The remix project is still going but due to various other projects and participants schedules, there is no definite track listing for ‘Volume 5′.

Keep watching this space to see the Volume 5 tracks uploaded as they are completed by the people involved. So far there’s some interesting ones due to be completed soon!

Definite tracks from Studio Tann featuring Alphamama, AM Frequencies, Invader,
Jerry Craib, Rob Cornish, Moz Troniques, Death Valley Burial Ground, Death Breath,
The Ghost of John Cage, Spine and Andrew Mortensen with possible tracks from: Suburban Dark, Thomas Kilroy, Ehsan Paksima, Jules Ambrosine, Todd Jacobs,
Matt Roberts, Dyke Destroyer, Anklepants, Comatone & Miss Chloe.

(Rumour has it there was a malfunction in their parallel-universe-travel-contraption, and they were sucked into a Wormhole… but that doesn’t make sense because the members have been sighted around the globe…. or are they CLONES!!!????)

CLONES??!?!?!?

Science-fiction jokes aside, Slimey Things might just still have a new album on the way, but details are scarce.

Before the hiatus, the band went into The Brain to lay down the drums and rough guitars, bass and saxophone for a new album. Nick Soole then continued to work on the album from his ‘Gamma Ray Gun Productions’ studio.

Here’s hoping that the album will be completed sometime in 2012.

In the meantime, here’s what the members (or clones…???) are currently up to:

• NICK SOOLE (founder, composer, vocals, guitar)
  

  Nick Soole

Nick is currently residing in Los Angeles and is working on the music to several Australian and American short films.
He is also currently involved with composer Christopher Young‘s
Tilden House Residency Program.
For more info and music samples visit his new website:
www.nicksoole.com or subscribe to his blog www.nicksoole.blogspot.com

Prior to leaving for the USA, Nick completed his second project for progressive music label The Bird’s Robe.
This one, again under the moniker of The Bird’s Robe Collaboration Band, is entitled
“Still Scores” and is based upon a series of illustrations by graphic design artist Jarrod Elvin (who has done artwork/video for Slimey Things’ last album,
“Quantum Reality T.V”).
The album is a mad mix of and all things you’d expect from a Bird’s Robe Collaboration project – eclectic, creative, varied and driving prog-rock.

The “Still Scores” line-up features:

• Brendan Gloag – guitar (Day of the Meerkat)
• Shan Abey – guitar (pirate)
• Lachlan Kerr – keyboards / synths (Godswounds)
• Matt Williams – bass (Adrift For Days)
• Alex O’ Toole – drums / percussion / voice (Captain Kickarse and the Awesomes)
• Nick Soole – sound Design / programming / voice / acoustic Guitar (Slimey Things)

Please support this label/collective by purchasing the album HERE or pick up a copy at a Bird’s Robe hosted event.

• MATT WARD – drums & percussion
  

  Matt Ward

Matt has been busy with a few things since the hiatus.
He is currently involved with 10-piece afro/latin/roots group, Brass Knuckles.
http://www.myspace.com/brassknucklebeats

Brass Knuckles also includes members of other Sydney groups such as Jimmy Swouse & The Angry Darts, The Bakery and The BZNZZ.
They play around Sydney now & then, so keep an eye out and catch a show – great vibe and atmosphere!

Matt has also recently hooked up with, Jon Kenner, who was the original drummer for eclectic rock outfit, The Captain’s Package.
With Jon, Matt is playing drums to what he describes as “dark and moody roots/rock, ala Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen…”.
The band consists of Jon Kenner (ex-The Captain’s Package) on vocals/keys, David Sattout (The Angry Darts) on guitar, Matt Williams (Adrift For Days, Captains) on bass-ukulele and Matt Ward on drums/percussion.

He’s also working on his solo material in his small studio.
Maybe we’ll see another Cohnan Wildstyle?

Also, amongst all is musical happenings, Matt is about to open an antique ‘junk’ store.
The shop is called “Drunk On The Moon” and you can check out his official webpage here for more info.

• IAN PIETERSE – baritone & alto saxophone
  

  Ian Pieterse

Ian, as always, is in high demand for his skills on the saxophone. Amongst session work, DJ gigs and teaching, he is also a member of – along with Matt – Brass Knuckles.

Not long after Slimey Things went into (permanent?) hibernation,
Ian formed a new project with members of Darth Vegas, Rica Tetas, Jimmy Swouse & The Angry Darts & Mr Bamboo. The new project goes by the name of Killsong and a recent blurb describes them as:

Killsong write ugly music for beautiful people. Songs about poisonous, vengeful hotdogs and amorous encounters with rabbits. Featuring members of Darth Vegas, Rica Tetas, Jimmy Swouse & The Angry Darts & Mr Bamboo, the band has been described by the only true gauge of quality, three drunk punters, as: “occasionally powerful”, “quite confusing” and “too complicated for me to understand”.

