TELAFONICA

for the manifesto of some world view all that glitters isn't worth seeing crucify what you don't believe in distract a mind from what it is to be being crucify what you won't agree with the ultimate goal is to feel no pain protect what you love from any change but comfort is the absence of sympathy and if i ignore then there's nothing good in me she said: you no longer control the things i do i am not listening to you you were once so beautiful but now we're older cracks are forming the light you've hidden is starting to break through

for the artwork, i think the latter option of you starting and then me critiquing/adding would be best. as to specific aesthetics, i don't really know. i think that with music and visuals, the associations normally come once the relationship has been forced into existence. so i think that any starting point is fine. the title is fairly evocative so could be a guiding factor. dust went well at the vic on the park and is definitely a good vocal for cell. i'd be happy to play it. smells like rain actually went down very well there as well, hence my keen-ness to do it again, particularly if we can practise some harmonies. my thoughts for the projected stuff would not be that they are actual images to concentrate on, but rather ambience that replaces flashing or still lights. especially in the sound lounge where the walls are red and black and the stage relatively large. they would just have the effect of colouring the stage with enough light to make us out, but have an atmo...

Yep - book is good... As long as we can work out a really solid way and practical way to construct it. In terms of content - other than the whole psychedelia conversation - have you got specific thoughts about aesthetic? Did you want to both throw things in the melting pot or will I just get started and put something together for you to critique / add to in sketch form? Set list looks good as a start. Cell and I talked about doing dust – as an old favourite. My main flag on this list is obviously smells like rain – just because of the vocal. I have about 180 of those photos and could very easily take a bunch more. I agree with all your thoughts about creating a stronger aesthetic. I must admit having carlos and the photos seems like a lot. My main concern there would be that it might all look a bit like a jumble sale... It’s really hard to plan a strong stage layout beforehand though. I have not had the time to look at getting ableton on to the new laptop – given the time left – I’m th...

i should be able to get board without too much trouble. the dots may be a slightly different issue - i tried to get some a couple of months ago and in the end resorted to buying a mouse pad from officeworks and cutting them out by hand. but i wouldn't really want to do that again. my old source for them has disappeared so i need to find somewhere new. should we now agree on a booklet format as the basis, with a hard board cover? does that then give us specific enough a focus to get content started? lastly, on the actual pages, feel free to think of pages in different sizes as well - e.g. some might fold out to 1.5 or 2 times regular size, some may be in the booklet but smaller than the regualr size etc. any time to rehearse this week? i thought i might post a set list to get things started and you can set it (or what we end up deciding on) up. so: blending the edges requited love this is the new thing the sun sets on the age of the instrumentalist (being a ferally released t...

Firstly, there's no such thing as too long a post. In regards to the packaging I feel a bit different in that i'm probably more worried about how we are going to approach the production than i am about the design or content. Though i do like it - i'm not totally sold on the recent folding technique - it just feels to fragile when i do open it. I'd also really like if we can to create something that has some real weight to it. As you know - i love hand made things where the hand made-ness is not the apparent driving factor in the design. Of course it is a core part - but not the a reason to be in itself. I think the idea of a more expansive approach - perhaps something that tells a bit more of a story. i don't mean too literally of course! Printing out the lyrics in full seems like a good idea - perhaps with some kind of accompanying graphic essay. I'm glad you like my recent photos - i have laid out a selection as a large print - i'll show it to you. I think...

i think the time has come to make a serious start on packaging for the album. what i'm mostly concerned with is the content at the moment, as that is what will take time to get done. the form, i think, is not as essential just yet, though i've got a few ideas which would be good to discuss. do you have any thoughts on what the content will be at the moment? particularly whether it should relate directly to the title and conceptual frames of the songs? i have been thinking about the idea of a zine kind of thing we mentioned quickly a long while back. i think i would really like to make a small book as the main feature of the packagaing. this may end up being similar in size to a regular cd booklet. of course, the jewel case will be avoided though - possibly replaced by a solid type of cardboard case or holder or something - i'm researching ways of doing that (i've collected quite a number of packaging and paper manipulation type books over the last year or so). soo...

each band plays 30-40 minutes. we're last on at 10:45. i say we go for the 40 minutes end. we stretched 7 songs over 45 minutes last weekend! i enjoyed ending with tape noise - i finished it by sending everything through the distortion and delay pedals on my mixing desk which made a really nice climax, though it could work anywhere in the set, really. i've been thinking i wouldn't mind starting with blending the edges, and i also would definitely like to do smells like rain again, having practiced some harmonies with cell. i'm really liking it as a song at the moment and think that with harmonies it could be really great. ummm...this is the new thing, requited love...yeah, i think as much new stuff as possible is a good option. the ads above are from the feral folk - they've made a separate ad for each band. i wouldn't mind our own as well (you know, the one you've been working on :) ). i'd like to particularly be able to print some up to give out...

