ANOTHER YEAR DRAWS TO A CLOSE
December 18, 2011
As a way of thanking
everyone who has supported us
by buying a CD,
record or download,
we've made an album
which collects
rarities from throughout our history;
demos, alternate versions,
outtakes
and all that sort of thing,
and we've sent this off
to all of you who have
bought anything from us
so check your inboxes
for the
download links!
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RIVERS OF ENKEPHALIN
December 03, 2011
IMAGES SECTION
November 07, 2011
We've just done
an absolutely
massive overhaul
of the Images
page...
There are now
mountains of photos,
documenting live
performances,
the recording process,
production and mixdown
and the creation of
the limited art editions
THE WIRE TAPPER 27
October 16, 2011
The November issue of
The Wire magazine
is
now available
and
features a
free CD:
The Wire Tapper 27
We have
contributed
an exclusive song
called Caverns.
Further details
can be found on
The Wire's website.
Thanks very much
to everyone who came
to The Basement on
Saturday night, we
had a great time and
consider that to be
the best show we've played.
ART EDITION UPDATE
September 14, 2011
First off, many thanks
to everyone who has
ordered the art edition of
Kiyomizu. This
version is now
completely sold-out.
We hope to ship
all orders this week,
we're just waiting for
the tin cases to
arrive from the manufacturer
and then
we're all set.
In other news,
we're playing our
first gig of the year
this coming Friday
at The Beetle Bar,
which is at Milton / Roma Street
in Brisbane.
We're very excited
as it will be our
first show with
two drummers!
We'll be appearing
as a six-piece - Hik, Scott,
Jordan, Greta,
Jim and Greg.
Support comes
in the form of
Los Huevos, Some Jerks
and our own
Subsea / Jim Grundy.
(see below for
more news about him!)
NEW SUBSEA RECORD
August 28, 2011
There is a fantastic
new record by
Subsea / Jim Grundy
that you can
download for free
at his Bandcamp page.
APOLOGIES FOR OUR SLACKNESS
June 14, 2011
OK so our album was supposed to be out today
I guess that if you've been
following us for any amount of time
you'd be aware that we never really
run to schedule...
You know when things
get to the mixdown it
starts to get really exciting
and I get all these new ideas
and I just want to keep tinkering with
the songs and making them better
because otherwise I'll
just go back later and
replace them with the new improved
versions, like I did with
the main mix of 'Remember Well'...
I really should have taken the
extra time with that one and made
it right in the first place
(it just didn't feel right to me)
but we were already running
over schedule so I figured I should
just get it out there....
Lesson learned....
I hope you've all deleted the first version
and replaced it with the proper one!!
Speaking of Remember Well
(and of running behind schedule...)
the limited 12" vinyl
art edition is finally on the doorstep of done.
I figure we'll put it out at the same time as
Kiyomizu so anyone who
wishes to order both items
can get them sent at
the same time.
Our collaborator on Remember Well,
the esteemed Mr Danny Hyde,
has just issued a new EP of his own,
Svay Pak,
and it's bloody fantastic so
we thoroughly recommend you
give it a listen! He's doing cool things
with unique packaging also, have
a geez here to see what I mean.
To give you a little bit more
of an insight into the creation
of the new album, I've posted
a bunch of new photos
on the images page
(these will be mainly old news to you
if you follow us on facebook)
Speaking of such things,
SORRY! if you browse our pages
on myspace or reverbnation
because you know what?
I fucking hate myspace and reverbnation
and I never update them.
The only reason we keep
those pages around is because
strangely enough
some people still use them
but for goodness sake just follow us on facebook
People have been asking us
about the possibility of live
performances and to this we
can only answer
"we're trying!!"...
We have been trying to
get something happening
for quite some time now
but we're finding it damn near impossible.
Looks like our next show will be in October.
Thank your lucky stars
if you do not live in Brisbane
like us, as this shitheap of a city
is as resistant to deviation from the norm
as could be possible.
Some will say that a bad
attitude will not get us
anywhere but shall we
call to mind the question of the
chicken and the egg....
