'The last time I was at The Workers we ended up getting booted out on account of a friend of mine taking off his shoes and socks and rolling 'round on the floor like a lunatic, so I was somewhat apprehensive about darkening its doors again. After a snaky shimmy through to the bandroom it was all good however, and we arrived to hear warm-up act Tic Toc Tokyo cutting some mean shapes. I’m not normally one for processed music done as part of a live act, but these guys were impressive. It was a very eclectic set, mixing wonderful vocal harmonies with some funkadelic bass lines. It was a strange choice as an opening act, but a good one and I must admit I was kind of excited by them.'

Renee Tibbs
Beat Magazine- 30/09/09

'The first band on at the ever more impressive Workers Club- and sole support act for the show- were Melbourne art riff generators Tic Toc Tokyo.  Mixing polyrhythms with dancefloor bass lines and ambient guitar sounds, the band have found the perfect balance between live instrumentation and processed noise.  A stellar performance which impressed with its precision, inventiveness and power.'

Symon JJ Rock
Inpress magazine- 23/09/09

Hello.

After a few months away at the start of the year we are working on album! We've also got a few gigs lined up, the next of which are is on May 30th at The Cobra Bar at the Tote and Quan album launch at Roxanne Parlour on queens Birthday Eve!

Also, you can have a look at a couple of the new songs on youtube here:

Tyranny- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7MZ2qrQJsM

Carnival- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh3AWGT6iMI

State of Decline- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70_v1IXsI9U

Thanks to Ingrid for filming these

Cheers

Simon TTT

Hi all,

Firstly, thanks to all those who came to the Ritual single launch in October at the East Brunswick Club. We had a great night, and thanks also to Dead Before Death Gang, New Estate and Plug-In City, who all played great sets. The gig has been reviewed on Faster Louder and The Dwarf- you can read the reviews here and here, and see some photo galleries from the show here and here.

Meanwhile, the Ritual single has also received some polarising reviews. Mess & Noise called the track 'languid' and lacking 'any direction whatsoever', and described it a 'maladroit piece of post-punk revivalism'. The single was also reviewed by Whothehell.net, who by contrast described the track as 'meditative and deconstructive', 'haunting and enchanting' and claimed it 'dissolve(s) the pejorative tone in the frequent post-punk comparisons and elevates the band beyond superficial imitators'. The single was also reviewed by New Zealand blog Einstein Music Journal, who wrote: 'Taking on a densely layered, decapitating sound, Ritual drifts in and out of consciousness, shredding broken landscapes and smoothing the angular edges off their first EP'. They scored it a 7/10. Follow the links above to read the reviews in full, but as always though we think it's best you listen and make up your own mind.

As noted previously, with various members of the band off traveling overseas we'll be having a quiet summer, but we look forward to seeing you all again sometime in early '09.

-TTT.

Bachelor Of Arts Album Launch at Toff in Town.

Bachelor Of Arts, Tic Toc Tokyo & Deasd Before Death Gang

"..Tic Toc Tokyo have been building a solid reputation through plenty of gigging in the last two and a half years. Tonight they have brought some of those admirers with them as the crowd has noticeably grown in number. Launching into an instrumental as their first track gives us a good insight as to what has made them so popular thus far, deep melodic quality post-punk rock. The Phil Collins wet dream is fulfilled with a drummer that likes to sing and a singer that likes to drum. The trading places between lead singer/guitarist Simon Gibbs and drummer Nic Oogjes is marginally off putting; however, it does work on different levels as each bring something slightly different to the overall performance. The River is a belting track, but it's Colour of Place and Ladies In Vogue (check the clip on MySpace) from the Artefacts EP that really go off and have the punters seal of approval.."

- The Boomeister, Inpress, 10.9.08