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duracell

andre duracell – a one-man 8-bit band.. a drummer who uses drum triggers to play step sequencers synchronised with his frenetic, hardcore drumming.

how does he describe himself on myspace?

Sounds Like: Lightning Bolt & chiptunes :p

duracell plays bubble bobble live in san guistino, italy:

duracell plays space harrier and turrican:

bbc collective interview with duracell:

bigger font. why? i’m going blind. and i’m bored.

March 3, 2008   No Comments

pablo picks

a couple of really hot youtube clips from my good pal pablo! check it out:

gene krupa & buddy rich drum battle. 1966. two masters. did you know that peter sellers studied as a drummer under krupa? rad.

rahsaan roland kirk’s ‘pedal up.’ 1975. dear quincy jones introduces rahsaan as “the black master of black classical music” and its only then that you get a peek at an absolutely smoking jazz sax ninja… the dude plays two saxes at once! are they both saxes? one’s a soprano sax, right? anyway you got to wait for it, it gets completely absurd at about 5 minutes in, when one of the saxes threatens to pack it in and briefly ends up sounding eerily similar to a balloon having the air let out of it. this is crazy stuff.

February 27, 2008   No Comments

what the world needs now, is love, big love

choose your fate wisely. will you choose the big love or will the big love choose you? you are forever marked by your choice of the big love. let big love wash over you like a series of eight embedded media clips.




play them all at once for maximum love. honestly, try it. you’ll thank me.

November 29, 2007   5 Comments

triple j’s next chops

i’m happy to announce that faux pas is triple j’s next chops featured artist for wednesday 14th november, as part of their oz music month. triple j is australia’s government-funded national youth radio network.

this means that at random points throughout the day you’ll be hearing my song “changes” on the triple j airwaves, and you’ll also be hearing short intros from me discussing my music and myself.

here’s a tasty excerpt – listen to me candidly discussing my mixed feelings about being selected as part of triple j’s next chops:

MP3: Faux Pas Next Chops interview

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hear more at the faux pas next chops profile page.

November 13, 2007   6 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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“Cool Quotes”

“Psychedelic. Balearic. Straight up pop. Call it what you want, this is memorable music.” keytarsandviolins

“Lush, dreamy future pop that just begs you to dive in headfirst, your heart in close second. Just be careful how many times you dip in – you might find yourself blissfully lost in here.” mess+noise

“Impressive elastic strands of plaited sense associations; extract of flashy disco, pastoral swoon and computer exploration.” threethousand

“A total cottage industry – one guy recording, pressing and releasing his own music – and it’s an example of how to do it right from the bottom up.” Stylus

“A manic journey of sounds, bound by neither genre nor era.” Beat

“Cuts-and-pastes big samples with delicately rendered instrumentation. A party jam. Four stars.” Pitchfork

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