JASON SWEENEY
with collaborating artists:
Steve Phillips
Zoë Barry
Jed Palmer
Tristan Louth-Robins
Influences
Lisa Gerrard, Delia Derbyshire, David Behrman, Pram, Antony, Trish Keenan, Gertrude Stein, Robert Pacitti, David Lynch, Chiara Ambrosio, Michael Haneke, Gyorgy Ligeti, Henryk Gorecki Michael Andrews, Mychael Danna, Hood, Bracken, The Remote Viewer, Famous Boyfriend, Max Richter, Not Drowning Waving, Coil, Stars of the Lid, Brian Eno, Marguerite Duras, Derek Jarman, Pretty Boy Crossover, Simon Fisher Turner, The Smiths, Radiohead, Scanner, Keith Girdler, Judy Horacek, Diamanda Galás, Atom Egoyan, Meera Atkinson, Ania Walwicz, Chris Lilley, Julia Davis, Chris Morris, Miranda July, Tracey Moffatt, Todd Solondz, Gillian Wearing, Virginia Astley, Art Bears, Marie and the Atom
PURCHASE THE 2008 DEBUT ALBUM "LET THE DARKNESS AT YOU":
Video for "Tingling Cheeks Are Love".
PANOPTIQUE ELECTRICAL is both an experimental studio project by Jason Sweeney and instrumentalist collaboration with electronic and classical musicians. Jason has been composing sound and music scores for live theatre, dance, film/video and installation projects since 1998. He is one half of the duos, Pretty Boy Crossover and Luxury Gap. He also performs with the Australian band, Mist & Sea.
An album of a decade of collected works made for theatre, dance and film called "Let the Darkness at You" (1998-2008) was released August 2008 on Australian label, Sensory Projects and distributed by Inertia Music.
Jason is currently working on the new album "Yes to Fear, Yes to Desire" to be released on Sensory Project mid 2009.
sweeney, he of the west! happy new year dear friend and have a wonderful gig tonight. every weekend of Jan is in Adelaide, but nothing in Feb as yet...but anything is possible...will keep you posted x
hey jase! oooh they were good weren't they, the pale saints. its bloody freezing here, i bet you're reading this message on the beach, with a beer. and a bloody bbq. lucky sod.