Inertia (Record Label)

Get ready the enigmatic & new rising star Clark on Warp Records is about to hit out shores.

Chris Clark has just unleashed ‘Totems Flare’ - his boldest album yet, a mesh of breakneck dance music, baroque melodics and phat, driving techno & electro. It’s also the first album featuring Chris’ vocals.

The album was preceded by an EP, ‘Growls Garden’ in March to critical acclaim.

As Clash Magazine put it: “it’s the best dance music we’ve heard in 2009. Simple." 

Here at home they completely concur...

THE AGE **** “the enigmatic Clark presents an audio riddle…Kraftwerk if they’d been arrested by AIR”
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD **** “majestic electro-orchestration… of mutant funk, a dark disco roll or the odd hip break”
INTHEMIX.COM “a highly emotive record … a  truly unique beast, creating its own dark haven to lurk in,.. allowing the listener to be absorbed into its womb like atmosphere’

Mercury nominated British singer songwriter Lou Rhodes returns with her third solo album 'One Good Thing', released in  March 2010 through Motion Audio, a new Ninja Tune subsidiary label run by The Cinematic Orchestra.

'One Good Thing' brilliantly and beautifully reflects the very natural talent of one of Britain’s most accomplished and unconventional singer songwriters. Recorded in just two weeks in live takes with minimal editing and overdubs the result is a record of disarming honesty.

"Most of the music I'm inspired by was either recorded years ago or uses similar old-school analogue techniques", say Rhodes. "I guess if I had a reference point for the recording of this record it'd be stuff like Nick Drake's 'Five Leaves Left' or Nico's 'Chelsea Girl'. Basically guitar and voice recorded together as it's played with the sound of a room rather than a deadened vocal booth. Then the addition of beautiful, simple strings and the odd frame drum..."

Rhodes will be in Australia over summer for some very special shows with her beloved original act, Lamb.

Download the track here

Inertia has swept the nominations of 2009 AIR Awards. Hosted, by the Australian Independent Record Labels Assosiation, the awards honour the year's top independent talent.

Adelaide pop sensation, Sia, has recieved nods in the "Best Independent Single or EP" category for her hit, "Buttons", as well as "Breakthrough Independent Artist Of The Year" and "Independent Artist Of The Year.

Sydney indie-popster, Dappled Cities, have been nominated in the "Best Independent Album" category for their opus, 'Zounds', as well as the "Independent Artist Of The Year" category.

Sydney's Decoder Ring have been nominatedin the "Best Independent Album" category for their album, 'They Blind The Stars And The Wild Team'. John Steel Singers have been nominated in the "Breakthrough Independent Artist" category. And in the "Best Independent Hip Hop/Urban Album" category, Inertia has recieved a whopping three nominations: Astronomy Class for 'Pursuit Of Happiness', Hermitude for 'Threads', and Pez for 'A Mind Of My Own'!

Inertia congratulates all nominated artists for this fantastic achievement, and looks forward to the announcement of winners on 22nd November.

US car company Lincoln has commissioned from Sia a version of The Church’s Iconic Australian 1988 hit ‘Under The Milky Way’! Currently on US tv, it really is a stunning version of this wonderful song.

Check out the ad here

And download the track for free from here!

After two years of feverish anticipation, Sydney five-piece BRIDEZILLA present their stunning debut, ‘The First Dance’.

Bridezilla consists of Holiday Carmen-Sparks (vox, guitar), Daisy Tulley (violin), Pia May Courtley (guitar), Millie Hall (saxophone) & Josh Bush (drums). Releasing their self-titled debut EP in 2007, critics would scramble to comprehend the band’s sound, likening it to everything from Dirty Three’s instrumental explorations, to Cat Power’s country-noir and PJ Harvey’s darkened outsider-pop.

Produced by Kramer (Low, Palace Songs) & mastered by Greg Calbi (Grizzly Bear, Modest Mouse) ‘The First Dance’ boasts a unique blend of fragile folk, twisted jazz, & wandering pop.

With their brand new single “Beaches” already circulating the internet (stream it here), Bridezilla have just return from their 2nd invitation to play All Tomorrow's Parties, (this time in NYC alongside Flaming Lips & our own Dirty Three & The Drones) andhave now been announced for Sydney's Homebake Festival: