ALTERED STATES TAPES

Moffarfarrah 7" Launch, Tape Projects.

2012-02-12T22:01:00.000-08:00

Saturday, Feb 18th, Tape Projects
6:30pm, 10 minute sets, $5

Moffarfarrah
Super Star
Mu
Oranj Punjabi
Cooper Bowman
Hessian Jailer
Always (...Maybe)

+ Mouving DJ

Stitched Vision Melbourne Tour.

2012-01-07T14:14:00.000-08:00

Fossils - "Drooling Hercules" CS Available.

2012-01-04T20:02:00.000-08:00

If you're not already aware, Canada's Fossils have carved out a unique groove for themselves over the last half-decade on labels including Kye, Fag Tapes, Chocolate Monk and their own imprint, Middle James Co. On "Drooling Hercules", core-Fossil David Payne is joined by Daniel Farr and Josh St. Denis on the A and B side respectively. These stripped down manifestations of Fossils provide some of the most interesting sounds I've heard from them thus far. More fried minimalism than total harshness, both sides present a blend of tape loops, synth, guitar, electronics and, most importantly, room sound, creating a sonorous headrush fit for a king. I'm not sure how many I've made so far, the run will be somewhere between 40 and 60 I guess...

Coming in the next couple of weeks are tapes from Detroit's Andrew Coltrane and a split between Melbourne musique concreters Oranj Punjabi and Reunion Sacred Ibis. Both are guaranteed to be rippers, so keep yer eyes peeled.

NOISEBBQ At KIPL.

2012-01-02T17:39:00.001-08:00

Marco Fusinato, Stitched Vision (NSW), Mshing (QLD), Cock Safari (NSW), Unique Oil Free Air (QLD), The Mermaids (NSW), Mitchell Brennan & Sean Baxter Duo, Oranj Punjabi, Junk Sick, Tim Coster, VDO, Galactagogue, Nic Tammens, Spasmoslop, Wife, FTRG and Radical Creation.

$15
NOISE from 1 - late
Intermission / BBQ 5:30 - 6:45
BYO BBQ foods

Junk Sick Review.

2011-12-17T14:04:00.001-08:00

On something called Cassette Gods.

Tape Reviews.

2011-12-05T19:26:00.000-08:00

"State Of Decay" Publication Launch, Saturday 3rd December.

2011-11-27T04:15:00.001-08:00

Brisbane, December 10th + 11th.

2011-10-29T19:01:00.000-07:00

Sunday, Free House Show.

2011-10-20T06:02:00.000-07:00

Teen Ax
Spasmoslop
Reunion Sacred Ibis
FTRG
Trichotillomania

Broken House, 52 Hope St., Brunswick
Enter via back alley.
Start around 2pm, finish around 5.

KIPL, Saturday October 22nd.

2011-10-13T02:59:00.000-07:00

This is probably the launch for the 'Rising Damp' tape by Junk Sick on Altered States / Magik Crowbar.

JUNK SICK (loop-based harsh and strange noise)

MITCHELL BRENNAN (laptop processed acoustic improvisation)

TEEN AX (brutal power electronic sounding noise-rock from Sydney)

NIC TAMMENS (solo guitar / pedal-based harsh deconstruction)

WIFE (reel to reels, guitar and effects collide)

KIPL. 136 Roden Street. West Melbourne.
2pm Start. $7 Entry.

Please note: This show will run on time so not to clash with the Pimmon show at Tape Projects later on Saturday evening.

New Releases on AST.

2011-10-05T18:24:00.000-07:00

DIE TRIP COMPUTER DIE – ANGRY DAN PRESENTS: STOP KILLING JELLY TROUSERS c40

Altered States is proud to plop out this latest steaming opus by the now-defunct, absurdist trio, Die Trip Computer Die. Made up of men who were at one stage or another involved in UK post-punk unit The Homosexuals, DTCD utilise various instruments, circuit-bent equipment and plundered sample loops to achieve lift-off. Most importantly they use their (collective) MIND in order to crumble YOURS. Angry Dan Presents: Stop Killing Jelly Trousers was recorded live in Pontins, Nijmegan during a holiday in 2002 with the verbal verbosity of au pair, Angry Dan mastering ceremonies. However, this recording information may be merely another red herring left in your letterbox by the Trippers. ADP: SKJT is a twice a year listen, but when you do bring yourself to press play, it'll tie your laces and poach your eggs. 60 copies, pro tapes, cover + insert by Myjyerljcle Stevrdjnen Lesteechskinz.

JUNK SICK – RISING DAMP c36

Following the split lathe w/ C.C.C.C., Junk Sick take their scum-vibed slop down a less-trodden path. Rising Damp is more loop-based head-scratchin’ than balls to thee wall harshness, with still enough moments of ‘fingers in the ears’ to keep the noise wieners dribblin’. Rising Damp is to absurd noise what ‘Summer of 69’ is to karaoke bars. 60 copies, pro tapes. Split release w/ Magik Crowbar.

SLEEPING BAG FULL OF BOYS – SACKS FULL c35

The ‘Boys got together one summer at camp, bonding over harsh noise and bad taste. D’ya think they spent their stay riding the flying fox and toasting marshmallows? Not likely, mate. They decided to put their boy scout ingenuity to good use by making several sacks’ worth of loops and synth combustion. For true camp-site creepers only. 40 copies. Split release w/ Magik Crowbar.

