Tue, 20 May 2008
POLYNATE 23rd MAY 2008
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Featuring DJ Squiggle ZOG and DJ Col
In a different vein to the warehouse parties like the headspace parties of yore, but should be excellent fun, and free!
presented by the minirig soundsystem
At glitch bar and cinema, 9.30PM til 1AM
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I'm a super sexy laid back audio stigma that happens once a month on a Friday for your booty shakin pleasure on levels 2 & 3 @ eurotrash bar, Corrs La, Melbourne. Enticing you to wobble n wiggle, move n groove, shake n bake, lounge n laugh, float n fly... All bases are covered with resident dj Simon Slieker holding fort for the electrifying electro experience with guest dj's/artists each month catering to your funky techno/electo needs :) check back here regularly for announcements.. The live n laptops chill lounge is on hold for now... stay tuned for news on that ;) And bee prepared for the CD launch of Polynated on Sept 7th!!! It's gonna go OFF!!!
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Album quilt:
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More info at the Rainbow Serpent Festival Web Site
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Link : www.deepmix.ru
For us command line using linux heads who just want to get straight into the music try this:
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To listen to his most excellent alt country type stuff in linux land, use the following command rather than battle through the
windows centric mp3.com.au interface...
He also has a MySpace page that is less ugly than most other myspace pages... much like his sartorial splendour in person.
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Now to get to grips with MIDI sequencing and sampling under Linux. So far SEQ24 and MUSE seem to fit my needs best while being simple and usable (and muse reasonably close to the older Cubase I am used to).
Some tech info on this device plugged into a 2.6.X kernel linux box:
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Saw these guys play at Glitch Bar and Cinema on Saturday night, was a great show. I'd checked out some of the mp3s from their site before heading off and suprised to find them playing live a much more refined, smoother sound than the acid techno on their site, with atmospheric spoken word, and ultra smooth echo laden trumpet sounding clearly though the Minirig Sound System. Very impressive, and went down a treat on a cold Melbourne night in away from the cold.
After the intermission the performance filled out from the elctronic backing to a full live band with the addition of guitar, bass, drums and violin to head of in a sort of stoner dub Tijuana Brass direction that was also great fun.. they shoulda played longer.. all in all a good night out on a cold melbourne night.
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Worked first go with Linux 2.6.15, ALSA drivers - from dmesg:
it identifies as a C-Media headhone set - but works perfectly. Sounds OK, but noiser than the
uca202.
Looking inside the PC board identifies it as a Gamtec MB-102 which it presumably is a rebadged version.
Has a bright blue/purple LED that flashes when the audio is active.
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Haven't recorded anything but playback sounds noticably better than the build in motherboard soundcard, even on Logitech multimedia speakers. The 3.5mm headphone out seems to sound a bit tinny compared to the main audio out, but its hard to quantify.
For nerd trivia, here is the dmesg output when plugging it in:
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Pixel Reunification will launch / screen their DVD @ Glitch Bar & Cinema (St
Georges Rd, Nth Fitzroy )
on Sunday 7th May @ 7.30pm (sharp!) The entry is free !!!
They will be followed by a cameo performance by Winduptoys (who are due to
release their own album ' Double Exposure ' in May on Clan Analogue /
Creative Vibes.)
Pixel Reunification have compiled a collection of visual work onto DVD,
which includes music by Clan Analogue artists including Winduptoys, Clowns
Smiling Backwards as well as other musical acts. People will have also seen
some of their work over the years @ various Clan Analogue events, etc..
They will also provide the visual component as Winduptoys play on the
evening.
Bo & Jeremy (winduptoys)
www.winduptoysmusic.com
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Get the full
lyrics and download the mp3 here
This has made my day.
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Here is the supplied html snippet that should insert a chart of what I have been listening to:
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18 ST GEORGES RD NTH FITZROY 3068 (Victoria)
And they have Coopers on tap now!
I'll break out Ye Olde Dx200, but not sure how live I will be.. at least one or two Bangin Trax though
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Interesting the designer also made the kit synth ETI 4600
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The URL is at http://planet.clananalogue.org/
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Congrats to the organisers for a great event and all the great music.
some pics from inthemix and
flickr
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Some of it documented in this flickr photo set.. I am in one of the pics, somewhere
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On the music side the highlight (of what we caught, we couldnt catch it all) was Phil Hartnoll from Orbital,
and Phoney Orphants. Also way cool was Derek's band The Rush Effect
doing a more traditional rock guitar type thing.
