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HI THERE FOLKS....................................................... ................ I'M JED TOWN THIS IS AN ON GOING SITE. I HAVE WRITTEN A BRIEF HISTORY ABOUT MYSELF. IF YOU WANT TO READ ON I'LL BEGIN ..................................................OTHERWISE, CHECK OUT THE STORY OF THE SONG 'WHATS GOING ON?' FURTHER DOWN THE PAGE........................................................ ................................................. AFTER ALL I ONLY PUT THIS SITE UP BECAUSE SOMEONE WANTED TO HEAR THE FULL VERSION..................................................... ..................................I STARTED PLAYING LIVE MUSIC AT THE AGE OF 14. I STARTED ON BASS GUITAR THEN MOVED ONTO GUITAR AND PIANO. I WAS IN MANY BANDS, THEY INCLUDED, OPTIC, STONEHENEGE, ACID GREASE, FOREVER, 4, WRECKS, THE SUPERETTES, THE ANAESTHETIC, THE FEATURES. EARLY GIGS INCLUDED THE WHANGAREI POP FESTIVAL, RASPUTINS. THE WINSDSOR CASTLE, OCCIDENTAL, GLUEPOT, ZWINES, IT WAS AROUNG 1979 ODDLY ENOUGH THIS WAS JUST WHEN THE PUNK SCENE EMERGED AND SUPERETTES AND THE FEATURES WERE FORMED. THINGS WERE A BIT WILD AROUND THEN. I MET SOME REALLY CREATIVE PEOPLE AND SOME FUCKED UP ONES TOO. THE DRUG SCENE NEVER APPEALLED ESPECIALLY HEROIN AND SPEED. IT LED TO VIOLENCE AND IMPATIENCE. YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE CALM TO EXPERIENCE THE SUBTLE THINGS IN LIFE. BY THAT I MEAN YOUR BREATH AND THE SPARKLES OF ENERGY FLOWING THROUGH YOUR BRAIN. ANYWAY THE PUNK SCENE DEFINATELY HAD ITS MOMENTS. FOR EXAMPLE THE GIG AT THE WINDSOR CASTLE WHEN THE STAGE CAUGHT FIRE, 'THE SUPERETTES' PLAYED WITH 'PROUD SCUM', AS THE FIRE GREW THE 'PROUD SCUM' KEPT ON PLAYING. I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THEM GOING 'WHAT THE HELL' AND NOBODY WAS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT SO I RAN BEHIND THE BAR AND GRABBED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT IT OUT, WE THEN DROVE DOWN TO HAMILTON AND PLAYED WITH 'THE PRIMMERS' AND 'TERRORWAYS. JAMIE JETSON DROVE DOWN THERE WITH ME. I FEEL SAD SHE'S NOT STILL HERE. SHE WAS IN THE 'IDLE IDOLS'. BY THIS TIME, THE VIOLENCE AT THE SHOWS WAS BECOMING ROUTINE, ALL MY EQUIPMENT WAS STOLEN AND I GREW TIRED OF THE CONSTANT HASSLES IN THE BAND, OR SHOULD I SAY DISTRACTIONS. 