R20 / Zero State Response
1/3/12 The Last Racket //
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Candie Hank aka Patric Catani [GER]
Ollie Olsen
Raceless [Curse Ov Dialect]
Bankai
JPS
Xian
BlueMD
Honeysmack
Koda
Netzair
Rob Spinfx
Jem the missfit
Camo
Alt Esc Del
Richie Cyngler & Nat Grant
Adam Hunt
VJANEKS
Sado
Kit webster
Samari
Chiara Kickdrum
James Wright & Merri Hietala
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A massive line up to end RACKET's residence at Miss Libertines....
Racket will take over the front and back room, creating and immersive racket for you all to digest and process.. or just get wasted too
R.x- $5 on the door before 8:30pm $10 from 8:30pm onwards.
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R20 / Zero State Response
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<<<OLLIE OLSEN_ live
Ollie Olsen is an Australian composer, synthesist and sound designer who has been producing and performing rock, electronic and experimental music for the past thirty years. He is probably best known in the mainstream for his collaboration with Michael Hutchence - Max Q in 1989.
Olsen began his forays into electronic music as a teenager in the mid 1970s, studying with Felix Werder. He has gone on to produce a large body of work, ranging from experimental work to film and television soundtracks, pop and dance music, installation projects and creating and running record labels.
From the late 70s to present Ollie has been involved with an impressive number of artists and acts from The Reals, The Young Charlatans, Hugo Klang, Orchestra of Skin, NO, Whirlywirld and Third Eye, Shaolin Wooden Men, Antediluvian Rocking Horse as well as running his label Psy-Harmonics.
Olsen has lectured on and taught electronic music at various universities and symposia and performed, contributed and composed with a wide variety of artists from across the globe.
<<<CANDIE HANK aka PATRIC CATANI [GER]
Candie Hank aka Patric Catani is a German producer, composer and performer from Berlin who’s music uniquely covers Soundtrack Melodies, 8bit Bass, Rap with slight memories of the abstract Hardcore Techno and Acid School.
Originally producing music on the Amiga in the late 80’s and while still notorious for his Tracker Enthusiasm, has managed to transport his vision of music with all its facets to a broader audience over the years. You can sense the smell of Catani on all of his productions no matter which genre. A cinematic, confronting journey through the eras of forgotten futurist lounge and Beat – Using the symbols of our Darwinist pop society and the typical male stereotype character to appreciatively take it apart and dismantle the dictated, risk free attitude of the “New APP Order”.
His anarchistic approach taking and modifying statements in a plunderphonic way but giving it the spice and soul of Moog synths, 8Bit Roughness and the surreal twist of a Daniil Charms worshipping sample eating Bassmonster. Of course always in honour of Morricone, Rock Hunter, Hazil Adkins and the Euromasters.
Come and see Mr Candie Hank smash his extreme and grotesquely beautiful music, into the ballroom like a good bottle of wine.
http://soundcloud.com/catani
<<<SADO_live
Alan Crowther aka Sado is a computer based producer from Melbourne. Sado’s live music is best described as a unique blend of textured atmospherics, high velocity drum sampling within abstract song structures. Since 2007 Sado has produced some of the freshest breakcore and electronics both here and abroad. Just when breakcore seemed to peter out, sado’s contribution has reignited interests and moved the genre forward in a new and original direction. Finally securing him to play racket we can expect an exciting and long awaited show from him.
<<<XIAN_live
Hailing from the wastelands of Bacchus Marsh, Xian's unique grafting of juxtaposing genres is his claim to infamy, from grindcore to crack house, crudstep to greasy R&B and anything it takes to get your knuckle hairs on end. Solid kick drums and snares puncture the ambience in a shit storm of hard hitting electronics. Supporting the likes of Clark (UK) U-zique (UK) Evol Intent (USA) Exile (UK) Enduser (USA) Goth Trad (JAP) Richard Divine (USA) to name a few. With local releases on System Corrupt and Black Lotus, internationally on Omeko (JAP) Wrong Music (UK) Acidsmover (RU) and BRK (FR) to airplay from TripleJ, Shibuya FM (JAP) and PBSFM. Get your freak on!
http://soundcloud.com/xian
<<<NETZAIR
Netzair has spent years experimenting, shooting and producing his own unique content. Crosscutting live, graphic compositions to sync, his style allows you to see beyond a reel of pleasant images - you see the music. Striving to make the night's audio entertainment tangible, bringing sound to life, the visual experience is especially suited to an electronic environment where bass, glitch and snare can be translated optically. With a passion for live performance, it's not uncommon to see Netzair pushing out vision for ten or more hours straight, on festival stages alongside International and local Dj's, as well as club nights and community based video art events. http://www.netzair.com/
<<<CHIARA KICKDRUM
Chiara Kickdrum is an emerging Melbourne based performer, composer and sound designer.
She has worked on music and sound design for advertising, short movies, video art, animation, and art installations. Chiara’s works include compositions for piano, voice, electronic music, live improvisation, field recording, sound manipulation and djing.
