FractalFungi

Leatherhead/Gomshall

2010-08-05T07:31:00.000-07:00

Cosmo Festival 2010

2010-07-15T11:09:00.001-07:00

Cosmo Festival marked the the greatest acheivement for me as a psy producer (It was the equivalent of our metal band playing a festival in SA called OppieKoppi, years ago)
I got alot of great feedback, and met many fantastic people, many of which are now good friends. Thanks Guys! Also, it was a real honor to play before Ocelot and to get to meet him, very weird experiance.
Highlights for me were: Deviant Species, Ocelot, Radioactive Cake, Alrune and ....

forgiven

2010-07-15T11:01:00.000-07:00

Heres a non-dance song I made a few months back, inspired by one of my favorite artists of all-time, Plaid

The Big Four

2010-07-15T01:11:00.001-07:00

Well, this event was thrust apon me by my good buds Chris and Matt, and what a weird night it was. Went to the Stratford PictureHouse to catch the Big Four live from Bulgaria. Gosh, you know how difficult it is to watch Slayer whilst sitting in a cinema??!! Actually, there were a gruop of folks who were headbanging down by the screen. At least we were able to drink beer for 4 hours, that was the strategic motive of travelling to Stratford. A bit sad to see ole Dave Mustaine looking and singing so poorly. But it rekindled my respect for Slayer, they blew the other bands out the water!! And so amazing to start singing along to old slayer songs, the lyrics musta been deeply intrenched in my sub-conscious all these years, shiiiiit! Though we noticed Tom Araya (Who's aged pretty damn well, must be a deal with the devil) seemed to conveniently miss out all the words that reference the haulocaust! Interesting......

Flight of the Conchords

2010-07-15T01:03:00.000-07:00

Saw Flight of the Conchords at Wembley in May, it was awesome to see them live. They played all the classics, though i thought that was a bit cheap, what the hell have they been doing all these years? But at least I got to hear the hiphopapotamus and Rhymasouras do thier mean-ass rapping!!!!!! and 'The Humans are Dead' intro to the concert rocked!

new fungi symbol

2010-07-06T23:56:00.000-07:00

So I've been thinking about this for a while, I wanted a simple little symbol to represent fractalfungi. I drew a few f's on paper, and then started to see this funky little character dancing. I gave him an eye, to really kae it obvious. I think this design could still evolve a bit though. I made this one for a baseball cap, but I havent managed to get it embroidered yet....

I like his little smile, i think it fits with the cheakiness of the fungi tunes....

The Globe 17 April

2010-06-02T14:00:00.000-07:00

This was a great party, a pity that Dissociative couldnt make it though

Too Many Notes

2010-03-29T01:51:00.000-07:00

The Faceless Rock!

2010-02-06T07:32:00.000-08:00

I was so chuffed to see The Faceless last night, amazing technical skill. Obscura was also suprisingly dynamic on stage, as was Black Dahlia Murder, who ended off in style by actually blowing the PA! I gotta say, Hannes Grossmann of Obscura, is an amzing drummer, i have never seen someone play so fast, but so relaxed at the same time, a real zen moment. here is his personal myspace

The Faceless

Obscura

Black Dahlia Murder

2010 News

2010-02-06T07:08:00.000-08:00

Well, firstly, Distant Tremor was a blast!!! First time I have played live guitar in a a trance set, and it worked out and was received really well.

I have remastered a few old tracks, and given them the intros they deserves (i was a bit lazy at the time) check out the new sounds on the website fractalfungi.com

Fungi's first release!

2009-11-12T15:47:00.000-08:00

And what an amazing compilation of songs, alot of character! Especially GalacticMonkey's Hairy Potter

available here
http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/car/car1cd002.html
A BIG THANKS to Catawampus Records for showing interest in my song, No Fire

Distant Tremor Party 11 December

2009-11-12T14:08:00.000-08:00

Next one, gonna be great!

