Thursday, 12 February 2009

Sabbatical presents: Crab Smasher


Thursday 19 February at the Old Bar Sabbatical Presents welcomes a number of interstate artists, and a couple of familiar locals. Opening the show is Automating, the solo project of Sasha Margolis (of Y35.3). Second up is a solo performance from JK Fuller (of Zond and Mum Smokes among others), followed by Scissor Lock, a Sydney based project of one Marcus Whale. Closing the evening is Newcastle based ensemble Crab Smasher. Doors are at 8:30pm, with the first performance kicking off shortly after 9pm. Entry is $6.

Wednesday, 11 February 2009

True Radical Miracle piano-based improvised set



Next Tuesday, 17 February True Radical Miracle will perform a rare, striped back improvised set at the hellosQuare Recordings showcase at the East Brunswick Club. The show is part of a national tour being undertaken by the label. For the evening True Radical Miracle will base their improvisations around drummer Evelyn Morris' piano work in the vein of the Roaches Parts 1 & 2 Sabbatical release. It will be a beautiful night of avant and improvised piano (and noise) music.

Here's what hellosQuare have to say about the performance:

hellosQuare recordings in association with Sound Travelers and the Australia Council is proud to present Klumpes Ahmad and Austin Benjamin Trio on tour throughout February and March, showcasing their new releases ‘In Bed We Trust’ and ‘Unraveled, Rewoven’.

Using electronics, jazz improvisation and modern classical technique, the improvising duo of pianist Adrian Klumpes (ex-Triosk, Pivot) and guitarist Shoeb Ahmad stand live beside the young Canberra trio of Austin Benjamin, Chris Pound and Evan Dorrian in a series of performances that typify the hellosQuare sound.

Supporting them will be one of Melbourne's favourite R-A-W-K institution True Radical Miracle, performing a special piano based free noise set in the vein of their awesome release 'Roaches' so it should not be a night to be missed!

Doors 7:30pm :: $10 entry

Tuesday, 10 February 2009

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.

Sunday, 8 February 2009

Mof Far Far Rah reviewed at Aquarius



Almost two years after it landed on the shelves of San Francisco's premiere music establishment, Aquarius Records, Mof Far Far Rah's Sabbatical album Little More has been given the famous review treatment. Here's what they had to say:

"We only have 5 or 6 of these which is probably enough, cuz boy is this a weird one. We've had these for a really long time, so can't remember the story about who this guy is or what else he's done, but this record, well, it starts out with SEVENTY FIVE super short vocal experiments, as in 6 seconds to 29 seconds, running the gamut from animal like growls, wild hysterical shrieks, disembodied humming, percussive experiments, heavily effected beat box, sort of throat singing, growly death metal grunts, operatic howling, and pretty much all manner of fucked up vocalizations. Think an audio test record featuring nothing but Eye from the Boredoms doing vocal exercises. Fucked up, weird, a novelty, totally cracked and demented. Definitely worth it to disrupt your next party or to torture your downstairs neighbors, but hold on, there's a nearly hour long final track, also seemingly constructed from vocals (?) and it's gorgeous, an extended soundscape of layered hum, of shimmering drones, distant click and skitter, deep bell like tones, murky floorcore, looped stuttering rumbles, moaning and groaning warbles, all drifting beneath a thick fuzzy haze. Almost sounds like it could be the first 75 fragments combined into one thick swirling morass. Definitely cool And quite weird. We only have a tiny handful, so act fast if you want one of these..."

Great to see one of our earliest releases (the second, to be precise) get some recognition. Little More is available from the Sabbatical online shop, at most independent record stores around Australia, and of course from the good folks at Aquarius.

Friday, 6 February 2009

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.

Thursday, 5 February 2009

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

Tuesday, 3 February 2009

090122 Documentation: A view from the mixing desk


Dead Boomers
This wall of noise's length was on this occasion determined by double vodka and sodas, no fruit.



Ev & Shags
Performing outside of the Pikelet Big Band the duo performed an incredible set of semi-improvised keyboard intricacy and bliss.



Chrome Dome
Part Joy Division, part Suicide, synth/pop/no wave tunes filtered through two over the top minds.



Paeces
The free-folk/pyche implosion on this occasion and the collective sounding more cohesive than ever. Fantastic stuff.