Brendan Gloag is a guitarist, songwriter, engineer and producer from Sydney.
He has worked with numberous bands and musical acts, both as a performer and in the studio control-room.
Currently his main project is alterative rock band, Day of The Meer Kat.

BRENDAD GLOAG – ‘Suspicion’

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“Threw this together in a couple of hours one weekend… Computer then crashed and everything was lost, but managed to get this bounce down before losing everything…”
- Brendan June 2009

7. BRENDAN GLOAG – Suspicion
Produced and remixed by Brendan Gloag
Original music by Andrew Mortensen.
© 2009 Brendan Gloag /Andrew Mortensen

Roxi is the musical guise of Milica Stefanovic,
a bass player, songwriter, composer and improviser from Sydney.
Milica has been active in the live music scene for over 15 years and has a BA Music (Hons) majoring in composition and performance.
Her new musical outfit is called Honeytree and she also plays bass for electro/pop outfit MA
and Sydney’s infamous free-improv ensemble The Splinter Orchestra.

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06 – Roxi – ‘Sweet Taste of Victory (Sandstone Remix)’.mp3

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It was an interesting and enjoyable experience for me – I have never done a remix before, this was my first one and also my first track ever using Logic!
- Milica, Jan 2010

6 – ROXI – Sweet Taste Of Victory (Sandstone Remix)
Produced, written and arranged by Milica Stefanovic.
Original music/lyrics by Andrew Mortensen.
Recorded at ‘Hive On The Hill’ Studio, Sydney Jan 2010
© 2010 Milica Stefanovic/Andrew Mortensen

http://butterknifeninja.com/

ButterKnifeNinja is a project that Peter Howse (of Rupert Goes Shopping) and I started in late 2007 (yes, quite some time ago).

From memory, it started out with Peter showing me a possible RGS track, asking me what I thought, as he felt it wasn’t quite RGS material. I remember I really liked it and started to experiment with the track, mainly adding this horrible noise guitar. The noise guitar was totally improvised and was added as I was working on some of my own punk-noise material at the time.

When I showed Peter the rough idea he liked it & said “I think we have something here…” and ButterKnifeNinja was born.
The idea was to mix dub-flavoured electronica with noisy punk-rock styled guitars and of course, the banjo!

Since 2007 we’ve made about 22 demo ideas, and a few finished tracks. Both of us got caught up in our other (multiple) projects as well as our private lives. We hope to get this up and running again now that the site is live.

Stay tuned for more! Also join the fan page on Facebook

DJ Scumfukk is hardcore gabba producer from Surry Hills, Australia. He enjoys hanging around, smoking and spitting and just causing the public to feel ill. He is a proud ‘lad‘ and feels strongly about his choice of style.

05 – DJ Scumfukk – Sick Fukker

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5. DJ SCUMFUKK – Sick Fukker
Fukked by DJ Scumfukk
Recorded at The Fukkhole, October 2009.
Original music/lyrics by Andrew Mortensen.
© 2009 DJ Scumfukk / Andrew Mortensen

When that Morto guy asked if I wanted to do a remix, I didn’t wanna.
I think his music sucks. If I saw him in the street, I’d smash his face & stab the prick in a second!
That’s all I have to say.
- DJ Scumfukk – June 2010

Wormlust’s Metal Archives page

Hafsteinn Arsaelsson is a multi-instrumentalist/composer/producer from Iceland. He is the founder of atmospheric black metal project Wormlust (formerly known as Wolfheart).
His other projects include The Harvest plus many more of various genres.

Wormlust’s style, I feel, is an awesome mix of “Deathspell Omega-esque” black metal, 60′s/70′s psychedelic/ambient rock (ala Pink Floyd etc..) and heavy doom/shoegaze drones – but still has its own unique sound.

I really look forward to a full-album of material!
But for now, here are 2 of his demos which are floating around the metal communities of the internet.

(2009) – Wormlust – “Seven Paths” (demo)

Tracklist:
1 – Seven Paths (12’21”)

Wormlust - Seven Paths

Download from HERE

(2010) – Wormlust – “Svarthol” (demo)

Tracklist:
1 – Svarthol (16’35”)

Wormlust - Svarthol

Download from HERE

If you enjoy these demos, be sure to keep checking the site for info on a full release.

Optimus Prime is the performing name of DJ/turntablist/music collector Tim Mortensen.

He has been involved in various DJ groups (Darth Fadar Crew, Scratchersize) as well as being an occasional member of rock/metal/dub/hip-hop project, BILLY LIAR.

He is now based in Vancouver, Canada and is working on a album with local Vancouver MCs and DJs.

04 – Optimus Prime – ‘Pain’

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Tim Basically recorded the scratches for this a few days before heading off to Canada. I had just showed him the basic beat & had him do stuff for about 10mins.

As much as I love tight & technical hip-hop DJs, I’m from a noise & experimental background when it comes to turntablism, so that’s why I will use some of the ‘not-so-tight’ takes in tracks.

