VINYL rotations #7
Another laidback Sunday afternoon irregular moment to resume safe speed… and welcome back Kim Salmon for a cruising solo affair at West End’s Hi-Fi in odd rotations as spun by Consume. A succession of  whatever slows you down… and parks itself in the front bar known as VINYL amid the street wilds of Boundary St. Free entry insured. See the seventh show of burnouts here:

SUN 4 DEC – VINYL rotations
The HiFi 125 Boundary St West End

2.00pm start rotation with HONKY KONG Dj Archie Jacobson along with latest cohort DJ SCORPIO.
Archie Jacobson never appears without his red Kaftan Shirt and flares, and always puts on a colourful and surprising show. Archie loves playing Dj supports for bands and artists relishes the opportunity to play tunes that excite the artist and the crowd, and tie in the musical themes of the event.

DJ Scorpio is the rural record spinner.  25 years of house parties and ad hoc paid gigs have fostered deep-seated insecurities as whether he is in fact a larger-than-life smokin DJ or merely another flawed human with a large record collection.  He takes records out of their cover, puts ‘em on the platter, and plays ‘em.

3.15 – 4.00pm RICK FIGHTS
Rick Fights is Matt Somers from I Heart Hiroshima’s shadow figure. As I Heart Hiroshima he released 2 albums – Tuff Teef and The Rip; toured Australia, Europe, Vietnam and NZ and is now taking his songwriting urges directly to himself and to you. It’s insular music about imaginary figures; take one person, one electric guitar, one technically overloaded amplifier and a great deal of nerves. Whisk carefully, and leave to sit for 15-20 minutes. After recent supports with Aesop Rock, Kimya Dawson and Laura don’t be alarmed if it begins to make some noise.
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4.45 – 5.45pm KIM SALMON
As a teen Kim Salmon blew his mind on the fusion of Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew, the stellar freakout of Sun Ra’s ‘Space is the Place’ and the generally unhinged groove of Can’s Ege Bamyasi. They showed him an alternative to just ‘playin the blooze’. Then Punk Rock came along! The earlier inspirations, however, where not idealistically opposed to the free expression espoused by the punk movement. Some of the freeform freakout fusion can be heard in Kim’s seminal band the Scientists on tracks like Nitro, Revhead and Human Jukebox throughout the nineteen eighties. Then Kim resolved to give free reign to that avant garde, jazz, and downright weird streak, in The Surrealists, progressing this band into a highly respected but conventional indie rock band. Touring around Europe, the USA and Australia, supporting U2, The Bad Seeds, Jon Spencer and the Cramps… and releasing best-selling album was 1993’s Sin Factory among other greats including the recent ‘Grand Unifying Theory’ with its polyrhythmic beats, its atonal keys, its heavy funk/punk grooves, its spaced out use of equipment buzz and Dictaphone. Then there’s Beasts of Bourbon, STM, Darling Downs… and the list goes on. Look forward to an afternoon of cruising sin.
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