From 1995 to 2001, in Melbourne, Australia, there were 17 Zoetrope live electronic music showcases held at the now-defunct Punters Club in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, all of them designed to support and encourage local live techno acts, in a smaller, more accessible forum.
History
Organized by local label IF? Records, and originally called the Zeitsprung sessions before a name-change to Zoetrope in 1997, the gigs - organized every three months - supported and put the spotlight on the more cutting edge and experimental Melbourne-based electronic live acts.
"Zoetrope 3 had a mix of house and acid, drum 'n' bass and techno, performed live by three undiscovered (except by Andrez Bergen) Melbourne artists," reported Keren Shuvaly in a postscript review of the gig in Melbourne's Beat magazine. "In between sets, Andrez played some of his own music, and it all sounded so good it was hard to distinguish between who was playing. One difference, though - live experimental music is far more enjoyable than a DJ playing someone else's music on a turtable. For those who missed this one - it was your loss!"
In the same period of time, IF? Records also organised collaborative live electronic events with Melbourne clubs like Club Filter, Teriyaki Anarki Saki, and Centriphugal.
Some of the bands who played at the Zoetrope sessions (at the Punters Club) included:
* Zen Paradox
* Little Nobody
* Voiteck
* Frontside
* Sub Bass Snarl
* Honeysmack
* Artificial
* The Sonic Voyagers
* Isnod
* Honeysmack
* Son Of Zev
* TR-Storm
* Blimp
* 8-Bit
* Viridian
* Funk Gadget
* Tee-Art
* Marcella Brassett
* Josh Abrahams
* Toupee
* Q-Kontrol
* Hi-Fli
* Various Clan Analogue members
* The LN Elektronische Ensemble
* Guyver 3
* Soulenoid
* The Headmaster
* Amnesia
* Graham Mono
* Andrez Bergen
* DJ Trooper
* DJ Eden
* Kandyman
* Half Yellow
* Schlock Tactile
* Rhizo
* M.P.I.
* Cypher
* Antigravity
* D-Rek
* DJ Venom
* Fiery Eye
* Kid Calmdown
* Mad Kow
Many of the live sets were recorded and ended up on the artists' subsequent releases, such as the LN Elektronische Ensemble's contribution to Little Nobody's Bare remix EP, released in 2000.
The policy behind the Zoetrope sessions was firmly based around supporting live local electronic music, as opposed to DJs - regardless of style, and often the sounds varied between techno, electro, hip hop, acid, drum & bass, house, IDM, and experimentalism.
Entry cost to the sessions also was kept to a bare minimum, usually costing around $4 on the door.
The parties ceased in 2001 when IF? Records relocated to Tokyo, Japan, and the Punters Club closed its doors the following year.
Media Feedback
"Beginning in 1992 as an experimental video outlet, IF? has gone on to explore the realms of sculpture and installation-based art, always with one eye firmly upon progressive new directions and the fringe elements of the mainstream. It's this philosophy which has helped shape IF? Records and the live music events put on by IF? in conjunction - most notably in relation to the 'Zoetrope' live electro sessions this year," wrote Terry Rance in the Zebra insert in Inpress in 1997.
"Dada, an art style that called itself anti-art, peaked way back in 1917 with Marcel Duchamp's display of a toilet urinal at a horrified exhibition. But if Andrez Bergen is to be believed, Dada is an integral component in the workings of the Japan-based IF? Records music junta 90 years later," wrote Jamie Ata in the pages of Beat magazine, 10 years after the first Zoetrope party. "The events IF? put on were mad - innovative collaborations of DJs and live acts crossing the spectrum of beats and pieces, often called upon to play one-on-one and challenge themselves as well as each other, at parties like the Omniglobe raves, and the legendary Zoetrope sessions at the Punters Club in Fitzroy from 1997 to 2001."
"IF? Records, leading up to 2001, when Andrez took the label to Tokyo, was quirky, amazing electronic music that made a mark in and beyond Melbourne," the editor of Australian Vice Magazine, Briony Wright, told Saori Nakagawa in an article on the label for Tranzfusion in 2006.
