News From The Frontline...
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News Update 02-12-08
Okay, so the Charge Group clip is all wrapped up and we are very pleased with the end result.
You can view it on our site here (Needs flash plugin. Press play then wait for it to fully load before watching)
It's also up here at Vimeo at HD quality, or you can view the low res youtube version here
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Matt's short film 'The Conversation' is shooting next Thursday the 11th. Jeremy is behind the lense and again we will be shooting on the RED camera at 2k film resolution. Sound design is going to be handled by the supremely talented Christina Gar over in lovely Belgium.
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News Update 11-11-08
Well, we survived the shoot and managed to capture everything we had hoped to. The weather which was our biggest obstacle to overcome, came through with the goods and only a day after finishing the whole region was drowned by a massive storm. The image on the front page is from the shoot. Stay tunned!!
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News Update 02-11-08
This week we will be out and about in gold mining country shooting a highly ambitious clip for Sydney's Charge Group. The song is called 'Lullaby For The Appocalypse' and will be shot over two days on the infamous RED camera.
Will update once it's in the can.
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The Firekites clip continues to screen on Rage each week and even scored an airing on JTV on Saturday.
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A new live compilation DVD is in the works. This one takes one song each from all of the bands that have been filmed at any of the Super8 diaries shows over the past couple of years. All footage will be new and none will be available online. Expect about 25 clips on the DVD and a launch party around March.
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Matt's short film is set for shooting on the 20th of November.
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News Update 24-09-08
Firekites clip is now finished. It was quite a post production slog in the end but came out pretty damn nice.
Watch the clip here-->> HI-RES or LO-RES
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News Update 26-08-08
Well, things have been pretty interesting of late. The Firekites shoot in Newcastle felt like an episode of 'The Great Race' with us barely having a minute to breathe over the 4 days.
The clip is coming together nicely, with effects, grade and mastering still to be completed. This one was shot full HD with super-speed lenses. The post path between the MAC and PC actually turning out to be pretty painless. Big thanks to the Firekites guys for hosting us and showing us a bit of Newcastle. We will def try and make it back up there for the fantastic TINA in early October.
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The first lot of mastered sound has arrived from the Sydney Super8 launch. Matt got all giddy when it arrived and couldn't wait to cut something together from the now defunct When Chimps Attack . More to follow in the coming weeks.
Watch the video here -->> HI-RES or LO-RES
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Indonesia was a fantastic experience. Matt and Sez managed to ride across two and a half islands and 15 hours worth of filthy ferries. We stayed in thatched huts on desolate beaches. Snorkeled with exotic fish, rode around volcanoes and played with feral dogs. The trip further compounding our distaste for the impenetrable boom!boom! noise of western advertising and it's mission to convert the whole world over to it's unsustainable absurdity.
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News Update 09-07-08
What's with that image on the front page??
We are about to head to Newcastle to do what we hope will be our very best work to date on a new music video for Newcastle's FIREKITES If You haven't heard or seen these guys yet, do yourself a favour and do.
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Matt will be off Island hopping through Indonesia for the last part of July and half of August as he rides a scooter across 4 Islands to visit the legendary Komodo dragons. Looking forward to the sun.
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The Sydney launch was a tonne of fun and everyone who made it had a complete blast. We thank all the bands for playing, everyone who helped out and all of you for making the effort to get out of your comfort zone.
Video footage coming soon.
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News Update 05-06-08
Playing times for Sydney..
11.20 - 12.00 ohana (40)
10.05 - 10.55 Tucker B's (50)
8.55 - 9.40 QUA (45)
7.50 - 8.35 castings (45)
7.00 - 7.30 film screening (30)
6.00 - 6.45 Charge Group (45)
4.50 - 5.35 When Chimps attack (45)
3.50 - 4.30 ALPS OF NSW (40)
2.55 - 3.30 lola flash (35)
2.00 - 2.35 Do Not Rescusitate (35)
See you there!!
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News Update 20-05-08
Super8 diaries launch in Sydney is on Sunday 8th of June. It's a long weekend, and the show will take place at Dirty Shirlows.. 32 Shirlow Street, Marrickville. Kicks off at 2pm, runs til midnight and is all ages.
Bands on the lineup
Tucker B's (SYD) – country tinged, screamed and sung songs of love and death
Ohana (WOLLONGONG) – melodic, mathy goodness
QUA (MELB) – Glitchy Lo-Fi electonica filtered through Japanese helium bubbles
When Chimps Attack (SYD) - Tough like trucks, Chicago style RAWK
Charge Group (SYD - Soaring, Colonial, Dirty Three-ish soundscapes
Castings (SYD) – Massive 6-piece improvised/deconstruction.
Lola Flash (WOLLONGONG) - new kids, folky, sunny introspection.
Do Not Resuscitate (SYD) – Absolutley brutal, old-school hardcore.
ALPS of NSW (SYD) - Homemade, Portasound, modified, LO-FI oddness.
More good reviews continue to come in with a 5 star review from the June issue of Filmink magazine.
