Other: Von Einem on Mazurka Editions

2 tracks from Sabbatical co-founder Mark Groves' frightening Von Einem project released by Mazurka Editions.

Track taken from 'Imagined Infractions' MZK012 / C20 / Edition of 30

Track taken from forthcoming split with Pleasure Bros.

Tour tapes now available online

Absoluten Calfeutail and Dead Boomers have returned from an east coast tour and still have some copies of the cassettes made especially for that trip.

The cassettes are also available in the following stores in Australia:

Missing Link - Melbourne
Round & Round - Brunswick
Sunshine & Grease - Melbourne
Repressed Records - Newtown
Rockinghorse Records - Brisbane
The Outpost - Fortitude Valley
Vox Cyclops - Newcastle

Absoluten Calfeutrail/Dead Boomers east coast tour

Late September/early October Leith Thomas and Mark Groves will be heading up the coast for a number of shows as Absoluten Calfeutrail/Dead Boomers.

Details confirmed so far are below. If anyone is interested in hosting a show in or around Sydney or Canberra on Friday 24 September, or Newcastle on Friday 2 October email us here. We don't require a PA, just a power point.

We will have the Sabbatical catalogue with us for purchase at all dates, along with a couple of tour items: Dead Boomers Sharon Stone/Michael Douglas 2xCassette Box (C20 + C10) and Absoluten Calfeutrail Braybrook C20.

Thursday 24 September

Sandringham Hotel
, 387 King Street, Newtown

Sydney NSW

8pm / $10

w/
Go Genre Everything
, Crab Smasher, 
Sticky Angels and 
Yellow Fever

Saturday 26 September

Repressed Records
, 356 King Street, Newtown

Sydney NSW

5.30pm / Free
w/
Jon Hunter

Sunday 27 September

Disembraining Machine at The Tidy
, 29a Logan Road, Woolloongabba

Brisbane QLD

7pm / Entry TBC

w/
Gilles Aubrey (France), 
Lost Domain and 
Neckhold

Tuesday 29 September

Audio Pollen at The Book Nook
, Suite 10, 173 Boundary Street, West End

Brisbane QLD

Time / Lineup TBC

Thursday 1 October

The Arcadian

Carrington Street entrance of the Starcourt Arcade

Lismore NSW

Time / Entry TBC

w/
Prof. Blix and 
Film Spirits (films by Heil Spirits)

Saturday 3 October

Croatian Club, 
Albert Street, Wickham

Newcastle NSW

1pm / Entry TBC

w/
Heil Spirits, 
None Music, 
Alzheimer Blanks, 
Mitchell Brennan/Lachlan Gale and 
Philippa O'shea

Facebook event link here - tell your friends.

Absoluten Calfeutrail at Tape Projects

Last weekend Absoluten Calfeutrail performed an amazing set at the wonderful Tape Projects space in Melbourne. Here's a photo and an audio sample from the proceedings.



Stream or download the brief audio clip here.

Sabbatical presents: Isomer

Isomer is the moniker adopted by South Australian native David Tonkin for his one-man sound explorations. After quietly tinkering away in Adelaide for the last decade Tonkin has built up an international following for his dark and ambient soundscapes and earned the respect of artists such as the legendary Merzbow and Death In June.

An infrequent live performer, Isomer has supported such legends as Merzbow and Death In June. Sabbatical is proud to present this rare live opportunity in Melbourne.

Supports on the night come from new classical reconstruction trio Golden Fur, harsh noise unit Absoluten Calfeutrail, and the powerful collaboration of Anthony Pateras and Marco Fusinato’s Poletopra.

Six dollars entry, 9pm start

Sabbatical presents: Heirs, 19 March 2009

Thursday 19 March Sabbatical presents a diverse collection of performances at The Old Bar, including the rich analogue electronics of Matthew Brown, the anxious noise of Absoluten Calfeutrail, the feedback worship of The Carrier (a solo project of Ben Yardley of Laura) and new four piece Heirs, offering up sledgehammer riffs, industrial pummel, and incense shrouded low-end incantations. Doors open at 8:30pm, with the first performance beginning at 9pm.

Absoluten Calfeutrail and Default Jamerson to support France's Monarch

Both Absoluten Calfeutrail and Default Jamerson will be supporting France's doom lords, Monarch this Wednesday night for their second Melbourne show at Horse Bazaar. It's presented by Heathen Skulls and the wonderful Stutter. The two are on second and first respectively. $10/5 at the door.

