HIGH PASS FILTER + MACHINE TRANSLATIONS
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine (Castlemaine, VIC)
Saturday, 19 October 2024 7:30 pm
The Double Headline, Double Double Album launch.
Two of Australia's seminal 90's acts High Pass Filter and Machine Translations hook up to mix their eclectic sounds for a couple of special double headline shows to launch their double vinyl releases.
In 2023 High Pass Filter and La Sape Records released "Nice Co-ordinated Outfit"a double album including studio recordings, a handful of live performances and a number of remixes and edits
Machine Translations, re-release of their classic ‘Seven Seven’ album on Half A Cow Records features a side and a half of previously unreleased bonus material and reframes their sonic pop, folk and soundscape adventures on a wider canvas.
Heading into summer both bands felt the time was right to team up and launch their records with some special shows. There will be a limited amount of vinyl for sale at the shows.
First show of the rank is at Archies Creek 21st of September
Second show is at Howler 4th of October
Third show will be at Theatre Royal ( Castlemaine) on the 19th of Oct.
Bookings via the venues.
High Pass Filter.
High Pass Filter were the kings of the Fitzroy underground. Dark, weird improvisers who aimed for something new each performance. Whilst electric guitars and rock n roll dominated Australian airwaves and stages, High Pass Filter were pioneering a sonic revolution in the shadows. The band’s indefinable sound saw them sharing lineups with artists from hardcore and punk luminaries like Fugazi and The Boredoms to dub heavyweights such as Lee Scratch Perry and The Mad Professor.
High Pass Filter - Nice Coordinated Outfit (La Sape records)
Nice Coordinated Outfit is a journey through history to a time before the internet and social media and before inner city gentrification, when Fitzroy was the beating heart of Australia’s avant-garde music and culture. Musically, it showcases the band’s incredible range from deep minimal dub to bizarre electronica with elements of shoegaze and experimental noise.
The resonance of High Pass Filter’s music today speaks to the deep historic roots of the fertile culture of fringe dwellers persisting and thriving in Melbourne’s musical underground. The compilation showcases 17 tracks from the band’s output between 1997 and 2005, presented on deluxe double vinyl and marks La Sape’s first foray into compilations. It includes studio recordings, a handful of live performances and a number of remixes and edits.
Listen
ESN - recorded live at the Punters Club Fitzroy - 1995
https://highpassfilter.bandcamp.com/track/e-s-n
Deep Water - 10 minute Opus recorded early 2000’s
https://highpassfilter.bandcamp.com/track/deepwater
Machine Translations
Machine Translations started off as a bunch of Greg J. Walker’s 4-track home recordings and gradually grew into a band that fearlessly explored the far corners of indie pop, folk and electronica while maintaining a strong singer-songwriter core. Over 9 albums and an extensive live CV including shows with Bonnie Prince Billy, P.J. Harvey, Cat Power, Steven Malkmus and countless others, Machine Translations continued to blur genre boundaries and explore new musical terrain.
Machine Translations - Seven Seven
2007’s Seven Seven is a high water mark in Machine Translations’ discography. Combining pop elements with uneasy folk and electronic edgings, the album consolidated the band’s standing with listeners and live audiences and continued to explore the rich seams unearthed on 2002’s Triple J favourite Happy. Containing the single ‘You’ll Change’ which made an impact internationally, the album also features key MT tracks ‘Oh Ma The Sea Is Rising’ and ‘Need A Miracle’.
To celebrate the re-release the vaults have been unlocked and a side and a half of previously unreleased material includes the hypnotic ‘Hiding Like The Moon’ and the small-folk masterpiece ‘Sun Goes Down’. Also included is stand-alone single ‘Telepathic Head’. The album is being released in Australia by Half A Cow and in the US by Happiness.
Listen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPV5ujEw8h4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cstSr7QDpHE
Two of Australia's seminal 90's acts High Pass Filter and Machine Translations hook up to mix their eclectic sounds for a couple of special double headline shows to launch their double vinyl releases.
In 2023 High Pass Filter and La Sape Records released "Nice Co-ordinated Outfit"a double album including studio recordings, a handful of live performances and a number of remixes and edits
Machine Translations, re-release of their classic ‘Seven Seven’ album on Half A Cow Records features a side and a half of previously unreleased bonus material and reframes their sonic pop, folk and soundscape adventures on a wider canvas.
Heading into summer both bands felt the time was right to team up and launch their records with some special shows. There will be a limited amount of vinyl for sale at the shows.
First show of the rank is at Archies Creek 21st of September
Second show is at Howler 4th of October
Third show will be at Theatre Royal ( Castlemaine) on the 19th of Oct.
Bookings via the venues.
High Pass Filter.
High Pass Filter were the kings of the Fitzroy underground. Dark, weird improvisers who aimed for something new each performance. Whilst electric guitars and rock n roll dominated Australian airwaves and stages, High Pass Filter were pioneering a sonic revolution in the shadows. The band’s indefinable sound saw them sharing lineups with artists from hardcore and punk luminaries like Fugazi and The Boredoms to dub heavyweights such as Lee Scratch Perry and The Mad Professor.
High Pass Filter - Nice Coordinated Outfit (La Sape records)
Nice Coordinated Outfit is a journey through history to a time before the internet and social media and before inner city gentrification, when Fitzroy was the beating heart of Australia’s avant-garde music and culture. Musically, it showcases the band’s incredible range from deep minimal dub to bizarre electronica with elements of shoegaze and experimental noise.
The resonance of High Pass Filter’s music today speaks to the deep historic roots of the fertile culture of fringe dwellers persisting and thriving in Melbourne’s musical underground. The compilation showcases 17 tracks from the band’s output between 1997 and 2005, presented on deluxe double vinyl and marks La Sape’s first foray into compilations. It includes studio recordings, a handful of live performances and a number of remixes and edits.
Listen
ESN - recorded live at the Punters Club Fitzroy - 1995
https://highpassfilter.bandcamp.com/track/e-s-n
Deep Water - 10 minute Opus recorded early 2000’s
https://highpassfilter.bandcamp.com/track/deepwater
Machine Translations
Machine Translations started off as a bunch of Greg J. Walker’s 4-track home recordings and gradually grew into a band that fearlessly explored the far corners of indie pop, folk and electronica while maintaining a strong singer-songwriter core. Over 9 albums and an extensive live CV including shows with Bonnie Prince Billy, P.J. Harvey, Cat Power, Steven Malkmus and countless others, Machine Translations continued to blur genre boundaries and explore new musical terrain.
Machine Translations - Seven Seven
2007’s Seven Seven is a high water mark in Machine Translations’ discography. Combining pop elements with uneasy folk and electronic edgings, the album consolidated the band’s standing with listeners and live audiences and continued to explore the rich seams unearthed on 2002’s Triple J favourite Happy. Containing the single ‘You’ll Change’ which made an impact internationally, the album also features key MT tracks ‘Oh Ma The Sea Is Rising’ and ‘Need A Miracle’.
To celebrate the re-release the vaults have been unlocked and a side and a half of previously unreleased material includes the hypnotic ‘Hiding Like The Moon’ and the small-folk masterpiece ‘Sun Goes Down’. Also included is stand-alone single ‘Telepathic Head’. The album is being released in Australia by Half A Cow and in the US by Happiness.
Listen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPV5ujEw8h4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cstSr7QDpHE