J E R E M E D Y

Goodbye Melodics :-(

2011-10-31T17:26:00.000-07:00

I have been working with 4 of my close mates in a band called The Melodics for 6 years of my life and it all ends this Friday - I can't believe it! We've had an incredible time ~ we are so grateful for the opportunities we've had and also for all the peeps who have enjoyed our music and supported us along the way. I wrote n directed this little video about the end of the band (shot by Nick Rieve/spoken by Wendy Boss) hope you enjoy...

Here's the poster I designed to go with the vid...

Farewell Melodics ~ thanks for all the good times :-)

Grey Ghost's debut clippery!

2011-08-27T21:14:00.000-07:00

My first ever solo clip ~ whooooop!

I linked up with my good mate n cinematographer Rievo Roo and we created this clip...

We filmed it at an amazing venue in Melb called Revolt run by my friend Ryan Hodge who happens to also be my lighting guy... his work on this clip really took it to the next level ~ All the smoke and lighting and projections and many props were his...

The clip was MADE by my awesome creative friendly friends, hella big thanks to Simonce Page Jones for her dancing and choreography. Also to Steve n Jule for everything. Tuddy for drumming, Pete n Andy for ghostings and Han n Al n Ben for vibe-tracking/helpin out.

Also all the crew at Revolt...

Bigups from the Ghost :-)

Rapper Tag #40 + Lyrics...!

2011-08-19T00:59:00.000-07:00

I've had a few peeps hittin me up about uploading the lyrics of my Rapper Tag - so, um... here they is yo:

check it out it’s that intergalactic cat
gotta tip my cap for the tag from Mantra man
head into combat strapped with a battleaxe
in case people don't like me like Kyle Sandilands

but I'm like 'na na na' it doesn't it doesn't really matter man
I rap about rainbows does that make it faggot rap?
actually don't answer that ya probably not a fan o that
gotta pick ya crowd but I didn't cos this is rappertag

I simplify the letters like an ampersand
I am different like elephant man or adam ant
I won't be selling out for no stack o cash
nothing rhymes with orange so I refused a Fanta ad

so stand back while I stamp the track
full of colour like a plastic bag from amsterdam
but when i crome it's the microphone I'm rappin at
and if your wonderin this beat is from Ratatat

backpacker rappers write me off cos I'm not occa
but I'm from Australia dude yo I'm not soccer
I'm just being true to me in this scene
which incidentally is not being part of the scene

but the artist in me got art up in my arteries
so arty I was tagged in RT by RT
get it? Cos Mantra's name is Rob Tremlett?
and Rapper tag ... and RT and... ah forget it

you'll probably cop it later anyway like credit
I inject you with the remedy like diabetics
I speak in images like photographic critic biz
you can develop the negatives like a pessimist
whenever you see Jeremedy in your presence
you inevitably know it's time for rappin like december is
got my work cut out like Metelica's therapist
I'm a predator like Shwastaneggor's nemesis
everybody thinks that I'm some sort of terrorist
maybe I should blow up and put a morbid end to this

(breathe in and out) man I better slow down
just feel like i got so damn much to prove now
sick of being the underrated and understated
underground unappreciated underdog rapper
like being slapped in the nuts with Thundergod's hammer
and i'm so sick of climbing this fucking long ladder

kick out the rungs sick of kicking the jams
I need your approval like a kick in the pants
so cut it out like Edward Scissor Hands
peeps ask where I've been man I've been in my band

been bustin my balls in this band for six years
to realise we can't take it further like the fifth gear
this year decided to take the fuck over
with the grey ghost cloak hanging over my shoulder

the dopest MCs in the country telling me I needed to put out a solo LP immediately
I was like okay jeez just gimmi 3 months I made an EP now it's out in a few weeks

so check it out under the name Grey Ghost
sorry to The Melodics fans who came to the shows
it’s been mad fun but we callin it a day tho
thanks sincerely Jeremedy - I've been today's host

cheers for listening hope you diggin the style
if not fuck it man just be in denial
anyway enough frickin rhythmic chin wagging
like a grapher I’mna have ta do some god damn tagging

