ALPHAMAMA:
http://www.reverbnation.com/alphamama
Alphamama on Facebook

Studio Tann

Studio Tann is a product of the devolution of man to the point where the only light the skin tone gets is from the bright lights of a computer screen in a home studio environment.
That said a unique form of devolved music is created in this bleak circumstance. Studio Tann protects his extra pale condition by only venturing out after the sun is securely buried in the horizon. With the night life at his mercy he then reeks havoc with his twisted beats and subsonic tones.

Alphamama, aka Anita Meiruntu, is one of Sydney’s most versatile and reliable entertainers. Her experience in the live music scene extends from pop, soul & funk to world music and hip-hop, all delivered with an authentic knowledge and love for the genres.
She is a producer, arranger, musician, stylist, hair/make-up artist, promoter, booking agent and manager packaged in a hot one-woman dynamo!
Her charismatic stage presence along with her ability to connect with people has established her reputation as a formidable performer and entertainer. Well-respected and valued among her peers, she is an influential personality in the Australian soul, funk and hip-hop music scene.
Fluent in English and Indonesian (bahasa), Alphamama maintains strong ties to her Asian heritage, as can be heard in this track.

*** Watch this space for info on her album launch, or check her website for more info. ***

the original song from ‘Fleisch’

Tim and Anita working on the track

01. STUDIO TANN featuring ALPHAMAMA – ‘Ashes’
Produced, arranged & performed by Tim Hagan and Anita Meiruntu
Lyrics written and performed by Anita Meiruntu
Recorded & mixed at West Labz Sound, between October 2010 and December 2011
Original music by Andrew Mortensen
© 2012 Alphamama (Anita Meiruntu) & Tim Hagan (Studio Tann) / Andrew Mortensen

“Ashes was inspired by an article I read in an Indonesian newspaper about Islamic leaders lobbying to ban magazines such as playboy etc in Indonesia but in the meantime they had been marrying multiple girls at age 11, 12 and 13. I was so appalled I had to rant about it. Basically it’s my reaction to what I read and trying to get the message across that religion should not be an excuse for bad behaviour. That fanaticism can make you lose touch with what’s real and that God’s not gonna save you from yourself.” - Anita Meiruntu, January 2012

“Alphamama delivers hard-hitting conscious lyrics in both Bahasa & English.”
- Studio Tann, January 2012

“This track is an interesting one. Ever since I started the remix project I wanted my friend Anita, who I’ve gigged with for years, to be involved. Anita is a real performer and as a side-man/rhythm section member, I witness her just command the band and you always know where you’re going with her leading.
When she started performing under the moniker of ‘Alphamama’, and then hearing some demos that were being done with Tim Hagan (aka DJ Jonah / Studio Tann) of Westlabz Productions, I knew she’d be great for the project!
This track is actually a remix of a remix.
I had made some remix ideas for Anita to do vocals on as a “AM Frequencies feat Alphamama”, but when she heard it, she suggested giving the remix to Tim to be re-remixed and made into a Studio Tann track. I was all for it as I love what Tim does and have huge respect for him as a producer & musician.
The original remix will most likely be available on the final remix Volume, or maybe on ‘De-Fleshed’ which will be a compilation of alternative mixes and out takes from ‘Fleisch’ and the ‘Re-Fleshed’ series.” - Andrew Mortensen, January 2012

Alphamama photos by Aileenette Almazan
Alphamama photo project (2009-2010)
Alphamama 2012 photo by Nina Claire, Styling by Angela White

Wazu

Wazu formed from the ashes of Australian eclectic-rock group The Captain’s Package, who then went on to become known simply as “Captains“.

For those interested, here is a track from the Captains EP, “Keep Yourself Occupied” - which was one of my favourite releases from 2008.
[See post to listen to audio]

You can keep up-to-date with all things Wazu via Facebook.

Wazu (or half of the duo) may also be involved in “Re-Fleshed” in the future.
Their electro-rock stylings will make an interesting addition to the already strong remix project.

