Rhibosome
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| Rhibosome | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Perth, Australia | |
| Genre(s) | Rock | |
| Years active | 1998 - 2004 | |
| Members | ||
| Dave McKinney Clayton Chipper Andrew Selmes George Nikoloudis Chad Hedley |
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The Rhibosome story began back in 1998 when two members began playing in a street theatre percussion group called Whak. Later that year they toured to festivals in Canada, Singapore, Darwin and Melbourne.
Dave McKinney reminisces "We had a machine each, like a bike, sorta like a Sulo bin filled with wheelchair batteries and a chassis bolted to the back. It had wheels on the front and back, and you could steer the whole thing with a joystick. It had loads of percussion instruments and foam and stuff."
Once back from tour they set about their next project, to write a live electronic soundscape for urban circus company Bizircus. These songs soon morphed into their live set. Since then Rhibosome have supported Coldcut, Rae & Christian, Faze Action, Norman Jay, Resin Dogs, Endorphin, Ashley Beedle, Jose Padilla, Adam Freeland, Wiseguys, Freestylers, Aphrodite, Ben Harper, Scratch Perverts. They have also successfully installed themselves as stalwarts of the Fremantle scene, regularly performing under their main name, but also as the Big Ear DJs at popular venues in the port city.
They have also left their mark on many of the bigger dance festivals, including Vibes on a Summer's Day, Gatecrasher, Science Fiction, Delirious, Sonik 2000, Ministry of Sound
On stage, Rhibosome are three guys surrounded by a stack of samplers, drumkit, turntables, effects units and an arsenal of percussion with each band member moving freely between instruments and machines. All played fully live with no sequencing or Dat machines. Add their live sound engineer who mixes it all with extra effects and filtering, and you get a band that is very exciting live and very electronic.
Despite having gone separate ways in 2004 Rhibosome are still making waves with their debut album in the UK. Whilst having been released in Australia 2002, the self titled album Rhibosome was released in the UK in 2005 through the label Freestyle.
Meanwhile Dave McKinney from Rhibosome has been keeping busy releasing under the name Flow Dynamics and Soul Harmonics with the Flow Dynamics single "Live In The Mix" recently reaching number 22 in the UK Dance Singles Charts.
[edit] Members
The Rhibosome collective is made up of:
- Dave McKinney
- Clayton Chipper
- Andrew Selmes
- George Nikoloudis (live sound engineer)
[edit] Discography
- "Impulse" (single) - Offworld Sounds
- Ribosome (selftitled LP)- Hydrofunk Records (2002)
- "Get Ready" (single) - Hydrofunk Records (2002)