was thinking that I'd tag that dude Count Bounce
but then Joelistics would be mad if he found out
speakin of Joel's Rappaport would kill it
but then we'd have to hear from the whole of Big Village
ha kidding love to hear Jessewun from thundamentals
Julez or Elf Transporter kill an instrumental
that dude from rap news Hugo One
Dyl Thomas Urban Monk from Polo Club
who else I was thinkin of?... I know yes
my old mate D-fro from the Psyde Projects
could even deal with hearing another one from Drapht
thought I'd even tag Rhyno just for a laugh
hahaha nah that'd just be silly
I'mna please a few rapper tag fans n tag Illy

so did you catch that correct?
I double L Y Illy in effect
pick up the Grey Ghost EP when ya getasec…
out online everywhere late Sep...
temper don't forget man remember
And the last Melodics show happenin in Novemeber
Yeah 4th of N-O-V
come and have a bender with me Jeremedy...

Some Grey Ghost Tunes...

2011-07-29T00:15:00.000-07:00

The Melodics Press Shot

2011-05-09T01:31:00.000-07:00

Kisshead

2011-05-09T01:22:00.000-07:00

Press Shot for my other band Kisshead; Electronica Folk Love Step Stuff :-)
Photo by Damian Vincenzi.

SASKWATCH 7" LAUNCH POSTER

2011-03-03T15:48:00.000-08:00

Recent Melodics Posters

2011-02-09T20:59:00.000-08:00

Grey Ghost (My New Solo Project) Coming soon...

2011-02-08T00:06:00.000-08:00

Self Portrait for Solo Project :-)

2011-01-12T20:38:00.000-08:00

Starting Sunday

2011-01-12T19:45:00.000-08:00

Brand spankin' new album cover for local band Starting Sunday

DKS

2011-01-12T19:18:00.000-08:00

Our friend and collaborator Nick Rieve put together this clip for The Melodics 'Donkey Kong Suicide'. Half a day filming out in the bush, it was heaps of fun and hassle free. Check out Rieve's work at www.nickrieve.com

Tumbarumba

2011-01-12T18:40:00.000-08:00

Last minute album design for Tumbarumba, a Melbourne based band made up of 5 Percussionists inspired by Brazilian Percussion and cool shit like that. Photography by Rahpael Recht.

Zulu Flow

2011-01-12T16:47:00.000-08:00

When it rains it pours.
Late December 2010 brought in quite a few of these scenarios: "Can you design my CD cover?"
"Sure, how long have I got?"
"24 hours..."
Who needs sleep anyway. Here is an example...

PMG Launch Sat 23rd @ The Crn Hotel

2010-10-19T20:14:00.000-07:00

The Singing Lesson

2010-10-18T19:12:00.000-07:00

Yet another last minute job...

The Melodics & [Me] Tour

2010-09-27T01:50:00.000-07:00

Theatrical Rock will meet Electro Hip-Hop for possibly the first time ever this November as [Me] hit the road with Melbourne compadres The Melodics...

Synths, guitars and a shit load of drums will be packed into a tour bus alongside an unlikely bunch of fellows with separate sounds and the same goal. The tour will mark a nation wide launch of their respective releases, with The Melodics “Paint Me Gold’ out October 15th and [Me]’s new single ‘Naked’ out October 29th.

Sharing the stage in more ways than one, expect vibrant drum collaborations and massive live performances as they bring together their creative sounds from opposite ends of the spectrum.

A chaotic musical explosion for your ears, [Me] have been likened to the bastard son of Muse and Queen, becoming known best for their 3 minute rock operas on a grand scale. The Melodics have captivated audiences around the country with their indie-rock and electro hip-hop, most recently with their latest single Donkey Kong Suicide, which saw them unearthed on Triple J for the One Movement showcase in early October.

