a sub-event of the sydney festival:
http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2010/Free/Circa-1979-Signal-to-Noise/
and Modular's blog:
http://www.modularpeople.com/blog/?p=825
there will also be a related fringe concert with scattered order, dead travel fast, no-v-bleet, wild west, no night sweats and other people from the time.
― nonightsweats, Friday, 6 November 2009 20:51 (fourteen years ago) link
aussie version of the msq box:
http://mono.whatevz.net/images/terrace_industry_cover_rgbwebadVtQS.jpg
out in jan
― an error has occurred (electricsound), Wednesday, 9 December 2009 04:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Is that the condensed CD version?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 10 December 2009 18:51 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't know how much crossover there is between this set and the VoD box, haven't seen the tracklisting yet. but 4 discs doesn't seem all that "condensed" ;)
― matt preston school of industry (electricsound), Thursday, 10 December 2009 21:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Ah. For some reason I thought there was going to be a single CD version. So this will be a 4 CD box? Great!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 10 December 2009 21:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Found this on another site:cd1: systematics - single, rural, tracks from comps, field of cows; splendid mess - track from a selection; patrick gibson - tracks from too separate
cd2: dead travel fast - tael single; 3 tracks from vessels; 2nd album; acra - 3 tracks from cassette releases
cd3: scattered order - relaxed with you + tracks from comps; barons - paint it black; height/dismay - 3 tracks; prod - contents one + 1 cassette track; solipsik - ep+ a selection track
cd4: ya ya choral - dutchman, quaver + 1 unreleased; bell du soir - single; pel mel, wild west, limp, slugfuckers, tame omearas, the same, denial, severed heads, no night sweats - single tracks from comps and elsewhere
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 10 December 2009 22:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Posted too quickly. Here's the tracklisting:http://terminal-boredom.com/forums/index.php?topic=23299.0
ah so there's basically no crossover between the two boxes.. so maybe another disc is on the way?
― matt preston school of industry (electricsound), Thursday, 10 December 2009 22:38 (fourteen years ago) link
the program for the freebie conference bit of Circa 1979 looks pretty good:
Signal to Noise SessionsA day of free talks exploring early experimentation in music, film and video and the cultural influences surrounding one of the most creative periods in Australia’s music history.Key panelists including Tom Ellard (Severed Heads), Andrew Penhallow (Volition Records), Stephen Mallinder (Cabaret Voltaire) and Roger Grierson (Thought Criminals) share their works, insights and experiences from the underground of Australian music.Session 1: World Domination - The Australian Post Punk MovementEverest Theatre, Seymour CentreJanuary 16 at 12pm, 1 hour including Q&AAustralia’s Post Punk movement sought to 'steal' music back from the experts and promote artistic expression with little concern for mainstream success. It was an era of tribalism, collaboration and experimentation challenging the foundation of the Australian music industry. This first Signal to Noise Session will compare the Post Punk era to today’s creative community and question why the music received international praise while it was relatively overlooked at home.Moderator: Marty WirthPresenter: Julian KnowlesPanelists: Michael Tee, Jaimie Leonarder, Roger Grierson, Andrew Penhallow, Clinton WalkerSession 2: Postmodern vs. Modern debate on Remixing and RecyclingEverest Theatre, Seymour CentreJanuary 16 at 1.30pm, 1 hour including Q&AFor the past two decades we have been consumed by the culture of remixing, sampling and recycling but what do we have to show for it? Does remixing offer an avenue for artists to explore new ideas or has it desensitized our appreciation for originality? This Signal to Noise session will challenge the ideals of musicians, film makers and academics involved in the Post-Punk era and try to answer the question: what would Roland Barthes do?Moderator: Marty WirthPresenter: Tom EllardPanelists: Steve Malinder, Julian Knowles, Phil Turnbull, Ross HarleySession 3: Experimental Film & VideoEverest Theatre, Seymour CentreJanuary 16 at 3pm, 1 hour 30 mins including Q&AAlthough music was the headliner the Post Punk era also saw a surge in experimental film & video. The final Signal to Noise session will feature presentations of rare and previously unseen footage showcasing the groundbreaking ideas and DIY methodology that has come all to close to being forgotten.Host: Jaimie LeonarderPresenters: Jaimie Leonarder, Ross Hartley, Ian Andrews, Tom Ellard, Stephen JonesSignal to Noise at the Sound LoungeSound Lounge, Seymour CentreJanuary 16,17 and 23,24 2pm-10pm, January 19-22 5pm-10pmAn exhibition of fanzines, photography and album artwork will revive and recreate the Sydney underground music scene of 1979-1985. Coupled with unreleased music and a previously unseen video archive, this exhibition is the first of its kind.
