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The Semblance of Shadowy Forests - The Last of My Staircase Music
One day in 1996 I met a guy called Julian Percy. Julian was from Geelong, he played with a band called Lance Rock who were playing in Hobart at the time. He was quiet. He returned to Hobart soon after to live and became 'the guy from that band who nows lives down here' He came to see me to make a tape, we did it. Recorded on the mainland before Julian moved, this was the beginning of a stretch of releases from 'the Semblance', all of which are incredible.
The Gentlemen - Inside the Black Forest
Live recordings of the original Gentlemen line-up, some of these songs are still being played. It's an interesting snapshot of an inspirational band in early days when the scene was hot and regular.
Rent Boy - Prafula
This is Dan Cross playing live as Rent Boy
Rent Boy - Greatest Hits
Prafula on cassette has a particular feature, side two is full of out-takes, spaz sessions, fucked beats and crap. It's very good and was originally marketed as the 'stoned' side. Greatest Hits is basically an entire cassette of this kind of 'stoned' material and is exceptional also.
Tom Salvador Egg - Eleven Year Reversal"Without a doubt this is one of the most unusual tapes I've heard in ages, yet another side to the scene in Hobart. It's dark but very pleasing to listen to.....Tom, you've done very well, very well indeed."1
Tom's first solo cassette proper. Two distinct sides; music vs noise. It's strange, it doesn't make you come back for more yet when you do you are rewarded greatly.
W.Var.V / Streetkid Jake - Whatever
W.Var.V, the bendigo connection, the ex-work of Patrick street residents, Tim Townsend and Matt Niedra, good friends of Pete. Listen to early TimT rants, Niedra on electric guitar, it's very together but it's very fucked at the same beautiful time. In fact both bands were generally dead or dying at the time of it's release, both sides have a nostalgic feel. The SKJ stuff is all live and spans their entire career. "The music gets punker and punker and sounds worse and worse until the last song, 'Pets are Offensive', when you're glad the tape is over. This unintelligible side of the tape is definately not easy listening."2