Polka Before The Apocalypse

2011-09-23T20:48:00.000-07:00

Negative Guest List presents:
POLKA BEFORE THE APOCALYPSE

Label showcase will be held in Brisbane town Dec 10 & 11. Venue is still undetermined for the 10th; please get in touch if you can help out. The two day event will feature such fine acts as AXEMEN, MAD NANA, 3 TOED SLOTH, KITCHEN'S FLOOR, BLANK REALM, XNOBBQX, EXILES FROM CLOWNTOWN, MEAT THUMP, WONDERFULS, REUNION SACRED IBIS & MORE, bands & artists who have our utmost support. It is sure to be the most fun you will have that weekend. AXEMEN will be selling shirts & have a grip of Siltbreeze vinyl for sale, dig the pic above for a visual reference. Surely I don't need to tell you that 'Three Virgins' is an essential purchase for any casual goober or refined record-eater?!

RSI - 2XLYF Review in The Wire.

2011-09-05T20:24:00.000-07:00

Nocastle + PFM Reviews.

2011-08-29T20:36:00.000-07:00

Thanks to music blogger Sean Prescott for these reviews, even if he did get his patch leads a lil' crossed with the PFM cd-r. Check it here.

CCCC / JS Lathe Review.

2011-08-15T23:59:00.000-07:00

Thanks to old mate Screwtape:

COSMIC COINCIDENCE (CCCC)/JUNK SICK, split
12" lathe cut, 2011,
Altered States

Cooper of AS warns that the sound level is somewhat low on this cut, particularly on the first part of side one, and also issues a free download of wave and mp3 files for this material, but interestingly I found the sound quite acceptable and, in fact when compared to the wave files, somewhat more enjoyable. The lathe cut seems to have added a kind of low fidelity grit to both sides which seems to enhance the actual pleasure of the music. This is particularly the case with Junk Sick - Cooper and long-time collaborator Tommy Gunja - who have created two messy, crude spirals of home-taped Noise that manage, with the first piece "Space Debris" to maintain a nice experimental feel with analogue synths, effects, tapes and contact microphones that features a lot of water-ish gurgling with spurts of static, underlined with synth humming and oscillating. The track features choppy bits of harsh sound over more rushing, dirtier layers that combine well and keep things moving without spazzing around. A fairly appropriately titled track, actually, invoking the idea of pieces of human-made shit clogging up space. "Black Dust" reminds me more of the kind of cassette improvisations put out by these people before, a rustier and more coagulated sound that gets more active and aggressive with a lot of nice dragging sounds and more intense synth. Both these pieces are great and I look forward to the up-coming "Rising Damp" tape.

The Hasegawa party, for their part, start off with the usual slow building cosmic synth tones that mutate and evolve with more stressed sounding electronics, like something being stretched beyond its limits, and these sounds move together, the slow winding synth and burbling and gurgling electronics, building in intensity but maintaining dignity. Funnily, because of the building tension of "Apocalyptic Birdsong" it seems to be too short, despite being over sixteen minutes in length, but this project always did seem to excel in the spaced-out-jam method, rather than the concise hit. Still, the sound presented here is structured and strong and the download version can bring out details the lathe cut perhaps missed.

Still a few copies left unaccounted for, but probably not for long. Hiroshi will have copies soon

Discobeans, 5th of September.

2011-08-12T21:50:00.000-07:00

RSI - Discobeans.

2011-08-08T04:18:00.000-07:00

Cosmic Coincidence / Junk Sick Split 12" Lathe.

2011-08-03T07:27:00.000-07:00

Cosmic Coincidence is the moniker under which Hiroshi Hasegawa has recently reformed his essential unit, C.C.C.C. They should need no introduction as one of the best harsh noise groups of all-time. Their late 80’s/early 90’s releases range from industrial to their later trademark psychedelic noise. ‘Apocalyptic Birdsong’ falls into the latter category and takes the sound to its astral conclusion. These are the first new C.C.C.C. studio recordings to be released in more than a decade.

Junk Sick is a duo comprised of two punk shitkickers from Melbourne, Australia. Taking influence from late 80’s/early 90’s Japanese noise, their two tracks here are a lo-fi assault of electronics, analogue synth, tapes and junk.

12” lathe-cut by Peter King, limited to 50 copies. $20 AUD + postage.

Email: alteredstatestapes@gmail.com

NB: due to being lathe-cuts, the record must be played LOUD for intended effect.
All copies come with access to download the tracks.

Saturday, 13th August - Tape Projects.

2011-08-02T18:46:00.001-07:00

Sunday, August 21st - Round & Round

2011-08-02T00:05:00.000-07:00

Lazy Sunday afternoon show at Round and Round record store, featuring:

Dick Threats (industrial dance-floor beasts)
Tim Coster (blissful waves)
Culm (juke/grime influenced improv techno)

3pm
Free
513 Sydney Rd. Brunswick

Tuesday, August 9th - Make It Up Club.

