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Silver Scrolls, the Disappearance/Reappearance of Che Fu, and a Ruby Suns Vid online.
On Monday night I felt like quite the industry insider after managing to wangle my way into the Silver Scroll Awards. Apparently the manager of the winning band, Evermore, had already e-mailed everyone on her mailing list telling them that the band had won, so a fair few people already knew. I did once try to listen to an Evermore song the whole way through, but I didn't quite make it. However, their song wasn't too bad and was improved considerably by the powers of Pitch Black - whiny voice turned to Stephen Hawkings computer tones, and the rhythm taken over by a much more competent drum machine groove. The other two winning covers were by Batacuda Sound System (who turned the refrain of the Mint Chick's Opium of the People into a horn groove, nah ... nah-nah-nah, nah-nah-nah) and the Checks (who slowed down Goldenhorse's Out of the Moon and turned it into a white-soul song). Mel from NZ Musician was the only one I knew who was picking Evermore to win, so it shows what I know about popular music: i.e., not much. The other controversy of the night was Che Fu's decision, on the morning of the awards, to pull out of doing a song. Jordan Luck was roped in, along with two-swords' favourite has-been rock star on guitar, to hash together the Dave Dobbyn number. Understandably awful.
Two nights later and Che Fu did manage to make it out of the house to perform at his own industry album launch. A strange crowd of industry types, hip heads, young teenage girls, relations of the Che, and a few rastafarians made a sparse crowd in the concert chamber of the Town Hall to watch his new band run through some tracks off the new album. Ever the showman, Che had some tricks up his sleeve: switching between DJ and band to compete track-for-track (the band won with an excerpt of Home Again by Shihad); getting on the decks himself to cut alongside DJ Furious; and getting his band to cut, jolt, and change speeds like a platter of vinyl. I've had a good listen to the new album and I've found that the tracks are definitely interesting though they lack the power to draw in the listener as much as the previous albums and you have to force yourself to pay attention if you want to get much out of most tracks. The live sound on the night didn't give them much more time to shine - the bass heavy hip hop mix meant that many of the instruments were lost in the misty frequencies.
Lastly, we have finally linked up a copy of the Ryan McPhun and the Ruby Suns video to our website. Very budget, but entertaining so have a look if you are interested.
On Monday night I felt like quite the industry insider after managing to wangle my way into the Silver Scroll Awards. Apparently the manager of the winning band, Evermore, had already e-mailed everyone on her mailing list telling them that the band had won, so a fair few people already knew. I did once try to listen to an Evermore song the whole way through, but I didn't quite make it. However, their song wasn't too bad and was improved considerably by the powers of Pitch Black - whiny voice turned to Stephen Hawkings computer tones, and the rhythm taken over by a much more competent drum machine groove. The other two winning covers were by Batacuda Sound System (who turned the refrain of the Mint Chick's Opium of the People into a horn groove, nah ... nah-nah-nah, nah-nah-nah) and the Checks (who slowed down Goldenhorse's Out of the Moon and turned it into a white-soul song). Mel from NZ Musician was the only one I knew who was picking Evermore to win, so it shows what I know about popular music: i.e., not much. The other controversy of the night was Che Fu's decision, on the morning of the awards, to pull out of doing a song. Jordan Luck was roped in, along with two-swords' favourite has-been rock star on guitar, to hash together the Dave Dobbyn number. Understandably awful.
Two nights later and Che Fu did manage to make it out of the house to perform at his own industry album launch. A strange crowd of industry types, hip heads, young teenage girls, relations of the Che, and a few rastafarians made a sparse crowd in the concert chamber of the Town Hall to watch his new band run through some tracks off the new album. Ever the showman, Che had some tricks up his sleeve: switching between DJ and band to compete track-for-track (the band won with an excerpt of Home Again by Shihad); getting on the decks himself to cut alongside DJ Furious; and getting his band to cut, jolt, and change speeds like a platter of vinyl. I've had a good listen to the new album and I've found that the tracks are definitely interesting though they lack the power to draw in the listener as much as the previous albums and you have to force yourself to pay attention if you want to get much out of most tracks. The live sound on the night didn't give them much more time to shine - the bass heavy hip hop mix meant that many of the instruments were lost in the misty frequencies.
Lastly, we have finally linked up a copy of the Ryan McPhun and the Ruby Suns video to our website. Very budget, but entertaining so have a look if you are interested.
