Live Performers Meeting Rome 2009

[Guest post by the esteemed Lucy Benson ( VJ Nosis / Melb-Belfast-Berlin-Zurich etc ), for my Threeworld column, full version and more photos over @ Lucy’s. ] 4 days. 378 performers from 26 different countries. Almost 300 performances, workshops, talks … Continue reading

by j p, July 24, 2009 0 comments

Solar Powered Monkeys

Monkey Marc’s renewable energy powered beats go back a long way ( Combat Wombat, LabRats, remote Australian desert tours and workshops, festivals the nation wide ), and the upcoming release of his long awaited solo and solar album debut, provided … Continue reading

by j p, July 24, 2009 3 Comments

Animals Really Are Funny People : Six Screen Panorama

Having been meaning to post a sample of this project for ages, but the arrival of Melbourne winter seems to be helping nicely. So yes, ‘Animals Really Are Funny People’ is a screen panorama made in 2007 while in Istanbul … Continue reading

by j p, June 12, 2009 0 comments

Meneo : Electro Gameboy Reggaeton in the House

Electropical? Bleepy cumbia? Such hybrids are inevitable, given a generation raised on candied synthetic computer game sounds, and the speed at which localised bass variations now travel from shore to shore. They are also core chunks of the Meneo sound, … Continue reading

by j p, June 11, 2009 1 Comment