I'm glad saturday went well. I think it's good for you to think about what you want to do next year. I'd like you to be able to play as often as you want, wear a frock and perform in a natural way. I doubt this is something that you'll be able to do alone... unless you basically play sequences and carry on / sing over the top.... which in itself is not to be discounted but I suspect for telafonica, more people = good. It's going to be an interesting time for the 'band that will never break up'... I think it's exciting. a couple of things i've been enjoying: The Whitest Boy Alive, Matthew Dear, FUJIYA & MIYAGI

just for my own memory (and apra purposes down the track) - the set list, as i remember it... send away blending the edges dust the sun sets on the age of the instrumentalist smells like rain this is the new thing tape noise (was that all or have i forgotten something?)

saturday was good - it was a line-up with other good music which was nice - toy death in particular were incredible. very much a live experience i think, but brilliant. dandelion wine turned out to be really nice people who also played enjoyable music so i was very glad to be able to meet them. our set was fairly good, but musically there weren't many additions - it's hard work trying to get the sequences and fx happening on the fly plus sing and control the mixing desk. i had originally thought that i might try to do all the stuff myself in your absence but my thinking is that now i definitely need to have somebody else along as well. after watching steve's films - which we used for projections on saturday - my thoughts turned to asking him if he'd be interested in doing the live stuff. it's also really hard to be a performer when all of that stuff also needs doing, and i really think we (i) need to be pushing ourselves as performers rather than just players o...

is it still ok for me to come over tonight for a rehearsal/whatever it is we do? i'm thinking of frocking up for future telafonica shows - what do you think? probably 90% certain to turn to the dark side and get a mactop. also, i've got the discs for ableton at my place - do you have your new computer yet and do you need them to install live?

i've been listening through to the tracks with laughing at trees in to replace the sun sets... i have to say, it's finally sounding like an album to me. it also runs for just over 45 minutes - a perfect length, i think. i've added some harmonies to smells like rain which i really like. i'm still not really happy with anything i've done in terms of the sound of my voice for it. how would marcella's voice sound singing the lead? i would imagine fairly solid harmonies most of the way through from my voice if that is the case.

any sign of a set list yet? some personal requests - this is the new thing blending the edges item number (maybe)smells like rain ... ... .. .

tape noise: maybe add some kind of high-ish freequency sound. something crisp and clean - to contrast the muddier sounds. This is the new thing: vocals - too dry? too loud? but maybe that's the whole point of it?!! GEM Cell to sing. requited love: mix a little muddy? vocals. re-record... and experiment with effects Blending the edges: re-record aje vocal send away: this song is structurally unsound. let's try bringing the kick in right at the start... so it has more imapct. i like the underworld vibe - it makes more sense to me that way... maybe we could include even more echoing percusive sounds... creating a dense texture. Item number: good as is... The sun sets: loops to aje possibly swap for populus Smells like rain: record vocals cell to try vocals Listening in for static: vocals, vocals, vocals.

a whole bunch of different things to report on have landed all at once. firstly, electrolyt has released their new netlabel compilation which we submitted 'hearing but never understanding' for. i haven't had a chance to download the whole thing yet (our computer at home is completely stuffed at the moment) but the list of artists looks good - a mix of andreas' various projects, a bunch of the mexican abolipop folk and a few other things i haven't heard of before. secondly, i decided i'd start contacting artists about performing with telafonica at future gigs. there's been quite a positive response so far from the handful i've contacted. they range from painters to performance and video artists. some of the ones who have shown an interest so far are: butt[::]ns - i've actually since found out that she spent a year and a half touring with the red paintings and painting on stage for them. penny jane spankie - can be fairly confronting at times, but ...