This launch is going to be a tonne of fun and we are really excited to be bringing the party to Sydney. 12 seater mini bus here we come!!
A second pressing of the DVD has also been done.
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In other news, Matt is taking on a film lighting business called FilmTrucks. Gaffer Daral Stokes is about to retire and the offer was too good to refuse. The pair have been working together for the past 4 years.
The site is still under construction at the moment but the truck is available for booking as of now.
Matt's short film 'The Conversation' is in the casting and rehersal process at the moment and looks set to shoot in the last week of June.
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Jeremy has been MIA for the past month camera operating on a new Australian feature film.
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News Update 27-04-08
It's on AGAIN!!
Super8 diaries launch in Sydney is now booked and happening on Sunday 8th of June. It's a long weekend, and the show will take place at Dirty Shirlows.. 32 Shirlow Street, Marrickville.
It's all ages and we will have a full PA, BBQ and photography exhibition. We look forward to playing with you Sydney folk.
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News Update 29-03-08
March already!
The first official reviews of the Super8 Diaries have come through. The first from the kind folk at Pedestrian TV. You can read it HERE The second from new online resource thevine
We've now set up PAYPAL for ordering as well and in celebration have decided to put the 17minute introduction film from the DVD online. VIEW OR ORDER IT HERE.
The DVD is still available via mail order. Just drop an email with your address to knomadix@gmail.com with the subject heading 'mail order DVD'. The DVD is $20au including postage worldwide.
First two live clips from the Melbourne launch party are up. From the ashes of Sydney's Purplene rise Charge Group. You can view the clip HERE
Young Sydney, hardcore kids, Eucalypt. You can view their clip HERE
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Jeremy is back from Mexico and Cuba. He had this to say
"Mexico was a great experience. I much preferred the smaller towns like Tequila and Oaxaca (Wah-ha-ka) where their is more traditional culture and traditional food.. Mazunte was a crazy little beachside town down on the coast from Oaxaca, beautiful for swimming, relaxing and playing dominoes. Way too many lost hippies though, a strange mix of shit, out of time bongo drummers and Americans who wish they were Jack Johnson
Cuba was a highlight for me. A bizarre mix of patriotic socialists (older generation Revolutionaries) and intelligent younger people, poor and trapped by the Castro regime. Imagine being 33, not being able to see the world because you are locked on the island. These people know only through tourists (and the propaganda of the only newspaper) what happens beyond their shores.
Needless to say I enjoyed the Rum and cigars. I have a box of fresh Cigars richo, my new favourite, Cohiba Siglo 1. There is one with your name on it. Speak later.
JR "
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Matt's script is still in development and currently going through a redraft with old skate buddy Damian Bailey. A few other warped minds he knows are also being plumbed for feedback.
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We have a couple of music vids on the horizon if and when the cats involved can get the cash together. In the meantime, expect live footage from the diaries launch to surface. First up will be Charge Group.
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Off Minor are in Australia on tour. Don't miss these guys. They were here in 2004 and are seriously good. DIY Aussie-wide tour. TOUR DETAILS
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News Update 30-01-08
Welcome to the new year and a new government for Australia. One that hopefully promises a little more cultural awareness.
The Super8 diaries launch party was a big sucess with just over 350 people turning out to scope some diverse bands and a snippet of the film document. All the bands put in a steller effort and there were ear-to-ear grins all day. GOOD TIMES.
The DVD is now available via mail order. Just drop an email with your address to knomadix@gmail.com with the subject heading 'mail order DVD'. The DVD is $20au including postage worldwide.
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Things will be a little quiet over Feb with both of us taking a well earned break. Jeremy will be hunting exotic tequila in Mexico and having a sniff around Cuba. Matt will be on a meditation retreat in Tasmania.
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Matt's first short film in 7 years, 'The Conversation' should be in production by the end of March. It's a Steve Buscemi style talkie.
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Trainwreck is still looking for other interesting projects. Drop us a mail if you think you have something suitable.
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News Update 10-12-07
Firstly.
We have been selected for inclusion on a DVD coming out with the
Feb/March issue of Rolling Stone magazine for a clip we did for the
lovely PIKELET. 45 000 copies going out Australia Wide. Keep an eye out.
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The
Super8 Diaries launch has found a most excellent home in Richmond. The
space is inside the same buiding as the funraiser in the very next
door. Entry via the rear lane same deal as last time. We have that
awesome courtyard again as well..
Coppin Street Studios - 47 Coppin Street, Richmond. All Ages, 1pm - midnight
A big thanks to Tim and the Coppin street studio gang!!
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There is a new section on the site called U.S.
Here you will find a selection of live clips from Matt's tavels on the
east coast of the United States and Canada in July. Should give you an
idea of what is going on over there.
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News Update 10-11-07
Just a quickie.
The FULL line-up for the Super8 Diaries launch is now confirmed and stands as follows..
