OLLO - If Thief:
The Remix EP
Cat: APCD004

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Ollo's second LP The If If, not only gets its title remixed for new EP If Thief (did you spot the annagram?) but also a number of its tracks, including the infectious single Campaign For Real Bread. Remixers on this seven tracker include producers of the moment 40 Thieves, locals Faux Pas, ex -Ninja Tuna Neotropic, long time buddy Dsico and the mysterious Hot C*ck (no we're not prudes - the reason for the asterix is so we don't get steamy spam!). From introspective rethinks to ones made for the dancefloor, take the hint from the guy on the front cover, put your motor in reverse and come inside - because Ollo once again have the goods.

To purchase CD: Use the 'Buy Now' button to buy directly from us using a credit card. Alternately send an $18 cheque/money order to Groovescooter @ PO Box 127 Edgecliff NSW 2027 Australia (cost inc. postage - remember to include your return address). CD will be in Australian record bars from August 4 2008 thru Vitamin Distribution.

Now repressed in digi-pak and available in limited numbers, is amphbian's first album, In Pursuit Of Plankton. Before 2003's 2-CD collection Adventures In Whistle Viallage was released via Groovescooter, this magical Plankton debut originally turned us on to the trio of minimal moodsters known as amphibian. A serene and sometimes surreal journey through an underwater world whereÊgentle electronics merge with superb acoustics - double bass, piano/Wurlitzer and a drum kit, bow and sway with manipulated field recordings. New York's Steam called it "simple and beautiful", while Tokyo's Metropolis said it had "such depth and intelligence... one might draw comparisons with DJ Shadow in his more ethereal moments..." Sydney's Revolver (now Brag) voted it one of their top 10 releases for 2001, while Time Off said: "Red Snapper inspired jazz sounds... one of the finest albums to pass our way in a long time." Chilled? Definitely. Haunting? Yes. Like The Necks? Maybe in the hands of a strict editor. Somewhere between ambient and jazz-groove, it's the melodies of both the bass and piano, and the hypnotic ambiences amphibian set up, that give these arrangements such resonance.

To purchase CD: Use the 'Buy Now' button to buy directly from us using a credit card. Alternately send a $24.50 cheque/money order to Groovescooter @ PO Box 127 Edgecliff NSW 2027 Australia (cost inc. postage - remember to include your return address).

INGA LILJESTROM -
Urchin
Cat: 528770-2

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Now made available for the first time via Groovescooter, are a limited number of this must-have collectable. 'Urchin' was Inga Liljestrom's very first LP, recorded back in 1998. Featuring the gorgeous tracks 'Coma' and 'Marmalade' - which early fans will remember doing the rounds as remixes by a young Friendly and Ali Omar (Atone) respectively - it also features 'Holding Still', 'Yellohead', 'Oxygen Boy', 'Cut', 'Deeper Things', '10 Smiles', 'Touch Tongue' and an early version of 'The Drowning Song' which Inga has been performing live again lately, accompanied by a toy piano. 12 tracks that will pull you in "hook line and sinker", plus a remix of 'Coma' by Bob Scott (Wicked Beat Sound System).

Inga Liljestom - "Australia's best-kept secret" [Marty Wilson-Piper, The Church]

Please note this CD is not available in stores - only on-line or at live shows.

To purchase CD: Use the 'Buy Now' button to buy directly from us using a credit card. Alternately send a $21.50 cheque/money order to Groovescooter @ PO Box 127 Edgecliff NSW 2027 Australia (cost inc. postage - remember to include your return address).

Featuring an original design by INGA LILJESTROM, these limited edition T's and singlets can only be bought on-line or at Inga shows. Entitled "Lupe and Beatrice" the design was first drawn by Inga when she was only 6 years old, and was screen printed by artist Jan Paul on to t-shirts for her family and friends at that time. Now, many (many!) years later, it seemed apt that it become the first Inga T-shirt available to fans, newly re-designed by Jan Paul. Inga assures us that Lupe and Beatrice are living happily somewhere far away... but their actual whereabouts is unclear! Check out a close-up of design here.

Colours/Sizes: Female Singlets in Black or 'surprise' colours - Sml + Med. Female T-shirts in Black or 'surprise' colours - Sml, Med + Lrg. Male T-shirts in Black or 'surprise' colours - Med, Lrg + X-Lrg.

