Cyclic Defrost
An Australian magazine focusing on interesting music
Dirty Sound System interview by Wayne Stronell
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. Read on
Interview with Public Opinion Afro Orchestra by Bob Baker Fish
Public Opinion Afro Orchestra are a Melbourne big band Afrobeat Orchestra who blend African influenced funk with jazz and more contemporary styles like hip hop, even including turntables in their arsenal. They’ve just released their debut LP Do Anything Go Anywhere which they are launching at the Prince of Wales in Melbourne on the 13th of March, though before that they are performing at Womadelaide between the 5th and 8th of March in Adelaide. Read on
Besh o droM interview by Bob Baker Fish
Besh o droM are an incredibly creative Hungarian folk ensemble that blend the traditions with the current day, their staple being the kind of breakneck gypsy music that makes the Balkans proud, albeit with turntables, electric guitar or whatever else they can get their mitts on. They’ll steal from anywhere, their music this incredible fusion of Transylvanian, Jewish, Afghan, Bulgarian and Balkan traditions mashed into rock, jazz and folk. Read on
Clingtone interview by James d’Apice
Your spaceship has just crashlanded. You’re on a strange world; strange, yet eerily familiar. Read on
Editor interview by Chris Downton
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. Read on
Kito interview by Dom Alessio
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. Read on
Ghoul interview by Adrian Elmer
“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. Read on
Holy Balm interview by Eliza Sarlos
“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. Read on
Sunn O))) interview by Adam D Mills
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). Read on
Alps interview by Shaun Prescott
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. Read on
Latest reviews
Mr Cloudy – Sensitive Crop (Rednetic)
Denim Owl – The Dream Pocket (Special Award)
Tiago Sousa and João Correia – Insomnia (Humming Conch)
Ninca Leece – There Is No One Else When I Lay Down And Dream (Bureau B/Inertia)
Raoul Sinier – Tremens Industry (Ad Noiseam)
Badawi – El Topo (Index)
Alice Russell – Pot Of Gold Remixes (Pod/Inertia)
Furesshu – Untitled 12” (Project Squared)
Free The Robots – Ctrl Alt Delete (Alpha Pup Records)
Joe Kickass – Let Me Introduce EP (Project Mooncircle)
Herzog – First Summer And The Running Dream (Resting Bell)
Jonny Trunk – Jonny Trunk’s Scrapbook (Trunk/Inertia)
Richmond LaMarr – Lights (Lopsided)
Gonjasufi – A Sufi & A Killer (Warp/Inertia)
Various Artists – Headroom Volume 1 (The Frequency Lab)
Ent – Welcome Stranger (n5MD)
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