Clan Analogue
Encyclopedia
History
Clan Analogue was started in Sydney, Australia, in 1992 as a collective by founder Brendan J Palmer, and a small group of people who were interested and active in electronic sound. Largely fuelled by the sore lack of live venues in Australia for electronic music and a lack of options for releasing recorded material, Clan Analogue was born out of necessity.Since its inception Clan Analogue has released over 30 albums directly with many more releases coming from collective members such as Deep Child, b(if)tek
B(if)tek
Btek was an Australian electronic music duo comprising Kate Crawford and Nicole Skeltys, originally from Canberra, who released three albums between 1998 and 2003. In 1999, Btek was nominated for an ARIA as "Best Dance Release" for the track "Bedrock" which appeared on their second album 2020...
, Disco Stu, Artificial, Dark Network, Atone or the Telemetry Orchestra
Telemetry Orchestra
Telemetry Orchestra are a Sydney-based electronic music band composed of members Steve Scott, Gavin Angus-Leppan and Charlotte Whittingham...
through other labels.
Philosophy
"Following the digitalised simulation of the early analogue instruments throughout the nineties, Scot Art (aka Nerve Agent) informs me that analogue is ‘a process or a state of being’, apparently not distant from the idea of a collective, or a network of circuit paths. According to Scot, ‘a single transistor alone can only do so much … it needs a circuit, other transistors, to operate’. Not ‘digital creatures’, humans ‘are analogue wetware, a chemical-electrical circuit that exists in a network (society, nature) that allows these circuits to connect … to “oscillate” or otherwise display behaviour in accordance to … electro-magnetic theory’. As a social circuit board, Clan enables the building of networks by providing members with access to equipment, knowledge and advice, along with the opportunity to play live and co-produce music."Associated Artists and DJs
- Brendan Palmer AKA bP (Label Manager 1992–1995 and founder)
- B(if)tekB(if)tekBtek was an Australian electronic music duo comprising Kate Crawford and Nicole Skeltys, originally from Canberra, who released three albums between 1998 and 2003. In 1999, Btek was nominated for an ARIA as "Best Dance Release" for the track "Bedrock" which appeared on their second album 2020...
- Dark Network
- Koshowko
- Nerve AgentNerve agentNerve agents are a class of phosphorus-containing organic chemicals that disrupt the mechanism by which nerves transfer messages to organs...
- Atone
- The Telemetry Orchestra
- Bleepin' J. Squawkins
- Pretty Boy Crossover
- Winduptoys
- SS Spanky
- DsicoDsicoDsico is the project for Sydney musician Luke Collison. He earned notoriety for producing mash-ups, Bastard Pop, illegitimate remixes and the Ministry Of Shit compilations - which Ministry Of Sound tried to sue him for...
- Deepchild
- Continuum
- Bass Bitch
- Lush Puppy
- Ding
- Hashbang Spacestar
- Sub Bass Snarl
- Fluffy T. Bunny
- InfusionInfusion (band)Infusion is an Australian electronica band from Wollongong who are known for their energetic live performances and long résumé of remixes. Founding members Jamie Stevens and Manuel Sharrad met in Wollongong, where they both went to high school. Though third member Frank Xavier also hails from...
- Des PeresDes PeresDes Peres may refer to:*Des Peres, Missouri - city in St. Louis County, Missouri.*Des Peres - band from Australia...
- Purple WorldPurple WorldPurple World is an Australian electronic music act based in Melbourne, Victoria.The key member is Jon Holdsworth, although the band has worked with many people from the Melbourne electronic music scene over the years, both helping with production and being assisted in production.They had a hit...
- TesseractTesseractIn geometry, the tesseract, also called an 8-cell or regular octachoron or cubic prism, is the four-dimensional analog of the cube. The tesseract is to the cube as the cube is to the square. Just as the surface of the cube consists of 6 square faces, the hypersurface of the tesseract consists of 8...
- Carrier - member of Clan Analogue
- Zog
- signal-to-noise (aka s2n2s2n)
- DJ Squiggle (aka sqgl)
- Gordon Finlayson (Label Manager 1997–2001)
- Nick Wilson (Label Manager 2003 – Present)
Releases
- CA039K: THE TRUTH IN ME Koshowko
- CA038: RE COGNITION - THE CLAN ANALOGUE LEGACY COLLECTION Various Artists
- CA037: DOUBLE EXPOSURE Winduptoys
- CA037A: SWITCH ON Winduptoys
- CA036K: PROMISE Koshowko
- CA036B: INVERTED – FURTHER DUB SELECTIONS Various Artists
- CA036: IN VERSION Various Artists
- CA036A: OVER AND OVER DUB Dsico
- CA035: FLOPPY DISCO Bleepin' J. Squawkins
- CA034: DOPPLER SHIFT Various Artists
- CA033: LATE SET Dark Network
- CA032: DEFOCUS: LOW RES PRODUCTIONS Various Artists
- CA031: ANY NUMBER CAN PLAY Pretty Boy Crossover
- CA030: HABITAT Various Artists
- CA029: AN ENGLISHMAN IN IBIZA Disco Stu
- CA028: COGNITION 4 – SOLID GOLD Various Artists
- CA027: PEAR SHAPED Pear Shaped / Atone
- CA026: HYMNS FROM BABYLON Deepchild
- CA025: COGNITION 3 Various Artists
- CA024: BUTTSQUEEZER 5000 Fingers of Dr T
- CA023: G-TYPE Nerve Agent
- CA022: ADULT THEMES Disco Stu
- CA021: PRE-SENSE : A CONVERGENCE OF SOUTHERN HARMONIC WAVES Various Artists
- CA020: COGNITION 2: TWENTY DISCO GREATS Various Artists
- CA019: LIVE BETTER ELECTRICALLY Telemetry Orchestra
- CA017: JAUNT 2 Various Artists
- CA016: ORANGE CHROME 5000 Fingers of Dr T
- CA015: CRUCIFIED, STITCHED UP AND THEN SOME Atone
- CA014: COGNITION Various Artists
- CA012: JAUNT Various Artists
- CA011: APHELION ONE Various Artists
- CA007: COG Various Artists
- CA004: EP4 Various Artists
- CA003: Deep Three EP Various Artists
- CA002: EP2 Various Artists
- CA001: EP1 Various Artists
External links
- Clan Analogue Web site
- Brendan Palmer, founder of Clan Analogue page
- Australian Music Online Listing
- Cyclic Defrost Review: Clan Analogue In Version: Dub Selections
- Inthemix Review: Clan Analogue In Version: Dub Selections by Chris Downton
- Inthemix Review: Cognition 3
- Other Worlds 1997 Playlist featuring Clan Artists 5000 Fingers of Dr T, Alphabug, B(if)tek, Flux and Globe
- Resident Advisor Web Site Listing
- Clan Analogue Music Downloads from eMusic
- Clan Analogue Discography on Discogs.com
- Clan Analogue on Last.fm
- Sydney Morning Herald Review of In Version: Dub Selections
- Sydney Morning Herald Article on Video DJs featuring Clan video artists Tesseract, Ian Andrews and Morph
- 3D World Interview with Clan Analogue Artist Deep Child
- Sevenmag Interview
- Archival interview from 1998
- National Library of Australia listing for Freaky Loops Compilation CD
- Carrier
- Carrier (live)
- Koshowko – 'The Truth In Me' EP (Clan Analogue) - Cyclic Defrost review
- Coverscaping: Discovering Album Aesthetics