SORRY T-Shirts + singlets have now SOLD OUT

Available as a free sampler to producers/directors of film, television and theatre, these 19 cinematically themed tracks come from Groovescooter's resident artists and act as an introduction to our one-stop film, television and advertising music licensing service. Groovescooter's quick turn-around (we administer both sound recording and publishing rights), reasonable rates, extensive catalogue and diverse roster of in-house composers/artists, means an end to complex negotiations and time delays. Groovescooter also offers original score composition, jingle, sound design, session singers/players and a comprehensive music supervision service to ensure your next project is underscored by music with vision.

For your copy, to find out more about Groovescooter's film, tv and advertising music services, or to hear further selections from our catalogue of film music as well as extensive pop, dance, electronic, jazz, soundscape/fx and cover versions repertoire - simply contact us by email.

The 2nd album from Sydney's own 'fun boy two', OLLO features the single The Campaign For Real Bread (see below for 7") and is released in Australia on Groovescooter (followed by 12 Apostles around the globe). The If If is like an hermetic iPod; mixing pop, dance, electro and downbeat home listening. With both a unique outsider's view of the world and a questioning plea from within, the LP's personal core is brimming with crafty ideas, smart programming, wit, insight, lovingly played instruments and evocative lyrics. Guests include Rok Poshtya (The Herd), Inga Liljestrom, FourPlay cellist Peter Hollo, UK trumpeter Roger Mills and Tooth's Kevin Purdy. Mixed with ex-UK producer Mike Burnham (Mowax/Output etc), it augments the fragmented vocal samples of Ollo's debut LP Sleeper with a more fully-crafted 'song' approach, as songwriter Alex Crowfoot's vocals imbue a greater portion of the swirling mix. Also includes Ollo's reworking of Fun Boy 3's The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum).

Listen to single The Campaign For Real Bread Here or Watch The Video
To purchase CD: The If If is distributed in Australia by Vitamin. Use the 'Buy Now' button to the left to buy directly from Groovescooter with PayPal /credit card or on-line thru Vitamin here
Download The If If album at iTunes by clicking here
Press Images + Bio for Ollo/CD cover can be found here

Exclusive Remix: The exclusive DSICO remix of Campaign For Real Bread heard on radio, is offered as a free download here

OLLO - The Campaign
For Real Bread /single
Thru 12 Apostles
Cat: AP66

Released on the 12 Apostles label worldwide on tasty UK-pressed 7" vinyl, The Campaign For Real Bread is the first single from OLLO's 2nd album The If If out on Groovescooter Records Oct 5th 2006. This pristinely programmed, sing-a-long agitpop single packs a punch with it's call to arms for a world beyond white-bread homogeneity, counterfeits and half-baked claims. The 7" comes with a bonus unreleased flip-side mix of Ollo's reworking of Fun Boy 3's The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum), first heard on Groovescooter's Re-fashioned 2 British Airwaves compile. Together wheat shall overcome! CD version of single released to radio on September 11th, 2006

To purchase 7" vinyl: Buy direct from 12 Apostles here or use the 'Buy Now' button to the left for local PayPal purchases at $11.50 AUD (inc. postage). The single is also available in Australia from So Music in Newtown, Red Eye (King St Sydney) and Red Eye On-line.
Listen to Campaign For Real Bread On-line at Groovescooter's MySpace page
Watch the Campaign For Real Bread Video on YouTube here

RE-FASHIONED 007
Various
Cat: GS015

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Re-fashioned 007 is the 3rd volume in Groovescooter's critically acclaimed cover series, Refashioned and is subtitled The James Bond Themes Go Under Cover. It features a great line-up of artists re-tapping themes from many 007 films, including Goldfinger, Live & Let Die, A View To A Kill, From Russia With Love, and the iconic James Bond Theme itself. From dub-reggae remixes to abstract jazz and electro re-activations, artists include Snorkel with singer Tina Harrod, Junglehammer, faTT deX with Gotye, Velure, Ollo with Peta Morris, Comatone vs Alpen, Lake Lustre with NY singer and theremin player Dorit Chrysler, Gauche, Ens, Don Meers, Inga Liljestrom, Mothloop and a bonus dub re-rub from Daktari.

Read the full story and check out the full tracklisting here
For a hi-res cover scan click here [or request a jpg by email]
To purchase CD: Re-fashioned 007 is distributed in Australia by Vitamin and you can buy on-line with a credit card directly from there by clicking here. Use the 'Buy Now' button to the left to buy directly from us using PayPal.
Download the album at iTunes by clicking here

Preview the first single at Groovescooter's MySpace page

Volumes 1 & 2 of the series are listed below.

