Joe
Musgrove/Makro & Hetlev “Surface Noise Vol. 3” CDR
A double header from a selection of Brisbane
masters of drone and electronic abstraction. Musgrove has long been a master of
all things drone, with both his solo work and as part of Biffplex. On his track
we hear the last part of an 8 hour overnight performance, as it all grinds to
an entropic end. Makro/Hetlev are Lloyd Barrett (Diaspora, Secret Killer of
Names) and Paul Forbes Mitchell (Hetleveiker) in live electronic dialogue. Stream
online here - https://iceageproductions.bandcamp.com/album/surface-noise-vol-3
Surface Noise is a series of limited edition
(50 copies), hand-numbered CDRs documenting live performances of experimental
and noise artists. Each volume features live performances from two different
artists; the first initially invited by the curators, and the second then
chosen by the first artist. Co-released by Melbourne labels Iceage Productions
and Shame File Music, the series will consist of ten volumes.
The Surface
Noise series so far:
Vol. 1 – cleaninglady/Klunk – copies still
available
Vol. 2 – Cat Hope/White Drummer – sold out
Vol. 3 – Joe Musgrove/Makro & Hetlev – out
now
Vol. 4 – Ben Byrne & Rosalind Hall/Anthea
Caddy & Matthew Davis – out soon
New
additions to Shame File Mailorder:
Various
Artists - "All My Sins Remembered: The Sonic Worlds of John Murphy" 3CD
Murphy was at the cutting edge of Australian
underground music since the 1970s, and later a key player in the forging of
European industrial music. His influence and collaborative reach is extensively
documented in this beautiful 3 CD set, spanning 40 years of musical output
(from 1975 to 2015, the year of Murphy's death). The bands and projects here of
which Murphy was a member are a veritable roll call of the
dark/noise/industrial canon, including NEWS, Whirlywirld, Orchestra of Skin and
Bone, SLUB, SPK, Whitehouse, Lustmord, Browning Mummery, KnifeLadder and
countless others. The CDs are housed in a lavish full colour cardboard foldout
box, which also includes a 32 page booklet with photos and notes by several
Murphy collaborators and friends. Limited edition of 750, but only a handful
available in Australia.
Nat
Grant "Momentum" 4CD
More than four hours of Nat Grant's epic
cumulative composition project from 2012. 'The idea behind this project is one
of self-reflection and exploration of cumulative compositional processes. My
aim is to build, over one year, layers of sounds and musical motifs that will
form an entire composition'.
Nat
Grant "Momentum: Turkey" CD
One part recorded each day, as part of Grant's
year-long 'Momentum' project.
Nat
Grant "Momentum: Live" CD
Four days of field recording and four nights of
live sound sculpture for Melbourne Fringe Festival, September 2013 at Conduit
Arts Space, Melbourne.
Nat
Grant "Precious" 7" vinyl
Precious blurs the boundaries between
functional object and musical instrument. This work was created over 2013-15
and involved collecting hundreds of old keys - keys to things that didn't work
or exist anymore, or keys that had been found: any number and size/shape as
long as they were no longer needed or wanted. Limited edition of 100 copies,
hand-numbered and signed, clear vinyl, with download card.
Artefacts of Australian Experimental Music special offer ending soon
The long-standing special deal for volume 1
& 2 of the Artefacts series (the
latter a double CD) ends next week on Tuesday 15 November, as copies of Volume
1 are getting low now. AU$50 gets you both copies sent anywhere in Australia,
AU$54 elsewhere (that’s a saving $16).
Artefacts
is a landmark CD series that documents the forgotten pioneers of Australian
experimental music, releasing many recordings for the first time with extensive
liner notes.
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