As a musician I am influenced greatly while collaborating with & composing for other artists from different mediums such as Film, Theatre & Dance. I enjoy the challenge of presenting high quality music to drive & complement their vision & artistic goal…
[Influences]
Frank Zappa | Nina Simone | Senor Coconuts | C64 Chip tunes | Spike Jones | DJ Krush | Avalanches | Beastie Boys | Buck65 | DJ Shadow | Kid Koala | Bjork | Boards Of Canada | Chemical Brothers | Autechre | Prodigy | Royksopp | Mum | Mr Ouizo | Lady Tron | Peaches | Arvo Part | Erik Satie | Holst | Portishead | Yann Tiersen | James Brown | Cat Power | DEVO | Shantel | Gary Numan | Iggy Pop | Kinks | Laurie Anderson | The Art Of Noise | The Cure | Kraftwerk | Dizzee Rascal | Cold Cut | DJ Vadim | Anti Pop Consortium | Green Velvet | Aphex Twin | UNKLE | Anticon | Saul Williams | Video Game Music | Philip Glass | Grandmaster Flash | Radiohead | Miles Davis | Louie Jordan | Beck | John Cage | YMCK | Q Bert | DMX Krew | Lady Sovereign | Plastikman | Felix Da Housecat | Goldie | Steve Bug | LFO | ETC…
[Current Eclectic List Of Genres DJ TR!P Is Playing At Clubs, Pubs & Festivals]
Rockabilly / Psychobilly, Jump Blues, 50's Punk, Surf, Balkan / Balkan Dub, Rio Baile Funk, Grime / Dub Step, Reggae / Dance Hall, Funk / Boogie / Disco, Sampled Originals ranging from Funk / Disco / Rock & Dub, Weird & Wonderfall Covers & Remixes of popular hits, 1930’s Drum & Bass, Swing, Soul, 70’s Bollywood, Motown, Northern Soul, 60’s Mod, Ska, Hip Hop / Foreign Hip Hop / Breaks, Electro / Electro Clash, New Wave, Indie Club, Ragga Jungle / Drum & Bass, Detroit Techno / Trance, Comedy Songs & Spoken Word, Classic Rock Anthems, Rave & Roll, Glitch, Mash-Ups, Classic Video Game Soundtracks…Etc...
Sounds Like
[DJ TR!P - SID Vicious]
SID Vicious: An E.P. of music composed using a Commodore Amiga, Commodore 64, Nintendo Game Boy & PC.
DJ TR!P used a combination of all the machines to produce this release, switching between software & hardware to generate the sounds & sequencers. The title word play of ‘SID Vicious’ refers to the D.I.Y ethos of punk & the use of the Commodore 64 ‘SID’ sound chip.
“Less is more. Limitations force you to focus on the essence of the energy or idea that you want to get across, you can not rely on equipment alone to do that. I like the grimy, gritty, lo-fi sound and edge that obsolete sound chips give.” DJ TR!P
SID Vicious is heavily influenced by 8-bit chip tunes, video game soundtracks, demo scene music & 90’s rave music.
DJ TR!P – SID Vicious - CD Review
“Local DJ & producer, DJ TR!P, may be famed for his eclectic sets around town that take an almost kitchen sink approach to the art of record selection, but on SID Vicious TR!P records a very focused selection of tracks busted out on his trusty old game consoles. Coming on an International Deejay Gigolo vibe mixed with Green Velvet-like ‘90’s techno, this is an incredibly strong six-track EP. Broken Speaker is the highlight, with a banging industrial beat & is sure to cause mayhem on the floor. The title track is also killer, as the old electro vibe has a retroness that unlike most electro you want to revisit – just wait for the old school rave drum breaks: awesome. Hunt this down by visiting TR!P’s Myspace, http://www.myspace.com/finddjtrip, as it will be a trip where the destination is worth the journey. 8/10”
[David Knight - Rip It Up - Issue 980 Apr 24 – Apr 30 ‘08]
DJ TR!P - SID Vicious! [Check Out The New Video Clip]
This wicked 8bit video clip was created by Director Joshua Tyler for DJ TR!Ps SID Vicious! Toast Anyone? ;) DJTR!P-SIDVicious ..
ECHELON – Phat343
This amazing video clip was made on a budget of 150 pounds in the UK by video artist Steven L & for a short period it was shown on MTV Europe.
