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—Steak Rainbow
Taken from Turbo Handshake (EP)
Release April 2012 on Heartless Robot Productions
—NEW VIDEO— for PIGEON RELIGION is online NOW. Taken from new EP ‘Turbo Handshake’ Out now on Heartless Robot Productions.
Directed by Steven Aaron Hughes
Camera by AJ Coultier and Dominic Pearce
Blue Forest Media
Lighting provided by Carl Properjohn
(Source: vimeo.com)
TURBO HANDSHAKE EP Out Now!
Our second EP Turbo Handshake is out now on Australian imprint Heartless Robot Productions.
Stream / order / download at our bandcamp site.
Teaser Stills from Pigeon Religion Video
Next week!
Produced by Blue Forest Media
Turbo Handshake Perth Launch Event - Saturday 14th April 2012
Heartless Robot Productions presents:
USURPER OF MODERN MEDICINE
Turbo Handshake EP Launch
Saturday April 14th (8pm - 2am) - The Bakery, Northbridge
With guests
ABSOLUTE BOYS (Melbourne)
FRENCH ROCKETS
NAIK
and DJ JO LETTENMAIER
“It is quite wonderful to hear a band out of Perth that is not indie, psychedelic or would-be pop superstars. Instead we get a band that is soulful, driving and, above all, different. This is Holy Fuck from the western side of Australia.” - Life is Noise
Turbo Handshake is the second record from Usurper of Modern Medicine. The next instalment in their pair of EP’s, the counterpart to 2011’s celebrated debut Acid Chess. Continuing to explore heavy driving rhythms and hypnotic grooves with more experimentation into live signal processing including intense vocal resampling and dynamic looping, Turbo Handshake is a step forward into new complex sonic territory while still maintaining the swagger and intensity of their debut. Usurper will celebrate the release of their new record at The Bakery (Saturday April 14th).
Following the release of Acid Chess, Usurper has toured Japan and New Zealand, opened for acts including Mono (Jpn), Holy Fuck (Can) and Seekae and performed at the 2012 Camp a Low Hum festival in Wellington, NZ. The EP features four original tracks including ‘Pigeon Religion’ and ‘I Am the Panopticon’ and four exclusive remixes from artists including AxxOnn, Naik, Ylem and more.
“It would be too easy to pigeonhole Usurper of Modern Medicine as a post rock band, but the would be to sell short what they have achieved on Acid Chess. The four originals here are a diverse mix of propulsive energy and electronic shenanigans that tear away at the inside of your skull and keep your heart beating all in one” XPress Magazine
“Being touted these days as WA’s answer to Holy Fuck, Usurper have dropped an epic experiment in electronic and rhythm/guitar soundscapes. Living up to the hype they have garnered over the last few months, Acid Chess builds on solid bass lines and atmospheric feedback to form rolling, unyielding tracks.” Drum Media
With a mesmerising projection and light show combined with an intense dominating live sound, Usurper is a sonic force that is immensely dominating but totally captivating.
Support comes from special guests Absolute Boys, French Rockets, Naik and DJ Jo Lettenmaier.
Special guests from Melbourne, Absolute Boys are mostly a dub band but without all that hippie BS. Three piece from Melbourne via Sydney, since ‘08 have released two 12” singles including radio fave “Minimal Wage”. ABZ are putting together an album of blown-out, hazy psych bangers right now.
“Simply put, Absolute Boys take repetitive, minimalist
elements and make them into ridiculously good pop music.”
The Thousands
“Supremely smooth and devastatingly talented Melbourne 3-
piece. Dudes who know how to keep things liquid, make you
dance and stimulate brainwaves all at once”.
Polyester Records
Listen to ‘Haze’ by Absolute boys here: http://soundcloud.com/imperativeresidence/haze
www.absoluteboys.blogspot.com
French Rockets have been busy dotting the ‘i’s and crossing the ‘t’s for their second LP Arc. There’s also been a overhaul of their live act with new improved visuals by Steven Aaron Hughes (Usurper of Modern Medicine) and James Sher (Sugar Army) playing bass, allowing French Rockets to solidify their twin guitar assault and visual bombardment from the 5th dimension.
http://www.frenchrockets.com/
Naik forges his way into unchartered territory with a sound that owes as much to prog-rock as it does to hip-hop. Having played at festivals such as Future Music Festival, Parklife, Low:Fi, Breakfest and Origin and supported the likes of Bonobo, Pharoahe Monch, Gaslamp Killer, Kid Koala, Clark (Warp), Dave Miller (PVT), The People Under The Stairs, Dexter, and Marc Hype and Jim Dunloop.
www.naik.com.au
Tickets on sale from http://nowbaking.com.au/ for $10+bf
TURBO HANDSHAKE is officially released April 16th on Perth imprint Heartless Robot Productions.
