August 29, 2010: debut gig!
The band has started booking gigs, with the very first one now confirmed for Sunday 26th September at Alloneword, at 188 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley (next door to The Arena). Alloneword describes itself as: "a boutique nightspot swathed in style and intimacy ... focusing on bringing together likeminded people who appreciate style and class, cutting edge music and an environment where one can escape for a few hours a week in a discreet and exclusive surrounding." Swanky huh? CP are at the bottom of the bill, supporting two other acts, starting at 5:00 in the afternoon and playing for thirty to forty minutes ... so don't be late or you'll probably miss them. We hope to publish details of further upcoming gigs soon. ... to top August 26, 2010: photos by Kelly Hussey-Smith
A few weeks ago the band was fortunate enough to work with award-winning photographer; Kelly Hussey-Smith on some new promo shots. This came at a great time as the new band was just in formation, Jim having only just joined. The shoot was undertaken in a horse paddock in Upper Brookfield, which bears the strange distinction of having an old-fashioned red English telephone box in the middle of it. Post-production is now complete on these images and three of them have been posted to the About page. The band conveys it's heartfelt thanks to Kelly for putting up with them, and the horses during the morning. ... to top August 8, 2010: cp welcomes Jim Fleming
Changes have made themselves felt in the band over the past couple of months. Mark left in May, and was replaced for a brief time by Warren Martin, ex of many Brisbane bands. Warren stayed for only a few weeks and when he left, the band got back in touch with Jim Fleming, who had previously responded to the same ads that brought Warren in. Jim was keen and has fitted in perfectly, adding dimensions to the band's sound with some very elegant, powerful and melodic bass-work. Jim has been playing around the Brisbane scene for years, most recently with Blood Sugar Sex Magik, a Red Hot Chilli Peppers tribute band. The first priority is still putting together a live set. With the new band starting to feel and sound more like a solid unit than ever before, the plan is for some gigs starting in the next couple of months. Watch this space for news of upcoming shows. ... to top May 30, 2010: new drummer: Simon Thomas
CP's ranks have again swelled with the addition of Simon Thomas on drums. Simon brings to the band a wealth of live experience from supporting Marrillion in Swansea, Wales (UK) to playing at hotels and “upmarket birthday parties” in Oman in the Middle East Mac is well pissed off at having been put out to pasture but he will be remembered for the two and a half years of solid service he put in. Having now converted themselves from a two-piece recording project to a full 4-piece band, CP are now putting in the hours to convert the recordings of the past two years into a rivetting live set, as well as continuing work on the next album. April 8, 2010: the kenilworth sessions on iTunes
The Kenilworth Sessions is also now available from iTunes. click the iTunes link to the left of the album on the shop page. April 7, 2010: the kenilworth sessions - RELEASED
Get your credit cards ready! The Kenilworth Sessions, cartoon physics' latest recording project was officially released today. It is available either as a physical CD or as a download from CD Baby. Click the button to the left to purchase. Streaming mp3's of every song on the album are currently available to listen to on the media page. March 21, 2010: mastering completed - songs posted
Mastering is now complete on all six songs from the upcoming Kenilworth Sessions release. Pending the finalisation of artwork an initial run of the CD will be manufactured and be available for sale shortly. Meanwhile we have uploaded streaming versions of all the songs to the media page for your listening pleasure. Enjoy! January 25, 2010: overdubs completed
The final recording sessions for cp's upcoming EP took place in the blue room over the weekend. The sessions involved Mark putting down bass tracks for two of the songs, and Mark's daughter; Sarah playing some gorgeous cello parts. Many hours of mixing still lie ahead, though hopefully the end target (a completed EP) is now within sight. December 24, 2009: new band member
CP's ranks have swelled with the permanent addition of Mark Whitmore on bass guitar. Mark is a local Brisbane lad with experience in a number of Brisbane bands. Mark's initial task will be to lay down some overdubs on a couple of the songs recorded in Kenilworth in October. Those sessions are slated to occur in late January. Mark's addition brings the band a step closer to fulfilling their ambition of performing more frequent live shows. November 08, 2009: video clip posted
Various bits of footage taken during the Kenilworth sessions have been cobbled together into CPs very first video clip! The song is a cover of Peter Gabriel's "Here Comes the Flood". The clip also contains footage from the 1927 flood of the Mississippi River, courtesy of the US Signal Corps. It is viewable now on You Tube, or just watch it on this site on the Media Page. November 01, 2009: recording completed, photos posted
CP have just completed a four-day recording session at Chateau Patterson in Kenilworth on the Sunshine Coast. Six songs have been recorded and several weeks of mixing now lie ahead. A number of photos from the sessions have been posted on the About page. July 23, 2009: per ardua ad astra on iTunes
Well, yes it has been a slow news week, but that doesn't lessen the significance of Per Ardua Ad Astra's arrival on the iTunes music store. Download it, rate it, review it, iMix it - go iCrazy! Here's the link. July 15, 2009: guest member for next project
Ted Patterson has emerged from the bush in Kenilworth to join Pete and Sam in the next CP project. Ted was the bass player in edie's playpen and will be contributing bass, and basically whatever he feels like to the next cartoon physics recordings. Ted other contribution is his stylophone, which the guys are still trying to figure out what to do with. Pre-production activities are now well under way with a number of demos completed. The material for the next project is mostly brand new and will see the band take some interesting and dare we say, vigorous new directions. We will be posting some of the demos on the media page as the material continues to develop. July 07, 2009: debut album release!
