BURN THE BEAT a group exhibition of works by:
Nigel Wright
Flo Wilson (Foxtrot)
Mellow Grave
Rachael Melanson
Eyeliner
Max Trevor Thomas Edmond
Fraser Austin
A.M (Antony Milton)
With text by Stevie Kaye
These eight artists have worked within strict parameters (as defined within the KLF’s The Manual – How To Have A Number One The Easy Way) using only an 808 kick drum as sound source at 120bpm tempo – creating eight individual eight-minute sound works exploring the aesthetics of contemporary music production as well as these artists’ own practices.
BURN THE BEAT looks at the idea that self-imposed constraints can open up new potentialities in sound production, viewed/heard in relation to the oft-ritualistic work of late 80s/early 90s English dance producers/art collective the KLF.
“We await the day with relish that somebody dares to make a dance record that consists of nothing more than an electronically programmed bass drum beat that continues playing the fours monotonously for eight minutes. Then, when somebody else brings one out using exactly the same bass drum sound and at the same beats per minute (B.P.M.), we will all be able to tell which is the best, which inspires the dance floor to fill the fastest, which has the most sex and the most soul. There is no doubt, one will be better than the other. What we are basically saying is, if you have anything in you, anything unique, what others might term as originality, it will come through whatever the component parts used…” – Bill Drummond (KLF / The Timelords)
Tlaotlon ‘Overclocked Dimensional Surplus’ – a screening of selected video works by sound and video artist Jeremy Coubrough aka Tlaotlon.
Tlaotlon is Jeremy Coubrough’s solo electronic project. Originally from Wellington, now living in in Melbourne, Tlaotlon music is a vivid digital psychedelia, where maximalist webs of interrythmic post-Detroit Techno merge with a more plastic sensibility that combines an interest in both cosmic and domestic futurisms. Tlaotlon records have been released by Trensmat, Dungeon Taxis and Epic Sweep, and most recently a 7″ on VAUVA, the label of Jan Anderzén (Kemialliset Ystävät /Tomutonttu).
“Many of his tracks sound like two or three different dance cuts playing on turntables simultaneously, and progressively build in energy until they struggle to stay in balance like mile-high gyroscopes dipping in and out of the clouds and crackling with lightning.” – Adam Harper, Dummy Magazine
https://soundcloud.com/tlaotlon
This joint exhibition is curated by Chris Cudby
Opening 5.30pm Thursday 5 December, runs until Friday 20 December