Anyway that is enough
from me, I hope you are all well
and are living enjoyable, satisfying
lives. Apart from
working on the new Ektoise
album I have been
reading Gurdjieff,
spending far too much money on
Austin Spare artwork
and listening to
Prince, Led Zeppelin, Goldfrapp,
The Beatles and Coil...
Life is good.
I wish you all the best
and will talk to you again soon!
Greg
AN UPDATE ON THE GOINGS ON
April 12, 2011
Plenty of things happening in Ektoise land as of late...
First off,
we have a new member!
Jordan Miller has joined as
second drummer, which
finally allows us to stretch out
with our live shows, so we
can look at playing some
of our more epic stuff
like the LP version of 'Miasma'.
Secondly, we've done a
better mix of 'Remember Well'
which you can download for free
from our bandcamp page.
If you already have the EP,
you can just grab the individual
track rather than
having to download the whole thing again!
Thirdly we've been hard at work on
our second full length album,
Kiyomizu,
which we hope to release in June.
This stuff is getting us so excited,
we can't wait to get it to you!!
This one will be
entirely instrumental,
while the one after
will have lots of vocals.
Fourth up, we've been
featured on a rather
sterling compilation of Brisbane
artists that was put together
by Sounds Like Brisbane. Check out
their homepage for downloads.
Last but in no way least,
we're extremely proud to
point you in the direction
of the debut proper from
SUBSEA, who
has issued his truly
fantastic self-titled EP
as a free download. Go
grab it from his
bandcamp page.
CATCH-UP TIME
January 22, 2011
Busy busy busy
We've been a bit slack
updating the page here
but rest assured
it has been for very
worthwhile reasons....
Remember Well
was issued on 11-1-11
and is available for
free download
right here.
We're incredibly
excited about
Danny Hyde's remixes
and people have
been saying lovely
things about the
Tetra remix,
thank you sincerely!
As we mentioned in the last
update, we
have succumbed to
our vinyl obsession
again and have
decided to do an
EXTREMELY LIMITED
12" vinyl art edition.
There will be
ten copies only
and it will be on
heavyweight translucent
vinyl in a hand-made
collage cover with
a printed insert, hand-
written lyric sheet
and an original drawing.
So yeah it will be fucking insane.
We estimate that these will
be finished and up for sale
sometime in April
so we'll upload photos
and keep you posted
as things develop.
In the meantime
we hope you're enjoying
the music,
and if you're on
facebook we encourage
you to follow us on
there because then
you will actually get
updates of a somewhat
more regular nature :)
A NEW YEAR
January 3, 2011
Well it's 2011.
It sort of crept up on us
because we've been
keeping so busy
but here we are!
Last year was an
interesting one for us.
There were some
fantastic moments
and some bad,
some very exciting things
and some
frustrating things.
We're looking forward
to making new
things, and we
think some of you
will be quite surprised
by the things
we're going to release
this year...
In the meantime,
you can
download
Remix/Reform
for free from
our BandCamp.
It leaked
and is all over the net
so we figure you're
better off getting it
in high quality from us
than low bitrate mp3
from elsewhere...
Remember Well
is not far away,
and we've decided
to do a vinyl edition
as well... More
info soon...
ALLUVIUM
December 23, 2010
By way of compensating
for the delay of our single,
we thought it a
nice moment to
give you a free album of
drifting ambient music
by Jim and Greg...
The two of them
formed Tetra in late 2008
after being asked
to perform a live
score for a silent
German Expressionist
film at
Brisbane's prestigious
Gallery of Modern Art.
Pleased with the
results, they proceeded
to record, process and
rearrange
the material they
devised for the screening
and ended
up with a lush, expansive
ambient record entitled
Alluvium.
You can download
the album
for free from their
BandCamp page
RUNNING BEHIND
December 21, 2010
Of course....
......we're running late.
We wish you all
a very happy Winter/Summer Solstice
(depending on where you are in the world)
and we apologize for the fact
that Remember Well
is not ready yet...
We can assure you
that it will be worth the wait!
We'll keep you posted :)
REMEMBER PETER
November 27, 2010
You would by now
have heard the news.
Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson
passed away on the 25th
of November, peacefully
and quietly in his sleep.
It's difficult to put words to
how much this affects us.
