NEWS

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Two Upcoming Shows

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Cad Factory Cadette Vic McEwan collaboration with Mayu Kanamori exhibited at the Cross Projections Festival June 2010

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Monday 19th April 7pm

Grace Before Meals are activating an empty space in downtown Wagga Wagga and inviting Mick Turner to play and to exhibit artwork alongside local artists.

See and hear more about Grace Before Meals by clicking here

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Exhibition opening Thursday 15th April 6pm-8pm
Performance Sunday 18th April 5:30-9pm

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Sunday April 11th 2010

Grace Before Meals playing a very special Anniversary show at The Vanguard, Sun April 11th with Post Lobsterman + Brian Campeau & special appearances by poets The Mersey Sound Collective

Tickets are
Presale: $8.00 + bf
Dinner & Show: $37.00 = bf
Door: $10.00

So grab your friends and book a table by logging on at http://tinyurl.com/yesfhhv

Grace Before Meals ~ http://www.myspace.com/gracebeforemealsamen
Post-Lobsterman ~ http://www.lobsterman.com.au
Brian Campeau ~ http://www.myspace.com/briancampeau
The Mersey Sound Collective ~ http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=87473844196

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April 1st - May 14th 2010

In Repose is a project that has travelled to Broome, Townsville and Thursday Island making site specific performance and installation as well as gallery based installation. Cad Factory Cadette Vic McEwan provides the sound design and performance for this exhibition in collaboration with 3 other artists.

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Thursday 18th March

Cad Factory Cadette Vic McEwan presents a talk on the collaborative project In Repose at the following event.

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January 28th - 14th Feb

Cad Factory Cadette Sarah McEwan has work exhibiting in the group show "New Decade//New Work" at ESP Gallery 228 Illawarra Rd Marrickville.

Her work "What Goes Up, Must Come Down" is a series of drawings that were sketched in a 'flip book' format. It is a study in drawing sequentially and also in creating movement from still images.
See it from January 28th - 14th Feb 2010.

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Sunday January 10th 5pm-9pm

The Cad Factory are pleased to announce the fifth show in their 10 month program of live recording, filming and art parties.

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Sunday January 10th 5pm-9pm 5 Handley St Marrickville...B.Y.O
Germ Studies, Rose Turtle and So Low Suicide

Germ Studies is the inspired pairing of renowned Sydney pianist Chris Abrahams, and Berlin-based harpist Clare Cooper. If you are expecting a harmonic polyphony of harp and piano you will be shocked by their alien landscapes.
A veteran of the Australian improvised music scene, Chris first began playing the DX7 in the 1980's and has remained a constant explorer of the poetry in this remarkable FM synthesiser. Clare Cooper is a founder of the NOW now Festival and a gifted improviser. Since moving to Berlin in 2007, she has performed across Europe and had an immense impact on the Sydney music community

In 2000, ROSE TURTLE ERTLER plugged her ukulele into a multi FX guitar pedal. She kept doing this for at least five years, until she learnt to play the ukulele like a ukulele instead of like a little guitar. Lately, Rose has also been playing banjo, ukulele banjo an autoharp called a Victalele made in Melbourne. All Rose's instruments happen to be made in the 30s and 40s.
"Rose Turtle Ertler calls the music on her latest album, 'wonky folk', but the Daily Planet reckons it's the rest of the world that's wonky and this is a straight-up uke-pop gem." (Brent Clough, THE DAILY PLANET, RADIO NATIONAL, ABC RADIO) .

So Low, Suicide emerged because a screamer tired of Ambulances and sought retreat in quieter places such as Bird Songs and Suicide Ballads. Most of the Concertos for No Orchestra emerged during a fit of great depression in Sydney and were realised in Sasha Matteucci's current city of abode, Berlin.

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It's Time again, show number 4 in this current 10 Month Series.
Be early for this one, doors open at 4pm, performances finished by 8pm.
It's an afternoon show.

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The Cad Factory present an evergrowing collection of Video Clips, made by cadette DB as part of our current 10 month program of shows.
Clips so far include Scattered Order, Makers of The Dead Travel Fast, Cult Of The Hidden Nerve, Post-Lobstetman, The Beautiful Few, Actor Slash Model.

Click here to watch 'em.

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Cad Factory band Grace Before Meals playing Sunday 29th November 8pm at THe Sandringham Hotel Newtown
This will be an eclectic night of music, featuring the lo-fi sounds of Machine Machine, the creepy Grace Before Meals and the old school punk rock of Garry David. It will be a delightful Sunday night cocktail.

