{"id":10146,"date":"2012-08-03T16:38:03","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T06:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stuartbuchanan.com\/?p=10146"},"modified":"2021-01-30T23:35:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T23:35:31","slug":"new-weird-australia-western-schism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/2012\/08\/03\/new-weird-australia-western-schism\/","title":{"rendered":"New Weird Australia, Western Schism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe second in an ad-hoc series of geo-specific New Weird Australia compilations, featuring eighteen bands and artists from Perth in Western Australia.
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Sleeve Notes.<\/strong>
\nWestern Schism\u00a0<\/em>is the second in our ad-hoc series of geo-specific compilations, featuring eighteen bands and artists from\u00a0Perth<\/strong>\u00a0in Western Australia.
\nThe distance from Perth to Sydney (coast to coast) is only marginally less than the land mass span between L.A. and New York. Think for a moment on all the East Coast \/ West Coast paradigms that exist in American culture, and you can transplant some of that ideology down to Australia. Whilst we don\u2019t have competing hip hop crews as such (although there was a moment back in the day when drum\u2019n\u2019bass might have taken on that skirmish), each coast often exists in its own unique world, often oblivious to the actions of the other.
\nHowever, whilst L.A. artists might have opportunities to play to audiences in San Francisco, Las Vegas, San Diego or similar towns and cities along the coast, their Perth cousins have no such luck. Isolated from any other metropolis or cultural hub, the act of generating awareness, finding new fans or growing a career used to involve an expensive and lengthy hike to the West, to connect with the majority of Australia\u2019s population. Of course, that\u2019s old school thinking \u2013 the digital age affords artists the ability to transcend such barriers, and this compilation plays one small part in an ongoing, flag-waving awareness exercise for Perth\u2019s experimental music community.
\nThe schism herein is as much geographical as it is artistic. These artists are outliers in both the literal and creative sense of the word \u2013 they celebrate their physical relationship with the world by amplifying it artistically. Distance need not be a tyranny \u2013 as is shown in this collection, it may in fact give us just the space we need to run free and get wild.
\nStuart Buchanan, New Weird Australia<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tracklisting.<\/strong>
\n1.\u00a0LEAVING<\/a>, Days Apart (3:45)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n2.\u00a0SALAMANDER<\/a>, Elixir In Echoden (Full Version) (5:17)\u00a0(Original Version from the album\u00a0Neocambrian<\/em>, Record Label Records)
\n3.\u00a0FM RASTER<\/a>, Pattern 1 (3:43)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n4.\u00a0JANE HARRIS<\/a>, Misery Cares (3:40)\u00a0(from\u00a0Misery Cares<\/em>, Meupe)
\n5.\u00a0MENTAL POWERS<\/a>, The Last Amethyst Deceiver (4:20)\u00a0(previously unreleased, recorded live on RTR Radio, 2011)
\n6.\u00a0JAMES IRELAND & ANDREW SINCLAIR<\/a>, Mary Weiss (5:59)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n7.\u00a0SAM GILLIES<\/a>, People Are Afraid To Merge On The Highway (6:58)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n8.\u00a0KU\u010dKA<\/a>, Polly (serialkillersundays) (4:03)\u00a0(from\u00a0Ku\u010dka EP<\/em>, Wood & Wire)
\n9.\u00a0JAVIER FRISCO<\/a>, Trout & Tippet \/ Scarlet Caravan \/ Cosmic Wood (5:58)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n10.\u00a0OUROBONIC PLAGUE<\/a>, Snake Egg Talk (4:24)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n11.\u00a0FURCHICK<\/a>, Rain (3:27)(previously unreleased)
\n12.\u00a0CHRIS COBILIS<\/a>, Waist Aglow In My Road (4:28)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n13.\u00a0PREDRAG DELIBASICH<\/a>, Go Lobok! (3:09)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n14.\u00a0CRAIG MCELHINNEY<\/a>, I Wish You Had Believed Me (3:22)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n15.\u00a0SOLAR BARGE<\/a>, Semektet (3:44)\u00a0(from\u00a0Solar Barge<\/em>, Indigo Children)
\n16.\u00a0BROWN<\/a>, Shave & A Haircut (4:09)\u00a0(from\u00a0Shave & A Haircut<\/em>, self-released)
\n17.\u00a0THE GULLS<\/a>, Alfreds (3:08)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\n18.\u00a0ELEVENTEEN ESTON<\/a>, It\u2019s All Again (Reprise) (2:44)\u00a0(previously unreleased)
\nCompiled by Stuart Buchanan, with thanks to Andrew Sinclair, Matt Aitken & Craig McElhinney.
\nArtwork by Dan Bourke,\u00a0www.danbourke.com<\/a>
\nReleased under a Creative Commons licence (Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives).
\nCatalogue Number.<\/strong>\u00a0NWA012
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Press.<\/strong>
\n\u201cAlbum Of The Week<\/strong> \u2026 the collaboration between Sinclair and James Ireland is the standout \u2013 the throaty vocal contribution, stretched and warped to within an inch of its life, is backed by a sluggish, occasionally forceful beat, and the track as a whole pulls you in and wraps right around you \u2026\u00a0this album brings together some of Perth\u2019s finest merchants of noise and is well worth seeking out.\u201d
\nDrum Media<\/a> \/ The Music, August 2012<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u201cWestern Schism\u00a0<\/em>provides an accessible framework through which non-experimental music schooled individuals could be encouraged to experience what might initially be thought of as \u2018outsider\u2019 sounds. It\u2019s a nice tribute to the Perth artists who have shaken off the shackles off that ol\u2019 \u2018isolation\u2019 buzzword to basically just get on with it.\u201d
\nThe Thousands, August 2012<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u201cPerth seems more than adequately provided for lately when it comes to experimental sounds \u2013 hence the timely release of the New Weird Australia, Western Schism, entirely focused on artists from WA\u2026\u201d
\nInterview with Stuart Buchanan, The Wire \u2013 The West Australian, September 2012<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u201cIt\u2019s great to gain exposure to new experimental work from WA, so nice work New Weird.\u201d
\nWho The Hell?, August 2012<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been big fans of New Weird Australia for quite a while here at Life Is Noise. On a regular basis they dump some great compilation on the internet and introduce us to a whole pile of crazy music we might otherwise not have heard.\u00a0This time round, they\u2019re focusing on Western Australia, with Western Schism taking a look at some of the more interesting artists from WA. There\u2019s more than a few familiar names for regular readers of Life Is Noise, but there\u2019s two or three we haven\u2019t yet featured.\u201d
\nLife Is Noise, August 2012<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u201cPerth res Ourobonic Plague delivers a dead zone crawler with thee perfect amount ov feel.\u201d
\nBlam Blam Fever, August 2012<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe West Australian, September 2012\u00a0:<\/strong>
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