Patrick Kavanagh - guitar, keys, sampling, programming, and all other incidental instrumentation including trumpet, saxophone, midi saxophone, bells, metal, piano ( broken or not ), giant wooden harmonicas, wood in general, glass ( breaking or not ), theremin, vocal effects, loops and treatments, general and specific engineering. Guest vocalists include Mark Morte and Bex Zsa Zsa Adore Patrick is from industrial electro performance ensemble 'Dweller on the Threshold' - a Sydney based psychotronic dreamscape project perpetrated with then - partner in crime, Helene Hex Henbane, involving percussionist, sampler - Glennn Maltby and before, legendary multi instrumentalist, John Murphy. 'Dweller on the Threshold' performed over many years in the Sydney Underground noise scene, recording two independent CDs through Can A Worms records -'a view through a Jaundiced Eye' and prior, a self titled release. Live, collaborating with many and varied Performance Artists including 'Zsa Zsa Adore', 'Mia Mortal' and the legendary 'Butchered Babies'. Before 'Dweller on the Threshold' Patrick, with Helene and John Murphy formed 'Jaundiced Eye', an industrial act, performing alongside many influential noise art bands and performance artists. Before that Patrick was a founding member of glam art rock band 'Box the Jesuit', playing guitar, keyboards and saxophone for the first five years of the band's long existence, after originally joining the band as trumpet player when they (along with Kevin Lewis Black) were ‘Madroom’ – a seminal art rock outfit infamously playing around Sydney and Melbourne for many years incorporating extraordinary instrumentation like a shopping trolley, toy piano, screeching cat gutting violin and trumpet. ‘Madroom’ released an Album and a single of Acid Dog Man before Patrick Joined and after went on to record a soundtrack for an experimental film with Patrick on Trumpet. When ‘Madroom’ disbanded, ‘Box the Jesuit’ rose from the ashes, recording on two releases for timberyard records -'Punch out that Looney Sappy Tune' included a film clip of the song ‘Fish Stew’ and later, the album -'Murdercycle'. Before that, an EP on Snoyd Records titled 'Bloody Mary' featuring the art of Mark Morte on the cover and an infamous cover version of 'Satan Says (Sharon Tate, you must die)' which included a sample of Charles Manson explaining ' If I started killing people, there'd be none of you left!' This track was also featured on the Black Eye Records compilation 'Waste Sausage'. Also featured on this compilation, some other projects Patrick has been involved with; ‘Moist’, ‘Leather Moustache’ and ‘Smack of Jellyfish’; Patrick’s first serious project playing modified electric guitar for the first time and some vocals, with fellow members, Belinda Cutting sharing vocals and bass, Jackie on bass as well as backing vocals with Phillip Clifford of ‘Box the Jesuit’ on drums and Peter Read as engineer interjecting tapes and delay grabs. ‘Smack of Jellyfish’ were a pure onslaught of thick black noise in a maelstrom of colliding, crashing, ultra-down-tempo arrhythmia.
