Filed under: BANOFFEE, BATRIDER, Blake Byron Smith, COLLARBONES, DJS BLAKE & TIG, DREAM KIT, FOX + SUI, GALAPAGOOSE, Hazel Brown, HELLO SATELLITES, KID SAM, KIERAN RYAN, NICK HUGGINS, OSCAR + MARTIN, OSCAR KEY SUNG, OTOUTO, PSUCHE, RANDOM POSTS, SEAGULL, SPEED PAINTERS, THE HARPOONS, THE WAR DIARIES OF FRANK BROWN, Tig Huggins, TOUCH TYPIST, TWO BRIGHT LAKES DJS
Hey friends,
After five years of blogging here, we are moving our middling words to our new website, courtesy of our friends PT Campbell and That Mob, who’ve collaborated with us to make a brand new website at our home of six years, www.twobrightlakes.com
Come visit us there and keep up with all the latest news about Two Bright Lakes people.
Thanks for listening,
Two Bright Lakes.
Two Bright Lakes is proud to release the debut film clip ‘Ninja’, from Banoffee premiered today on US blog Pigeons and Planes.
Watch Banoffee ‘Ninja’ Video at Pigeons and Planes
Banoffee is the sweet solo sound of Martha Brown (Otouto), a Melbourne songwriter with a keen ear for vintage synthesizers and modern R-n-B.
Banoffee’s music recalls the balearic sounds of the 1980s and the futurist space of UK bass music, merging with her own arresting take on R’n’B, a musical place where Detroit inspired synths end up in love songs that sound distinctly modern.
Her debut single Ninja twists and starts, Martha’s voice taking you where you’d least expect. Regular collaborator Alice Glenn accompanies the song with an hypnotic and intimate clip shot in an otherworldly warehouse space.
Two Bright Lakes is very excited to be releasing the first of Banoffee’s music to the world, beautifully crafted, esoteric pop music from a strong female voice.
“Banoffee plies intimate ache into jams that still inspire dancefloor joy.”
– Anthony Carew, Mess+Noise
www.soundcloud.com/bAnoffeeme
www.facebook.com/Banoffeeme
www.twobrightlakes.com
www.aliceglenn.com
This Thing have been responsible for presenting some of the most talented beatmakers and electronic acts this country has to offer, and today they are showcasing a massive collection of artists at the Gasometer in Melbourne.
After the inaugural SEQUENCE Festival in Sydney last Easter, the second instalment comes to Melbourne with more than 20 artists representing the best of both cities’ fringe electronic communities.
Don’t miss out on catching Oscar Key Sung, Scissor Lock (Marcus Whale from Collarbones, Andras Fox (Fox+Sui) and more than 20 other artists playing some of the best electronic music Australia has to offer:
Thomas William, Guerre, Electric Sea Spider, Oscar Key Sung, Wooshie, Friendships
Andras Fox, Nakagin, Max Crumbs, Harvey Sutherland, Kane Ikin, True North, Naps
Lindsay Tuc, Luis Cee Elle, Rohan, Cassius Select, Victoria Kim, Scissor Lock
Angel Eyes, Hyperborea, MPL, Pearse-Hawkins, Mannheim Rocket, Tea Factory, Inkswel …
Running from 2pm at the Gasometer Hotel, 484 Smith St, Collingwood.
to an all-nighter at the Mercat basement, 456 Queen St Melbourne
SEQUENCE is a hyper-local sound festival for attuned ears. .
Get your tickets on the door, they get you in to both the day party and the afterparty at Mercat til the break o’ dawn.
Check the set times below:
Filed under: OSCAR KEY SUNG | Tags: Banoffee, Edd Fisher, Electric Sea Spider, Ghostpoet, Gyno + Satan, It's Coming, Laneous + Jazzbot, Major Napier, Meloghost, OSCAR KEY SUNG, Shebeen, Silent Jay, Sure Thing, Two Bright Lakes, Wondercore Island, Yama Boy
Two Bright Lakes and Wondercore Island are excited to present Oscar Key Sung live over 4 Thursdays in June at Melbourne’s new non-profit bar Shebeen in Manchester Lane.
Since exploding out of the Two Bright Lakes community as one half of Oscar + Martin in 2010, Oscar has received international acclaim for his refreshingly spacious productions, buoyant performances, and a sumptuous voice that harkens back to a classic lineage of heart-on-sleeve r ‘n’ b frontmen
Bringing in 2013 with perhaps his biggest breakthrough yet, Oscar Key Sung was handpicked by Mercury Music Prize-nominated mc Ghostpoet and Brooklyn-based artist MeLo-X to produce their debut release as MELOGHOST, ‘WecanWORKitout’. Quickly receiving over 44,000 plays and with further collaborations in the pipeline, Oscar’s latest single ‘WIMLTM’ recently clocked 20,000 plays with no associated promotional backing or performances.