The Melodics 'Paint Me Gold'

2010-09-13T23:01:00.000-07:00

It's a lot of pressure doing album covers for The Melodics, I always feels like it's gotta be my masterpiece. I guess I put so much of myself in the music that I feel I need to do the same visually. We wrote a song a while back called 'Paint Me Gold' which is another one of those space-based love tunes I like writing. The title is from the lyric...
“Colour me in // paint me gold // I'll be your canvas if you'll be so bold // the black & the white is now colourful // my satelitte // got ya signal...”

The idea came to me to call the new EP 'Paint Me Gold' even though it doesn't feature the song (it'll be on our next record). I instantly thought of the image of a woman with a shaved head staring at the viewer with golden paint falling on her head. From there came the vision of shooting a male as well, so I called up my uncle Pete to be the dude and my friend Arlene for the female. I knew she had had her head shaved but upon talking to her I found out it had been 8 months so her hair had grown out, but... she was keen to put one in for the team so we shaved her head on the day of the shoot ~ what a trooper! So anywho, the concept is that there is 2 alternate versions of the CD; a male and a female copy. Time will tell if we can do this, if you get the CD, chances are at this stage it will be the female copy. But we may just print some male ones down the track if it's popular enough (that was a hint to buy a copy).

It was a hectic shoot, that's for sure. We emptied our drummer's lounge room, put down a tarp and went to town! Thanks to all involved, particularly Nick Rieve (photography) Juleiaah (make-up) Petey & Arlene (the modeeels) Tuddy (the paint pourer and location loaner) and Tarko (the test dummy).

Here's the 1st part of the 'Paint Me Gold Sessions' a mini-doco put together by Nick Rieve, who shot the cover art... You can also see Rieve's photography at www.nickrieve.com

'Paint Me Gold' out through iTunes October 15th
...in the meantime, check out the songs at www.themelodicspaintmegold.com

Lift Off Festival Illustration

2010-09-13T00:40:00.000-07:00

A Canberra festival hit me up to create an illustration for their poster, they wanted something fun, young and modern with elements representing parts of the festival, such as skating, music, B-Ball etc. The following illustrations will be used as elements of their poster, I'll upload it when it's done.

Synth-Fish

Final Illustration

Skating Space-Monkey

Paris Wells Album/Single Design

2010-08-25T00:39:00.000-07:00

'Various Small Fires' Cover/Back Cover

'Through & Through' Single Cover

Photography by Matthew Jensen www.mattjensenphotography.dphoto.com
'Various Small Fires' front cover art direction by T. Fitzgereld of Floatingworld www.floatingworld.com.au
Check out Paris' music at www.pariswells.com.au

Farfar

2010-08-12T17:59:00.000-07:00

When my wonderful grandfather was unwell, my grandmother asked me to make some photo montages to put on the wall of his hospital room so that the nurses could see that he was once a strapping young lad and a very successful, handsome, caring and devoted family man. It was nice for them to see him as a young man, and he used to gaze at the posters for hours, as did we.
The below image is made up of scanned photos from a dusty album of him in Norway where he grew up.

R.I.P Farfar

Oceans Baroque

2010-07-28T03:33:00.000-07:00

My fellow vocalist from The Melodics (Mr Hue Blanes aka Oceans Baroque) has a solo jazz/classical project he's been workin on. We decided to do an old school contra deal; I design his artwork and in return he gives me some bad arse classical singing lessons. Everyone wins. Well... Huey might loose out a bit as I'll be stealing the vocal spotlight with my improv Baroque rap-scats after his masterful tuition...

Check out his tunes at: www.myspace.com/oceansbaroque

CHOP!

2010-06-21T08:13:00.000-07:00

The rhythm section better known for their work in The Cat Empire and Jackson Jackson have yet another project up their sleeves known as The Genie. The band whips up retro fusion and backwards funk with synth jazz and well just about anything they feel like playing that day. Their debut record is about to drop and I had a hell of a lot of fun putting the artwork together for it. So, ladies and gentleman, without out further ado, I present to you ~ The Genie 'Here Come The Scissors'...

