig up and put on stage, to

imagine those times and relate those events to now.

Tom’s doing such a fantastic job in this production.

He’s really capturing the essence of Greek tragedy.”

Ohannessian has a great admiration for Wright – with whom the Residents have worked particularly closely – and a strong appreciation of her time at the STC in general.

“Tom is absolutely fantastic,” she says. “I don’t think there’s anything he doesn’t know. Every time I step into the rehearsal room it’s different: he adjusts to the time and the weather and how you’re feeling as an actor and when you think you don’t know about your character he pulls it out of the air.

“Personally, how I see it is, an actor can never stop learning. The whole life is learning and being curious about life and experiences. And that’s something you get from being part of the Residents here at STC. I feel I’ve learned more here about myself and acting than anywhere. We’re testing ourselves to our limits and seeing what we have to offer. It’s such a great experience.”

Not long after speaking to Ohannessian, a rehearsal picture is uploaded to the Oresteia production blog.

It shows Ohannessian slain on the ground, her throat slashed and her body streaked with that familiar crimson colour. They sure work them hard at the STC. Keep up to date with the Oresteia rehearsals at oresteia.posterous.com.

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Call 0410 865 035 or email newtons4@ aapt.net.au iFlogID: 4699

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BASS PLAYER + DRUMMER WANTED I’m a Sydney based artist looking for a bass player and a drummer. I’d love to give everyone a go but we can only consider accomplished players. We are and will continue to be gigging regularly around Sydney. With the music getting regular airplay on FBI and attention from all the right people, we need musos that LOVE the music I do and believe 100% in it. Let Management know if you’re interested by emailing: management@taylorkingmusic. com or calling on 0404 370 768 Check out the music at my Myspace: www.myspace. com/taylorjking iFlogID: 3484

WANNA BE IN MY BAND??!!!

Who wants to be in a all girls original pop rock band hav some fun and make some $$$?! Guitar/bass/drummer needed. Must be able to sing passable back up vox and luv performing!Practice 1-2 times per week. Gig asap. All ages welcome. www. myspace.com/nicolesero 0435 426 012 iFlogID: 4394

FOLK/ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY DRUMMER We are a 4 piece folk/acoustic/blues/ country band consisting of 2 x vox, 2 x guitars, double bass, stomp box and keys looking to find a drummer to add colour and energy to our songs. We play all original material and are currently gigging around Sydney and recording our debut EP in June this year. We play a mix of styles so looking for someone versatile.

Must be willing to commit to at least 1 night a week rehearsal, gigs and festivals.

If this sounds like you then please contact Susie on susiehurley@live.com iFlogID: 4425

SONS OF GENGHIS NEED DRUMMER! Sydney Based “Sons Of Genghis” need versatile drummer, if you play like primus meets Chilli Peppers, Faith no more meets Pantera,this is the band for you and we want your chops!! Check the sounds at www.myspace.com/sonsofgenghis. Call Jono 0410 330 702 or Andy 0420 771 357. iFlogID: 4485

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BASSPLAYER WANTED we are 3 guys who have been around the block a few times and we have decided to form a new lineup to have some fun. we’ve been doing the odd gig with a fill in bass and are looking for a permanent. we are 38-48 and have been playing a long time. we’re doing covers at the moment to get started in the pub circuit. rehearsing at barden ridge(menai) we are easy guys and dont mind a beer or 2.. srv, chisel, ac/dc, diesel, anything that gets bums off seats. call 0420 317537 cheers! iFlogID: 3799

METALLICA SHOW THE UNFORGIVEN METALLICA TRIBUTE

Hard hitting drum demon required for Sydney band The Watt Riot. Have done some cool stuff like win jjj unearthed, release two EP’S, toured with great bands.

