Red Charcoal/Juliet & Stigmata/Gavin
(Guitars, Bass, Percussion and DrumManipulation, Piano, Keyboards, Sounds)
Influences
on the heavy side... (Metallica, Strapping Young Lad, Deftones, Korn, Opeth, Nile, Mnemic, The Haunted, Shadows Fall, Slipknot, Tool, Slayer, Parkway Drive, Soilwork, In Flames, Arch Enemy, Behemoth, Testament, Lamb Of God, Sinai Beach, Threat Signal, Meshuggah, At The Gates, ... cont... etc...)
on the alternative side... (The Tea Party, Muse, The Mars Volta, At The Drive In, Steve Vai, Colleen, The Prodigy, The Doors, Led Zeppelin...)
on the experimental side... (Nine Inch Nails, Porcupine Tree, Radiohead & Thom Yorke, Massive Attack, Tricky, Portishead, Skunk Anansie, Lamb, Leftfield, VAST, Brian Eno, Cabaret Voltaire, Bjork, Morcheeba, School Of Emotional Engineering, Hive...)
on the classical side... (Tchaikovsky, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak, Berlioz...)
Sounds Like
its experimental, classical, jazzy, ambient, rock, alternative, industrial, trip hop, down-tempo, electronic, shoegaze, metal, psychedelic...
either all or none of the above apply. the most important thing - is the music.
ShadowTone is Gavin Foo and Juliet Foss... 2 individuals who met whilst studying Sound Engineering at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)... based (only currently) in Perth, Western Australia, the most isolated city in the world.
Originating in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur & Ipoh), Gavin spent most of his early childhood learning various musical instruments before landing on guitar. constant practice and jams with cousin Bryan Yoa, landed him with the playing style of a metal / rock / blues guitarist until he arrived in Perth in 2002, forming original bands Masonary (2002) and Seven (2003).
Juliet spent alot of time on the piano, starting from an early age, not a stranger to the concert hall and to performing live on her own, further continued her talents when she started studying classical piano & music at the University of Western Australia. In the meantime also travelling backwards and forwards from Italy (her 2nd home), living and visiting various places including Milan, Florence, Perugia & Tuscany.
Coincidentally put together on the same production, we started hanging out and listening to music, getting each other into new forms and styles which we ended up REALLY enjoying.
We had both joined the course, more for developing our skills as recording engineers to learn the technical aspects of recording and producing music, so we could put our ideas and dreams onto a medium, be it tape or digital.
After meeting midyear 2005, sound experimentation started in our bedrooms. We locked ourselves up and manipulated the sounds we had recorded and started to work with each other's previous musical ideas.
After listening and analysing, the songs we manipulated started to come to life. Arguments and agreements started on whether there should be a process, or a style, or a concept... this went on til only very recently in April 2006, when we realized we had almost half an album's worth of material that sounded unalike any other band before us
The major differences in influences between Gavin (metal and rock guitar influence) and Juliet (classically trained and quite the theoretical mastermind) made the sound of the project quite unique in a sense that we had found a middle ground without looking for it, but found it in hearing and experimentation. Extremely happy, is the only way to describe our feelings towards the music, because we believe the world needs an extreme change, especially in the direction of music, as it is becoming so commercialised and stale.
We are working on finishing an album by December 06' and also expanding our majorly studio based work into a live project.
Gearlist -
Ibanez RG170 Modified Guitar, Ibanez SR505 Bass, EMG Pickups, custom Gibson 1986 Black Beauty, some unnamed acoustic guitar, Korg Triton Keyboards, M-Audio Recording Interfaces, Digidesign Pro Tools LE & MBox2, Ableton Live, Reason, iDrum, Mapex Venus drumkit, Laney Amps, Rode Mics, Shure Mics, Studio Projects Mics, AKG Mics, AKG Wireless Guitar Bug, Digitech Pedals, Boss Pedals, Danelectro Pedals, Jim Dunlop Pedals, alotta lotta plugins of sorts and... uh... of fucking course... APPLE IBOOK LAPTOPS. dont go without a Mac, kids!
