19 March 2009

Review of Prometheus Bound

Josh Guinan from 4ZzZ's Dark Essence Radio has reviewed us!

Prometheus Bound: Not your usual Brisbane club ...
By Josh Guinan

Steampunk; essentially it’s an emerging subculture based on speculative fiction fusing today’s technology and culture with a late Victorian-era aesthetic. A number of bands, communities and nightclubs are springing up within the Steampunk community, one of which is Brisbane’s Prometheus Bound nightclub. Emerging on the local club circuit in November of 2008 the debut Prometheus Bound attracted a cross-section of folk to the upper level of Spring Hill’s St Pauls on Leichardt; everyone from diehard steampunk fans to the curious and intrigued. Prometheus Bound ran again in February 2009 at the same venue.


Entertainment for the first evening was provided by a selection of DJs, an experimental noise performance courtesy of local two-piece HistoriOnyx, bellydancing by Saahirah Rayvn plus vendors in the second room. The second installment in February 2009 featured local hard-rockers Mythology, a different selection of DJs plus vendors. Being an emerging subculture the genre of steampunk is still largely undefined thus a wide range of music is covered from industrial to neo-classical, deathrock to experimental, neo-folk to heavy etc. Many clubs fall into the trap of spinning the same dancefloor "favourites" week after week (hey look, they're playing Covenant's 'Dead Stars' again!)..... it was personally refreshing to see a club steer away from that train of thought and tapping into some fresh talent plus more underground cuts which are rarely heard in a Brisbane club.


Visually I have not attended a club quite like Prometheus Bound; the majority of attendees dress up extravagantly for the occasion making the event something more special than “just another club night”. Neck braces, costumes that light up, that rotate; definitely not you usual club attire.

Thanks to Josh for the awesome review. This makes us happy little bunnies.
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12 March 2009

Prometheus Bound in Steampunk Magazine

There we are, in the same article as Cory Fucking Doctorow. How chuffed are we? Extremely.

Be sure to check out his article Love the Machine, Hate the Factory (which is also the motto of Steampunk Magazine) in the latest issue of MAKE, it is a compelling read into the ethos of steampunk and one that we at Black Productions heartily agree with.

Both of these publications are fantastic so take some time to go through them, you won't be dissappointed.

Kisses,

Talisa
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The Curious Tale of Black Productions

Once upon a time there was a girl who had an epiphany of sorts. This epiphany came after years of gentle nudging and outright arse kicking by those near and dear to her.

They said, "You should be a band manager or a promoter or something. Run a club! You'd be good at it."

The girl laughed them off. Yes she loved music, and had a good business head about her but a band manager? Run a club? Surely not. So she dithered away in the corporate world, always keeping up with happenings in the music industry while the seeds that had been sown took root deep in her brain and flourished, slowly changing her outlook on life. One day she met another girl, a redhead just like her with similar tastes and personality but the other girl was the other side of the coin. Complementary.

During a conversation about bands, clubs and the local music scene the seeds that had been gathering strength quietly in the back of the first girl's mind burst forth in a tumult of ideas and strategies all wrapped up in bubbling excitement and rapidly flailing hand gestures. The epiphany struck both of them simultaneously. Before long they were jibbering at eachother, a notebook had been produced, a plan hammered out and thus Black Productions was born.

Those girls were Talisa & Kali Black. Kali the Mad Scientist with a penchant for hot pink, Hello Kitty and good music and Talisa the reformed corporate drone turned Musicologist with her love of cheesy Sci-Fi, anything the colour red and also, funnily enough, good music.

With their mutual adoration of the growing phenomena of Steampunk they went on to produce Australia's first regular steampunk club, Prometheus Bound, which has featured local artists such as HistoriOnyx, Saahirah Ravyn and Mythology. PB continues to build its fanbase and has received inclusion in the venerable Steampunk Magazine as well as endorsement from a steampunk icon, one Dr. Steel.

With the success of their first two clubs, Black Productions has opened its books to band management and has plans for a number of events in and around Brisbane that will showcase, not only the bounty of musical talent that Queensland has to offer, but interstate and international talent as well.

Presently, Talisa and Kali are building their team of hard working and passionate individuals to help make Black Productions a force in the industry.

Want to get involved? Drop them a line at black.productions.au@gmail.com with a resume or compelling argument as to why you are awesome.
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11 March 2009

Coachella 2009

Goddamn this is one good lineup.

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Information lifted whole from Coachella's Official site. If you get the chance: GO TO IT!
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Black Productions Online

Below are links to our various web presences for news, updates and hilarity:

Black Productions Music & Entertainment
Prometheus Bound: The Neoapocalyptic Army
Electro Circus - A Neon Hallucination
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