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BRAIN, FISHMAN, IGOR, HERB drums for Mool Project. currently a duo playing odd style stomps, grooves and changes, with t.waits/n.young/ish vox. view to record and gig. myspace.com/ themoolkingdevice for a rough idea. Elegio 0431 225 686 iFlogID: 4946

BLUES ROCK DRUMMER WANTED Drummer needed urgently for original blues rock band based southern Sydney area with record company backing and management. Some interstate touring required, approx. once a month, with your travel and accommodation costs covered.

Paid gigs but you’re in it for love not money. ABN, drivers licence and reliable equipment essential. No session players please, we want someone committed to the project. See www.annipiper.com for more info and phone Rich 0412509198 iFlogID: 5000

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BASS PLAYER WANTED We are a rock covers band playing classics from the 70’s to current styles. AC/ DC is a big influence along with Guns N’ Roses, Pearl Jam and Hendrix. We are easy going down to earth people looking for the same. We’re looking for someone who is committed and doesn’t take themselves too seriously. We have a view to play local gigs around Wollongong and eventually doing originals and touring. If you’re interested in rocking your way to the top then look no further. Call Dale on 0409 408 596 iFlogID: 4573

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DRUMMER WANTED - SYDNEY High energy, versatile drummer wanted for Sydney Alt rock band. (20-30y/o) must have good gear, transport,live experience, ect many influences ranging from Deftones, Butterfly Effect to QOTSA, Foo’s ect to name a few. We have gigs + opportunites waiting. material ready to go. No time wasters please. email: scoobysnacks@live.com.au or call: 0458 338 102 iFlogID: 4794

DRUMMER WANTED NOW!!

Sydney based alternative, rock band are looking for a reliable, experienced drummer. Good equipment and own transport is essential. Our influences are Tool, Rage Against The Machine, SOAD, Alice In Chains, Nich Cave, Queens Of The Stone Age...Contact Kat: 0424372751,or via e-mail: katerina.zhelezkina@gmail.com iFlogID: 4545

DISTACT NEED NEW DRUMMER New drummer needed full time for Hard rock outfit. Wollongong based. good heavy solid style required, looking to perform/ record asap. contact us at distract010@ live.com or 0429728477. iFlogID: 4570

Drummers are like girlfriends: it’s best to meet them through friends, at parties, or browsing in the non-fiction section of your local library. But I’m desperate, so here goes: singer-songwriter seeks drummer with gear & transport for gigs.

We rehearse in the inner-west. www. lostinthewoodsmusic.com iFlogID: 5122

GUITARIST NOEL GALLAGHER-OASIS COV BAND OASIS cover band requires a NOEL GALLAGHER. That means good singing ability and tight rythm ability. Lead not essential.

Please be a fan of the music, have your own transport and some good gear. Call Blake 0420 774 819 iFlogID: 3161

WANNA BE IN MY BAND??!!!

Who wants to be in a all girls original pop rock band hav some fun and make some $$$?! Guitar/bass/drummer needed. Must be able to sing passable back up vox and luv performing!Practice 1-2 times per week. Gig asap. All ages welcome. www. myspace.com/nicolesero 0435 426 012 iFlogID: 4392

ANGUS YOUNG DIRTY DEEDS - Australia’s leading tribute to AC/DC are in need of a professional Angus Young impersonator for immediate work. If you look like Angus Young and are an Angus nut, you live and breathe AC/DC, you can get down on the floor and spin on your shirtless back while shredding to Whole Lotta Rosie - then we want you!

This is the busiest AC/DC tribute show there is with the best crew so be prepared to commit fully. Send your bio, recent photos and any other supporting evidence of your bad self to info@dirtydeeds.net.au for consideration. www.dirtydeeds.net.au iFlogID: 4723

KEYBOARD SKILLED KEYBOARDIST WANTED to complete lineup of new show. Ability to cover orchestrations and excellent sounds to match a must. High quality show with good pay. Contact: onemoreguitar@ yahoo.com.au iFlogID: 4323

SYNTH PLAYER WANTED!!!

