Off The Record

It may have taken them almost two decades, but German electronic production duo Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary aka Modeselektor are finally coming to Sydney. Over the course of their career they’ve released seminal records such as Hello Mom!, Happy Birthday! and 2011’s Monkeytown, alongside their two collaborative records with Apparat under their Moderat moniker. They’ll be playing completely live on Friday February 13 at The Hi-Fi.

Argentina’s foremost techno titan Jonas Kopp will hit Sydney later this month. Held in the same light as luminaries Levon Vincent, Ben Klock and Marcel Dettman, over the course of his career he’s worked with the likes of Matthew Dear’s Spectral Sound label and underground imprint Stroboscopic Artefacts. He’s also got a full-length record Beyond The Hypnosis set to drop on Tresor later this month. He’ll perform at the Burdekin Hotel on Friday November 21.

It seems that each passing year the St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival lineup gets filled with more and more electronic talent. 2015 is no different, and the sideshows have been flooding in this week. My picks: Rustie on Wednesday January 28 at the Oxford Art Factory, Flying Lotus at the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday February 3, Caribou at the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday February 4 and SOHN on Thursday January 29 at the Oxford Art Factory. All I’m left waiting on now is Jon Hopkins. Carn.

Sad news: following the cancellation of Robyn’s tour of Australia over the New Year period “due to a personal family matter”, tour buddies Röyksopp have also pulled the pin on their visit. “We are currently working on alternatives to come later next year with our own Röyksopp show,” they told fans in a statement.

Tour rumours: keep an eye out for the debut visit Down Under by Chicago’s legendary Sadar Bahar this New Year period, and over the summer I’ve been told to expect visits from the likes of Tom Trago, Florian Kupfer and Tama Sumo.

Best releases this week: Rrose, Perc, Pfirter & Lakker all bring it home on Five Years Of Artefacts – Chapter One (on Stroboscopic Artefacts), while other highlights include Moodcut’s Tame Cats (on Nous), John Barera & Will Martin’s Graceless (on Dolly) and Burnt Friedman & Daniel Dodd-Ellis’ Cease To Matter (on Nonplace).

Releases to look forward to: there’s only a month and a half left of the year left but there are some killer late-2014 records still to come out. Keep an eye out for Ryo Murakami’s Spectrum, Lawrence’s A Day In The Life, Marco Shuttle’s Visione, Theo Parrish’s American Intelligence, Juju & Jordash’s Clean Cut and Low Jack’sImaginary Boogie.