F’Tang : Plot, thus
A 12” vinyl record released on Black Wire Records in 2023, Plot, thus is a long awaited, lilting and flowery ambient rock album by Tom Houlahan and collaborators in F’tang. It was awarded Sydney broadcaster FBi radio’s Album of the Week. I much enjoyed doing the art.
汤姆克鲁斯和凯蒂霍尔姆斯 7”
(Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes)
A 7” vinyl record released through the great Chinese punk + experimental label Genjing records in 2014. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were a Shanghai band who do stellar, swelling post rock that reminds me a bit of the Dirty Three. A must-listen for Chinese contemporary rock music fans.
Hence Therefore: Machine for Destroying Value
A cassette tape (yep! that’s right, what you play in a walkman) - released on Dharug/Blue Mountains label 3BS Records in 2016. Futuristic in sound, I would call it dance music to be sure. It says here ‘dub techno’, it’s fluttery and textural and heralds a storied and lasting career for DJ Hence T in the Sydney scene.