After her move to Melbourne in 2004, Chiara was exposed to the world of electronic music, which changed her entire perception on sound. That’s when she got into djing and producing music of her own.
Her dj sets are a mix of electro, experimental sounds and techno.
http://www.mixcloud.com/chiaracunciett/racket-20/
www.chiarakickdrum.com
<<<JPS - The Operatives
JPS aka Jerry Poon is known to most as the head honcho of The Operatives, which over the past 5 years have had an unparalleled commitment to bringing out ground breaking experimental beats artists to Australia and New Zealand. Active in his role as DJ, Tour agent, promoter and producer, JPS has progressed on to become one of the leading exponents of The beats community in all respects.
The vast diversity of genres the agency supports is reflected in his sets - From hip hop, funk, soul, future beats, Salsa, Samba, to DnB, dancehall and Reggae to name a few.
Signed to OBSEsessions and Qilin Records, he has ongoing collaborations with Kiat, Johnny Hooves, Fugitive, Shamik and Motive as well as received play by the likes of Concord Dawn, Asides, Kiat and more.
The Operatives strive to present the most forward thinking individuals of current day electronic music scene. Raising the profile of new, exciting and revolutionary producers on a local and international front.
http://www.theoperatives.com.au/
http://soundcloud.com/jps/ops-radio-april-19
<<<BANKAI_live
Bankai became a minor cult figure soon after putting his first track on thesixtyone, his fans crowd sourcing a month long international tour across Canada. Since, Bankai has been headlining everything from huge raves to share-house parties all over the world.
He moves seamlessly from dubstep to bebop, electro to jump up dnb, wirelessly mixing from within the crowd using Wii remotes, circuit bend toys, iPhones and a hacked Nintendo Powerglove.
2011 sees Bankai heading up ALL CAPS Records, releasing local and international chiptune, *step and bass music, alongside tours to Japan, south east asia and across Australia.
http://www.bankai.fm/
<<<Alt Esc Del (vj)
Alt Esc Del has performed under many alias. Most recently performed and designed the visual rig for the Deliverance Festival. Enjoys the meta. Inspired by glitch.
<<<Richie Cyngler_live
Richie Cyngler experimental electronic open source audio visual hardware software algorithms glitchpop.
www.glitchpop.com
<<<Nat Grant_live
Nat Grant is a percussionist, sound-artist, composer and teacher from Melbourne, Australia. She works predominantly as a freelance artist and has been employed as a composer and performer in the fields of puppetry, theatre, film, animation and dance.
http://www.natgrantmusic.com/
<<<RACELESS _live (Curse ov Dialect)
Raceless is a Melbourne based artist and member of the infamous Curse Ov Dialect hip-hop outfit. Curse were the first Australian and Australian-accented hip-hop outfit to score a record deal in the United States with the 2003 album Lost in the Real sky, on Los Angeles Indie Label Mush Records. The music conveys a strong anti-racist message and a call for human unity. Its members represent a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds - Anglo-Indian, Pakistani, Maltese, Macedonian, and Anglo-Maori - and the polycultural element is matched in the samples within their music - politically conscious rap with ethnomusicological sources and a hip hop base. Raceless has toured extensively through Western and Eastern Europe, United States and Japan from 2004-2010.
http://soundcloud.com/raceless
<<<ADAM HUNT (live)
broKeN beating distorted and digital noise in voltage tribes and kaleidoscopic deciepts. neon radio is the mashup of noise, industrial, beatsy flurescent pop by Melbourne artist and epic tard Adam Hunt. neon radio continually gives birth to new creatures with collabrative dickheads celebrating the decadance and beauty of our devine species.
adamhunt.net.au
<<<KODA (dj)
live AKA Sous/User Defined
Andy is a techno producer / live artist based in Melbourne. He writes for labels such as Elektrax, Gynoid: Audio and If? Records.
http://www.elektraxmusic.com/koda/
<<<KIT WEBSTER (vj)
Kit is gaining wide recognition for his audiovisual installations and digital sculptures, which utilise precision programming and visualisation techniques to create abstract immersive environments.
www.kitwebster.com
<<<Jem the Misfit (vj)
Jem the Misfit has been splashing her unique blend of colour and tech across screens around Australasia for the last 5 years. With a diverse range of music, artists and events under her belt, Jem has worked with musicians ranging from top international Dj’s through to local ambient and indie bands; in clubs, bars, arts events and festivals. Jem brings the audio to life with her energetic yet carefully crafted sets full of vibrant colours, crisp graphic based animations and grungy textures.
www.jemthemisfit.com
<<<CAMO (dj)
http://soundcloud.com/summer-innit/summ ... ix-by-kamo
<<<BlueMD (vj)
Javier Calzada AKA BlueMD is a Mexican visual designer/audio producer who expresses music through the art of interactive video performance (Vj). BlueMD's background in music production and multimedia pushed his creativity to the next logical level, live video mixing. incorporating hi-tech 3d animation/natural elements/live video feeds and a massive selection of FX generators and video loops, Javier builds an inmersive visual world that matches the sound being outputted to the crowd, creating a fully exciting and engaging experience for the spectators.
http://Bluemd.net.au/
<<<VJANEKS (vj)
VJANEKS is the obvious female version of VJ. Abbreviated by KS, her real name is Krystal Schultheiss. She started VJing at a fashion show in Melbourne a couple of years ago and caught the bug. Since then she has VJed at festivals in Victoria, and flew to Berlin and teamed up with local VJ’s to play at Suicide Circus amongst others..