2011-08-02T00:00:00.000-07:00

Black Velvet Unicorn Painting - Marcus Cook (sound) & Emma Albury (sound)

Carolyn Connors (voice), Cor Fuhler (synthesiser and processing) and Sean Baxter (percussive junk)

Cooper Bowman (Korg DS-10, tapes & effects)

Bar Open - Brunswick St, Fitzroy
9pm start
$5 / $10

BLAAAACK BAAAAGS - AUGUST PROGRAM.

2011-08-01T23:55:00.000-07:00

I'm organising the one tomorrow night. After heaps of hassles, the lineup is:

VDO (catchy drones duo comprised of Christopher LG Hill & Joshua Petherick)
WORNG (solo synth hypnosis)
Lloyd Honeybrook & Nic Tammens (sax n' geet free skronk)
Culm (juke/grime influenced improv techno)

The Tote - 210711

2011-07-11T16:55:00.001-07:00

New Tapes.

2011-06-30T17:08:00.000-07:00

NOCASTLE COMPILATION c45

A compilation of noise scraped from the bowels of Newcastle. Features Stitched Vision, Cock Driller, ShitxsFMcrudd, Rotted Crow, Brassskulls, Reunion Sacred Ibis, She-Bear, Cock Safari, Mitchell Brennan, Alzheimer Blanks, Richard Marxism, The Mermaids, Drillbit + World Of Trouble. Split release w/ Grog Pappy.

RADICAL CREATION – PRIMORDIAL SLUDGE AND HUMAN ETHICS C20

Blunt trauma induced by way of blown out mini-synths, tapes and maybe some contact mic’d junk. 40 on recycled tapes.

Undecisive God - RPM's 2 c54.

2011-06-08T15:43:00.000-07:00

Undecisive God is the long-running project of Melbourne experimental music archivist and experimenter in his own right, Clinton Green. Originally working in the field of guitar-based drone and experimentation, UG has focused on the limits of turntable manipulation and abuse over recent years. RPM's 2 continues the series started on the recent split cassette w/ harsh noise monger, Screwtape. Available now from me or Clinton.

Sunset Flips - Parts Unknown.

2011-05-31T22:33:00.000-07:00

Recording of The Sunset Flips (RSI + Cock Safari) show at the Croatian Club. Sunset Flips tape coming out sometime.

PARTS UNKNOWN

Black Market Noise - June.

2011-05-31T04:10:00.000-07:00

Black Market lineups for June, now at The Gasometer. I'm playing on the 1st of June w/ Matthew Brown, Roswell DVD, and Nic Tammens.

Prehistoric Fuckin' Moron Live CD-R.

2011-05-09T00:22:00.000-07:00

Live recording from the "Sound No Sound" shows during TINA last year. This is one of the best sets I've ever seen from the Moron. Synth, guitar, drums, tapes and a good amount of yelling combine into one mind-fuckin' freakout. $5, free postage in Asstralia. Prehistoric Moron tape coming sometime...

Magik Crowbar Volume 2.

2011-05-08T16:36:00.000-07:00

There's a recording of one of the first few Reunion Sacred Ibis shows on this comp. Also features Psychward, Military Position, Murgh'tr, TSS and Mitchell Brennanas. Basically, it serves as a snapshot of some of the excellent noise shit going on in Melbourne at the moment. Available from Magik Crowbar.

BLACK MARKET MAY PROGRAM.

2011-05-02T15:18:00.000-07:00

IMPROVISING MACHINES AT MIUC.

2011-04-17T17:56:00.000-07:00

May 10th at Make It Up Club

Three ensembles based around Clinton Green/Undecisive God's turntable set up.

Featuring:

Marco Fusinato
Ernie Althoff
Reunion Sacred Ibis
Buttress O'Kneel
Riki-Metisse Marlow & Gabriel Carazo

CROAT + EASTER SHOWS.

2011-04-13T16:44:00.000-07:00

The first Sunset Flips (Cock Safari + Reunion Sacred Ibis) show is at the Croatian Club on the 20th of April. Something called Rainbow Ride is playing too.

This is also happening on Easter Sunday:

Reunion Sacred Ibis (Nintendo and tape looped stupidity)
Rats With Wings (fucked up modular synthesis)
Prehistoric Fuckin' Moron (ambassador ov the universe)
Teen Ax (PE noise rock)

BLACK MARKET NOISE.

2011-03-24T16:53:00.000-07:00

A new weekly night of noise and punk curated by Bryce Sweatman (Pathetic Human, Chrome Dome) at Noise Bar in Brunswick. Psychward Vs. RSI are playing under new name Junk Sick at the first one with some other ripping dudes.

PSYCHWARD VS. RSI - HOLLOW ALTAR DOWNLOAD.

2011-03-23T22:30:00.000-07:00

From Magik Crowbar:

Fucked experimental 'plunder-electronics' made by two derro punk kids from Melbourne, Australia. Potentially harsh, seasonally abstract and hypnotic. Blown speaker, dodgy pedal, Mount Everest Beug (double meaning) intake, one track dictaphone, broken mixer, beer fuck. Altered States and Magik Crowbar split release in edition of thirty recycled cassettes.

Yup. TG put this up for download here.

Coming out over the next few months: Die Trip Computer Die CS, Xentos/T Barrow circuit bending CS, Nerve City CS, Undecisive God C54, Radical Creation C20 + Nocastle compilation C60.

INTERNATIONAL NOISE CONFERENCE.

