{"id":10143,"date":"2012-05-19T16:34:05","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T06:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stuartbuchanan.com\/?p=10143"},"modified":"2021-01-30T23:38:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T23:38:12","slug":"new-weird-australia-vs-fallopian-tunes-gloss-moss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/2012\/05\/19\/new-weird-australia-vs-fallopian-tunes-gloss-moss\/","title":{"rendered":"New Weird Australia vs Fallopian Tunes, Gloss & Moss"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNew Weird Australia and Fallopian Tunes team up for a compilation double-header.
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Sleeve Notes by Stuart Buchanan, New Weird Australia:<\/strong>
\nFinding Fallopian Tunes\u2019 early release \u2018Berlin Mixtape<\/a><\/em>\u2018 was nothing short of a godsend.
\nHunting down music to play on the weekly New Weird Australia radio show is never a chore, the hunt can be both exhilarating and frustrating. Yet, finding one relevant new release may take hours, and only yield a single track. Hence the night when \u2018Berlin Mixtape\u2019 was discovered remains firmly etched in memory \u2013 sixteen tracks of new, eclectic and experimental Australian music, and all of them gems. The concept seemed eerily, and generously, familiar. Naturally enough, the mixtape received a ritual flogging on the radio show \u2013 I simply couldn\u2019t get enough of it \u2013 and it also conveniently led to the first release on the then nascent label, the stunning debut from Yolke, titled\u00a0Poppy Wash<\/em>. Yet, at the same time led nowhere \u2013 Fallopian Tunes had no web site, and little web presence \u2013 which, contrary to what a manager might tell you, simply added to the allure of the label.
\nMany months later, we finally met each other virtually, complemented each other for our respective output, and danced around the idea of perhaps linking arms and working on a shared release. \u2018Gloss & Moss\u2019 is the result: 22 tracks, 11 a-piece, representing precision and imprecision \u2013 controlled chaos and chaotic control. In splitting hairs over definitions, this \u2018Australia Mixtape\u2019 has both its cake and devours it \u2013 we can pay attention to the difference, or ignore it all together. Like Fallopian Tunes and New Weird Australia, it\u2019s two sides of the same coin \u2013 a collection of exceptions that prove the rule.
\nSleeve Notes by Mat Spisbah, Fallopian Tunes:<\/strong>
\nThe idea of Gloss & Moss had seduced me from the beginning; two texturally different sounds with a similar headspace between them. When Stu and I first started talking about this compilation, a whole host of different ideas came up \u2013 synthetic nature, granular treetops etc\u2026 It was always going to be interesting collecting the sonics for it.
\nIts hard to really call anything on this compilation experimental music, all the artists have their shit locked down and know exactly what their doing. The experimenting is done well before anything is made. But all the same, experimental music in Australia is starting to gain a foothold and it\u2019s exciting to see the scope of different things people are doing.
\nThis collection of tracks really brings the assorted flavours of what people are up to in and around Australia and the little soundworlds they create for themselves. Everything from glacial ambience to typewriting textures is represented here, its a small cross section of the lush pool of ideas floating around the Ausmos (Australian cosmos).