ECHELON were a live electro outfit comprising of DJ TR!P & Paul A...Check It! ECHELON – Phat343
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DJ TR!P - Mars Check You!
This excellent music clip was created by video artist Verb for DJ TR!Ps Mars Check You!. A nasty gritty piece of space themed electro...Nice! ;) DJ TR!P - Mars Check You!
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DJ TR!P VS. danFreak – Rock the Beat
A video clip & remix created by DJ TR!P for danFreaks Rock The Beat.
The actual footage is unedited & is from one of DJ TR!Ps childhood animations made with a 80s camcorder. Enjoy!
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The New Pollutants - Blast The World Into Space
This kicking video clip was made by the amazing people at Closer Productions a few years ago for The New Pollutants [DJ TR!P + Mr Speed].
For a short period it was shown on Rage...Make Dance Not War! ;)
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The New Pollutants - How Big Birds Got Their Colours
Hypnotic music video of various pills and capsules dissolving in water.
Captivating & very beautiful. Directed by Anto Skene.
DJ TR!P - Manta [Unreleased]
This cool music clip was created by media artist Daish Malani. A nice piece of digital minimalism.
"People will be dropping this guy's name before too long, because DJ TR!P is the next eccentric genius of electronic music."
[Liquid Space Media]
DJ TR!P is an award winning producer, composer & performer of electronic music based in Adelaide, Australia. Over the past 10 years he has built an impressive repertoire of live compositions both for his club sets as well as for a variety of high profile contemporary theatre & dance productions.
“DJ TR!P is an exceptional creator of music who has a particularly diverse & unique body of work as an Australian musician. He has a strong & distinct solo career as a creator of electronic music through his inventive & creative uses of lo-fi technologies. He has an impressive reputation both locally, nationally & internationally.”
Sam Haren [The Border Project]
DJ TR!P’s melancholy yet beautiful, gritty & grimy signature palette are due to his unique use of obsolete 8-bit computers & video game consoles & his extensive treatment of audio from numerous session musicians. His genre & style shifts effortlessly with each project & collaboration. His music has been released on CD, Vinyl & Mini CD independently & on various independent labels in Australia & over seas.
”Music flows out over the audience in thick, meaty, 8-bit waves. It's sad and heavy in parts; the opening of a murder mystery adventure. David Cage's Fahrenheit, it's electronic pulse fading with each loop; DJ TR!P easing the rhythm into a body bag, only to suddenly jab it back to life with a nightclub adrenaline shot to it's digital heart. He starts buzzing then, feeding off the beat as Prodigy-style riffs mix together with a Matrix sound scape. Spins, tweaks & flicks of the deck come deftly, with no hint of the pre-performance twitchiness. A master of electronica.”
Drew Taylor [GameSetWatch.com]
As a Live Performing Act & DJ he has played at a variety of venues, festivals & events including Sundown & Super Deluxe [Tokyo], Game On [Australian Tour] [Video Game Exhibition from the Barbican Art Gallery], Ten Days On The Island Festival, Mona Foma Festival, Adelaide Festival, Big Day Out, Falls Festival, Brisbane Festival, Next Wave Festival, This Is Not Art Festival, Electro Fringe, Adelaide Fringe, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Straight Out Of Brisbane Festival, Port Festival & the Australasian Computer Music Conference. He has also performed along side such acts as Kraftwerk, DJ Krush, John Foxx [of Ultra Vox], Nick Cave, Horace Andy [of Massive Attack], Fuck Buttons, Filastine, James Blood Ulmer, Brian Ritchie [of Violent Femmes], Chicks On Speed, Felix Baloy, Kid Koala, Sage Francis, Buck 65, Anticon, Herbiliser, Mad Professor, Dexter [of Avalanches], Hrvatski , The Saints, DuOud, The Zen Circus, Scanner, Manitoba, Four Play, DBR, Cut Copy, Gerling, Light Surgeons, Paul Mac, Endorphin, Freq Nasty, Curse Ov Dialect, TZU, The Herd, Friendly, Mista Savona, Neotropic, Luke Slater, Dsico, The Bird & Kool Keith.
“DJ TR!P…is one of the best sound designer / composers not just in Adelaide but around the country. He has that rare talent amongst composers, particularly of the electronic breed, where he is able to maintain a signature sound while still serving the production & its needs utterly. DJ TR!P doesn't just create songs, he creates small worlds made of sound.”