2011-03-20T01:28:00.000-07:00

Since 2004 Rat Bastards INC festival in Miami has become an institution for the USA noise underground. It's no laptop / no droning / no money / no bullshit / 15 minute sets approach and levels of inclusion has set it apart from any normal noise festival to become the most invigorating 3 days on the USA festival calendar. In recent times Rat has been taking the concept on the road and this year Australia gets its first taste in Sydney on the 20th of May and Melbourne on the 21st.

Melbourne features: Psychward (first solo performance) / Dotåbåtå / Chaos Warrior / Cult of the Placenta Head / Reunion Sacred Ibis / Poison Sockets / FTRG / Undecisive God / Social Climber / Radical Creation / Aktion Unit / Juarez / The Multifunctional Gut Of Fish / Psychward / Lloyd Honeybrook / Furchick / Oranj Punjabi / Gauntlet / Rod Cooper / Hex on the Beach / Sean Baxter / Incompetent Cervix / Marco Fusinato / Dead Boomers / Occult Blood / Wife / Heil Spirits / Ebola Disco / Nomex (NZ) / Leslie Keffer (USA) / Graham Moore (USA) / Laundry Room Squelchers (USA)

RSI @ BARKLY ST VIDEO.

2011-03-20T01:27:00.000-07:00

ASTRO - "GAS" LIVE CD-R.

2011-03-15T23:50:00.000-07:00

Late last year I was lucky enough to catch an ear-blistering set by long-running noise lord Hiroshi Hasegawa at local watering hole The Gasometer. Hasegawa was a member of legendary group C.C.C.C. before adopting the Astro moniker and taking his path of sonic destruction into space. This close to forty-minute long set is one of the best examples of pure Noise I’ve ever had the chance to encounter. The show was no chinstroke seminar either; between the blasts of electronics, you can hear stoked shouts emanating from several members of Melbourne’s noise cognoscenti. 50 copies on sprayed CD-R’s, cover by Mark Groves.

REVIEWS.

2011-03-09T16:50:00.000-08:00

Andrew Macintosh reviewed the MSLMSLMSLABC tape here and Sean Prescott reviewed the Brassskulls CD-R and Reunion Sacred Ibis / Mitchell Brennan split here.

REUNION SACRED IBIS - 2XLYF C20.

2011-03-06T20:05:00.001-08:00

This here is a one-sided recycled tape with 20 minutes of live Reunion Sacred Ibis. The first set is from the Barkly St. backyard. Rain was dripping on my mixer, so I had to cut it short. The second is from Ovens St. Warehouse and sounds pretty fuk'n sweet really, not sure how that happened. I think it was the only time I've played that I haven't been high, go figure... 40 copies.

THE FUTURIANS - "SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED" C21.

2011-03-06T17:38:00.000-08:00

The Futurians are a punk band from New Zealand who deal in sci-fi influenced psychedelics. Some Assembly Required compiles five tracks previously released in very limited runs on lathes and CD-R's in the last few years. 50 copies on pro-dubbed tapes. Listen to one of the tracks here.

MARCH 12TH, SUNSHINE + GREASE.

2011-03-04T14:09:00.000-08:00

Full Fucking Moon are psychedelic space cadets from NZ, feat. Torben Tilly of Minit/Garbage & The Flowers infame. Prehistoric Fuckin' Moron brings his mind-altering freakout to Melbourne from Sydney/another galaxy. Javier Frisco from Perth washes in with waves of drone. Reunion Sacred Ibis builds up a cacophony of sound with layers of Nintendo DS and tape piss. Mad Nanna crafts messy poppy with an ill-bent and a good heart.

3pm
Gold coin donation entry.

COCK SAFARI - "TOTAL LIVE COCK" C22

2011-02-12T00:26:00.000-08:00

Cock Safari is one of the best things going at the moment, no shit. This has three cuts from two of the best places in Newcastle (Vox Cyclops and the Croatian Club). Side A is one of the best sets I've heard from the Cock, you can watch a clip of it here. The B-side features a dense hiss track that sounds like it SHOULD be on cassette, as well as an excerpt from a harsher vibed show that possibly involved Mycle bashing a guitar about. 50 copies on recycled tapes.

10/02/11, BAR OPEN.

2011-02-04T17:54:00.000-08:00

Psychward Vs. RSI are playing a free show with some REAL bands that play REAL music at Bar Open.

Flesh World play noisy 80's HC worship.
The Zingers are KBD negative-punk superstars.

07/02/10, DISCOBEANS.

2011-02-04T17:49:00.000-08:00

The first in a monthly gig series at the excellent Discobeans Japenese restaurant/gallery on High St.

OVENS ST. WAREHOUSE SHOW.

2011-01-31T20:27:00.000-08:00

February 25th
22 Ovens St. Brunswick (off Hope St, just behind Sydney Rd)

Matthew Brown
Angel Eyes
Young Romantix
Reunion Sacred Ibis

8pm
$8

REVIEWS.

2011-01-20T22:59:00.000-08:00

Andrew Mcintosh did a review of the RSI / Mitchell Brennan split here and Tim Scott reviewed the Pissbolt and Lakes live tapes here.

SOUNDCLOUD.