Now receiving further spins and the tastemaking praise of BBC Radio 6 programmer Gilles Peterson, Oscar Key Sung is now set to bring his startling story to the international stage with two promotional singles ‘It’s Coming’ and ‘Sure Thing’, out now for free download at www.oscarkeysung.bandcamp.com
DOWNLOAD It’s Coming / Sure Thing from Oscar Key Sung Bandcamp FREE
OSCAR KEY SUNG JUNE RESIDENCY AT SHEBEEN:
Tonight at Shebeen, Melbourne, VIC
w/ Major Napier, Laneous + Jazzbot and DJ Edd Fisher –Facebook event
8 TO 8:45: DJ Edd Fisher
8:45 TO 9:15: LANEOUS + JAZZBOT
9:15 TO 9:30: DJ Edd Fisher
9:30 TO 10: MAJOR NAPIER
10 TO 10:20: DJ Edd Fisher
10:20 TO 11: OSCAR KEY SUNG
Thu June 13th w/ Gyno + Satan, Yama boy – Facebook event
Thu June 20th w/ bAnoffee and Electric Sea Spider – Facebook event
Thu June 27th w/ Silentjay – Facebook event
SHEBEEN – 35 Manchester Lane, Melbourne
Filed under: TWO BRIGHT LAKES DJS | Tags: Chris Gill, Declan Kelly, Eliana Schoulal, MELBOURNE, Mohair Slim, NLNL, No Lights No Lycra, Ormond Hall, Simon Winkler, Two Bright Lakes, Two Bright Lakes DJs
No Lights No Lycra – An Opus ’13 Mix for The Thousands by Thethousands on Mixcloud
In the late sixties, the “famous Ormond Hall” experienced a surge in popularity when it became home to one of Melbourne ’s most popular dance clubs, Opus. Opus was the place to be for the “teen and twenties” set, and provided patrons with live music, Opusdancers, and a coffee lounge with television screens every Saturday and Sunday night.
NLNL OPUS’13
Ormond Hall
Saturday March 23
From 4pm
Filed under: SEAGULL | Tags: Carlton, Chris Bolton, John Bolton, La Mama, Theatre, Tom Davies, What a Joy To Be Alive
Seagull‘s Chris Bolton has lent his compositional gifts to a new theatre performance directed and devised by John Bolton and performed by Chris and Tom Davies. It’s showing now at La Mama Theatre in Carlton until March 3rd, get your tickets below while you still can.
Tickets available online
http://lamama.com.au/now-showing/summer-2013/what-a-joy-to-be-alive/
or via 03 9347 6142
$25 Full | $15 Concession
Wed, Fri, Sun 6:30pm | Thu, Sat 8:30pm
La Mama Theatre
205 Faraday Street, Carlton
What a Joy To Be Alive
The hypothesis must be entertained that I’ve got blood on my hands, but look, there’s nothin. Nah! Even under the fingernails. Nothin!
A duet for a musician and a man on the run, his crime unknown and his love remembered. Performed by Tom Davies and Chris Bolton, What a Joy to be Alive builds upon Home Stretch, the previous work of Davies and director JohnBolton, first developed for La Mama’s Explorations Season and then presented by The Dog Theatre.
The character played by Tom Davies has a mischievous glint in his eye. Sometimes we glimpse his deep sadness, sometimes he horrifies us, and sometimes he is incredibly funny. He moves like a strange animal, performs an obscene melodramatic pantomime and dances to exhaustion. The language employed by this character is spare, visceral and poetic: of the gut, the gutter and of beauty.
The music for the work is composed and performed by Chris Bolton. He plays a multitude of musical styles, which may be lyrical and atmospheric, loud and ferocious, classical Spanish guitar, samples, loops, or a haunting love song.
John Bolton weaves together the music, the humanity of the character and lighting by Shane Grant, to create a unique theatrical language rich in ambiguity and complexity. What a Joy to be Alive paints a picture, which is both figural and abstract; at times we see a distinctive character with his troubles and hopes, at other times body, music and light bleed together to create an enigmatic world unto itself.
