Octopus Pi
Octopus Pi is a music company spanning a variety of projects, primarily unique events in independent spaces which emphasise the experience of the audience.
We are also a record label; visit OctopusPiRecords.com
for more.
O/π aims to support unsigned and independent artists, nurture the local underground music scene and provide opportunities to touring artists.
Projects range from events such as Wormwood and the spin-off Wormwoodstock Festival; Whatispsych, the double-12" vinyl compilation featuring eleven Sydney bands and Whyispsych the film-length music clip for the compilation, currently in production.
Octopus Pi is Kimberley Galceran with support from visual and concept collective Optic Soup and a bunch of like-minded, passionate, do-ers.
The emphasis is on fringe music and arts that stimulate.
The emphasis is on the experience.
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Power Witch by Travis Stearns on Flickr.
NO ANCHOR GET HEAVY IN SYDNEY
Brisbane’s “doom sluggers” No Anchor are coming out after too bloody long, touring their album The Golden Bridge.
It sounds like this and feels like being punched a hundred times mid-orgasm (in this case that is a very good thing).
Supporting them are Making - somehow, always impossibly better than the last time you saw them; Thorax - without a doubt the best doom/punk band in Sydney, and Sour Cream - new doom/psych from members of Zeahorse.
The angry kid inside you will thank you…
Poster by Colin Thompson.
WHEAT FIELDS LAUNCH W OCTOPUS PI
Wheat Fields have just released their EP ‘Saturnalia’ on Octopus Pi Records and we’re also pleased to be presenting their launch on May 25th at the Old Gaelic Club.
Expect stellar tunes, cheap drinks and good times!
Specially-designed ‘Saturnalia’ USB sticks will be available on the night!
WHEAT FIELDS
with special guests
GOD K
BURN ANTARES
BAD VALLEY
& SPOONTY until late
$10 from 8pm
64 Devonshire St Surry Hills
OCTOPUS PI RECORDS.COM LAUNCHES!
We’re most excited to present octopuspirecords.com, your new home for finding and listening to music from exceptional local bands.
Octopus Pi Records will span a variety of genres all in a similar vein as the music we deliver at live gigs - thought-provoking; gut-churning; mind-manifesting…
We have a run of releases coming out this year which we look forward to sharing with you.
Follow: octopuspirecords.com
Feed Your Head.
WORMWOOD RETURNS…
Missed Wormwood? We’ve been waiting for the right line-up and location for this one…
From across the ditch, New Zealand’s CARB ON CARB top the bill with new wave gods BUZZ KULL, Melbourne’s GREAT EARTHQUAKE touring his new album ‘Mind Maps’ and BAUDELAIRE to get us loose…
As usual, tunes will be served with absinthe and other-worldly visuals by OPTIC SOUP… » Feed Your Head «.
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ADELAIDE’S SPARKSPITTER IN SYDNEY…
Octopus Pi is excited to present an evening of rhythmic intensity and dynamic post-rock - SPARKSPITTER from Adelaide supported by MAKING and GOLDEN BLONDE - in an exciting new space…
“GO SEE THEM”
- The Scenery
“Formed from members of Adelaide pro-ballers Encarta, Thunderclaw, Strega, Oh My Guard, and Bronze Chariot, SPARKSPITTER have been sheering through the Adelaide music scene with a courageously original brand of catchy, math-infected, instrumental art-pop.
Having played alongside such acclaimed artists as Prince Rama (USA), Gold Panda (UK), Thee Oh Sees (USA), Love of Diagrams, Charge Group, Steering By Stars, Tiny Spiders, Coerce, Making and Civil Civic; performed at Fringe, Lost City, and Ocean Graves festivals; toured through Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Yogyakarta, Bandung, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore; and made appearances on Triple J and local radio stations throughout Australia and South-East Asia, SPARKSPITTER’s band trajectory, like their music, really does appear to harness some sort of cosmic energy.”