INGA LILJESTROM -
Sprawling Fawns
Cat: DA0266

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Available as a limited edition hand packaged CD only at Inga's live shows or by mail order, this 11 track CD features five brand new tunes, plus some exclusive remixes from Inga's much praised LP 'Elk'.

New tracks include a duet cover of Lee Hazlewood's 'Some Velvet Morning' with Peter Fenton (ex-Crow), plus the sublime 'High Flying Birds' and 'U-Shine' with producer Bob Scott. Remixes come care of Lake Lustre, Kevin Purdy (Tooth), Saddleback, Pimmon, Frost and Jacob Cook.

Housed in hand-made sleeves (stitched, translucent covers with hand-stamped black discs) this is another lovingly crafted release on Groovescooter's da dAdA imprint dedicated to exclusive, limited edition releases.

To purchase CD send a $20 cheque/money order to Groovescooter @ PO Box 127 Edgecliff NSW 2027 Australia (cost inc. postage - remember to include your return address). Or use the 'Buy Now' button for on-line credit card purchase. The CD is also available in Sydney at Red Eye (King St City) and Red Eye On-line, or at So Music in Newtown.

A limited edition companion release to our first art exhibition, this also marks the launch of Groovescooter's new label imprint da dAdA - an exclusively packaged, mail-order range of hand crafted CDs.

Called Art Groupie - the exhibition and CD collects work from musicians also working in various visual art forms. Housed at Kings Cross nightclub/gallery Melt in July 2006, the exhibit showcases paintings, drawings and photos from sound sculptors like Martin Kennedy (All India Radio), Don Meers, David Kagan (The Dub Dentist), Tony Dupe (Saddleback), Justin Cooper, Rick Bull (Deepchild), Philip Ricketson (The Hoo Haas), Georgie Zuzak (Groovescooter/Mothloop) and members of Telafonica. All 11 exhibiting artists' works are represented with tracks on this CD, available on opening night or by mail order from us.

For a full tracklisting and artist bios check here.
To purchase CD send a $20 cheque/money order to Groovescooter @ PO Box 127 Edgecliff NSW 2027 Australia (cost inc. postage - remember to include your return address), or buy on-line using a credit card with the 'Buy Now' button.

The score to an imagined future, is now ready for download.
Don Meers' 4th release on Groovescooter Records is called 'Splint' and finds Don building a sonic bridge between the frenetic electro-jazz of his debut EP '4.30am', and the lush cinematics of his much lauded longplayer 'Train Noise'. It's also Meers' most personal audio journal to date. Split into two disctinct 'sides', 'Splint' tails Don's earlier outings like a spy, craftily moving through numerous moods, whilst always staying one step ahead of the listener. As always, those carefully controlled atmospherics are bound together by strong melodic threads, fusing his European leanings with '40s jazz, back-alley electro-blues, warm acoustics, razor-sharp electronics and a legion of samples. From deep space ambiences, guitarscape instrumentals and noirish roadmovie tales, through to sample heavy bop-beat-electro-jazz and a surprisingly sad, stripped back closer. Including collaborations with Martin Kennedy's All India Radio, Inga Liljeström and Sloth, plus a fresh vocal direction, 'Splint' finds this cinematic maestro once again taking the listener on an imaginative journey.

Listen to selected track from Splint here
Get more info on 'Splint' here
Press Images of Don Meers/CD covers can be found here
To purchase CD send a $20 cheque/money order to Groovescooter @ PO Box 127 Edgecliff NSW 2027 Australia (cost inc. postage - remember to include your return address), or buy on-line using a credit card with the 'Buy Now' button.

Exclusive radio/press-only single taken from Inga Liljeström's album 'Elk'. Features remixes of title track 'All Of This' and b-side 'Stardust' by Jacob Cook (Vassy), Michael Lira (Darth Vegas) and Richard Pike (Pivot/Gold Mice) whose remix of 'All Of This' was added on JJJ and FBi. Also includes exclusive live versions recorded for Triple J's Home & Hosed program.

Check out the full album 'Elk' here. Watch The Video for 'All Of This' here.

