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a lot happening at the moment in the world of faux pas. forgive me while i wrap a few things up, for those of you playing along at home.

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blink and you’ll miss it – my “changes” ep has been a featured release over at the itunes store for the last week. the itunes release of “changes” includes a bonus exclusive remix by cleptoclectics called “live shine see” – its currently the only place you can get it! my other two releases “faux feels” from 2005 and “entropy begins at home” from 2006 are now also available at itunes worldwide. clickity click

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a couple of weeks ago i was lucky enough to join declan kelly on his RRR show “against the arctic” here in melbourne, where he kindly let me take over the show for 40 minutes or so and treat the city to some lazy sunday electronica. i took the opportunity to just play some of my all time favourite tracks, and it was lovely. we also chatted a bit about “stuff.” the show can be downloaded here.

tonight tune in to 106.7 pbs fm in melbourne after 8 pm, when i’ll be joining bevin on the blend for a chat. pbs streams online – and you can also listen to the show at any time after its aired on demand. clickyy clickty

every week, with my friend dave, i present a show on 102.7 rrr fm. its called “to and fro.” also, in case i forget to mention it later, i’ll be doing a special christmas set on rrr from 10pm to 2am christmas night, pulling out all my favourite christmas novelty tracks. yep i’ve got four hours of them. tune in if you haven’t already gone to bed, bloated and contented. its 102.7 fm if you are in melbourne, or you can stream it online here.

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a big massive thanks to all of the wonderful people in radio who are supporting my new EP – rrr, pbs, fbi, 2ser, 4zzz, rtr – i’ve had the good fortune to talk to and meet many of the awesome volunteer broadcasters that do great work at these stations, and i can safely say that they are all of them, without exception, hot stuff. at the risk of sounding obnoxious, self-serving and lame – lets face it, i was already at that point long ago – people like me simply would not be able to make music and get it heard without independent radio. community radio stations remain the backbone of the awkward hunky vertebrate that is independent music.

also.. thanks to all my friends and family who have sent me excited sms messages about how they are hearing my songs on triple j. woo!

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coming up this wednesday night, again in melbourne town, are four great bands playing at bar open on brunswick st in fitzroy. the line-up includes: anonymeye (avant-guitar laptop soundscapes), joel saunders (party-beat synth freak-folk), pretty boy crossover (makers of one of the best local electronic releases of the year), and – zeal, the man behind “yumi and the sky,” as remixed on my changes ep. i’ll be there spinning tunes between the bands. its free! come on down and say hi.

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July 2010

/// New 6-track Vanderbilt EP features two Faux Pas tracks plus remixes by Crumbs, Aoi, Pasobionic and Lewis CanCut. Its a free download, get it here.

/// My album Noiseworks – featuring “Vanderbilt”, “Chasing Waterfalls” and “Silver Line” – is available here.

/// I’ve been working on remixes for local bands Rat vs Possum, Flying Scribble and Akimbo. These are good people.

/// I’ve started making some new songs – if you want to have a sneak peek at what they sound like, here is the place to start.


 
 

Tim Shiel lives in Melbourne. He makes music under the name FAUX PAS, and is also a broadcaster on public radio station 3RRR FM. This blog began in 2005.

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Tim’s meaningful BIOGRAPHY

1981: Born in Melbourne Australia, life feels empty and without meaning

2005: FAUX PAS created – life still meaningless

2010: Tim writes brand new three-line biography

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