Trancendental Headache

Profile

Name

Trancendental Headache

Location

Newcastle

Affiliation

Pendulum Tapes and Digitalia Australia

Musical Influences

Genre

Ambient Industrial

Current Top 10

Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch XTC - Wonderland John Foxx - Miles Away Blancmange - Lose your Love Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling OMD - Messages Ed Kuepper - The Way You Made Me Feel Pet Shop Boys - I'm WIth Stupid Human League - Being Boiled

All Time Top 10

Severed Heads - Propellor Cabaret Voltaire - Just Fascination SPK - Junk Funk Heaven 17 - I'm Your Money XTC - Wonderland Cocteau Twins - Lazy Calm Stephen Cummings- Come On Come On Pet Shop Boys - Heart TISM - Five Yards David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes

Favourite DJs

David Jones off KO-FM, but when he was on 2NX in the 1980s and made the Dave and the Derros album with the track 'Up Your Nose With a Rubber Hose'.

Favourite Labels

Mute, Cherry Red, Industrial Records, Warp, Factory, Volition, Wax Trax, Nettwerk, On-u Sound, Alberts Productions.

Favourite Artists

Cabaret Voltaire, Pet Shop Boys, Throbbing Gristle, SPK, Tackhead, Skinny Puppy, The The, Kraftwerk, Severed Heads, Scattered Order, Holger Czukay, Can, David Sylvian, Brian Eno, Laurie Anderson, Flash and The Pan, AC/DC, Cramps, Thug (of Tex Perkins fame), Lubricated Goat.

Performances

Upcoming Events

None

Previous Events

TINA Festival Newcastle 1996, 1999 - 2004 Electronic - Mr Goodbar 1994 Many gigs at Hunter on Hunter Outdoor events with no names around Newcastle Tamworth Country Music Festival Lass O'Gowrie Gallipoli Club DOgbite Private parties etc etc the list is longer but I cannot be bothered typing any further

Radio Appearances

2NUR-FM Afftected, ABC Radio National, SBS Radio.

Highlight of Career

All of it has been fantastic.

Releases

Trancendental Headache: Hard As A Lounge Cushion (2000) The Sensory E.P. (2001) Supermarket (2001) Optional (2002) Music For The Modern Dominatrix (2002) Connect Disconnect Reconnect (2003) The Secret Life Of A Suburban Vegetable (2004) Possible Film Music Volume 1 (2005) (re)MEDIA(L) Knowledge (2005) Good Job (2006) Other CDs under Decoder (Ncle), Decoder Experimental, Bad Monkey, Pendulum (Ncle), de-Koder ('Knife' 10" single out now thru Bloody Fist)

Upcoming Releases

Yesno Roundabout Due out late January 2007. Style - Ambient, Middle Eastern, Industrial, 1980s Synthpop.

Information

Info

Trancendental Headache is essentially Newcastle's Justin Wolthers, a long serving and prolific music producer with over 18 years experience and about 500 compostions under his belt. Primarily an electronic musician and producer, but has a very diverse range of influences, from Industrial music of the 1970's, synthpop of the 80's, techno of the 90's, rock/pop, classical, world music and in particualr Arabic music. Instruments Justin plays include synthesizers, electric, acoustic and bass guitars, Middle Eastern Oud (Ud) and doumbek. Justin also does music production work for other artists, film, radio and TV. So if you are interested in working with one of the most innovative music producers in Newcastle, please contact us!

Studio Setup

PC running Fruityloops 6 and various vsti plug-ins, Samplitude 7, Sony Vegas Video. Sold all of my analogue synths and atari gear years ago to buy a house. Thank god PCs came around with the virutal synths years on!

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