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PAINKILLER OXFORD ART FACTORY SEPT 10	AUGUST 2008
Spacejunk Presents Painkiller at Oxford Art Factory September 10 WHAT --- painkiller = an aural fix for a world in pain ACTIVE INGREDIENTS --- Steve Kilbey - the church Tim Powles - the church Ricky Rene Maymi - Brian Jones Town Massacre Scott Von Ryper - The Black Ryder Recommended dose- daily overdose WHY – cos we all need it- HOW... Kilbey started it solo- with the timEbandit, and William the Master- It split, it crystallised –Polenski fused it WHERE –born in spacejunk, somewhere in a universe THEN- ....... spreads to earth- Taken with - ASTREETLIGHTSONG Painkiller Album RELEASED- September 2008 KARMIC HIT- MGM ASTREETLIGHTSONG EP - The OCEAN FLOOR released September 2008 Spacejunk - MGM
THE BEAUTY QUEENS	AUGUST 2008
With Rocky having a few weeks break before the production moves to Melbourne, iOTA, Tim and Sharpe have found studio time to continue the new Beauty Queens album.
ASTREETLIGHTSONG AT LUNA PARK	AUGUST 08
ASTREETLIGHTSONG are playing at Sonar Luna Park August 22nd. The boys will be headlining the gig supported by Ballet Imperial and The Great Apes. The set will include songs from their soon to be released EP 'The Ocean Floor'. Check out their myspace www.myspace.com/astreetlightsong for more info.
SPACEJUNK COUCH	JULY 2008
The Spacejunk Couch has seen the likes of..... ASTREETLIGHTSONG putting their final touches on the EP before it went to Tedd Howard for mastering. The EP is coming out on Spacejunk thru MGM Sept. Jessamine adding a few tracks to her collection. Astronauts - the Epic continues. The boys from Regular John .....exploring the translation of those explosive sounds in the Studio
ARIA HALL OF FAME	JULY
Tim took time out from producing to pull together a stellar cast of musicians to play alongside Russell Morris at this years ARIA Hall of Fame Induction. Tim on drums was joined by fellow Church band member Steve Kilbey, Clayton and Lachlan Doley from the Hands, Jak Housden from Whitlams and David Skeet. The super group rehearsed at Spacejunk prior to their trip to Melbourne to perform at the ARIA induction held Tuesday July 1 at the Melbourne Town Hall.
HELPMANN AWARDS	JUNE 2008
Helpmann Nomination iOTA has again been nominated for Best Male Actor in a Musical in this years Helpmann Awards, this time for his role as Frank N Furter in Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show. http://www.helpmannawards.com.au http://www.rockyhorror.com.au/
IN THE STUDIO	JUNE 2008
The new Church album is being mixed by David Trump with the TimEbandit and Steve Kilbey in residence. Astreetlightsong have completed their new EP titled 'The Ocean Floor', the first track to reach radio by end of the month. Ash Mannnix is back in at the 'junk tracking her 2nd EP. Jessamine has been putting down the final tracks for her EP.
ARTISTS AND THEIR WORKS OUT IN THE WORLD	MAY/JUNE 2008
Tracy Redhead launches her Spacejunk recorded album on June 26 at The Supper Club - Sydney - http://www.myspace.com/tracyredhead astreetlightsong performs at the opening of Stones' Shine A Light - Chauvel Premiere Wednesday May 28 - http://www.myspace.com/astreetlightsong Ashleigh Mannix having recently returned from US showcase gigs will be performing June 24 at The Mawson Club Woden ACT and June 26 Empire Hotel Annandale. http://www.myspace.com/ashleighmannix iOTA continues with The Rocky Horror Show at Star City
STUDIO NEWS	APRIL/MAY 08
The Spacejunk studio couch saw the likes of... The Beautiful World boys as they began putting down some tracks for their new album. Mark Moldre from Hitchcocks Regret completing final mixes on his debut solo EP. The Astronauts tracking a classic 70's style double concept album.
