To celebrate the release of MorningMaxwell’s new single ‘Complications’, MorningMaxwell will be conducting a 2-week campaign with the Partae celebrating the topline over alternative beats (One new beat a day) from samples the legend has recorded around his house.
Today, Lil Lotus drops All My Little Scars Vol. 1 which features two new tracks “Rigor Mortis,” “Last One” and the previously released “I Don’t Even Like You,” and “Never Felt Better.” All My Little Scars Vol. 1 is the first of a three-part series and Lotus’s first EP since 2017’s influential Body Bag EP (featuring GothBoiClique’s Cold Hart and Nedarb).
LISTEN TO ALL MY LITTLE SCARS VOL. 1 NOW
A pioneer of the alternative rap scene, Lotus is known for blending confessional lyrics, pop-punk melodies and rap beats. Like his namesake the lotus flower that blooms in muddy waters, Lotus’s music grows from the pain of real-life experiences.
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The global pandemic may have shut down many aspects of life as we know it, but PBS 106.7FM’s annual Radio Festival is not one of them. The good folk at PBS are once again calling on its listeners to dig deep and support the station that supports them, with its oh-so-apt 2020 theme ‘You Can’t Stop The Music’. Bringing you the best emerging, independent, specialist and underrepresented music 24-hours a day, 365 days a year for over four decades, PBS is the antidote we all need in these trying times, and is seeking your help to keep the station alive and the tunes spinning long into a post-COVID future. So alert the group chat, bombard your next zoom meeting and call everyone you know, because this is going to be a big one!
From Monday 18 May to Sunday 31 May you can join up or renew your annual PBS membership, or simply make a donation via the PBS website, during the station’s biggest online and on air fundraiser of the year. Tune into 106.7FM to catch tales from PBS’ past, cherished memories, guest appearances and your favourite PBS presenters sharing their thoughts on the many, many benefits of being a PBS member including, of course, a treasure trove of prizes.
“PBS has supported the Melbourne music community for over 40 years. Over that time most of the station’s income has been derived from sponsorship and membership. With many businesses closed due to COVID-19, most of our traditional sponsors are not in a position to support us at this time. Therefore, it is important for our survival that listeners sign up as members and that current members renew. Many people affected by the current restrictions are finding a sense of normality in listening to PBS. I urge them all to dig deep and support us with memberships and/or donations during our 2020 Radio Festival. You Can’t Stop The Music!”
– David Heard – Acid Country Presenter
The 2020 major prizes on offer to all those who join up or renew their PBS membership from Friday 1 May are:
– A Primavera 125 i-GET Vespa in classic white with tan saddle trim valued at $6,990* ride away, courtesy of Peter Stevens Motorcycles
– A Clingan Guitar Tone handmade ‘Goldfinger’ electric guitar with SKB road case
– A Gett by Funk turntable with F7 tonearm and AT cartridge courtesy of Audiophile
– A Giro F2 bike with Ortleib accessories from My Ride Collingwood
– An entire year’s worth of PBS feature albums
Stacks of prizes are up for grabs for all tiered memberships including performers, businesses, pets, juniors, Friends for a Decade and Friends for Life. Become a performer member and you could score a Baked Goods live session video recording, or sign up your business for the chance at $1000 worth of custom merchandise printing from Das T’Shirt Automat. Perhaps your pet’s membership has expired, renew your furry friend and you could be the proud owner of a hand painted pet portrait by Archibald finalist, Cameron Potts.
Plus each day of Radio Festival from Monday 18 May to Sunday 31 May, there’ll be a different spread of daily prizes to be won including merch packs, food and drink hampers, tickets, vouchers and more, all kindly donated by local businesses, venues, and generous members of our community. Some of the seemingly endless daily prizes up for grabs in 2020 are:
– A handmade Anna Cordell tailored suit with consultation and two fitting sessions
– The Blues Train Queenscliff Experience dinner and show for four
– Music on the Hill double pass, plus a bottle of wine or 4 beers and a signed poster
– A Sonos special edition HAY One Speaker in red
– A one month Shining Light yoga membership
– Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio (MESS) yearly membership and double session pass
And at least 100 more!
“PBS has spun The Teskey Brothers since we first started releasing music in 2016. We definitely wouldn’t have had such a good start without their early support. It’s really important that this great radio station can continue to support bands like us forever so please sign up to be a member during this year’s Radio Festival.”
