.. . . The MONSTER sMASH FEST ! ! Brisbanes' first extreme electronics, breakcore & experimental dance music FESTIVAL! 3 rooms 3 sound systems @ The Step Inn SAT 10th JAN 2009 With Super Special Guests: DRUMCORPS
(USA/Berlin) THE BERZERKER (Australia) SICKBOY (Belgium) BLACK LUNG (Australia) EITERHERD (Austria) MONSTER ZOKU ONSOMB! The NAM SHUB of ENKI TEAM PLASTIQUE MR ORANGE(Belgium) ERTHER FROSTY DANK MORASS COLLAPSICON GROSS PROPHET PLUS ..The BooZZZer Bar will feature 4ZZZfm's maddest electronic disc jockeys: The Slack Bastard Forcefed Fistfulls The Carmen Sandiego Show (Samedi Sound System) Baron One Way Lao Mirador ..Plus some surprise guests Smiley TIX available thru OZTIX Pre sold - $20+bf $25 on the night $20 for 4ZZZfm Subs(only available on the door) FOR MORE INFO : penelope@monsterzoku.com WWW.MYSPACE.COM/MONSTERMASHUP Enter the Promo descriptions: DRUMCORPS (USA/Berlin) Brisbane finally gets to experience grindcore meets breakcore. The phenomenon that has been grown in Boston, hardened in the NYC pressure cooker, and engineered in Berlin. Drumcorps is a one man sonic tour de force that has undisputedly become one of the most unique independent producers blowing up the underground scene today. Tearing up some of the biggest electronic festivals around the world, Drumcorps delivers a wild blend of live guitar work, blistering gritty drum n bass, & frantic breakcore, all rooted in a DIY driven punk aesthetic. With numerous vinyl releases under his belt, as well as putting out albums for both of his projects, Drumcorps has been taking the music world by storm. In 2007 the Drumcorps album "Grist" won an honor of distinction at Austria's Ars Electronica, a yearly prize whose past winners include Aphex Twin, Chris Cunningham, Sunn ((O))), and Plastikman. A prime example of the changing face and sound of modern music, Drumcorps is a freight train of insane broken beat belligerence, that leaves all the walls falling, and minds melting and begging for more. If you have not heard and seen this badman in action, you are seriously missing out on some of the most innovative ideas being applied to music today. Sought after worldwide, there is no mistaking the sound and presence that is Drumcorps.. THE BERZERKER DJ. (Australia) The Berzerker is one-man speedcore DJ assault - originally signed in the mid 90's to the Lenny-Dee's label Industrial Strength. He pioneered the combination of brutal gabba with death metal guitars and vox and was snapped up by one of metal's biggest labels Earache Records. The Berzerker deal in a pestilent and unsubtle brand of sonic violence. Larynx-liquidating vocals disgorge lyrical gouts of graphic ghastliness. The Berzerker's frenzied programming, tortured samples, and impossible tempos conspire to accelerate heart rates to the bursting point. With an insanely accentuated, ultraheavy brand of grindcore that's similar to the most savage works of Napalm Death and Carcass, The Berzerker operate at the very limit of sonic brutality. The Berzerker band are renowned as being the most brutal metal act on the planet, and at Monster sMASH Fest we have DJ Berzerker - Luke Kenny getting back to his roots to blast us with the music that has pulverised all of Europe and the USA. SICKBOY (Belgium) Sickboy has become one of the best recognized names in breakcore all over the world, with releases on Tigerbeat 6, Peace off and just about every recognisable breakcore label - he keeps pushing his sound and creativity with every release. He is also one of the brains behind Europes biggest breakcore festival - ' Breakcore Gives Me Wood ' which is the mecca for any self respecting hard music maniac. Sickboy is a musician who fluctuates between frenzied up-beat, party-oriented mashups to mind melting hi-tech breakcore madness. His exhilarating, enthusiastic and insane-as-ever attitude of mixing old school rave, new school electro, breaks and madness, invites everybody to rave and party non-stop. He is a hard-as-concrete joyful and colorful artist that has forged his own sound, released an incredible amount of quality records and organizes and plays the biggest festivals all over Europe. The force is strong with this one. Sickboy is an institution. Sickboy's performance will not disappoint the adventurous. EITERHERD (Austria) Eiterherd has been involved with experimental electronic music since 1993. In 1996 Eiterherd founded the seminal experimental hardcore label Widerstand Records which nowadays still releases records by artists from all around the world. The idea behind Widerstand Records was to deliver unconventional music as well as implementing non-profit orientated ways of doing record business and having various political messages. Eiterherd is relentlessly touring Europe and is well known for having been an innovator in the Breakcore sound. . He has released one full length album and many EPs and tracks on compilations. He has been promoting extreme underground music for over 10 years, runs one of Europes most respected music festivals "Elevate Festival" and is one of the true survivors of the political underground electronic music scene. Like his extreme music his attitude is righteous, unconventional and punk. Be prepared when Eiterherd destroys Monster sMASH with his music of mass distraction. BLACK LUNG (Australia) David Thrussell is a poet trapped in the body of a hillbilly. Or a hopeless romantic hidden in the twisted frame of a dark electronic musician. He is also a provocative Australian-based DJ, producer, remixer, musician, and anti-copyright sampling activist. Known worldwide as the central member of the industrial-electronica outfit Snog, Thrussell has produced innovative electronica, industrial, techno, powernoise and avant-garde music for over a decade. He has consistently toured the world and releases on some of the biggest labels in the industrial scene - Ant-Zen, Hymen and Metropolis. Black Lung consistently promotes the pro-sampling agenda of Musicians Against Copyrighting Of Samples, and often questions the mind-numbing effects of contemporary mass media. His music combines savage and witty critiques of contemporary Society, references to conspiracy theories and counter-cultural icons. BE afraid. Be very afraid.