Another group which Ian is busy with is the legendary Frank Zappa tribute band, Petulant Frenzy. This band consists of some of the hottest, most in demand musicians in Sydney/Australia and their live shows are definitely worth catching.

• TRISTAN BAKER – guitar, backing vocals, laptop, synths
  

  Tristan Baker

Tristan has been focusing on his film production since the hiatus of Slimey Things. He has been managing and producing various things in film & television.

He also has been working on sound design and short scores for film and television.
http://www.moonbaker.com.au/

• ANDREW MORTENSEN – bass

Andrew Mortensen

Andrew has been busy with a few things since the hiatus of Slimey Things.

Amongst working on the successful remix project, he has been busy with prog-metal band Serious Beak, who recently released their debut album and had their album launch to a packed house.
The album, which is receiving great reviews, can be purchased HERE.

As usual, Andrew is also working on Volume 5 of the “Re-Fleshed” project. The next volume should start to become available January 2012. Artists that are rumoured to have tracks on this one include, The Alphamama with Studio Tann & AM Frequencies, AM Frequencies, Techinfect, Jerry Craib (bluejuice), Rob Cornish, Matt Roberts, Miss Chloe, Greg Seiler, Anklepants, The Ghost of John Cage, Dyke Destroyer vs AM Frequencies, Invader and  Moz Troniquz.

Over two years in the making, Andrew’s black metal project, Död, is finally nearing completion. Vocal recording and rough mixes are currently in progress. He’s hoping it will be completed around March/April.

Also planned is a recording for his ‘doom-blues’ project, Death Valley Burial Ground. Ideas and very rough demos have been made and proper recording is planned to take place mid 2012.

Little is known about Semen Torn. All that’s know is this noise/glitch based project is a one-man outfit.
It’s dirty, gritty and dark.
A CD-R of material is floating around Sydney and on underground blog sites.

17 – Semen Torn – ‘Suspicion’
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the original song from ‘Fleisch’

17. SEMEN TORN – ‘Suspicion’
Produced & performed by ‘S.T’
Recorded September 2010 at unknown location.
© 2011 Semen Torn / Andrew Mortensen

As it says above, little is known about Semen Torn. All I know is a person by the initials of “S.T” requested to participate, sending me an email from an address of semen_torn.
The email said, (quote)
“hi. i heard about your remix thing. im up for shit. send me files or whateva. S.T”.
I had no idea what to expect, but what I got back is some weird stuff.
It’s dark, gritty, dirty and creepy – a perfect way to end Volume 4. The picture above was sent to me and is apparently art work for the Semen Torn CD-R that’s supposedly floating around.
I have no idea where the element of the original song is, but I think I can hear the bass line from the middle in there.
- Andrew Mortensen, October 2011

AM Frequencies is one of the music outlets of Andrew Mortensen.
AM Frequencies has covered many genres including noise, experimental, dub, film music, hip-hop, metal and electronica.
Most recent work is the “Fleisch” album which is industrial inspired rock/metal. This track is one of a number of self-remixes.

16 – AM Frequencies – ‘Another Failed Prophet’
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the original song from ‘Fleisch’

16. AM FREQUENCIES – ‘Another Failed Prophet’
Produced, performed and arranged by Andrew Mortensen
Recorded at AM Frequencies, March 2011
Original music by Andrew Mortensen
© 2011 Andrew Mortensen

With this remix I don’t actually remember sitting down to make it this style. I was just experimenting with some beats and loops.
At the time I was listening to a fair bit of “ambient industrial rock” or what some call “shoegaze” or noise-pop, drone-pop, etc. Bands like Jesu, My Bloody Valentine and Whirr (aka Whirl).
Check out Whirr’s album below, really cool stuff

Although my remix is not as full-on and “wall-of-sound” as the above bands, this genre did play a part in this remix as I worked on it. I might do some more ‘shoegaze-esque’ stuff in the future.
- Andrew Mortensen, October 2011

Amanda Rae Kelly is a singer songwriter based in Sydney and in recent years has begun producing her own material. Working as lead singer with several bands, Amanda has developed a unique style in both writing and performance through creating intricately quirky, melodic journeys. Elements of theatre and film drench the sounds, sparking a truly inspirational experience for both the ears and the mind of the listener.

14 – Amanda Rae Kelly – ‘Just Go Along’
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the original song from ‘Fleisch’

14. AMANDA RAE KELLY – ‘Just Go Along’
Produced, performed, written and arranged by Amanda Rae Kelly
Recorded at Studio ARK, 23.9.11
Original music by Andrew Mortensen
© 2011 Amanda Rae Kelly / Andrew Mortensen

AM Frequencies is one of the music outlets of
Andrew Mortensen.
AM Frequencies has covered many genres including noise, experimental, dub, film music, hip-hop, metal and electronica.
Most recent work is the “Fleisch” album which is industrial inspired rock/metal. This track is one of a number of self-remixes.

