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Minute 36 was created during the winter of 2007 in the small coastal
town of Albany, Western Australia. The band moved from Albany to Perth
in the summer of 2007. The M36 sound is influenced by the tedium of
death, people without real faces and horror movie scores. Kris, the
band's songwriter, tells this story.
“The Vancouver Art Centre in Albany used to be a hospital. It was
the first hospital in all of Western Australia. It's nearly 200 years
old. I found out which room was supposed to be haunted and went in
with my 4-track to write and record some songs. Something weird
happened there. When recording an acoustic guitar track , I decided to
play from the far corner of the room, away from the microphone so I
could get a natural reverb effect. When listening back to that
track, you can clearly hear a breath right next to the
microphone. The thing is, I was playing the guitar in the far corner of
the room. There was no-one else in the room with me. I have no
explanation for where the breath came from.”
On stage, Minute Thirty Six instrumentation consists of a stripped back
two piece drum set, double bass and arch top/classical guitars. None of
the band members are particularly fussed by rules and authority. Gigs
are risky, dangerous and uncompromising. One sound engineer described
Kris's vocal style as 'like he is being strangled'. Without an obvious
market to play to, M36 has built up it's fan-base through organising
their own shows in both the metro and regional areas of WA, and harassing community radio DJs.
"In the studio, the band work closely with their long-time producer Dr Alien Smith, who brings his punk sensibilities and arrangement ideas to the table. The song, Era Quondam, won the WA Music Industry Association's Song of the Year in the Cafe/Special Theme category. Era Quondam was also played on JJJ as part of Unearthed. Minute 36 are currently working with Dr Alien Smith at Bergerk! studios in Perth on a new batch of recordings, slated for release in early 2010. .
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