HOME     LISTEN ONLINE     SMACS     PROGRAMS     MUSIC     SUPPORTERS     PODCASTS     CULTURE     FBI PRESENTS     ENEWS     SALES     FAQ   FBi MP3 - JANUARY 2006  INGA LILJESTROM Sydney's Inga Liljestrom has been compared to everyone from Bjork, Nico and Marianne Faithfull, to Ennio Morricone and Portishead - usually with some reference to David Lynch's films. On Sunday January 22nd at the Beck's Festival Bar, The Sydney Festival presents an FBi night featuring Inga and her band ELK performing alongside electro-string arkestra CODA, plus very special guest Abby Dobson (Paul Mac/Leonardo's Bride). Both acts staged sold-out performances at the Sydney Opera House Studio venue in 2005 ('Audio-Noir' and 'Music For The Eyes') and are joining forces for for one night only exclusively for FBi and the Sydney Festival, incorporating extra string players as well as their usual filmic elements, for a night of audio-visual utopianism. There are also DJ sets from Stuart Buchanan (Fat Planet) and Groovescooter so you can dance till 1am. The 'Phoenix' track available here for download comes from Inga Liljestrom's much lauded album 'Elk' and is also featured on the the Sydney Festival companion CD alongside tracks by Elvis Costello and Antony and The Johnsons etc - available for free from Hum on Oxford Street when purchasing any album by an artist who is performing at the festival this January. > open "Phoenix" > visit artist site [right/long click to save as]  THE FRAGMENTS Four guys and a 100 year old house. Damian Press, Piers Twomey, Christos Kollias and Fraser Smith spend large amounts of time there. This is Damian's pad in a suburb of Sydney's rundown, uptown, culturally diverse inner west neighbourhood. Spirits can only travel so far. Lost souls visit the house uninvited. Why do they come Dimi? Why? At night, and only then, will the house call out. While Damian lives in the house, the band rehearse and record there. They share the place with its soul captain and full time studio assistant, Ginsberg the sturdy tomcat.The house brought the band together. Damian and Piers were initially writing music there. Mark came to live in the house and joined the band. Christos came to record there with another group, joined the band and now lives there. Fraser came to record there with another...let's just say that history has a way of repeating itself in the joyous and sirenesque world of The Fragments. > open "Merry Xmas 1984" > visit artist site [right/long click to save as] < FBi MP3 ARCHIVE © 2003 SUPPORT INDEPENDENT RADIO  Privacy Statement   Disclaimer   Site Credits   Web hosting