Perry Farrell was a bit disappointing, appearing to sing with some delay in his vocals whilst DJIng not very well, but
maybe I was expecting something else.
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Also of note was the work of Pat Stormont who played straight
after Thomas Brinkmann, a hard act to follow but Pat managed with aplomb. And
Natalie Beridze who was performing with Thomas Brinkmann, though who
was playing what on those laptops I am not sure.
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here
are
some
links
that giva an indication of the cool stuff on display.
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I'll be off to Thailand again Real Soon Now, apart from some fun family stuff to do I can update my Morlam CD and VCD
collection. Interesting that one sensible approach to preventing music piracy that I have seen in Thailand is by..
actually pricing the CDs reasonably.. with legit audio CDs and VCDs costing only a few baht more than the badly made
pirate copies, buying the real deal is a no brainer there.
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On a related note I see that SLAP RECORDS have a
web site at long last. I'm not a big fan of the oh too proprietry flash format
but the site looks great anyway.
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Then there is JEFF MILLS playing next month,
dont go out to much big club nights but for this gig
I will make an exception.
.. and then after that there is Earthcore.. big and rambling weekend
of camping and music.. quite pricy this year, still not sure if we will go.
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Hi scooby gang ! 8-)
Well the time is upon us to relaunch *Polynate* only this time its at the newly vamp'd
*Rusty Lounge* (old Ace Morning Bar)
Set times as follows:
*d-Rektional* (50% LIVE) - 10pm-12
*Anna Ce* - 12-2am
*Continuum* (LIVE) 2-3.30am
*Simon Slieker* - 3.30-6am
*The Blank Theory* - 6-7am
entry $10 before midnight/$15 after
drink specials $4 long glasses (bigger than a pot) of Becks before midnight and a
concoction called The Polynate for $7 which is ridiculously yum honey, tia maria,
frangelico and milk.. mmmm :D
doors open at10 and shut at 7am so bring ya sunnies and good vibezz amd come buzzzz with
us! :)
cya on ze dancefloor!
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Kali Zahra
Hunab Ku Creations
PoBox 244 Northcote Vic 3070
0431265005
Tue, 08 Apr 2008
headspace at glitch friday 18th april 2008
Sun, 30 Mar 2008
DJ SQUIGGLE
New web site.. check it out for some laptop deejayed mashup action... www.djsquiggle.net
Wed, 22 Aug 2007
Polynated CD Launch - 7th September
This looks like an awesome gig.. I didn't get my act together musicwise to submit something for this comp, but plenty of
good stuff anyway:
Tue, 24 Jul 2007
zog djs at polynate this 10th aug 2007
blurb shamelessly nicked from the POLNATE myspace page.. thanks Kali!
Sat, 09 Jun 2007
POLYNATE
Rocked down to the opening night of new club Polynate last night, most excellent fun... just needs MORE SUBWOOFERS.
Keep up the good work Kali!
Sat, 12 May 2007
playing with those last.fm widgets
This post might even deserve to be in the nerdy section more.
Sun, 11 Mar 2007
Steve Law Live Sets blog
Found this
link to various live sets in mp3 format from Steve Law (aka Zen Paradox).. including the amazing set he
played at the 2006 Rainbow Serpent festival.. great stuff.
Sun, 04 Mar 2007
ANRILOV - Cartoon Studio
Insanely good minimal mix from those enigmatic russians.
Hint: to listen using xmms use the following:
xmms http://85.21.79.5:8040/
EMPE002: BOYRONIN - Aloneness and Isolation
Nice minimal net release from Melbourne artist Boy Ronin. Currently grooving out to track 2.
He also has a myspace page, but myspace teh sux0rs.. stick to last.fm happy land
Tue, 26 Dec 2006
ZOG confirmed at chill area for Rainbow Serpent Festival 2007
I am completely stoked I was lucky enought to score yet another gig at this most amazing event. I have always had the
most amazing time and seen the most amazing music at this event. A highlight of RSF2006 was seeing Zen Paradox
and DJ Toupee a the market area, but there was piles of other excellent going on at all times.