– Sam Teskey of The Teskey Brothers
Every year PBS releases its coveted Sounds of Studio 5 Live compilation album featuring exclusive live recordings of guest artists from the year that was. All new and renewing members who join up during this year’s festivities will receive a digital copy featuring the likes of Surprise Chef, Pinch Points, On Diamond, Coda Chroma, Clowns, Dyson Stringer Cloher, Deline Briscoe, Karate Boogaloo, Ghost Note and many more. Plus, get ready to slide into your next zoom meeting in the latest PBS Radio Festival T-shirt designed by local artist Jase Harper. Simply join up as a passionate member or above and be the envy of all your half-dressed mates this iso.
PBS Radio Festival 2020: You Can’t Stop The Music
May 18 – May 31 2020
For the full list of daily prizes or to join head over to www.pbsfm.org.au
If you are having trouble renewing online, you can email info@pbsfm.org.au or try calling (03) 8415 1067 between 10am-6pm Monday to Friday and PBS will do their best to answer your call
Like PBS 106.7fm on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
#PBSRadioFestival #YouCantStopTheMusic
Thank you for supporting PBS.
How did you first start creating music?
I don’t have a musical background and was generally discouraged in this regard growing up. I got to point in my life where I simply had too much bottled up inside myself and had to find a medium through which to get it out. Rap seemed like the genre with the easiest entry level and I set myself the goal of creating a mixtape. I learned as I went, approaching and overcoming obstacles such as not being able to sing, and not having any references of someone creating contemporary rap with an Australian accent. I haven’t stopped since, and I now think the lack of musical training is actually an asset forcing me to be more creative with how I approach my work.
Your latest single ‘Dirt On the Name of Steven’ is out now, what influenced the punk trap sound for this track?
The song itself is nostalgic, looking back at a period of time I am now distant from and comparing it to where I stand today. The Emo/Pop Punk instrumentation by Lil Aaron is reminiscent of the music I listened to in the years during the events expressed in the song’s lyrics.
You have an EP on the way, what different creative elements do you have in store for us?
After the release of my EP I’m going to be focusing on finalising my book. It will be a collection of my ritual photography as well as a snapshot of my personal philosophy as it is in this moment.
But before then I have my most ambitious videoclip yet planned for the first song on the EP, it’s my most favourite song on the EP “Lava”. I don’t want to give it away, but I think it should make people smile, we all need a little bit of escapism right about now.
How has The Zheani Sparkes EP progressed or differed from your previous releases?
I think I approached it with a slightly tighter concept than other projects. I aimed to provide context about my past and give people more insight into the background that shaped me. It came out extremely grim so at the very end I sprinkled a bit of positivity like adding sweetener to medicine.
What did you find most challenging/rewarding during the creation of the EP?
Most of what I speak about on the EP is deeply embarrassing. These are memories I tried very hard to suppress and forget. Making music out of these memories is like alchemy, I take something terrible and make art out of it. Then the memory is out there for everyone to experience and I am no longer as ashamed. Transmutation.
I hope this process will allow me to finally leave all that baggage behind, rather than having darkness hidden inside, I want it out of me. I genuinely want to be a happy person. I hope the reward for my transparency will be getting to move on.
What direction can you see your music taking next?
I want to take a moment and work on some more light-hearted music. However, I’m also considering taking some time to myself in preparation for working on my first album. Technically I’ve released an album-length project, but I’ve never approached them as such.
What are you listening to at the moment?
City Morgue, Grimes, Nicole Dollanganger, Aphex Twin, Young Thug, Bright Eyes, Tracey Chapman, Neil Young, 100 Gecs.
What do you like to do away from music?
Cooking, gardening, audio books, stretching/laying horizontal… Waifu Shit.
What else do you have planned for 2020?
It all depends on when they let us out of the country ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The Zheani Sparkes EP is out on May 29. Stream the latest single ‘Dirt On The Name Of Steven’ here.
Follow Zheani:
@askulloffoxes
facebook.com/zheanisparkes
twitter.com/askulloffoxes
zheani.com
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Glinting jangle-pop churned with the soft-edges and everchanging colours of early summer sunsets, PENDULUM is the latest dopamine hit of hazy melody from multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, James Holt, released on Fri 15 May 2020. A reputed musical revolutionary otherwise painting his own signposts to an artistic peak, Holt switches from self-determined isolation to unholy alliance by enlisting The Coral’s song-wrangler, James Skelly on production duties for the first time alongside the mixing talents of Chris Taylor.