For more info click here

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Performance at Casula Powerhouse Fri 27th and Sat 28th November

Sound Design by Cad Factory Cadette Vic McEwan

Tracing the drift of cultural hybridity between South-East Asia, China and Australia, this piece merges original script, music, visuals, performance movement and voice. Memories and everyday reality slip into a language of borrowed sounds; words and phrases from forgotten tongues unfold a rich, linguistic inner world revealing landscapes tied to the sense of cultural origin.
Haunting intimacies at the intersection of cultural stripping by:
performer/composer WEIZEN
video designer KOBIE KULTHIRATHUM
sound designer VIC McEWAN
dramaturg TESS de QUINCEY

Fri 27th Nov 7pm
or
Sat 28th Nov 2pm

RSVP essential: (02) 98241121 or reception@casulapowerhouse.com

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Performance : Performance Space @ Carriageworks

Cad Factory Cadette, Vic McEwan, will be showing a video/sound and words collaboration made with Mayu Kanamori at the following night of short performance. The title of their work is "She Had To Put In Contact Lenses To Think"

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Exhibition : At The Vanishing Point

Visit At The Vanishing Point, 565 King St Newtown between 12th Nov and 29th November to see work exhibited by Cad Factory Cadette, Sarah McEwan

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Sunday 22nd November 5pm
Two Bright Lakes

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In the 3rd installment of The Cad Factory 10 month program of live recording, filming and art parties, the Cad Factory and Mobile Industries present a special feature of the bands from Melbourne label Two Bright Lakes.

Two Bright Lakes are known for throwing parties and shows around Melbourne that include visual art as a large part of creating dynamic space for people to enjoy sound.

The line up includes critically acclaimed Kid Sam, avant-pop wunderkids Psuche, Otouto and Seagull as well as a special solo performance from producer/musician/visual artist Nick Huggins.
Oscar Slorach Thorne, Nick Huggins and Blake Byron Smith will provide the video/projection art.

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Sunday November 8th
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone is the beats-and-keys solo project of 31 yr old singer, songwriter and Chicago resident, Owen Ashworth. Drawing heavy influence from traditional Americana as well as 80's synth pop and commercial hip hop, the music of Casiotone For The Painfully Alone is a curious mix of austere character studies and playful electronic programming.

Following up on his Advance Base Battery Life compilation of singles. Covers and rarities from earlier in 2009, CFTPA released a second album Vs Children in April to immediate praise.

Live, Owen Ashworth recreates his recordings using a makeshift dub soundsystem. glitchy drum machine rhythms, battery-operated synths, melodic loops, and hand-triggered samples are routed through various echo boxes and filters to accompany his slow, deliberate vocal style.

Very special guests are Otouto and Concern Sunday 8th November 5pm

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A whole Cad Factory weekend to celebrate 2SER's 30th Birthday

Come once, then come again.

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Click here to see photos of show #1 - Scattered Order, Makers of The Dead Travel Fast, Karoshi, Mark Brown and Kaleb and Cult of The Hidden Nerve

Click here to see photos of show #2 - The Beautiful Few, Actor Slash Model, Post Lobsterman, Georgie Pollard and Mark "Bails" Bailey

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Listen, Now Walk is a sculptural audio walk.
This work will be Exhibited by Vic and Sarah McEwan at Strand Ephemera 5 in Townsville between Spetember 4th - 14th.
To find out more about this project and to download mp3 files and maps click here

NEWSBREAK.....VIc and Sarah have been awarded the festival INNOVATION AWARD at the opening of Strand Ephemera 5 .......Very exciting.

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Sunday September 13th

Pop! Popp! Alot! - A night of wistful noise-avant-pop

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The Cad Factory are pleased to announce the second show in their 10 month program of live sound and art parties.

Join us on Sunday September 13th as two Melbourne bands, The Beautiful Few and Actor Slash Model will be dragged up the Hume to join Post-Lobsterman in a splendid evening of avant-pop shenanigans.

The Beautiful Few make wistful, humorous and poignant poetic pop. With their sixth album, The Nights You Did Your Hair, which features sixteen vocalists including Michaelangelo (The Black Sea Gentlemen), Oliver Mann and Marcus Teague (Deloris), they have been garnering great reviews and producing highly spirited and rejuvenated live performances.
'Ambitious and very impressive work' (Bernard Zuel, SMH)
'A nicely underplayed sophistication' (Michael Dwyer, The Age)

"Actor Slash Model play noise-pop with caterwauling guitars and lush strings and piano. A dab of Yo La Tengo meets Sonic Youth. Punk sensibilities moulded with folk and psychedelic jams with gorgeous twin vocals. But mostly they are a pop band."