Geordie Brookman [State Theatre Of South Australia]
As a soundtrack composer he has written for companies including the ABC, State Theatre of South Australia, Vitalstatistix, The Australian Choreographic Centre, Brink Productions, Australian Dance Theatre [Ignition Series], Windmill, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Tasdance, Closer Productions, Restless Dance Theatre, Urban Myth & Kurruru Indigenous Youth Performing Arts. In ’07 &’06 DJ TR!P had the honor of collaborating with Indigenous Elder Auntie Josie for the Adelaide Fringe Festival’s Opening Night Kuarna welcome. In ‘06 he created a Music Score for the Federation Square’s Dream Seed live installation in Melbourne on News Years Eve. In ‘05 The New Pollutants premiered their live re-score to Fritz Lang’s Metropolis at the Adelaide Film Festival, next touring it to Perth’s Revelations Film Festival & Melbourne’s Next Wave Festival at ACMI. He had a strong relationship with choreographer Tanja Liedtke, composing for many projects including Enter Twilight [Tasdance], Award winning Twelfth Floor [UK Tour '09 & Australian Tour ‘06] & Construct [Australian Tour '09, UK Tour ‘07 & the Australian Premiere at the Sydney Festival at the Sydney Opera House ‘08].
During his career he has also been fortunate enough to receive various awards including the South Australia Youth Arts Board: Education & Arts Ministers Award [The New Pollutants - ‘06], South Australia Music Industry Award: Most Popular Electronic / Dance Act [The New Pollutants - ‘04], dB Magazine Reader Awards – Best DJ [’03 & ‘04], dB Magazine Reader Awards – Most Popular Dance Act [The New Pollutants - ‘03], Pacific Circle of Music Showcase & Award [FOX Studios ‘00] & South Australia Music Industry Award: Most Popular DJ Award [‘98].
"DJ TR!P has almost created his own genre here; this music is both experimental and confrontational - are you ready?"
[Onion Magazine]
DJ TR!P’s is always open to new & challenging projects & collaborations with new artists from various mediums.
[Performance Highlights | Original Music & DJ]
Brisbane Festival – Live Show, DJ Sets & DJ Workshop [‘09]
Port Festival – DJ Sets [‘09]
Ten Days On The Island Festival – Resident DJ [Hobart] [‘09]
Mona Foma festival – Live Show, DJ Sets & DJ Workshop [‘09]
Adelaide Fringe Festival – DJ TR!P Presents 'Baby Beats' - Fringe Family Weekend - [’09 & ‘08]
Kid Koala Australian Tour Support [Adelaide] [‘09]
Adelaide Cabaret Festival ['09, '08, '07 & '06]
Adelaide Festival - Persian Garden [’08]
Zephyr Quartet – Electro Acoustic Project 2 – Featured Composer [‘08]
Game On - Queensland State Library [Game Culture Exhibition from the Barbican Art Gallery] - Opening Party Headliner [‘08]
Game On - ACMI [Game Culture from the Barbican Art Gallery] - Support Act for Film ‘8-Bit’ [USA], 8-Bit DJ set & Video Game Panel [‘08]
John Foxx [of Ultra Vox] - Australian Tour Support [Adelaide & Melbourne] [‘08]
Music Score for Dream Seed Project Installation at Federation Square - New Year Eve [Melbourne] [‘06]
Big Day Out - Lily World [Adelaide] [‘06]
Australasian Computer Music Conference - Featured Artist [‘06]
Adelaide Fringe Festival - Opening Night [DJ Set & remix of the Kuarna welcome], Poster Launch, Program Launch [’07 - ‘06]
Super Deluxe & Sundown [Live Shows in Tokyo] [‘05]
Falls Festival [Lorne] [New Years Eve ‘05]
Kool Keith & Kut Master Kurt [4 Elementz Of Hip Hop Festival] [Adelaide] [‘05]
DJ Krush & Freq Nasty Australian Tour Support [Adelaide] [‘05]
Kid Koala Australian Tour Support [Short Attention Span Theatre Tour] [Adelaide] [‘05]
Adelaide Fringe Festival Opening - Headliner [‘04]
Nextwave Festival - Live Performance [Melbourne] [‘04]
Big Day Out [Boiler Room] [Adelaide] w / Kraftwerk, Chicks on Speed etc. [‘03]
Electrofringe, This Is Not Art Festival [Newcastle] [’03 -‘00]