Slide-guitar whines into verses dressed with the tinsel of gently played glockenspiel and gossamer-light, finger-picked chords dance over the ballast of Holt’s acoustic rhythm playing, all vacuum-packed into concentrated dose of melody. As an antidote to malaise, Pendulum’s effects are reminiscent of medications prescribed by legendary pop/rock clinicians Johnny Marr, Crowded House, Squeeze and Jeff Lynne. A straight kid walking into a psychedelic orgy, part of his native Lancashire and part the sounds of the sun-kissed West Coast, Skelly described Holt during sessions at Liverpool’s Parr Street Studios as “like Scott Walker backed by Echo and the Bunnymen.”
“The song is generally about the endless cycle of revenge,” James said speaking of the lyric content. “There are so many cool ideas that feed into the ‘Pendulum’ theme of the song, like the way the opening riff revolves back and forth around two chords and how the story ends where it began to create a narrative loop. It packs a punch and gets the point across in so few words, I like songs like that.”
Theoretically and spiritually tuned into numerous instruments and a prolific creator, Holt played everything barring drums on the track, with Skelly offering backing vocals. Holt has been praised by other esteemed peers, including Brian Eno for previous releases and performances, with the legendary ex-Roxy Music musician and prolific producer describing him as “fresh and exciting.” Based in Bolton near Manchester, Holt has garnered a strong following in his home city playing to sell out audiences at various venues including Deaf Institute, while also selling out the Hope and Anchor, London and taking to festival stages including Kendal Calling, Sound City and Head For The Hills. His next performs live in a headline appearance at Band On the Wall, Manchester on Fri 23 October 2020.
Holt’s achievements in music, beyond each accomplished note of tracks like Pendulum, yield further, deserved admiration by the fact that he was diagnosed with bilateral moderate-to-severe hearing loss at the age of four.
Connect with James Holt online at:
https://twitter.com/jamesholtmusic
To celebrate the release of MorningMaxwell’s new single ‘Complications’, MorningMaxwell will be conducting a 2-week campaign with the Partae celebrating the topline over alternative beats (One new beat a day) from samples the legend has recorded around his house.
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PURCHASE ‘A RAVER’S DIARY’ ON VINYL HERE
ISOLADE
DUSTY KID – ‘A RAVER’S DIARY’ VINYL RE-ISSUE
OUT NOW
One of Italy’s most talented electronic music exports, Sardinian Dusty Kid makes his return with a vinyl re-issue of his 2009 classic Techno album – ‘A Raver’s Diary’. The LP is being made available on vinyl for the first time and arriving as a double LP package completed with digital remixes, singles & b-sides, following digitally at a later date. Since its original release in 2009, ‘A Raver’s Diary’ has set the mark for groove ridden melodic techno LPs. Now, as it surpasses its 10th Anniversary, Isolade (Kompakt) help to deliver the full package.
First appearing in the early-00’s with a string of well received releases, Dusty Kid was one of many sparks that helped usher in a new era for electronic music. With releases on globally esteemed labels such as Systematic, Bpitch Control and Mau5trap, he saw himself catapulted into the spotlight and gained support from international artists such as Ritchie Hawtin. Dusty Kid had grown organically into his global position and saw himself become a permanent fixture on the international touring circuit.
Upon its release in 2009, the album demonstrated Dusty Kid’s extraordinary flair for producing intelligent dance music. A truly versatile and classically trained musician, his eclecticism and ability to embrace diverse sounds is what made his music so timeless, seeing ‘A Raver’s Diary’ continue to electrify and inspire.
Merging direct dancefloor tracks with deep and hypnotic productions ‘A Raver’s Diary’ inspires trance inducing atmospheres, that make the music engaging from the first beat. ‘Here Comes The Techno’ and ‘The Underground Persistance’ command the attention of the listener and capture the essence of peak dancefloor moments.
Next track ‘Klin’ embodies electro beats, meanwhile ‘America’ is a 17-minute long opus filled with melancholy. ‘Cowboys’ slows down the tempo on the album, layering synths amongst dreamy tones. ‘Moto Perpetuo’ builds on the energy with melodic chords and electro bassline. ‘The Fugue’ pays homage to Bach’s experimentation with monothematic instrumentation involving eerie synths and a progressive build.
Demonstrating Dusty Kid’s use of experimentation, ‘Agaphe’ switches up tempos. As he continues to build atmosphere with ‘Lynchesque’, ‘Pluk’ offers a chopped electro sound. And on ‘Nemur’, Dusty Kid changes up his style as he utilises lyrics and vocals in a folk-pop inspired techno crossover.
Available now for the first time on vinyl, ‘A Raver’s Diary’ is a reminder of Dusty Kid’s prodigal rise through the world of underground techno, a stark reminder of the Sardinian’s talents in production as an electronic music artist.