\nfallopiantunes.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tracklisting:<\/strong>
\n\u2018Gloss<\/strong>\u2018, compiled by Mat Spisbah for Fallopian Tunes
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\n1. Kristian M Roberts, Marble Music (6:10)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n2. Bad Bones, Breaksface (0:58)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n3. Simon Gardam, Silverconstruct (2:22)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n4. Trjaeu, Glass Map (2:12)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n5. Jacob Silver, Ambulacra (3:34)\u00a0(from the EP\u00a0Trillions<\/em>,self-released)
\n6. WORNG, HipsterPride (5:44)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n7. Matthew Brown, Kanaplila (8:56)\u00a0(from\u00a0Matthew Brown at Sabbatical\u2019s Labour Day Weekend<\/em>, self-released)
\n8. Document Swell, Rainforestation (4:28)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n9. Exotic Snake, Now Lets Sing It Again (4:27)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n10. Yolke, Perfect Burn (2:41)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n11. Jonathon Nokes, Fantasy 001 (5:11)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n\u2018Moss<\/strong>\u2018, compiled by Stuart Buchanan for New Weird Australia
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\n12. Infinite Decimals, 0.00801066 (5:28)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n13. Stag, Seriously (1:52)\u00a0(from the EP\u00a0Get Used To It<\/em>, Disembraining)
\n14. Mere Women, Amends (2:38)\u00a0(from the forthcoming album\u00a0Old Life<\/em>, Tenzenmen)
\n15. Secret Birds, Black Teeth (8:26)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n16. Wild Dog Creek, Abacus (4:05)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n17. Penguins, Beyond The Pale (3:14)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n18. David Evans, Typewriter Demo 1A (4:09)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n19. Jusgo Mosh, Hyper Youth (5:33)\u00a0(from the album\u00a0Disillusioned Punks Fall Into An Infinite Jazz<\/em>, self-released)
\n20. Admin Bldg, Bldg A Bldg (4:05)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n21. The Roost of Auteurs Soon Eligible for Parody, Paddington\u2019s Song (7:00)\u00a0(from the album\u00a0Leaving<\/em>, Etch Music)
\n22. Barnaby Oliver, Met on a Sunday (3:36)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\nArtwork by Omar Mashaal,\u00a0www.omashaal.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Press.<\/strong>
\n\u201cGloss & Moss<\/em>\u00a0is the product of a kind of Omnivorous Experimentalism that, it seems to me, is increasingly prevalent these days, not just in Australia but just about everywhere with the luxury of a broadband connection. Because the vast data sea doesn\u2019t just\u00a0need<\/em>\u00a0curation; it also invites exploration and exposure to the new and different. And this exploration, it turns out, is something that can be curated too.\u00a0Where some might regard the sort of eclecticism I\u2019m getting at here as simply a lack of focus \u2026 I tend to think of it as precisely the reverse.\u00a0Gloss & Moss<\/em>, as with so many of New Weird Australia\u2019s releases, is focused precisely\u00a0on<\/em>\u00a0the strange and eclectic. You could say the same about this website actually. Omnivorous Experimentalism \u2014 the capitals here are deliberate; they\u2019re intended to suggest something like a genre \u2014 is virtually its\u00a0modus operandi<\/em>.\u201d
\nTiny Mix Tapes, August 2012\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u201cThe recent Gloss and Moss compilation by Fallopian Tunes and New Weird Australia shows just how rich and diverse our experimental electronic music scene has become. It is, if you\u2019ll forgive a little editorialising, an essential (free) download.\u201d
\nThe Thousands, July 2012<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u201cEvery other month or so the avant-garde program New Weird Australia releases a compilation of tunes \u2026 Each collection is a gilt digital artifact of fresh composition, edgy-yet-accessible aesthetics, and solid cultural ambassadorship. For the latest compilation\u2014called Gloss & Moss\u2014NWA teamed up with a similarly Down Undered DIY electronica label, Fallopian Tunes. The team present starkly different sides of the continent\u2019s underground music scene. The first half belongs to Fallopian Tunes, which chose eleven tracks of smooth \u2018n\u2019 throbbing bedroom electronica of various stripes. Although many of the featured artists operate in familiar genres\u2014glitch, trance, beat tape\u2014many songs are bolstered by found sounds and surprising noise samples \u2026 New Weird Australia curated the second half of the compilation \u2026 You\u2019ll hear fuzzed-out dream pop, trudging kraut, and slow Eastern-influenced psych rock (a la Grails) \u2026 it goes without saying, you should download the entire New Weird Australia and Fallopian Tunes discography. Like, yesterday.\u201d
\nReviler, June 2012<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u201cThe latest New Weird Australia compilation sees the weird ones pairing with one of my favourite local labels Fallopian Tunes to assemble a zesty sonic soup of experimental and psychedelic sounds. Great to hear new stuff from favourites like Yolke and TRJAEU, and to discover very cool acts like WORNG and Secret Birds. Go do some discovering yourself, it\u2019s a free download.\u201d
\nBandcamp Hunter, June 2012<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u201cAbsolutely unmissable compilation\u201d
\nINQ Magazine, June 2012<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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