Dec
Injured Ninja ‘SUPERLUMINESSENCE/ A Very Heartless Xmas
eartless Robot Productions, Perth’s premier music label for experimental and progressive sounds invites you to reign in the festive season with a fine selection of their roster of artists and esteemed guests in the luscious surrounds of The Bakery.
Heartless Robot Productions present
A VERY HEARTLESS XMAS
The Bakery - Friday 23rd December
INJURED NINJA will be launching their new four track cosmic epic SUPERLUMINESSENCE on a limited run of 12” vinyl available at our xmas party. Four tracks of epic cosmic noise punk also available on bandcamp / itunes etc.
Come join some of the HRP roster with some esteemed guests / friends
- = INJURED NINJA = -
= FRENCH ROCKETS =
= SMRTS =
= APRICOT RAIL =
= DROP MACUMBA =
= ELECTRIC TOAD =
with DJ selections provided by
USURPER OF MODERN MEDICINE
with BROWN and the ULTRA TERRIFIC UBER RADIANT INTERGALACTIC SPACE (UTURIS) CHOIR spreading battery powered xmas cheer in the beer garden
THE BEEHIVES dancing for you…
and HEARTLESS SANTA taking photos with you…
AND AND AND THE TACO TRUCK~!
TIX ON SALE NOW
http://www.nowbaking…25-158fea728b83
Assault the Bakery on Christmas Eve Eve to come enjoy one of the wildest and best lineups of local music assembled courtesy of HEARTLESS ROBOT PRODUCTIONS.
Preview/Purchase the NEW Injured Ninja tracks here: http://injuredninja.bandcamp.com/
May
The video for Injured Ninja’s single ‘FALLOPIAN TUBE SCREAMER’ is here!
Great work by the Vis Productions crew, see if you can spot a few cameos in there.
VS SKYLAZER cd still available from the HRP webshop, 78 Records, Dadas, Planet Music and iTunes
Jan
INJURED NINJA present NINJAVISION!
A tour fundraiser hosted by local band Injured Ninja featuring a selection of their side-project acts, special guests, exclusive merchandise and a ultra-grand Super Nintendo (SNES) Tournament!!
Sunday 23rd January
The Velvet Lounge
(behind The Flying Scotsman 639 Beaufort St, Mt Lawley)
$5 Entry
5pm Start
Featuring performances by
USURPER OF MODERN MEDICINE
THE WEAPON IS SOUND
DIRTY SYMBIOT
and KUCKA
Injured Ninja, Perth-based experimental noise rock band is hosting a special event to raise funds for their upcoming album release and tour. Having been invited to play SXSW 2011 the band will be touring the US later this year following the release of their debut full length album ‘Injured Ninja vs. Skylazer.’
The Ninjas invite you to attend the Velvet Lounge at the Flying Scotsman, Mt Lawley on the evening of Sunday January 23rd to join them for a refreshing weekend beverage and enjoy a selection of live music provided by their array of side project bands, purchase some newly release merchandise, engulf some cheap beer and pizza and for the daring old school gamers out there - contend in an epic SNES tournament that will project onto a massive screen as the bands play.
Live music for your enjoyment includes groove-twisting three-piece USURPER OF MODERN MEDICINE, the intense dub reggae of THE WEAPON IS SOUND, mind-altering filthy beats from two-piece DIRTY SYMBIOT and lush experimental pop electronics from KUCKA.
Attend early and put your name down to partake in the Super Nintendo (SNES!) tournament. Places in the competition are $5 each. There will be a STREET FIGHTER 2 competition and a MARIO KART BATTLE MODE championship. Winners will be awarded with lavish prizes and the challenges will be witnessed in wonderful mega-vision on a live projection screen. May the most talented snes-geeks reign supreme!
Exclusive new Injured Ninja t-shirts and accessories will be available on the night as well as discounted prints of their previous record releases.
$5 Entry. The fun begins at 5pm. Help a Ninja out.
Injured Ninja’s debut album ‘Injured Ninja vs. Skylazer’ will be launched on Friday 25th February at THE BAKERY. More details coming very soon!
NINJA-VISION 2011 BABY!
Oct
Usurpers Of Modern Medicine
Usurpers Of Modern Medicine is a new 3 piece collective from Perth, featuring members of Injured Ninja, Mile End and Carbuncle. They have a unique sound that is formed from carefully constructed layers of sound based around loops, sampling, post rock, electronics and live re-sampling.
Originally conceived as a studio based concept, the band plays its first public live show on wednesday 6th October at Manhattans Bar.
1: Who are the UOMM and what are the members backgrounds?
Usurper is currently Cameron Hines (Drums), Cameron George (Laptop / Keys / Resampling) and myself Steven Aaron Hughes (Bass / Vox). Cam H is the bass player from Perth bands Mile End and Mongrel Country, mostly known for providing the low end rumble, he has been in many bands over the last few years and he is now returning to being behind the kit for the first time in a while. Cam G plays in Carbuncle at the moment and is an avid sound designer and experimental music artist. I play in another act named Injured Ninja, usually playing guitar I am now experimenting with only 4 strings and some pitch shifting instead of the regular 6 string madness.
2: What are some of the bands musical influences and inspirations?
We are all avid fans of electronic music, hip-hop and experimental grooves mostly. The type of stuff that samples everything under the sun and spits it out in bootie-shaking new ways. Combine this with a fondness of 90’s post-rock and 70’s psychedelic / progressive rock / krautrock and I think you can get an idea of the sounds that we are crafting.
3: The sampling/re-sampling is very unique element and must make for unpredictable results at every show/jam etc, how did this element of your sound come about?
As far as I can remember that has been part of the band concept since day 1. We started this project as a studio experiment. It begun with loops, microphones and Cam H (drums) playing to click track. I originally played guitar. We wanted to see if we could hook more organic instruments into the ‘machine’ that was the laptop, holding everything together. I since have switched to bass, and Cam no longer plays with headphones in but just more naturally adapts the loops. For this reason, yes, things to get rather unpredictable, but that’s what makes this interesting. The bass + drums form a solid rhythm section that holds everything together, the microphones and loop samples react to this and create the icing on top.
4: What can we expect from your live show?
Tough question to answer, we aren’t 100% sure what will happen just yet ourselves, yet to play through a decent PA its going to be a rewarding experience to hear everything clearly for once! Expect things to be a lot more energetic then our demos - which were made from pre-recorded loops. In the live situation things get much more organic, intense and loud. Expect to hear noises that you are highly confused as to which instrument they are coming from. Expect to hear echo trails inexplicably flying off drums, triggering synths. Expect to get saturated in some heavy grooves.
5: Future plans of UOMM
We are developing a live show and recording for our first proper release within the next month. We have several releases planned, the first of which will be the 5-track ‘ACID CHESS’ EP. No release date just yet, considering how we tend to write songs is by recording them first, cutting them up into loops and rearranging them it might take a while for us to settle on the arrangements. That’s what we like about this band though - the ability to be so flexible with the sounds at any point in the songcraft. We are also busy working on developing a visual show to go with our live sets - a real-time generated visual system that can run off our own laptop computers and reacts to the sounds we are playing. This is something i’ve spent a bit of time developing for other bands and I have some ideas of how to craft a fully engaging visual projection that runs by itself and is completely unique every time, hopefully it should be ready to go live in the next few months.
Listen here http://www.myspace.com/usurperofmodernmedicine