'FETUS PRODUCTIONS' EMERGED INITIALLY AS A ART COLLABERATIVE, BETWEEN SERUM DELIRIUM MIKE BROOKFIELD AND MYSELF. WE DESIGNED 'THE FEATURES' RECORD LABEL SLEEVES. THE NAME FETUS PRODUCTIONS,WAS BASED ON A POEM I'D WRITTEN IN 1979 ABOUT THE HUMAN RACE. PRODUCTS OF HUMAN REPRODUCTION. WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF THE SOUL WE ARE ROBOTIC MINDLESS PEOPLE FOR USE IN WARS AND THE MANUFACTURE OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS. THE ELIMINATION OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT IS NECESSARY WHEN CONTROL IS NEEDED OVER A MASS POPULATION. I WAS INSPIRED BY IMAGES FOUND AT VARIOUS MEDICAL LIBRARIES OF GENETIC MUTANCIES FOUND IN HUMANS AND ANIMALS AND BEGAN TO PHOTOSTAT THE IMAGES AND CUT THEM INTO COLLAGES. THE QUESTION WAS, WHY WAS THIS HAPPENING? I SHOWED THEM TO A FRIEND, MIKE BROOKFIELD AND HE WAS INSPIRED TO CREATE MANY WORKS WITH FROURESCENT COLOURS ON CANVASES. AN EHIBITION AT AUCKLAND'S ELAM ART SCHOOL WAS THE FIRST AUDIO VISUAL COLLABERATION. SERUM AND I LEFT FOR AUSTRALIA AND TRIED FOR A WHILE TO START A BAND THERE WITH BRENDAN AND LISA IN MELBOURNE WHO NOW FORM 'DEAD CAN DANCE' BUT THAT WAS SHORT LIVED. IT WASN'T TILL A FEW YEARS LATER WHEN WE WERE IN SYDNEY AND RECORDED FETALMANIA THAT A TOURING BAND EMERGED. WE HAD PLAYED WITH 'SEVERED HEADS' 'SPK' 'SANDI AND THE SUNSETS' 'LAUGHING HANDS' BY THEN AND OUR VISUAL PRESENCE WAS DEVELOPING. A MALE FEMALE PARTNERSHIP CALLED 'THE PERFECT PRODUCT' EMERGED PERFORMING LIVE AUDIO VISUAL SHOWS WORLDWIDE.OUR MEMBERS JOINED AUTOMATICALLY OF THEIR FREE WILL, THEY GAINED THEIR OWN ADMISSION.SO AS TIME WENT ON MANY PEOPLE JOINED AND ENJOYED THE SHOWS. AFTER NINE RELEASES THIS PROJECT ENDED IN 1989, IT HAD ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS PART OF THE INDUSTRIAL SCENE OF THE 80'S. MEMBERS INCLUDED SARAH FORT, DEBERLEE, MIKE BROOKFIELD, GROOVE MYERS, PHIL PUNCH, STEVE NIXON POLAR CASTRONOVA,IAN GILROY,TONE CORNAGA, GREG McCUNN, DUANE YULE, SONYA WATERS,BRUCE HUBBARD,CHRIS AND JAMES PINKER, JAMIE JETSON, MARK SULLIVAN, DUBHEAD, ZENNOR, GEOFF MARTIN, JOHN KUIPERS,KAREL VAN BERGEN,TO MENTION A FEW... DURING THE 80'S THINGS WERE FINANCIALLY HARD, LIVING ON THE DOLE SCRAPING BY BUT NOT WORRYING ABOUT MONEY. BUT I AGAIN DECIDED TO MOVE ON AND ARRIVING IN LONDON IN 1987 THE ACID TECHNO SCENE WAS EMERGING, THIS NEW ENERGY INSPIRED ME TO LEAVE THE GUITAR FOR A WHILE AND START LEARNING THE COMPUTER, DOING EXPERIMENTAL AMBIENT/TECHNO/HOUSE MUSIC. I ALSO BECAME INVOLVED WITH 'TEST DEPT' A UK INDUSTRIAL BAND, AND DANIELLE DAX, DOING THEIR VISUALS WITH AN 'EAGLE 2' COMPUTER CONTROLLING 12 SLIDE PROJECTORS. I STARTED WORKING WITH GUS FERGUSON FROM TEST DEPT WITH ANOTHER BAND CALLED 'ICU'. I FORMED. WE PLAYED WHAT IS NOW CALLED TECHNO. I WAS EMPLOYED AS A VISUAL ARTIST AT A DANCE CLUB CALLED 'KNOWLEDGE' 1991-93 ,WITH COLIN DALE, COLIN FAVOR AND BRENDA RUSSELL DJ'ING WITH MANY INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS VISITING WEEKLY. THIS FRESH MUSIC INSPIRED ME TO FORM SAWTOOTH RECORDINGS AND OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS WE RELEASED THREE EPS AND TWO CDS.AFTER TWELVE YEARS IN LONDON I RETURNED BACK TO NEW ZEALAND WITH MY PARTNER ANNA IN 1995 TO PLAY AT 'IMMERSION' A QUADROPHONIC MULTI MEDIA PARTY WITH MIKE WESTON'S PRODUCTION. BY THIS TIME MY NAME 'JED' HAD MORPHED INTO 'JEDEYE' A DJ BUT AFTER AN EAR INJURY DURING SCUBA DIVING, PAIN, TINNITUS AND AN EAR INFECTION FORCED ME TO REST FOR TWO YEARS WITHOUT PLAYING ANY LOUD MUSIC. LUCKILY NOW THE EARS HAVE COMPLETELY HEALED. JEDEYE PERFORMED AT THE BIG DAY OUT IN 2000 IN 'THE BOILER ROOM' BEFORE 'THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS' AND PLAYED MANY CLUBS. NOW IN 2007 I CONTINUE TO CREATE THE MUSIC FOR MANY TV DOCUMENTARIES, FEATURE FILMS. THE IDEA OF DOING LIVE SHOWS STILL APPEALS. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF FORMING A BAND CALLED 'GHOST TOWN'. WHEN THIS WILL EMERGE I DON'T QUITE KNOW. THE VISUAL SIDE ALSO STILL OCCUPIES A PART OF THE MY CREATIVE PROCESS. I'VE BEEN RELEASING A FEW DVD'S BASED ON RELAXATION. VISIT www.digitalwallpaper.net FOR MORE INFORMATION.THESE DVD'S ARE BASED ON TURNING OFF THE OUTSIDE WORLD TO FIND INNER STILLNESS,EACH DVD HAS 2 AUDIO OPTIONS, QUADROPHONIC SOUND FX OR MUSIC. ''FISH TANK TV'' WAS RELEASED IN 2005 THRU ''MAGNA PACIFIC''................. ............................................................ .................................... 'CLOUDSCAPES OF AOTEAROA' IS MY LATEST DVD ............ ...................................... .................................. CONTACT FOR DVD RELEASES www/digitalwallpaper.net 'THE TIMEBOMB' COLLABERATION WITH RUBAN KODY NEILSON PAUL ROPER OF THE 'MINT CHICKS AND CHRIS ORANGE FORMERLY 'FEATURES AND TERRORWAYS' RECORDING SESSION RECORDED FOR RADIO NEW ZEALAND DEC 2007 PODCAST ON NOW................................... or for more information .......CONTACT ................... [email protected]............................................ ......................................... 'WHATS GOING ON?'........................................................ ................ RECORDING PROFILE 'WHATS GOING ON? ........................................................... A SONG WHICH WAS INSPIRED BY PURE HAPPINESS. THIS VERSION WAS RECORDED IN SYDNEY AT THE 'GROOVEX' STUDIO BETWEEN 1981/82. GROOVE MYERS FEATURED AS KEYBOARDIST EXTRODINARE AND PHIL PUNCH AS ENGINEER/TECHNICAL WHIZ. I MIXED THE TRACK INABOUT 6 HOURS BUT THE RECORDING PROCESS TOOK NEARLY 2 YEARS. RECORDED IN DOWNTIME MOSTLY. ''AFTER A WHILE YOU LOSE PERSPECTIVE ON THE