RED FIRE RED; explosive new Australian rock act are auditioning Synth players for album launch and touring. Check out our music at www.myspace.com/redfirered Must have pro experience and gear. If you’re fired up about what we do email us at redfireredband@gmail.com iFlogID: 4859

MULTI-GENRE KEYBOARD PLAYER SEEKING KEYBOARD PLAYER WITH A LIKING AND SKILL IN VARIOUS GENRES OF MUSIC FROM THE 60’S ONWARDS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A LONG TERM PARTNERSHIP WITH A PROFESSIONAL LYRICIST, SINGER WITH AMBITION TO FROM A SONG-WRITING DUO TO CREATE SONGS FOR ALBUMS, FILM AND OTHER MEDIA. PROFICIENCY IN APPLE, GARAGEBAND A DISTINCT ADVANTAGE. , PLEASE CONTACT ENRICO ON 0407 781156 FOR FURTHER DETAILS. iFlogID: 4976

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Five world-class passionate vocalists wanted for a Gospel music CD project.

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muso’s wanted to jam form rock/metal band, steve,0424487379 iFlogID: 2814

MUSICIANS AND AUDIENCE WANTED Details: http://hotelwilliam.yayabings. com.au This is the underground melting pot of music jam sessions, organised by the Yayabings Music Club with the JazzKatts romping the Fusion Bar. Musicians/ singers, comedians and artists at all levels perform by coming in on that evening.

Totally impromptu and musicians may improvise with other musicians/singers or perform their own set. Local/Backpackers/Internationals all welcome. iFlogID: 2923

MUSO’S WANTED TO JAM/ FORM BAND BLUES,METAL,HARDROCK,SURF,PUB MUSIC,ORIGINALS&COVERS,CALL 0424487379 iFlogID: 3192

SINGERS/SONGWRITERS/ ACCOUSTIC male or female singers/songwriters wanted to jam/perform open mic’s with on northern beaches, stevesbackintown@ hotmail.com iFlogID: 3198

MUSO’S WANTED TO JAM/ FORM BAND MUSO’S WANTED TO DO OPENMICS WITH JAM/FORM BAND ON THE NORTHERN BEACHES INFLUENCES ROCK/METAL/ ORIGINALS/COVERS/PUBROCK/ACCOUSTIC STEVE 0424487379 iFlogID: 3360

GET YOUR MUSIC ON RADIO! Want to get your music heard on radio?

Australian Broadcasting Media(ABM) has over 30 radio stations so getting your music out there is no problem! Interested? email andy@zfmcountrywide.com iFlogID: 3458

ELECTRONIC MUSIC GURU WANTED! ELECTRONIC MUSIC GURU WANTED FOR THE FLAMBOYANT Saba ‘FEELING FEMININE’ SHOWS! GOOD AT SEQUENCING AND PLAYING LIVE! INFLUENCES: LA ROUX, THE PRESETS, DELPHIC, HOT CHIP, MGMT. CALL SABA: 0410-450-375. CALL BEN: 0410-344-107. iFlogID: 3822

MUSOS WANTED FOR BAND guitarist ,singer song writer seeks lower mountains muso’s to form band. Drummer, Bassist, Guitarist and Vocalist welcome. Influences include The Cure, the Church, Bowie, Dylan etc Please call Dave on 0405059558 iFlogID: 4300

HELP Hi I’m Brad, I’m 23 and i live on the northern beaches. I’m trying to start a Punk Rock band and I cant do it by myself. If you can play the guitar or drums or whatever and want to start a band, then please call me. I don’t care how good or bad you are at your instrument-your probably better than me! My influences are The Clash, The Ramones and The Pistols. My No. is 0404 909 416 iFlogID: 4561

BANDS WANTED FOR ITUNES ALBUMS Valleyarm Digital are looking for bands to be included on compilation albums that will be featured on iTunes worldwide, you’ll still own 100% of your recordings & publishing plus make money from the sales!! All genres are welcome and we’ll also be offering a Worldwide Digital Deal to a band or artist that we think we can market on a global scale! This will include $5000 worth of online marketing and a worldwide release on all the major digital stores. Submit your tracks (1 per band/ artist) along with bio and contact details to - info@valleyarm.com www.valleyarm. com iFlogID: 4843

SINGER-DANCERS WANTED! SINGER DANCERS WANTED FOR THE FLAMBOYANT Saba ‘FEELING FEMININE’ SHOWS! STYLISH ELECTRO-POP CABARET! THE MORE FLAMBOYANT THE BETTER! CALL SABA: 0410-450-375.