Baseball - MELB (Violin/Guit/Bass/Drums)
Charge Group (ex-purplene) - SYD (Guit/Bass/Violin/Drums/Vox)
Eucalypt - SYD (2 Guit/Drum/Bass/Vox)
Aleks And The Ramps - MELB (Guit/Bass/Banjo/Vox//Glockenspiel)
Chris Cobilis (of the Tigers) - PERTH (Laptop/Guit/Rants and Raves)
Tucker Bs - SYD/PERTH (2*Guit/Bass/Vocoder/Drums/Vox/Yelps)
Ladybird - FRANCE (5 piece infectious raw pop)
Majorca - MELB (female fronted post-hardcore - Guit/Bass/Drum/Vox)
Touch Typist - MELB (Guitar/Drums/Vox/Electronics)
Ooga Boogas - Melb (eddy current,onyas,sailors side proj 2*guit,Bass,Drum,Vox)
Keep Sat Jan 19th free. We are still on the hunt for a new venue as the last warehouse has just been sold.
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News Update 25-10-07
Almost November already!?!
First up... the Live Vids page is all updated now with a few new clips from the super8 fundraiser show. We've added Batrider, The Tigers and Tucker B's.
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Next
section to be added will be a tour vid section. We thought it would be
best to keep the shakey single camera on-board-sound clips seperate
from the existing multi-cam/pro-tool sound clips. Tour Vid section will
cover all bands shot out and about and we thought it important to host
these at a higher quality than the inferior youtube quality. This is
where clips from America can be found.
Links page is also updated. Drop us an email if anything is broken.
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Next confirmed act for the diaries launch is Aleks And The Ramps! this time playing in full band mode.
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Keep your eyes peeled on RAGE on the ABC in the coming weeks as we air live clips from Witch Hats and Baseball.
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Oh yeah, we also got shortlisted for the ATOM awards for best music video for the Children Collide clip
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News Update 09-09-07
Touchdown!
We are both back in Melbourne in one piece now. We can both safely say
that our respective travels were utterly inspiring and humbling.
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As a welcome back we have a new live clip up from the Super8 Diaries fundraiser from Melbourne based gutter crawlers Witch Hats. The track is for the song 'Hellhole'. You can view it HERE or download the high quality mp4 from the live downloads page.
In
related Witch Hats news, there is a good chance of an exciting
collaboration on a short film we are trying to raise the funds for. The
film offers a window into the 'Bodies In The Barrels' murders that took
place in Adelaide during the late 1990's.
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We are always interested in doing clips so if you have something you think would suite us drop an email.
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Keep
checking back here as I will be regularly adding clips from our
fundraiser and from bands fimed during my travels in the U.S during
which I saw close to 50 bands in 30 days.
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Just
quietly, we'd like to announce the first three confirmed acts for our
Super8 Diaries launch to be held on Jan 20th 2008. They are Sydneys
cinematic Charge Group (ex-purplene,ukiyo-e). Melbournes one-man, honky-blues-preacher-man Made For Chickens By Robots and Perths anything goes,improv, one man army Chris Cobilis (frontman for the Tigers)
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News Update 28-06-07
Last update for a month at least. The Pikelet clip is finished.
View it HERE
Wishing all of you safe travels and the very best for the coming weeks!!
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News Update 09-06-07
Holla!
Wondering what's up with the butterflies and the commie star on the front page??
Well,
looking at our site stats for this year it appears that nearly a third
of all our visitors came from China. In appreciation of this we salute
you with a couple of friendly butterflies and hope for the future.
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A
couple of things. Firstly, the Super8 diaries look they they will be a
while off yet. Commitments to the daily grind have slowed the editing
process down. (No.. not one cent of the fundraiser money has gone
towards either of our travels)
On the upside we have a couple of new snippets to tide you over.
Colditz Glider - live at 101 and My Disco! - live at 101 both filmed in mid 2004
I'd been waiting on the sound for these two for 2 years. All sound is a temp mix at this stage.
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The Pikelet clip was mostly shot several weekends ago and is still a work in progess. It should be up by the end of the month.
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Travel
plans are set. See you all soon and expect plenty of new clips online
on our return. Matt will also be writing an article for Mess & Noise magazine whilst away.
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News Update 11-05-07
Whoah!!..
long time no update. We've been busy trying to earn some cash for our
respective world travels. June/July will see Jeremy trekking through
the U.S and Eastern Europe. July/August will see Matt trekking through
the U.S and engaging in a writing retreat on an island in Indonesia.
We are keen to meet any likeminded folks whilst on these travels. For more information drop us an email at knomadix@yahoo.co.uk
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That
clip we did for Warner is complete. It's a fairly safe number that saw
us do a road trip out close to the NSW border to shoot in an ancient
studio from the 70's. You can view it here
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This weekend sees us shooting a clip for one of our favourite Melbourne artists, the looped wonderkid that is pikelet. This one should be a lot of fun with an open brief.
What
we can tell you is that a lot of photography of butterflies will be
involved as well as green screen elements and a road trip around the
victorian countryside.
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Hmm.. what else? There are two live clips complete from the fundraiser show.
Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Insufficient Funds
The Tigers - new song // QUICKTIME or YOUTUBE
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News Update 18-03-07
We're on TeeeVeee!!!
Late last year we had a crew come and do a story on us for the Australia Networks 'NEXUS' program.
Nexus is broadcast daily into 42 countries and over 10 million homes. Our story airs globally on March 20.
You can read the transcriped story here
Watch the program here
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March
is here already. Things have been hectic. We shot another clip for
Warner and are in the process of delivering that as we speak. We got
our biggest budget thus far, so of course chose to shoot on film again.
YAY!
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The links page has been updated. Check out Harlan records and Polyvinyl for some interesting new music.
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The Super8 Diaries are getting there slowly. The latest clip to be cut is from Die!Die!Die!. It was a crazy shoot and a very challenging edit.
Watch the clip here
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News Update 11-02-07
It's
seems VIACOM has gotten too big for it's boots and overextended itself
in a mass crack-down on youtube. Somehow they decided that they held
the copywrite to live footage of aleks and the ramps! that we shot for
the super8 diaries. Youtube removed the footage without verifying with
us first. All future footage of ours will not be posted on youtube.
aleks and the ramps! had this to say.
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Latest super8 diaries teaser is now up from the Tucker B's
quicktime preview and windows media preview (right click, save target as)
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News Update 24-01-07
New day, New dawn, New year.
Firstly
a massive THANKYOU to everyone who played, volunteered and partied
their hardest to help make the fundraiser show a huge success. We had
very close to 600 payers through the door and by the time Eddy Current
Suppression Ring hit the floor the place exploded. Beer flew through
the air, people danced, slammed, sung along and hung upside down from
the rafters (that pic on the front page was mid ECSR)
Many
people have said they have not seen that many people having that much
fun in a long time. We agree and believe it just goes to show that a
quality and diverse line-up in an interesting space at a fair price
will bring quality and diverse people.
Here are two short little clips from the night. Expect more once the proper sound mix is complete.
Eddy Current Suppression Ring
Bang! Bang! Aids!
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News Update 14-12-06
Holla!
New Super8 teaser for aleks and the ramps is now up HERE
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News Update 28-11-06
Greetings!!
things are remaining very busy for us at the moment. With another 2-3
possible clips in the works and shooting the remaining Super8 Diaries
bands, plus organizing the show for Jan 20th.
Our Re-cut Children Collide clip seems to be getting a good dose of airplay at the moment with both RAGE and Channel [V] picking it up.
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We
gave access to a hole heap of our work for Sydney based community music
show Raw TV. So expect to see our work on there as well in the not too
distant future.
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As you can see from the front page, The fundraiser party is shaping up nicely. We have a myspazz page up now at http://www.myspace.com/super8diaries if you want to add us for updates.
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We shot bang!bang!aids! a couple of weeks ago. You can view their Super8 teaser HERE
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News Update 03-11-06
The Super8 Diaries Lineup is now complete. By Xmas all principal photography will be complete.
The final Doco line-up now stands at
My
Disco, Love Of Diagrams, Colditz Glider, The Tigers, Tucker Bs, Eddy
Current Suppression Ring, Baseball, The Instant, Mukaizake,
Bang!Bang!Aids!, Aleks And The Ramps and Die!Die!Die!
It's gonna be one hell of a party.
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News Update 27-10-06
Well,
it's been a busy month this one. We've been flat out with a re-edit of
the 'Children Collide' clip after they got picked up by Warner who
threw them some cash to re-record. I think the new clip is better than
the old, you can view it here.
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There is a new Super8 teaser complete for 'The Instant'. Hard conditions for everyone involved but check it out here. We really have pushed this film stock as far as it can go.
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On
the subject of the Super8 Diaries.. The fundraiser is now set for Jan
20th at a venue to be confirmed. Bands commited so far are The Tigers,
Tucker B's and Eddy Current Suppression Ring. The next band to be added
to the project will be New Zealands Die! Die! Die! (who incidently are about to play with Chinese Stars(Ex Arab On Radar)
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News Update 13-09-06
The Laura Jean clip is finished. You can view it here or at the top of the clips
page. A huge thanks goes out to everyone involved for helping bring it
all together. It was a joy to make and Laura was an absolute pleasure
to work with. There may be a launch for it at some point so keep your
ears and eyes peeled.
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We are happy to announce the next band to be added to our Super8 Diaries project. 'The Instant'. They hail from Newcastle and feature two members of the now defunct Purplene.
These guys are a great techy, instumental group who've been honing
their thing for quite a few years now. 'Fugazi' meets 'Volta Do Mar'
maybe??
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Whilst
on the subject of the Super8 Diaries.. Plans are in the works for a
fundraiser gig in January in Melbourne somewhere featuring all of the
bands who are available. We'll let you know as we go.
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News Update 09-08-06
Good
news!! The Children Collide clip has been selected for the Ozgigz3 DVD
compilation. Over 1000 copies will be distibuted at Berlin's Popkomm trade fair in September.