Straight Out Of Brisbane Festival [‘03]
Buck65 Australian Tour Support [Brisbane & Adelaide] [‘03]
Herbaliser Australian Tour Support [Adelaide] [‘03]
Performance & Workshops - Adelaide Fringe - Analogue2Digital 2002AD [‘02]
Anticon w/ Dose One, Sole & Jel - Australian Tour Support [Adelaide] [‘02]
DJ Dexter [Avalanches] Australian Tour Support [Adelaide] [‘02]
Adelaide Festival – Biomachines ['00]
PCM showcase, Fox Studios w/ Endorphin, Paul Mac, Friendly [Sydney] [‘00]
Big Day Out – PONG [Retro Gaming & Music Chill Area] [Adelaide] [’99]
[Soundtrack Highlights | Dance & Theatre]
Tanja Liedtke - Construct – Adelaide [‘09]
Windmill - Plop - Come Out ’09 & Aus Tour [‘09]
State Theatre of South Australia - Ghosts [Adelaide Festival Centre] [‘08]
Brink - Beetle Graduation [Adelaide Festival Centre] [‘08]
Tanja Liedtke - Construct [Sydney Festival - Australian Premiere - Sydney Opera House] [‘08] & [London Tour] [‘07]
Restless Dance Theatre - Rebel Rebel [‘07]
Australian Dance Theatre’s Ignition series 6 – The Game Is Not Over By Sam Haren [‘06]
Tanja Liedtke - 12th Floor [Australian Tour] [‘06]
Vitalstatistix/Adelaide Festival Centre - Future Of The Species Part 1 By Maude Davey [‘04]
Australian Dance Theatre’s Ignition series 5 - My C**T By Maude Davey [‘04]
Tanja Liedtke / The Australian Choreographic Centre – 12th Floor [Canberra] [‘04]
Tanja Liedtke / Tasdance - Enter Twilight [Tasmania & Victoria] [‘04]
[Soundtrack Highlights | Film & Radio]
Restless Dance Theatre / Closer Productions – Necessary Games [Triptych Dance Film] [To Premiere at The Adelaide Film Festival ‘09]
Fritz Lang’s Metropolis - Live Re-score by The New Pollutants [Revelations Film Festival ‘06, Next Wave Festival / ACMI ‘06, Adelaide Film Festival, ‘05]
Australian Broadcasting Commission’s Radio National Program - Poetica [‘05]
Closer Productions - OK, Lets Talk About Me – SBS TV Documentary [‘04]
Carclew’s Off the Couch TV Ad - Created by The Peoples Republic of Animation – Channel Ten [‘04]
[Quote Highlights | Albums Reviews]
"TR!P has almost created his own genre here; this music is both experimental and confrontational - are you ready".
DJ TR!P - Vinyl Perplexa [Onion Magazine] [Adelaide]
"People will be dropping this guy's name before too long, because DJ TR!P is the next eccentric genius of electronic music".
DJ TR!P - Recyclise Reinterpreted [Liquid Space Media] [Adelaide]
"What TR!P has come up with here I personally see as a manifest stepping-stone in post-modern electronica history".
DJ TR!P - Recyclise [Rip It Up Magazine] [Adelaide]
"TR!P has created a mutant tech-electro pastiche, equally melodic and psychotic, of world class...Recyclise will make you think and react. TR!P is to be praised".
DJ TR!P - Recyclise [Onion Magazine] [Adelaide]
"This is an album reminiscent of the likes of Trent Reznor & Aphex Twin, and should receive much attention from all lovers of electronica".
DJ TR!P - Recyclise [Hype Magazine] [Perth]
"Other Journo's comparisons of TR!P to Trent Reznor & particularly Aphex Twin are spot on, an esteemed list to which I add Lavelle & Shadow's U.N.K.L.E project...Yet another example of fine electronic output from this towns underground scene".
DJ TR!P - Recyclise Reinterpreted [Onion Magazine] [Adelaide]
“Inside, the ghosts of DJ Shadow, David Lynch and the souls of lost computer consoles…This is a captivating, if not mesmerising album that is one of the most impressive local albums of the past few months”.[4/5]
The New Pollutants - Hygene Atoms – Album of the Week 09/02 [3DWorld] [Sydney]
“The music on this album is dark, almost industrial and soundscapish at times, yet TR!P maintains a soulful, head-nodding groove throughout. His turntablism is excellent – enough to get you bouncing more than once. This one is a real grower”.