Sun, 24 Dec 2006
deepmix.ru - excellent constant techno streams
Thanks to Nik and Jon for putting me on to this
excellent streaming radio station from Russia.. neverending, excellent minimal techno - just what the doctor ordered after feeling worn down stressed and headachy recently. Never quite sure what they are playing but it's almost always good.
totem http://85.21.79.5:8040/listen.pls
Sat, 25 Nov 2006
Mr Bollinger
Well in his current musical incarnation TK Bollinger ain't quite bleepin though
I have played with him in his more bleepy incarnation at Ye Goode Olde Shen Ying nite club of yore.
totem "http://www.mp3.com.au/PlayAlbumASX.ASP?id=15268&Stream=96&File=Test.asx"
Tue, 07 Nov 2006
My Bush Would Make a Better President - Digital Primate
Excellent pop song by Digital Primate, check out the video on GootUbe Here. Good stuff. Nice start to a laid back Melb. Cup Morning.
Sat, 09 Sep 2006
ESI Midi Mate USB midi adapter works fine with linux
Got a ESI Midi mate from Streetwise in Hawthorn, although on their web page it is listed as an Audiotrak XP Midia mate it appears the ESI is just the Audiotrak unit re-badged. Works fine with the Linux ALSA midi drivers to the level of testing I have done. The wire used on the midi cables seems a bit flimsy compared to the stuff midi leads are usally made from, but I guess we'll see how it holds up.
aplaymidi -l
Port Client name Port name
14:0 Midi Through Midi Through Port-0
24:0 XP MIDI mate XP MIDI mate MIDI 1
/proc/bus/usb/devices
T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#= 4 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0a92 ProdID=1000 Rev= 1.01
S: Manufacturer=Ego Systems Inc
S: Product=XP MIDI mate
S: SerialNumber=ct02090990
C:* #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=100mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 0 Cls=01(audio) Sub=01 Prot=00 Driver=snd-usb-audio
I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=01(audio) Sub=03 Prot=00 Driver=snd-usb-audio
E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
Now the re-assembling of the studio can continue.. if I can drag myself away from tinkering with lastfm long enough.
Mon, 26 Jun 2006
THE CHURCH OF SPONTANEOUS JOY
Dick Smith Electronics USB 2.0 External Sound Card
Got this on special for just under $20, for use with Skype.
usb 2-4: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3
input: C-Media USB Headphone Set as /class/input/input4
input: USB HID v1.00 Device [C-Media USB Headphone Set ] on usb-0000:00:02.1-4
usb 2-4: USB disconnect, address 3
Wed, 07 Jun 2006
MS-20 Arkestra at the Make it Up Club - 06 / 06 / 06
Went and saw the amazing MS-20 Arkestra (made from a bunch of Melbourne musicians) jam it up
at the Make It Up club last night, loose and jammy but relaxing and fun.. I just wish the set was a bit longer!
Tue, 16 May 2006
HEADSPACE 05 06
Got a nice little DJ gig on Saturday night at Glitch Bar and Cinema supporting Zen Paradox and Pat Stormont -
more info here
- should be excellent fun.
Sat, 06 May 2006
Behringer UCA202 USB Audio interface and linux
Just got one of these nifty devices from
the friendly people at MelMusic and it worked first go in Linux.. well the kernel detected it and loaded a driver, took a bit of RTFM to get it playing with gnome desktop via ALSA, but essentially in terms of the driver it was plug and play.
usb 2-4: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5
input: Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC as /class/input/input3
input: USB HID v1.00 Device [Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC ] on usb-0000:00:02.1-4
usbcore: registered new driver yealink
drivers/usb/input/yealink.c: Yealink phone driver:yld-20050816
Sat, 29 Apr 2006
PIXEL REUNIFICATION DVD LAUNCH / FREE SCREENING
Got this in email, looks cool:
Pixel Reunification vs Winduptoys.
Wed, 19 Apr 2006
I've always been dismayed by the lack of decent politically themed (electronic) music.
That was One thing I liked about the good old 'Oils was they stuck to their guns. At least now
Clan Analoguester Victor X-Ray has released an excellent dub mix with lyrics courtesy
Alexander Downer to remedy that.
Mon, 17 Apr 2006
Col's Minirig Site
Col, aprts from playing the odd DJ gig both here and in East Timor has had a succession of sound
systems that have seen action both here and in East Timor (one was the first sound system into
East Timor after liberation).. here is his Minirig Site that documents the ongoing evolution
of these systems.. I got to play through the latest iteration when it was installed at Glitch Bar and Cinema
for the Glitch 2nd birthday bash.
Sat, 08 Apr 2006
Been playing with last.fm, which ships with a Linux player
The player seems to Just Work, bar the occasional buffering glitch at the start of some tracks but that seems to have gone away.