Watch this space.

First off in the news run, we have future “Re-Fleshed” (the remix series) contributor,
COMATONE (aka Greg Seiler).

He has just put up a live set from earlier this month for download.
Check it out below.

Comatone (aka G.L.Seiler )

Also check out his other works and his website and keep an eye out for his remix contribution to the next “Re-Fleshed” volume!

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

Jr Frequencies is the musical debut of Sotaro Mortensen, son of Andrew Mortensen, the man behind
AM Frequencies.
Sotaro is 7 months old and pretty much destined to be involved in music.

13 – Jr Frequencies – ‘Corrosive’
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the original song from ‘Fleisch’

13. JR FREQUENCIES – Corrosive
Performed by Sotaro Mortensen (keyboards and vocals)
Produced and mixed by Andrew Mortnense at AM Frequencies September 2011
© 2011 Sotaro Mortensen / Andrew Mortensen

Sotaro recording the track

This is what happens when you put a baby in front of a keyboard, linked to a sampler (a sample of the original bass, heavily processed) and then do it another 3 times while  linked to two drum machines and a synth.
- Andrew Mortensen, September 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.

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

Johnny Grüber is a composer/performer based in Hamburg, Germany.
He first appeared in 1979, when he made his debut album entitled “Dracula’s Wood” which consisted of Mediaeval songs played on the Moog and other vintage synthesisers.
Johnny retired from music in about 1994 due to illness.
He has only recently resurfaced after being tracked down by AM Frequencies, being asked to contribute to the Re-Fleshed project.

08 – Johnny Grüber – ‘Samen der Roten’
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the original song from ‘Fleisch’

08. JOHNNY GRÜBER – ‘Samen der Roten’
Produced, performed and arranged by Johnny Grüber.
Recorded at Dracula’s Castle 2/11.
Original music by Andrew Mortensen.
© 2011 Johnny Grüber / Andrew Mortensen

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

Nachuraru Dote (ナチュラルドテ) is an all-girl trio from Osaka/Tokyo, Japan.
Their music is a mix of grindcore, messy punk, 60′s pop and J-Pop. They also incorporate elements of traditional Japanese music as well as experimental noise music.

Formed in 2005 the girls recorded “Sound In Your Face” which was received well within the underground punk/noise scene in both Japan and abroad.
2006 saw the band do a special collaboration with AM Frequencies for the EP “Ill Fate”.
In 2007 the girls went all out and made a 3CD album set – “Super Terrific Music Party” which included many guest musicians and showed their skills as composers and arrangers. These 3 volumes contained mostly cover songs, that the band feels influence them – ranging from pop, to traditional, to rock, to jazz, to children’s music to metal.
In 2009, an album of 60′s 70′s synthesizer music was planned, but the girls decided to cancel that plan and shortly after this, the band decided to break up.

"Sound In Your Face!" - debut album

Not long after the break up, the band was approached by Andrew Mortensen of AM Frequencies to see if the girls would be interested in doing one last recording as part of the “Fleisch” remix project. To his delight they accepted and made the track below.
Rumour has it that bassist/vocalist Jun-Jun plans to record a solo album of lullaby music and guitarist Aya plans on doing some more experimental synthesizer music.

03 – NACHURARU DOTE – ‘仮病 (Sick Day)’

[See post to listen to audio] save

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

3. NACHURARU DOTE – 仮病 (Sick Day)
Arranged, remixed and performed by Nachuraru Dote
Produced by Ando Morishita
Recorded at Dote Sound, September 2009
Original music by Andrew Mortensen.
Nachuraru Dote is:
Jun-Jun – bass, vocals, programming
Aya – guitar, synthesizers
Momo – drums, turntable
© 2011 Nachuraru Dote / Andrew Mortensen