UPCOMING ASTREETLIGHTSONG GIGS	MARCH 2008
astreetlightsong are headlining the Camden Show at Camden Showgrounds, Saturday 8th March playing from 5pm til 6pm with Tracing Lines. Camden Showgrounds, Cawdor Rd. Camden astreetlightsong are also heading to Melbourne for two shows on Saturday 22rd and Sunday 23rd March. Kicking off their stay down south at The Rip Curl Pro surf competition, Bells Beach, playing at 1pm on Saturday. Sunday 23rd will see the boys playing The Espy, 11 The Esplande, St Kilda, Melbourne (time and price to be advised)
SPACEJUNK NEWS	FEBRUARY 2008
The remarkable Ashleigh Mannix will be releasing her first ep, aptly titled My First Ep at Tilly's in Canberra late March For info and bookings contact Lizotte's Restaurant. www.lizottes.com or 02 4368 2017 Our favourite Beauty Queen, iOTA is currently donning a very pleasant garter belt and fishnets as Dr. Frank N Furter in Richards O'Briens Rocky Horror Picture Show currently at Star City. Book now at ticketmaster 1300 795 267 or www.ticketmaster.com.au astreetlightsong are playing alongside Tokyo Blonde and Le Kingste at the Sandringham Hotel Newtown kicking off from 8pm Friday 15th February as well as the Rip Curl Pro at Bell's Beach on 22nd of March. The asls boys have been hard at work in the studio with the TimEbandit and are due to release their second heavily anticipated Ep. The Spacejunk studio has been graced with the presence of The Hussies and Jessamine over the past few weeks. Jessamine has been working with Tim Powles and Andy Sharpe on what looks to be a promising record. Her first single from her upcoming release, "Fall Onto Something" is due out very shortly. Andy Sharpe being the busy lad that he is has also teamed up with Tim to work on The Hussies new ep to be released through Song Division. Look forward to releases from both artists very soon. TimEbandit is currently mixing Mark Moldre's upcoming release. You can catch Mark playing at Lazottes with The Church Sunday 23rd March. The Church are currently taking studio time working on new material. We are very much anticipating what is going to be on offer.
SPACE CADET XMAS 07	DECEMBER 07
Spacejunk presents the Space Cadet Xmas Party at the Hoey December 27. the night will feature iOTA and the Beauty Queens Astreetlightsong Ben Thatcher and DJ Dankini and special guest appearances Door $10 come down and share a bit of Xmas fun with us.
MUSIC WORKSHOP - WWW.MUSICWORKSHOPSYDNEY.COM	DECEMBER 2007
With all the love that Spacejunk shares with Music Workshop during the year, keeping studio and bands going, we have agreed to keep the love going 'round with some studio time donated as a prize in their end of year Xmas sale. Check Out www.musicworkshopsydney.com
NOV/DEC UPCOMING GIGS	NOVEMBER 2007
Mark Moldre - supporting Tex Perkins at Lizotte’s, Kincumber on Tuesday 18th December. Dinner and Show is $94.50 with Show only tickets also available. For info and booking contact Lizotte’s Restaurant. www.lizottes.com or 02 4368 2017. iOTA with the Sydney Dance Company's Berlin at QPAC Nov 29 - Dec 8 iOTA and The Beauty Queens further explore the album Beauty Queen of The Sea at Spiegeltent Dec 15th and the Peats Ridge Festival Dec 31st. Astreetlightsong take the stage in November, headlining at The Mess @ Candy's Apartment on 29th November with supports from Mirth and Glass Army. With Christmas around the corner, Astreetlightsong will also be partnering up with Modern Life to play Ruby Rabbit on December 21st.