A day of free talks exploring early experimentation in music, film and video and the cultural influences surrounding one of the most creative periods in Australia’s music history.
Key panelists including Tom Ellard (Severed Heads), Andrew Penhallow (Volition Records), Stephen Mallinder (Cabaret Voltaire) and Roger Grierson (Thought Criminals) share their works, insights and experiences from the underground of Australian music.
Session 1: World Domination - The Australian Post Punk MovementEverest Theatre, Seymour CentreJanuary 16 at 12pm, 1 hour including Q&A
Australia’s Post Punk movement sought to 'steal' music back from the experts and promote artistic expression with little concern for mainstream success. It was an era of tribalism, collaboration and experimentation challenging the foundation of the Australian music industry. This first Signal to Noise Session will compare the Post Punk era to today’s creative community and question why the music received international praise while it was relatively overlooked at home.
Moderator: Marty WirthPresenter: Julian KnowlesPanelists: Michael Tee, Jaimie Leonarder, Roger Grierson, Andrew Penhallow, Clinton Walker
Session 2: Postmodern vs. Modern debate on Remixing and RecyclingEverest Theatre, Seymour CentreJanuary 16 at 1.30pm, 1 hour including Q&A
For the past two decades we have been consumed by the culture of remixing, sampling and recycling but what do we have to show for it? Does remixing offer an avenue for artists to explore new ideas or has it desensitized our appreciation for originality? This Signal to Noise session will challenge the ideals of musicians, film makers and academics involved in the Post-Punk era and try to answer the question: what would Roland Barthes do?
Moderator: Marty WirthPresenter: Tom EllardPanelists: Steve Malinder, Julian Knowles, Phil Turnbull, Ross Harley
Session 3: Experimental Film & VideoEverest Theatre, Seymour CentreJanuary 16 at 3pm, 1 hour 30 mins including Q&A
Although music was the headliner the Post Punk era also saw a surge in experimental film & video. The final Signal to Noise session will feature presentations of rare and previously unseen footage showcasing the groundbreaking ideas and DIY methodology that has come all to close to being forgotten.
Host: Jaimie LeonarderPresenters: Jaimie Leonarder, Ross Hartley, Ian Andrews, Tom Ellard, Stephen Jones
Signal to Noise at the Sound Lounge
Sound Lounge, Seymour CentreJanuary 16,17 and 23,24 2pm-10pm, January 19-22 5pm-10pm
An exhibition of fanzines, photography and album artwork will revive and recreate the Sydney underground music scene of 1979-1985. Coupled with unreleased music and a previously unseen video archive, this exhibition is the first of its kind.
― an terror has occurred (sic), Friday, 11 December 2009 04:55 (fourteen years ago) link
ooh
― matt preston school of industry (electricsound), Friday, 11 December 2009 05:00 (fourteen years ago) link
road tripp with tha S-dogg?
― an terror has occurred (sic), Friday, 11 December 2009 06:36 (fourteen years ago) link
you betcha
― matt preston school of industry (electricsound), Friday, 11 December 2009 06:41 (fourteen years ago) link
"terrace industy" is the official compilation of remastered releases from M2.
the other cd release is a distillation of the VoD box (which contained previously unreleased material). i think it's 2cds. this was supposed to come out now but they decided to bring forward the release of terrace industry to co-incide with "circa 1979" and so will release it later in 2010.
btw:
sunday 17th jan 2010: sandringham hotel, newtown 4-9 or 10 pm. as a sort of closer for circa 1979...
wild west (with cathy hopkins)scattered order (new set)makers of the dead travel fastno-v-bleet (swell guys)the loop orchestra (using sydney post-punk as source material)no night sweatsdrosma bebristim van den berg
mc - scott holmes (the same / scattered order)dj sets / door prizes / fun galore
wild west hope to have a cd for sale then as well.
― nonightsweats, Saturday, 12 December 2009 21:13 (fourteen years ago) link
The other CD is called "22 Pardons" - M Squared Rare Recordings 1979 - 1983 Volume 1. A single CD, it contains 22 selected tracks from the vinyl VOD box. This will be released mid 2010.
Scattered Order Mk I is keen to do mostly 'historical' material for the January show - how, who knows? It'll be good fun hearing how everyone else approaches this memory challenge.
― One leg of M Squared, Saturday, 12 December 2009 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Where to book tix for the Sunday show?
― Cosmic Ugg (S-), Monday, 14 December 2009 06:47 (fourteen years ago) link
booking tix - the full promo stuff will come out on jan 4 or thereabouts so you'll have to wait until then.