Peter has been so vast
an inspiration to me
and the members of this group
for so long now that this feels like
losing family...
Hik and I are in Japan and
we first heard via an
email from Brainwashed.
It didn't even register
at first and I couldn't
believe that it was true...
But the tributes have been pouring in,
from Chris, Cosey, Danny, Ivan, David, Bee
and the rest of his extended family...
Our thoughts are with them all.
I was never fortunate enough
to meet Peter in person,
but the few conversations
we shared via the internet
confirmed my impressions that
he was a lovely, warm-hearted and
funny guy, always delightful and
never without his trademarked ;-)
The last time we
communicated
was not even a month ago and
this makes it all the more
difficult to accept
that he really is gone.
I will go on the record as saying
that Peter was and is perhaps
the greatest influence on this band
to ever live and it hurts me so much
that we were
never able to
work together.
In light of this awful circumstance,
I feel it is only right to dedicate our
forthcoming single to the memory
of this beautiful human being,
and the fact that his collaborator of some
twenty odd years, Danny Hyde,
joins us on this single makes it all the
more poignant to me.
Beloved Peter, we will
forever cherish the gifts
you have given us.
Remember Well, my friends.
Greg Reason, Kyoto, 2010-11-27.
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REMEMBER WELL
November 20, 2010
It is with much joy
and honour
that we announce our
forthcoming single
Remember Well.
The single features
two remixes by
Danny Hyde of Coil
and Aural Rage.
In addition to
producing Love's Secret Domain
and working on countless other
Coil records,
Hyde also contributed to
the groups six
Nine Inch Nails remixes
including the stunning
Erased.Over.Out. from
Further Down the Spiral.
In celebration of the
Winter Solstice in Europe
and Summer Solstice
down here in Australia,
Remember Well will be
available for free download
on the 21st of December
2010
LIVE SHOTS
November 7, 2010
The Images section
has finally been updated
In other news,
here's a teaser
for Remix/Reform contributor
Ambersound's forthcoming
debut album
SECRET KILLER OF NAMES
November 4, 2010
Our friend Lloyd
has issued
a fantastic album by
his project
Secret Killer of Names
and aside from
being
unbelievably good,
it's available for free.
This album is
well worth a listen
and is available
in lossless for
gorgeous sound quality!
ART EDITION CDS
October 14, 2010
Our self titled album
is available as
a free download here
and also as an
art edition,
comprised of only
49 hand-painted copies.
You can buy them
from our BandCamp
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THE VINYL IS HERE
October 4, 2010
Finally!!! All pre-orders have shipped
New orders ship immediately
Grab em from here
TIGERMOTH VIDEO
October 3, 2010
Our good friend and
Remix/Reform
contributor
Tigermoth has spent
the last few months
travelling around the
US and Europe,
doing gigs in New York, LA,
Detroit, Chicago etc
and somehow he's managed
to find the time to make a
video for 'Swimming', the
well wicked opening cut on his
debut album
Underwater Beats
Tigermoth is undoubtedly
one of the most
talented Hip-Hop
producer/DJs in Australia
and we wanted to post
his video so
you can check this out
in advance of his
new album, which
is due quite soon!
WAITING, WAITING...
October 2, 2010
We're quite embarrassed at
how overdue our 7" singles
of The Thought Police are...
We're in the unfortunate
position of being at the
mercy of the pressing plant
now as we've paid the
bill and are sitting waiting
for them to ship the records
to us.
Needless to say,
we won't be in a hurry
to call on their services
a second time...
In the meantime,
we thought we'd post a
photo of the art prints that are
to be included with
the first 27 pre-orders....
ANOTHER FREEBIE
September 27, 2010
When we were compiling
Remix/Reform it
became apparent that we had a
veritable truckload of
quality material on hand from
SUBSEA. aka Jim Grundy of
Re:Enactment, Tetra etc
Rather than cram all of it
onto that record we decided
to sit on a bunch of tracks for
later release and we feel like now is a
good time to drop you a few
of our favourites. So
without further ado,
click here to download this EP
in whatever quality you like
for free!
BY THE WAY
September 27, 2010
There is a surprise in
store this evening...