CALL BEN: 0410-344-107. iFlogID: 3824

SINGER FOR GRUNGE/ ROCK BAND Sydney Grunge/Rock band Samsara looking for a talented singer and front man to join a complete band looking to gig and record. An albums worth of music is already written but need vocal melodies and lyrics. Influences include Silverchair, Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Led Zeppelin, Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Black Sabbath etc etc. Contact Daniel: 0403 885 433, for more information and demos. iFlogID: 4187

FEMALE SINGER WANTED We are looking for an open-minded and charismatic artist. Experience not necessary. Keyboardist optional. Preferred age: 16-26. We are a new band looking to jump into the live music scene. Located in Bondi, our influences include blues, punk, rock and funk. Jam and practice sessions twice a week. Call Bo on 0401365924 or Email on andrewakman2001@gmail. com. iFlogID: 4442

RECORDING + CUSTOM BEATS Stately Manor Productions – Sydney’s newest Hip-Hop Production House are offering MC’s, Rappers and Hip Hop Artists the chance to RECORD FREE at our project studios and have a customised beat created. Get that song out of your head and on disc at professional release quality. www.statelymanor.com.au for details (submit your best track online). iFlogID: 4496

SKA SINGER WANTED We are a new band called Low Gear. Have had about 16 practices together at home, and now about 10 in a studio. We’re not looking for anyone interested in making money as soon as they join a band as we are not gigging yet, but will be looking to just for fun to start, then who knows.

Whilst we dont like to admit to being influenced directly by any particular bands, we all like a mix of, The Specials, Toots and the Maytals, Madniess, Reel Big Fish, Prince Buster, Sublime as far as ska goes, we also individually have many opposing influences such as, The Clash, The Ramones, Stiff Little Fingers and thats just me!

We have had a great time in the rehearsal rooms in Marrickville, Sydney for the past couple of months, doing 2 hours every fortnight until we get storage then looking to make it more regular. We are now finding that we are hitting a wall without a singer and are looking for someone to come along and give us some input and help us over this hurdle. We are looking for a singer who is decent, but doesnt feel the need to bash it out at 100% all the time, someone who can relax into a voice and also belt out some cheeky stuff every now and then too. If you feel you would have a good time practising with us, give us an email and see how you go. If you enjoy our company then I am sure you would be a welcome friend. iFlogID: 4579

VOICE OF AN ANGEL Have you been told you have the voice of an angel? Do you want to put it to good use? Come along and sing for a local Church and see your gift grow. Share what you know, let us share what we know. Call 95441144 for a chat about your gift and how we can help see it grow. iFlogID: 4593

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS SHOW Established and agent backed Oz Red Hot Chili Peppers Show are looking for a experienced singer. Must be based in Sydney, with own transport. info@ozredhotchilipeppersshow.com.au iFlogID: 4679

SINGERS/MUSICIANS WANTED!

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Talented Musicians, Singers/Songwriters Wanted for collaborative project. Im a Perth based Producer seeking friendly and talented singers and musicians in any style for serious yet fun musical projects leading to an album and gigs. Interested? feel free to contact me : recording_studio19@ y7mail.com iFlogID: 4931

DIRTY DEEDS - Australia’s leading tribute to AC/DC are in need of a professional Brian Johnson impersonator for immediate dep work. If you look like Brian and can scream your lungs out in the style of Johnson to all the AC/DC classics - then we want you! This is the busiest AC/DC tribute show there is with the best crew so be prepared to work. Send your bio, recent photos, mp3’s or any other supporting evidence of your bad self to info@ dirtydeeds.net.au for consideration. www. dirtydeeds.net.au iFlogID: 4731

WESTERN SYDNEY - MUSOS WANTED 38 y/o guitarist/songwriter looking for likeminded people to form a not-too-serious band for writing, playing and recording in my garage studio in St Clair (Western Sydney). Weekends only, just for fun. Originals, covers and maybe a few gigs. Call Steve 0424 505 361. iFlogID: 5044

SINGER NOEL GALLAGHER-OASIS COV BAND OASIS cover band needs a Noel Gallagher.