2011-01-19T00:20:00.000-08:00

This shit is kinda dubious but, due to the ass-suckery of myspace these days, I opted to make a Soundcloud for Reunion Sacred Ibis stuff / Altered States releases. You can find it HERE.

NEW TAPES.

2011-01-16T00:13:00.000-08:00

Screwtape - "Grey" c22

Three harsh spirals dating from 2009. The source material is heavily treated vocals, however they end up sounding like something ultimately more depraved.

MSLMSLMSLABC - "MSLMSLMSLAiiBwwC" c60

MSL is the new project from Mycle of Cock Safari, Anal Cum Wolf, Sunset Flips, etc. I would say this is him in more "serious" noise mode, but I'm not really sure he's capable of being serious. This goes for sixty minutes and not a millisecond too long.

Both are in an edition of 40 on recycled tapes.

UPCOMING SHOWS.

2011-01-06T20:42:00.000-08:00

JANUARY 14TH - LOOPHOLE
PSYCHWARD VS. RSI
FABIO UMBERTO
TEA AND SYMPATHY SYMPHONY
DRONGO
TRENDY DAD

JANUARY 22ND - 43 PENDER ST, THORNBURY
PSYCHWARD VS. RSI
INCOMPETENT CERVIX
SPASMOSLOP
TEEN AX

FEBRUARY 7TH - DISCO BEANS
REUNION SACRED IBIS
HOLY BONER + YUKA DISCOBEANS COLLAB
THE MUSEUM
HARICUCKOO (JAPAN)

NIHILSTIC NEW YEAR.

2010-12-24T15:29:00.001-08:00

First live outing for the Psychward + Reunion Sacred Ibis collab on December 30th at The Tote.

Huge lineup featuring: Horse Macguyver, Repairs, Young Romantix, Jonny Telefone, Murrgh'trr, Screwtape, ASPS (Chrome Dome) + Emma Albury/Marcus Cook.

Sick shit.

RSI / PSYCHWARD - "HOLLOW ALTAR" CS.

2010-12-17T22:18:00.000-08:00

This is a 20 minute recording of our first jam. I make some Nintendo bloops and Tommy mixes/fucks with them as well as doing some synth and Walkman damage. 30 copies on recycled tapes, split release w/ Magik Crowbar.

RSI / MITCHELL BRENNAN SPLIT C20.

2010-12-08T23:49:00.000-08:00

The split between Reunion Sacred Ibis and Mitchell Brennan is now available. Split released by Magik Crowbar, Trinidad & Tobago and Altered States Tapes. Mitch's side is a highbrow frequency tour and mine is some lowbrow smuttery, so I guess it evens out. Both sides recorded in '09. Available from all three of us for five buccks.

UPCOMING RELEASES / PSYCHWARD + RSI SHOW.

2010-12-07T14:45:00.000-08:00

UPCOMING REUNION SACRED IBIS RELEASES:

SPLIT C40 W/ CISTERN CORRUPT (SPANISH MAGIC)
SPLIT C20 W/ MITCHELL BRENNAN (AST / MAGIK CROWBAR / TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
"HOLLOW ALTAR" COLLAB C20 W/ PSYCHWARD (AST / MAGIK CROWBAR)

UPCOMING ALTERED STATES RELEASES:

COCK SAFARI - "TOTAL LIVE COCK" C22
SCREWTAPE - "GREY" C22
THE FUTURIANS - "SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED" C21
UNDECISIVE GOD - "RPM'S 2" C54

RV / RSI SPLIT DOWNLOAD.

2010-12-03T19:11:00.000-08:00

I don't have any copies of this left, Alex might. Here's the download for it if anyone is interested.

ROYAL VOMIT
REUNION SACRED IBIS

STUTTER @ HORSE BAZ - 17/11/10.

2010-11-11T20:32:00.000-08:00

I'm doing an RSI set at Stutter this week. Also playing are Rod Cooper (banjo set I think) and Kim Salmon/Dave Brown duo. James Rushford will be manning the decks. $10 / $5 concession.

RSI - 30/10/10 DOWNLOAD

2010-10-30T15:35:00.000-07:00

Live recording from Superflux show at Ovens St. Warehouse in Brunswick.

30/10/10

BRASSSKULLS - 'LAST SKULLS' CD-R.

2010-10-26T00:11:00.000-07:00

This is the last recording from Newcastle knuckleheads, Brassskulls. Not as industrial and heavy as their previous output, this slab comes closer to the stuff Mitch and Mikey are doing now. Not sure who is making what sound, but it is some cool shit. Processed vocals and blurts of harshness abound. 40 copies, sprayed CD-R's.

WAREHOUSE SHOW 30/10/10.

2010-10-19T18:38:00.000-07:00

W/
SUPERFLUX (French audio-visual group)
YOUR BABY IS UGLY (Lotsa pedals, lotsa drones)
WAR MACHINE (Processed no-input, sounds interesting)

SOME BOOTLEGS.

2010-10-17T03:48:00.000-07:00

Here are some short things cut from bootlegs over the last month. My gear screwed up at Skelton's, so it wasn't really what I was going for. The two others are from some shows with Mitchell Brennan. We're going to do a CD-R on Trindidad & Tobago at some stage.

