Cyclic Defrost
Encyclopedia
Cyclic Defrost is Australia's only specialist electronic music magazine. It is edited by Sebastian Chan, Shaun Prescott and Alexandra Savvides, and covers independent electronic music, avant-rock, experimental sound art and left field hip hop.
The magazine started as a photocopied zine in 1998, as an offshoot of the weekly Sydney club night Frigid, run by Chan and co-editor/designer Dale Harrison. Harrison resigned and was replaced by Levinson and designer Bim Ricketson.
Each issue features local and international feature articles, and until Issue 16, comprehensive reviews covering CDs, DVDs, vinyl (these are now found on the Cyclic Defrost website) as well as record sleeve designs and artwork.
Each issue features a guest cover designer and a section dedicated to sleeve design reviews. Past cover designers include Rinzen, Bim Ricketson and Build.
The magazine is published three times a year and the print run of 5000 is available free in selected record stores and other outlets across Australia distributed by Inertia Distribution.
The magazine started as a photocopied zine in 1998, as an offshoot of the weekly Sydney club night Frigid, run by Chan and co-editor/designer Dale Harrison. Harrison resigned and was replaced by Levinson and designer Bim Ricketson.
Each issue features local and international feature articles, and until Issue 16, comprehensive reviews covering CDs, DVDs, vinyl (these are now found on the Cyclic Defrost website) as well as record sleeve designs and artwork.
Each issue features a guest cover designer and a section dedicated to sleeve design reviews. Past cover designers include Rinzen, Bim Ricketson and Build.
The magazine is published three times a year and the print run of 5000 is available free in selected record stores and other outlets across Australia distributed by Inertia Distribution.
Cyclic Defrost contributors
- Sebastian Chan
- Matthew Levinson
- Chris Downton
- Peter Hollo
- Shaun Prescott
- Emmy Hennings
- Oliver Laing
- Renae Mason
- Bob Baker Fish
- Dan Rule
- Simon Hampson
- Chloe Sasson
- Dale Harrison
- Richard MacFarlane
- Lawrence English
- Lyndon Pike
- Daniel Jumpertz
- Scot Cotterell
- Dan Collins
- Andrew Chuter
- David Lappin
- Daniel Spencer
- Guido Farnell
- Thomas Whitehead
- Alexandra Savvides
- Angela Stengel
- Si Hindle
- Ewan Burke
- Tim Coleman
- Tim Levinson
- Thomas Smith
- Tim Koch
- Alistair Erskine
- Dan Cameron
- Bec Paton
- Anna Burns
- Matthew Moore
- Jon Tjhia
- Alex Crowfoot
- Lars Chresta
- Ali Burge
- Max Schaefer
- Vaughan Healey
- Ron Schepper
- M Buckingham
- Kate Carr
- Andrez Bergen
- Joe Barton