That means a good singer with tight rythm guitar ability. Lead not essential. Good gear and transport required. Call Blake 0420 774 819 iFlogID: 3159

SINGER TO JAM/ FORM BAND wanted for duo openmic nights leading into the opportunity to form covers/ originals band northern beaches area call 0424487379 iFlogID: 3348

SINGER WANTED! Sydney Modern/Alternative rock band with heaps of ORIGINALS! Seeking a male singer, 18-22yo, with good range and powerful voice. Contact Jae for more details on 0432 438 433 iFlogID: 4802

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS SINGER Sydney based, agent backed and well established Red Hot Chili Peppers tribute require a singer. Please send bio and pic to info@ozredhotchilipeppersshow.com.au iFlogID: 5035

ROCK CHICK WANTED Expirienced female singer wanted for rock covers band, Rockfest.. Age and apperance is not an issue. Strong quality vocals is a must. You will be sharing the stage with a very expirienced male singer and quality musicians backing you up. You will be covering the likes of Baby Animals,

Divynals , Paramore, Mellissa Ethridge , Pink, Lilly Allen , The Donnas,Pat Benatar etc..... We rehearse in the Campbelltown area. Phone Carcus on 0423264460. iFlogID: 5093

SINGER NEEDED Singer needed for hard rock band. We’re looking for a singer, male or female, for our all original hard rock band. The guitarist and I (bass) have been playing together for over 8 years now and over 3 years with our drummer. We have been writing new songs the last 2 years and continue to work on fresh original material. We have also been playing gigs all over Melbourne for the last year getting some stage experience up but we are really dying to get a frontperson with a voice that works with our music. We’re willing to give anyone a listen, we’re all easy going and in it for the fun above all else, but also been keen to take the next step and make it a serious commitment. Have a listen at our myspace link upon application. http:// www.myspace.com/psyecho Please note the myspace recordings are over 2 years old now and we have progressed in style and skill greatly since then. iFlogID: 5131 Creating a band is Western Sydney Penrith Region It will be a Pop rock with a nice bounce to it, for example boys like girls, motion city soundtrack, Rufio and others like that style if interested call me on 0433 028 200 or e-mail me on shane_greig1@ hotmail.com and please no calls after 10 would be Appreciated iFlogID: 5148

SERVICES BEAUTY SERVICES WEB & GRAPHIC DESIGN- SYDNEY Inspire Design Studios provides meaningful, smart and economic design solutions that communicates clearly with a given market. From website design, to branding, we can take you through the entire process of creating an identity for your organization. Maybe you just need some business cards, or maybe you need a completely new look. From logo design, to website creation, to company apparel, and anything in between. To provide you with the most competitive pricing contact us to discuss your requirements without any obligation. Special prices Static website (within 5 pages) $495 CMS website (within 7 pages) $695 Online shopping site $795 No hidden charges or on-going monthly fees To find out more please visit www.lydiay.com iFlogID: 2762