In the same article, Melbourne-based musician and graphic designer Damian Stephens (a.k.a. Isnod) put it that "IF? brought innovative music out of the alleyways and put it in front of an audience. Some really incredible music. And remember - this was at a time when I would set up, and people would ask me where the drum kit was. For me, personally, without IF? I would have stayed in the bedroom, and never would have started playing live. I never even saw myself as a musician, yet alone imagined I would still be making music with three albums out, and a fourth coming, seven years later!" <ref name="tranzfusion.com" />
Allan Klinbail, alias Son Of Zev, said: "I wanted to be part of the only group of people looking beyond the trend, and really into the music... IF? taught me to ignore the trends, and I have never had more fun than being part of IF?, doing whatever we felt like. It was music for music's sake... or is it for Japanese sake? Everyone involved with IF? was doing it because it was right, and partially for the beer-rider we'd get at gigs for playing. We all knew it was way too cool." <ref name="tranzfusion.com" />
History
Organized by local label IF? Records, and originally called the Zeitsprung sessions before a name-change to Zoetrope in 1997, the gigs - organized every three months - supported and put the spotlight on the more cutting edge and experimental Melbourne-based electronic live acts.
"Zoetrope 3 had a mix of house and acid, drum 'n' bass and techno, performed live by three undiscovered (except by Andrez Bergen) Melbourne artists," reported Keren Shuvaly in a postscript review of the gig in Melbourne's Beat magazine. "In between sets, Andrez played some of his own music, and it all sounded so good it was hard to distinguish between who was playing. One difference, though - live experimental music is far more enjoyable than a DJ playing someone else's music on a turtable. For those who missed this one - it was your loss!"
In the same period of time, IF? Records also organised collaborative live electronic events with Melbourne clubs like Club Filter, Teriyaki Anarki Saki, and Centriphugal.
Some of the bands who played at the Zoetrope sessions (at the Punters Club) included:
* Zen Paradox
* Little Nobody
* Voiteck
* Frontside
* Sub Bass Snarl
* Honeysmack
* Artificial
* The Sonic Voyagers
* Isnod
* Honeysmack
* Son Of Zev
* TR-Storm
* Blimp
* 8-Bit
* Viridian
* Funk Gadget
* Tee-Art
* Marcella Brassett
* Josh Abrahams
* Toupee
* Q-Kontrol
* Hi-Fli
* Various Clan Analogue members
* The LN Elektronische Ensemble
* Guyver 3
* Soulenoid
* The Headmaster
* Amnesia
* Graham Mono
* Andrez Bergen
* DJ Trooper
* DJ Eden
* Kandyman
* Half Yellow
* Schlock Tactile
* Rhizo
* M.P.I.
* Cypher
* Antigravity
* D-Rek
* DJ Venom
* Fiery Eye
* Kid Calmdown
* Mad Kow
Many of the live sets were recorded and ended up on the artists' subsequent releases, such as the LN Elektronische Ensemble's contribution to Little Nobody's Bare remix EP, released in 2000.
The policy behind the Zoetrope sessions was firmly based around supporting live local electronic music, as opposed to DJs - regardless of style, and often the sounds varied between techno, electro, hip hop, acid, drum & bass, house, IDM, and experimentalism.
Entry cost to the sessions also was kept to a bare minimum, usually costing around $4 on the door.
The parties ceased in 2001 when IF? Records relocated to Tokyo, Japan, and the Punters Club closed its doors the following year.
Media Feedback
"Beginning in 1992 as an experimental video outlet, IF? has gone on to explore the realms of sculpture and installation-based art, always with one eye firmly upon progressive new directions and the fringe elements of the mainstream. It's this philosophy which has helped shape IF? Records and the live music events put on by IF? in conjunction - most notably in relation to the 'Zoetrope' live electro sessions this year," wrote Terry Rance in the Zebra insert in Inpress in 1997.
