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WAM // (p)/(c) WAM 2004 - supported by Government of Western Australia | arts WA | Australian Council for the Arts | Smokefree WA | Creation pro
matrix CD1-4: WAM CD1 / WAM CD2 / WAM CD3 / WAM CD4
DISC ONE Friday Night
01 - WAM: El Horizonté create music that is honest, passionate and strikingly raw. Organic, chaotic, uplifting yet eerie, El Horizonté execute their bent rock sound with an earthly grace and a hypnotic live show.
09 - EP 'The Long Way Home' released October 2004 VINYL001:
1 Simple Plans 3:21
2 Oh My God 3:06
3 Your New Life 3:47
4 Bent Over Backwards 3:52
5 Getting Away With It 4:03
- Fighting for Alaska aka Alaska formed 2001, Perth, WA
Members
Meike Scantlebury (vocals), Dan Brandis (guitar, vocals), Craig Harman (bass, vocals), Rohan Fowler (drums)
- WAM: Described as "hook laden pop of the highest order", Fighting for Alaska's unique songwriting smarts makes them a band to watch out for
13 - WAM: The Fuzz are a five piece rock band. These triple j unearthed winners from 2002 released a critically acclaimed debut LP 100 DEMONS in August 2005. Touring nationally.
DISC TWO Sometime Saturday
04 - WAM: Zeta Theory are a 5 piece rock band. They enjoy candlelit dinners, quiet walks on the beach and hard rock. Looking for person with GSOH, non-smoker, social drinker.
11 - WAM: Dubbed "passion noise" this is solo bass noise that will literally make your stomach rumble, the walls shake and redefine the meaning of feedback for you.
12 - WAM: Ele-mental is an electronic artist with an acoustic approach. His guitar infused sounds create a myriad of melodies complimented with intricate tech edged, feet taping beats.
13 - WAM: Tomás Ford's Cabaret Of Death is a punk rock explosion of a stage show mashing up electronic block rocking, subversive songwriting and glam cabaret.
15 - WAM: With unusually diverse musical experience, Paul Black is a seasoned performer who has the opportunity to bring something different to the Perth music scene.
17 - WAM: ESCHER is Alistair Watson and Cassie Swinney, an award-winning song-writing duo. Escher are now preparing to record a new Ep with renowned producer Lindsay Gravina (Faker, Living End, Magic Dirt).
DISC THREE SATURDAY NIGHT
02 - WAM: Rollerskates escape classification and that’s what makes them so good. It’s impossible to have a bad time at a skates gig with their eclectic rhythms, bizarre electro sounds, overlapping vocals and plenty of on stage action.
04 - WAM: The Resonance is a nu soul drum & bass collective. Think modern soul blended over solid drum & bass and percussive beats to produce a fresh and unique sound.
05 - WAM: Flow Dynamics remixes the UK’s Random Heroes - released worldwide on Freestyle Records UK and in Australia on Invada Records
08 - Free taken from the Free EP:
1 Free 4:04
2 Indonesia 3:40
3 Time Off 3:19
4 Hide in You 3:57
5 Free (Video)
Roly Skender formed in 2006 Roly Skender and The Tonics
Members: Roly Skender (vocals, guitar), Rolf Liedel (bass, backing vocals), Tim Lowe (drums, backing vocals), Joe Scholz (backing vocals, tambourine, glockenspiel, slide guitar)
09 - WAM: WAM electronic Song of the Year winners (2005) thread are an indietronic future-rock 3 piece who meld highly original indie songs, keys, guitars & vocals with the beats and pieces of acclaimed electronic producer Hiro?
10 - Jonathan Craig + Mia Roberts
- [WAMi 2006: 8BALL + MUNCHIE MAN]
11 - WAM: Béla is an up and coming perth producer who is influenced by songs with a good hook and creativity. Most recently known for his Halogen Remixes, "Distant Lights" and "Stay".
- Halogen, one of Perth’s most prolific song writing bands have an extensive back catalogue and are currently recording their next album to release mid 2005.
14 - WAM: Freak Radicals mash together breaks and hip hop for a lyrically rich, rhythmically smooth musical Mohitio of pot, people and politics.
DISC FOUR Sunday Arvo
05 - WAM: With a style known on the east coast as 'gyp-rock', DJLO draw on gypsy, jugband, vaudeville, dixie-swing and rock in a quirky and original presentation of music
08 - WAM: A seasoned performer, Connie Kis has been the lead singer of various bands and duos in Perth the most current of which are her self titled band as well as Kis'n Tel and a.k.a.Kis.
14- WAM: Josivac are a fresh and vivacious bonding of spirited grooves with captivating harmonic female vocals. A unique blend of pop / rock and folk / roots