Checked out I/OX + Ubique Trio last night at Ric’s Cafe in Brunswick St. in the Valley and was thoroughly entertained. With it being my first time to Ric’s I was unsure as to what to expect but was actually quite impressed with the venue. All performances were great but a particular high point was the guitarist getting crazy with the drummers sticks during the Ubique Trio set, luckily I captured it on video, be sure to check it out below;

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A free form improvised jam first thing after waking up still sitting in bed.
Rhani Marbles.mp3
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The first gig I’ve got along to since arriving in Brisbane 5 days ago. Little Man! 4, the 4th night in what I’m told has been an on going production of varied cinematic and sound nights was both diverse and tasteful. The venue itself supplied the audience with an array of visual stimuli to ponder whilst listening to the varied aural performances.

First to break the ice were Adam Park, Patrick King, Marek Rygielski who belted out some amazing sonic aural pleaure warming into an array of covertly structured but impromptu layers that excited the senses and left me wanting more.

Adam Park, Patrick King, Marek Rygielski.mp3

Next to take to the stage were noise duo Emesis and Mshing who will be supporting Wolf Eyes next Friday night at The White House. These guys belted out sound using tape loops, feedback, distortion, growling, fx, feedback, tape loops and more, this was noise like never heard before, refreshing to say the least it left my ears bleeding but strangely begging for more.

Emesis and Mshing.mp3

Next were Blue Creeping whose names I regretingly didn’t catch. Personally these guys provided me with the most aural pleasure of the night, varying the mixing of sound across many different realms from records and loops to slinkys and fx. I listened to there set again on the way home on the train literally only mintues after.

Blue Creeping.mp3

:EDIT: Ooops! It’s actually “Flew Creeking vs Hetleveiker” not Blue Creeking, that’s what happens when you’ve had your hearing altered by Emesis and Mshing, I Love It!

For the finale Ultimate Motorcycle Dugong took to their 808-Appalachian-hammered-electro-dulcimer workout. This was beautiful winding up and then down for a fitting last act rendering me unable to vacate my chair for several minutes afterward. It was also followed by a great off the cap dulcimer solo, for those who didn’t race outside which I didn’t get to record, by I think Jeremy Nuske and Velvet Passo

Ultimate Motorcycle Dugong.mp3
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Gibbon St. Woolloomgabba, Brisbane

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Brisbane is the New Black, I Love It!!!! Bagged a pair of authentic “Oakley Gascan’s”:http://oakley.com.au/o/o2222d today for $64. They feel a bit hot but oh well!

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9 months old

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Tammy & Griffo – Brisbane
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Finally what I’ve been saying I’m going to do has been done!

Have you ever looked at Art and thought ‘I don’t get it?’. You needn’t look any further, here we have art critics Richo and Trevelyan take you through the finer points of modern day contemporary art putting it into terms even a 5 year old could understand. Sit back and enjoy.

Time and time again I find doorways like this, sometimes I’m about to go through when I realise it’s bricked. Other times I find them but have no intentions of entering and sometimes I bash my way through anyway. Either way they’re there for a reason.

Having a bit of a play with my new toy, the “Korg padKONTROL.”:http://www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?a_prod_no=KPC1 A very nice midi controller with quite resonably sized velocity sensitive pads that you can really bash. It also has the neat little XY pad which works a treat.

A track I made entirely playing live with the Korg padKONTROL working along the ambient/sound scape concept.

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So I’ve been planning this one for a few weeks and finally got around to the day. Unfortunately it takes alot of Helium to lift even the smallest object off the ground. I did at one time have a much more reliable and large sauce of Helium but once they found out what it was being used for (a party for ‘Devonport’) they reneged on me.

So I pooled my balloons together and manged to get one letter, ‘A’ for ‘ART’ off the ground, taking a whopping 30 balloons in total. It went out over the city of Devonport and finally chose to go out to sea. This is now an unfinished project likely to be finalised in Brisbane.

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The Explanation
Far too often in this World of ours I feel people don’t think enough for themselves, they’re told and consequently loose any means they may have had to come to conclusive decisions independently. I implemented this project above to create a sense of unfamiliarity to those who viewed it, something out of the ordinary to that of ‘normal’ balloons you see floating off into the sky. I want people to think and reason for themselves and conclude as to why it is happening/there. No conclusion is write or wrong, concluding with a question is also fine, the key is thinking.

Bio-degradable ballons and string were used in this project