"Dada, an art style that called itself anti-art, peaked way back in 1917 with Marcel Duchamp's display of a toilet urinal at a horrified exhibition. But if Andrez Bergen is to be believed, Dada is an integral component in the workings of the Japan-based IF? Records music junta 90 years later," wrote Jamie Ata in the pages of Beat magazine, 10 years after the first Zoetrope party. "The events IF? put on were mad - innovative collaborations of DJs and live acts crossing the spectrum of beats and pieces, often called upon to play one-on-one and challenge themselves as well as each other, at parties like the Omniglobe raves, and the legendary Zoetrope sessions at the Punters Club in Fitzroy from 1997 to 2001."
"IF? Records, leading up to 2001, when Andrez took the label to Tokyo, was quirky, amazing electronic music that made a mark in and beyond Melbourne," the editor of Australian Vice Magazine, Briony Wright, told Saori Nakagawa in an article on the label for Tranzfusion in 2006.
In the same article, Melbourne-based musician and graphic designer Damian Stephens (a.k.a. Isnod) put it that "IF? brought innovative music out of the alleyways and put it in front of an audience. Some really incredible music. And remember - this was at a time when I would set up, and people would ask me where the drum kit was. For me, personally, without IF? I would have stayed in the bedroom, and never would have started playing live. I never even saw myself as a musician, yet alone imagined I would still be making music with three albums out, and a fourth coming, seven years later!" <ref name="tranzfusion.com" />
Allan Klinbail, alias Son Of Zev, said: "I wanted to be part of the only group of people looking beyond the trend, and really into the music... IF? taught me to ignore the trends, and I have never had more fun than being part of IF?, doing whatever we felt like. It was music for music's sake... or is it for Japanese sake? Everyone involved with IF? was doing it because it was right, and partially for the beer-rider we'd get at gigs for playing. We all knew it was way too cool." <ref name="tranzfusion.com" />
Terence McShane / Tarlach Mac Seagháin
A seanchaí of repute in the Glens of Antrim. He was born in Loughguile, 16 July 1921. Much of his repertoire pertained to the local region. However, his work also comprised more general stories and integrated his music playing. He played both the violin and the box. The BBC recorded him as young man prior to the perfection of his craft. It provides some evidence of his potential, as does a track on a Folktrax cd where he tells the story of the Last of the Fairies of Loughguile. This cd features Paddy McCLUSKEY who was an early influence on McShane's music. He was active in various elements of Irish cultural life, including Irish Dancing, promotion of the Irish language or Gaeilge, and Gaelic sports. He was involved in the Feiseanna that remain major events that celebrate Irish heritage. Through his activities, he was to develop strong associations with various artists and cultural figures such as , Éamonn MacThomáis (Author and Historian), and Máirtín Ó Cadhain (One of the most prominent Irish Language Authors, and Professor of Irish at Trinity College Dublin). He spent the second part of his life living in Dublin, where he met and married his wife Bernadette Marten. During this period politics dominated both their concerns, however, he still remained an active story teller until his death in the 1990s.
He was cousin of Cardinal Cahal Daly.
A seanchaí of repute in the Glens of Antrim. He was born in Loughguile, 16 July 1921. Much of his repertoire pertained to the local region. However, his work also comprised more general stories and integrated his music playing. He played both the violin and the box. The BBC recorded him as young man prior to the perfection of his craft. It provides some evidence of his potential, as does a track on a Folktrax cd where he tells the story of the Last of the Fairies of Loughguile. This cd features Paddy McCLUSKEY who was an early influence on McShane's music. He was active in various elements of Irish cultural life, including Irish Dancing, promotion of the Irish language or Gaeilge, and Gaelic sports. He was involved in the Feiseanna that remain major events that celebrate Irish heritage. Through his activities, he was to develop strong associations with various artists and cultural figures such as , Éamonn MacThomáis (Author and Historian), and Máirtín Ó Cadhain (One of the most prominent Irish Language Authors, and Professor of Irish at Trinity College Dublin). He spent the second part of his life living in Dublin, where he met and married his wife Bernadette Marten. During this period politics dominated both their concerns, however, he still remained an active story teller until his death in the 1990s.