― nonightsweats, Monday, 14 December 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
terrace industry now shipping
http://www.ascensionrecords.com.au/
― mr bollock apple (electricsound), Monday, 4 January 2010 05:37 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.nonightsweats.com/images/wsn_final.jpg
In celebration of Circa 1979: Signal to Noise and the release of the M2 Box Set "Terrace Industry", a raft of bands from Sydney's 80s underground have reformed for a once only event.
Wild West (featuring Cathy Hopkins)No-V-BleetShift (formerly of Great White Noise)Scattered Order Mk1Makers of the Dead Travel FastNo Night SweatsThe Loop Orchestra
MC Scott Holmes (The Same / Scattered Order)
Door Prizes, Fun and Laughs, incredibleness.
The Sando, Newtown5-11PM$15 at the door
― nonightsweats, Monday, 4 January 2010 12:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Ordered. Excited. Full report upon arrival.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 4 January 2010 14:16 (fourteen years ago) link
no pre-sales available, just door sales
― nonightsweats, Thursday, 7 January 2010 01:46 (fourteen years ago) link
My M Squared box just arrived, I'm psyched! Great packaging - the box itself is similar to the Stereolab singles box a few years back, with a nice healthy booklet and some coasters. I hope the music (some of which I've heard and love) lives up to my expectations!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 19 January 2010 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
the sunday night show at the sando was great! scattered order were the highlight, they sounded tremendous. dead travel fast were amusingly po-faced but i dug it.
― alcohol-fuelled love (electricsound), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 22:57 (fourteen years ago) link
A fascinating full colour catalogue of artifacts from Sydney underground post-punk period 79-85 is avaialble for free download here:
http://www.modularpeople.com/circa1979/
― moley, Tuesday, 19 January 2010 23:47 (fourteen years ago) link
sigh...
so sarah from modular wanted tactics to support john cale at circa 1979 but couldn't afford the airfare to bring dave studdert back to oz.
now angus douglas has died (i don't have details on why or what from) and that's the end of the band for me. sure dave had the vision but angus was the sound beneath the vocals - all the way.
he won't be lauded like rowland howard but he was, in many ways, a greater guitar player.
― nonightsweats, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 09:31 (fourteen years ago) link
That epic, yet picky, claustrophobia of the first couple records is a triumph. I'm sure it's the kind of thing where the band and critics went on to champion the later, better recorded work, but those early singles have a density that invites endless listening. hard to find the singles, of course, but the first of the double cd collections gets most of it (The Sound of the Sound, vol. 1). Not on iTunes, but it's around.
― Michael Train, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 17:44 (fourteen years ago) link
surprised that TSOTS isn't on itunes - it is on emusic (which is where i got it)
some of the remastering on it isn't terribly well done (ok mainly just the tracks from the fatman 45) but most of it is pretty good
― twice remembered / twice removed (electricsound), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Speaking of the availability of great Australian post-punk, I'm trying to gather Sunday Painters material for a possible collection, so I'm looking for any material that might be out there. Not the vinyl itself. I'm more interested in any photos, scans, or cassettes. Memories. T-shirts. Fanzines. Articles. Whatever any of you old timers have lying about. Scans and digitizations fine, of course. And any of the compilation tapes they appeared on would be especially nice: One Stop Shopping, Fast Forward #7, Public Eye #2. Also The Art Throbs' No Media is Good Media tape, or the tape comp on Terminal Records of Wollongong bands titled Big Little Bands. Any help appreciated.
― Michael Train, Thursday, 11 February 2010 00:10 (fourteen years ago) link
one stop shopping is on mutant sounds, not sure if that helps you though?
http://mutant-sounds.blogspot.com/2007/02/va-one-stop-shopping-3-tapes-1981.html
― twice remembered / twice removed (electricsound), Thursday, 11 February 2010 00:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, that's an mp3, and without a scan. Fantastic that it's there, of course. Wouldn't have heard it otherwise.
― Michael Train, Thursday, 11 February 2010 00:39 (fourteen years ago) link
i figure i can use this thread as a catchall for aussie reissues
shortly arriving is a Chad's Tree retrospective, which is pretty nice since none of it has ever been on cd save for one or two tracks, the two LPs are relatively rare and v expensive, and it's great stuff.. pre-Blackeyed Susans fact fans
after that the delightful Egg records (who did the let's go naked comp) is doing a Rabbits Wedding retrospective, which i have been wanting for years and years and may even have given them the inspiration to do (as I emailed them with said request about five years ago). quite Go-Betweensy but their 'hit' Coming Like Summer is dripping with lloyd cole. really love this band so i am chuffed..
