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franksphoneFiled under: GALAPAGOOSE | Tags: Andras Fox, Commitments, Crumbs, Galapagoose, Magical Properties, Max Crumbs, This Thing, Two Bright Lakes, Wooshie
This Saturday is going to be huge with the Melbourne launch of Galapagoose’s Commitments LP at Phoenix Public House in Brunswick, Melbourne. And not only that, it’s also the launch party for a bevy of releases from our friends at This Thing, you’d be crazy to miss this…
// THIS THING // BOYFRIEND CLUB PRESENTS…
Galapagoose “Commitments” LP LAUNCH
Andras Fox “Day Dreaming” mini LP LAUNCH
Max Crumbs “Maidenhair” LP LAUNCH
Wooshie – “Boyfriend Material” EP LAUNCH
GALAPAGOOSE “COMMITMENTS” LP (MAGICAL PROPERTIES / TWO BRIGHT LAKES)
Trent Gill AKA Galapagoose, AKA filthy fingers, AKA Uncle owns a Chop Shop is one Melbourne’s premier producers and eclectic musical makers. One listen to Commitments – his newest LP out on Two Bright Lakes and Daedelus ‘s Magical Properties. TripleR album of the week and XL8R sensation. Get on top of him!
http://soundcloud.com/this-thing/galapagoose-ploy
ANDRAS FOX “DAYDREAMING” MINI LP (//THIS THING// RECORDS AND TAPES)
This dude is well hot. You can tell he is smart too. Daydreaming is so bloody good though. You should definitely check out his silky styles. Dude is a beast. RRR radio pig. Redbull Music Academy Graduate. MPC and Monome. This Thing is proud to call him family.
http://soundcloud.com/this-thing/andras-fox-thats-all
MAX CRUMBS “MAIDENHAIR” LP (SENSORY PROJECTS)
Max Kohane AKA Max Crumbs AKA Fruitest Maximus is well known for beating skins and playing drums. He just released a record on Sensory Projects which is a great label to be on.
http://soundcloud.com/this-thing/crumbs-baby-thighs
WOOSHIE “BOYFRIEND MATERIAL” EP (//THIS THING// RECORDS AND TAPES)
Melbourne’s own blunted daddy of this thing collective AKA Dylan Michel AKA Wooshie AKA Bushy will be releasing his long awaited “Boyfriend Material” EP
SUPPORT ALSO FROM THIS THING ARTISTS
NAPS
http://soundcloud.com/naps
& DJ SIMON WINKLER
Doors at 8PM
$10 on the DOOR
PRESALES AVAIL. HERE
http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=56892&ref=moshtix&skin
VINYL, CDS & TAPES AVAILABLE 4 PURCHASE ON THE NIGHT
www.thisthing.us //
www.facebook.com/thisthing //
www.twitter.com/this-thing //
www.phoenixpublichouse.com //
Filed under: GALAPAGOOSE | Tags: Commitments, Daedelus, Galapagoose, Magical Properties, RRR, Two Bright Lakes, vinyl
We are very excited to say the debut full-length album Commitments from Galapagoose is available now on limited edition 12″ vinyl with handmade, hand screen-printed covers and digitally through iTunes and other online music outlets. Recorded in a flurry over a brief six-week period, the hypnotic melodies and psychedelic feel document the intensity of the moment, striking hard at the heartstrings. Already drawing plaudits from blogs and publications worldwide, and Album of the Week on hometown station RRR, the album is sure to find it’s way into your consciousness in the coming months.
Just premiered on JJJ’s Home and Hosed, the new clip for ‘One Who Can’t Move’ directed and edited by Emily Wormley is up on Youtube now, check it out below. And if you haven’t heard, NY’s Braille has remixed ‘One Who Can’t Move’ for some upright dancefloor action.
Check the Braille remix here
Commitments is available now on limited edition 12″ vinyl through the Two Bright Lakes online store (Aust. only), and from Polyester, Northside and Wax Museum in Melbourne Australia, and in selected independent record stores throughout the globe.
Digital download of the album available from iTunes and other good online music stores
Filed under: GALAPAGOOSE | Tags: Commitments, Daedelus, Magical Properties, Trent Gill, Two Bright Lakes
Two Bright Lakes is very proud to welcome Galapagoose to the fold with the launch of the first single One Who Can’t Move from his debut full-length album Commitments.