...And Then Til Now
written by Gavin Foo, Juliet Foss & Dave Lockyer (Resist of PeletonResist)
Guitars / Bass / Kalimba / Synth - Gavin Foo
Piano / Synth - Juliet Foss
Drums / Percussion / Beat Manipulation - Dave Lockyer (Resist)
Narcolepsy
written by Gavin Foo
Vocals / Guitars / Drums / Beat Manipulation / Sounds - Gavin Foo
Bass - Stephen Bancroft (Drive-In Funeral & Binding The Flesh)
The Black Carnival
written by Gavin Foo & Juliet Foss
Piano / Synth / Improv / Sounds - Juliet Foss
Guitar / Whammy Guitar / Bass / Bass Synth / Drum & Percussion Manipulation / Sounds - Gavin Foo
Get There Fast
written by Juliet Foss
Piano / Vocals - Juliet Foss
Bass / Guitar / Beat Manipulation - Gavin Foo
Drums - < >
support our friends, players, musicians...
Juliet - Red Charcoal
Gavin - G7X2000
Noctis - Noctis
Resist - PeletonResist
Steve - BindingTheFlesh
We need you! If you are staggering towards or around Lewisham this Thursday then come by the Lewisham Hotel and throw insults and horns - we would be most adaptive if you could and would.
P.S. If this shameful self-promo annoys you, let us know and we won't bother you again. Cheers.
If you're in the Sydney area on June 15th, come down and see us play at the Sandringham Hotel in Newtown. It's only $5 and you'll get a free Kunvuk CD!!!
hey guys, your tunes are cool! I've just completed a remix of a NIN song. It sounds very different to the original. When you get time, have a listen tell and me what you think. Marco
Concerning senility and the outposts of the mind, we have now made all three of KuNvuK's songs available for free download. These songs are lifted from out Demo EP "The Gone Mekanik Anticipation Demonstration" and we welcome all takers and commentators.
RADIO INTERVIEW UPLOADED: We also have our latest radio interview available for streaming or download from this location:
Hey guys! Just swinging by to say Hi and to let you know my debut album UNHINGED is out NOW! Yay! Its been ordered into 85 JB Hi-Fi stores Australia wide, so I hope you and your friends pop down to your local store and grab your very own copy! You can also purchase it off my website www. claireclarke. com in the Merch section. Everything’s been so exciting, and I’ve put up heaps of photos of all the amazing people I’ve met and my latest shows. Drop by soon! Claire xxx
hows it going. We have a new webpage called:
http://www.therainpage.com
And you can buy our new Album "Involver"
on iTunes, Amazon and at your local UK-recordstore.
Kurb Promo is working alongside indie musicians providing cost effective music marketing now in Australia.
New blog on our page featuring an article explaining the further reaching implications of the digital revolution and why your music is worth nothing serious reads for anyone coming to grips with the lower rungs of the music biz. If you're serious about being a musician get in touch because the techniques we are developing are at the cutting edge and places are limited.
Hey sounding good, all the best with your tunes! Cheers, Kurb Promo
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NEW MUSIC - alrighty! we got some fresh musical recommendations for you all to investigate and enjoy! We have recommended 4 outstanding artists from our awesome list of freinds at myspace.com, we are going to make a habit of this once a month!! Gotta make the most of this myspace.com shindig and promote some great music...this months recommended artists are: ISIS, KID KAMELEON, XAVIER RUDD and HOT CROSS. A bit of rock, a bit of dub, a bit of folk and a bit of punk....much great music to check out!!!
We have also included a promo of the latest show from Resonant Tapestry presented by Yun Mei (Plum Industries) and Sofie loizou (Miss Memory). These girls love their experimental and weird music and quirky downtempo, electronica and dub - bless em; You can stream the show from straghtup.com.au, whom also have a neat little competition on for producers to submit a track to go in for a chance to be pressed on 12" vinyl along with other winning artists!!
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