Sad news to start this week:Don Buchla, the American engineer and synthesiser pioneer, has died at 79.
A man who began his career in 1963 with the release of the modular synth Buchla Series 100 (commissioned by Morton Subotnick and Ramon Sender), his legacy within electronic music in undeniable, with his machines fuelling the output of the likes of Suzanne Ciani, Alessandro Cortini and Donnacha Costello. A silver lining: at least in recent years he was able to see the modern day resurgence of his inventions. Vale.
If you’re anything like me (god I hope you’re not), 2012 meant late, late, late nights getting down to Fort Romeau’s track ‘Jack Rollin’’ (taken from his debut album Kingdoms). Hell of an apt title. Anyway, if that’s the case, you’ll be stoked to hear that the head is making his debut voyage to Australia. Since those early days he’s gone onto release a second full-length on Ghostly International, EPs on both Running Back Records and Live At Robert Johnson, and a split EP with Ostgut Ton’s Nick Höppner. He’s also performed at the likes Detroit’s MoVement Festival and Berlin’s Panorama Bar. Don’t miss him at Cruise Bar on Sunday October 16.
Anna Müller and Paul Wallner AKA HVOB are coming our way. One of the most intriguing electronic acts to emerge recently, their album Trialog was released last year to critical acclaim from the likes of XLR8R, Resident Advisor, i-D and ARTE. Since then, they’ve been taking their live show across the planet, with stopovers including Cape Town, New York, Hong Kong and New Delhi. Catch them on Sunday November 20 at Cruise Bar.
Tour rumours: y’all can lock in a tour from The Field in March. Same goes for the Australian debut of Mind Against. Also, a return from DJ Koze in the near future is well on the cards.
Best releases this week: oh dear lord Thomas Brinkmann’s A 1000 Keys (on Mego) is just so, so good. Otherwise make sure you spend some time with Levon Vincent’s Tubular Bells (Oldfield) (Novel Sound) and Wolfgang Voigt’s Ambient Grunge (Profan). Also, Daft Punk’s goey-on-tick-addict cousin that tries to crack onto your girlfriend at the club post-3am Justice just announced that they’re returning with a new album on Ed Banger, and the lead single ‘Randy’ is just fucking deplorable. 2007 were dark days.
Releases to look forward to: regular readers of this column will know that I’m a massive fan boy of Giegling. Basically, the Weimar-based imprint is currently the best thing happening in electronic music – I will fight anyone who says otherwise (not literally, I’m weak as shit). Anyway, it’s just announced a heap of upcoming releases and I’m stoked as fuck. In November it’ll be releasing Mind Over Matter, a 14-track compilation that sees the release of DJ Metatron’s ‘State of Me’ (bloody finally) along with tracks from the likes of Edward, ATEQ, Vril, Kettenkarussell and Legov. Later this month it’ll also release a remix 12-inch of Kettenkarussell’s 2014 full-length Easy Listening (with Losoul, Vril and Ezekiel Honig serving up their own rubs), alongside another remix take by Huerco S of Olin’s recent record From Iceland. Stoked.
Recommended:
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24
Rebekah @Burdekin Hotel
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30
Prosumer @Red Rattler
Mall Grab @77
SUNDAY OCTOBER 2
Bicep @UTS
SUNDAY OCTOBER 16
Fort Romeau @Cruise Bar
SATURDAY OCTOBER 22
Seven Davis Jr @Civic Underground
SUNDAY OCTOBER 23
Honey Soundsystem @Cruise Bar
SATURDAY OCTOBER 29
Green Velvet @Greenwood Hotel
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10
DJ EZ @Oxford Art Factory
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11 – SUNDAY NOVEMBER 13
Return To Rio: Carl Cox, De La Soul, Eric Powell, DJ EZ + more @Del Rio, Wisemans Ferry
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12
Marcel Dettman @Chinese Laundry
SUNDAYNOVEMBER 20
HVOB @Cruise Bar
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 26
Randomer @TBA
Jackmaster @Greenwood Hotel
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 30
Machinedrum @Civic Underground
FRIDAY DECEMBER 2 – SUNDAY DECEMBER 4
Subsonic Music Festival: Lee Scratch Perry, Mad Professor, Josh Wink, Ben UFO + more @Riverwood Downs Mountain Valley Resort
SUNDAY DECEMBER 4
Tell No Tales: Ricardo Villalobos, Pan-Pot, Audion + more @Randwick Racecourse
SATURDAY DECEMBER 10
Ben UFO, Seth Troxler @Greenwood Hotel
THURSDAY DECEMBER 29 – SATURDAY DECEMBER 31
Lost Paradise: Leon Vynehall, Optimo, Lunice, Heidi + more @Glenworth Valley
