Pulled Out Blog

Neil ‘Glowsticks’ Campbell – Fractals CD (Self-Important Records)
Ten years ago Neil was rehashing the Angus Maclise / Tony Conrad 60s NYC trance drone sound, now he’s rehashing the 90s trance electronica / part time corporate jingle writer sound. At this rate in 2010 Neil could be trancing out to the sounds of 2007, (that means you and your home recorded CD-R of fuzz recorder). I got this direct from Volcanic Tongue so it was £48 plus postage, but worth every damn penny - spark up the Nag Champa and head for the Chi tent.

Sunn O))) with Bonnie Prince Billy – By The Time I Get to Phoenix 4LP boxset (Southern Bored). We were very privileged this week to receive an advance copy of the new collaboration between Sunn O))) and Bonnie Prince Billy, the most anticipated alt-country / ambient doom album since Dylan Carlson went bluegrass. O’Malley’s pedal steel environments really add to the apocalyptic American Gothic feel of the album, whilst Killer Joh Wiese’s justly intoned banjo adds a crepuscule hue to the 20 minute doomcore reinterpretation of the Femme’s Country Death Song. And doesn’t Will Oldham look deranged on the cover, with his faux-Druid hoodie and black eyeliner smeared down his cheek.

Jizkummer – Norway-sted CD The news that this Norwegian freenoise act had dropped one Z from their name (from Jazzkammer to Jazkammer) really came as a severe shock to most of us. What could this identity crisis mean, we asked? Well now comes the news that two vowels have been altered. What are we to make of this new direction? Our fears are unfounded as the duo serve up an excellent platter of emo-electroacoustic – “it would have been more emo if our father’s had touched us up” Lassie Morehog said in a recent interview.

Prurient – Dachau Blues 12 x C-10 cassette. It’s very time consuming fantasizing about being a high-IQ serial killer, what with all that research to do about filleting prozzies, corpse disposal, how to self treat STD’s and remove DNA from your S&M leather bondage gear. Musically, there’s hardly any time left to do anything but shove a microphone into that old practice amp you got when you were learning guitar, and screeching some feedback over the top of your porn collection. Plus there’s dozens of death industrial acts from the Eastern Bloc that one has to compete with these days - they all have CDR boxsets and terabytes of net archives, so it pays to slice up your material into the most excessive analogue tape and vinyl formats imaginable.

from http://thenownow.net/festival/default.asp?s=festival_2006bios

“Sydney-based musician and sound artist working with whatever comes to hand” (aren’t we all?)

“He has made his own unique mark on the art-world while never pandering to its politics” (he was always a wanker but now he actually belives his own crap, why can’t he die instead of Derek Bailey?)

“… he creates an ambiguous and beguiling sound world” (…poor deluded cunt)

“… the most intellegent human being to ever play a turntable ” (they couldn’t spell intelligent right)

“the most important musician in Sydney” (- poor Matt, the Dim Jenley curse….)

“Media artist who works across music, radio, Internet, film/video and installation” (he’s a nice bloke, well meaning, this sounds like an arts grant application)

Artist Bios

some highlights with beardfridge decoding in italics :

exploiting its textural and dynamic capabilities, whilst subverting its conventional timbre. (can’t play the instrument)

psychosomatic experiences (hearing with the ears)

expresses herself through extended vocal performance. She works with repetitive and minimal gestures of domestic sound and image in a digital medium (can’t sing but owns a computer)

I will be improvising in a small ensemble, while exploring the acoustic relationship of the Old Melbourne Gaol and my instrument. (will adjust the volume)

comprehensive background in media arts site-specific installation in the UK (can play dvds on a computer)

allude to an unworn time and allow the manipulation and experimentation of projection and reflection. (hiss with reverb)

works on the line of improvisation of audio through the use of amplified textures, environments, tape and electronics. (hiss with reverb)

installation based tryptich exloporing themes of anxiety, execution and abstraction (3 bits of prerecorded hiss with reverb)

Utilising found technologies which have been reproduced and are obsolete (too scabby to buy new equipment)

Siblings of the OC-cult Sista Hoodies- Have We Finnish Yet? CD (Pulled Out bootleg)
After watching the entire first series of The OC in reverse at half speed and consuming a tray of nutmeg muffins laced with expired Heron paracetamol (direct from Hazel Hawke’s personal stash), SOTOCH took up their traditional North Coast folk instruments (ebay China electricity guitars, and the incredibly rare Centrelink Newstart analogue synth). Exotic clouds of lawnmower clipping smoke ensued, reminiscent at times of the legendary Beardfridge LP “Music On A Long Thin Cock”. Unfortunately the only recording device present was an answering machine and the Donnellys (they’re actually married but flirt with psychedelic incest vibes), in their state of altered conciousness accidentally erased the recording, subsequent attempts to recreate the vibe were inconclusive.