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2002 |
Perilous 586 Happy new year! Yep, another year and another manic summer is upon us. As January and February roll out festival after festival the smaller events are traditionally a bit squeezed as punters’ money dries up after the big parties. Nevertheless keep your eyes on the streets for the scabby little photocopy fliers as there are sure to be some excellent outdoor events at the very cheap end of the scale as well for the keen. Certainly as Sydney moves every year closer and closer to a big business event scene the small parties are the lifeblood of everything that isn’t “just leisure”. Arguably dance music has always been “just leisure”, but at certain critical times something new rises up for a short moment - rave in the very early 90s, jungle in the mid 90s, for example – where for both punters, promoters, deejays and musicians, it becomes more than just something you do on the weekend. Most importantly, for those who do make money from these moments, it becomes something more than just about money. Still, these times don’t last forever and quickly this energy is lost and a professional ‘industry’ develops to capitalise. People make careers out of it. A brand name appears. Venture capitalists with little interest move in to fund larger and larger events to maximise their returns. Public Relations staff appear to ensure everything runs smoothly or at leats it gets reported as running smoothly. And finally, the local record stall in the mall has a section dedicated to the latest series of compilations of that sound. Its been a very very long time since Sydney experienced the last “critical moment” and we are long due another one. Release-wise, January is a very quite month as retailers try hard to shift the schlock they bought in for Christmas. Better that you chase down a few releases you’ve been being recommended by friends in this time. Try out a few internet stores – www.hiphopinfinity.com has been providing access to a whole range of indie hip hop releases for a long time now and still carries a sterling selection of CDR pre-issues and demos from all sorts. Frigid-wise we have a packed fortnight with Adelaide’s prodigy Superscience returning to Sydney on the even of the release of his second an as yet untitled album (lovesick vocals meets Boards Of Canada) to play Frigid on Sunday 13th with the USA’s Pan American. Pan American is a side project of Mark Nelson of Labradford. Dub influenced minimalism which should grab anyone who likes Pole or recent Frigid visitor Jan Jelinek. On the 16th we do our customary January Frigid at the Festival Of Sydney with Flanger’s Burnt Friedman taking stage at the Hyde Park Barracks on Wednesday. Burnt’s show on the 16th will be his move jazzy and organic side with his electronic cuts taking the stage at Frigid on the 20th with local electronic jazz combo Pivot. Yellow Peril  Goto
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