>>> "Cyclone Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/08 11:57 am >>> >Oh dear! ;) >Kinda like the Wisconsin of Oz (did you ever see Dogma, where angels fear to >dread - 'cos of acute boredom).
I dunno Cyclone, I might have to disagree with you here! While there isn't much of a directly 313-related scene, Canberra has a very small but tight underground that comprises lots of different elements of underground music. I played at a party at the art school down there last October and it was pretty solid - there were three rooms, one with bands, one with DJs playing lots of different styles from jungle/dnb to minimal tech to freaked-out house and so on and then there was an experimental room with all kinds of interesting live performances. There's quite a lot of producers in and around Canberra - including some world-class talent - though a couple of the guys who've really helped push alternative music have recently moved out of town. Because there's so few people into anything but mainstream choons, they all band together and so you get much more diversity in styles at the alternative parties - when Jeff Mills played Canberra recently he was supported by DJs spinning House, Broken Beat and Electro, and consequently delivered a set that was much more diverse than his other Aus outings, more in line with his recent tour with Garnier than the straight-up tech we got in Sydney (not that I'm complaining!). There might not be a million parties every single week, or month, in Canberra, but there's a good grassroots community of passionate peeps down there that you'll probably get on quite well with. Lemme know when you're going and I'll hook you up with some heads.
