PERTHQUAKE
I’ve been meaning to share these with you for some time… it’s a bit of local love. A disco house mix from Kyran Smith, a new remix from Alex Darkly and my favourite new remix from Moments. I know it’s a lot for one post, but trust me it’s worth your time. Have a browse through on your Friday afternoon/weekend.
Kyran Smith – Winter Disco by Kyran Smith
The Roots – Dear God (Alex Darkly remix) by alexdarkly
Exile – Kiss You All Over (Moments Edit) by Moments.
ON THE BRIGHT SIDE 2011
LINE-up ANNOuNcEmENT
LOOk wHO’S ON THEIR wAy TO wA!
Hello Perth! One year on from our inaugural event, we’re back with news of the second instalment of Perth’s very own polyphonic spree, ON THE BRIGHT SIDE 2011.
ON THE BRIGHTSIDE 2011 is set to bring some of the hottest acts from Australia and abroad to Perth for one big, beautiful, sonic extravaganza under the Supertop at Esplanade Park on Saturday 23 July!
Once again the promoters of Splendour In The Grass will present the good people of Perth with a top notch line-up of acts who will mostly also perform at Splendour 2011, but not before they turn it on for Perth first!
So Perthians, get ready to have your socks collectively knocked off! The following acts will perform exclusive Perth appearances at ON THE BRIGHT SIDE 2011 for you!
THE HIvES • puLp • mODEST mOuSE • TAmE ImpALA THE kILLS • THE GRATES • FOSTER THE pEOpLE
JAmES BLAkE • wARpAINT • TIm & JEAN
Bass Kleph is coming to play Tech Knights (info, tickets) next week and he’s become one of Australia’s best known tech-housr artists. Even though it’s not a genre I’d usually follow admittedly I’ve had the best time researching and listening to all things BK. I have a soft spot for a good hook, and some sweet ass popish vocals (see his track with Kid Massive and Chris Arnott below Everything Is Alright (Bass Kleph Remix). We had a pretty solid chat about the future of Bass Kelph and all things related to record labels and the American house scene, I highly recommend you read on for some pretty good opinions and knowledge of dance music. Full interview after the jump…
Hey man I read on twitter something went wrong in Geelong last week, what happened?
The crowd was really good and stuff they just didn’t have the right equipment!
The Bakery & Tick Tock present
Danger (France/Ekleroshock) LIVE!
support from Audageous, Robot Skream, Dead Vents. + Jack Spaks
The Danger phenomenon is one that cannot be missed.
Danger exploded onto the scene in 2007 and emerged as an integral artist of the French electro scene.
After a hit EP 11h30, a sold out vinyl in 3 weeks, remixing the likes of Kanye West, Sebastien Tellier, La Roux and The Midnight Juggernauts, Danger returns to with his first shows in Australia since 2007 and first LIVE show in Perth ever.
The live show is one of epic proportions; the massive stage show incorporates live instrumentals, an incredible stage and lighting show, and the amazing visual costume of Danger himself.
With a career spanning nearly two decades and still innovating Rap, Soul and Hip-Hop, Big Boi is a pioneer who is cherished across a number of genres. Do not miss ‘General Patton’ and his superb live band together with Theophilus London as they touch down across Australia and New Zealand in August and September 2011.
The Cube presents…
SHOCKONE & PHETSTA
[VIPER / TECHNIQUE]
Support:
SEMPY
XANDER
DART
DEANEL
Hosted by MC XSESSIV
Australia’s biggest dance music act since Pendulum have been selling out Shape Bar EVERYTIME they play for the last couple of years, and things show absolutly no sign of slowing down as they continue on their path of world domination….
Winners of countless PDMA’s over the last few years, both Shockone & Phetsta have topped JJJ’s super request, and ‘The Sun’ is still being played regularly on daytime radio 2 years after its release.
Shockone’s achievments include having the #1 drum & bass and #1 dubstep track on Beatport at the same time, Aswell as being featured on Andy C’s Nightlife 5 – the dream for any drum & bass producer.
Phetsta’s Prism EP with Run You Down is still in the Beaport Dubstep top 10 six weeks after its release, and the video clip was the #6 most watched youtube music video in January 2011 (!!!!!!)…
Keep an eye out for their hotly anticipated single “Crucify Me’ which is finished with the release being imminent, watch this space
Friday night was the most fun I’ve had in a long time, not only because I hadn’t been out in a while, but because I got to hear and see a load of stuff I wouldn’t usually seek out. From the funky sounds of The Brow Horn Orchestra, to Tom Thum’s amazing linguistic abilities to Sampology’s very nice visual monster mash. Everything went well together and it was great to see something different at Razar. Enjoy the promo for Sampolgy’s Visual Monster Mash Tour before you read on. Full review after the jump…
Artist: Amon Tobin
Album: Isam
Label: Ninja Tune
Release Date: Out now
Rating: 8/10
Ever more electronica for our ears, but once again it’s been enjoyable. Amon Tobin’s brand of electronica is intricate, emotion pours from every impeccably chosen sound. There are some really dark and creepy tracks like Goto 10, contrasted with breezy and light tracks like Wooden Toy. There’s a real magical quality to each track, the way that simple sounds can be place together to form some emotional value is pretty impressive. However, if you read the notes Amon has put on the full stream of the album (below) it takes a fair bit of the emotional magic away! It doesn’t detract from the fact that the whole album is well crafted, and enjoyable either for it’s technical skill or for it’s ability to use sound to create something more emotionally charged.
‘ISAM’ – Full album with track-by-track commentary from Amon Tobin by Amon Tobin