Released on the Sonic Arcana label as the official companion CD for the 52nd Sydney Film Festival, this second volume in the Music For Film series was conceived, compiled, produced and mixed by Groovescooter's Georgie Zuzak and Paris Pompor. Subtitled 'Cults Classics Curios', the cohesively seamless journey moves through varying moods; from forgotten Aussie vice-grooves of the '70s, to ambient electronic scores. All selections are from Australian composers/films with featured artists including David Thrussell, Severed Heads, Decoder Ring, David Bridie/John Phillips, Paul Healy, James Bond theme creator John Barry and Brian May (Mad Max). From cult classics like the The Man From Hong Kong (Jigsaw) and The Box (David Lindup) to obscure shorts or the unused early score to Head On by film maker/composer Philip Brophy, we pan across four decades of film and innovative cinema music. Also featured is work by Ben Frost, Kazumichi Grime, Tooth, Pretty Boy Crossover, Groovescooter artists Don Meers, Ens and Inga Liljestrom, plus Orisha, Jarrod Factor and The New Pollutants - 21 tracks in all! Read more here

'Music For Film : cults classics curios' is distributed to your local record bar by Creative Vibes on the Sonic Arcana label
Buy it on-line directly from Sonic Arcana
Check out volume 1 of the series here

Re-fashioned 2 British Airwaves is the 2nd volume in Groovescooter's critically acclaimed cover series, Refashioned. This time the focus is on British tracks from decades past, remodeled by an all Australian cast. Both underground classics and well known tunes by innovative artists like David Sylvian/Japan, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Ian Dury, Special AKA, Shriekback, Lene Lovich and many others are updated, dubbed, twisted and paid homage to by: Dsico, Southend, Gotye, DJ Soup, OllO, Jeff Dread, Don Meers, Chucknee, Deepchild, Yum Cha Sessions, Ens, Groovescooter, Telafonica, Majella O'Shea, Jeff Duff, Bikkii Boy + Cookkee Girl, Disjunction Reunion, The 5000 Fingers of Dr T and Snorkel, . Everything from dub (Walking On The Moon, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?, Racist Friend) to glitchy electronics and dancefloor club-tracks.

Read the full story here

To purchase CD using a credit card, click the 'Buy Now' button to the left. Alternately, send a $20 cheque/money order to Groovescooter @ PO Box 127 Edgecliff NSW 2027 Australia (cost inc. postage - remember to include your return address).

Debut album for Brisbane based digital-jazz artist Ens [pron. 'enz']. With recent tracks on 'Evolutionary Vibes 5' and Tim Ritchie's 'Sound Quality 2', plus various remixes doing the rounds and bending ears - producer Ben Fairweather follows up with a longplayer that both dazzles and lulls; dark and brooding, uplifting and hypnotic. From the manic rhythm rush of 'All In The Mood' (where drummer Billy Cobham meets his cyber double) to the mesmerising beauty of surf-daybreak soundtrack 'Tranquilaise', Ens' dexterous programming is evident, as is his unique sense of melodic juxtaposition. Featuring interstate guests Sloth [ex-Meta Bass 'n' Breath] and Andrew Day [Nightswimmer/Sound Movement] plus vocalists Inga Liljeström [Gerling/Friendly/Baggsmen] and Georgie Zuzak, Ens has recontextualised his long distance collaborators, manipulating their offerings in an exclusively digital domain. The resulting output is an album of moodswings that somehow manages to also sound organic and fluid. Somewhere between the freeform hypnosis of perpetually unwinding jazz and the brooding intent of downbeat electronics. As velvet double bass strings slap against chrome plated electronics and brushed rhythms, 'Warp and Weft' glistens from beginning to end with hints of both the Ninja and Warp labels. Read more here.

For images of Ens /CD cover click here
To purchase CD send a $20 cheque/money order to Groovescooter @ PO Box 127 Edgecliff NSW 2027 Australia (cost inc. postage - remember to include your return address), or buy on-line using a credit card with the 'Buy Now' button.

Combining double bass, piano/keys and drums with digitally manipulated field recordings and nature samples, atmospheric 3piece amphibian have touched a deep nerve with both electronic/world music lovers. as well jazz, chill and ambient enthusiasts. Their music flirts with many genres but is played with a jazz sensibility and composed in a way that hints at classical minimalism. Adventures In Whistle Village is their 2nd album & is released on Groovescooter Records as a double CD package which includes the full album along with exclusive remixes [Deepchild, Lava Musique, Don Meers, ENS, Beatworld, Junkbeats, Nightswimmer + more] as well as bonus tracks like Snow, which along with album's feature track Empty also boast talented vocalist Natalie Elizabeth Gay. Evocative and incandescent music that draws comparisons to The Necks, Medeski Martin & Wood and even DJ Shadow. Read more here

To purchase double CD send a $22 cheque/money order to Groovescooter @ PO Box 127 Edgecliff NSW 2027 Australia (cost inc. postage - remember to include your return address), or buy on-line using a credit card with the 'Buy Now' button.