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Spring
will be here in a matter of weeks and In frisky anticipation of this we
have decided to put up an entire live clip from the Super8 diaries.
It's Eddy Current and you can view it here or go to the bottom of the clips page. Enjoy.
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We are all set to shoot our next clip on the 20th for Laura Jean. We are looking forward to again experimenting with some new technologies and we thank Laura for having complete faith in us.
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Both
Jeremy and I have short drama scripts currently in the works. HUH?
what's that you say? You thought we just did music video's?.. you'll
see.
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Our
'Live @ Bar Open DVD' is now for sale. It will be launched at the Rob
Roy Hotel in Melbourne this Sat night. Headlining are Baseball. Please
try and make it down if you are in the area. Support comes from
Tasmania's Bad Luck Charms. Expect good things.
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The DVD is available from ten-zen-men via mailorder for $12 or from shows for $10.
The DVD has had it's first review with a favourable 8/10 from rockus.com
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News Update 12-07-06
Live MP3's for the Eddy Current Suppression Ring show at revolver are now up in the MP3 section.
A Two minute Preview teaser for The Super8 diaries has now been added to the bottom of the clips page.
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News Update 05-07-06
This Friday night we will be shooting Eddy Current Suppression Ring as
part of the long overdue Super8 diaries project. No news from the AFC
on funding yet, but we haven't sat around waiting for officials in the
past and we're not about to now. Come down if you still haven't seen
them. It's for a Zine launch at Revolver.
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Great hits on the Children Collide clip.
Since posting it 15 days ago it has had 490 downloads through YouTube
and an estimated 400 downloads from here by some 1200 unique visitors.
Either way, we are stoked.
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Next clip in the pipeline is for Achingly honest Melbourne singer/songwriter Laura Jean. More on that as we go but it should be complete half way through next month.
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News Update 20-06-06
The clip for 'Children Collide' is finished. It can be viewed here
for the time being until I add it to the clips page. We are really
happy with it. The shoot went really smoothly, even if you do lose
sunlight in Melbourne by 4pm now.
A huge thanks to Darral, Eloise, Jess, Emily and Tommy for donating their time for free.
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News Update 05-06-06
Quick update.
This Thursday will see us shooting a long overdue clip for Melbourne band 'Children Collide'.
A project that was ready to roll a year ago. The clip will feature 8
dancers, wetsuits and unitards. It will also be ready for the UK
release of the single 'Amphibious'. We are also shooting this on the
new Panasonic HVX-200. excitement!
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The
Ten-Zen-men DVD is finished. It took a little longer than expected but
we are stoked with it. We know you'll enjoy it. Ordering details should
be up soon. In the meantime a few press copies will be floating around
for review.
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We have had a couple of clips screen on UK TV. Said clips being 'Tucker Bs - The Legs' and 'Purplene - Love :Western'
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News Update 02-05-06
Welcome
to May!..The long awaited Baseball clip looks like it is finally moving
forward. Not before time either, as we are getting REAL itchy to do
another clip.
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The
Ten-Zen-men DVD is nearing completeion and we think it is pretty damn
good. The more times we watch it the more we realise just how much raw
passion is on there.
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We are pleased to announce that Eddy Current Suppression Ring will
be the next band added to the super8 diaries project. Speaking of which
we are currently applying for JJJ's JTV Documentary funding round. If
sucessful this project is going to move closer to completion REAL
quickly.
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News Update 15-04-06
Trainwreck
20/20 is seeking a Melbourne or Sydney based producer to assist in
securing the funds for the production of music promos.
We
have the skills and attitude to get the job done. You will ideally have
the contacts within the industry to get us into the bidding process, a
pro attitude, and a good sense of humour.
Payment
would be on a job by job basis. Your role would essentially be that of
an artists rep as well as overseeing productions and that all parties
are satisfied.
If you are up for a creative challenge, working with good people with an abundance of passion then we'd love to hear from you.
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We
recently got to witness Japanese doom/percussion group Birushanah. Who
after 4 years of trying to get into our country finally succeeded.
"Birushanah
is a five piece Osaka based band which combines subsonic bass
annihilation with uniquely Japanese sounds. Bassist Shibata uses a
fretless, aluminium necked bass and runs it through a series of
different amplifiers and layers of distortion. This is combined with
drums, metal percussion (44 gallon drums, car wheels etc) and guitar to
create a wall of sound that must be seen to be believed."
Live clip sample up ---> here
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News Update 20-03-06
Good news!!. Trainwreck is proud to announce that it now has the support of Madman Entertainment's
production division. This means we are more equipped than ever before
to cater to larger budget projects. The bonus being a flash final cut
pro suite with digital beta output/input.
The first batch of DVD's have gone out. The second batch for labels and
persons of interest should be in the mail within the next week.
Another 2 previews from the Bar Open shoot. This time, all-girl imrov/punk/rock/noise makers 'The Thaw'. Check it out.... here
And Melbourne's Violin destructo-post-punkers Baseball...here
You will notice on the front menu bar there is now a link to live clips . This new page now hosts all the other little clips we have shot over the past year.