Pre-Order CD / Digital or listen at bandcamp
http://usurperofmodernmedicine.bandcamp.com/
1. Quadruple Dragon
2. Pigeon Religion
3. I Am the Panopticon
4. Steak Rainbow
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5. Steak Rainbow (Usurper Remix)
6. I Am the Panopticon (Ylem Remix)
7. Pigeon Religion (Naik Remix)
8. Quadruple Dragon (AxxOnn Remix)
For more information please contact
Scott Bishop - heartlessrobotprod@gmail.com
Steven Aaron Hughes - theimpeh@gmail.com
Links:
Heartless Robot Productions: http://www.heartlessrobotproductions.com/
Usurper of Modern Medicine: http://www.usurperofmodernmedicine.com/
New Usurper track ‘Pigeon Religion’: http://soundcloud.com/usurperofmodernmedicine/pigeon-religion
Usurper ‘Tangent Man’ Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5UcyRx5wJw
Music video shoot @ dojo - April 3rd 2012
New Release Announcement - TURBO HANDSHAKE EP
USURPER OF MODERN MEDICINE - TURBO HANDSHAKE(EP)
Available online and in stores
16th APRIL 2012
Do we silently suffer in the modern condition? A continuous deluge of uppers, downers, enhancers and inhibitors govern our lives at every opportunity. A world fuelled by bureaucratic decisions and soulless promises. A turbo handshake for the salt of the earth. The hands that shape our world, how carelessly fast they act. Apply a sonic cure, a wake up call, to maintain our identity and remain aware of ourselves, less we be doped, crushed, discarded and swept away.
“It is quite wonderful to hear a band out of Perth that is not indie, psychedelic or would-be pop superstars. Instead we get a band that is soulful, driving and, above all, different. This is Holy Fuck from the western side of Australia.” Life is Noise
Turbo Handshake is the second record from Usurper of Modern Medicine. The next instalment in their pair of EP’s, the counterpart to 2011’s celebrated debut Acid Chess. Continuing to explore heavy driving rhythms and hypnotic grooves with more experimentation into live signal processing including intense vocal resampling and dynamic looping, Turbo Handshake is a step forward into new complex sonic territory while still maintaining the swagger and intensity of their debut. Following the release of Acid Chess, Usurper has toured Japan and New Zealand, opened for acts including Mono (Jpn), Holy Fuck (Can) and Seekae and performed at the 2012 Camp a Low Hum festival in Wellington, NZ. The EP features four original tracks including ‘Pigeon Religion’ and ‘I Am the Panopticon’ and four exclusive remixes from artists including AxxOnn, Naik, Ylem and more.
Reactions to ‘Acid Chess’ EP
“It would be too easy to pigeonhole Usurper of Modern Medicine as a post rock band, but the would be to sell short what they have achieved on Acid Chess. The four originals here are a diverse mix of propulsive energy and electronic shenanigans that tear away at the inside of your skull and keep your heart beating all in one” XPress Magazine May 2011
“Being touted these days as WA’s answer to Holy Fuck, Usurper have dropped an epic experiment in electronic and rhythm/guitar soundscapes. Living up to the hype they have garnered over the last few months, Acid Chess builds on solid bass lines and atmospheric feedback to form rolling, unyielding tracks.” EP of the Week, Drum May 2011
USURPER OF MODERN MEDICINE is Steven Aaron Hughes (bass, vocals), Cameron Hines (drums) and Cameron George (laptop, keyboards, re-sampling).
‘TURBO HANDSHAKE’ EP TRACKLISTING
1. Quadruple Dragon
2. Pigeon Religion
3. I Am the Panopticon
4. Steak Rainbow
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5. Steak Rainbow (Usurper Remix)
6. I Am the Panopticon (Ylem Remix)
7. Pigeon Religion (Naik Remix)
8. Quadruple Dragon (AxxOnn Remix)
Available on CD / Digital on Heartless Robot Productions April 16th 2012
usurperofmodernmedicine@gmail.com | usurperofmodernmedicine.com www.heartlessrobotproductions.com
‘Pigeon Religion’ - New Track Now Online
From forthcoming EP ‘Turbo Handshake’
