Masonik presents two huge sets. Their style fuses world sounds from Europe, the Middle East and beyond with their unique blend of home spun dub beats, reverb and echo, combined with live Vj.

The first set will feature renowned local sarengi player Bal Singh. An accomplished performer Bal has played with numerous outfits and is comfortable playing in both Indian Classical and more experimental and contemporary contexts. He will be bringing his own improvised Indian themes to downtempo beats and electro drones.

The second set presents Internationally acclaimed saxophonist Paul Pax Andrews to the Masonik fold. Paul has a very distinguished history in the Australian Jazz scene that has seen him perform the world over. Paul will be deconstructing his beloved jazz through the dub medium. Reinterpreting his years of honed performances and training into a completely different mold.

Cloven Dub - live dub multi projection Vj, improvised ambient drone & deconstructed jazz. Beats, reverb & echo.

Featuring special guest Dj Globoa.

Masonik is preparing for a huge year in 2009 - Dub is the theme.

Dub World Fusion

Dub Metal

Dub Spoken Word

Loads of gigs & collaborations - we hope you check in & enjoy

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Masonik is preparing for a huge year in 2009 - Dub is the theme. Dub World Fusion Dub Metal Dub Spoken Word Loads of gigs & collaborations - we hope you check in & enjoy

Listen to Masonik's new track YOGANDA AMIN DUB - This track was played at the Xwray Cafe in Fremantle - Watch out for more Dub filled adventures.

The following review of the Wormhole Cd Launch - Nov 08 - Sent to us via the Wormhole Lads- Cheers Fellas:

Monday, December 08, 2008
   

Wormhole cd launch live review RADIODINGBAT
Category: Music

Wormhole / Voyager / Tangled Thoughts of Leaving / Masonik / Slowlight

The Bakery 14 / 11 / 08

Starting this night of progressive rock and experimental music was the young band Slowlight. This keyboard heavy five piece got the progressive ball rolling early balancing loud forceful female vocals against uplifting keyboards and extended melodic metal-influenced guitar solos. The band initially drew a lot of crowd interest, however this kind of uplifting, guitar-noodling keyboard heavy prog-rock does struggle to hold audience interest and as their set wore on the crowd slowly dwindled. Overall Slowlight feel like a slightly tighter jam band, the songs seeming unfocussed and dragged out losing themselves in extended soloing. Perhaps more work on songs and a few less solos; overall the band shows promise and seemed to go down well initially with the interested crowd.

Next up were the more experimental Masonik. The band (collective?) tonight consisted of two guitarists, a laptop musician and a VJ. Masonik play a distinctive blend of droning guitar and ambient passages influenced by the less experimental works of Scanner but with a heavy, slow dub flavour. The live VJ added a fascinating component to their otherwise background music adding swirling hypnotic visuals and bizarre film snippets to confuse and bewilder the unsuspecting punter. The group seemed out of place act on the bill neither fitting the flamboyant styles of the headliners not the murky heavier flavour of the following act. Unfortunately the disinterested crowd reflected this; many leaving to crowd the bar or to go outside tom mill around or smoke. Their performance little more then background filler for the acts to follow. A shame as this act in the right circumstances would be an engaging and interesting experience.

Tangled Thoughts of Leaving are an act this reviewer has had his eye on for a while.
Falling squarely into the post-metal (for want of a better term) side of modern heavy music,
With the guitarist sporting an Isis shirt the band were literally wearing their influences on their sleeves this evening. The band whet the audience's appetites with a few individual songs before playing the entirety of their latest release the "Tiny Fragments" Ep, consisting of three passages totalling 18 minutes. Definitely the heaviest band on the bill the band drew the second biggest crowd of the night. The bands hypnotic blend of jazzy piano and droning, brutal guitars make for an appealing and unique sound, the jazz influence setting them apart from their Isis-clone peers. This arresting and exciting band is also exceptional live. The keyboardist getting so involved in the cacophony they were generating at one point he leapt from his keyboard and felt the need to smash the cymbals. Definitely worth repeat viewings the band were truly a highlight of the evening.

Fresh from a stint touring Europe, Voyager proved why they are so revered in the Perth metal community. Whilst being far from this reviewer's cup of tea, the Voyager lads are astounding musicians and have built up a strong supportive kind of fan base most bands can only dream about. Sticking largely to material from their latest CD "UniVers" the size of the crowd proved who the majority of punters came to see. The band describe their sound as being a blend of Prog, Power, Thrash, Rock and Middle Eastern influences, but to this reviewers ears lean a lot more on the progressive metal sound that is absolutely huge in Europe.
The band's music reads like a modern prog-metal checklist. Soaring vocals check. Melodic passages? Check. Heavy passages (to balance out the melodic ones)? Check. Virtuoso musicianship? Check. Virtuoso solos to prove said musicianship? Definitely check. Voyager's strength lies in their ability to meld this prodigious soloing to a strong backbone of melody.

The headliner of the evening, Wormhole, describe their music as "space rockin' psychedelic grunge" and given the heavily (very heavily) Pink Floyd influenced brand of progressive rock they displayed this evening; a more apt description is hard to find. Being the brainchild of multi talented musician Marcus Roberts the band ploughed through a set of acid drenched psychedelic rock. It is incredibly hard to avoid Pink Floyd comparisons when the music borrows so heavily but the band manages to make the sound their own. Soft vocals combined with hypnotic guitar work to enchant the audience into a silent reverie. Wormhole closed the night on a high (possibly chemically induced) note, taking punters on such a journey to leave them confused as to whether to return to earth or to just keep flying.

Review by Cameron Powell

Dublympics Beijing 2008

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Masonik Beijing Vj remix 2008 CHASE THE DRAGON - CGI fireworks, over dubbed child singers & cloud seeding.

not a cliche in sight.

LET THE DUB GAMES BEGIN!!!

View this documentary on the Masonik website.

Bambuco Travelling Curtain

DJ Megamichael again inspires Masonik with his masterful custom cut vinyl - hear more Chinese inspired CLOUD SEEDING!!! - as a live remix is uploaded

Listen to our new track Mega Tzuey a wartz n all live mix - Ancient melody "the strumming of an elderly gentleman in a state of refined intoxication" - collaboration with members of Kenspark

Masonik celebrates it's 1000^th MySpace viewer by announcing their next gig, where the music is definitely "outside" 

Saturday January 12th
from 7PM
27 Grant Street
Cottesloe 6011
WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Please join Masonik & special guests in a BYO evening of electronica & visual wizardry under the stars in the garden of electronic delights!

Please note: this is a private address, so trouble makers & bad vibes will not be tolerated!

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