Dusty Kid’s ‘A Raver’s Diary’ Vinyl Re-Issue is Out Now on Isolade (Kompakt)
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What is your name and role within Dadub?
Daniele Antezza: Post-shamanistic deconstructed recursions
Marco Donnarumma: Infinite old school dub resampling via metamorphic anime sagas.
Where are you currently based and what is the music scene like there?
We’re atm both Berlin based, and as you might guess there’s pretty much everything your taste could be hungry of.
How did you first start playing music?
We were both playing in bands since we were kids, since then our interest in music creation has grown exponentially. You just do it, really. There isn’t any particular reason.
What’s been happening recently?
A massive pandemic which is making pretty clear how the neoliberal system we live in is totally inadequate in terms of sustainability and prone to exploitation of everything that lives (or not). Besides the full dystopia we’re going through, we’re doing our best to keep on and to feed Dadub. And more dystopia, of course.
Please tell us about your up coming EP, influences, where you recorded, who with..?
The EP is the result of a really long process. The influences are too many to be listed, but include artists in Dub, Metal, Trap and ritualistic music. These are tracks we have been composing, mixing and remixing several times throughout a few years. What’s interesting about the EP is that it marked our loving relationship with metal distortions and their insane richness when plugged in dub feedback systems.
You’ve also had a recent line up change, how and why did this come about? That happened about three, four years ago. Daniele and Giovanni did amazing work together and then came the time for each of them to take different directions. Since a few years now Daniele and Marco have joined forces to bring the Dadub sound beyond its comfort zone and explore new sonic territories.
What’s planned for the April 9th launch at Tresor with SCORN!?
Well, we were very excited about this, Scorn is a hero. Unfortunately, as everyone knows, at the moment all public events are blocked due to the COVID-19 Emergency. We truly hope the show can happen some time in the near future.
What do you think about the current state of world affairs and how is it effecting you and your music?
It’s a dangerous times, especially for people living precarious lives. Life in capitalistic societies is going to change for good. We don’t think anything right now, other than caring for our loved ones. It’s very important that people worldwide do not take this pandemic lightly. We recommend to read less news and more science. Virologists have the most useful things to say these days.
What do you like to do away from music?
Have mystical experiences through combinations of vapors and fluids. Read books. Loads of ‘em.
Who are you listening to at the moment?
Scorn. Empress Sativa. Blasphemer. Daighila. Griselda Records. Mønic. Ena. Swarmm. Lemna. Death Qualia.
What’s planned for 2020?
We had shows and other public outings which at least for now are obviously not happening any more. So we will try our best to convey frustration, desperation and perhaps hope into new music fitting these times.
Favourite food and place to hangout?
Dadub Studio with homemade Parmigiana.
www.instagram.com/dadub.music/
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Cat: OHM 53M
Release Date: 20 Mar 2020
Format: 12″ EP / Digital
Tracklist:
The Time You Killed
I Would Gladly Die (For the Same Reason)
Past Times, Present Ruins
It Was Too Soon
Dadub is a project synonymous with the deepest rhythms from the interior of the human psyche. Low-end mysticism. Tribalist periodic audio patterns. The Berlin-based Italian producers behind the project, now constructed of sonic warlock Daniele Antezza and performance artist Marco Donnarumma, supply an unmistakably unique vision of post-apocalyptic dub landscapes. Past, present, and future blend into one, backed by the supremely sublime BASS of the creators.
A Sun Called Moon is a synchronous first representation on Ohm Resistance, detailing their ongoing mission of creating bass-present music, regardless of dancefloor conformity. The Time You Killed opens as a psycho-acoustic audio film, depicting the unknown world from which the EP emanates. I Would Gladly Die… introduces heavy rhythmic patterns, completely alien to identified structures, while unmistakably pushing a groove that entrances hypnotically. Past Times Present Ruins lowers the tempo and continues extrapolating into new rhythmic territory – or is it ancient? It Was Too Soon follows with beat driven hednod, as influences from Scorn to Autechre are subsumed into the universal language that comprises Dadub. Feeling both familiar and foreign, both modern and eternal, this Dadub appearance on Ohm Resistance is a fascinating drama played out in 4 acts. Spliff recommended – subwoofer required.
All tracks Written and Produced by Daniele Antezza and Marco Donnarumma
Mixed by Daniele Antezza and Marco Donnarumma at Dadub Studio, Berlin
Mastered by Xergio Cordoba @ Eternal Midnight Studio, Madrid
Photography by Flora Schwartz
Layout by Machine™
