December 2011 - Future Past Perfect ...plus some

The Future Past Perfect Tour warmed up with a Homebake performance December 3 and finished in Melbourne at the Forum Theatre just before 2011 came to a close.

The tour has resulted in timEbandit donning the title of 'energizer bunny' following an apt description in an AU review of the Enmore Show. 

Here's some of the fun

Photos by Monica Pronk: The Enmore Theatre Sydney 

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150628114645968.476449.385647585967&type=3
Peace and love church visitors. Enjoy some more stunning photos on Facebook of the FPP Enmore Show 17th December 2011  - by the talented Monica Pronk

Photos by Andrew Briscoe, Tone Deaf: Forum Theatre Melbourne 

http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/photos/galleries/114945/the-church-10.htm#1
Photos taken Friday 30th December at the Future Past Perfect show at The Forum Theatre, in Melbourne (AU).

timEbandit chats to DB Magazine

http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/535/iv-TheChurch-544.shtml - TimEbandit chats with DB Magazine about the Future Past Perfect shows.

Tim and Peter interviewed at Homebake

Watch the video here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifjUBbkNKms

Tim and Peter talk to Homebrew

Listen in to Peter and Tim on Homebrew Radio 12th December 2011. Comes in at the 20 minute mark  http://www.homebrewradio.com.au/New/ - a series of interviews from the Homebake Music Film & Arts Festival, Sydney

AU Review - Enmore Theatre Show Dec 17, 2011

AU Review – “If I had a crystal ball I would predict that the church’s future will remain as inspired, creative and perfect as their past and present”.
http://www.theaureview.com/sydney/the-church-enmore-theatre-17-12-2011

The first show for 'the church' of 2012 will be with the backdrop of Sydney Harbour as they perform at Taronga Zoo on 28th January. Doing some of the publicity timEbandit discovered his love of snakes.

 

Back in the Drummers Seat

On the back of what has been a mammoth couple of months in the studio with timEbandit working with an eclectic number of projects including Holly Rankin's 'Desire the Horse', Regular John and jumping between Spacejunk and 301 with Michael Cullen, he returns to the drum seat as the church head into rehearsals for their upcoming Australian Tour. 

Hammock - asleep

timEbandit Powles in conversation with Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson of Hammock talking about "Asleep in the Downlights" 

http://hammockmusic.com/asleep

interesting quote from Brian Eno

"But what's different is that 1978 was the era of musicians, while now is the era of producers. Like the 18th and 19th century was about those who understood the great innovation of that time: the orchestra. Today's great innovation is the studio, the recording process and that every piece of music, apart from being a sonic pleasure, is an experiment in social organisation. There is a morality there, a producer tries to make the social unit work, and so the music you make is a statement of belief about how society could work."

Interview at:
 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jul/02/brian-eno-rick-holland

June/July timE flies

# final mixes on Nashville post-rock ambi band Hammock's collaboration with timEbandit and Steve Kilbey of the church are done and posted to USA for mastering, each of them with a lead vocal cameo on a previously instrumental track- both released asap, initially  on 7 " vinyl only-

# tracking continues on the debut album for  Winters Wish from central coast-     ambient post rock, acoustics thru leslie's, eko's into eko's  into eko's , into.......

# th bandit plastered trademark drum hits across Wons Phreely's next Longplayer with Skeeter at th helm

# mixing second single/ EP for Sydney electro pop  kids, The Khans, featuring Roland goes to Africa sample fest-
speaking of Africa-   timEbandit has just mixed  (and mastered with King Willy Sound)   Lyall Maloney's debut EP, almost exclusively written and recorded on an extended trip thru Ethiopia, mostly on a Zoom H4 recorder at 96K, including much incidental ambience from his travels

# Seattle's Halflight, final album mix tweaks, mostly "in th box' mixing on laptop- started 'on tour' in USA in Jan/Feb - timEbandit to master in Late July here at SJ III

# Day One of pre pro on Holly Rankin's mammoth sound n light vision album concept with fellow Desire The Horse cohorts Lyall and Dom-

# just completed 9 day recording block for Montpelier (from Brisbane's) debut ( possibly mini OR maxi ) album- and now mixing the above- 6 day block- Dave and Greg down for th fun

# rumour of th month- sniff sniff- is that an MCI JH 24 2" machine moving in? Mood rocker Michael Cullen might know the secret.....