He was cousin of Cardinal Cahal Daly.
Denis R (Reginald?) Fussell was shown as born on 18 July 1907 in Parkgate Cheshire. He was the only son of Henry Reginald Fussell, Headmaster and owner of Southey Hall Prep School, Great Bookham, Surrey. He had one sister, Joan who was a teacher at 'The Spinney School', Gt Bookham, Surrey. Denis attended Bradfield College and was admitted to Oxford University , Worcester College on 20 October 1926. He got his BA on the 16th of October 1930 and his MA on the 30th of July 1938.
Tennis was strong at Southey Hall as both Henry Fussell and Denis competed in the championships at Wimbledon, the former in 1903 and the latter in 1929.
When his father retired in 1940 Denis took over Headship and ownership of the school. Denis was then 33 and single in which state he remained to his death in 1977, in Southampton, aged 70.
Tennis was strong at Southey Hall as both Henry Fussell and Denis competed in the championships at Wimbledon, the former in 1903 and the latter in 1929.
When his father retired in 1940 Denis took over Headship and ownership of the school. Denis was then 33 and single in which state he remained to his death in 1977, in Southampton, aged 70.
Brian Todd Akin (born October 13, 1981 in Louisville, Kentucky) was a right-handed pitcher in Minor League Baseball.
He pitched four seasons at Davidson College. As a senior in 2004, he posted an 8-3 record and 3.30 ERA, earning All-Southern Conference second-team honors. He ranked fourth in the conference in ERA, strikeouts and lowest batting average against.
He was selected in the 14th round of the June 2004 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers and assigned to the Rookie Class Ogden Raptors for the 2004 season. Akin pitched for the Columbus Catfish in 2005 and started in 2006 with the Vero Beach Dodgers. He posted a 1.80 ERA with Vero Beach, striking out 48 batters in 35 innings and was selected as a Florida State League All-Star. He was promoted to the Double-A Jacksonville Suns for the second half of the season and posted a 2.95 ERA in 20 games for the Suns.
He played for the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League following the season and returned to Jacksonville for the 2007 season. He went 1-2 with a 4.37 era for the Suns and was promoted to the Las Vegas 51s for the end of the season, where he went 1-2 with a 5.02 era in seven appearances. In 2008, he pitched in 25 games for Jacksonville and 7 games for Las Vegas. He suffered an arm injury in July and underwent Tommy John surgery. During his rehab he attained some minor attention as a blogger on his "Dear Tommy John Letters" blog.
He married his wife Natalie on November 7, 2009 He was released by the Dodgers during spring training 2010. On May 28, 2010 he announced his retirement on his personal blog.
He pitched four seasons at Davidson College. As a senior in 2004, he posted an 8-3 record and 3.30 ERA, earning All-Southern Conference second-team honors. He ranked fourth in the conference in ERA, strikeouts and lowest batting average against.
He was selected in the 14th round of the June 2004 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers and assigned to the Rookie Class Ogden Raptors for the 2004 season. Akin pitched for the Columbus Catfish in 2005 and started in 2006 with the Vero Beach Dodgers. He posted a 1.80 ERA with Vero Beach, striking out 48 batters in 35 innings and was selected as a Florida State League All-Star. He was promoted to the Double-A Jacksonville Suns for the second half of the season and posted a 2.95 ERA in 20 games for the Suns.
He played for the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League following the season and returned to Jacksonville for the 2007 season. He went 1-2 with a 4.37 era for the Suns and was promoted to the Las Vegas 51s for the end of the season, where he went 1-2 with a 5.02 era in seven appearances. In 2008, he pitched in 25 games for Jacksonville and 7 games for Las Vegas. He suffered an arm injury in July and underwent Tommy John surgery. During his rehab he attained some minor attention as a blogger on his "Dear Tommy John Letters" blog.
He married his wife Natalie on November 7, 2009 He was released by the Dodgers during spring training 2010. On May 28, 2010 he announced his retirement on his personal blog.