Galapagoose is Melbourne, Australia based interdisciplinary artist Trent Gill. From a jazz theory background but with a distinctly DIY ethos, Trent’s musical creations take on many forms, from recording and composition, to designing studio hardware and computer software.
He is well regarded in underground electronic circles for his developments in live performance-based software, focused primarily around the Monome.
Though deeply multifaceted, Trent’s productions remain the central tenet of his output, harnessing a delicate soulfulness alongside brash experimentalism, with performances rooted in improvisation and spontaneous vocal sampling.
After traveling abroad through 2011 to tour with Young Magic (Carpark), of whom he produced the group’s debut album, Trent found himself living in NYC. Through a serendipitous alignment, a joint performance with Daedelus occurred, laying the foundation for the release of Trent’s solo debut album, ‘Commitments’, on Daedelus’ own Magical Properties imprint and released in Australia through Two Bright Lakes in March 2012.
Here’s what XLR8R magazine said about One Who Can’t Move:
“a two-minute song that mashes together a vocal and piano sample with airy synth lines and turns the side-chain compression up to 11. It all results in a unique crossover between frozen-in-place beat music and a sort of downtempo house.”
Filed under: DREAM KIT, FOX + SUI, THE HARPOONS | Tags: Absolute Boys, BEN BARRETTO, CHACO KATO, DEERHOOF, DJ YAMANTAKA EYE, DYLAN MARTORELL, FOX & SUI, JOHN MAUS, JULIANNA BARWICK, KEITH DEVERELL, Kit Webster, KYLE RANSON, Lost Animal, LUCY BENSON, MATSURI YAMANA, MAYA HAYUK, Mess + Noise, PETS WITH PETS, PRINCE RAMA, RAPHAEL RIZZO, RHYS MITCHELL, Shabazz Palaces, STRAIGHT ARROWS, sugar mountain festival, SUN ARAW, The Harpoons, THEE OH SEES, This Thing, THIS THING PRESENTS, THOMAS RUSSELL, TUNE-YARDS, Two Bright Lakes, VINCENT MOON, WORLD’S END PRESS
Wow, we can’t believe it’s that time already…this Saturday January 14th, the second Sugar Mountain Festival will be taking place at The Forum with a very exciting lineup of musicians, visual artists and dancers. There are still a few tickets left, (you can grab them from Ticketmaster), you’re not going to want to miss this:
THE WOMB (The Main Theatre)
12.00am: Shabazz Palaces
11.00pm: Deerhoof
10.00pm: Thee Oh Sees
9.00pm: Tune-Yards
No Lights, No Lycra Dancers
8.00pm: World’s End Press
7.00pm: John Maus
6.00pm: Pets With Pets
With projections by Kit Webster and a gateway installation by Maya Hayuk and Kyle Ranson.
MESS & NOISE STAGE (Mezzanine)
11.45pm: The Harpoons
10.45pm: Lost Animal
8.30pm: DJ Yamantaka Eye (extended set)
7.45pm: Straight Arrows
6.45pm: Fox & Sui
With stage art by Rhys Mitchell and Raphael Rizzo, and mezzanine installations by Matsuri Yamana.
THE SUMMIT (Upstairs theatre/Forum II)
11.30pm: This Thing Presents
10.30pm: Prince Rama
9.30pm: Sun Araw (featuring visual artist Ben Barretto)
8.15pm: Julianna Barwick
7.15pm: Absolute Boys
With projections by Lucy Benson, ‘Grace Note’ by Keith Deverell screening between bands, and installation and performance by Dylan Martorell with special guests in nearby nook.
Doors open at 5:30pm
There’ll be plenty of
food/drinks/beautiful artwork/seats/bathrooms/friendliness/nooks/crannies/good times
…we hope we’ll see you there, we’ll be the ones dancing with cheese-eating grins on our faces.
And…that’s not even the end of it – there is a whole week and a half of satellite events, with screenings and Q & A’s with Vincent Moon, exhibitions and installations by Maya Hayuk, Chaco Kato, Dylan Martorell and Kyle Ranson, workshops, parties and so much more, check out the full program of side events here.