DIRECT INFLUENCE ~ War In My Kitchen

2010-03-17T22:43:00.000-07:00

Direct Influence are about to release their debut album 'War In My Kitchen'. It's a striking, vibrant record about love and war and everything in between. I went with a bold emblematic vibe... Below are some elements of the digicase design as well as the tour poster... check out DI at www.myspace.com/directinfluence1

THE MEGAHORNS

2010-03-17T09:00:00.000-07:00

The Megahorns are a big band full of trumpets, saxes, tubas, drums, vocalists and so on... They came from a background of busking and jamming so I wanted to capture that in the artwork. I sketched up these 'hornhead' characters and worked hard on capturing a real clean cut yet hand done and super textured vibe...

Below is the outcome for the Vol 1. out very soon..

THE MELODICS RESIDENCY

2010-02-14T22:37:00.000-08:00

The Melodics are back at Miss Libertine to play Thursdays in March...
so it was time to get some new visuals happening.
I've been vibing on the hand-done non-consequential imagery
to create a mood:
Chewbucca in sunglasses, Rubick's Cubes, 3d glasses, Nintendo controller, Super 8 camera, projector etc etc.

THE MELODICS THURSDAYS IN MARCH
"After swanning about in the sunshine and lapping up the good-time summer energy The Melodics have headed indoors to capture this feeling in song form.

Inspired by Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys The Melodics have built a sandpit in their heated Headquarters to help tap into this feel good energy. Unfortunately, a week after commencement, Oceans Baroque and Fantastic Mr Fox were badly scolded in a freak spaceship accident on the way to rehearsal which brought a dark energy to the band....

This dark cloud VS sunny skies clash created a whirlwind of musical endeavors that the boys now describe as the dark-sun sounds, which has inspired brand new tunes such as Donkey Kong Suicide and Bang Bang."

ALTER EGO PASTE UPS

2009-12-07T20:13:00.000-08:00

I was commissioned to do a series of paste ups at a cafe called Servery & Spoon. It's a lovely little spot in Caulfield with a lot of kewl and sexy young mums and lots of kiddies, cakes, Phoenix cola and organic sour dour sandwiches. I decided to create a series based on some alter-ego's that are relevant to my friends and I.

The following pics are from the process of the alter-ego paste-up series :-)

...It started with Rathf (The Monkey) who was my first alter-ego who was born at Strathfield station in Sydney after Juleiaah and I had been travelling ourselves into delirium.

Next is Rauw (Also known as Dragon) who is one of my all time best friends, she lives in my beautiful girl Juleiaah and is shy but brave and very good at looking after the treasure :-) Love you Drauwgooon!

Next is Llama, who is a lovely chap who resides in one of our bestest buddies Leon Calero and is a fan of one piece tracksuits and freestyle rapping to the beat of his own unique bum-slapping. Then we have Kitty of Kittiepie Islands; a suave accountant and keen chef who helps our lovely Kathy Sinclair to be her best.

Lastly we have Doo Doo the love robot ~ one of mine; a rad little android who travelled millions of miles from Planet Doo to be with the love of his life Juleidoo!

KISSHEAD EP DESIGN

2009-12-05T22:25:00.000-08:00

THE STORY OF KISSHEAD & THE BOAT CALLED ZEBRA

Kisshead travelled in both a spaceship named desire and a boat called Zebra
for millions of light years to land on earthly terrain in late 2009...
Before this time, a young and spritely Kisshead travelled from planet to planet
with the aim of recording traditional music from all over the cosmos.
A common theme and feel was noticed once the recordings were translated and Kisshead began writing songs at once. The music that was produced was a hybrid of the many styles of the intergalactic lands that Kisshead had travelled ~ this new genre was labelled 'Lovestep'. Although over 27 albums were released on the other end of the universe, the first earthly disc is a brand new EP featuring breath taking tracks such as Love Letters, If You and How Convenient...

Cat In The Mutha-Flippin Hat Y'alll

2009-11-25T16:20:00.000-08:00

I drew this bad boy for an upcoming gig, Dr Zuess meets RUN DMC...