VJANEKS uses her VJ time for design experimentation. Whist watching her VJ show live you can expect to see a mix up of design elements a video layered live, to set and fixate you in the soundscape.
<<<Meri Hietala
Meri Hietala is multidisciplinary artist from Finland. She travels and creates where her art quides her to. Meri has been exhibiting and creating site specific installations internationally in Finland, France, Japan, Bahrain and recently more in Australia, NZ, South Pacific since living in Melbourne from 2008. Meri is discussing communal, social and environmental issues within her pieces and most often materials are recycled, found objects combined with organic ones. She completed her Bachelor degree in Textile Arts & Design in University of Art and Design Helsinki year 2009 and started her MA in Environmental Arts. She also studied Public Art in RMIT 2008. She has art collective Meirami with Bahrain/Berlin based visual artist Mariam Haji. Currently Meri does collaborations with artist fellows and has mastered her woodcarving skills with local chainsaw sculpters. Also lately sound has started to play bigger role in her sculptural work since Meri found violining, as she calls it, again after 10 silent years! 2011 expanded her creativity when she started to perform on stage with fellow musicians for experimental sounds. Meri seems to be on her way towards more
performative future art installations.
Artist Statement
"For me art is the one most powerful, real and natural form of love and aesthetics of every single moment of this journey. Shake it, wake up, juxtapox, communicate and educate it...I breath for hope so my art lives!”
Contact: [email protected]
The Blender Studios: www.theblenderstudios.com/Meri.html
Meirami: www.meiramiart.blogspot.com
<<<SAMARI
For New Zealand raised Samari, electronic music has been his liberator. Dwelling within the pulse melting genres of tech-house, techno and minimal, this strongly directive character not only has taken his hometown by storm but those outside of the islands too.
Establishing himself initially as a radio host and DJ gear designer, where he has successfully taken out awards for audio visual designer projects, Samari harvested a distinct goal point for movement in the industry. In 2008 he left New Zealand to pursue a broadened music career with the love and inspiration of the tech scene deeply instilled within him. Before this move however, he involved himself immensely within the industry on various levels showcasing not only his creative musical talents but design talents also.
Many will suggest that there are brains behind the design and formation of a well nurtured track, however for Samari he has also used his skills on contribution of the designs within the Serato Music Group making him a well rounded figure in the electronic music industry.
From musical software design to musical production, it’s a one way and very fast journey forward for this artist, producing for over two years over the various techno and tech house genres.
Samari successfully exported his musical resume from New Zealand carrying a wealth of talent including that of a 2010 blitz on Pitch Black’s ‘Harmonia’ with the Samari Detroit to Chicago remix out on Dub Transmissions Recordings. Forthcoming remixes set to hit niche districts include that of Backroom Reality’s ‘No Mistakes’, while Samari’s EP Chaos Reigns is a sure fire hit for those underground chasers. Following the Chaos Reigns EP launch, this pioneer for live visual and music performances, is a on track to securing his own premier live project exposing an array of production and live techniques that are bound to get the hearts pumping for many if not all.
With current residencies with Smalltown, Lucky Coq and E55, and regular appearances at Brown Alley, Afterdark Social Club, My Aeon and Bimbo's among others. Samari spreads the driving love of tech and its complimentary genres throughout Melbourne after coming from a very strong events and promotions based background in New Zealand. There he ran one of Wellington’s strongest running club nights Electroluxxe for over three years. Migrating his expertise to Australia, Samari continued pumping out success with established night- Gradient. Cementing Samari into the techno scene in Melbourne Gradient hosted the best underground techno sounds at Miss Libertine, together with the exclusive Bunker Series parties.
On the road, on the decks, Samari has quality notches on his tour belt. New Zealand saw Samari nail two impressive consecutive bookings with the Gun Metal Tour with Kill Me DJ and Jem The Misfit, taking clubbers through a full audiovisual journey, a talent he has perfected exceptionally. These tours have provided such a secure ground for the artist, allowing him to share an edgy, unique DJ experience.
From one journey to the next, as a strong mentor, Samari continues to utilize his knowledge and expertise for music and production, to ensure the eager raw artists of this generation onwards, grasp their own potential and the future of the industry. As a DJ instructor at the popular Your Shot DJ Competition for Stereo Sonic and Ministry of Sound and DJs United, he trains his students on the importance of being unique while on the journey through music, to carve that perfect sound; something he has potently mastered and continues to ripen. Berlin may call and so too Detroit. Samari will answer.
http://vimeo.com/37093283
http://soundcloud.com/samari