Timelapse

Progress has been minimal lately. This is in part driven by the South Australian winemaking industry and the hollow spiral of my quarter-life crisis.

Our devastatingly unrealised Perth-based krautgaze band Thoth seem to sadly be otherwise engaged and The Swiss are still signed to an actual record label.

Things are starting to simmer elsewhere though so that's good news. Stay tuned to the new media connection for updates regarding that in the coming months.

REALLY REAL RECORDS NEW MEDIA CONNECTION
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soundcloud.com/reallyrealrecords
twitter.com/reallyrealrecs

In legitimate news:
-Toni Toni Lee is killing it with "Body Heat"
-The Das Moth "Moon/Wrong" release is great also
-and the new Cut Copy album +the NIMH mix
-RIP LCD Soundsystem
-RIP Nate Dogg
-RIP Institubes
-Good luck Marble

The Swiss in the Boiler Room, Adelaide Big Day Out 2010

Whatever the genre/band/venue, there is pretty much always a dick standing up the back left of the stage.

The Swiss - Movements (Brennan Green edit)

This is NYC DJ Brennan Green's edit of the original Swiss release 'Movements'
A thankyou to all the Swiss fans

The Swiss - Movements (Brennan Green edit)


also, check this video of Connie from Sneaky getting up to do a song she wrote with the guys

The Swiss at the Enmore

The Swiss absolutely tore it up at the Enmore (supporting Ladyhawke) on Saturday night. I have some pretty rough Blackberry videos but coolhandluque on YouTube seems to have done alright with what I am going to guess was a rectangular silver digital camera. It starts off with the end of the current version of "Manthem" before blooming into the summertime wonder of "Bubble Bath".

Prior to "Bubble Bath", Connie Mitchell joined the boutique disco trio that we all love to love on stage and did a pretty solid job of grabbing the bull by the horns and knocking it out of the park.

The Swiss in the studio

These are some shots from back in June when we traveled to Sydney to record the upcoming EP at the awesome Linear Studio.



Sid & Donnie working hard


The guys tracking (all live cos they're a real band!)




Sid can't play bass without dancing


Important conversations about snare sound (like it's fleetwood mac)


Donnie at the helm

The Swiss update

The EP is almost finished now and it's mental. I can't wait for everyone to hear it. Our best buddy, Donnie Sloan is putting the finishing touches on it in between working with Kylie and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

The guys are real busy for the next minute with two of them playing as the Empire of The Sun backing band for Parklife and then the Ladyhawke national support in November.

Make sure you become a fan on facebook so you don't miss out on upcoming news and wicked other stuff.

http://facebook.com/theswisspage

The Swiss on Facey

THE SWISS on Facebook

The Swiss

We would like to officially and with great sadness say good luck and farewell to The Swiss.

It's cool, they didn't die. They have signed with our good friends Modular!

We will still be working with The Swiss on a management level and Modular will be putting out their records. So stay tuned for big things from the guys.

The Swiss "Movements" (RLY000) Digi EP for sale

The Swiss' "Movements" EP is now available digitally (in WAV or 320kbps mp3) at the Really Real Records Internet Shop for $6AUD. That is a mindwrecking bargain of a pricetag. Also, good luck trying to find this anywhere else.

Tracklisting
1. Movement Part I
2. Movement Part II
3. Movement Part III

In a time when everyone who isn’t Crookers is claiming to be a “disco act”, there is an insurmountable wash of pretenders. Adelaide trio The Swiss, however, are a legit live disco band who’s existence is based entirely on flavour and good times rather than the Cobra Snake and fitted caps. [NERDY BIT: They are a band who are getting Giancarlo Meo tattoos rather than googling Giorgio Moroder best-of tracklists]

This EP is testament to what lies at the core lifestyle of The Swiss: crisp and snappy drums that cause pregnancies, quicksand lazer-sludge bass, dizzy pops & flourishes, melody rays and synthesised strings that glide on the thermal currents of life. It’s as much a breathy telephone call as it is a mid-range Bordeaux shared between ensconced lovers.

Produced by Donnie Sloan (Empire Of The Sun, Sneaky Sound System), “Movements” is a 3-part jam-lover’s jam. A first-class ticket aboard the Jam Express, all the way to Jam Central, Jamsville, the Jamniverse.

RLY001: BEHIND THE SCENES

Moderate level of behind the scenes voyeurism into Really Real Records' first release "Bubble Bath" by the Swiss, as produced by total production legend producer Donnie Sloan:


Donnie Sloan weaving the dreams that dreams are made of.