RSI - SKELTON'S HOUSE, 16/10/10
MB + RSI - BROKEN HOUSE, 11/09/10
MB + RSI - GERTRUDE'S. 07/09/10

RSI - "LIVE IN CROATIA" CD-R / DOWNLOAD

2010-10-16T14:29:00.000-07:00

Live recording from the Croatian Club in Newcastle during the TINA weekend. Starts off shakily, improves a little as it goes on. I made a couple of CD-R's, send me an email if you want one. Otherwise here is a download link.

C R O A T I A

SKELTON'S HAUS II.

2010-10-13T01:36:00.001-07:00

RSI - Me doing bloops and loops w/ tapes and Nintendo.

Radical Creation - Processed loops of vocal fukkery amidst glorious electronic damage.

Galactagogue - Electronic and vocal abuse from everyone's favourite long-haired noise warrior.

Undecisive God - Clinton Green's dense turntableisms / headscrewisms.

Dick Threats - Excellent industrial duo. Loud, harsh and catchy.

If I can get someone else to play, I might bail out of doing my thing. Regardless, this show is going to rule. It's a house show and it's FREE.

SKELTON'S HAUS.

2010-10-08T21:02:00.001-07:00

Dead Boomers are the best band in Australia at the moment, so you should come for them if nothing else.

LAKES - "LIVE @ S&G" C40.

2010-09-28T16:40:00.000-07:00

Great quality live recording from the Lakes LP launch at Sunshine + Grease on the 26/03/10. The set is mostly made up of newer material. Blownout guitar and pounding drum machinations channeled into downer raga jams. Sprayed tapes, cover by Matt.

Heaps more releases in the next few months. No more live recordings for awhile, more noise.

INCOMPETENT CERVIX - 03/07/10 CD-R OUT.

2010-09-19T23:11:00.001-07:00

Incompetent Cervix are a Melbourne duo comprised of Mark Skelton (Y35.3, Galactagogue) and Mitchell Brennan (Brassskulls). Harsh electronic terror is the name of their game. This is a recording of their second show at Sunshine + Grease earlier in the year. Edition of 40 copies, sprayed CD-R's.

NEW TAPES.

2010-09-11T05:02:00.000-07:00

Two new tapes:

Pissbolt - Live Kvlto Thrash c34

Live recording of second last show by the excellent Melbourne noise thrashers.

Dotabata - Fatigue and Malaise c20

A-side: Harsh, glitchy electronics. B-side: Field recordings + brutality.

Both are out now, $5 or trade.

ANTIKYTHERA REVIEW.

2010-09-01T03:28:00.000-07:00

Review of the Reunion Sacred Ibis Antikythera 3" on Cyclic Defrost.

TWO SHOWS.

2010-08-30T23:39:00.000-07:00

Both of 'em are going to be collabs between me and Mitch Brennan.

07/09/10 @ GERTRUDE'S BROWN COUCH
W/
GALACTAGOGUE
ORANJ PUNJABI
RADICAL CREATION
IMPULSE/KONTROL

11/09/10 @ BROKEN HOUSE
W/
SCREWTAPE
BUNYIP MOON
DICK THREATS
SEMICOLON
YOUR BABY IS UGLY
THUGZ 'N' PLAYAZ
BOLTED BROWN
RADICAL CREATION
DJ JON DALE

THE SUNSET FLIPS - c12 AVAILABLE.

2010-08-17T18:23:00.000-07:00

I've got a few copies of the new Sunset Flips tape on Grog Pappy. Ultra annoying wrestling sample-filled stupidity, if it was any longer you'd smash your stereo. Sunset Flips = Cock Safe and RSI. All art/editing by Mikey.

THIS IS NOT TINA SHOWS.

2010-08-15T00:26:00.000-07:00

Every year the This Is Not Art festival occurs in Newcastle and heaps of bottom feeding hippies trawl in to town to gypsy dance in Civic Park. Every year the shows that happen outside of the festival program are better than the 'official' ones and this is the case this year more than ever.

Vox Cyclops are having some fuckin' great shows on Friday - Sunday, from 1pm - 7pm.

The lineups are as follows:

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1ST:

DEAD BOOMERS
RSI
INAPPROPRIATE TOUGH GUY BEHAVIOUR
PSYCHWARD CULT
DEFAULT JAMERSON
BAT YOGHURT

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2ND:

PATHETIC HUMAN
BUTLER/BRENNAN DUO
PREHISTORIC FUCKIN' MORON
DO NOT RESUSCITATE
SPARTAK

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3RD:

HORSE MACGYVER
RATS WITH WINGS/RDUNCAN
ANAL CUM WOLF
STITCHED VISION
CISTERN CORRUPT

Also, The Sunset Flips might be playing a house show in a basement on the Monday. We'll see what happens.

RSI + COCK SAFARI FLIP NOTE VIDS.

2010-05-31T23:36:00.000-07:00

The infinitely talented Nicholas French made these videos on his Nintendo DS while Mikey and I blended and blooped on Sunday.

RSI:

ULTIMATE CCOCK:

RSI ARTHIVE SHOW 30/05/10

2010-05-29T01:09:00.000-07:00

I'll be doing some more blooping tomorrow at The Arthive in Newcastle. Along for the drunken ride will be my buddies Polyfox and birthday boy, Cock Safari. Show is at 2:30pm, entry by donation.