Post Lobsterman play avant-garage/naive/ post-punk absurdist short songs with long explanations.
Lobsterman, considered by some to be Australias own version of The Fall, with over 29 albums under their belt and a constantly changing line up.
Abstract expressionist paintings play an important part in their set as a projected slide show.

Artwork on the night will be presented by Lobsterman and include the work of Lobsterman himself, Georgie Pollard and Marc "Bails" Bailey.

You can also expect in between band short performances and other spontaneous tasks and activities.
You will be expected to finish you lolly bag before heading home.

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August 8th 2009


Cad Factory band Grace Before Meals - Double EP launch

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On Saturday August 8th Grace Before Meals will launch their double EP "Subtle Inflections : Inadequate Responses" at The Vanguard, Newtown.

Also playing on the night will be Peter Fenton (Crow) and Post-Lobsterman.

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July 2009

Cad Factory Launch

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Sunday 26th July, the next Cad Factoy show sees the launch of our 10 month program of live recording events presented by 2ser and The Australia Council of The Arts

Stay tuned for film clips, art exhbitions and special performances by a bunch of Australian and international scally-waggs including Chris Abrahams (The Necks), Crow, Mick Turner (Dirty Three), Scattered Order, Makers of the Dead Travel Fast, Post Lobsterman, Rose Turtle Ertler, Grace Before Meals, Kraig Grady, Mobile Industries Presents a Two Bright Lakes label showcase featuring Kid Sam, Psuche, Otouto, Seagull, The Diaries of Frank Brown a performance by Hazel (Otouto) and Nick (Touch Typist) based on the war diaries of Hazel's grandfather, a Doom Christmas Carol celebration of Buffer Rub Core, Weizen Ho, Hoof & Antler, The Mumps, Cam Butler (SIlver Ray), The Momos, A night of female noise and cacophony, Toy Death, Actor/Model, Founder, Cult of The Hidden Nerve plus more to be announced.

To launch this project, we open the dusty vaults as the legendary M Squared record label lurches forward that perennial genre busting favourite Scattered Order. This Mark 1 Version of the band finds original members Mitch Jones and Michael Tee combining for a sonic assault of samples, noise and guitars in this rare live performance.
Witness a brave attempt at DIY reverse engineering as MiniDiscs, cassettes and other deleted technology are used to demolish a bunch of new tunes plus old faves like Heat, Koo Koo Kamus and Mass Murder.
Shane Fahey, Peter Richardson and Steve Couri reconvene as The Makers of the Dead Travel Fast with a bunch of new tunes to be unfurled in game, untainted post punk fashion. Rare and live.
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June 2009

Night of Short Performances at Fraser St Studios, Sydney

Cad Factory Cadette Vic McEwan has created a sound design for "Thirteen" a 20 minute dance piece created and performed by Linda Luke as part of this night of short performances.
The sound element was made as Vic travelled overseas, on the streets of Bangkok and Berlin.

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April 2009

Cad Factory is awarded funding from The Australia Council of The Arts

The Cad Factory is proud to announce that they have been named recipients of
"Presentation and Promotion" funding from the Australia Council for the Arts.

This means that in August The Cad Factory will commence a 10 month program of curated events.

Stay tuned for further details. Full program will be launched at the end of June 2009.

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April - July 2009

Cad Factory Band Grace Before Meals tour the world

April 12th sees Grace Before Meals depart Sydney for shows in Scotland, Holland, Denmark, Germany, Italy and China.
For more info click here

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March 2009

Cad Factory band Grace Before Meals launch new video clip

Cad Factory Cadette Darrin Baker has just completed editing the new film clip by Grace Before Meals shot in Regional NSW. To view the clip click here

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Feb 2009

Cad Factory Cadettes selected into the Strand Ephemera outdoor sculpture festival Townsville Sept 2009

Vic McEwan and Sarah Moor have been selected to exhibit their sound piece
"Listen, Now Walk" into this years Strand Ephemera Festival.
This work will
"Use sound to explore the history of the area and to make people engage in the site in a new way. We will be using sound to turn people into ephemeral scuptural forms".

As part of the exhibition, there will be a page dedicated to the project added to this web site which will allow people to respond to the work and to read about its development.

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Feb 2009

Online Review of The Cad Factory Space click here

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July 2008

A New Beginning

The Cad Factory move into new and better premises. We have connected this space to 100% GREEN Energy and have provided a free wireless internet connection hotspot.