Call out for What Is Music? Festival 50/50 project

As part of this year's What Is Music? Festival the organisers are attempting a pretty huge undertaking. It's called 50/50 and will be a live performance of 50 acts in 50 minutes. They're pulling together acts from across genres are have put the call out.

Read on for the all the info:

Whatismusic festival is presenting a very special large scale event for the 2009 festival - the project is called 50/50. 50 bands in 50 minutes, all set up simultaneously in a single room. Ambitious - yes, crazy - well...yes as well. At the moment we're looking for keen young (and old) go-getters who would like to be a part of the event - if you have gear and a minute's worth of creativity, or even pure derivative hilarity, then we'd like to hear from you!

The event will be taking place at the ABC's Iwaki Auditorium Southbank on the 19th of December, and will be recorded and broadcast by Radio National an hour following the gig. A project of such absurd and amusing magnitude has never been attempted on Australian shores, and should prove to be an amazing experience for anyone involved.

If you would like to be on the bill, send through a short description of who you are, what you do, and preferably a link to a short soundclip of your work to lloydhoneybrook@gmail.com and we will endeavour to get back to you ASAP with some more details about locking your group in for the project.

Looking very much forward to hearing from you all, and making some ludicrous large-scale history!

Now stocked at Round & Round

Sabbatical's catalogue is now stocked at the excellent Round & Round on Sydney Road in Brunswick. If you haven't been to this delightful little record store then you should. It's just a short ride on the No. 19 tram from the city and has a tidy lounge room feel to it. Neat record racks cover the walls, while a few bookshelves contain a modest yet interesting collection of secondhand reading material. Titles are painstakingly divided in sub-genres that wil keep you contained in the Tardis-like shop for longer than you expect.

Sabbatical presents: Heil Spirits

Earlier this year, on tour as a guest member of Aktion Unit, the standout was undoubtedly Heil Spirits, the one-man audio storm of Eli Partridge (formerly of hardcore act The Stockholm Syndrome). Based in Lismore, northern NSW and the power behind the CD-R label Glacial Avatar, Partridge creates shuddering, visceral aural nightmares that deliver a punch straight to the solar plexus.



As such, it is with great anticipation that Sabbatical presents Heil Spirits this month at the Old Bar:

17 September 2009
The Old Bar - 74-76 Johnston Street, Fitzroy

Heil Spirits - turbulent waves of sound
James Rushford & Joe Talia - labyrinthine aural pieces from this incredible duo
Anekantavada - abrasions form new Melbourne resident Mitchell Brennan (Brassskulls)
Laral - despondent sounds for the low-spirited

Doors at 8.30pm, six dollars gets you in.



While down south Heil Spirits will be doing a bunch of shows across Melbourne. Click the flier for details.

PIVIXKI reviews

The first reviews of PIVIXKI's debut release are coming in. First up we've got a live review from the launch at the Empress.



We've also got some great reviews on both Mess + Noise and the always awesome Lexicon Devil blog.

PIVIXKI launch photos and video

Robbie Avenaim & Lloyd Honeybrook



Blarke Bayer



Shit to the Spirit



PIVIXKI - Anthony Pateras



PIVIXKI - Max Kohane



PIVIXKI's debut release is available from www.sbbtcl.com.

Sabbatical presents: Dead Boomers

This August, Sabbatical presents:

Dead Boomers
Sean Baxter & Rod Cooper
Golden Fur

Thursday, 20 August 2009

The Old Bar, 74-76 Johnston Street, Fitzroy

As always, six dollars gets you in.

Sabbatical presents: PIVIXKI

It is with much pride that Sabbatical presents the launch of PIVIXKI's highly anticipated debut release. The fourteenth release in the Sabbatical series, the self-titled work will be launched at the Empress Hotel on Saturday, 15 August.

PIVIXKI
Blarke Bayer
Robbie Avenaim/Lloyd Honeybrook
Shit to the Spirit

The Empress Hotel, 714 Nicholson Street, North Fitzroy

Show starts at 8.30pm sharp, six dollars gets you entry





About PIVIXKI:

PIVIXKI is a world-first melding of physical pianistic acrobatics and blitzing grind drumming, courtesy of musical chameleon Anthony Pateras (Tzadik, Editions Mego) and Max Kohane (punk/grind royalty from Agents of Abhorence, Cut Sick, George W Bush and Far Left Limit). From spacious doomscapes to blasting textures, this disc presents a unique take on the jump-cut duo format, exploding with ear-wrenching intensity and classy performances. Recorded at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s studios in Melbourne by master Melbourne avant-engineer Chris Lawson, and mixed by Chicago legend Casey Rice, this is a must for those who love their music fun, confronting and slightly insane.


PIVIXKI's self-titled release is available from the Sabbatical web store.