Tim & I may do some more tracks while he’s still in Canada. I’m in the process of compiling samples and beats that I’d like to turn into an Optimus Prime album.
- Andrew Mortensen, June 2010

4. OPTIMUS PRIME – Pain
Produced, remixed & arranged by Andrew Mortensen
Scratches performed by Tim Mortensen
Recorded at Prime HQ, July 2009 and AM Frequencies December 2009
© 2009 Optimus Prime / Andrew Mortensen

http://derkopf.bandcamp.com

theHEAD formed in 2002, with a line-up of Ben Turley, Tom Taylor and Scott Herbert, sharing multi -instrumental and writing duties.
Their first album, Cubic Meters, garnered local critical acclaim in 2003.
One review in particular contains a great description of theHEAD’s style of
In 2003, theHEAD played around Sydney and Melbourne, inviting along guests like SPOD, Eytan Messiah, Danny Heifetz & Clinton “Bär” McKinnon (Mr Bungle). Airplay on JJJ, 3RRR & 2SER followed.
Ben Turley relocated to London in late 2003. In 2004, theHEAD released a radio-only single Hobo Atlas, featuring Eytan Messiah on MC style vocals. Hobo Atlas was played on 3RRR, 2SER and gained rotation airplay on FBi.
theHEAD has remained apparently quiet since 2004. Scott toured around the country playing synths in SPOD & Merle Morris, and Tom concentrated on solo material.
However, Scott and Tom never stopped continued writing and recording and re-recording theHEAD material. Ben has been delivering tasty bass lines back to base via the ‘net. The fruits of these labours are now finally being realised.
theHEAD have released a new 25 minute, 8 track EP – Butcher’s Paper for free download at http://derKopf.BandCamp.com
Butcher’s Paper is the entree; the main course is yet to come.
Recording for a new album is underway. Drum tracks were laid down by Danny Heifetz at Big Jesus Burger studios in October 2009, with the majority of instrumental tracks recorded in January 2010. Guest vocal recordings are next on the cards. The new, as yet untitled album is slated for release in the second half of 2010.

03 – theHEAD – ‘Sick Day (Siguenuts)’

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3. theHEAD – Sick Day (Siguenuts)
Produced, arranged and performed by theHEAD
Original music/lyrics by Andrew Mortensen
© 2010 Scott Herbert/Andrew Mortensen

“The drum breaks were done in conjunction with Greg Hazell, so shout outs to Greg. The track was done in Reaper, where we’re doing all our work these days. All the instruments and vocals are run from Native Instruments Kontakt sampler, except for the synth line from Arturia MiniMoog. Amp emulation and other effects from Native Instruments Guitar Rig. The glitch work on the drum machine and vocals is thanks to a freeware glitch VST written by Dan at http://remaincalm.org.
The aim with this track was to put together something original using the source sounds but not the original arrangement etc. It should stand up individually. It was fun doing some things on this track that we wouldn’t normally do, pushing things a lot further into strange regions, stuff that might sound out of time, or really chaotic. It’s a bit scary, in a good way! Hope you enjoy it.” – Scott Herbert, April 2010

Ziggy Bannerman is a guitarist/poet/artist from New York. Raised in East Village, he was always interested in the New York underground art/music scene. In the 70s and 80s he was heavily involved with the
New York ‘No Wave’ seen.
This track sees Ziggy pull out a ‘cover’ and do a spontaneous improvised version of the
AM Frequencies’ track “Mute”.

ZIGGY BANNERMAN & THE ART ENSEMBLE – ‘Mute (live)’

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“It was just one of those moments… Good show, good crowd and just decided to have a go at some unknown guy-from-across-the-other-side-of-the-world’s song and open the second set with it.
Ross’s Beatles quotes were quite an interesting touch.”
- Ziggy Bannerman, Dec 2009

2. ZIGGY BANNERMAN & THE ART ENSEMBLE – Mute (live)
Recorded live at The Den, New York 16th November 2009
Ziggy Bannerman: guitar, vocals;
Ross Kennedy: piano, moog;
Lenny Dawson: percussion
Original music/lyrics by Andrew Mortensen.
© 2009 Ziggy Bannerman

It’s available from The Official Slimey Things Online Store. Currently only a digital release, but the physical release coming hopefully in August to coincide with our launch in Sydney/Melbourne. It is also now available on iTunes,  but if you buy from the Slimey Things store, you get the bonus 17 page digital booklet, with killer artwork by Jarrod Elvin.

SLIMEY THINGS, chillin' at Teddy's Interdimensional Portal & Bistro

http://www.myspace.com/billyliarmorts

(Sorry, not much on site…still)

Billy Liar is the project of bassist Andrew Mortensen. It started out as a project for Andrew to pursue his love of turntablism/hip-hop combined with dub and heavy rock/metal. Over time, it has morphed into a group effort that now contains elements from many genres.

01 – BILLY LIAR – ‘Seeds of Dub’

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With this remix, I decided to venture into the ambient tinged soundscape thing. It started out as being only the intro but then turned into a bit of an all-in of Billy Liar’s genres (dub, ambient, metal and turntablism).
I pretty much stuck to the original song’s arrangement and sections, just altering the groove & placement of certain parts.
The guitarists are Pat ‘Chuksing’ Wong (Leroy) and Nick Soole (Slimey Things). I really like how Nick and Pat trade off each other – both are awesome guitarists but completely different. Matt again is on drums.

Thanks (again) to Mark Clifton for the fretless loan and Nick, Pat & Matt for playing on the track.

1. BILLY LIAR – Seeds of Dub
Produced, arranged and performed by Andrew Mortensen with Chuksing – guitar; Nick Soole – guitar; Matt Ward – drums
Recorded at AM Frequencies August-November 2009
© 2009 Andrew Mortensen