Melbourne band who mainline German electro-punk styles (DAF/Cluster/Kraftwerk) and melt them down with subterranean Americana that draws on the nightmare sound of early Suicide, the eschatological tapes and drum machine style of the first incarnation of Destroy All Monsters et al. Captured Tracks calls it “’74 Germany + ’79 Sheffield + ’09 Australia”.
Louisiana-bred, Brooklyn-based recording artist Julianna Barwick crafts ethereal, largely wordless soundscapes, all of which are built around multiple loops and layers of her angelic voice. Barwick, who credits a rural, church choir upbringing for her unique sound, begins most tracks with a single phrase or refrain, then uses a loop station and the occasional piano or percussive instrument to build the song into a swirling mass of lush, ambient folk.
Outer Space is a project run by John Elliott of <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Emeralds" class="bbcode_artist">Emeralds</a>, which is based out of Cleveland, Ohio.
Constant Light are S & J The only constant in space-time is the speed of light. Any measure of the speed of light involves time. Time is subjectively variable.
Lawrence English is media artist, composer and curator based in Australia. Working across an eclectic array of aesthetic investigations, English’s work prompts questions of field, perception and memory. He utilises a variety of mediums including live performance, audio/visual environments, found sound/vision to create his work that typifies his interests in creating experiences that create subtle transformation of space and ask audiences to become aware of that which exists at the edge of perception.
Our Love Will Destroy the World is a psychedelic / noise project from Featherston, New Zealand by Campbell Kneale after disbanding Birchville Cat Motel. It forced through and came to life as the artist's sort of "second birth" in 2008. http://www.myspace.com/ourlovewilldestroytheworld
The Ghost of 29 Megacycles is an Australian trio based in Perth and Melbourne bringing us their personal brand of sweet ambient electronic droning. Read more: <a href="http://www.last.fm/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheholylotus.blogspot.com%2F" rel="nofollow">http://theholylotus.blogspot.com/</a>
Chris Smith is a genuine heartfelt vagabond from the southern places below melbourne town. he gave up his ghost for an electric guitar and has continued to manifest apparitions and spirits into this world through the circuitry of that darn piece of art since exiting the 'Golden Lifestyle Band' back sometime in the forgotten nineties. part uneasy silence/part heart breaking noise chris has found a zone rarely inhabited by the vast mountains of guitarrorists wandering the open plains these days. catch his beautiful webs are melbourne town.
Bonnie Mercer garners the most attention for being a part of the three-piece psych-sludge rockers Grey Daturas.
Visions is a multimedia project dedicated to the awe inspiring grandeur of infinite space and our relation to it. To re-think our purpose and place in the ever expanding cosmos, to be at one with infinity for we are stardust... Discography:
"Lapse" CD (Cyclic Law) 2005
"Celestial Sphere" 10" vinyl (Angle.Rec.) 2006
"Vortex" single - Walking with Ghosts comp. (Paradigm Recordings) 2007 Related projects:
Longing For Dawn
Instincts
Cyclic Law Records http://www.cycliclaw.com/visions.html There are several other bands under the name 'Visions':