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2002 |
Perilous 614 If you read Mark Pollard’s column in 3D also you would know that Sound Summit is happening again on the October long weekend (Oct 4-6). Last year’s conference/festival, part of This Is Not Art, brought Anticon, Hrvatski and others to Australia and the conference’s five days covered a range of topics from production to distribution, music copyright to manufacturing. Start getting ready to make the short journey to Newcastle because this year there will be even more internationals and a bigger focus on NSW-based music – due in large part to Sound Summit being funded by the NSW Ministry For The Arts. Already confirmed are Neotropic from Ninja Tune, Manitoba from Leaf Records, and a enormous cross continent project called Scalene that brings together artists from Montreal, Melbourne and Manchester from labels such as Raster Norton and Skam. Of course, not only will these artists be performing at one of the showcase event, they will also be talking intimately about their production techniques and the various trails and tribulations of being an independent artist on an independent record label. Word is out that several other internationals may be added shortly so keep an eye on www.soundsummit.org. An speaking of Ninja Tune, a slew of new releases have landed. In amongst them are some hidden gems like The Harp Song, a b-side to DJ Vadim & our very own DJ Soup’s collaborative Combustible single. Another interesting release is from a new signing, Homelife. Homelife are a massive Manchester-based project comprising about 16 members including Graham Massey from 808 State that have a fantastic way out sound like Brazilian psychedelic gypsy music floating on a subtle sea of electronics. Wonderfully odd and well recorded the album Flying Wonders is nearly all proper live instrumentation often moving in totally different directions bringing a chaos to almost every track. Every so often the electronic elements seep through – electronic basslines, the odd digital effect or glitch – it is certainly a favourite at the moment. Also on Ninja Tune but licensed from the excellent Chocolate Industries label is a stellar hip hop compilation called Urban Renewal Project. Avant-hip hop and electronics from Prefuse73, While, Diverse, Caural, Themselves fit alongside Tortoise while Aesop Rock, a hard rocking RJD2, EL-P, Mr Lif and Souls Of Mischief move in more traditional hip hop directions. Push Button Objects are oddly absent. Chocolate Industries were one of the first electronic labels to make the leap from IDM experiments straight into hip hop and the strength of this compilation, the follow up to 2000’s Rapid Transit, is immediately clear. Also playing the IDM-meets-hip hop field is Chris De Luca’s solo outing for K7 called Deadly Wiz Da Disko. Teaming up with scratch DJ and MC (?) Peabird, De Luca takes his industrial glitch funk further into hip hop territory although the rhymes don’t always work. De Luca has been messing around on the edge of hip hop with Funkstorung for several years now – anyone remember the German only Funkstorung deconstruction of Wu Tang? and Deadly Wiz Da Disko has some excellent crunching rhythms. Take a listen. Frigid’s starting to gear up for its 6th birthday party on August 18 but before then we have former Deepchild collaborator and Tooth bassist John Maddox’s new band Gauche accompanied by Peter Hollo aka Raven from string quartet cover band Fourplay on the decks with his nutty bootlegs and hyperkinetic breakbeats. Then Little Nobody returns for his only Sydney show, back for a few days from Tokyo on August 4 . . . . Yellow Peril (www.snarl.org)  Goto
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