Some quality music at Melbourne's most credible venue... See press details from the venue below:
FRIDAY 1 AUGUST HONKYTONKS AND WEIRD GEAR ARE proud to present, from Detroit USA, a live laptop DJ set by Brendan M Gillen (BMG), half of Ectomorph and Interdimensional Transmissions label head. Since 1995, Ectomorph (BMG + Erika) have pushed the boundaries of electro with a string of influential releases for Interdimensional Transmissions and other distinguished labels, including Ghostly International and International Deejay Gigolo. Their live sets, which can combine cabaret along with machine funk, have taken them around the world, including Sonar and The Love Parade. BMG's latest obsession of laptop DJing has taken him as far afield as Sao Paolo, Miami (WMC), Amsterdam and now Australia, delivering a unique set every time. With skilled misuse of software he blends up to ten sound sources, creating new tracks out of bits of old tracks, mixed with his own loops. He reinvents the old and remixes the new, creating a solid new sound which has amazed even the original programmers. For example, he may combine a Prince rumbeat, a Loose Joints bassline, a Metro Area melody, all re-arranged, plus a few of his own loops, to create a completely new track which fuses new and old seamlessly. These sets have been gaining him some rave reports, including this one in the Wire (July 2003): "Gillen borrowed liberally from dance music's past to provide a tantalizing glimpse of the future."