NEWCASTLE HOUSE SHOW - 28/05/10

2010-05-24T18:25:00.000-07:00

Kerry is having a few peeps playing at his place on Friday and I happen to be up in Newcastle visiting my mum, so I'm going to play too.

STITCHED VISION - Mind-melting synthesised bliss drone from ex-guitarist of James Dean/The Let-Go, Jason Campbell. His new tape is the best shit.

BARE GRILLZ - New Newcastle band featuring a great guy called Rob and two other guys. I harshed on someone describing them as a "noise band", so they think I hate them. I was more so paying out the uselessness of the descriptor "noise band". Well, apparently they sound like Abe Vigoda.

REUNION SACRED IBIS - I'm going to play tekkers noise and I assume everyone except Mycle and Senger are gonna walk out.

After this Royal Headache, Dead Farmers, Bed Wettin' Bad Boys and some other fella are playing up the road. Should be sick.

'MINIMAL TEKKERS' STUTTER - 09/06/10

2010-05-21T07:15:00.000-07:00

WET PATCH (JON DALE AND FJORN BUTLER)
HRVATSKA (MITCHELL BRENNAN AND LACHLAN GALE)
REUNION SACRED IBIS (BLOOPER BLOWMAN)

On Wednesday the 9th of June, Stutter plays host to some goofballs who like making bloops and bleeps. Will upload the dodgy flyer if I can be bothered later.

Horse Bazaar, 397 Lt. Lonsdale St.
Entry: $10 / $5 concession
Bands start around 8:45

DEAD BOOMERS LIVE CD-R OUT.

2010-05-16T22:43:00.000-07:00

Two bullshit heavy live bootlegs from Dead Boomers shows in '09. The first shows them in full chain draggin' mode at Horse Bazaar, the second is their ear-splitter w/ Lloyd Honeybrook from What Is Music? at the Old Bar. If you have ever beheld these guys live, you know what to expect. CD-R's are $4 from me or a couple of bucks more from Missing Link and Sunshine + Grease. This is the first release from my (literally) full hard-drive of bootlegs. More soon.

SUNSET FLIPS CD-R.

2010-05-16T22:35:00.000-07:00

The Sunset Flips is me and Mycle being morons together and recording it. All future releases will be wrestling themed, starting with the NEW JACK tape out on Grog Pappy soon (maybe). I made ten or so copies made of this for our buddies. These two-trax are from our first jam and it's kinda obvious. Download at yer own risk.

S U N S E T F L I P S

THE DEADBEATS.

2010-05-06T05:19:00.000-07:00

My dad played guitar in a punk/blues band in the 80's called The Deadbeats. This is a ripping cover they did of the traditional Black (Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair) culled from a 1982 live set at Norths Leaugues Club in Newcastle. It's much more Throb than Patty Waters (both of whom recorded ruling versions of the song). He did a punk zine called Zoned in this period, as well as contributing to another called Colostomy. I'm going to photocopy some ish's of these soon if anyone is interested.

D E A D B E A T S

RSI TRACK ON MAGIK CROWBAR VOL. 1 COMP.

2010-04-28T16:35:00.000-07:00

One of the best underground labels in Australia for the last coupla years, Magik Crowbar, has just issued a c45 comp of some stuff from the label. Features (amongst others) Occult Blood, Cock Safari, Psychward, Mshing, Unique Oil Free Air and Anal Cum Wolf. Tommy chucked the bootleg from my first show on there too. I assume it's pretty limited and I don't even know if I'll get a copy. Email rdmpunx@hotmail.com for this + all sortsa other great shit. There's an RSI split tape coming out on MC soon too.

717 HOUSE SHOW.

2010-04-21T00:57:00.000-07:00

Here's a pic from the house show I played the other day. Really sick mixed line up and a good vibe in general. I look forward to more shit being on there. Cheers to TG for hooking it up for me. More pics HERE.

RSI - ANTIKYTHERA 3" CD-R OUT.

2010-04-19T03:54:00.000-07:00

This has a few older things that sound nothing like what I've been blooping lately. Recorded using DS, the effects on my four-track and a radio on one of 'em. Pretty much just my continuing search for extra-terrestrial life. This is out now on Newcastle label, Monstera Deliciosa and is available from either there or me for 6 bux posted. Or better yet, trade me something sick. Artwork by Mycle.

M-SQUARED MELBOURNE TOUR.

2010-04-18T03:14:00.000-07:00

The recently re-formed Makers Of The Dead Travel Fast and Scattered Order MK1 are coming down to play some select dates in Melbourne this week. If you are not familiar with the M-Squared label for whom both bands recorded/ran, you should acquaint yourself. I helped organise some stuff for this, but due to my full-time job and venue bookers being slack getting back to me, I haven't been as involved as I would have liked. If you are interested in Australia's experimental/electronic history, these shows should not be missed.

Wednesday 21st April
'Stutter' @ Horse Bazaar w/ Lars Graugaard
397 Little Lonsdale St., Melbourne
8pm

Friday 23rd April
Missing Link instore
405 Bourke St., Melbourne
5pn-7pm

Saturday 24th April
Loophole
A Cloakroom Assembly (Scattered Order) + Shane Fahey (MOTDTF) solo
w/ Charles Ives Singers, Matthew Brown + Breathing Shrine
670 High St., Thornbury
5pm

Sunday 25th April
The Toff In Town
w/ Paeces + Free Choice Duo
252 Swanston St., Melbourne
8pm

VOX VIDEO.

