Sonic Animation
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Sonic Animation are an Australia
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/techno musical group. They came to popular attention in 1999 with the release of their track "Theophilus Thistler". Other noted releases since then include "I'm a DJ", "Super Showbiz Star", "This is not a Love Poem" and "Get Up".
Their live acts are noted for the two "furry suits" (known as Robert Roley and Theophilus Thistler) at each gig. These suits are worn by two fans selected by the band via their web site and Chris Wheatley's internet mailing list.
Sonic Animation announced their break-up in mid 2005 with the release of their greatest hits / rarities album Eleven, which was followed by the hugely successful Bugger Off tour. They made their last festival appearance at the Big Day Out
in 2006 (Australian shows only).
In 2011 Rupert Keiller and Adrian Cartwright revealed a new Sonic Animation remix for ‘world music’ outfit Delhi 2 Dublin, following it with the announcement that they are back in the studio. (someone else link this, plenty of articles around)
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Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
/techno musical group. They came to popular attention in 1999 with the release of their track "Theophilus Thistler". Other noted releases since then include "I'm a DJ", "Super Showbiz Star", "This is not a Love Poem" and "Get Up".
Their live acts are noted for the two "furry suits" (known as Robert Roley and Theophilus Thistler) at each gig. These suits are worn by two fans selected by the band via their web site and Chris Wheatley's internet mailing list.
Sonic Animation announced their break-up in mid 2005 with the release of their greatest hits / rarities album Eleven, which was followed by the hugely successful Bugger Off tour. They made their last festival appearance at the Big Day Out
Big Day Out
The Big Day Out is an annual music festival held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in late January. It started in Sydney in 1992, spread to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth by 1993, with the Gold Coast and Auckland joining in 1994...
in 2006 (Australian shows only).
In 2011 Rupert Keiller and Adrian Cartwright revealed a new Sonic Animation remix for ‘world music’ outfit Delhi 2 Dublin, following it with the announcement that they are back in the studio. (someone else link this, plenty of articles around)
Members
Sonic animation were:- Adrian Cartwright
- Rupert Keiller
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- Steve Bertschik (circa 1994 - 1998)
- Mark SaulMark SaulMark Saul is a Celtic fusion musician from Melbourne, Australia. He plays Highland Bagpipes, wooden flute, and tin whistle, in addition to creating the electronic aspects of his music....
(circa 1999-2001) - Richard Falkner (circa 2002-2004)
- Erica Mclean (circa 2004 - 2006)
Discography
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| Silence is Deafening | Released: 1997 Trance music Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track... |
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| Orchid for the Afterworld | Released: Oct 1999 Big beat Big beat is a term employed since the mid-1990s by the British music press to describe much of the music by artists such as The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, and Propellerheads typically driven by heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns in... |
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| Reality by Deception | Released: 2002 Big beat Big beat is a term employed since the mid-1990s by the British music press to describe much of the music by artists such as The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, and Propellerheads typically driven by heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns in... |
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| Defective Perspective | Released: 2004 Big beat Big beat is a term employed since the mid-1990s by the British music press to describe much of the music by artists such as The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, and Propellerheads typically driven by heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns in... |
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| Eleven | Released: 2005 Big beat Big beat is a term employed since the mid-1990s by the British music press to describe much of the music by artists such as The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, and Propellerheads typically driven by heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns in... |