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No one can mistake a piece of his work on a wall or in a gallery, and his unique characters and scenes are now somewhat ubiquitous with the rising urban art scene here in Australia. Kyle Hughes-Odgers, aka Creepy, is one of many artists turning the worlds eyes towards our shores.

Having just launched his latest solo exhibition,  “You Just Have Your Eyes Closed” at the Turner gallery in Perth, we figured it was a great time to grab a few words from the man himself and see what he’s been up to in the lead up to the show, and what he has in store for us in the future …

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For those of you reading back in my old stomping grounds of P-town, you have a really cool opportunity tomorrow night to go and see one of our cities acclaimed artists, Kyle “Creepy” Hughes-Odgers, opening his solo show “You Just Have Your Eyes Closed” at the Turner Gallery in Northbridge.

Creepy has generated a lot of interest in his wprk the past few yers, both here at home and overseas. Hes been published in Wooden Toy, King Brown, Empty and Relative magazines, and his work had adorned walls and shows across the globe.

“Kyle Hughes-Odgers working approach encompasses a range of mediums – primarily muted, earthy and warm acrylics on wood finished with luscious gloss coats, ink and watercolour on paper and large scale public art murals with aerosol. In doing so he covers a wide artistic spectrum visualizing the use of raw materials, conceptualizing and developing final art works.

The works are based on the culture of a new life, exploring ceremony, tradition and an unknown spiritual co-existence. Mixing differences in global cultures into an environment where new ceremonies and traditions are developed and shown as a unique undiscovered world. Themes of life, death and survival are depicted through cities and characters, and highly detailed paint and inkwork build up the layers of the melancholy folk ‘new world’.”

Dont miss this chance to see one of Westralias finest – he has completed over a hundred works on wood, as well as eight large canvases, for this show, which is mind blowingly grand.

Who: Creepy
What: You Just Have Your Eyes Closed – solo exhibition
Where: 470 Williams Street, Northbridge, Western Australia
When: Friday 13th August – opens 6pm. Exhibition runs til September 11st. Artist talk at 3pm, Saturday the 28th August.

Check out Creepys website for more info and work.

I just realised that it’s been almost six months since I decided to, mostly,  move on from writing about music, and to really getting back into covering my first love: art.

Its always been the goal that once I managed to regularly cover events here in Melbourne, that I wanted to begin to cover events and artists out in other parts of Australia – so, I’m looking for people to help out here and there to cover events and artists across the rest of Oz. Read more »

There’s already a beer in my hand by the time I catch sight of him – it’s Friday afternoon and the bar I’m in, e55, is near-full, and the crowd is drinking their shit away in preparation of the night to come. He’s sitting down in the back corner, and I notice that he already has a jug in front of him, notebook out, writing away – plotting and listing whatever number of things an artist needs to get done in the week before their second solo exhibition.

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Amongst the drift and tide of the musical realm, it is a rarity for an electronic music group to have mass market appeal, and yet several years ago, three guys from Perth embarked upon a journey that would take them not only to the top of the drum and bass charts, but also into the living rooms of anyone with an interest in cutting edge music. No stranger to fans since breaking out with their seminal album, Hold Your Colour, Pendulum are now poised on the verge of being one of the few bands who have been able to escape their niche, as their upcoming new album, In Silico, is sure to prove. Read more »

After their rousing performance here in Perth a few weeks back, Crazy Penis have certainly made their mark amongst their fans over the years. Yet emerging from the CP story are the murmurings of a new sound, as more and more people become aware of the Bionics side project that members Danielle Moore and Tim Davies have joined in recent times.

“Ben Davis is the founder of the group,” explains Danielle, talking about the project. “Myself and Tim joined him. He produced and came up with the majority of ideas for the Bionics, which helps differentiate the sound from CP. We are all very close friends and Ben used to be one of the team that ran Paper Recordings, who CP were first signed to.”

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Having been looking forward to Nu:Tone and Cyantific for some time, there was very little disappointment at last Friday nights performance at Shape – both of the Hospital boys played amazing sets. Not to mention that our local boy, Sardi, also had a great run of the eve with a perfect example of why he was the warm-up act – one of his best I’ve seen. From reports back, Limewax and Dylan also put forth and incredible display, that is, if my housemate’s first words the day after were “that was the best fuckin set ever” are anything to go by. This week sees a number of big announcements for nights in Perth over the next few months, so it looks set to continue to be a busy time. Read more »

Big Day Out. For some, the day of the year, for others, it was an exercise in “what the hell am I doing here again?” – but this years had more than a few moments, nonetheless.
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With quick entry to the event, and a near lack of a line even at a peak entry period, Parklife started off with a bang. A huge area, multiple tents, plenty of room for everyone – this looked set to be one of the best starts to the summer festival season for quite some time. Read more »

Having flown the flag for Australian electronic music for so long, Greg Packer now finds himself in a position that many DJs would be more than envious of, and it is this hard work over the years that is to be celebrated this Friday night in his very own showcase at The Nine. For years, Greg Packer has been one of the major faces of Australian drum’n’bass, with international recognition and acclaim.