Here he is in situ... The poster is for a Xmas gig, I started with the Grinch idea and moved on to the full Dr Zuessary...

Fab 5 Freddie

2009-11-25T15:55:00.000-08:00

Below is a sketchola I did a while ago of a ye olde school rapper called Fab 5 Freddie aka Freddie Love aka Frederick Braithwathe...ha ha. Maybe rappers have such a history in the creation of alias' because they all have wack names!? For example Busta Rhymes = Trevor Smith, Eminem = Marshall Bruce Mathers, Snoop Dogg = Cordazer Calvin Broadus, Ghostface = Dennis Coles, Royce the 5'9 = Ryan Montgomery, Big L = Lamont Coleman, Chuck D = Carlton Ridenhour, Beanie Sigel = Dwight Grant and Nate Dogg = Nathaniel Dwayne Hale! Ha ha classic!

PEZ DELUX EDITION (RE-POST)

2009-11-20T23:44:00.000-08:00

I recently designed the artwork for Pez's debut album 'A Mind Of My Own' which absolutely smashed it! It was amazing to see Perry come in with this album he had been working on not too sure how it was all going to go then next thing you
know he is everywhere! He has sold thousands of copies, got #7 on JJJ hottest 100, #11 in the ARIA charts, sold out Hi-Fi Bar, got on the Bliss and Eso tour and a whole bunch more.
I was recently approached by his crew to remix the design for a delux edition and
this is what I came up with - it's essentially the original design but with Pink/Blue instead of Orange/B&W.

Pez originally came to me with a concept of him sitting in class as a youngster dreaming out the window - cos he has always felt that way in life. I took that idea and ran with it - illustrating his actual thoughts using visuals from his rap lyrics such as references to chess, time, religion and many more.

Below is the old design before the Remix...

Illustration

2009-11-03T18:24:00.000-08:00

Thought I'd throw up some sketches.

This first one is a funny piece I did a while ago ~ I don't remember how this idea came to me but it seems to make people laugh. I made a Christmas card out of it last year to freak a few family members out!

I created this collage out of cut outs from an old National Geographic, I just cut out the shapes and created this crazy monster eating birds. It took me no time at all and it's actually my favourite piece that I've ever done.

This is another funny one, just thought of the idea of a squid in a stack hat. Might make a tee-shirt of it...

RECENT CORPORATE WORK (Baker Boys)

2009-11-03T18:02:00.000-08:00

This is part of a brochure design and branding I created for a Melbourne based covers band called Baker Boys. I collaborated with my sister Leila Koren who did the photography for the package, we tried to make it look stylish and pro while stile maintaining a lil coolness :-)

Check out Leila's photos at: www.redbubble.com/people/leilanihawaii

OLD WORK #1

2009-11-02T18:38:00.000-08:00

The Inflatables

This is some work I did for my old party band The Inflatables, we did a whole bunch of house party jams mashing up old school records with a live band, 2 DJs and 2 MCs. Was fun but we were all so busy with all our other shite that we didn't really pursue it. We did release a full length debut called 'Blueprint Adaption' but we put it out on cassette only. So very few people have heard it... I'm sure more than half the people who actually bought it still haven't heard it cos they don't have a tape player!

The design was a hell of a lot of fun to create. I tried to give the tape a real old school flavour, that old dirty faded look ~ The rest I just made super poppy and bubblegum flavoured.

This is a bit of a nastalgic post dedicated to my old Inflatable crew and all the people who bought the tape and can't play it! ha ha

OLD WORK #2

2009-11-02T10:40:00.000-08:00

I thought I'd chuck up some old stuff cos I have never had a chance to post these pieces...

The First is a photo of a bunch of my sketches in ink, pencil, high-lighter and markers. There's some Vibe Trackers, a fat angel and a squid in a stack hat...

This one is some character designs in a book of ideas for my side project called Windy Chronicles. It's a hip-hop story telling project full of characters and tales from a bizarre world that me and my fellow Windians have created. I'll definitely be posting more as it comes... in the meantime checkout ~ www.myspace.com/windychronicles

This one is a piece I developed as a prototype for a Museum brochure to promote a Japanese Kimono exhibition. Took me flipping forever to figure out all the folds!

