Malphemist: Recent Episodes
Malphemist
Is this the part where I tell you that I grew up listening to my parent's vintage funk records and learned to play six instruments by the time I was 12? Yeah-nah mate. I grew up in the cultureless surburban sprawl of the most isolated city in the world. I was only ever exposed to pop music, which left me with the distinct impression that music was woefully overrated.
Being a massive nerd, I became a software engineer and somehow managed to escape to Melbourne where the underground music scene has a real soul. It was only after being dragged to my first proper rave that my appreciation for music blossomed. I started to dedicate my spare time to understanding what this bleepy bloopy techno music was all about.
15 years later and somehow I've managed to play to festival crowds, little bars, empty rooms and galleries full of chin-stroking art nerds (ahh, my people). I even took a break from engineering to study fine art and music. I have a couple of shiny graduation certificates to prove it, which came in handy during the great toilet paper shortage of 2020.
Fun Fact: I once wrote a 7000 word thesis on the meaning of pink noise. I'm told it's a real page turner.
Sometimes I produce tracks, sometimes I DJ and sometimes I'll improvise live feedback drones with a home-made instrument comprised of hacked up Max patches, analog synths, mixers and distortion units. Once I even made my mates sit through an hour of pink noise, spatialised according to a swarming algorithm. Why? Because fractals are fucking awesome, that's why.
Oh right, this is where I tell you about my theory of music. Perfection is soulless. Less is more. Louder does not equal better. Subtlety in all things. Lyrics are an unnecessary and annoying distraction. Loops are liquid architecture. Break the rules and break them well because formulaic cliches are boring. Dance with your demons. Don't be a prick (still working on that one).
These days I'm a resident with the Rhythmic Shift crew at Radio Bar in Fitzroy. Come say hi at one of our monthly sessions. I promise not to go into an autistic rant about fractal noise (unless you ask nicely).
This, too, shall pass.
Luigi Tozzi // Mesopelagic Zone (Original Mix) Luigi Tozzi // Benthic (Original Mix) Reggy Van Oers // Ingrained (Acronym Spatial Remix) (Original Mix) Shlomo // Poison River (Original Mix) Deepbass, Ness // Outer Limits (Shlomo Remix) ASC // Centric (Original Mix) SNTS // Figures in the Mist (Original Mix) Giorgio Gigli Feat. Edit Select // Substance Needless // AESTHETIC (Original Mix) Aubrey // Cinders (Edit Select Remix) Edit Select // Last Seen Leaving (Original Mix) Limo // Fluid Identity (Edit Select Remix) Deepbass // The Light That Never Was (Original Mix) Peter Van Hoesen // Coast to Coast (Original Mix) Antonio Ruscito // Form 2 (Original Mix) Slam // Fervant (Original Mix) Artefakt // Mirage (Rework) Reggy Van Oers // Ingrained (Original Mix) Reggy Van Oers // Place of Connect (Original Mix) Alex Smoke // A Moment To Myself (Deepbass Remix) Deepbass, Ness // Perception (Original Mix)
A cocktail of beautiful morning music to start your day, as played at Earth Frequency Festival 2017 on Sunday morning.
Num. // Artist // Title 01 // Luigi Tozzi // Epipelagic (Original Mix) 02 // Petrichor // Amor Fati (Original Mix) 03 // Petrichor // Antigen (Original Mix) 04 // Barker & Baumecker // Senden (Original Mix) 05 // Dusty Kid // Sandalyon 06 // Andy Stott // Brief Encounter 07 // Iori // Spread (Original Mix) 08 // Kiasmos // Burnt 09 // Hydrangea // Divergent Paths (Original Mix) 10 // Feral // Heruka 1 (Original Mix) 11 // Edit Select // Survivors Of Pulse (feat. Dino Sabatini) 12 // Luigi Tozzi // Bathypelagic Zone (Original Mix) 13 // Kangding Ray // Isib 14 // Dadub // Beyond The Veil 15 // Edit Select // Receptor 16 // Dino Sabatini & Giorgio Gigli // Nereus 17 // Dadub Feat. Øe // Experience 18 // Dadub // Truth 19 // Forest Echo One // Off World Colonies (Original Mix)
a seamless loop this palindromic form with palindromic bars seventeen/four
a snake and its tale the raging weight approaches greeting and goodbye
incandescent crypt fluorescent mausoleum guttering cells spark
surrounded alone and again where you began return to nothing
insurgent codex fresh blood writ in binary pulsing electric
the beacon beckons cellular nanovella transmission received
narrative uncoil gnawing at infinity
You must wear headphones for the 3D effects to work.
Some poetic accompaniment by Kyah Horrocks.
Already over A raging weight approaches Screaming its goodbye
Incandescent crypt Fluorescent mausoleum Guttering cells spark
Surrounded alone And again where you began Return to nothing
Insurgent codex Fresh blood writ in binary Pulsing electric
The beacon beckons Cellular nanovella Transmission received
Narrative uncoil Gnawing at infinity A snake and its tale
This is the original uncut audio that served as the foundation for a video project that was ultimately shortlisted in the 2015 Feck Erotic Art competition (part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival). The final video can be found here: https://vimeo.com/135357465
More about the competition here: http://feckart.com/erotic-art-competition/