MONARCH (France)

Female fronted, funeral doom lords Monarch are set to embark on their maiden voyage of Australia. It's been a long time coming but the wait is over! Hailing from the south of France, since 2004 Monarch have been creating ear bleeding walls of feedback via the slowest riffs. Their music ventures on drone as the tempo is slow and throbbing. Think Sunn O)) meets early Melvins and Black Sabbath.

In the middle of doing two Melbourne club shows Monarch have graciously chosen to play a special low key show for Stutter, much like Pig Destroyer did a few months back. Monarch are presenting something special that's strictly a one off.

CANDLESNUFFER / BLACK WIDOW
Candle Snuffer (Dave Brown of Embers, Pateras/Baxter/Brown, etc.) and Black Widow (Robert MacManus of Grey Daturas) have been projecting their improvised twin guitar attack on the Australian public for some time now. They recently open for, and played in Guru Guru (Germany) on their Australian Tour and are currently looking forward to their debut release.

BONNIE MERCER (Melb) / TOM HALL (Bris)
Grey Daturas' main Wah Wah axe master Bonnie Mercer and Brisbane sound artist Tom Hall have been dueling it out on an irregular basis these past months. Given the distance between these two artists when timing permits they unleash a collaboration worth documenting. Lets hope they finally do, at some point.

ABSOLUTEN CALFEUTRAIL
One man power electronics artist Mark Groves (White Horse, Collapsed Toilet Vietnam) has been creating seriously confronting noise for some time now. Every show is like a punch to the skull, totally uncompromising extreme noise through the aid of manipulated vocals, pedals and contact mics. Awesome!

DEFAULT JAMERSON
Industrial, Goth, drone, noise, sound artist Marcus Cook is for the lack of a better work, a lord in the world of analogue technology, creating mind altering sonorous brutality.

Video documentation from 6/7 February shows

Over the course of last weekend's Brassskulls and Chrysalis shows, Andrew of Screwtape fame captured sections of these incredible shows on camera. They are presented below for your viewing pleasure.

Marco Fustinato from Friday night at Pony.


Ebola Disco at the Gulag Projects warehouse.


Chrysalis vs Absoluten Calfeutrail cage match.


An interview with the incredible Brassskulls inter-cut with footage from their Gulag Projects set.




To view all of Andrew's videos check out his YouTube Channel, Lamronormal.

090207 Documntation: 46 degrees heat

Brassskulls

Chrysalis vs Absoluten Calfeutrail

Ebola Disco

Screwtape

Thanks to all who braved the heat and came down to this show, it was a great afternoon.

Absoluten Calfeutrail on YouTube

A two-part video interview with Absoluten Calfeutrail is up on YouTube. We present it below for your viewing pleasure.

Part One



Part Two



The interview is part of a series. You can view all the artists, including Clinton Green, at the YouTube channel Lamronormal here.

Sabbatical presents: Brassskulls (NSW) and Chrysalis (TAS)

These shows centre on return visits to Victoria from Brassskulls and Chrysalis after brilliant sets in Melbourne during 2008. Please note the early start time for the second show on Saturday 7 February.


Live at Pony (68 Little Collins Street City)
at 9pm on Friday 6 February
Sabbatical presents:
Brassskulls (from Newcastle NSW)
Chrysalis (from Hobart TAS)
Marco Fusinato
Absoluten Calfeutrail
Microvom (formerly Sonand)


Live at Gulag Projects (6 Jenkin Street East Brunswick)
at 3pm on Saturday 7 February / six dollars entry
Sabbatical Presents:
Brassskulls (from Newcastle NSW)
Chrysalis (from Hobart TAS)
vs. Absoluten Calfeutrail
Ebola Disco
Oranj Punjabi
Screwtape

2008 Christmas party documentation

Sabbatical set

Cumsquad

Absoluten Calfeutrail

Handover

Default Jamerson

Imminent Dead Boomers start

Dead Boomers

Sweat Lung

Blarke Bayer

Collapsed Toilet Vietnam

Stutter

Sean Baxter / Joe Talia / Anthea Caddy / James Rushford / Alex Garsden / Fjorn Butler / JK Fuller / Christopher LG Hill / Alex Vivian / Emma Albury/ Sophie Brous

Thanks to all who came out to celebrate what has been a great year. Thanks to Annalee and Stutter for providing a live outlet for this sort of music and to our brother in arms Pete Hyde (Sweat Lung).

Dead Boomers at Stutter

Two shots from the Dead Boomers performance at Stutter a few weeks back. Thanks to Pat O'Brien from the wonderful Sunshine & Grease for capturing these special moments.

Grover with Tsingtao

Leith with industrial fan power.