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News Update 03-03-06
March
is here. Our new DVD comp should be in the mail by Monday. I've had to
learn a whole new DVD program to deal with it, but it is looking pretty
good.
Good news!! We have been
invited to exhibit at a video art exhibition featuring work by local
and international directors that will take place later this year at
Revolver in Melbourne. Our work will be screening alongside the works
of Directors Bureau directors Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola, AV Club, Nash Edgerton, Shynola and Geoff McFetridge.
We
have another little snippet from the Bar Open shoot for your perusal.
This time from all girl Jap rockers ni-hao!..... check it out here
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News Update 19-02-06
Just
a quickie. The Bar Open shoot went really well, so I thought I'd put a
link to a snippet of Sabot's set. The sound is off camera and not the
pro recording that will be on the DVD. Enjoy!
Sabot - Live teaser
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News Update 10-02-06
Welcome
to Feb. The year is picking up in pace rather fast now. Jez and I spent
a lovely week up in Sydney shooting a Promo for the fantastic St George
outdoor cinema which overlooks the Sydney Opera house. A big thankyou
to Anna, Matt, Emily and Johnty for their gracious hospitality yet
again.
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The Berzerker is done. Despite being screwed on the money side of things (lesson learned on dealing with big labels).
You can see the Directors cut here. Berzeker - All About You (dir Cut)
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Don't forget the Sabot!, Ni Hao, Baseball, The Thaw show at Bar Open in Melbourne... next Thurs 16/2
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So we have a second limited run of these DVD Compilations to Mail out.
They basically have all the clips we've done thus far. They are indi
no-low budget clips shot on 16mm,Mini DV and super 8
I will be doing a mailout in the next couple of weeks..and the new DVD will have
Mukaizake - Pilot
Deloris - Playing The Spaces
Tucker Bs - The Legs
Purplene - The Battler
Purplene - Love:western
The Berzerker - All About You (directors cut)
super8 diaries teaser (My Disco)
super8 diaries teaser (Mukaizake)
super8 diaries teaser (The Tigers)
super8 diaries teaser (Baseball)
super8 diaries teaser (3 mins of interviews/footage)
Tucker B's - drunken xmas interview 2004
True Radical Miracle - (live in Adelaide)
plus the usual couple of hidden extras... (tour of trainwreck and short interview)
I'm broke so this one is $5 bucks.... that'll cover costs exactly.. (postage,disc,artwork)
Mail 5 bucks to
Trainwreck 2020
66 Harcourt Street
North Melbourne
3051
This one will play on 99% of players.. I promise.
Matt
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News Update 04-01-06
Hope you all had as much fun as us on New Years, and pulled up just as sprightly.
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'The
Berzerker' clip for 'All About You' should be finished by the time you
read this. Edmond came on board again with us in the 3d department,
putting Maya through it's paces.
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The
Baseball clip is getting closer, this will be another no-budget
masterpiece, something to do with factory lines, boxers, buff dudes,
and hospital implements.
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We
are very pleased to announce that we'll now also be doing a clip for
Melbourne based Indi-Rock band,'Love Of Diagrams'. They have just
returned from Chicago recording with Bob Weston(Shellac) at Electrical
Audio.
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We
are also teaming up with 'Ten-zen-men' to shoot a DVD for a gig with
two piece self-confessed anarchists 'Sabot' (Drums & Bass), from
the Czech republic, all-girl Japanese band 'ni Hao!', Melbourne's
'Baseball' and 'The Thaw' from Sydney.
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Ten-Zen-Men
http://www.ten-zen-men.com/
Sabot (Czech republic)
http://www.cesta.cz/sabot!.htm
Ni Hao! (Japan)
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/%7E280/
Baseball (Melbourne)
http://www.myspace.com/baseballtheband
The Thaw (Sydney)
http://thethaw.blogspot.com/
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If you Have not seen 'sabot' before, please do. Touring in
FEBRUARY
16 THU - MELBOURNE/BAR OPEN
17 FRI - Melbourne/Old Bar, then the Pony 2am late night slot
22 WED - PERTH/BAR OPEN
23 THU - PERTH/HYDEY
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News Update 13-12-05
What's been going on??
We
just got back from a fantastic 3 day camping festival at Meredith.
Great friends, no mobiles or inter-nerd, good food, sunshine. Whilst
the line-up could have been a little more adventurous it was a great
weekend away.
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We
are in post at the moment on a clip for grindcore outfit 'The
Berzerker', who are on the UK label 'Earache'. We managed to get enough
cash to shoot bare bones 16mm again, so that was nice. Clip should be
up by Jan.
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'The Tigers' live MP3 set is now up, as is a Super8 teaser for them at the bottom of the download page.
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The Baseball clip is still in the planning stages, but all set to happen.
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We
can now announce that we will be shooting 'My Disco!' live on 16mm at a
show to be set aside in Jan sometime. This makes us extremely excitable.
