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Spartak
Dub / Post punk / Jazz

a beautiful train-wreck, a lover in a car crash



Australian Capital Territory
Australia

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   Spartak: General Info
Member Since8/4/2007
Band Websitewww.hellosquarerecordings.com
Band MembersShoeb Ahmad - guitar. electronics. vocal. woodwinds
Evan Dorrian - drum kit. percussion. computer
InfluencesSupersilent, Hood, Sonic Youth, Triosk, John + Alice Coltrane, The Ex, Spring Heel Jack, Tarentel, Team Sleep, Elvin Jones, Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid, Tape, Fennesz, Albert Ayler, Magic Dirt, Burial, Kode 9, Ubique Trio, My Disco, Han Bennink, The Pop Group, AMM, Fugazi, New Wet Kojak, Nudge, Dirty Three, Mick Turner, Refused/Text, 3/4HadBeen Eliminated.
Sounds Likea mess, a mess and tumbling down the stairs...
Record LabelhellosQuare
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Sep 24 2009 8:00P
ANU School Of Art Gallery Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Oct 21 2009 8:00P
Abstraktions 10 - The Street Theatre Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

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   About Spartak
guitar.
drum kit.
electronics.
voice.
silence.
snow.
winter.
violence.



we are two persons of middle class suburbia surrounded by models of free market economics. we have played shows in australia, malaysia and singapore with adrian klumpes, blarke bayer, ii, anonymeye, cleptoclectics, my disco, leafcutter john, sebastien roux, m.rosner, sanso-xtro, ohana, to the north, spider vomit, akta angkasa, scul hazzards, the rational academy, off minor, sun of the seventh sister, andrew pekler, birchville cat motel, lucky dragons, kk null, candlesnuffer/black widow, guru guru amongst others.

we release recordings on hellosQuare recordings.

'5:44/7:31' - two track single (SOLD OUT)
1. 5:44
2. 7:31


Asleep On Trains compilation (featuring 'Soldier Dub') - still available through hellosQuare
'...Stand-out tracks are always hard to choose but Spartak’s ‘Soldier Dub’ (a collaboration between Shoeb & drummer Evan Dorrian), the Leafcutter & Roux collab, and M. Rösner’s track are all favorites.' (Simon Hampson - Cyclic Defrost issue 18 2007)

Fight Songs - Malaysia/Singapore tour EP (SOLD OUT)
Fight Songs is a collection of our single and our contribution to Asleep On Trains with one new track and a version by Library Tapes
1. Soldier Dub
2. 5:44
3. 7:31
4. Red Star Dub
5. 7:31 (Library Tapes edit)

'Ostpolitik' - two track single
Presented as a double business card CD set, 'Ostpolitik' features two very different versions of the same melodic structure that encompasses our notion of 'the jazz standard' and abstraction at the same time
1. Ostpolitik (draft 1)
2. Ostpolitik (draft 2)

split 3" w/ John Chantler
This 3" will feature two pieces each from us and John Chantler (Room40, Fourier Transform). Expect guitar tones, free rhythms and skewed songs. Awesome!
1. Spartak - In This Light, These Children Of Men...
2. John Chantler - Show Me Your Brights...
3. John Chantler - ...No Sad Songs Tonight


'Sunstrokes' - five track single
Second single in lieu of the upcoming album featuring the single from the album, an outtake from the same session and remixes by Part Timer (Moteer, Flau), Cleptoclectics (Feral Media) and Tomasz Bednarczyk (Room40).
1. Sunstrokes
2. Can You See The Snow, Lover?
3. Ostpolitik (Part Timer's Ost Is Ost mix)
4. Sunstrokes (Cleptoclectics' mix)
5. The Bloodletting (Tomasz Bednarczyk's mix)



Tales From The Colony Room
debut seven track album spans an emotional landscape that encompasses violence and calm, sleep and tension in a genuine collision of melted jazz, microtonal exploration and post punk attitude, mastered by Taylor Deupree (12k, Room40).
1. 5:44 (reprise)
2. Sunstrokes
3. The Bloodletting
4. Flanders 1914
5. Downfall: National Crackdown On Spitting
6. Station Seven
7. Night And Day

excellent reviews @ Textura.org , Cyclic Defrost, Vital Weekly and Norman Records



No Signal
A mini-album before the impending release of our second album 'Verona' in 2010, this record is 3/4 improvised exploration in the studio and 1/4 live while completely a product of the studio, using post-processing techniques all over these in the moment recordings.
1. In A Field Of Light
2. Sleet/Skid
3. The Distance Between Here And Time
4. Closure