Filming Whyispsych II in Newcastle
This time Octopus Pi is taking it on the road to our friends in Newcastle! We’ll be filming the second installment of the upcoming feature-length ‘film clip’ WHYISPSYCH, for the WHATISPSYCH compilation; with four noisy, cerebral, post-rock Sydney bands we adore.
The show will feature exceptional lighting and visual displays tailored to each band.
Whether you’re from Sydney looking for a weekend away, or a Newcastle native looking for a good night out - this is the place to be.
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FROM THE FUZZ-MINES OF PLANET SCRAPE
Back from their recent European tour, Scattered Order are launching the album Planet Scrape with us on April 12th.
If you don’t know the history of this band do a little research, Scattered Order are easily one of the noisiest and most intense groups to come out of Sydney since they formed in 1979. Pioneering is an understatement.
With Pimmon, Nhomea and Dead China Doll in support this gig will be devastating in the best of ways.
WHYISPSYCH - THE WHATISPSYCH FILMTRACK
Yet another project on the cards for Octopus Pi & Optic Soup…
WHAT-? WHY-?
Along with our sister-collective Optic Soup, some film-making friends, a lighting genius, all the bands and YOU we’re going to make a ‘filmtrack’ for the WHATISPSYCH compilation.
WHYISPSYCH will span the compilation from start to finish and feature live footage mixed with Optic Soup visuals. We’re going to transform The Red Rattler with lighting, decor and projections like you’ve never seen. Each band will have their own concept and the audience will play a big part in the magic!
Join us on Saturday February 23rd from 8pm as we film:
BROADCASTING TRANSMITTER
DEAD RADIO
GOD K
LYYAR
PSYCHLOPS EYEPATCH
playing full sets.
REMINISCING WORMWOODSTOCK
It’s been one year since the Wormwoodstock Festival and we’re remembering it fondly with some of the best footage taken by film-maker Tony Lawrence. Rumour has it Wormwoodstock will return in early 2014…
Wormwoodstock was a festival held 27th - 29th January 2 hours from Sydney in the Southern Highlands, featuring over 40 DIY acts from across Australia performing psychedelic, experimental or electronic music and everything in-between. Over 350 peopl came to enjoy a weekend with mind-blowing bands and brain-tripping visuals. Wormwoodstock is a spin-off festival from the regular Sydney night Wormwood :: absinthe & psychedelia, curated by Octopus Pi.
WHATISPSYCH footage by Skydreams
Here are some clips of Dead China Doll and East River playing the WHATISPSYCH launch on December 14th. Nick Hollins of Skydreams is putting together footage and interviews for a WHATISPSYCH short-doco out very soon!
More at Skydreams.com.au…
WHATISPSYCH LAUNCHES - DEC 14 & 15
ALL the bands from the compilation will be celebrating it’s release with a two-night launch, if you like what you hear then witness it in the flesh…
Psychlops Eyepatch
East River
Lyyar
Dead Radio
God K
Dead China Doll
SATURDAY DEC 15
Roboter Haus
Broadcasting Transmitter
Nhomea
Making
No Art
Each night is only $10!
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Don’t forget to bring some extra cash to pick-up your copy of the limited edition vinyl!
WHATISPSYCH OUT NOW!
THE FIRST RELEASE ON OCTOPUS PI RECORDS
Check out the trailer for WHATISPSYCH, our first release. A compilation of 11 Sydney bands recorded to tape at Megaphon Studios in St Peters (their final project after 26 years). We’re thrilled to release this for digital download on November 21st and we’ll be hosting a double-night launch (for the double-vinyl limited edition release) on December 14th and 15th. Hold the dates!
OCTOPUS PI & DOUBLEGOOD PRESENT
Zeahorse a rare show - playing tracks from their new album and selling t-shirts
Yes I’m Leaving
Corpus
Bad Jeep
Saturday November 17th
8:00pm
Gaelic Upstairs
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