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There
is an interview with us up at rockus.com, a great Perth-based site
supporting the national and international indi community
Go here ---> http://www.rockus.com.au/current/interviews/trainwreck.html
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News Update 2-11-05
Greetings across the void of silence...
My month in the remote northern Kimberly was nothing short of AMAZING!..Red sand, 43 degree heat.
You will find an article in the next issue of Mess & Noise (4)
detailing the trip, its highs and lows and hopefully get an idea of how
inspiring it is up there.
Jez spent the last couple of month’s focus-pulling his first feature film
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Now back in Melbourne camp Trainwreck is ready to go into full swing again
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The team is happy to announce a new member in the form of handsome,
TALL, 'Deloris' front man Marcus Teague. He will be helping us out with
Artist Liaisons and areas of general creativity.
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The 'Tucker Bs' clip 'The Legs' premiered on Rage last weekend (buy the
album! it is THAT good), and Purplene's 'Love: Western' was played by
Guest programmers 'Spunk Records' the week before.
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The Tigers were captured to Super8 with a brand new song with lyrics
along the lines of 'Marry him off!, he's no good to us' at the
Rosemount in Perth two weeks ago. Expect to see the whole live set
showcasing their brilliant versatility up in our MP3 section soon.
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Interviews with Mukaizake and the Tigers will also have been completed by the time you read this.
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The 'Baseball' clip looks now set to happen in late
december early Jan, we hope to come up with something executed with the stealth of a samuri hairdresser.
Needless to say, we are VERY excited.
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The 'Themata' clip that we collaborated on with our good friend,
Director 'Chris Frey' for Perth band 'Karnivool' is now complete. It
premiered on rage last week as well. We all think it looks pretty
schmick, with some kick-ass 3d work by Maya master ' Edo '. Plans are
in motion for a second collab between 'Trainwreck 20/20' and 'Iche Lieb
Kunst' on their next single. We hope to have the Karnivool clip up in
the next week or so as well.
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The new site is still under construction. We are told it will be ready
in November sometime. That's about it for now..please keep in touch and
good luck with all your own projects.
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23-08-05
A
slow month this one, with one of our newly planned clips falling down
due to last minute label re-thinks on song choice and a general lack of
communication.
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We
are pleased to announce that plans are underway for a new music video
to be shot for Melbourne band ‘Baseball’. If you still have not seen
them live, please do.
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Interviews
with Tucker Bs, My Disco, Baseball, Love Of Diagrams and Colditz Glider
have all now been completed. The next band to be added will be
long-time Perth Indi legends ‘The Tigers’
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If you would like a copy of our DVD minus artwork please drop us an email.
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There
is a nice review from Belgian Music site DERIVES of the Purplene album.
It makes a nice reference to our clips. For a translated page go here
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Both
the Tucker Bs and Deloris clips are currently up in the Mess &
Noise cinema. Complete with statements from the bands and us. Here
-->- http://messandnoise.com/cinema.asp
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That’s about it for now…have a good month!
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23/07/05
Okay,
welcome to another month. The new site is under construction and
progressing nicely. In the meantime, we will continue to update here.
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All clips are now re-encoded, the final Tucker's clip is done as well as 'Super8 Diaries' teasers for Mukaizake and Baseball.
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The
MP3 section is up now as well. With live sets from Mukaizake, My Disco
and Baseball. Thanks to Oneironaut Shane for his help with this. That
little animation in the corner is Love Of Diagrams, also part of our
Super8 Diaries project.
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DVD's
all went out okay. There have been some reports of problems playing.
This is due mainly to the nature of the technology capitalists, so we'd
suggest you try playing it in different players. Failing that it should
play on any computer DVD player.
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Purplene's 'Love: Western' clip aired on Rage last Friday (within the first half hour, between Beck and Chemical Brothers).
Tucker B's - 'The Legs' should be airing in the next few weeks..we'll keep you updated.
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We
are still in planning/discussions for 3 other clips but as they are not
fully confirmed we won't post it just yet. Needless to say we are
pretty excited!
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Trainwreck
20/20 is proud to be lending their services in collaboration with 'Iche
Lieb Kunst' director Chris Frey on a new clip for toolesque rockers
Karnivool. The shoot happened in The Espy back room last week and went
very smooothly. We may host the clip here in the future. With Chris at
the helm you can be sure of something dark and disturbing.
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Matt
will be in the remote kimberly for the month of september and will be
non-contactable. For urgent contact please call Jeremy (0407 774 558)
or email jeremyrouse2000@hotmail.com
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16/06/05
Greetings,
and welcome to winter!. The Purplene clip for ‘Love: Western’ is now
complete. All parties are very happy with the finished cut and you can
view it here.
http://www.trainwreck2020.com/purplene-LW-rough.html
If you would like to comment on it, please do here
http://videos.antville.org/stories/1142279/
The
whole site is currently being redesigned by our good friend Audiophile
Adam. Expect to see it up in the coming weeks. The mp3 section will be
up then as well.