BEAUTY FOR A CAUSE CAMPAIGN ALEY GREENBLO, A CURRENT FINALIST FOR MISS EARTH AUSTRALIA HAS RECENTLY BEEN CHOSEN TO BE THE FACE OF THE “BEAUTY FOR A CAUSE CAMPAIGN”. ALEY HOPES TO CREATE AWARENESS ABOUT CURRENT ENVIRO PROBLEMS AND HAS SET OUT ON A MISSION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE! THIS “DOWN TO EARTH” COMMERCE LAW STUDENT IS EXTREMELY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT & IS DEDICATED TO ENSURING THAT OUR BEAUTIFUL PLANET REMAINS CLEAN & LITTER FREE! ALEY HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY ACTIVE IN PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS & HAS TAKEN ON VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL INITATIVES. “IT IS SO EASY AND EVERYONE CAN HELP BY DOING THE SMALLEST THINGS!” iFlogID: 5082

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GRAPHIC DESIGN SERVICES MYSPACE - WEBSITES - ALBUM ART POSTERS - LOGOS - PROMO - TSHIRT DESIGN - Graphic Design services for everything in the music industry. Website packages start at $449 Custom Myspace $899 WE KNOW YOUR BUSINESS Email for a free quote/consultation paul@cattanachdesign.com.au or vist the website www.cattanachdesign.com.au iFlogID: 3643

100 COLOUR POSTERS ONLY $80 100 Full Colour A4 Gloss Posters = only $40 100 Full Colour A3 Matt Posters = only $50 100 Full Colour A3 Gloss Posters = only $80 and many more options to choose from Posters • Flyers • Handouts • Business Cards We can print a sample for you while you wait and complete the job within the hour. bsd@zip.com.au www.blackstar.com.au iFlogID: 4552

PI BAND ART AND DESIGN 100% devotion to music and the packaging it comes in. Pi (Paul Ikin) has a Complete Design Studio aimed at album cover design, packaging and Band Websites.

Based in Melbourne Central Complex its easy to get to. Some of the services include * Art Layout design for CD’s/Digipack/Gatefolds, * Vinyl Sleeves 12” & 7”, and professional Band Websites. Feel free to visit our site to find out more about our services www.paulikin.com iFlogID: 4626

ILLUSTRATOR AVAILABLE Qualified and trained. Freelance illustrator for childrens books, album cover, book covers, you name it! Based in Melbourne

Central Complex but can do work for anyone anywhere. www.paulikin.com ---Paul:0403 996 129 iFlogID: 4639

SUPER CHEAP COLOUR PRINTING With over 20 years experience, ACE Design & Print has gained an unequaled reputation as a reliable supplier of quality printing with exceptional service and competitive prices. Our print services are designed for fast production and fast delivery within your budget. Here are some prices for your consideration, let us know your specific requirements and we can quote & deliver! 100 A4 Posters printed in full colour onto 150gsm gloss = $40 250 A6 Leaflets printed in full colour onto 150gsm gloss = $50 250 Full Colour Digital Business cards onto 300gsm gloss = $50 100 A3 Posters printed in full colour onto 150gsm gloss = $80 1000 Business Cards in full colour 2 sides with plastic coating = $160 1000 A5 Flyers printed in full colour onto 150gsm gloss = $210 1000 A4 Letterheads printed in full colour onto 100gsm bond = $230 1000 A4 Flyers printed in full colour onto 150gsm gloss = $300 500 A2 Posters printed in full colour onto 150gsm gloss = $490 1000 A5 Booklets 8pp printed in full colour onto gloss = $735 500 Presentation Folders printed in full colour on white board = $795 iFlogID: 4914

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ILLUSTRATOR AVAILABLE! Do you need an affordable Illustrator?

Freelance illustrator Paul Ikin has a 3 year Advance Diploma in Illustration and can create a range of styles for your project.

No hidden cost at an affordable price.

Album Covers - Book Sleeves - Children Books - Online Images - Fliers - Posters - Editorial Artwork. Visit www.paulikin. com - T: 0403 996 129 World Wide based in Melbourne iFlogID: 4160

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rial Artwork. Visit www.paulikin.com - T: 0403 996 129 iFlogID: 5133

TUITION ABLETON COURSES! Introduction to ableton live course available that will end with you writing your very first track!! Max 2 people per class.