Ode To Slick

2009-10-27T15:36:00.000-07:00

"La-di-da-di, we like to party
We don't cause trouble, we don't bother nobody
We're, just some men that's on the mic
And when we rock upon the mic we rock the mic RIGHT...
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who is the top choice of them all
there was a rumble tumble, five minutes it lasted
the mirror said, "You are you conceited bastard!"

Paint Me Gold Lyrics/ Galaxy Pieces

2009-10-27T05:08:00.000-07:00

I've written quite a few intergalactic love songs recently, the following is one of them currently titled 'Paint Me Gold'... I've put it together with some galaxy pieces I created a few weeks ago.

Verse #1///
Life was so black and white/
Yeah not so colourful/
Until my satellite got ya signal/
I was so underground/
I dug a whole down there/
Then popped my head to get some fresh air/
And when I looked outside/
It wasn't all that bad/
It feeling feel so sad/
In fact it felt quite rad/
Put on my pink and green flannel/
Packed the remote control to change channels/
That's when I done astral traveled/
On the back of my space camel/
Went to Jupiter and mars/
Had some lovers in the stars/
Now I'm more experienced/
So baby jump in the front/
We'll head off into the sun/
I know I've found my true love/
So come on paint me gold/
Girl you colour my soul let's go/

Chorus///
Colour me in paint me gold/
I'll be ya canvas if you'll be so bold/
The black and the white/
Is now colourful/
My satellite got ya signal/

Outro///
You drew a portrait of me/
But made it much less ugly/
Yet you took nothin' from me/
It changed because you love me/
The opposite of Dorian Grey/
Sadness I'll never call you again/
Oh my god your a fucking saint/
You that artist with buckets of paint/
Like Picasso and Dali in one/
Add Van Gogh but you have more fun/
So c'mon paint me gold/
You the artist behind my soul/

Brave New World Poster

2009-10-27T04:20:00.000-07:00

We are dropping our 3rd single 'Brave New World' which was inspired by the book by Aldous Huxley. Topically, the track took it's own journey. The design concept is as follows... the first is the poster design for the launch and the second is the back-cover of the promo CD in a digicase DVD package.

THE MELODICS DEBUT RECORD '4D'

2009-10-27T03:28:00.000-07:00

So... The time finally came for me to make my master piece!

My first full length record (well I put out one with The Inflatables but that only came out on cassette so it doesn't really count).

This is a concept I came up with a long time ago and I actually made what you see now as the mock-up thinking I was going to either illustrate it, paint it or actual build it and take photos. I left it for a while only to realise that I loved the draft so I kept it and created the following for a digicase CD package...

Also, below is the poster I created for the album launch @ The Hi-Fi bar which was a craaaaaaaaaaazzzzzyyy night...

FOREVER LOVE!! (RE-POST)

2009-10-03T22:36:00.000-07:00

So...
Two of my best friends got married over the long weekend. It was officially the best few days of my life and I think a few people who were there may feel the same. The wedding was on a gorgeous farm in Mount Gambier from Friday to Monday. My lovely lady Juleiaah sung them down the isle with 'feeling Good' in the sunshine and we also sung a song we wrote for them during the speeches called 'Forever Love...'
It was a highly emotional moment and we all had a group sobbing session. Below is some images of a mix Cd that included a recording of the song we wrote for them, I packaged it in a digi-pack with illustration and type created out of Juleiaah's lovely handwriting.
Andy and Ptiika - Thank you for your friendship and love and for such a dream like weekedend. Luv yas!

The Kin - THE UPside

2009-07-25T06:01:00.001-07:00

This is my most recent job - It's the album artwork for The Kin from NYC/LA...

It's a 6 panel Digicase for their 2nd Album produced by Jack Douglas who has worked with such incredible artists as (John Lennon/Yoko Ono, Miles Davis, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, The Who, Patti Smith, The New York Dolls so on and so on...)

