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Nevereverland Sydney photos

Daniel Boud — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:31:44 +0000

Last Saturday saw Modular‘s Nevereverland tour kick off in Sydney at the Hordern Pavilion.

The show was a bit of a showcase for Modular acts like The Presets, Klaxons, Cut Copy, Ladyhawke, Bumblebeez and Van She. Invited international guests were geek Berliners The Whitest Boy Alive and disco queens Hercules and the Love Affair.

The day was a bit of a test for me photographically because i wasn’t using my typical Canon 5D set up. The night before the gig, the mirror fell off the shutter of the 5D and it was unusable. Cybele saved the day by lending me her Nikon D3. It’s the bees knees of low light photography, but i felt like a complete n00b with it’s back to front dials and unfamiliar set up. I managed though, and made good use of it’s high ISO capabilities.

Ladyhawke.

The Whitest Boy Alive laughing off some keyboard glitches.

Nomi Ruiz, the statuesque transgender frontwoman of Hercules and the Love Affair.

Photographers in the pit getting a height helping hand.

The Klaxons were a little more subdued, but a lot more polished than last time they were here.

Cut Copy.

Attractive festival go-ers.

Not so attractive festival go-ers.

The Presets.

A melee of punters.

Loads more photos in the Nevereverland photo gallery.

New Rave comes home

Daniel Boud — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:48:27 +0000

Is it my imagination or did the whole ‘New Rave’ movement start in Sydney?

Bang Gang, Modular Records, The Presets and Tsubi (now Ksubi) are all Sydney institutions that were doing ‘New Rave’ well before NME hopped on the wagon and made the term popular. But New Rave is really just another name for post-punk or electro-rock with glowsticks. Music genres are tired. Might as well coin a new one.

For more navel gazing on the topic see The Guardian, The Valentinos, The Times and The Big Stereo.

Whatever the case, fashionable young Sydneysiders turned out in force on Friday night for the Modular/Ksubi Christmas party. It featured the current king and queen of New Rave: Klaxons and New Young Pony Club from the UK. Also on the bill was Van She plus young upstarts The Ghosts and not so young upstarts Vendettas.

I’m no writer, so i shan’t bother reviewing the gig. But i did take lots of photos.

Modular Party in Bondi

Daniel Boud — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 02:39:14 +0000

I braved the road blocks and bad beach vibes to head to Bondi on Sunday arvo for a Modular records party. It featured their major acts: Wolfmother, Cut Copy, The Presets, Van She and the Avalanches (still in DJ mode).

In a fashion i’ve come to expect Wolfmother were head-bangingly brilliant and Cut Copy were bootyshakingly boppin. Cut Copy ended up with an all-star jam featuring various members of Wolfmother and The Presets. It was at that moment i wandered up onto the stage to take a few snaps. Nice view from up there.

I was taking photos for 3D World which you can also see in my mega Modular-Tsubi Bondi Party gallery.

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