   Spartak's Friend Space (Top 8)
Spartak has 472 friends.
 hellosQuare recordings 


 sound&fury 


 Shoeb Ahmad 


 Evan Dorrian 


 John Chantler 


 cleptoclectics 


 Tomasz Bednarczyk 


 Ohana 





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The Dead Sea

The Dead Sea



Oct 1 2009 1:38 PM

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SADHANA

SADHANA



Aug 10 2009 10:24 AM

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GBOB AUSTRALIA

GBOB AUSTRALIA



Aug 4 2009 12:25 AM

Hey Spartak! Come play at GBOB this weekend! Heat at the Basement, hope to see you there, www.gbob.com
Fifth Column

Fifth Column



Jul 24 2009 4:28 AM

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O r n i t o l o g y

O r n i t o l o g y



Jul 7 2009 7:12 AM

Wonderful sound thank you!
O.T.Y
I \ D

I \ D



Jun 30 2009 3:59 AM

will do....wait....is that 18 or 19 Jul? yr myspace sez 18 Sat....pls let it be so haha
nasir

nasir



Jun 27 2009 3:38 PM

wc make malaysia like your own home,hehe,sure if i don't have any obstacle i wish to see u live
Deepset

Deepset



Jun 21 2009 7:38 PM

Hey,can't wait to have you guys here.Yeah, sure will.
Lets get it done :)

Cheers!
KILLEUR CALCULATEUR

KILLEUR CALCULATEUR



Jun 21 2009 2:32 PM

right on. lets party and have fun. arwith still have them cds. he'll be there alright.
kateh

Farris Aziz



May 28 2009 12:52 PM

thanx guys:)see u dis july!!!
Anonymeye

Anonymeye



May 9 2009 2:23 AM

svan! ehoeb! new album!


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New Anonymeye album ‘The Disambiguation Of Anonymeye’, featuring collaborations with Seaworthy and Mirrored Silver Sea, out Monday May 18 on sound&fury (www.soundandfury.com.au). First 50 pre-orders from s&f webshop also receive a bonus 3” CDR of exclusive material including collaborations with ii and Marisa Allen (Bremen Town Musician).
obverse reality

obverse reality



Apr 28 2009 2:20 PM

thanks a lot for accepting!

best regards

Günther
CARAMBOLAGE

CARAMBOLAGE



Apr 12 2009 8:04 AM

thanks!!!!!!!!!!


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Nano Speciale

Nano Speciale



Apr 8 2009 3:00 AM

HOLA PASO A SALUDAR Y A MOSTRARTE LA ULTIMA PARTE DE LA CONSTRUCCION DEL BADASITAR.


"YA ESTA LISTO"


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EN MI PERFIL ESTAN TODAS LAS FOTOS,
UN ABRAZO , NANO.

Frédéric Paul Lallet

Frédéric Paul Lallet



Mar 8 2009 12:25 AM

My Dear Friend,

Cheers,
Frédéric
Until The Broken Line

Until The Broken Line



Feb 24 2009 4:38 PM

hi...
how's it going??
JW Sparrow & the Miner Birds

JW Sparrow & the Miner Birds



Feb 22 2009 2:43 AM

Fellow men.
Reuben Ingall

Reuben Ingall



Feb 7 2009 3:56 AM

My new concept CD - fun mashups composed entirely of audio from YouTube videos.
FREE from http://www. reubeningall. com

kamal neraka ™

Kamal Kamal



Jan 15 2009 8:03 AM

hey buddy!

how's it going??

:p
the NOW now

the NOW now



Jan 8 2009 11:02 AM

HEY FELLAS -
WE HOPE YOU CAN COME TO THE FESTIVAL!

(you got one of these comments on your other myspace pages too, just so you don't forget)




More info at www. thenownow. net

Tickets from MOSHTIX
Izzat

Sharul Izzat Zakaria



Dec 8 2008 2:10 PM

hey guys....
Izzat

Sharul Izzat Zakaria



Dec 8 2008 2:08 PM

hey guys....
No Anchor

No Anchor



Oct 2 2008 6:25 AM

This is what we define as 'Stoner Rock' in Brisbane:

Rics Poster

BYO rocks. Jocks beware.
Lawson

Lawson Fletcher



Sep 23 2008 5:27 AM

be stoked to see you at the Toff soon!
sound&fury

sound&fury



Sep 7 2008 9:33 AM

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