Jan
26
Access Virus TI Polar
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Last week a friend from Sydney came to visit us and he brought his Virus Polar with him. I was incredibly excited about this and had it hooked up within minutes. Over the following few days I got to explore the sounds the synth was capable of and even replaced several synth parts in songs [...]
Jan
19
This might be a bit of an eye-opener to any musicians who are new to releasing music, but one very worthwhile reason to make film clips and push for radio play is the royalties that you can earn as a result.
I just got an e-mail telling me that last Friday, 16 Jan 2008, at 5am, [...]
Jan
17
Bangkok October 2008
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In late October 2008, Straylight and I flew to Thailand to visit Kong in Bangkok. With the whole Shiv-r crew in one place, Kong took us around the city. We went to a bar (several, in fact) in Soi Cowboy, where there were girls doing shows (blowing darts and popping balloons, blowing out candles and blowing [...]
Jan
15
Alesis Andromeda A6
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My A6 has been with me since around 2005. I think at that point I had a few releases out under my belt and wanted to invest in a serious bit of kit to take my music to the next level. It was $4000AUD from Sound Devices, Sydney, which was cheaper than a Virus TI [...]
Jan
14
Antythesys
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Antythesys is a new name to watch out for. The project is the brainchild of Alex (aka Nemesis), who was a founding member of Alien Vampires. During 2008, Alex/Nemesis left Alien Vampires due to creative differences and started creating music the way he wanted to. A musical collaborator was sought to join this new project [...]
Jan
11
From the studio…January 2009
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Have been grinding away on a new track…this one has taken a lot out of me. Mostly because when this track started it really had that “something special”, and when I wrote some lyrics and ran them through in my mind, I thought I had a hit on my hands.
Yesterday after I recorded the vocals [...]
Jan
2
Last week I got my gratis copy of Blood - Lost Sky in the mail, which features a remix by us. This is the latest and final ever album by this hugely respected Japanese goth/j-rock/visual kei band and I’ve been enjoying the disc so much - and not just because we’re on it!
Here is an excerpt of [...]
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Shiv-r is a new force in the field of dark electronic music. The heavy and unsettling atmosphere generated by the band is at times intended for the clubs, and at times drawn to a slow, grinding pace for full dramatic impact.
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