Kapitolina on Good Machine Bad Machine

Kapitolina guests on Kiss FM Melbourne's Good Machine Bad Machine with Not Happy Jan, Tuesday 19th May. Check out downloads section for the 90 minute mix featuring Trans Am, The Horrors, Mount Sims, Alec Empire, Serena Maneesh, Psychedelic Furs, New Order, Fluorescent and some re-edits from Kapitolina's record bag.

Link > Good Machine Bad Machine

Running Up That Putin - Kapitolina (GWSP)
Sleeping Gun - Kapitolina (GWSP)
Pills, Now I'm Sick - Kapitolina (GWSP)
I Was Right - Underground Lovers (Guernica)
Thrash Me - Malaria (Monitorpop Entertainment)
Music For Dogs - Trans Am (Thrill Jockey)
Senses - New Order (Factory)
If You Live Or Die - Alec Empire (Eat Your Heart Out)
Only Shallow - My Bloody Valentine (Creation)
Sister Europe - Psychedelic Furs (CBS)
Graves - Mt Sims (Hungry Eye)
Street Commander - The Voices (Plant)
A Sea Within A Sea - The Horrors (XL)
Your Blood In Mine - Serena-Maneesh (Playlouderecordings)
Unfamiliar - Fluorescent (GWSP)

Unfamiliar SIngle

Free download - Unfamiliar - Redux
2009 / Girls Who Smoke Poke
Fluorescent's Radio edit of 'Unfamiliar' taken from the album 'Winter'.

2009 brings Fluorescent’s latest single; a revamped version of ‘Unfamiliar’, lifted from the ‘Winter’ album. Described by Mess & Noise as;
“One of the better moments on Fluorescent’s debut album Winter, ‘Unfamiliar’ lopes along with Cure-esque guitars and cheesy synths... fondness for this era can also be found in the laconic vocals of Simon Kapitolina, who delivers the somewhat bizarre refrain, “Streets are unfamiliar, when they’re gonna kill ya”, with utter seriousness.”

The single release also includes a dub version, along with ‘Collapse’, a nihilistic guitar epic - also lifted from Winter. ‘Unfamiliar’ see’s Fluorescent’s first venture in to music video; a collaborative project produced by Fabian Kong, together with Plot Films, Andrew McLeod and a cast of local dancers - if Jeffery Smart had a dance troupe at his disposal, this may be the result; surreal and urban, yet camp.

Kapitolina at Trough Sydney Mardi Gras weekend

Simon Kapitolina will be djing at Trough Sydney for this year's Sydney Mardi-Gras weekend at Oxford Arts Factory in Darlinghurst, along with Seymour Butz, Matt Vaughan, Sleater Brockman, Dam Arms Djs and Bromance.

Link > Trough Faggot Party - Sydney

A resident dj at Melbourne’s infamous Trough Faggot Parties with an eclectic style of indie dance fused with italo disco, Kapitolina has just begun releasing mash-ups and re-edits through his online label ‘Girls That Smoke Poke’.

Fluorescent to release 'Unfamiliar' as next single - Launch with The Blow Waves Jan 31

Fluorescent will release a re-edit of 'Unfamiliar' as a single in January from their 2008 album 'Winter'. It will be an independant online release - only available by free download from fluorescent.com.au.

They will be launching the single in Melbourne on Saturday January 31, supporting The Blow Waves at Wow Saturdays down at Inflation with Drugs In Vegas.

'Unfamiliar' will also see the bands first venture into music video, so be sure to check it out on ABCTV's Rage in the new year.

2008 was a landmark year for Fluorescent; expanding to an exceptional live trio and releasing their stella second album 'Winter', the follow up to 2005's debut 'Post Nuclear'. With supporting shows for Ladytron's Melbourne show in October and the inclusion of their track 'Sleeping' on the Rubber Records shoegaze compilation 'Take Me On The Wldest Spree', Fluorescent head into 2009 with plans to record their third album through March/April.

Fluorescent to appear on Shoegaze compilation

Fluorescent appear on a new compilation of Shoegaze bands, released through EMI & Rubber Records. The record contains 14 bands from around the world, such as Soundpool, Rumskib & Air Formation. The band have contributed 'Sleeping' from their recent album 'Winter' to the project. The record will be launched in Melbourne at Weekender Saturday December 13 at Ding Dong Lounge.