ORIGINAL THEME AND THIS HAPPENED. ONLY WEEKS BEFORE THE STUDIO CLOSED I REALISED THAT THE SIREN AT THE BEGINNING WAS MISSING. IT HAD BEEN DELETED. ONCE IT HAD BEEN RE RECORDED WITH A PEARL SYNCUSSION DRUM MACHINE, THE TRACK CAME BACK TO LIFE AND IS AS YOU NOW KNOW IT''. ALTHOUGH 'FETUS PRODUCTIONS' HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED IN 1980, THE IDEA OF VARIOUS OFFSHOOTS TO THE MAIN COMPANY WAS APPEALLING. WE ALL HAD DIFFERENT ENERGY PREFERENCES SO TO AVOID DISSAGREEMENTS ON STYLE, THIS WAS APPROPRIATE. THE FIRST AUDIO VISUAL SHOWS AT BONDI BEACH WERE SPECTACULAR, THE STAGE CAUGHT FIRE WITH A BOAT FLARE USED AS A EFFECT, AND CHAOS FOLLOWED. ORGANISER ARTHUR BAYSTING WAS HORRIFIED. THE SHOW AT THE WINDSOR CASTLE, PARNELL, AUCKLAND ESTABLISHED THE ACT SUCESSFULL IN 1983. THE CUTTING EDGE PERFORMANCE ATRACTED LABEL 'FLYING NUN' TO RELEASE THE ' FETALMANIA' EP .THE RADIO STATIONS PICKED UP ON 'WHAT'S GOING ON' AND THE WEIRD 'FETUS PRODUCTIONS' COMPANY BECAME COMMON KNOWLEDGE. THE TOURING STARTED AND THE BAND VISITED JAPAN THE USA AND EUROPE BEFORE ANOTHER VARIATION FORMED IN LONDON IN 1987. THE FINAL ALBUM, A 3 VINYL BOX SET WAS RELEASED IN 1989 BY THOMAS HARTLAGE'S 'QDK' RECORD LABEL. RECENTLY THE SONG FEATURED IN BRAD McGANNS 'IN MY FATHERS DEN' FEATURE FILM AND WEB SITE. THE SONG STILL SOUNDS FRESH AS EVER 20 YEARS ON, LUCKILY PHIL PUNCH MANAGED TO TRANSFER ALL THE ORIGINAL 2 '' MASTER TRACKS ONTO 24 BIT AUDIO FILES SO I WAS ABLE TO REMIX THE TRACK ADDING A LOUDER LEAD GUITAR AND VOCAL. THE MESSAGE REMAINS THE SAME. LISTEN TO YOUR HEART, FIND THE HIDDEN TREASURE. ITS WAITNG THERE NOW FOR YOU.
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Member Since: 9/30/2006
Band Website: virusclothing.com/fetusproductions.html
Band Members: Jed Town Guitars, Synths, Trombone, Baritone Sax, Flute, Lap steel and vocals Chris Orange Bass, Double bass, Guitar, Tuba, Trombone Tom ludvigson, Synth, Uke, Piano, Sax, Piano, Guitar. Gary Sullivan Drums Matt Heine Guitar
Influences: MAIN INFLUENCES RECENTLY ARE THE ELECTRO,TECHNO PUNK SCENE, FAVOURITE DJ'S ARE AURAL TRASH ,COLIN DALE, PHIL KIERAN, GREEN VELVET, SVEN WEBBER, AQUA SKY, JEFF MILLS, JOEY BELTRAM, STAKKER. LFO, DAFT PUNK, TO NAME ONLY A FEW. WITH PUNK IT WAS, THE SEX PISTOLS, THE RAMONES, MAGAZINE, WIRE, BUZZCOCKS, DOME, DAMMED SCAVENGERS, PROUD SCUM, TERRORWAYS, FEATURES, THE SUPERETTES, MINT CHICKS. TO NAME A FEW,WITH ROCK IT WAS, THE BEATLES, LED ZEPPELIN, CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL, STEPPENWOLF, VELVET UNDERGROUND, SPIRIT, THE TROGGS, CANNED HEAT, THE BEE GEES, SPLIT ENZ, THUDERCLAP NEWMAN, THE WHO, JIMI HENDRIX, T