Filed under: BATRIDER, Blake Byron Smith, COLLARBONES, DJS BLAKE & TIG, DREAM KIT, Hazel Brown, NICK HUGGINS, OSCAR + MARTIN, OTOUTO, SEAGULL, Tig Huggins | Tags: best of 2011, Donny Benet, Geoffrey O'Connor, Lost Animal, melbourne music week, New Look, Shabazz Palaces, Sugar Mountain, Theo Parrish, Two Bright Lakes, virgo four
It’s that time of year again where we weigh up all that has happened this year, throw some opinions around, and celebrate all of the good things that transpired in 2011. It’s been a very busy year for us at Two Bright Lakes, we want to thank everyone who came to shows, bought records and listened to the music that ‘s been released and said nice things about it, we really appreciate all of those things.
We put out some of our favourite records ever in the form of Collarbones, Oscar+Martin, Dream Kit, Batrider and Nick Huggins. We helped put on the the inaugural Sugar Mountain Festival in January, we braved endless rain for the Melbourne Music Week rooftop show, toured Virgo Four twice, took part in the Galactic Nights series, put on countless excellent local shows with musicians from near and far…we’re collecting an archive of photos and videos of shows from the year, and we’ll be posting them somewhere soon.
In the meantime, here are some reflections by some of the Lakes people on what they thought was great about 2011 and time and space in general…
Hazel Brown (Otouto):
Overseas:
1. Shabazz Palaces – Black Up
2. Arthur Russell – Lets Go Swimming
3. Hercules and Love Affair – Blue Songs
4. Gillian Welch – The Harrow & The Harvest
5. Motor City Drum Ensemble – DJ Kicks
6. Nicolas Jaar – Space is Only Noise
Australian:
1. Teeth and Tongue – Tambourine
2. Lost Animal – Ex-Tropical
3. Oscar and Martin – For You
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5 Low Budget Music Videos of 2011 (no order)
Filed under: Blake Byron Smith, DREAM KIT | Tags: acmi, David Evans, Dream Kit, Future Tense, Galactic NIghts, Geoffrey O'Connor, Rambl, Two Bright Lakes
Dune Year Remix EP cover by Carl Breitkreuz
Since releasing the Future Tense EP in April, Dream Kit. has been wiling away the winter meditating on deep space, drum sounds and the endless ability of sub bass to warm one’s heart. With remixes for Otouto, Near Myth and Geoffrey O’Connor waiting in the wings for release and a stack of projects for new label collective // THIS THING // on the go, Dream Kit dispersed the techno dancehall skeleton of Dune Year – the brooding closing track to Future Tense – to willing remixers.
Geoffrey O’Connor found some time in between releasing his new LP Vanity Is Forever to tune the gated reverb just right and deliver a true remix, juggling and interspersing the rugged original sounds with some bombastic 80’s beats.
Dream Kit collaborator Rambl takes a more drastic approach on his production debut, discarding much of the original and artfully disguising what’s left with a stripped back warehouse rave intro that shifts gears into a Detroit garage vibe right on the 2011 tip. Fans of Lone and Falty DL will enjoy this one.
David Evans, sticks man for This Is Your Captain Speaking and fresh from a beautiful record out on Sensory Projects, mutates Dune Year into an all too brief tribal drum excursion that yearns for an African Future.
Bombastic; Dynamic; Trippy: Three wild remixes straight out of Melbourne. You can download the EP tomorrow from Bandcamp, including the awesome Rambl remix, which you can listen to below…
Dream Kit will be playing live at ACMI, this Thursday December 15th at Galactic Nights (part of the amazing Star Voyager exhibition) with visuals by Blake Byron-Smith and soaring DJ sets by Simon Winkler (RRR). Doors open 6pm, Dream Kit on at 7pm, tickets here
The Future Tense EP, featuring Dune Year, is available now on limited edition 12″ vinyl and for digital download. You can find it in all good record stores, the Two Bright Lakes online store and through iTunes and Bandcamp.