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The
Tucker Bs clip, whilst being available for a while from here is finally
finished. The new version is not hugely different, just a lot dirtier
looking. ‘The Legs’ will be included on their new album ‘Chubby’. Keep
an eye out for it on RAGE in the next few weeks.
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Those
that have ordered DVD’s should receive them in the next week or so. We
did a limited run of 40, all hand made, numbered and printed. The
artwork is being finalized as we speak. The DVD includes all clips we
have done thus far plus a new Super8 teaser from Mukaizake as well as a
very candid interview with the Tucker Bs from last Boxing Day. Enjoy!
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11/05/05
Well, we got back from an amazing 3-day shoot in Sydney for the
Purplene song 'Love: Western'. The shoot went incredibly smoothly. With
a huge thanks to ‘Pact Youth Theatre’ and ‘My Darling Patricia’ for the
use of their theatre, sets and actors. Big thanks also to camera
assistants Jonathan and Dev and production assistant Joel. We would
like to extend our greatest respect to the Blackman/Sokol crew for
their generosity and gracious hospitality. We aim to have a cut in the
next couple of weeks.
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We
are pleased to add the Violin thrashing Melbourne rock band, 'Baseball'
to our Super 8 diaries project. We shot them at the Espy last Friday
night and they played a great set. If you are yet to catch these guys
live yet..Do it!
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Look
out for our MP3 section on the site in the next week or so. We will be
adding live sets of the Super 8 diaries series for your collections.
First off the ranks will be 'Mukaizake' with their last gig in Perth.
As well as 'Baseball' and 'My Disco' at the Espy.
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We
are now on a Brand new server with an allowable 100gig a month of
traffic that should see the end of any probs. So download whatever the
hell you want.
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We are also now in planning for a Music Video for Newcastle Mathy-Instro-Rockers Audiophile.
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DVD's are still available. We will be doing a massive nation-wide mail
out once the Purp's and Plastik Scene clips are locked off. Expect to
see a second teaser for the super 8 diaries series as well.
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11/04/05
Well,
funny times. It would seem that within days of having our work hosted
and ready to roll we have already blown our traffic limit, with an
estimated 180-200 video downloads in 5 days. All clips bar the Deloris
one will be temporarily offline until a solution is found. If you would
like a nice (FREE) Hi-res DVD with all our work on it drop us an email (Matt)
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A new addition to the PURPLENE clip has come forth. Our good friend and
professional acquaintance Dev will be putting on a STEADICAM rig for
us, floating the 16mm camera with the elegance and diligence
film-makers have come to expect from him.
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In other news, legendary Perth band THE TIGERS have scraped an entire
album just days before release. In true, prolific Tiger’s style,
another album is already underway to be released later in the year.
Expect to see a clip close to it’s release featuring a re-cut of Chris
Cobilis’s haunting 16mm short film “THE THICKET”.
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It is common knowledge that film is meant to be handled with clean, dry
hands. This was unavoidable as the latest installments to the Super 8
diaries was laced into the projector by 10 sweaty, nervous digits.
Having shot MUKAIZAKE’S last ever gig in Perth using untested cameras
and the TUCKER B’S in a hazardous low light environment, there was a
large sigh of relief as the footage lit up the screen in all its black
and white beauty. NB: If anyone out there knows the whereabouts of the
mini disc audio recorded from the tuckers show please contact us…
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A rough cut of The Plastik Scene’s clip ‘Kesterel’ has been completed.
Expect to see the finished clip up within the next few couple of weeks.
(Jeremy)
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10/03/05
Well
we have just put the finishing touches on the new music vid for Sydney
band (ex-Perth) 'tucker Bs'..the song is called 'The Legs' It was shot
over 2 sweaty days and nights late in 2004. The shoot involved an
unlicensed car, endoscopic cameras and one senile non-english speaking
grandma. The clip will be included on their new album to be released in
March/April
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We
are also in the middle of editing for Perth electronica/rock band
'Plastikscene', the song is called 'Kestral' and was shot in Perth and
on the great ocean road.
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We
are currently in pre-production on a new 16mm clip for Sydney band
Purplene for the track 'love western'. The track is off the 2004
self-titled album, engineered by none other than Steve Albini (shellac,
Nirvana's 'In Utero'). We are very excited about working with these
guys again and shooting our first 16mm clip.
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Other
projects on the horizon include a clip for Melbourne post-rockers
International Karate. As well as a couple of others that won't be
speculated on just yet.
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The Super 8 diaries are still in progress...bands so far captured to celluloid include:
- My Disco!
- Love Of Diagrams
- Colditz Glider
- Mukaizake
- Tucker B's
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We have completed an absolutely PISS funny interview with the tuckers as well.
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DVD's with clips by Mukaizake, Purplene, Deloris, Tucker B's as well as
a Super 8 diaries teaser are now available on request.
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You can see our clip for Deloris and an interview up in the Mess And Noise cinema here - http://messandnoise.com/cinema.php.
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