Dorkbot! Creative Sydney! Some Vids

A big thanks to Pia, everyone at Dorkbot, and everyone that came to the Creative Sydney Dorkbot session. A real blast.

Since I didn't manage to get an new media out of that show (no one shooting video!) I thought I'd repost some oldy-but-goodies.

Dubtable at the Apple Store

George St Apple Store.

Next Dubtable Appearances

Ok everyone - I've got two showings of the Dubtable coming up. Firstly this weekend is the McArtney single launch night, Saturday the 20th of Feb, at Raval (just above the Macquarie Hotel, in Surry Hills). Then next weekend is Corinbank Music and Arts Festival, in Canberra, on the 26th to 28th of Feb. See you all around!

Sunday Arts on ABC

Apparently me and the dubtable appeared for about 3 seconds on Sunday Arts on the ABC, on the 15th of November. Did anyone catch it? If not, you can download it at http://www.abc.net.au/tv/geo/sundayarts/

It's in a short part of the program about artist run spaces in Marrickville and surrounds. Some of our favourites are included, including a short profile about the one legalised beacon of the emerging arts, The Red Rattler. The Rattler and the Dubtable show up at about 2 minutes into the show.

Photos - making the new dubtable

Thanks to everyone that came and checked out the dubtable presentation at this year's TINA. I hope it was fun. Sadly I didn't get the full new dubtable with all new tracks out, but at least I had the new box! Down below are some photos from the on-going construction and recording going in to the new beast.

Oh also check out the lastest interview by Jean Poole for 3D world!.

Review, a new camera, and a new dubtable on the way

I stumbled upon a short review of the Dubtable at the High n' Dry Fundraiser, in amongst all the other great things that happened at that gig. There are photos too:

"Wandering between rooms, we were intrigued by James Nichols & The Dub Table Tactile Experiment. This amazing feat of engineering and imagination lets the operator control prerecorded Dub loops by placing, sliding and rotating handheld controllers across the table surface. With people swarming the table it was hard to get a good grasp on the ingenious contraption, however, even more fascinating was watching the captivation and amazement on other people’s faces as they interacted with the device and created their own music. If you are ever lucky enough to be in the same place at the same time as this table of dubly goodness I strongly suggest you have a fiddle."


Full article at http://musicfeeds.com.au/gig-reviews/photos-high-dry-fund-raiser-2009/.

In other news I've bought a new industrial assembly line camera (60 fps!) for making the new Dubtable Ver 2.0. There'll be new tracks and a new interface, hopefully in time for the appearance and talk at this year's This Is Not Art festival

Next Outing

Will be at Ripped. This won't be any ordinary dubtable, it will be an all new MashTable, will involve some squelch, and possibly involve some gabba. It's at The Red Rattler Theatre, Marrickville NSW, on the 8th of May.




(Also playing is my live-jungle-twitch band Svelt)

Credits and Thank Yous

I've neglected to, up til now, credit the people and musicians that have helped me with this project! It's about time. Without further ado:

Drums - Jesse Ricketson, Chris Lauf, Evan McGregor
Bass - Eden Ottignon
Horns - Ruth Wells, Ian Pieterse, Scott Turner
Vocals - Emily Collins
Guitars & Keys - Me

And of course, I wouldn't have been able to do it without the help of Luke Purse, Dylan Prinns, and Figureight.

Also - a new and different version of the Dubtable, maybe called the Smooshtable, will be coming out on May the 8th at Ripped (A night at the Red Rattler, Marrickville). Development underway. Gabba may or may not be involved.

Corinbank Photos

And now some photos courtesy of Asher Floyd. Check out his photography at www.didrain.com. Click on the photos for full res versions.

Corinbank 2009

Corinbank was a wicked festival down near Canberra, many thanks to the crew for letting me have my own Dubtable sideshow tent! There's also some great footage from Corinbank that I've uploaded. Many many thanks to Lousie Bradley for sending me her footage.



This footage realy shows the way I originally envisaged using the dubtable - using it to create a song progression by adding and removing layers, and dubbing it the hell out.

Next Dubtable Outting

The dubtable will next be installed at the High and Dry Fundraiser, on Thurs the 9th of April. It's at the Oxford Arts Factory. Big night! Check out the bill here.

Photos

A collection of photos from a Dubtable session at The Hopetoun, a venue in Surry Hills, Sydney, was uploaded by Frog. Check out his flickr page.