A GIFT
September 14, 2010
You can now download
our debut album
for free from
our Bandcamp page.
We initially released this
early last year as
The Single Act of Being.
We were called Purity Device
back then and it's all
confusing and we thought
we may as well fix up
all the things that bugged
us about it and put it out
under our new name.
So here it is;
freshly mixed, newly mastered
and wrapped up in much better artwork!
Enjoy!
A BIG THANK YOU
September 09, 2010
We would like to express
our profound
gratitude to Fahad Albee
for all the good times,
beautiful guitar playing
and Ableton delights
that he has given us over
the years.
It has been an absolute
honour to work with
him and we wish him
nothing but the best!
REMIXED/REFORMED/REISSUED
September 03, 2010
We have been working on a reissue
of our debut album,
which was called The Single Act of Being
and released under the name
Purity Device.
As we sold out of
all our copies and we
are now going by the name
Ektoise
it only makes sense
that we reissue it.
Next week you will be able to
download the album for free
in 24bit FLAC (higher than CD quality)
320kps mp3 or even
in a lesser quality if that's
really what you're after :)
Then next month we will
make available a limited
hand painted art edition in
a series of 49 numbered
copies with mini art prints.
The album will be retitled as simply Ektoise
and the contents have been
improved upon - fresh mixes,
new edits, tweaked tracklist
and much better artwork
than on the original release.
ODDS AND ENDS
August 30, 2010
A big thank you to everyone who came
to see Greg Reason, Thumbtack and
Secret Killer of Names at the Beetle Bar
on Saturday.
Thanks for a fun night!
Jim's other band Re:Enactment
have just launched
the new improved re-e.net
and it's looking spectacular, thanks in
no small way to the
wicked artwork from their
new EP - A Talent for Retail
They're doing a tour to support the
release so people in other
cities in Australia get
a rare opportunity
to see them tear it up live:
2010-09-18
The Troubadour (Brisbane)
2010-09-23
The Old Bar (Melbourne)
2010-09-25
Pony (Melbourne)
2010-09-30
Excelsior (Sydney)
2010-10-01
Mum @ World Bar (Sydney)
And lastly but by
no means least
our friend Nic McConaghy
has launched his own
website:
www.nicmcconaghy.com
and if you
go to the music page
you can listen to his
award winning composition
Single Origin.
RELEASE DAY IS UPON US
August 27, 2010
Today is the release day
for our latest album,
Remix/Reform
You can obtain the album
in a number of formats:
CD, 320kps mp3
or 24bit FLAC, which is
actually higher sound quality
than CD
You can also
preorder the limited edition
7'' vinyl of The Thought Police
which features remixes by
Bola and The Black Dog.
There are only 300
copies and it will never be reprinted.
The first 27 copies are
numbered and feature
an exclusive insert.
We only have
ten or so of those left
so if you were after
one you should
place your order soon!
CYCLIC DEFROST
August 26, 2010
When your work
is compared
to the theme music for
the obelisk in 2001: A Space Odyssey
you know things are
going swell!
Cyclic Defrost have been
kind enough to do exactly that
in their review of our debut album
The Single Act of Being
That album was issued under
our former name of Purity Device
and at present we have sold all of
our copies! But we
will soon reissue it with
better art, new mastering and
slightly improved content.
In the meantime we hope you are
enjoying Remix/Reform, which is
comprised of reconstructions of
material from The Single Act...
And a big thank you to everyone
who has bought any of the items
at our bandcamp, we appreciate it
and are readying further rewards
to demonstrate our gratitude!
REMIX/REFORM
August 20, 2010
We just couldn't hold off any longer
and so we have issued Remix/Reform
a week ahead of schedule!
Visit our Bandcamp page to listen to
and/or purchase the album on
CD or as a download.
The downloads are obviously immediate
and you will get a free download with any CD purchase
but the CDs themselves will ship after
the previously announced release date
of August 27th.
The limited edition 7" single for
The Thought Police
as remixed by The Black Dog and Bola
is also available for pre-sale from now
and will ship from September 14th
We hope you all enjoy the music!
PROGRESS
August 7, 2010
TRANSITION
July 5, 2010
July 5, 2010
