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faux pas on the sound lab / cleptoclectics remix

last night i entered the tardis…
to chat with fenella kernebone on her show the sound lab on triple j radio.

we talked about my new ep “changes” and played a few tracks from it, including a brand new remix by cleptoclectics!

MP3: Faux Pas on the Sound Lab

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this is the only place where you can hear the brand new cleptoclectics remix of one of my unreleased tracks “live shine see”. its pretty cool, although triple j’s audio streaming quality isn’t great. just wait til you hear it at full quality! but don’t be kvetching like a hommus, brother. the remix will be released on december 12 as the exclusive bonus track on the itunes release of the “changes” ep. hold up, magneto and titanium man! solid!!

i’ve edited out the other tracks we played and just left the talking, because i love the sound of my own voice – but you can stream my music at better quality at last.fm or myspace, so go there if you’d rather hear just the actual music. aside from the clepto remix, the tracks featured during the interview are all available on the standard shiny disc in cardboard wallet version of the “changes” ep.

more on cleptoclectics soon – tom and i are currently involved in some kind of self-congratulatory repeating blogger back-slapping feedback loop, and its my turn to say nice things about him. he recently called me an “internet juice mongering dynamo”. ha! i’ve always considered myself more of a crimson dynamo…

now here is a picture of me and my wife juliette upon first hearing the cleptoclectics remix of “live shine see!” see how despite a few hours on the hippie lettuce i’m still mildly shocked by its awesomeness! marvel at my darling wife as she allows herself a knowing grin, despite still entertaining suicidal thoughts following a disastrous hairdresser situation!

December 3, 2007   2 Comments

changes afoot

yes this blog has been neglected for a couple of weeks, i’m very sorry. and right in the middle of the r&d series of posts i was doing, it ranks very low in terms of blog professionalism, or blogfessionalism, as those of us in the blog business (blogsiness) call it.

the reason for the delay here is that i am about to release a new ep and have been busy with that. i’m not going to crap on about it right now, there’ll be more than enough of that in the coming month or two. but if you are interested, check out the freshly renovated www.iamfauxpas.com to find out more. i am also now selling t-shirts.

in the meantime – for those of you who aren’t really too fussed about the new ep and maybe just come here for the music: head to http://www.illegalart.net/a/ and download their free 4-track mp3 sampler, previewing their awesome upcoming releases. girl talk, realistic, steinski, and the highlight is oh astro:

MP3: Oh Astro – Hello Fuji Boy

more soon… heady times

October 23, 2007   No Comments

curse those faults

hope you are all enjoying the track-by-track rundown. is nice? lovely. today i’m forcing an intermission (there’ll be a few of these along the way, no doubt) to bring you something awesome.

watch these. pay close attention. take notes. this will all become very important soon enough.

September 25, 2007   No Comments

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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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