Forenzics

Ed from Hoplite & Packhorse has released a short film documenting the Remote Control group art show put on at Tortuga Studios in July this year at which Forenzics performed two storming sets. The film features two tracks off our H3O album and also a very brief snippet of our performance on the night. Check it out above or on youtube here. Ed also took this cool grungy still of the gig.

Forenzics at Tortuga Studios, July 2009, featuring from left, Matthew Syres, Joe Cummins and Dirk Kruithof

Sneak peek at the new cover artwork featuring the work of guitarist Dirk Kruithof.

At long last Static and Silence is finished! Pretty much ready to go – artwork is also done and we’ll be uploading to itunes etc shortly ready for the release early next year. Exact date to be confirmed. Once again Jorden Brebach and William Bowden have helped us create a record that sounds fantastic, full and sonically rich.

Today Forenzics are proud to announce Forenzics Radio – a streaming audio player containing all sorts of weird and wonderful offcuts from the improvised musical process that is Forenzics. Full of unreleased, demo, live and poorly recorded improvisations we’ve recorded over the years with many more to come.

Check out the new look music page. No more messing around with quicktime for all you PC types. Should also make it much easier for us to add new tracks both for streaming and download.

Four new T-Shirt designs are available for purchase through our redbubble shop or on the shop page of this website. You can pick almost any colour and 4 different styles – standard, long sleeve, v-neck and fitted. Check ‘em out. From A$30.

An intent Jorden Brebach during our mixing session in the Orange Room on Saturday.

We’ve finally managed to nail down the incredibly busy Jorden Brebach to begin mixing our second album. We’re almost half way through the 5 track CD which is almost certainly to be titled Static and Silence. Some teaser tracks to come in the next few weeks…

Fantastic independent record stores Repressed Records, Bravery Repetition and Noise, and So Music are all kindly stocking our debut CD H3O. Go to the shop page for more info. Then get down there and buy one! You know you want to…

Forenzics and Ryota after recording for an as yet untitled Forenzics album. From left, Joe Cummins, Dirk Kruithof, Ryota Yamamura, Matthew Syres.

Forenzics record with Japanese electronic artist Ryota Yamamura on the 11th May 2009. In our quest for sonic diversity and continuing musical inspiration we took the opportunity to record with Ryota during his brief stay in Sydney. We’d played together last year – complete with our then drummer Even McGregor, and it totally rocked – so we were keen to get together and record it this time. Totally glad we did, some audio teasers and more pics to come. Kudos to Michelle Barry for the sterling recording under difficult circumstances.

Forenzics debut album H3O is finally available for download from itunes. The other sites came online quicker but as itunes is the most widely used by everyone we held off announcing availability till then. You can also purchase it from emusic, amazon, napster and rhapsody. Go to the shop page for more info.

Cyclic Defrost gave H3O the once over. Here’s an excerpt:

Forenzics appeals to a tuned ear, one familiar to the art rock world, high on minimalism, completely rebelling against the structured codes that their chosen instruments lend, yet succinctly reveling in their wielding. Providing powerful new landscapes of sound, abstracted estranged music that is becoming uncannily familiar and growing fonder in the ear of this ‘noise’ avoider.

Check out the complete review at http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/blog/?p=3012