Alpen - The Ongoing Moment

The Ongoing Moment - 70 minutes of inspired collaborative music recorded over a single weekend, plus 8 mini posters. Website launched. Immaculate package available for purchase. Sample the music, artwork & project story at The Ongoing Moment website. Purchase the strictly limited edition package exclusively here from the Feral Media online shop for $32. Only 100 available!

the longest day's NIGHT FALLS out now

The Longest Day formed under the same inner-western Sydney roof in 1997, initially inspired by the noisy lo-fi creations of Flying Saucer Attack, and influenced by the dreamy wall of guitars produced by bands like Ride and My Bloody Valentine.
Songs were written and played for a select few, but Jay and Brad never recorded their output. The move to Canberra by Jay in 2002, and separate forays into electronica by both members, seemed to indicate a natural death of the band.



An idea floated in a drunken conversation in 2005 was followed through, and Jay and Brad spent a week recording and mixing a collection of songs resurrected from the band's past, utilising the original 4 track tapes used at the time to record drums and loops for live performances. The result was 2005's Slumber, an album awash with guitar and reverb and sweet noise. The album was distributed gratis to anyone who showed an interest in hearing it.

In the winter of 2006, Brad travelled to Canberra for the band's next project - Sounds of Jupiter. Jupiter illustrated the band's progression in sound from that represented by Slumber (which of course represented a sound derived 8 years earlier), and is characterised by a more atmospheric and measured sound, achieved through expanded instrumentation and again through their love of reverb.

In early 2007, the band hooked up with Sydney label Feral Media, who arranged for the distribution of the remaining copies of both previous albums. The relationship strengthened as the year progressed, the band playing in their October POWWOW showcase to a strong reception.

Jay and Brad again came together in September 2007 in Canberra to begin writing their next album. A collection of songs were written in collaboration with Boston (USA) artist/musician Christy Romanick, whose sublime, ethereal guitar drones underpin several tracks. Jay and Brad spent the rest of the year writing and refining songs, and came together in Sydney to record their third album - Night Falls, in January of 2008.

powwow new music series

Pow Wow is an exciting new music initiative by Feral Media.
From July 2007 we'll be releasing ten great local bands / producers and artists in the Pow Wow series.

Each release in the series will feature original material (never before released) by a single artist, and will be about 30-35 minutes in length.

Each release in the series will feature a generic screenprinted custom cover (each release will be a different colour). We hope that new music fans will subscribe to the series, collecting all ten releases in volume one.

Stay up to date via the POWWOW Blog!

POWWOW Six - Robert Luke

Latest release in the POWWOW series features young Sydney-sider Robert Luke.

Since leaving high school in 2007 Rob's been busy - crafting some very melodic, hey, even infectious indie-electro.
Check out some of Robert's tunes on his Myspace site.

Purchase POWWOW Six - Robert Luke from Feral Media

Alpen video storms Resfest

Alpen's amazing video for the single Start Now! has been selected as part of the upcoming international innovative films and videos festival Resfest 10. In the section Videos That Rock you'll see it's been selected alongside such indie heavyweights such as The Knife, Hot Chip, Mogwai, Sufjan Stevens and Subtle. The video was created by Nelson at our design partners The Sopp Collective.

Watch the video

Purchase Alpen's Overdub album from Feral Media

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT DOOR FOR SYDNEY SHOW - SEE BELOW

Looks like we've found our Australian album of the year -- Drum Media

...the songs emerge out of the background noise at just the right moment...to converge on each other and create works of immaculate art. Forget tuning out the background noise - this album leads me to embrace it. And how beautiful it is!

The Silent Ballet

Because of Ghosts need not fear the background noise. They could never write accompanying music - their notes speak louder than words

Oyster Magazine

It's a triumph...They've gone straight to the top

Inpress

Because Of Ghost's keenly anticipated new album This Culture Of Background Noise is now out, and available here.

Saturday 1st November - Sydney
St Petersburg
21 May St, St Peters.
w/ Broken Chip. Doors, 8pm. Limited capacity.
Tickets - $15 will be available on the night. Tickets are no longer available via this website.

Saturday Nov 22 - Perth
Shape
Supports TBA
Pre-sale tickets. Info TBA

Sunday Nov 23 - North Fremantle
Mojo's
w/ adamsaidgalore & The Tigers.
Tickets at the door only.

This Culture Of Background Noise was tape-recorded in Montreal at Hotel2Tango by Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Silver Mt. Zion) with additional production work from Efrim Menuck (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Silver Mt. Zion) and guest strings from Thierry Amar and Jessica Moss (see picture below).


This Culture of Background Noise sees the band returning to their roots - stripped down guitar, bass and drums. Working with developed melodies, raw textures, and established composition, Because of Ghosts have created a mature work, further distinguishing themselves as a unique force in the post-rock genre. Purchase This Culture Of Background Noise from Feral Media

ii's Landlakes

ii are a super-ace Melbourne duo who fuse experimental guitar tactics, modular synthesis, computer manipulations and field recordings to create full, tactile sound worlds of dismantled pop.

Although Jon Tjhia (L) and Alex Nosek (R) have been playing together for 7 years, this is their first full-length album. Their first release with Feral Media was as a part of the SBS Whatever Sessions CD in 2004 alongside Minimum Chips, The Tigers, Sparrow Hill, Wagons & Barrage.

Purchase ii's landlakes from Feral Media

Get your mitts on ii's excellent new record now! In stores and now in the Feral Media shop.

Barrage 7inch single our first ever vinyl release

Melbourne's Barrage is a sonic unit powered by sensations of remembered love.

Interested equally in sound itself, the song, electronic pops, realist drama and imagined desire, Barrage employs sampler, tapes, synthesizer, effected voice and lyricism to set-up a dream site where dancing dream pop and broken confidence collides.

He has played close to one hundred live shows in Melbourne since 2003.

Purchase Barrage's 2 vinyl single from Feral Media


This 7inch single - limited to 200 copies worldwide - comes packaged in a one-off screen-printed sleeve and is accompanied by one of 200 individually designed badge pins. Only available at Barrage live shows and from Feral Media (here!).

The Longest Day releases available now.

The Longest Day is a two-piece band from Australia, which formed in Sydney in 1997. The band could be described as somewhere between postrock and spacerockand draws its inspiration from groups such as Flying Saucer Attack, Mogwai and Sigur Ros, and attempts to produce songs and soundscapes that captivate, move, soothe and inspire.

Their two albums Sounds Of Jupiter and Slumber are now available through this website and Fuse Distribution nationally (Australia only).

Purchase The Longest Day's music from Feral Media

NEW FERAL MEDIA BLOGS

View from the roof.

Two new blogs have appeared in the Feral Media empire. Go and have a stickybeak! Of course feel free to contribute your thoughts.

POWWOW Blog.
Feral Media Blog.