The New Pollutants - Hygene Atoms [Vice Magazine] [Aus, UK, US, Can]
"The use of outmoded technology is usually accompanied by a level of dreary sentimentality, however Mr Speed and DJ TR!P bypass the pitfalls of the humourless masses and again emerge with some playful, truly interesting and arresting pieces. ‘50k Backtrack’ skitters along at a cracking pace and has a great hook provided by the interplay between Mr Speed’s lyrics and a slightly disturbed monophonic synth line. ‘Return of the One Hit Wonder’ is totally worth checking too, especially on clear vinyl”.
The New Pollutants – SidHop 7” Single [Cyclic Defrost Magazine] [Australia]
“Another feather in the cap for Australia’s electronic music scene! Hygene Atoms is a defining statement of what can be achieved with nothing more than a bedroom studio (check the ultra lo-tech spec list!). A chaotic but clever hip hop abstraction. While their production influence may be hard to define, Mr Speed offers an engaging, Tricky-like MC style to the mix, with clued up and humorous words to match. Add in some truly clever, bizarre and amusing samples with DJ TR!P and you have a potent cocktail, made even more dangerous by the strong underlying theming. A lot of thought and effort has gone into this, and yep, it shows! All in all a shit hot album that sits so comfortably next to DJ Shadow and Tricky.[9/10]
The New Pollutants - Hygene Atoms [Onion Magazine] [Adelaide]
[Quote Highlights | Dance, Theatre & Film Reviews]
“DJ TR!P…is one of the best sound designer / composers not just in Adelaide but around the country. He has that rare talent amongst composers, particularly of the electronic breed, where he is able to maintain a signature sound while still serving the production & its needs utterly. DJ TR!P doesn't just create songs, he creates small worlds made of sound.”
Geordie Brookman [State Theatre Of South Australia]
“Tyson is an exceptional creator of music who has a particularly diverse & unique body of work as an Australian musician. He has a strong & distinct solo career as a creator of electronic music through his inventive & creative uses of lo-fi technologies. He has an impressive reputation both locally, nationally & internationally.”
Sam Haren [The Border Project]
“Composer DJ TR!P’s lo-fi electronic sound score projects the crack, scratch and pop of tired vinyl, the result of too frequent playing by kids making their moves on each other and the world”.
DJ TR!P - Tanja Liedtke’s ‘Enter Twilight’ [TasDance] [Real Time 61]
“Timing is impeccable; voice and sound [newly composed for Twelfth Floor by DJ TR!P] just so; light folds back to reveal, or hide”.
Tanja Liedtke’s ‘Twelfth Floor’ [The Australian Choreographic Centre] [Real Time 60]
“Metropolis was a once in a lifetime experience… Speed and Hopprich’s score was a gift.”
The New Pollutants Live Re-Score To Fritz Lang’s 1927 Silent Film ‘Metropolis’ At The Adelaide Film Festival 2005 [Advertiser] [Adelaide]
“I don’t think you’ll ever get a chance to see Metropolis quite this way again… it was literally breathtaking.”
The New Pollutants Live Re-Score To Fritz Lang’s 1927 Silent Film ‘Metropolis’ At The Adelaide Film Festival 2005 [Empire Times] [Adelaide]
There is no doubt that this is a truly wonderful new score which deserves to be seen as widely as possible.
The New Pollutants Live Re-Score To Fritz Lang’s 1927 Silent Film ‘Metropolis’ At The Adelaide Film Festival 2005 [Katrina Segewick, Director, Adelaide Film Festival]
Hey TR!P, Howz things man?! Damn.. Broken Speaker is KILLAH!! Loves it.. Hey I was wondering if we could catch up and talk possible gig collaborations? There's a few i'd love you to be involved with plus i'd love to be a part of ur GameMusic nite if that's possible?? Lemme know when would be a good time to catchup brutha- I'm in the city every morning from 9 if that helps.. KUDOS MUTATOS! Rockkon~ zZ
Broken Speaker & 2nd Player HAter are my kind of nasty! Love your work Tr!p, and looking forward to our show on the 24th (that's a wednesday, next month!) Ha!
I was at the Cranka last Wednesday and I said I'd send you a link to my electronica stuff, so here it is :)
The track that I made from the Chrono Trigger music is called "El Gato". It's pretty rough but I think you'll still enjoy it.
Also, you told me about a couple of rare PS2 games I should check out. I remembered "We Love Katamari" but I forgot the name of the other one, what was it again?
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