NSW LIVE MUSIC VENUES	NOVEMBER
At MusicNSW, Jane and the team have been lobbying for some time for changes to the Live Music Venue legislation to enable more venues to put on music. The current issue being considered by parliament is the liquor legislation, support is required to get the bill passed through the upper house. The recently launched Raise The Bar Campaign makes it very easy to have a voice - check out http://www.raisethebar.org.au/. For back ground information on the issue go to http://www.musicnsw.com/industry_issues/
OCTOBER UPDATE	OCT 2007
New Blood in at Spacejunk We have been joined by Tom Douglas, Lucinda Badger and Marsha Fahir, able and willing to develop and deliver our independent art and music. Tom has joined Spacejunk in the role of Projects Coordinator, overseeing the coordination of all that we do here at the ’junk. tom@spacejunk.biz Lucinda will be taking care of astreetlightsong as they expressively propel themselves along on stage and in studio. lucy@spacejunk.biz Marsha will be looking after Andy Sharpe who will be releasing his first single with Spacejunk the label in Dec 07. marsha@spacejunk.biz In The Studio Having spent an earlier part of this year in the studio with Doc Neeson, on his acoustic album, out now as part of the Liberation Blue Acoustic series, Tim (TimEbandit) continues a busy schedule working with Seattle band Half Light (final mixes for their new album), Ash Mannix (up and coming singer songwriter from the ACT), Jess Finlayson (her first solo venture think 300 v's Portishead), Gav Darby (smooth alt country), more astreetlightsong and The Beauty Queens (inc Tim himself), who have been camping at the studio. With many consecutive sleepless nights, iOTA, Tim and Andy have been in a studio lock down/haze writing new material. (Special thanks goes to Australia Council for funding). Tim will be mixing a fair chunk of Mark Moldres (Hitchcock's Regret front man) debut solo album late October Label News Astreetlightsong are in the process of promoting their new EP I Never Knew, having received rotation on FBI and an introduction to JJJ. Astreetlightsong will give Spacejunk our first e release with their EP ‘I Never Knew’ soon available through itunes. The digital version of the EP features an exclusive "Halloween" track with Gothic undertones for your enjoyment, due out late October. Andy Sharpe is about to release his first single 'Forget the Money' with a remix by electro maestros "Stick Figures" and a third track to be shortly completed with Tim in the Spacejunk Studio. Management News iOTA Sydney Dance Company opens their production of Berlin at the Theatre Royal Sydney for a three week season starring iOTA who gives an exceptional performance in this acclaimed role, the company then moves onto QPAC for their QLD season in late November. Whilst flying around Theatre Royal takes precedence and having spent September gigging to showcase his new single 'Come Back For Me' iOTA takes a rest from promotion of the album 'Beauty Queen of the Sea' briefly, to be resumed again in December with band performances at the Speigeltent 15th and Peats Ridge Festival 31st to celebrate the new year. We have recently announced iOTA's engagement in the upcoming production of Rocky Horror. - More details in the new year. Yes we think he is perfect for the Frank N Furter role too! Astreetlightsong In addition to recording and release of their EP 'I Never Knew', astreetlightsong have been getting around the gigging circuit, with performances coming up on MTV’s the Lair live Thurs 11^th October plus 8^th Nov at the Lansdowne and 29^th November at Candy’s Apartment. For more details go to http://profile.myspace.com/astreetlightsong Other Related News Laura Imbruglia showcases at PopKomm Wooden Elves invited to Canadian Music Week
IOTA AND THE BEAUTY QUEENS PLAY MELB AND SYDNEY	SEPT 2007
IOTA and The Beauty Queens are currently performing live to support iOTA's much acclaimed fourth album “Beauty Queen of the Sea” and the Andy Sharpe and TimEBandit produced “Come Back for Me” single, arguably iOTA’s best love song to date, which features on a new 5 track single EP release and includes alternative version of the first single ‘Handle On It’ and 2 exclusive tracks ‘Midnight People’ and ‘Sacred Cow’. @ Manchester Lane - Melbourne Wednesday 12^th September 2007 @ 8.00pm @ Will and Toby’s - Sydney Thursday 13th September @ 8.00pm Friday 14^th September @ 8.00pm
HITCHCOCKS GIGS	AUGUST 2007
Mark Moldre is taking a small break from recording his new album to showcase a few of the new tunes over the next week along with tracks from Endless Intermission. Sunday Sept 2 - Madame Fling Flongs supporting Jamie Hutchings (Blue Bottle Kiss) September 5 - Mark returns to Lizottes on Central Coast, he will be joined by Adam Lang and his usual array of instruments including suitcase drums, banjo and lap steel guitar and Rueben Wills on bass. www.myspace.com/hitchcocksregret Endless Intermission out now on Spacejunk available thru www.thechurchband.com
ASTREETLIGHTSONG EP - I NEVER KNEW	AUGUST 2007
I Never Knew - ASTREETLIGHTSONG's debut EP is now available. At the moment for sale at gigs only - first appearing on the merch desk last night (Wed 29 Aug) at their Hopetoun Gig. Next Gig planned for Nov 29 at Candy's Apartment Check out www.myspace.com/astreetlightsong and say hi to the boys.