One on one tuition also available, cheapest rates available. As we are a small school we are able to spend more time with you for less cash, and we adore doing what we do!! Call Hz Music 0402 85 87 87 iFlogID: 2760

ADULTS ONLY LESSONS! lessons in vocals, guitar, piano, drums, violin, bass, saxophone in comfortable commercial premises. Group or individual one-on-one. Best rates! Kogarah & Beverly Hills ph:1300 787 697 www.jumbonote.com.au iFlogID: 3625

ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS FOR GUITAR 4 WEEK COURSE GETS YOU PLAYING GUITAR OR KEYBOARDS FAST. CHORDS,SONGS,THEORY,INDIVIDUAL TUTION. CALL DAVID ON 0412360275 ANNANDALE AREA ,SYD iFlogID: 4182

SINGING & VOCAL PRODUCTION Whether you just want to sing for your own pleasure or dream of being a singer on stage, all aspects covered from diction, breathing, microphone technique, pitch, harmony,working with live bands and performing. Utilising the latest techniques from the US, sing without stress or fear. All lessons can be recorded and take place in a relaxed and fully equipped studio in Botany. All ages welcome - female teacher- children welcome. INTRODUCTORY OFFER: $30 per lesson for the first 3 months. Conditions apply. iFlogID: 4437

P&O/DJ BOOTCAMP CRUISE P&O have teamed up with DJ Bootcamp to bring u Australias first 8 day/3 island professional DJ Course Cruise.Learn DJing and enjoy, food,entertainmet,accommidation and 3 islands!Early booking discounts.

Go www.djbootcamp.com.au to book 95472578 info. Sails August 29, 2010 iFlogID: 4498

AUS SCHOOL OF STAND UP COMEDY This 5-week stand up comedy course gets u on the fast track of stand up comedy.

Covering writing and stage techniques to prepare U for the spot light! How to develop a solid 3-5 minute comedy routine based upon any and all topics! Plus as an added bonus, All graduating students will perform live and be videotaped at Sydney’s Comedy Court stand up show and competitions. www.comedyintheraw. com.au or 95472578 iFlogID: 4506

ACOUSTIC GUITAR LESSONS in the convenience of your own home.

Fully experienced and qualified tutor. With 20 years of studio and live performance.

Most styles including Pop, Rock and Jazz.

Beginners to advanced. Good results guaranteed. Reasonable rates. Phone Oles on 0407413143 or email: oa@olesart.com iFlogID: 4531

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PHOTOGRAPHY Global Sanctuary Photography are currently running their yearly May, June and July specials. To name a few people we have shot: John Mayer, Jimmy Barnes, Iva Davies, Cruel Sea, Panic at the Disco, Human Nature, Killing Heidi and Delta Goodrem. We come to you on location or at your gig or come to our awesome warehouse studio at Botany. Studio style or grungy warehouse, the choice is yours.

We are creative and easy going producing quality work using canon pro gear.

Call us on 0416 144 277 or email us at globalsanctuary@mac.com. Visit www. globalsanctuary.biz iFlogID: 4518

1100 FULL COLOUR POSTERS = $80 Visit our website for an extensive price list and other services! iFlogID: 4554

AVAILABLE LARGE, SUNNY ROOM IN BONDI JCT Hi, looking for a cool open-minded female to share my unit with. Smoking ok.. outside. Older style unit in good conidtion, huge room, close to shops,beaches, buses and trains. Washing machine, dryer, microwave, digital tv, dvd, and video player available for you to use. Room is unfurnished..prefer someone working or studying who would like to stay for at least a year. Very friendly, cosy home.

Call if interested...$210pw, 2 weeks bond required Pandora 0421 635 737 iFlogID: 5080

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ILLUSTRATOR! BOOKS TO ALBUMS Do you need an affordable Illustrator?

Freelance illustrator Paul Ikin can create a range of styles for your project. No hidden cost at an affordable price. Album Covers Film Clips - Book Sleeves - Children Books - Online Images - Fliers - Posters - Edito-

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THE CHILLI MAN IS BACK!!!!

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