(Top-Bottom) Moog Multimoog, Roland VP-330, Solina String Ensemble.


The Yamaha CS-80, quite possibly the most incredible synth of all time. This particular one is retr0-fitted with midi.

REALLY REVEAL Vol. 1: THE SWISS

In attempt to avoid the spiral of irrelevance that Myspace are currently facing and copper coins have already succumbed to, we will be posting a series of interviews with Really Real Records artists and affiliates entitled REALLY REVEAL. First up is Sid from the Swiss...



01. How's Adelaide?
Adelaide is paradise when you let it be.

02. Are you called The Swiss because the band is a multicultural hotbed of diversity?
We're called The Swiss because Mr Fun-Pants aka Tony had a fleeting idea in the classroom in high school whilst we went through the list of band names we'd compiled at lunchtime. It bares no relevance.

03. Were any bandmembers ever in an acid jazz band?
We grew up on groove so acid jazz kind of did happen for us...we were teenagers. In between listening to Jamiroquai's first two records we all listened to Headhunters and heaps of Herbie along with other jazz, disco and stoner rock like Floyd and Doors.

04. What is your favourite BPM?
My favoutire BPM is 90-110, but I love half time ballads too.

05. Other than the upcoming 12", what have you guys been doing since "Movement"?
Tony has been touring with Pnau all over the Planet, Luke has been doing loads on Film and TV and I've been trying to put out some bedroom disco.... Jono has been playing arenas all the while.

06. Is it at all frustrating to be a legitimate disco band in a time when the D word is getting applied to an incredibly large portion of things that aren't really remotely disco and are just bad?
I remember Tony trying to invent words at school for people to latch on to. Instead of "cool" we said things were "disco" for a while. That lasted about 3 weeks.

07. SOLAR or Full Time?
Full Time.

08. To the dwindling minority who haven't yet heard your stuff, how would you describe The Swiss?
Party band. Classic disco in a club and sometimes jazz explosion in non-dance clubs. Best at house parties. Freeform disco. All real synths and live commitments.

09. Can you please explain the relationship between Donnie Sloan and you guys?
Donnie Sloan is our spiritual guide. Our brother. He has been with us and us with him for many years. He can help us tame the wild beast that is disco and help us harness the power of the groove. 4th member.

10. For the synth nerds out there, what gear do you guys use in your live setup?
Luke uses a variety of vintage synths from an extensive studio collection. Live its an Emax, Roland SH2 and an R3 vocoder... sometimes Rhodes and Clav make it out too. In the early days it was a synth-off, bringing everything to the shows. Tony has been known to play Simmons drums, the full kit and in some late night episodes an 808 by candlelight. I have been using a Roland GR Synth Bass.... Human League style lately... I like that.

11. What are your thoughts on the internet?
We all love the net, like a sister.

12. Has Louis given you a Really Real Records t-shirt yet?
I have an eggplant t-shirt

13. Thanks very much.
Pleasure.

Music worth checking out

We're in the business of music so here's some stuff you should listen to us about:






Shazam
http://www.myspace.com/shazamperth
this kid makes super cool pop music, he's going to be one to watch in 2k9





The Swiss
http://www.myspace.com/theswisspage
amazing live disco, wait til you see them play, you'll flip










Hatchback
http://www.myspace.com/hatchback76

Nebraska
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/315694-01.htm









Woolfy
http://www.myspace.com/woolfys







The Emperor Machine
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Emperor+Machine,+The

real talk

welcome to Real Talk, the blog hypotenuse of Really Real Records. we also have a twitter.


when you're at rockbottom you can go underground or you can flourish. here at really real we're gearing our logistics towards flourishing so expect to see the fruits of our efforts and the triumphs of our affiliates in the near future. we're not ones to use the term "release schedule" lightly but we're very excited to be releasing the Swiss' lifechanging second offering sometime soon.

we're pretty into the idea of putting out tracks by people that we like and really admire the work of. i would like to take this opportunity to point out that we didn't start this immediately after watching 24 Hour Party People.

we are loosely inspired by the following videos:

this scene from hustle & flow


the tremendous achievements of alex the african grey parrot (RIP)


robert palmer's stage presence in this tv spot for "johnny & mary"


every aspect of this video except for puffy's verse (turn the sound down from 2:24 to 3:01)