Filed under: DJS BLAKE & TIG, OSCAR + MARTIN | Tags: Buffalo Club, Magda Bytnerowicz, meredith music festival, Noise in my head, Two Bright Lakes, virgo four
There’s not too many pre-sale tickets left for tonight’s headline Virgo Four show at Buffalo Club (get yours here until 5pm), kicking off at 9pm with Two Bright Lakes DJs Blake and Tig, followed by Noise In My Head (RRR) then Virgo Four live! Magda Bytnerowicz will be bringing it home for the morning, check out her latest mix here, it’s going to be a night full of awesome house jams. Here’s the set times:
9pm -10pm TBL DJs
10pm – 12am Noise In My Head
12am – 1:15 am Virgo Four
1:15 – till close Magda Bytnerowicz
And for those lucky enough to get Meredith tickets, Virgo Four will be on at 3:30am for the dancers on Saturday night.
…and opening up on Saturday at 11am, don’t forget to see Oscar + Martin in their Supernatural Amphitheatre debut, it’s going to be a special weekend…
Filed under: Blake Byron Smith, DREAM KIT, HELLO SATELLITES | Tags: acmi, Dream Kit, Galactic NIghts, Time Shield
Following an amazing performance by Brous in the first week of the program, Galactic Nights continues at ACMI in Melbourne this Thursday night with the wonderful Hello Satellites. This might be the last time you can catch them this year, so come on down to The Cube at ACMI to see Eva and co, accompanied by visuals by Blake Byron-Smith and music by Simon Winkler (RRR). Doors at 6pm with music until 9pm, only $6 from here or on the door.
There’s two more performances to come as well with Time Shield (AKA Faux Pas) on December 1st and Dream Kit on December 15th. It’s all part of the Star Voyager exhibition at ACMI, exploring the history and future of space exploration through the moving image.
Filed under: NICK HUGGINS, OSCAR + MARTIN | Tags: bamboo musik, canyons, cornelius brown, five lights, five lights on port philip bay, joshua batty, melbourne central, melbourne music week, NICK HUGGINS, northcote social club, Oscar+Martin, portastud, Two Bright Lakes
Two Bright Lakes are proud as punch to present the launch of Nick Huggins’ sophomore solo release Five Lights. Nick has been working hard on this for the last four years, crafting an slow burn album of diversity and subtle beauty. He’s also released an accompanying package called Five Lights on Port Philip Bay containing a book of words and a tape of instrumental works produced in the same creative period, complimenting the album of songs.
All of these works are available for sale from the Two Bright Lakes Store either as the album only, the tape and book only, or all three components together as one. Nick has also produced a website to accompany the release, located at twobrightlakes.com/fivelights. There you can watch videos created for each song on the album, photographs of pages from the book of words, and audio from the instrumental release.
Nick will be launching the album with an extra special band bringing the songs to life with support from Portastud. Doors open at 2pm, so get there early, Portastud is on at 2:30, and Nick after that.
Nick also be playing at the Two Bright Lakes Melbourne Music Week show on Melbourne Central rooftop on Saturday November 26th from 5pm, alongside Canyons (live), Oscar+Martin, Teeth and Tongue, Bamboo Musik, visual art by Cornelius Brown, projections by Joshua Batty and special guests to be announced…
Nick Huggins – Five Lights
out now through Two Bright Lakes / Remote Control
CD available in all good record stores throughout Australia courtesy of Inertia
Filed under: BATRIDER | Tags: Absolute Boys, Lady Dreams, MELBOURNE, Native Cats, The Tote, Two Bright Lakes
Batrider play the last date of their national ‘Piles of Lies’ launch tour this Friday at The Tote alongside Tasmania’s Native Cats who are also launching their album ‘Process Praise’. Joining these awesome bands on the night will be the equally awesome Absolute Boys as well as Lady Dreams. Get down early, if the facebook numbers are anything to go by, this one is going to be a sell-out…there’s a great artist on artist interview on Mess+Noise with Batrider and Native Cats here too…
…In between playing some powerful shows around the country, Steph Crase has been producing music videos for a bunch of songs from the album, check them out below:
[ free mp3 download of single 'Piles of Lies' ]
Batrider – Piles of Lies out now through Two Bright Lakes / Remote Control
Buy on CD online // Bandcamp // iTunes
and available in all good record stores nationally through Inertia