REX. TEST DEPT, DANIELLE DAX,STEREOLAB,CAN, AIR, MASSIVE ATTACK, JACOB. WITH CLASSICAL IT'S PENDERICKI, IANNIS ZENNAKIS, LIGETTI, WENDY CARLOS, BARTOK. BEETHOVEN, BACH, JOHN HORNER, ENIO MORRICONE, WITH BLUES IT'S, HOWLING WOLF, MUDDY WATERS, BB KING. I DONT REALLY HATE ANY MUSIC AS LONG AS I CAN FEEL THE GROOVE AND THE SOUL.THE TRUTHSOME PEOPLE ASK ME WHY DO I HAVE A GUIDE OR A MASTER WHO CAN TEACH ME ABOUT MY LIFE AND MYSELF. WELL THERE WAS A BURNING QUESTION AFTER I LEFT SCHOOL THAT WAS NEVER ANSWERED OR EVEN CONSIDERED AT SCHOOL. WHY WAS I HERE? WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO HERE? THE ANSWER I CAME UP WITH WAS, WHAT AM I BEST AT? AND THOUGH I KNEW IT WAS MAYBE SOMETHING TO DO WITH MUSIC AND ART I STILL WASN’T SURE. SO I WENT IN SEARCH OF SOMEONE WHO COULD ENLIGHTEN ME SO I COULD FIND MY OWN ANSWERS. FOR YEARS I ASKED MANY TEACHERS OF A VARIETY OF RELIGIONS AND NO ONE SEEMED TO SPEAK MY LANGUAGE. I KNEW THERE WAS A GOD; I MEAN HOW COULD THERE NOT BE A CREATOR? I’M HERE AREN’T I? WHO CREATED MY PARENTS? PARENTS/ PARENTS? GO BACK ONE MILLION YEARS. IS IT A STUPID QUESTION? THIS ISN’T STUPID; IT’S AN HONEST REQUEST. SURELY SOMEONE OUT THERE KNOWS. THE ANSWER COMES AS A SURPRISE AND A REALIST’S APPROACH IS, WHAT WILL SATISFY THE QUESTION, AND THE ANSWER IS NOT A LOT OF WORDS. I KNOW THAT ONLY A FEELING OF SATISFACTION WILL SATSFY THIS. IT SEEMS THAT WE NEED SATISFACTION. WE NEED CONTACT WITH OUR INNER SELF. IT’S ALMOST LIKE, DEEP WITHIN OUR CONCIEOUSNESS LIES A DISTANT PLACE WHERE A PEACE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND ONLY THE DESPERATE OR SHOULD I SAY EARNEST PEOPLE CAN REACH IT. I COME ACROSS PEOPLE WHO EASILY DISMISS THE SORT OR ENQUIRY AS A WASTE OF TIME. WHY, WELL I QUESS THEY TRIED FOR A MINUTE OR TWO AND NO ANSWER APPEARED OR SATISFIED THEIR QUESTION SO THEY GAVE UP AND MAYBE ASSUMED THAT THERE IS NO ANSWER. WELL I LIKE TO LOOK AT IT THIS WAY, WHERE OR WHO CAN ANSWER? AND THE ANSWER IS YOU. YOU ANSWER YOURSELF. SO YOU SEE, YOU ARE A REFLECTION OF YOURSELF. WHAT YOU DO, SAY, AND ACT OUT, IS YOURSELF. TO FIND A SATIFACTION IN LIFE THE ANSWER NEED TO BE UNDERSTOOD AND APPRECIATED. IT ALL COMES DOWN TO MAKING CONTACT WITH YOUR CREATOR, YOUR ENERGY AND SHARING THIS WITH OTHER PEOPLE. WE NEED EACH OTHER TO FIND OUT WHERE THE DEEP JOY IS ALL I CAN SAY IS, THIS IS A LIVING PROCESS AND THE SATISFACIONS IN LIFE COME WITH A LOT OF PATIENCE, KINDNESS, LOVE AND HARD WORK. EVERY MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE IS A PRODUCT OF WHO YOU ARE NOW. ALL THE MISUNDERSTANDING AND BAD FEELING IS MIXED UP WITH ALL THE HAPPINESS AND GOOD STUFF. THIS MUSH OF EXPERIENCE CAN OVERWHELM YOU, AND THIS IS WHERE THE PATIENCE AND HARD WORK COMES IN. HOW DOES ONE REMAIN ABOVE ALL THE SHIT? HOW DO YOU REPELL THE SHIT OTHER PEOPLE THROW AT YOU? DEFEND THE TRUTH, THE OVER ALL PROBLEM IS BEING ABLE TO CONCENTRATE YOUR MIND. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? IS IT POSSIBLE? YES I BELIVE IT IS. INNER STRENGTH DON’T COME EASY, YOU HAVE TO WORK AT IT. THIS IS WHERE A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS COMES IN. ANY HELP, FROM ANYONE IS GOOD. EVEN YOUR ENEMIES. THE THING I DON’T LIKE IS WHEN I HEAR A NEGATIVE RESPONSE TO THESE TEACHERS. SURE THERE ARE CONS OUT HERE TRYING TO MAKE MONEY OUT OF EARNEST SEEKERS OF QUESTIONS TO DO WITH LIFE. AND I REGARD THESE CONS AS POSSIBLY THE WORST OR NEAR WORST OF PEOPLE. BUT SOME OF THESE CONS ARE EARNEST AND HONEST. SURELY THOUGH IF YOU ARE HONEST WITH YOURSELF, AND ARE ABLE TO STEP BACK A LITTLE AND LOOK AT THE SITUATION, YOU CAN SUSS OUT THE BULLSHIT FROM THE TRUTH. SURELY YOU CAN SUSS A GOOD ACTOR FROM A REAL PERSON. IF YOU’RE DESPERATE AND IN A BAD WAY MAYBE NOT. MAYBE YOUR DESPERATION IS CLOUDING YOUR INHERENT CLARITY. BUT THE PERSON WHO ENCOURAGES YOU TO FIND YOUR OWN PEACE IS A GOOD PERSON. PREM RAWAT OTHERWISE KNOWN AS MAHARAJI IS MY GUIDE MY FRIEND. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE ONLY WHAT THEY SEE, OR SHOULD I SAY LOOKS AREN’T EVEYTHING, YOU HAVE TO GO A LITTLE DEEPER THAN SHALLOW LOOKS TO FIND TRUTH. LOOKS CHANGE WITH TIME; PEOPLE GET REALLY UGLY WITH AGE. BEAUTY ISNT ALWAYS APPEARANCE. BEAUTY IS A WONDERFULL FEELING. JUST LOOK AT ALL THE SO CALLED BEAUTIFULL PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA, WHERE’S THE FEELING IN ALL THAT, ITS MORE LIKE HOW MUCH MONEY CAN YOU PUT INTO PROMOTING A PRODUCT AND SELL OUT OF A BEAUTIFULL PICTURE OR SOUND. THESE MISINTERPRETATIONS SEEM TO HAVE GRIPPED THE FASHION WORLD AND THE MEDIA IN GENERAL. THERE IS A FEELING OF FEAR WHEN A STRONG PERSON SCREAMS OUT STREGTH OF CHARACTER. OR ABUSES ANOTHER, A FEAR TAKES OVER. BUT THE TRUTH SHOULD BEABLE TO STAND OUT AND DEFEND ITSELF. ONE THING I LEARN EVERYDAY IS I SHOULD TRY TO DEFEND TRUTH WHENEVER I CAN. ESPECIALLY WHEN SOMEONE TRIES TO UPSET THE FINE BALANCE OF INNER PEACE.
Sounds Like: RECENTLY I'VE BEEN DOING TECNO ELECTRO BEATS QUITE HARD STUFF PUMPING AROUND 140 BPM BUT ALSO SOME ACID AROUND 130 BPM. THE IDEA OF DOING SOME SINGING APPEALS TOO EXPRESSION IS A LOT MORE INVOLVING WHEN SINGING, I TRIED DJING FOR 2 YEARS IN 1999 2000 BUT IT WAS NOT AS FULLFILLING AS I HOPED AND THE COMPETION WAS FIERCE, I HATE COMPETING.
Record Label: sawtooth recordings
Type of Label: Major