Since his first release on Hardleaders in 2001 he has clocked up a remarkable ninety releases on over thirty two different labels, including the likes of Good Looking, 31 and Tangent. Yet with this astonishing average of one release every month over seven years, it may only just be now that he is really about to hit his stride with the resurrection the once stalled Interphase, Australia’s only dedicated drum and bass record label. Yet the question on many peoples lips is; why did Interphase go through such a long hiatus after between releases? At the end of the day, Greg believes that the finger may point at the economic problems that have plagued the record industry in the past few years. Read more »

It was another return of one of the old school legends, that had the interest of punters piqued, when Goldie returned to Perth on Saturday night to play at Rises Revolution night.

A strange crowd presented itself upon entry – a mix of dnb heads, rise goers and the odd strange people who seem to have merely wandered in off the streets gave off a fairly strange vibe, but as hit the stage a few heads were already getting into it. Read more »

It was with eagerness that a crowd of dnb heads turned up at the Hyde Park Hotel to witness the return of old school favourite, DJ Randall, to Perth last Saturday night.

Having unfortunately missed most of the local boys sets due to prior engagements, it was heard that most of them stuck to a more cross-time selection by laying quite a few older tunes mixed in with the new. Its always a disappointment when sets by the local lads are missed, as often the case that they are standout performances in the night, but reports back are that Muller, Rintel and all played great sets. Read more »

For a year now, the Rise nightclub has been presenting a different face to its Saturday night lineup. Taking elements from all styles of electronic music, Rise has managed to pull of a difficult feat in Perth – producing a night with a span of different genres of music, week after week in order to please its punters. Read more »

Inland Knights are a near household name for house fans and DJs specialising in the unbroken side of electronica. With almost every house DJ of any form of reputation owning at least one of their singles, and boasting a rather more than credible production and performance past, the night was set for a completely off the hook event. Read more »

For several years, every Friday morning, a mysterious plague has been affecting Perth Drum n Bass fans. With symptoms including headaches, nausea, twitching, partial deafness and rictus smiles stretching across faces, the plague has been non-stop in its assault – and we can blame this virulent epidemic on the enthusiastic and salubrious minds behind ROLLER.

Its been a long ride for all the boys of Roller, who over the past six years have not only won the Best Regular Weeknight category in PDMA awards for the past three times running, but also carry the reputation of now being one of the longest running drum and bass nights in the Southern Hemisphere. Read more »

It seems only a short time since Elite Force, the creative mind behind a new wave of innovative tech-orientated breaks, last visited PE to display why exactly it is that a good party is not always to found in tried and tested formulas.

With a breakbeat scene that is often heavily orientated towards the “party-breaks” end of the spectrum, and with punters more familiar with funky styled and go-jump beats, the prospect of a tech orientated evening was promising. Read more »

For someone who has traveled within Perth DJ circles for longer than most, Aaron Morgan, aka Rousa, still holds a distinguished place in the ears of many as a champion of a genre which has had incredible highs, and incredible lows. From the heady days of large scale events, where it took the forefront of almost every stage, to the sometimes quiet backrooms of the Hyde Park on ROAR Tuesdays with other DJs such as Hutcho, Mental and Kevin, Hardcore has seen its fair share of DJs come and go – many lingering, many retiring, and many moving to the at times affable fields of drum n bass. Yet there is no doubt in anyone’s mind, that hardcore has played a major part in the shaping of Perths club scene – and Rousa has contributed more than his fair share of dedication to keeping the genre, not only alive, but fresh and kicking. Read more »

In the run up to the summer festival series, upon seeing the lineup for Parklife, it was a joy to behold so many quality acts on the one lineup. Looking for all intents and purposes as a mini rendition of the seminal Breaksfest, Parklife had all the frills of the Belvoir event plus the added bonus of catering for those of a more house orientated persuasion. The fresh lineup coupled with a fresh new venue in the form of The ‘Deen and the associated block curtailed of traffic offered something unique to the Northbridge area, and it was as much the uniqueness of the venue and associated lineup as it was the big names attending that drew the crowds in their hundreds. Read more »

With another incarnation of the Bumpa series of breakbeat events at Heat Nightclub been and gone, there is much to be said. The visiting international contingent, comprising the unique and freshly innovative Tipper and Heavy Weight Breaks phenomenon Skool of Thought, performed to high expectations and did not disappoint.
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It’s late in the afternoon, and Kenny Ken is in front of his computer, sending and receiving tracks on the ‘net, preparing for his upcoming Australian tour. “When you’ve djed as much as I have, you tend to not practice as much,” he jokes. Yet Kenny has spent the past week doing exactly that, sifting through his record room looking for tunes and preparing an arsenal of dub-plates, almost fourteen in all, to compliment the older style Ragga tracks that he will be playing whilst here in Perth. “I have a bunch of stuff,” he remarks, “a good few classics as well – some thing that people might not have heard back then.”
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