So this is my response to the music and the new direction of the band. The music is full of beautiful harmonies and waves of warm colours and rad production (obviously.) Much love to Isaac, Thorry and Georgie x x x

THIS IS MELBOURNE COMPILATION CD

2009-05-28T03:34:00.000-07:00

This is a compilation CD that is about to come out as a free give away...
It features a group of really talented Melbourne bands including:

Illzilla
Melodics
Labjacd
San Lazaro
The Public Opinion Afro Ochestra
Diafrix

We were trying to think of a name/concept for the compilation and I came up with an idea to reference the film 'This Is England' and just call it 'This Is Melbourne.'
So I worked with the colours and type style of the movie and sketched up a Melbourne-looking kid - still with his finger up and with braces, but with black jeans, a flannel, a stetson hat and an el-coolio hair style...

I had a lot of info to work with on the back so I created a sectioned off grid to keep all the dates and info readable and not toooo cluttered. I'm really happy with this one, it makes me laugh :)

Reference For 'This Is Melbourne'

MELODICS 'LIVE FROM NOWHERE EP'

2009-05-28T03:20:00.000-07:00

Here is the front and back cover of Melodics' new live in the studio EP.
I thought of calling the EP 'Live From Nowhere' as a way of making it a lil different from just the usual 'live in the studio' thang... Then thought of the idea of illustrating us all in 'nowhere.' The bird's eye perspective was just a nice way of capturing the band in an interesting way; I often think of how different things look from different angles and I guess from above is one that you rarely see a band from. I used the muted colours on the yellow because I feel it suits the sound of the new EP... you can hear it at: www.myspace.com/melodics

DETAILS FROM MELODICS 'LIVE FROM NOWHERE EP'

2009-05-28T03:15:00.000-07:00

Here is a detail of myself and Fantastic Mr Fox on the synths...

PABLO DISCOBAR & MELODICS

2009-05-16T01:33:00.001-07:00

I created this poster last week for an up coming show with Pablo & Melodics. I designed their debut EP which I developed the phone branding for, which I took and updated for this poster. I used my favourite post-punk colours {yellow/pink} to give it a poppy edge and it came up looking very Pop Art indead...

NOISEFEST 2009

2009-05-16T01:27:00.000-07:00

I finished this poster design yesterday for a mini festival at Prince Of Wales. The heading is a hand-drawn font {which I've been loving recently} the mega-phone is also hand-drawn. The rest is vector including the dirty paint style which I created out of original ink texture {importing then live-tracing}.

EXTENDED FAMILY {SYD}

2009-05-16T00:26:00.000-07:00

This is a job I've just completed for a blues band from Sydney called Extended Family. They wanted a new branding with a bluesy, down and out feel with warm colours and a bit of a narrative. We decided to call the EP 'Yesterday Morning' ... This is what I came up with...

ARTIFICIAL CARTOON CHARACTER SKELETONS

2009-04-16T01:47:00.000-07:00

I just stumbled across this work from a Korean art exhibition that "explores the fictional anatomy of cartoon characters, with elaborate faked-up skeletons for Looney Toons characters, anatomical drawings of Mickey and friends, and many other artifacts from the study of toon anatomy". Very cool me thinks!

Recording Forever Love

2009-04-14T16:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Leon Thomas and Llama for recording our track and to Kathy Sinclair for bringin' the good vibes...

GHOST MONEY

2009-03-31T01:21:00.001-07:00

This is a character sketch I just did as a representative of Melodics' track 'Ghost Money'... I will upload the lyrics to the song when I have finished polishing them. Peace

KISSHEAD

2009-03-19T21:20:00.001-07:00

My beautiful partner, lover, muse and best friend Juleiaah Boehm is working on a nu solo music project called KISSHEAD…
This name comes from the strange place that we go together; a place that has given birth to love robots, shy dragons, troubled monkeys, aloof lions, kisshands and ... kissheads. My little sister believes this special place is called 4D (which is the title of the Melodics album) this may be true but I don't think we will ever know. Whatever this place is called it is the dimension that warms my soul and keeps me safe ... thank you sweet Juleiaah ... This artwork is of course dedicated to you ...
Enjoy

