what it is:
ChinFace Records was set up by members of The Bradley Initiative in September 2010 as a vehicle for releasing TBI and associated projects' work.Booking/enquiries: chinface.records@yahoo.com
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The Bradley Initiative
The Bradley Initiative is a lo-fi/noise/improv collective hailing from Dunedin, New Zealand. Instrumentats include: un-tuned guitars, drums, broken bass guitars, tape decks, cinder blocks, and effects pedals. The Group rely heavily on feedback, improvised loops, and tape loops. The result is uncontrollable, unpredictable “mystery meat" music that can go from ambient relaxation to downright abrasive in seconds.
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Moon's stuck in the sky, can't get down (facebook quotes)
"oh god it's finally here. from the band hailed as "a less annoying 'the Dead C'", "we'll never have them back" - Cellar's Bar, and "pretty sure we're the only radio station that would play them" - Radio One. Only time will tell whether this is an album you could listen to recreationally, but by golly it's here. the moon is definitely up in the sky, and it can't/we can't get it down. thanks""I'm not sure how to describe this. So far all I've got is "Pink floyd, mogwai, tool, nine-inch-nails and primus get lost on mars and try to depict lord of the rings battle scenes entirely with music while on a lot of acid"
"So awesome! Definitely recreational listening music.. well maybe not all of it, but some of it. Track 4, is that electrical mains hum played as a rhythmic bassline?? Seriously keen to play music with you guys sometime"
"17 is pretty cool. Yes, I have listened that far."
No Drum Concept (facebook quotes)
Mike Cooke:"[No Drum Concept] is one of my favorite B.I for sure.I'd actually listen to this album recreationally." He also went on to say "listen to the track 'Gig At The Space Bar' you won't regret it, it's ace (and I can say that objectively coz I didn't play on it)"
Kate Cooke: "ChinFaceChinFaceChinFaceChinFaceChinFaceChinFace ChinFaceChinFaceChinFaceChinFaceChinFaceChinFace ChinFaceChinFaceChinFaceChinFaceChinFace"
DJ Slowmoney:
DJ Slowmoney plays all the hits... slowed down. He is available for highschool reunions and children's parties.
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facebookTonal Flux
Matthew (of the Bradley Initiative) likes music, and coffee. and lyrics. /lofi/electronic/classical/minimalist/
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bandcampPhone:
Phone is the side project of The Bradley Initiative's Mike (or "Tapes" as he prefers to be called). Tapes collage
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Alligator (facebook quotes)
Greg Tarr:lucky lucky, new phone album: Alligator. kanye west meets stephen hawking, with ALL of the showboating and ALL of the theorizing. if you haven't heard phone, you probably haven't heard music. Thanks Michael Cooke!
The Dry
The Dry started playing shows in Dunedin around 2003, with Matthew Thompson, Jude Yeoman, and Lydia Robb. Lydia moved to Hamilton, and was replaced with Andrew Robinson. Jude moved to Gore, and was replaced with Patrick Copeland, who played with Matthew a few years earlier in a band called Suction. The Dry played many local shows with this line-up, and recorded an album.
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Building on the Construct (NZ Musician)
This Dunedin experimental rock outfit name Radiohead and HDU amongst their influencesand it shows through strongly in their debut. That's not to say that their music is derivative in any way; each song on the album shows a clear ability to craft original sound-scapes that illustrate the band's songwriting skills. The Dry bring a minimalist approach to their music, even extending it to the album packaging, and it does take a while to appreciate the hidden complexity and richness in the music. This often laudable feature can equally work against them, as some songs require careful concentration on the details. Otherwise they can easily become background music before the listener is brought back with one of the many explosive, multi-layered crescendos. From the album, it's easy to see that the band would be in their element live, allowed to extend their songs into evocative jam sessions, without the time and monetary constraints of a studio-produced album. All in all though, it's a very good album, one that definitely bears up to, and benefits from, repeated listening.