― from the unhip (electricsound), Monday, 5 April 2010 10:43 (fourteen years ago) link
the RW reissue probably helped along by one of the band members rediscovering all the tapes and various other bits and pieces fairly recently
― from the unhip (electricsound), Monday, 5 April 2010 10:49 (fourteen years ago) link
For those of you in Sydney:
A CloakRoom Assembly - Territory & Population - Album Launch
Saturday 19th June 2010
Megaphon StudiosFloor 2, Building 870 Edith StreetSt Peters NSW
$10 at the door
8.00 – 8.30pm - Shane Fahey8.45 – 9.15pm - A Slow Rip9.30 – 10.00pm - Gail Priest10.15 – 10.45pm - Pimmon11.00 – 11.30pm - A CloakRoom Assembly
This should be a great night of interesting and vital music
― nonightsweats, Saturday, 12 June 2010 07:14 (thirteen years ago) link
ABC Radio National (Australia) presents a 2 part documentary on the Sydney and Melb scenes:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/hindsight/stories/2010/2946088.htm
On today at 2PM AEST (3 hours from now) and next Sunday - streaming on the web or podcast as well.
― nonightsweats, Sunday, 18 July 2010 01:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Nice to see that Other Music here in New York finally got some copies of Terrace Industry. Had been on the fence since I probably had 2/3 of it in one form or another, but a physical copy within arms' reach was too much to pass up.
― Michael Train, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:48 (thirteen years ago) link
there is now also this, which is a subset of the VoD box:
http://www.ascensionrecords.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=95
― barbara of seville (electricsound), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:53 (thirteen years ago) link
So what's left in this barrel to scrape? Is there going to be another in the "Do The Pop" series?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
some great new post-punk & underground rock bands out of australia include
UV RACEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pePULJR0UDEBLANK REALMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxVu2WXCXQIKITCHEN'S FLOORhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1hBHP5qr6A&feature=player_embedded
― flopson, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
love kitchen's floor, don't have much if any time for the other two..
doesn't look like it, but the well is far from empty. for one example, the au go go label catalogue has been barely touched by compilers, amongst others. there's easily another 5 compilations worth of uncompiled stuff out there that wouldn't disappoint fans of the 'tales' or 'can't stop it' comps..
― back in gloom (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
when someone finally gets around to anthologising the mid-late 80s aussie stuff some minds are going to be seriously blown
― back in gloom (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
You should do an unofficial MP3 comp like our other illustrious poster in this thread!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
Was looking forward to that Rabbits Wedding retrospective, but I guess Egg went out of business?
― svend, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
looks that way, though i don't think it's entirely down to them - i had some brief communication with a RW member (who is now in a quite good band called Dusken Lights) who indicated they'd put the project on hold themselves to concentrate on new stuff and would come back to it at a later stage..
― back in gloom (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
maybe one day soon... i am *finally* transferring all my vinyl, which i had been planning to do for ten years or more, so it's not unlikely..
― back in gloom (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
Woohoo! I'd love to come over and help but, y'know, halfway around the world and all...
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
Let alone the full Waterfront retrospective....Vinyl on Demand—The Ratcat Box....
Isn't somebody doing something with Feedtime, or did that happen?
There was the first Fungus Brains not long ago that somebody put out. Legit?
A Venom P Stinger set would be nice
The Moodists are out of print, best I can tell
Lipstick Killers, if you're going garage rock
And, God willing, I'm hoping to get the band nearest my heart, Wollongong's Sunday Painters, back out into the world this year. Not sure what form it will take yet. But given that the singles have started ebaying for $300 apiece, the moment is here.
― Michael Train, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 23:14 (twelve years ago) link
Do it Jim!
― yuoowemeone, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
sub pop is doing a feedtime thing in march iirc
a lot of the moodists 'two fisted art' comp was poorly done imo so i'm not that sorry to see it go out of print. a lot of vinyl 'remastering' is really lazily done and this is one that suffered. the tactics comp suffered a little from this too.
ratcat's 'informer' comp needs to be back in print, iirc it's basically all their waterfront stuff and it's so good.
a comp of the first 50 waterfront 45s would be a fucking joy to listen to
xpost it'll happen!
― back in gloom (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
now that i've checked a couple of early ratcat things never made it to cd - 'radio one' from the first 12", 'tura satana' from the saying goodbye 45, and the acoustic 'it's over' from the official bootleg. oh and their hummingbirds cover.
― back in gloom (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
Ah, that's right, Sub Pop. They deserve it.
There was that Grong Grong reissue last year, too. Not that originals are scarce and pricey artifacts.
― Michael Train, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 23:34 (twelve years ago) link
And yes, the Moodists and Tactics cds sound noticeably worse than the vinyl. Having just helped out on two projects done in large part from vinyl (UK bands: Disco Zombies and Happy Refugees), I don't feel too picky saying that it's not all that hard to make things sound at least a touch better than the originals.
― Michael Train, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 23:37 (twelve years ago) link