We had broken up our band, because we had enough of it really. During the “Super Terrific…” recording there was some arguments and tension. So when that was completed we broke up.
Not too long after that our good friend in Australia, Andrew, contacted us about being involved in his remix/rearrangement project. This sounded exciting and I contacted the others about it. Aya was most excited as she said she wanted to try out some new synthesizers that she bought, and this would be a good opportunity to do so.
The recording was done in a few hours – it was really fun, and we thought about re-forming, but decided to leave it. We might collaborate in Aya’s planned solo album, but it’s not a guarantee.
To add, our thoughts and prayers are with our friends, fans, family and countrymen in the earth quake & tsunami affected areas of Japan.
- Jun-Jun, March 2011

Slimey Things

SERIOUS BEAK
As mentioned in a previous post, the ‘prog-grind’ band I’m in will have shows happening in 2011. There’s also the possibility of recording. Niceness

A Beak that is Serious

LEROY (remixes)
Pop/Funk band LEROY has been pretty much in a coma since the departure of founding member guitarist/composer/producer Pat ‘Chuksing’ Wong. Pat relocated permanently to California last year. Before he left he gave me the Leroy EP session files. Throughout 2010 I have been tinkering with remixing the songs from the EP. So far I’ve done about 5 or 6 remixes, some are of the same song but in a completely different genre to the other remix.
I’m hoping to finish all the remixes in mid 2011.
Also hoping to do some shows again as Leroy is such a high-energy band that is really accessible and gets the dance-floor heating up!

LEROY (L-R: Andrew Mortensen, Ian Pieterse, Deva Permana, Chloe West, Pat 'Chuksing' Wong, Gary Honor & Graeme Petrie)

Leroy EP

AM FREQUENCIES
A number of AM Frequencies albums are planned.
Of course there’s the on-going “Re-Fleshed” volumes (remixes/re-works done by various artists from around the globe). This year we’ll be seeing Volume 4 being available.
I’m planning on doing an ambient recording too.
Also looking into a trip-hop based recording collaborating with Optimus Prime (aka my brother Tim) and also Studio Tann (Tim Hagan aka DJ Jonah).

BUTTERKNIFENINJA
With the ‘upgrade’ of Rupert Goes Studios, and RupertG’s new guitar, it’s quite likely that ButterKnifeNinja will continue working on material.

DYKE DESTROYER
Call it anit-music, free-improv rock, avant-gauze-core or just horrible, horrible noise – Dyke Destroyer is one of the most enjoyable projects I’ve been involved in.  Formed a few years ago, the project has a constant rotating line-up (depending on people’s availability), and has performed a handful of live shows. Only just last week the new album was ‘released’ (post on how to obtain it coming shortly). There’s even talk of an unplugged recording.

DÖD
A black metal project which started out as a ‘joke’, to just have a play with writing metal with an orchestral accompaniment. After writing a number of songs, I was actually quite surprised with how decent they sounded, and even had input from fellow other project members (RupertG [ButterKnifeNinja] and Nick Soole [Slimey Things]).
Tracks have all  been recorded and now I’m in the process of bouncing down the music in preparation for vocals.

DEATH VALLEY BURIAL GROUND
Doom/drone/blues project which I hope to start laying songs down for. Hoping to get musician pals (old and new) to be involved as guests.
2009/2010 saw me get quite into doom and drone music so there’s some of this style floating around in mind.

UNTITLED EXPERIMENTAL DRONE/DOOM/NOISE PROJECT
Mid last year, Dutch guitarist/multi-instrumentalist/producer Tom Sibren van Iersel contacted me about collaborating on something together. We’d both been listening to a lot of drone and Tom suggested we mix it with noise elements (from all noise areas, such as black noise to harsh Japanese noise to 70s noise to ambient noise). Both of us are extremely busy but hopefully we can get something started.

VIOLENCE IN ACTION
Last year I began to be involved in musical-game group Violence In Action, conceived and led by Lachlan Kerr (Godswounds). It was a great idea and really fun to do, but unfortunately I probably will not be able to be involved due to other commitments.
Feel free to check it out as they’re always looking for people interested in being involved.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Violence-In-Action/#!/pages/Violence-In-Action/175273945819817