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About Me


Meniscus climbing insects rely on the surface tension of water to propel themselves without the use of appendages. Manipulating the surface to create movement, these insects can journey the daunting waterscape.....

All music on the site © copyright meniscus band 2004-2008

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/3/2006
Band Website: meniscus.net.au
Band Members:Climbing the meniscus:
Daniel Oreskovic....pure sonic frequencies
Alison Kerjean....low carrier frequencies
Duncan Wilson....drum like membrane

Influences: heat, light, season and moisture...
Sounds Like:messages encoded within the sounds are sent out...recipients receive and decode these signals...Certain species make easily heard looped melodic frequencies by rubbing their femurs against their fore wings or abdomen while snapping wings in flight...these frequencies are relatively pure and low...Others have a drum like membrane...Muscles attached change the character of sound, shape, volume and quality...certain patterns have different meanings.......mostly to attract the opposite sex

ABSENCE OF I - AVAILABLE NOW

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EP REVIEWS

“Meniscus have come up with a winner: a staggeringly confident and competent debut release that shows a sort of compositional maturity that many bands on their fifth release would strive to achieve. Beautifully crafted and impeccably conceived, this had better be a sign of what’s yet to come.” -The Silent Ballet

"Utilising the standard three-piece bass/drums/guitar format and all manner of processors to manipulate those basic sounds into a seemingly inexhaustible spectrum of possibilities, the purely instrumental Meniscus takes us back to the kind of languorous sonic territory the psychedelic/progressive rock acts of the early '70s like Pink floyd, Tangerine Dream and King crimson were exploring in the UK, and Essendon Airport (Melbourne) and SPK (Sydney) were rediscovering in the early '80s. Evocative, Provocative, there are no compromises across the 45-minutes of these four/five songs." - The Drum Media

"Meniscus' debut EP is a mesmerizing mixture of post-rock and post-metal, completely instrumental but never boring. Somewhat alike in style to The Pax Cecilia and Junius, these guys sound very promising." - Spiral Circus

"Great music pops up in all corners of the globe, and Meniscus is testament to that fact. .. Not many people may know who Meniscus is right now, but if this is an indication of what’s to come from the group, that will change very quickly." - Bad Taste
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Excelsior Residency - 4 down, 1 to go

The Excelsior residency has been a success so far, with great turn outs each night and great music being played by all bands involved. the last 4 wednesday nights have really been helpful to meniscus,...
Posted by meniscus on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:29:00 PST

Bo "The Originator" Diddley 1928-2008

Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo Diddley - who banged out hit songs powered by the relentless "Bo Diddley beat" that influenced rockers from Buddy Holly to U2 - has died at the age of 79.Diddley died of heart...
Posted by meniscus on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:45:00 PST

Excelsior Hotel Residency

Meniscus have a residency coming up in July @ the Excelsior Hotel. We'll be playing every Wednesday night for 5 weeks. We promise to do something different each night to give the punters a unique expe...
Posted by meniscus on Sun, 11 May 2008 01:54:00 PST

Excelsior wrap-up

What a night...Many big thanks to everyone who came along to the excelsior show. The fact that a night of (mostly) instrumental music can fill a venue is testament to the quantity of music lovers out ...
Posted by meniscus on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:26:00 PST

New Show Added 7th March

Hi all,We've been asked to put on a show at a new live room which is situated under Paddy Maguires (cnr of george st and hay st, Sydney)It's Happening THIS FRIDAY NIGHT 7th March.We've naturally asked...
Posted by meniscus on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:28:00 PST

Attention Bands: Wanna play with Meniscus?

Meniscus have been asked to play at a new venue in Sydney's cbd.We are looking for a third band to complete the bill for the night which is scheduled for 7th March 2008.If your band would like to be a...
Posted by meniscus on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:26:00 PST

More News

:::Manly Fisho's Date Change:::Our April 26th Show at Manly fisho's has been re-scheduled to the 3rd of May. The reason for this is that 80% of the band members from all three bands will be catching t...
Posted by meniscus on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:55:00 PST

Meniscus on FBI radio

Last week the track "Pilot" from our debut EP "Absence of I" has been added to rotation on FBI 94.5Keep listening and hound the station to play us more! It'll only help.you can contact the station her...
Posted by meniscus on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:00:00 PST

News / Reviews

:::FEBRUARY NEWS:::Things have been a little bit here and there for meniscus, with a few shows booked over the next few months. A tour for the EP is still in planning, We're finding it difficult to ge...
Posted by meniscus on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:11:00 PST

Late notice Show announced

If you wanna come down to Paddy Maguires (Haymarket) This Saturday Night, you can catch meniscus perform. It's a short notice thing....We might be playing some new material too. Hope you can make it.W...
Posted by meniscus on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:48:00 PST