Cartoon physics' debut album; per ardua ad astra was officially released today. The album was recorded from September 2008 to May 2009 at the blue room, Brisbane. It contains 11 songs, all originals, and was produced by cartoon physics with mixing and mastering by Pete. Intrepid visitors can purchase the album here, while more cautious visitors may wish to first preview the album on our media page here (before going on to purchase it). This album has been an incredible journey for us. We hope you love it. May 24, 2009: mixed and mastered
The final mixdown and mastering process for per ardua ad astra is now complete. The songs now exist in the final versions as they will appear on the cd. We have uploaded all the songs in the correct final running order to the media page, where you can listen to them individually, or you can click the play whole album link to have the album streamed in its entirety. Unfortunately Sam has contracted a very nasty case of pneumonia. Once he has recovered, the few tasks required to finalise this epic project will be able to be completed and the cd will be released. So be sure and send some psychic healing vibrations in Sam's direction. March 9, 2009: mishap, rehabilitation and an apocalyptic new track
Nine days before Christmas we bravely predicted an April or May release for the album, based on having a "trouble-free" run. We should never make predictions. Within the couple of weeks after making that statement Sam's arm was in a cast following a nasty fall from his bike, and Mac was undergoing major surgery which ended up putting him out of action for 6 weeks! Both patients have now recovered and CP has re-convened to complete another recording. Nuclear Autumn was uploaded to the site today. This is a different sort of adventure for CP, a very short, and quite heavy "almost-instrumental" piece that, to our ears brings to mind some of Radiohead's stuff. Enjoy! February 6, 2009: death truck safari
If you've never experienced the joy that is the extreme 4X4 off-road challenge, now is the time to address that sad omission in your life. Australian Images have just released 2 DVDs: "Toperi Challenge 2008" and "Willowglen Challenge 2008" which feature 4WD trucks destroying themselves in various otherwise tranquil, rural NSW settings. The soundrack to both these DVDs features songs from CP, Mocking Room and Edies Playpen along with a bunch of other equally low profile Oz music people. Get hold of your own copy from Australian Images. December 16, 2008: juan circled & album
Progress continues toward the forthcoming CP album with Juan Circled finally mixed down and uploaded. This song has been part of CP's set for some time and P & S believe this recording captures the melodic structure and melancholy feel of the song well. Planning for the album is now at a fairly advanced point, with a tentative title, track listing and artwork concept. One of Brisbane's most promising young visual artists is also on-board to create images for the package, which we will preview on this site. Release currently looks like being somewhere around April or May 2009, depending on how trouble-free the remaining recording sessions turn out to be. As you may know, most new recordings are uploaded to this site as they are completed, but some people have reported difficulty getting the songs to open in their media player. If you are one of these people you may like to check out CP's page on last.fm. Last.fm is an English music networking site that contains all CP studio recordings. Joining last.fm will also give you the dubious benefit of hearing other bands that are considered stylistically similar to CP. September 16, 2008: blind fingers ep: RELEASED
Today marks the OFFICIAL RELEASE of our 4 song, studio CD: "the blind fingers ep" !!! Go to the consume page to read all about it and - if you want - pick up a copy for yourself (and another one for your friend). We hope you love it. August 12, 2008: recording complete for ep
Recording has finally wrapped on the blind fingers ep. The 4 songs, in running order are: Blind Fingers, Nuclear Winter, Paperback Raita and Blind Fingers [John Cougar-Mellencamp Mix]. The songs can all be heard on the media page. It's been a tortuous, but strangely satisfying process. All that remains now it to finalise artwork, press and ship the cds and they will be available for purchase online (from this site). We hope you have a chance to listen to the new tunes, and we hope you like 'em. June 23, 2008: blind fingers ep: work commences
...see now that we're super professionals and have acquired ware (both soft and hard) that enables us to make multi-track recordings, we have commenced work on our first "proper" recording project: a 4 song ep. This will feature Blind Fingers, plus versions of other songs that are never likely to surface again, including a new Dylanesque/Billy-Braggesque composition named "Nuclear Winter". Once again we will be uploading the results to our mp3.com.au site, and burning cd's for any super super hip and underground folks that would like to own one. Click the graphic at the left to see what the art work looks like. April 7, 2008: live recording
We were honoured to welcome James Sparkes into the salubrious environs of the Blue Room over the weekend whereupon James set up some extremely expensive microphones and impressive recording hardware and we set about making recordings of 7 songs - live to stereo. Of course, everyone behaved like consummate professionals, and the session went somewhat surprisingly smoothly. A reasonable version of each song was captured by, in most cases, about the second or third take. The session was recorded to DAT, so there will be a brief interlude while James bounces it to DVD and a wee bit of mastering is undertaken. P and S are keen to retain in the recordings, that honest rough edge of the live sound, while ending up with something at least reasonably listenable, so mastering will only involve getting the EQ and general song levels right. The songs recorded were: Fall in Love With Me, Juan Circled, Blind Fingers, Sequoia, Hiding Place, Wildlife Documentaries and TNK. No-one is exactly sure at this stage what will be done with the finished recordings, but it seems likely they are at least destined for uploading to somewhere like mp3.com.au |
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