“Vividly crafted…Davies harnesses the rarest of commodities in Australian theatre – unadulterated testosterone – to an effortless performance style” – Cameron Woodhead, The Age (on Home Stretch)
Directed and devised by John Bolton
Performed, devised and composition by Chris Bolton
Performed, devised and written by Tom Davies
Lighting design by Shane Grant
Tickets available online
http://lamama.com.au/now-showing/summer-2013/what-a-joy-to-be-alive/
or via 03 9347 6142
$25 Full | $15 Concession
Wed, Fri, Sun 6:30pm | Thu, Sat 8:30pm
La Mama Theatre
205 Faraday Street, Carlton
Filed under: OSCAR + MARTIN, OSCAR KEY SUNG, TWO BRIGHT LAKES DJS | Tags: ACCA, AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, OSCAR KEY SUNG, Oscar Slorach Thorne, Two Bright Lakes DJs
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The ACCA Art Bar is back, bigger, brighter and better than ever. We’re teaming up with ACCA to bring you sensational artists as part of their Art Bar series throughout 2013. Join us on Friday 1 March, as we kick off our first ACCA Art Bar of the year. Oscar Key Sung (of renowned Melbourne duo Oscar + Martin) will draw you in with his rich vocals, deep bass and honest words. Think soulful melodies over tape loops and beats. The result is nothing short of luscious, and with an album on the cards in 2013 catch him first, live at ACCA. Oscar will be followed by long time music lovers and collectors, Two Bright Lakes DJs, who will finish off the ACCA Art Bar with diverse, danceworthy selections. ACCA’s current exhibition Desire Lines will stay open until 7.30pm for an exclusive, extended viewing before it closes on 3 March. Embrace the end of the week at the ACCA Art Bar. FRIDAY 1 MARCH 6pm – 10:30pm |
Filed under: COLLARBONES | Tags: action bronson, boomgates, brothers hand mirror, Collarbones, dirty projectors, esg, htrk, hunx and his punx, jonti, kirin j callinan, kris moyes, lower plenty, MELBOURNE, naysayer and gilsun, peanut butter wolf, Sugar Mountain, sugar mountain festival, woods
The main event for this year’s Sugar Mountain Festival will be taking place at The Forum Theatre on this Saturday 19 January 2012. It’s going to be even better than last year, with performances by some amazing local and international artists, and the only Melbourne show for Dirty Projectors.
There are still a handful of tickets left at these outlets:
Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com.au or 136 100)
The Forum Box Office (www.forummelbourne.com.au or 03 9299 970)
and Polyester Records (www.polyesterrecords.com)
Check the set times:
THE WOMB
11.30pm – 1.00am: Dirty Projectors
10.30pm – 11.10pm: Action Bronson
9.30pm – 10.10pm: ESG
8.30pm – 9.10pm: Hunx & His Punx
7.30pm – 8.10pm: Woods
6.30pm – 7.10pm: Boomgates
5.30pm – 6.10pm: Lower Plenty
With projections and visuals by Kit Webster and Markus Hofko
Lauded Melbourne visual projection artist Kit Webster will make his third mind-melting main stage appearance at Sugar Mountain2013. Webster will expand on his previous two appearances at Sugar Mountain, taking us home with an expanding audio-responsive visual set for Action Bronson & Dirty Projectors.
German-born, New Zealand based artist Markus Hofko will make his Sugar Mountain debut with a series of swirling, live projections. Hofko will dress the main stage with live visual splendor for acts Woods and ESG.
Within The Forum’s many hidden nooks, local flamboyant artisan Hamishi will await you. Collaborating with musician and sound artist Henry Fin Madin (The Harpoons), the pair aims to draw you into their audio/visual world, bound to confuse and boggle, all in a strange and colourful manner.
Action Bronson – The Symbol
Dirty Projectors – About to Die
ESG – Moody (Live – From the movie Vampire’s Kiss)
THE SUMMIT
10.00pm – 10.40pm: HTRK
9.00pm – 9.40pm: Forces x Antony Hamilton
8.00pm – 8.40pm: Kirin J Callinan x Kris Moyes
7.00pm – 7.40pm: Naysayer & Gilsun
6.00pm – 6.40pm: Phantôscopia
The Summit is a stage of collaborative performances, visual sensations and otherworldly experiences.
Climb the stairs to the very summit of Sugar Mountain’s peak and find yourself drawn into the world of Phantôscopia. An extra-sensory exploration of human perception and phantasmagoria in a panoramic audio-visual experiment, Phantôscopia will take participants on a hypnotic journey to explore and project the shadowy landscapes of the Mind.