IOTA WINS HELPMANN AWARD	AUGUST 2007
iOTA wins best male in a musical at the 2007 Helpmann Awards announced tonight at the awards ceremony held at Capitol Theatre, he does so having been up against Hugh Jackman and Tony Sheldon.
MARCH TO JULY IN RETROSPECT.....	JULY 2007
Tracy Redhead’s debut album is mixed ( a timEbandit production thoroughly done at SpacejunkIII ) and awaiting release on Perfect Sun thru Inertia- iOTA is nominated for a Helpmann Award, following his stunning stage performances with Hedwig and the Angry inch Spacejunk Production House is pleased to announce the signing of a co management deal for iOTA with Justin van stom. iOTA and the Beauty Queens, now 3 piece with (newly drafted on bass) Andy Sharpe and the timEbandit, have finished a brilliant run of shows at Will and Tobys- building to a sellout last Thursday in July. Coming up to support the re release of the Back for Me EP are shows in Melbourne at Manchester Lane on August 29th and Sept12, with a Sydney showcase to be confirmed. Special announcements for iOTA this month. Astreetlightsong are officially under the spacejunk management umbrella as they win on through to the final round of the online Uncharted competition.. with a cool couiple of tunes live at MTV lair getting a spin on the cable waves... The timEbandit produced EP featuring I Never Knew and 3 other tracks is due for independent release in the next month Half Light album mixes- the most patient band in the universe from Seattle, USA – ladies and kids- Half Light........ on the mixing blocks at Spacejunk as we write.. This moody cocktail of cough syrup, pedal steel, 6 string electric ambience and the floating tones of singer Dayna has sat thought the last 2 months of technical upheaval at spacejunk studios with a new computer, operating system/ new mixing desk ( on the way )... and now all is (99%) plugged/ rebooted/ aligned and smooth- WE MIX Doc Neeson Acoustic Blue album (coming out on Liberation) After a VERY intense and legendary three weeks in the studio, mostly at Garth Porters Rancom St studios in Botany, TimE Bandit (Powles) has produced a refreshingly unexpected album for the ex-Angels frontman, giving a timeless and worthy new feel and sound to the classics that have rocked Australia over the last 27 years. Engineered by Ted Howard of course... he walks his own plank. Sharpie- eclectic producer/ writer Andy Sharpe has finished his first official compilation of songs, featuring various singers and the full spacejunk production- with 6 tracks delivered to Volvo for a promo cd to accompany their new car releases!!! Motor music..... Beautiful World- at last, recorded / mixed / produced/ caressed/ loved over the last 2 years... the debut album for Benjamin “the rabbitman” Aylward’s new four piece sound machine, awaiting release on Perfect Sun, thru Inertia. Mastered by timEbandit Powles- the first official on site master!!! Available now online is the new single Save Me. http://www.inertia-music.com/catalogue/45327/Beautiful_World/Save_Me/ The launch will be held on friday 10th August at The Sandringham Hotel, King St, Newtown. Special guests will be Sister Jane and The Years. www.myspace.com/beautifulworldband Hitchcocks Regret- Endless Intermission Album release. Hitchcocks as a full band performed an album showcase at Spectrum, Sydney on April 4th. –it was suitably engrossing and eclectic. Mark Moldre is (now recording a new solo release ) gigging around NSW- August 1st – The Vanguard, Newtown (full band show) supporting Jamie Hutchings August 3rd – The Northern Star, Newcastle (solo acoustic show) supporting Jamie Hutchings August 17th - The Dekk Bar, Terrigal September 2nd - Madame Fling Flong, Newtown (solo acoustic show) supporting Jamie Hutchings The Woodenelves have released their timEbandit produced debut Trips Between Worlds with shows in Western Australia and are attacking the radiowaves as we speak the church- Tim toured through Europe with the band all of