New DIÖDE EP "NEON RED" has been released

(NEO) 2011 ES4 by Diode

Live 5.1 improvisation on Bandcamp

New track up, listen in surround mode and 'go there' with us.

Junkspacer

Published on Apr 18, 2020

I was listening to the Cowboy Junkies and noticed that the house next door was being demolished, so I turned on my camera to record a surreal combination. Since I didn't have the copyright permission for the aforementioned Canadian Ambisonic aficionados , I decided to include a track, I had laid down with much less expensive surround microphones, with Clayton earlier that week. So this is the new Junkspacer song (minus Scott unfortunately), but there you go!

Diode "Not Someone"

Published on Apr 18, 2020

Working up a new Diode song, let the shadows do the talking.

Diode Play Rhubarb Records Leederville 25 May

Diöde gig at The Old Bar, Melbourne

Diöde are very excited to announce an upcoming gig in duo mode at The Old Bar in Melbourne on Thursday 27th December 2018:
https://www.theoldbar.com.au/gigs/clothesline-diode/

"Neon Red" by Diöde

Messages by Diöde

Diode's first CD album from 2001 has now been released onto the internet for the first time. Featuring 10 spoken word/drone/relaxation tape/house tracks recorded in wide tape analogue mono with guest spots by Robin Warren and the 'G' twins, Low Noise Recordings is proud to herald the release of "Messages"...

https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/messages/1436451139

Visiting Woodstock woolshed

Visiting Ravensthorpe in 1999, you are aware that you are close to the place where the Triffids recorded In The Pines back in the 80’s. Unlike Liverpool’s fascination with the fab four, there are no signs in the town that something of cultural significance has occurred here. The large “A“ frame sign in the information bay has the usual WA town standards, caravan park, mining sites, maps and distances, but not a thing about the Triffids.

Eating dinner in the hotel later, after a glass of wine, you bravely ask the waitress if they know where the Triffids recorded their album. A version of ‘never heard of it’ is the dismissive response and you retire to your hotel room embarrassed, wishing you had kept quiet. As you fall asleep, you can see the antique light fixture making interesting shadows on the pressed-tin ceiling and hear David McComb singing, “higher , higher, flames grow higher” on repeat in your head.

Room 8, The Palace Hotel Ravensthorpe, 1999

Then something unusual happens. In the morning at breakfast in the dining room, someone has come to see you. A woman has heard through the town’s whispering chain that you are interested in the Triffids. She can take you to the Woodstock farm to see the woolshed where the album was recorded.

Inside the shed, there is a strong sensory input that cannot be gleaned from the recording, text or photos - the strong smell of sheep and raw wool. The shed is not a trendy architectural space, it is cluttered with dark wooden ramps and fences for the purpose it was built, shearing.  You thank the woman and before you leave, you make one loud clap of your hands and the sounds rebounds like you just won some money. The sound of the natural reverb is completely familiar, it is the exact sound that permeates that record, In The Pines by the Triffids.

Kevin Robertson, 2016

Junkspacer

Perth's Post-rock pioneers Junkspacer evoke the vast spaces of Western Australian landscape on this EP The Mindphone Experiment - always worth a visit in our humble opinion:

It's out! Announcing the digital release of “Archive” - a compilation of Diode's greatest hertz. This selection of works from Diode's three mini albums features the distinctive, cool vox of Jenny and Rosie, covering trans-romantic themes (an ode to obscure operating systems in Puppy or fear of giant planets in Jupiter), delivered from a base of post-pop, dreamy sounds on robotic beats. It could be time to open the Mini Bar...

Archive

Archive

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"Jupiter" by Diode played on FBi radio, Sydney!
http://fbiradio.com/programs/local-fidelity/2015-01-11/

Diode, Second Circle reviews

Second Circle
Low Noise Records
Perth trio, Diode, have been quietly going about their business for more years than many can recall playing the most underground of gigs and arts events. They are the type of band that you would expect to find playing in a musty venue in a Wim Wenders film while poets and punks drink to excess.
Latest release, Second Circle, feels like it is from another era as it pulls on the flavours of New York past. Mini Bar has a propulsive rhythm section backing the shared vocals of Jenny Griffiths and bass playing local music stalwart, Rosie Rooney. Heavenly White chugs along with fuzzed out guitars as if someone crossed Siouxsie And The Banshees with the Jesus & Mary Chain to be both dark and enthralling.
Griffiths’ voice has grown in stature and now has some glitter to add to its grit particularly on Jupiter as the band explore the atmospheric ground of the likes of Galaxie 500. Most songs clock in at just over two minutes as Diode embark on their most concise phase yet. The results speak for themselves.
There is a DIY ethos to the majority of Second Circle and yet it is the most accomplished effort from Diode to date. Second Circle is evidence of a band that has grown into itself and is blossoming without compromising on their art house roots.
CHRIS HAVERCROFT
http://xpressmag.com.au/diode/
 
Diode – Second Circle
Diode mightn’t have been gigging much but they’ve certainly been refining and augmenting their sound behind closed doors. “Second Circle” is their third release, and its beautifully recorded songs – like “Mini Bar” and “Zero” – evoke equal parts Nico, Broadcast and Jesus & Mary Chain. Worth every penny.
LYNDON BLUE
http://www.coolperthnights.com/articles/music%20writer/765

Second Circle

This is a preview of the new EP artwork which is now in the digital pipeline - out very soon. Track list, lyric quotes and credits to follow...

