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Reviews
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Club Acoustica @ The Basement 25/11/03
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
Rattle and Strum
Saturday, September 6, 2003
The Acoustic Music Renaissance in Sydney
Thursday, May 1, 2003
Music Hits A Sweet Note for Youth
Sunday, December 1, 2002
The Quiet Revolution
Tuesday, November 26, 2002
Club Acoustica Presents Singer/Songwriters
Friday, October 18, 2002
Classic Covers Will Never Gather Moss
Wednesday, October 16, 2002
CD Review 'Club Acoustica: The Basement Showcases Vol 1'
Wednesday, October 2, 2002
Tim Carter at Iguana Bar, Wednesday 25 September
Wednesday, September 4, 2002
Club Acoustica at The Basement, Featuring Next of Kin & Angus James
Monday, September 2, 2002
Club Acoustica at La Bar, Thursday 29 August
Monday, August 19, 2002
Club Acoustica at La Bar, Thursday 15 August
Monday, August 12, 2002
Club Acoustica at La Bar, Thursday 8 August
Monday, July 29, 2002
Club Acoustica at La Bar, Thursday 25 July
Wednesday, July 24, 2002
Yes, There is an Alternative to Triple J
Tuesday, July 16, 2002
Club Acoustica at La Bar, Thursday 11 July
Saturday, June 22, 2002
Club Acoustica: The Basement Showcases Volume I
Saturday, June 1, 2002
Club Acoustica: The Basement Showcases Vol 1 (Underfoot Records)
Wednesday, May 22, 2002
CD Review 'Club Acoustica: The Basement Showcases Vol 1'
Sunday, April 28, 2002
Club Acoustica: The Basement Showcases Volume I
Wednesday, April 24, 2002
Club Acoustica at The Basement, Wednesday 17 April
Friday, April 19, 2002
Club Acoustica: The Basement Showcases Volume I
Wednesday, April 17, 2002
Club Acoustica CD Launch March 20, 2002
Wednesday, April 17, 2002
Acoustic is No Antonym to Energetic
Tuesday, April 9, 2002
Drum Media CD Of The Week
Wednesday, March 20, 2002
Doors Are Opening For Music's Quiet Achievers
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
Join the Club
Monday, March 18, 2002
Electricity be Damned - The Mellow Beauty of Club Acoustica Finally Moves From the Stage to the Stereo
Tuesday, March 5, 2002
Club Acoustica CD Launch at The Basement
Monday, February 4, 2002
Club Acoustica Presented in Association with the Sydney Fringe Festival, La Bar, Thursday 24th January
Friday, August 10, 2001
Live at the Wire-less
Wednesday, August 1, 2001
Club Acoustica at The Basement
Tuesday, June 12, 2001
Drum Media Live Review
Tuesday, June 12, 2001
Drum Media Article
Monday, June 11, 2001
The Noiseless Club
Monday, May 7, 2001
Club Acoustica at The Basement, Sunday August 22nd
Monday, April 9, 2001
Last Night a Violin Saved My Life
Monday, July 17, 2000
Bob Dylan Tribute Night at The Basement - 12th July 2000
Monday, May 29, 2000
Club Acoustica at The Basement, Sunday May 7th 2000
Monday, May 1, 2000
Not Quiet... Amped! Club Acoustica Flies High in the Face of All That is Loud and Distorted...
Tuesday, March 7, 2000
Club Acoustica at The Basement, Sunday March 27th 2000
Tuesday, February 1, 2000
Three's Into Acoustica Does Go
 
Wednesday, April 24, 2002
Club Acoustica at The Basement, Wednesday 17 April
By Stanly, Hitstate Live Review
Featured Artists
Melanie Horsnell
Strange Coloured Days
Featuring: Strange Coloured Days, Reverie, Melanie Horsnell, Didgeridu Dingo and The Houseprouds (Qld)

24-04-2002 Hitstate

Tonight Hitstate warm the lights and indulge in Sydney's premier acoustic environment 'Club Acoustica'.

Sydney's most hallowed and respected venue The Basement encapsulates the pinnacle of live performance history. The Basement embraces an evolution of remarkable Australian and international talent. It provides tonight's showcase with a stage setting on which many established and recognized musicians have expressed some of their most inspirational performances.

The table seating well-situated front of stage provides an overall closeness to the artists' performance. The upper level standing room cleverly provides an effective vantage point to the bar, while the performance setting is comfortably visible throughout all areas of the venue.

Introduced to the stage by our compere for the night are Strange Coloured Days. A brilliantly arranged four piece consisting of piano, hand drums, acoustic guitar, vocals and dynamically structured violin.

The opening performance is both bright and vocally strong. It appears musically inviting to a now settling Audience. Ida's vocals are fluent, perfectly pitched and deliver each well-defined song with the style and feel they demand.

The violin accompaniment is in sync with the emotional delivery the band projects providing a wonderfully coloured distinct sound and direction to their set.

A chameleon of frenzied dynamics and haunting melodies, violin player Rachel expresses within her instrumental arrangements and melodic vocals, an effectively rounded and stylish ability to navigate the flow of each song.

The rhythm section although absent of bass guitar is enhanced through some well-chosen piano lines and driving bongo drum patterns. An intriguing performance and excellent opening set!

Reverie begin their night well as a duo performing the opening number on Acoustic guitar and piano. Reverie expose the intricate structured phrasing and melodic overtones that enhance the bands great song writing ability.

The talent and harmony being projected from centre stage seems to have now captured the Basement Audience, as the pair introduce bass guitar and drums to their repertoire.

Reverie express and deliver their composition on par with Australia's finest singer songwriting performers. The maturity and content of each piece promises a bright future for the band and the birth of some fine Australian song writing Talent.

Melanie Horsnell possesses a sound all of her own. The setting on stage has been stripped back to a solitary foldback and artfully placed nylon string acoustic guitar.

Melanie performs her first number hotel de ville with a subtle nurturing ambiance and totally griping stage presence. Her songs are combined with freedom of expression and a subtle humour that projects an immensely individual vocal styling.

Magic Mirror the opening song on Melanie's self titled EP is welcomed by an attentive reaction as the intermit progression of tonight's room is enhanced by a brave an inspirational female solo artist.

Within minutes the once sparse stage had transformed into a flurry of indigenous instruments and bearded madmen. The room begin's to fill with the hum of burnt orange light and transitional outback rumblings revealed in the form of an earthy six piece known as Didgeridu Dingo. In a flurry of driving rhythms the diverse electronica meets ancestral past is omitted without warning.

An awesome experience had erupted and was reeling its hypnotic trance through a once subdued room. Scathing from erratic paced rhythms to forceful pounding drum patterns Didgeridu Dingo demands immediate attention. A vivid line up consists of traditional expression crossed with an instrument that can best be described as electronic trombone cross didgeridoo with a dab of clarinet.

In the true diversity that has become expected from the brilliant Showcase environment that is Club Acoustica, Didgeridu Dingo was indeed an intriguing and unforgettable experience.

Tonight's final act The Houseprouds (QLD) cap off a brilliant night of Acoustic Showcase with their fitting brand of pop culture. On a night where bottom end had taken a back seat, it was refreshing to witness the unmistakable presence of old skool fender groove expertly being laid down by The Houseprouds' accomplished bassist.

With an encore performance and not a set list to be seen The Houseprouds proved to their Sydney audience they were indeed on par with the finest and most experienced musicians witnessed in an amazing night of Acoustic Showcase entertainment.

Well done Club Acoustica!


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