Album track 'Empty' is also available on vinyl via German label Curl Curl and can be purchased here.

Limited edition vinyl 12 inch of tracks shared with fellow Oz label Clan Analogue. The Groovescooter side opens with a brand new slinky-electro, catwalk disco-groove from Don Meers - 'Electronique Mascara'. 2nd track is Groovescooter's lounge-house 'Mothloop Remix' of FourPlay's infectious vocal track 'Lilli Pilli Drive'. To finish things off, a Benson-esque deep shag, sexploitation romp from Groovescooter themselves, inspired by the fabulous 70's flokati rug; 'Flokati Rug Nights' (Monastiraki Mix). Produced with assistance from the Australia Council for Popkomm 2002, a limited number of copies are also available for DJs and friends of the label.

Off The Beat n' Track is available only via Groovescooter Records. Email us for your copy.

Released June 17 2002 by Silent Recordings/Undercover Music to coincide with the Sydney Film Festival, this moody collection of Australian scores and cinematically themed music was conceived, compiled and produced by Groovescooter's Georgie Zuzak and Paris Pompor.

Artists featured on the CD are: Soma (David Thrussell & Pieter Bourke), amphibian, Paul Kelly, All India Radio, Don Meers, Coda, Prop, Single Gun Theory, Majella O'Shea, The Necks, Wanderlust, Barry Hales, FourPlay, Galapagos Duck, Paul Grabowsky & Cam Mackellar. Amongst featured scores from The Boys, Monkey's Mask & Lantana is also, for the first time on CD, the 1974 recorded theme from The Removalists by Galapagos Duck.

Buy Silent Soundtracks: Music For Film on-line from here or through Vitamin Distribution in Australian record bars

TRAIN NOISE is Don Meers full length soundtrack journey of sonic cinema scapes, featuring 10 tracks that will sometimes lull you and at other times propel your imagination into unfamiliar lands.

Thru driving beats, lyrical string arrangements and a myriad of samples, as well as the organic musicianship of his live shows, Don Meers creates a timely passage that ultimately spirals towards a satisfying destination. Beautifully downbeat.

To purchase CD send a $20 cheque/money order to Groovescooter @ PO Box 127 Edgecliff NSW 2027 Australia (cost inc. postage - remember to include your return address), or buy on-line using a credit card with the 'Buy Now' button. [Please note all purchases received the full double album - 2xCDs]

Subtitled 'Electronically Restitched Antipodean Classics', this is the first volume in Groovescooter's Re-fashioned cover version compile series. It collects a bunch of Aussie electronic producers remodeling Australian + N.Z. classics like HOWZAT (Sherbet), GET THAT JIVE (Dragon), TALKING TO A STRANGER (Hunters & Collectors), PANDEMONIUM (Pel Mel) + COMPUTER GAMES (Mi-sex). Featuring electro / dance restitchings from faTT deX + Minuteman, Meem, Trapazoid, Atone, The 5000 Fingers of Dr T, Itchee + Scratchee's Andy Rantzen, Cindii, Paul Capsis, JuJu SpaceJazz, Chucknee, Futureretro, Purdy, Alterboy, Hardcorr vs Groovescooter and Sobriquet vs Other People's Children, as well as the return of the Vitabeats. For a full tracklisting click here.

Presented by Groovescooter Records and Jeremy Clothing for Mercedes Australian Fashion Week.

To purchase CD send a $17 cheque/money order to Groovescooter @ PO Box 127 Edgecliff NSW 2027 Australia (cost inc. postage - remember to include your return address), or buy on-line using a credit card with the 'Buy Now' button.

Five electro tracks from sample freak Don Meers. Think hip-beats, future-jazz + scattered-breaks. Imagine Amon Tobin, Cinematic Orchestra and the 6 Million Dollar Man jamming it in the back of a taxi on their way to the Parisian Kaftan Club. Through a taxi window, a blur of early morning clubbers, aimless prowlers and street cleaners rushes past the lazy eyed passengers. Inside the pressurised cabin, the night replays itself in slo-mo to a soundtrack that does home delivery on a cushion of beats. Time: 4.30am. Place: Any metropolis. Driver: Don Meers.

SORRY 4.30AM has SOLD OUT