Björk Takes to the Decks

Over the weekend, the very fantastic experimental label Tri Angle Records hosted their fifth birthday party in New York as part of RBMA Festival.

There were lots of cool peeps on the bill - The Haxan Cloak, Evian Christ, Vessel, Mssingno, Holy Other, Lotic, and so on - but one name not on the bill was Björk, who has become quite good pals with label head Robin Carolan since they worked together behind-the-scenes on 'Vulnicura'.

Björk's unscheduled appearance saw her take to the decks, dance around, and generally have a whale of a time while wearing a very Björk-ish disguise.

Heavy Master

Created in Linux on Audacity with a Zoom R16 and a Gibson Les Paul

Jammed

The economy's doing fine

Who owns the banks

who owns the mines

who owns the rivers

who owns the sky

don't ask me I couldn't care,

The economy's doing fine

The economy's doing fine

who owns the gangs

who owns the crime

who sits in prison

doing the time

who owns the files

packed full of lies,

The economy's doing fine

can't afford a house or even

a piece of land

while Wayne Swan tells me,

The economy's doing fine

The economy's doing fine

The economy's doing fine

it's just a simple lie

who owns the banks

who owns the mines

who owns the rivers

who owns the sky

who owns the future

and lives in the past

The economy's doing fine.


Gary Fletcher

BLAT

1989 – 1992 Sydney Australia

Personell:  
Phillip White, Gary Fletcher, Anne Maree Weatherall and Scot Mcphee
indirect support and bits of gear from Andrew Parsonage, John Jacobs, Ian Andrews, Alex Karinsky, Garry Bradbury, Tom Ellard


Music Releases:
Piltdown Man 1990: Compact Cassette released by CCP records. 
Subjective 1991: Compact Cassette released by Metatron


Gigs Played: 
Evening Star Hotel, The Journalists Club, Lewisham Hotel, Mars (Nightclub)


History.
BLAT was formed in 1989 by Phillip White, an amateur alternative muso/composer whose previous form included membership of underground Sydney acts IAU, Cannibals of Style and MK Ultra & the Assassins of Light. These groups featured metal percussion, improvised vocals, tape loops, synthesizers and home made instruments. Stage performances also made strong  use of visual media, including slides, film and video and installations. Notable live shows between 1982 – 1985 were: The Anarchists end of year party Sydney University, The first underground Hyde Park railway tunnel event, Video Magazine at the Sydney Trade Union Club and performances at Art Unit, The Yugal Soccer Club and Newtown Rules Club. No music was released during this period although there are recordings of jam sessions and live performances which survive to this day.


The full story

Phil twisting samples

BLAT – Subjective (Album)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z65TGLI2
 
Track List (audio rip from the one off tape that Phil made for me.)



01 - I Admit

02 - Pearls of Wisdom

03 - TV Eye

04 - Buy My Sister

05 - Jimmy

06 - Holy Gram

07 - Shadow of Her Smile

08 - Eastern Push

09 - Stay With Me

10 - Needs & Wants

11 - Hole in the Ozone Layer

12 - Fuck Child

13 - Loaded Gun (Phils first single produced by Jeff Duff)

Phil and I at the Evil Star, Surry Hills.

 Cannibals of Style/IAU making a racket on the 2nd floor of the Sydney Trade Union Club at an event organised by Art Unit in 1984. That's Phil in the welders goggles

Cannibals of Style did some gigs, this is supposed to be one of them - IAU Live STUC May 1984

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