09 – AM Frequencies – ‘Make Way Suffering (Sunlight mix)’
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the original song from ‘Fleisch’

09. AM FREQUENCIES – Make Way Suffering (Sunlight mix)
Remixed at AM Frequencies March-May 2011 by Andrew Mortensen
© 2011 Andrew Mortensen

I can’t really explain how this remix came about. I was just experimenting with some trip-hop elements and it turned into this
- Andrew Mortensen, June 2011

06 – Död – ‘False Prophet’
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the original song from ‘Fleisch’

06. DÖD – ‘False Prophet’
Produced, performed and arranged by Andrew Mortensen
Recorded at AM Frequencies, February 2011
Original music by Andrew Mortensen
© 2011 Andrew Mortensen

Död mainly consists of your typical black metal, but the album also contains 2 long ambient synth tracks, akin to the synth tracks that appear on a few Burzum albums. I got the idea to do a remix using the same synths that are used on the Död album. The original song is in there, but is quite hidden. I guess it could be considered a completely new Död composition, but enough sections and elements from the original track on “Fleisch” are present that it really is a remix/rearrangement, suitable for the “Re-Fleshed” project.
- Andrew Mortensen, April 2011

Rupert Goes Shopping is based in Sydney, Australia and is the largely one man band of RupertG. RupertG has been writing and producing music for 15 years. He switched to electronic music after a run in with a car whilst crossing the road removed some of his fine motor skills in his hands and limited his guitar playing. Rupert Goes Shopping is heavily influenced by bands such as Dimmu Borgir, Opeth and many other Scandinavian Death Metal acts, but is not of the metal genre. They have been labelled ‘Gothic Lullabies’ by some and ‘Sunday Afternoons at the Pub’ by others. They are not sure what genre they fit into, and are hoping they work it out one day…

RupertG uses Propellerhead Software’s Reason and Record for all his compositions. You can find Rupert Goes Shopping at rupertgoes.com and on facebook.com.

05 – Rupert Goes Shopping – ‘Weathermen 2.0′

Weathermen 2.0 by Rupert Goes Shopping

Please support this site’s running costs by purchasing the track on iTunes HERE.

original song from ‘Fleisch’
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05. RUPERT GOES SHOPPING – Weathermen 2.0
Produced, performed and arranged by Rupert Goes Shopping.
Recorded at Rupert Goes Sound, March 2011.
Original music by Andrew Mortensen.
© 2011 Rupert Goes Shopping /Andrew Mortensen

http://soundcloud.com/rainesupreme

RaineSupreme is the alter ego of Raine Cardinaels-Baird, a producer and DJ from the inner West, who loves bass and spooky sounding shit.

09 – RaineSupreme – ‘Virus’

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[See post to listen to audio] original song from ‘Fleisch’

9. RAINESUPREME – Virus
Produced and performed by RaineSupreme
Recorded at Redundant Robotics Inc. November 2009
Original music/lyrics by Andrew Mortensen
© 2009 RaineSupreme / Andrew Mortensen

When I was putting that one together I was revisiting one of my fave ever albums… Gravediggaz “6 Feet Deep“. Classic production that always gets me goin’! Wanted to try and catch that sort of vibe.. – Raine 2010

Gravediggaz "6 Feet Deep", the album that inspired Raine for his remix

AM Frequencies is one of the music outlets of Andrew Mortensen, most well known as the bassist in sci-fi rock act, Slimey Things. AM Frequencies has covered many genres including noise, experimental, dub, film music, hip-hop, metal and electronica. Most recent work is the “Fleisch” album which is industrial inspired rock/metal. This track is one of a number of self-remixes.

08 – AM Frequencies – ‘Almost Pure (Crash mix)’

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[See post to listen to audio] original song from ‘Fleisch’

8. AM FREQUENCIES – Almost Pure (Crash mix)
Remixed at AM Frequencies June 2009 by Andrew Mortensen
© 2009 Andrew Mortensen

This remix also came about by ‘accident’.
I was working on mixing the original “Fleisch” album and just happened to solo the main guitars. I realised it sort of sounded similar to Howard Shore’s score for David Cronenberg’s adaptation of J.G Ballard’s novel “Crash”.

David Cronenberg's "Crash"

J.G Ballard's "Crash"

Howard Shore's "Crash" score

I then watched the movie again and it helped to inspire the remix.

I’m yet to read the book, but will very soon.
If you have not seen the movie, it is a great movie, and same for the score – some of Shore’s best work in my opinion!

That’s about it, enjoy.
- Andrew Mortensen, October 2010