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Wrapped In Plastic

by Kynan Robinson

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Log Lady 23:33
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Uncle Bob 01:47
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Blue Fire 06:34
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Josie 01:08

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"This music is complex and distinctive enough to exist without the Lynch link, but for a diehard Twin Peaks fan, well it only adds to the allure."

Taking its inspiration from some of the artistic concepts of master filmmaker David Lynch Composer Kynan Robinson has developed its own very unique approach to music-making. While not specifically referencing David Lynch, composer Robinson sought to imply concepts such as an investigation into normality as well as an application of dual narratives involving both the ideas of reality and fantasy into the sometimes beautiful, sometimes unsettling music played by the Escalators.

The music was performed by the band on a stage that had been built for the show. Over a large stage, each musicians was positioned at a distance from the other at was performing on rises of different heights. The band all wore black suits and skinny ties. Visually they appeared to mimic how rock or pop bands of the 50s and early b60s were positioned when performing on television variety shows.

In total contrast to this minimalist clean lines of set, stood a large wooden sculpture or structure wth transparent cloth flowing from its roof that was anything but minimalist.
It housed DJ Element in his street clothes and his array of turntables, vinyl, DIY electronics, cables, samplers, found objects dirt and rocks all used to create sound alongside the amazing journey into the darkness he was generating through his incredible skill using classic hip hop turntable techniques. His mixing, scratching, and looping can only be described as maximalist like the strange house he was rapped inside of.

. The structure both made him the center of the audience's attention and yet hid him away.

Visual artists Kiron Robinson and Michelle Robinson created the set and the video that runs simultaneously to create a set design that includes video.
This was a live show that tetters on the edge of haunting beauty and Lynchian weirdness.

The Escalators consists of a veritable whos who of the Melbourne music scene and introduces the astounding talents of master Turntablist, DJ Element.

Piano - Marc Hannaford
Bass - Mick Meagher
Drums - Joe Talia
Trumpet - Pat Thiel
Guitar - Lawrence Folvig
Turntables/Sampler - DJ Element
Trombone/Composer - Kynan Robinson

Album Review


If the title of this album didn’t give it away Melbourne outfit The Escalators make music inspired by the work of David Lynch. Of course given that Lynch’s work is intrinsically linked with the beautiful evocative sounds of Angelo Badalamenti they’re really facing an uphill battle.

Yet this project doesn’t feel like a slavish homage, and despite the fact that this septet in the main comes from jazz and experimental (or both) backgrounds, you get the sense that their inspiration comes not from the music per se, rather the evocative worlds and constructs that Lynch creates.

The band include members of the Adam Simmons Toy Band, CW. Stoneking, The Antipodean Collective, Malakat and the Ned Collette band and the music runs the gamut of gentle quite restrained atmospheric jazz to Bucketrideresque noisy free jazz.

It’s a Twin Peaks-themed album, with titles like Log Lady, The Great Northern, or James: Boy on a Motorcycle. Yet it’s hard to know how the link was made to Lynch and why the band feels the need to overt it via song titles and the occasional strange voiced backward masking (a midget perhaps?). Not that this is a problem mind you. There are however some strange things going on here, curious mixing decisions that serve to really mess with both your understanding of the music and your sense of normality and where it all fits in space and time.

And perhaps it’s these very Lynchian notions that The Escalators use as a musical starting point. Often there are strange sounds existing alongside the music which is slightly unnerving, never really feeling part of the music, yet never overting itself to the extent that it becomes particularly apparent or distracting. It’s almost subliminal, yet provides an additional layer of complexity or roughage to the music.

This music is complex and distinctive enough to exist without the Lynch link, but for a diehard Twin Peaks fan, well it only adds to the allure."

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released October 10, 2010

Composer: Kynan Robinson

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The Escalators Melbourne, Australia

Taking its inspiration from some of the artistic concepts of master film maker David Lynch the band has developed it’s own very unique approach to music making. Composer Kynan Robinson formed the group in 2007 and it has received great attention in his homeland of Australia. ... more

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