{"id":11012,"date":"2011-05-19T11:26:21","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stuartbuchanan.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=11012"},"modified":"2021-01-31T05:03:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T05:03:02","slug":"new-weird-australia-octopus-pi-present-sound-young-canberra-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/2011\/05\/19\/new-weird-australia-octopus-pi-present-sound-young-canberra-live\/","title":{"rendered":"New Weird Australia &#038; Octopus pi present The Sound of Young Canberra, Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stuartbuchanan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/NWA-FBi-Social-Canberra.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13666\" src=\"http:\/\/stuartbuchanan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/NWA-FBi-Social-Canberra.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNew Weird Australia &amp; Octopus pi presented the second in a series of live events at FBi Social in Kings Cross on Thursday 19th May 2011, titled \u2018The Sound Of Young Canberra\u2018, featuring\u00a0Savages,\u00a0Kasha,\u00a0Rueben Ingall and a DJ set from\u00a0Shoeb Ahmad.<!--more--><br \/>\nNEW WEIRD AUSTRALIA &amp; OCTOPUS PI present<br \/>\n<strong>THE SOUND OF YOUNG CANBERRA<\/strong><br \/>\nwith<br \/>\n<strong>SAVAGES<br \/>\nKASHA<br \/>\nREUBEN INGALL<br \/>\nDJ SHOEB AHMAD<br \/>\nVisuals by EIGHTFILTERS<\/strong><br \/>\nTHURSDAY 19TH MAY 2011<br \/>\nFBI SOCIAL, Kings Cross, Sydney<br \/>\nThe night took it cue from New Weird Australia\u2019s compilation of the same name, released in 2010, and featured some of the finest eclectic and experimental music being made in the oft-maligned capital.<br \/>\nHeadlining the night in their debut Sydney appearance were <strong>Savages<\/strong> \u2013 evolving out of the renowned Canberra act Spartak, and featuring a fine pedigree of artists \u2013 including Hellosquare label boss Shoeb Ahmad (guitars and vocals); his fellow Spartak bandmate, Evan Dorrian (nord, vocals, percussion), along with Matt Lustri (bass) and John Wilton (drums).<br \/>\nCanberra four-piece <strong>Kasha<\/strong> were one of the stand-out artists from the The Sound Of Young Canberra compilation, reworking the traditional notion of rock music, fusing tension, repetition and experimentation into their sound. Their debut 7\u2033 single was released on Hellosquare, recorded and mixed by Casey Rice (Dirty Three, Pikelet).<br \/>\nInfluenced by the likes of Fennesz and Xiu Xiu, show opener <strong>Rueben Ingall<\/strong> processes vocals and guitar through purpose-built patches to create a beautifully idiosyncratic melee of sound.<br \/>\nSavages\u2019 <strong>Shoeb Ahmad<\/strong> also pitched up the turntables to DJ for the night, and there were visuals from local crew <strong>Eightfilters<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Weird Australia &#038; Octopus pi presented the second in a series of live events at FBi Social titled \u2018 The Sound Of Young Canberra\u2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[451],"tags":[798],"class_list":["post-11012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-weird-australia","tag-events","missing-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15895,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11012\/revisions\/15895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}