Wed, 29 Mar 2006
GLITCH BAR AND CINEMA SECOND BIRTHDAY
Also Col's birthday partee, but thats meant to be a secret...
Saturday 8th April, 8PM til 1AM
Sun, 26 Mar 2006
Fairlight CMI trivia
Just an interesting link to comments and trivia about a Fairlight Sampler for sale on ebay.
Wed, 22 Mar 2006
planet clan analogue
Just set up a quicky install of planet planet to agregate
clan analogue related blogs. Presently just a proof of concept
install.. using the heads that shipped with the planet software.
Sun, 05 Mar 2006
DOLLSQUAD at the OLD BAR
Well not quite a bleep but went and saw a bit of Ye Olde Pub Rock last night at The Old Bar
in Fitzroy, catching Dollsquad, Sons of Lee Marvin and Lonely Hearts.
Good raucus rock and roll and Carlton Draught by the jug. Show was over by the last tram home as well so didn't have to get a taxi.
Sun, 26 Feb 2006
Clan Analogue new Dub CD Launch
Went along last night to check out the doings of my old cohorts at Clan Analogue
as they were launching the new dub compilation CD. A great night, some excellent sounds on display and a very big spacious clean dubby sounds to the PA, which sounded great but not overbearing.
Sun, 12 Feb 2006
Rainbow Serpent 2006 was excellent.
I was pretty tired as my January has been insanely busy, but managed to get a good set together and play up there.
Also caught great stuff by Kali and Bags in the Chill zone and Toupee, Steve Law, and whoever the 2 DJs after him were awesome on the market area on Saturday night. Pity a lept through a lot of the rest but I really needed it, but it was the kind of event were just relaxing was fine as well.
The Park last Sunday
I haven't been out much recently but a laid back afternoon of minimal and dub in the park was just what I needed.
Caught the sets of Steve Law, Monolake, an the Midget Fidget guys and it was excellent. Thanks to Alan Bamford!
Wed, 30 Nov 2005
EARTHCORE NOV 2005
.. was excellent. Did some laid back camping and relaxing, and checked out some great music. Was chilly as
we forgot to take our doona, but at least we bought a sleeping bag along.
Sun, 11 Sep 2005
Spin Cycle 2
coming up at the end of the month
Sun, 03 Jul 2005
Steve Law and Thomas Brinkmann at LIQUID ARCHITECTURE 6
Caught Steve Law and Thomas Brinkmann play at
Liquid Architecture 6 last night at The Public Office and it was one of the best
nights of techno I have ever seen. Music was amazing from start to end. I rolled up late and
only caught the after midnight rhythmic portion of the night, but heard the earlier click
part was excellent as well. Sound was a smooth crips clear rhythmic evolution of amazing sounds
and evolutions from start to end.
Congratulations to Alan B and the Deep Chord crew and everyone involved
with putting on this event.
Sun, 26 Jun 2005
Remains To Be Seen - "Live, one-off video cut-up animation collage jamming and performances for MIAF."
Caught this show last night and enjoyed it immensely - actually got roped in at the last minute to DJ
accompaniment audio and that was excellent fun as well. But apart from that
just wandering around sipping beer and checking out the dazzling eyecandy on display was well worth it.
Sun, 30 Jan 2005
More Mor Lam
Good to see some Wikipedia has an excellent article on
Mor Lam music, complete with articles on my favourites,
Jintara and Banyen. Now I know the amazing little acapella
sections at the start of some Mor Lam tracks are called Gern.
FUTON = GET FUCKED ?
Interesting to note that one of my current favourites, Anglo/Thai electro band Futon have a member
who was involved in English dark tech/house act Get Fucked, their album Dot to Dot was quite a fave of mine a few years ago.
Sun, 26 Dec 2004
using a warmed up rolling stone rippoff to whine about DJs playing other peoples songs is funny
Watched Jet's video, not a bad video and song but when I think of the mind blowing performance
of DJs like Jeff Mills compared
to derivitive publicist heavy amalgamations like Jet its quite funny.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004
Checked out the incredible JP (aka Miniphil??) at deepchord club last weekend
And he was incredible like always. Very fluid amazingly mixed minimal set. A
good reason to get myself out of the house and into a smoky club.
Sat, 16 Oct 2004
A pile of excellent gigs to see soon.
First there is the local DEEP CHORD night coming up
with the amazing JP who played at HEADSPACE playing
a rare Melbourne set. This will be on 23rd October at Deep 11.