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ALEXX THE KIDD

2009-03-16T04:38:00.000-07:00

Here is the artwork I have just finished for Alexx The Kidd's debut album 'Boom Bounce' Sending it to print tomorrow. If ya wanna hear their music go to: www.myspace.com/alexxthekiddmusic
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Small Room/Large Vibe

2009-03-16T04:05:00.000-07:00

Well, twas another slamming night at Bar Open on Friday. We tried out some nu tunes and they went down a treat … Room was packed but will aim for more of a squeeze next week. For those who haven’t come down: there are 2 gigs of the Bar Open Residency left – this Fri 20th March and nxt Fri 27th March (My 25th birthday) … Love to see ya there!

"Show us your Super Pose!"

"I'm a lover, I'm a fighter, I'm a dreamer I'm a long-range sniper..."

Photos by KAYO Photography - check her shots out at:
www.myspace.com/lei_loo

ANTHONY LISTER'S SUPERHERO SERIES

2009-03-10T21:55:00.000-07:00

Superhero

2009-03-10T21:44:00.000-07:00

As I mentioned in my last blog we have just created a track called 'Superhero'. I have written the lyrics about the concept of feeling like a superhero when you actually ain't; I know I have felt that way on many occasions resulting in a fizzled out body n brain. I was inspired by my love of comic art and Spider Man comics and so forth but also by the work of artist Anthony Lister. Lister had done a series of dope paintings that feature the likes of Superman, Spiderman, Batman, Wolverine and so on. I have chucked a few up so you can see how they have inspired me …

ANTHONY LISTER'S SUPERHERO SERIES

2009-03-10T21:40:00.000-07:00

MELODICS BAR OPEN RESIDENCY

2009-03-05T15:30:00.000-08:00

I created this poster design for Melodics a few weeks ago. I wanted to make something with that Punk/New Wave style: dirty, Poppy and striking. I teamed up with my sister Leila Koren on this one: she took the shots and I edited them up and layered colours and textures to create the vibe. Check out Leila's Photography at: www.redbubble.com/search/leila koren

Nu Vibes from the Melodics HQ

2009-03-04T16:48:00.000-08:00

Melodics have acquired a beautiful Head Quarters in Carlton which will now be fondly referred to as The HQ. The space is an ex-recording studio that went out of business presumably due to the shift from analogue to digital and is still decked out with dusty gear and old school energy. We have lugged our own gear in there and have been working on new material too many times a week; resulting in delirious concoctions and tensions – the outcome being some exciting sounds and songs.

The two newest songs are titled Weather Man and Superhero. The former is a banging, forceful electro number from the perspective of an angry weather man who is feeling the effects of continual criticism and guilt for either getting the weather wrong or having to read out potentially life-threatening climates n conditions. Superhero is a bouncy 80s-infused punk tune with a high-pitched chorus and some fat raps to balance it with the new school flavarinos.

Here are some of the lyrics:

‘Sometimes I act like I got a rocket pack on my back/
And I can fly and my identity is hidden/
And I feel like anything I do is right/
And I got the super-sight yes I got the X-ray Vision/
And I can save the world and I can take the girl/
The bad guy I grab and I hurl into the distance/
And in the mic check I flex my biceps/
Before I go I let em know that I’m a hero/’

So there be the first update from Le Melodics HQ …Will update some nu vibes soon. And some shots of the HQ.
Peace, Jeremedy

2009-02-09T19:43:00.000-08:00

MY MELODICS POSTER ARTWORKS:

2009-02-09T19:00:00.000-08:00

UPCOMING GIGS:

This is a poster I created for a show we did with our good friends Illzilla on Valentine's Day. Mantra from Illzilla came up with the idea of having an 'I heart Hip-hop' style icon so I illustrated this fuzzy monster holding up a Valentine's card with that concept on his shirt.