2010-02-27T15:09:00.001-08:00

More Grunter shot footage, this time at last Sunday's Vox Cyclops show. I'm currently thuggin' in Japan. The first Altered States zine and some new shit out will be out once I'm back.

FLYER + BOOTLEG.

2010-02-18T00:15:00.000-08:00

Flyer for this Sunday's show:

REUNION SACRED IBIS (NINTENDOISE)
COCK DRILLER (DRILLBIT RIDING COCK SAFARI)
WINE SLEAZE (SOME OF CASTINGS)
MATTCSQUARE ("WEIRD POP")

Bootleg from last Sunday at R&R HERE. Hopefully the next one is better.

UPCOMING SHOW + VIDEO

2010-02-15T23:19:00.000-08:00

I'm playing at Vox Cyclops next Sunday afternoon with COCK DRILLER (COCK SAFARI + DRILLBIT) and maybe some other homos. It's in celebration of the RSI 3" coming out on Monstera Deliciosa soon. Should be sick.

Here's some scintillating footage Grant shot of my 4:20 (no joke) long set at Round & Round. I got shafted from Summer Winds, so this ended up being my first show.

RSI / RV SPLIT REVIEW

2010-02-11T01:10:00.000-08:00

From the excellent Tape Piss blog:

"This split tape is titled African Goods, a side each of horrid ceremonial gurgling, spitting and scraping from two Australian necrophiliacs (this may not be true). The Royal Vomit side opens with a heavily treated Morricone line (Good, Bad, Ugly) that conveys desolation and destitution (lots of reverb, warping of the notes). It would make a great sample for a sci-fi Western (something a little more elaborate than Back To The Future 3). The remainder of his side introduces harsher feedback tones and looping to less effect. Reunion Sacred Ibis is the elaborate appellation of Mr. Cooper Bowman, who confided his approach: take one Nintendo DS, download one program, and manipulate the range of sounds that said program allows. My Nintendo DS is strictly used for Brain Training and Chess Tactics; the fact it could be used for such nefarious purpose has no doubt lead to social upheaval in less tolerant societies. His side focuses more on the fluctuating spasms of digital squealing, offering the discomforting alarm that a skipping DVD at crucial moment of movie can offer: image jumping forward and backward in time and speakers elicit nanosecond blasts of audio. He named a song / composition / ditty after a PKD novel (Time Out Of Joint), so maybe picture the paranoia of that book's protagonist, and here is the soundtrack."

RSI SHOWS

2010-02-10T17:24:00.000-08:00

First two Reunion Sacred Ibis shows this weekend.

Saturday 13th - SUMMER WINDS 2010, Albert St. Park Brunswick

Other people who might be playing: Psychward Vs. Tea And Sympathy Symphony, Chrome Dome, Repairs, Yakks, MV, Omen, Pissypaw, Avatron, Either/Or, Eko Eko Azarak, Lost Animal, Gauntlet, Crab Smasher, Prehistoric Fuckin' Moron(s), JK Fuller, White Altar, Matthew Brown, Murrgg'hurr, Hissy Mearky.

Sunday 14th - ROUND AND ROUND RECORDS, Sydney Rd. Brunswick

With Prehistoric Fuckin' Moron(s) + Butler/Brennan Duo.

Come throw rotten fruit.

ROYAL VOMIT / REUNION SACRED IBIS - "AFRICAN GOODS" SPLIT C30

2010-01-25T03:02:00.000-08:00

30 minutes of lowbrow, bedroom noise. Split release with the Moth Eaters label.
Royal Vomit pulls some frightening shit out of his laptop.
Reunion Sacred Ibis is me making my Nintendo DS sound like piss. Literally.
Tapes are $4, trade, or, if i owe you for something you've given me, free.

NEW WEIRD AUSTRALIA, VOLUME 4.

2010-01-04T14:53:00.000-08:00

"Reunion Sacred Ibis cuts a sharp sheath through archival sounds in a spirited slice of plunderphonics..."

1. TEXTILE AUDIO, Some Kind Of Mininova (5:32)
2. PAINT YOUR GOLDEN FACE, Television Is About Picture (4:12)
3. REUNION SACRED IBIS, Sing It To The Mountains (2:11)
4. TANTRUMS, Beat The Happy Pavement (4:08)
5. SCATTERED ORDER MK 1, Ruined By Me (5:44)
6. ALISTER SPENCE TRIO, Two Halves Of The Moon (3:26)
7. SCISSOR LOCK, Codify (2:05)
8. GUTTER PARTIES, Sashi (2:15)
9. NO ZU, Lay Of The Land (4:25)
10. THE TOWNHOUSES, Jigsaws Under The Clouds (4:08)
11. SEAWORTHY, They’re Cicadas You Know? (3:55)
12. GENTLEFORCE, Our Last Day Together (4:30)
13. GOLD TANGO, Telescope (3:26)
14. ALPEN, A Meditation On Flight (3:16)
15. RED_ROBIN, The Surveyor (4:36)
16. AUTOMATING, When Use Becomes Abuse (9:19)
17. SILVER BULLETIN, Minding Time (4:13)

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