Cyclic Defrost

Dirty Sound System interview by Wayne Stronell

December 11, 2009

Dirty Sound System have forged a reputation around the globe as music selectors extraordinaire, but have nonetheless remained under the radar in Australia. Guillaume Sorge is a man who cannot rest: as we exchange extended emails in a sporadic fashion while he is undertaking another new project in his home country France, it becomes obvious. By Wayne Stronell Read on

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Clingtone interview by James d’Apice

December 11, 2009

Your spaceship has just crashlanded. You’re on a strange world; strange, yet eerily familiar. By James d'Apice Read on

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Editor interview by Chris Downton

December 11, 2009

Arriving amidst comparatively minimal fanfare earlier this year on Jim ‘Spoonbill’ Moynihan’s Omelette label, Interview Techniques – the debut album from Melbourne duo Richard Burns and Thomas ‘Soup’ Campbell (aka Editor) – easily represented one of 2009’s more interesting local dubstep-centric releases. With the sheer breadth of styles and influences that rear their heads throughout the tracklisting, ranging from chipcore sounds on ‘Got Game Boy’, to the dark-humoured Dr. By Chris Downton Read on

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Kito interview by Dom Alessio

December 11, 2009

It just doesn’t seem like the day to be making dubstep. To me, it’s a musical style birthed from rainy, dark, bleak UK days stuck indoors, rather than interminably bright afternoons in Perth. By Dom Alessio Read on

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Ghoul interview by Adrian Elmer

December 11, 2009

“We’re very much about trying to make a different sound that hasn’t been done before,” Ghoul bassist/rhythmist Pavlé says. He is immediately howled down by cries of “all the clichés!!” from his band mates. By Adrian Elmer Read on

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Holy Balm interview by Eliza Sarlos

December 11, 2009

“If there’s stuff that I’m listening to – for example the last couple of years I’ve just really liked dance music or dub – where it’s really sculptural, I want to pilfer those ideas for Holy Balm specifically. I’m always trying to replicate the elements of that music that I think would suit Holy Balm, or the scenario of Holy Balm.” Says Emma Ramsay, one third of psychedelic dance jam Holy Balm, with more self-reflection than you’d find in even the most established band. By Eliza Sarlos Read on

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Sunn O))) interview by Adam D Mills

December 11, 2009

It’s an established fact that those who most pride themselves on being open-minded can often be found to be nursing the most bigoted of attitudes. Take, for example, one recent contributor to the letters page of avant/experimental bible The Wire (which, for all its high-brow bluster can at times be as bitchy and petulant as the news.com.au comments section). By Adam D Mills Read on

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Alps interview by Shaun Prescott

December 11, 2009

Newcastle’s Croatian Club is the most accommodating venue in the city, perhaps in the state. After a day of unrelenting noise music at said venue, Chris Hearn turns up about an hour before his six o’clock set, nursing a hangover and a ‘special’ coffee, with his wife and recently born son Wolfgang along to watch. By Shaun Prescott Read on

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Seaworthy interview by Marcus Whale

December 11, 2009

It’s past midday at the river-end of the idyllic rolling hills and endless railways of Sydney’s Newington Armory. I’ve been trailing Seaworthy’s Cameron Webb through the dens and trenches that permeate this converted military base. By Marcus Whale Read on

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Can You Dig It? An interview with Soul Jazz Records’ Stuart Baker by Kurt Iveson

December 11, 2009

For years now, London-based Soul Jazz Records have been issuing essential compilations documenting a variety of musical scenes, from reggae and roots, through Nuyorican soul, independent jazz, New Orleans funk, dubstep and many more. Their latest release is Can You Dig It?, a two disc/four platter compilation of music documenting the music and politics of Black Action Films released between 1968 and 1975. By Kurt Iveson Read on

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