Second Circle by Diöde

1. Mini Bar “Perfect in small doses, for a limited time.” 
    
2. Heavenly White “ You step out on the salt lake and the crystals cut your skin, you feel a little tingle as the energy rushes in.” 
    
3. Jupiter “ Are you a being or a kind of star? I'm scared of you though you are far away.”
   
   
4. Zero “You can keep your send off and your long service leave, I was only here for the visual things and invisibly I leave.” 
    
5. Second Circle “I decided to overtake quickly and used white angel's technique of looking without making eye contact.”

All songs written by Kevin Robertson & Jenny Griffiths, © Diöde 2014

All songs performed by Diöde.

Jenny Griffiths - vocals, guitar and keyboards

Rosie Rooney – bass, vocals

Kevin Robertson - drums

Second Circle recorded at Mixed Signals by Crispin Wellington and in analogue at Stable Sound by William Hooper. Mixed by Diöde and mastered by Ben Chase at Tonal Designs.

All artwork © Kevin Robertson

Thanks to Pete Hobbs for additional guitars on Jupiter and Zero. Violin on Mini Bar by

Kate Robertson. Thanks also to Lisa MacKinney.

Diöde are based in Perth, Western Australia

NoizeMaschin!! #32 - The Big Binary Bash!

It's our 5th Bin-aversary: 2^5 NoizeMaschins!! Seems like a suitably niche and geeky excuse for cake and celebratory high-jinks.

"RSVP One, not Zero
And be a NoizeMaschin!! Hero...."

Here endeth the bad poetry.

Tuesday 24th February.
$10 for non-members, Bar d'Factory serves drinks and earplugs. Doors open 19:30

Lineup:

Diode - Shoegazey goodness to nourish the soul

aRe HaVe We HeaVeNs - Back by popular request, the second installment of Ben Stacy's solo drum project

Petro Vouris - Classical noisemaking and conceptual glory

Josten Myburgh - Prolific new music composer explores dense new territories

Shrimptione ii - New sound worlds to explore under cover of darkness

Steve Paraskos - A party-starting noisefest, in order to get the party started

Russel Clark - Digital, dark ambient textures

Sam Gillies - Reactive granular environments

Prev NM!! #31: https://www.facebook.com/events/476119809165720/
Next NM!! #33: TBA

The Perth Artifactory

Unit 8, 16 Guthrie Street, Osborne Park, Perth, Western Australia 6017

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Middle Class Girls by Diode

Diode retreat in Guildford recording exile

Guildford exile 

Productive day for Diode in William Hooper's beautiful studio setting in Guildford surrounded by lemon scented gums.

Yesterday was distractingly sunny, but today's drizzle created perfect conditions for hours of focussed recording. Great equipment including Blue Box pedal (of Roland S.Howard fame) and also a ripper Vox Cooltron pedal amongst other fabulosi.

Eight new tracks down: Heavenly White, Middle Class Girls, Mini Bar, Jupiter, Zero, Purified, Religion and Second Circle.

Last Noizemaschin!! before we celebrate our second birthday. Come down for a pre-party party with a whole range of Perth's experimental noise-making elite!

$10 for non-members, Bar d'Factory serves drinks and earplugs. Doors open 19:30

Lineup:

Diode Eyes - Altered lineup of the usual Diode, lose none of their intensity or knack for melodic noise pop

The Intensoband - Far-out rock freakout courtesy of one of the most unique sounding bands in Perth!

Graphene - Modular Mass Effect - Trilby Temperly & Friends

Steve Paraskos - Experimental sounds from the twisted world of Steve's mind, drawn from the depths of his beard

Henry Gillet - Pedal-tastic explorations of the 5th Kind

Yann Vissac - Laptop melodies and squarepusher-esque beats abound!

Russel Clark - Synth-pop stew set to simmer until just right

D-JEONG - Ambient post-rock soundscapes, hopefully unhampered by sound card issues, from one half of Sonic Smut

Next NM!!#25: TBA
Prev NM#23: https://www.facebook.com/events/401684616596056/

The Perth Artifactory

Unit 8, 16 Guthrie Street, Osborne Park, Perth, Western Australia 6017

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Rinse Cycle by Diode

Rinse Cycle - Free Download from Noizemaschin!!
https://noizemaschin.bandcamp.com/track/rinse-cycle