April, starting in Budapest and finishing with some outstanding shows (electric) in the UK The band are looking at a new album recording session in late September.. Post the euro trip Tim has test driven the new studio gear with a fast and furious solo album session for fellow churchman Steve Kilbey Tentatively titled Painkiller, this bunch of 13 tracks grew from jams with master mastering wiz William Bowden- king of radiotronics and static ambience, some beats n buzzes from the timEbandit, Kilbeys magic.... and voila- now awaiting mixing. TimEbandit solo - somewhere in the nether regions of lost time and those extra hours after 99 past 12, Tim has been finding files n feelings to throw towards a new solo cd for himself- collaborating with anyone who dares say yes- .... The Live Room- Tim tracked a cool version of The Waterboys "whole of the moon" with electric 5 string violinist Indi Star and singer/guitarist Mouse- the Irish connection is alive!!! David Skeet has mixed various projects at Spacejunk, including Shelley Harland, a debut album for Chasing the SUN, and solo tracks for guitarist James Harland. David also ably jumped into the mix chair for a few on Doc Neesons album, and recorded an acoustic track for daughters of psychadelia Bright Red.
IOTA 5 TRK SINGLE/ HR LAUNCH AND MORE...MORE... MORE...	FEB 2007
Loads of happenings in and around spacejunk studio and label as 2007 gets fully underway- in fact, starts to simply fly by.... Tracy Redheads debut album is due for mastering end of Feb, her 1st single "lonesome" gracing the FBI radio waves..... ASTREETLIGHTSONG joyfully work on through their debut album as time and schedules permit, with the video clip for 1st single "patterns' already spinning on rage.. edited together by guitarist Sam Bright as a 3rd year uni piece... the band will also join Hitchcocks Regret at their long awaited album launch planned for mid March.... Iota and the Beauty Queens follow up a run of stunning and eclectic live shows with a new mix of "come back for me" (and 4 other tracks) going to radio and shops nationally in March, the band (including Timebandit Tim Powles off duty from the recent Church and Pretenders dates around Australia ) are scattered around the globe while iota once again becomes Hedwig at the Tom Mann theatre- selling out literally every night!!!!!! Ambient melody-makin guitarist Mark Axiak is in Berlin jamming, and then heads on to Brighton UK to meet up with ex pat Rachel Holmshaw to open for THe CHURCH UK show there in Brighton April 28th- which will be the end of a 3 week electric tour through most of eastern and central Europe . producer (and Beauty Queen bassist!! ) Andy Sharpe is in NEW YORK with his song division project, leaving the completion of Dreamy Lips remixes of Iota tracks to the timebandit, except for the "parade' mix of "come back for me" which he enlisted Mike from Stick Figures to do- listen out at Mardi Gras for this one!! Tim also squeezed in a revisit to the Waterboys track "whole of the moon" for Bondi band "the liveroom"... perfect for singer Mouse and electric violinist Indi Star who have performed the track as a live fave for years.... recorded mixed and mastered in a couple of days with timebandit on kit- shades of the 80's................ Ricky Maymi, guitarist with Brian Jonestown Massacre, dropped in to the "junk neighbourhood.. wined and dined and collaborated on a few tracks too- 2 from a new solo venture by timebandit, and one jam with Craig and Sam from " streetlight.... he also helped make sense of a sketch Mark Moldre (Hitchcocks ) and Tim had started..... so much music/ music/ music havent even mentioned Todd Sparrow who are nearly finished mixing their 2nd (and possibly double) album, with guitarist Dave Trump of Trumpmanis fame at the controls in SJ III. Also recording has been Shelley Harland with her new project, produced by Dave Skeet... beats from the ' bandit here too...

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