Distant Tremor Party

2009-11-12T13:56:00.000-08:00

Was great fun, thanks for inviting me , Adam

Offworld 2009 cancelled

2009-11-12T13:55:00.000-08:00

It was not meant to be. But I had been asked to play, doh!
Sorry Mohit, next time bro!!!!!

Buddah Matrix Party 27 june 09

2009-11-12T13:49:00.000-08:00

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chopped_pork/sets/72157620790074456/

Goa Matrix party

2009-11-12T13:48:00.001-08:00

Some lovley pics of the party in the woods, Lord of the rings come to reality!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alereportage/sets/72157618010307494/show/

Little Green Planet

2009-01-06T09:48:00.000-08:00

An Awesome evening of Psy Trance, that refilled my insperation to produce mature psy choons!! I though Burn In Noise and Jeremy were exactly what the doctor ordered. No need to fill every gap with a sound, very atmospheric and though provoking.
No a shabby venue either. i though i was gonna be like Bill Hicks, go to a club and fill my hump with hate, reminding me why I dont go out often. But it was clean, spacious and not too badly priced.
Thanks Guys!

Cynic

2009-01-06T07:22:00.000-08:00

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Wow, a dream come true. On 20 November 08, I saw Cynic, one of my favorite bands. They released an Album called 'Focus' about 15 years ago, that fused metal with jazz. It left such a memory that they reformed in 2006 and recently released a new album called 'Traced in Air' A perfect middleground for Psycadelic metal/Rock jazz. But as they played it became soberingly apparent that they still didnt fit in to the conventional metal 'scene'. Most people were waiting for the headlining band, Opeth, and didnt quite 'get' the Cynic sound. It was a shock to me, but also a moment of enightenment, as i realised that many of the true creative revolutionaries never see commercial recognition. and needent have to. And its a reminder that we should never loose sight of the fact that we make music for ourselves first, and if others come to appreciate it too, you are onto something special. And if not? so what?

Some Psytrance acts could learn alot from that. It seems ironic somehow that even such an expressive genre such as psy trance has been stained with a commercial pressure to sound like clones of other peoples good ideas.

http://www.cyniconline.com/
http://www.myspace.com/cyniconline

Tunes so far for 2008

2008-07-09T01:21:00.000-07:00

Oh, its been a crazy year, juggling between Animation, Music and everything inbetween!

Here are a few tracks I've been working on, quciky rendered out, not the best quality, but just in case they never see the light of day, here we go!!!

Fractalfungi - Triplogic

Fractalfungi - No Fire!

Fractalfungi - A Pill with a Chicken on it

Collaberation with Insaneacyde

2008-02-18T10:04:00.000-08:00

Hey hey! Heres a work in progress piece I've been building from some loops my Bud Dwain started off!!!

Here is a download link, Dwain
Link

Fractalfungi's exploration during 2007

2008-01-31T15:07:00.000-08:00

Goldilocks Goes West

The Fiddling Tom

Other Tracks , early 2007

Here are some of the songs i poured my soul into during 2007...mostley early in the year, my animation course took up most of my year.

I would say the track 'Goldilocks goes West' has been my most successul mastering attempt so far

Onward Psycadelic Soldiers

2008-01-30T12:11:00.001-08:00

Well, it's been real hard to keep up the musical creativity, what with all the animation I've been doing the last year! but I thought I'd take the time to consolidate all the tracks I've posted on the internet into a list of links...then I know the best way of accessing all the ol' tunes.

I havent had any of them released, alas the mastering quality is not up to the standard required... Perhaps one day I'll have the time and wisdom to Polish a track to the degree needed for a commercial release.....

anyhow, here we go...
First, is an album I made in 2006 titled 'It's up to us'
This is posted on my website, which i never got the time to finish:

http://www.fractalfungi.com/newplayerpage.html

Lets share some tips on sampling baselines. Also maybe your views on the benefits......

2006-08-08T00:33:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone, lets chat!!!!!!

2006-07-31T12:43:00.000-07:00

Idle drip-drab, lets se what you got, maties!!!!!!! AAAAAAArrgghhh!!!!