In early 2012, Kirin J Callinan and Kris Moyes had a meeting of minds which spawned one of the most arresting music video clipsto come out of Australia, ever. Enigmatic performer and strange fellow Kirin J Callinan and acclaimed sociopathic director Kris Moyes reunite for their collaborative live debut at Sugar Mountain. What will they do? We don’t know. But we trust them.
Melbourne based synth outfit Forces will collaborate with acclaimed choreographer Antony Hamilton (Chunky Move, Australian Dance Theatre, Lucy Guerin). The result? Another ‘must see’ one-off performance, curated just for Sugar Mountain. As a choreographer, Antony Hamilton created dances for The Lyon Opera Ballet, Australian Dance Theatre, Chunky Move, Dancenorth, LINK, The Victorian College of the Arts, Stompin and Rogue. This is sure to be an unforgettable, confrontational performance.
BOILING POINT STAGE
10.00pm – close: Peanut Butter Wolf
9.20pm – 10.00pm: Jonti
8.20pm – 9.00pm: Collarbones
7.20pm – 8.00pm: Brothers Hand Mirror
6.20pm – 7.20pm: Boiler Room DJs
The Boiling Point Stage is presented by Boiler Room TV, featuring visual installations and stage design by Misha Hollenbach.
Respected as one of the foremost broadcasters of underground dance music in the UK, Boiler Room TV will bring Sugar Mountaininto the living rooms of discerning dance music lovers worldwide through the Boiling Point Stage. Located on The Forum’s mezzanine level, Boiling Point will feature a stage environment with heavy tribal undertones adorned with the awe-inspiring visuals of Melbourne’s Misha Hollenbach.
One half of clothing label and publisher PAM and the driving force behind art/music super group The Changes, Misha Hollenbach is known for his awe-inspiring environmental installations and space transformations. At Sugar Mountain 2013, Misha will enhance and build upon the existing realm of the Boiling Point, creating a space of collaboration between performer, artist and audience. Misha’s all out visual kook-out will be a perfect cave for dancing.
Thomas Russell will exhibit You Are Environment, an interactive video feedback installation. The work reflects exploration of Zen philosophy and ideas on human consciousness and its relationship to nature. You Are Environment will be located at the entrance to the mezzanine’s ‘Boiling Point’ level.
Keep your eye out for Keith Deverell’s beautiful new extension of last year’s film project Grace Note. Prepare to be introduced to an exquisite focus on figurative sound play via local classical musicians, viewed alongside the seemingly effortless movements of Ballet Lab’s finest dancers.
FESTIVAL DOORS OPEN AT 5.00PM
The Sugar Mountain satellite event program can be found HERE.
Sugar Mountain Festival
Presented by Triple R, The Thousands and Vice
Saturday 19 January 2013
The Forum Theatre, Melbourne
MUSIC: DIRTY PROJECTORS | ESG | PEANUT BUTTER WOLF
ACTION BRONSON | BOOMGATES | BROTHERS HAND MIRROR
COLLARBONES | FORCES X ANTONY HAMILTON | HTRK
HUNX AND HIS PUNX | JONTI | KIRIN J CALLINAN X KRIS MOYES LOWER PLENTY | NAYSAYER AND GILSUN | WOODS
VISUAL ARTS: KRIS MOYES | HAMISHI | ANTONY HAMILTON
MISHA HOLLENBACH | KIT WEBSTER | MARKUS HOFKO
KEITH DEVERELL | THOMAS RUSSELL
PANTôSCOPIA | JEREMY EARL
Tickets on sale now via:
Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com.au or 136 100)
The Forum Box Office (www.forummelbourne.com.au or 03 9299 970)
and Polyester Records (www.polyesterrecords.com)
Filed under: NICK HUGGINS | Tags: acmi, Genevieve Bailey, I Am Eleven, live score, soundtrack, Two Bright Lakes
I AM ELEVEN Behind the Scenes – Making of the soundtrack with Nick Huggins
For one night only, Nick Huggins and his band will be re-creating his achingly beautiful soundtrack for ‘I Am Eleven’ live on stage. Gentle but piercingly insightful, like the film itself, it will be a unique accompaniment to this funny, sweet and knowing meditation on the things about growing up that bind us together, and those that tear us apart.
Directed by Genevieve Bailey, ‘I Am Eleven’ is a truly joyful cinematic experience, and Nick’s score a triumph, don’t miss out on the chance to see it performed live this Thursday night at ACMI.
BUY TICKETS to I Am Eleven with live score performed by Nick Huggins are on sale now through ACMI – selling fast!
Order Nick’s latest album Five Lights through the Two Bright Lakes store
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