Aural Exploits has a limited edition (1000), green vinyl version of Mr Bungle’s Disco Volante available with the 7?. http://www.auralexploits.com/product_5994.htm
I need a new record player, anyone got any suggestions? (preferrably in australia)
Serj and Fantomas, The Tivoli, Brisbane @ Fasterlouder
“First up, as promised, Fantomas delivered the whole kit and caboodle, the full length, original version with no editing, director’s cut of their album The Director’s Cut. The boys come on stage donned in white cricketers get-up. I don’t know why. Front man, Mike Patton, complete with white glove mitts comes on stage and promptly leaps into a perfectly executed theme to The Godfather.
Patton moves with the music, acting as conductor to the band, changing the tempo, melody and even style of the song with just a twinkle of the eye or an expert swish of his arms. With drummer Dave Lombardo (of Slayer fame) missing from the band tonight, you can tell that Patton is more than ever keeping it together. And he does it well. He reveals his excitement when a pace change goes to plan, and skillfully hides a mishap by ad-libbing.
Besides this, Fantomas deliver an almost flawless set. The Serj Tankian fans are in awe, and everyone wants more. A crowd favourite is the haunting song, Rosemary’s Baby, adapted from the film’s theme song. Patton’s voice is truly amazing. In this song, he makes the simple words ‘la la la la’ sound deadly and then innocent and then creepy and then vacant. His screamo voice is also nothing to contend with. Using his whole body, he thrusts the words forward into his highly movable microphone, like he’s possessed and needs to get it out. It is a great sight to see such a musician in action.
The boys finish with the second song on the album, Der Golem, a tune from the 1920s German silent horror film. The crowd is astounded, and the die-hard fans are relieved that this song wasn’t glazed over. One guy, who obviously knows the album from back to front, says to his friend, “I was worried for a moment. I thought they’d forgotten this one, but no, they just pulled it out right at the end’. What a relief.”
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,24949621-5006024,00.html
“And, over on the Essential Stage as the sun goes down, there’s Fantomas leader Mike Patton, a man who follows no rules (career, musical or otherwise) but his own.
And what is Mike Patton’s rule for the Big Day Out?
Concentrate, or you might end up with a can of fly spray directed at your ear.
“It doesn’t affect anything except your attitude,” says the amiably grumpy Patton about playing Fantomas’ album of film music, The Director’s Cut, in full in a festival setting.
If it wasn’t for the deliciously evil cackle he throws in, the guy could give Neil Young a shake in the curmudgeon stakes.
“I’m in a little bit more of a bad mood when I play these things,” he says, looking around the backstage area of the first BDO of the season in Auckland.
“It’s just not my scene. I’m not saying it’s worthless, but it’s less about music than a lot of other things.
“Let’s be honest, what we’re about to go and do is not music to pick up boys or girls on, or to get drunk with. It’s music you’ve gotta f—ing pay attention to, and if you don’t, it’s like having a mosquito in your ear for 45 minutes.
“I’m sure there’ll be a lot of people going ‘Whaaat?’ and running for the exits. But that makes you wanna do it even more.”
He laughs the evil laugh again. “
Isis‘ follow up to In the Absence of Truth (2006) is to be titled Wavering Radiant. It is due to be released through Ipecac on May 5, 2009, and according to billboard.com will be out first on vinyl April 21.
Read the full billboard article
Seattle Weekly Melvins Article by Krist Novoselic
photo credit: monsterling
Update: I can’t believe that dickhead asked if there would be a follow up to The Directors Cut……
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