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'On The Tune' Christmas Special Mixtape

Features tracks from myself and Johnny Utah - grab yourself a download now. Merry Christmas guys!

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Inkstains (Acoustic) Cover Art

Inkstains (Acoustic) Cover art by Steven Ung!

The release drops February 2011

Shout outs to Awkward Fresh clothing!

For keeping a dudes back covered.

http://www.AwkwardFreshClothing.com

Inkstains (Acoustic)

Hey guys,

Both myself and Coptic are currently knee deep in the recording of acoustic EP's with renditions of songs from our most recent releases 'Inkstains' and 'The Sound Of Wings' - and some unreleased original material.

I've just finished another day in the studio working on the intro to the EP, an extended version of 'Mountain Of Glass' arranged primarily by Jon Reichhardt and Kieran Owens, and I'm really happy with how it's all sounding. It's been really interesting working in an acoustic environment, a lot of the time with my studio work it's about removing imperfections and trying to create the tightest sound possible; with this style of recording those imperfections and little humanisms are actually what make the tracks.

Attached are some photos taken by Harleigh English from a live rehearsal Skyline Productions recorded for us at the Red Bull offices in Sydney last week, can't wait to hit you guys with this stuff!

Handful Of Gravel - My Album

What's up, Guys?

So.. Clearly I suck at blogging and keeping schedules.

I attempted to blog every week, and I made two posts. I think it was a pretty good effort for someone that doesn't really have anything interesting to say, Haha.

Anyways, It's been a minute since I've given any updates in blog form, So I'm going to rant for a little bit.

So, We've almost finished recording my album, which will officially be titled " Handful Of Gravel ". Pretty exciting stuff, right?

I'd like to say it was a long year filled with blood, sweat and tears, But this year seems to have gone so damn quickly, and in all honesty, I couldn't think of a better way to spend the time than writing and recording an album. I really feel like I've put myself into this project, and hopefully when you guys finally hear it, You'll feel that, too.

There's a lot of personal songs on there, from talking to members of my family, to dealing with concepts and situations that I'm sure we all face and feel on a day to day basis.

My brother Elgen handled all the production, and I wouldn't want to release my debut album any other way. Even though He's no longer actively releasing records or persuing a career in music, It was a big thing for us to put together my album as a team, So hopefully you all dig what we hope is a cohesive album with our own sound.

I don't really want to give too much away, But just know I've got a few very talented features on this disc.. Including my good pal Steve Hollins, and ofcourse IFS's Phatchance. We've got a couple of very cool singers helping me out on a few tracks that I'm really excited to show you all, So hopefully I can drop you guys a little leak in the coming months!

I guess that's really about all that I can say at this point.. But keep an eye on the facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/OfficialJohnnyUtah) and also the IFS website, Because I'll be giving album/gig updates from there, and We'll also be launching a brand new website in a few months.

Thanks for reading, Haha!

- Johnny Utah

AustralianMadeMusic.com.au

Hey guys, if you like to chat music - you should join me...ive been posting on the forums quite a bit lately :)

www.australianmademusic.com.au/forums

- Coptic Soldier

I forgot to blog last week, Sorry!

So, i promised Coptic that i'd blog once a week, and i slacked off and missed my second week, haha.

So here it is:

Elgen and I just won the Triple J Unearthed Groovin' The Moo competiton.. We'll be playing the main stage at the Maitland festival. I can't tell you how excited we are haha, This will officially be the first time IFS have hit a festival, and we couldn't be more psyched. We'll be playing a whole tonne of new album material, plus some jams from the EP, so hopefully we can really turn it on for the crowd there.

We're also in last weeks Drum Media magazine with a small interview, and if you're a Triple J head, you might hear When The Rain Hits getting a bit of play, as it's recently been put on high rotation, which we're pumped about. If you want to request it on super request, please don't hold back. Haha.

That's all i've really got now, Because, well, I'm watching Entourage. Haha.

But go download When The Rain Hits for free from http://www.triplejunearthed.com/ElgenAndJohnnyUtah !

Peace!
Utah

Phatchance & Coptic Soldier Acoustic Set

Should be announcing our first acoustic set soon. Sydney heads keep your eyes open - will only be 100 capacity!

Luke

Johnny Utah

What's up, Guys?


This is hopefully the first of many of my contributions to the IFS blog, So how about i ease into it by giving you all a run down on where I'm at? Yeah? Excellent.


So, Basically We're writing, producing and recording my debut LP at the moment. To be perfectly honest, I'm feeling really good about the direction it's taking.

Though this is a solo Johnny Utah album, Elgen is handling all the production, So things should be nice and cohesive.


For those of you who bought, burnt or downloaded Mine and Elgens EP 'The Welcoming Party', I'm hoping you can dig on what we're doing with this.


Although, so far it's alot different, rest assure that Elgen is still a freak, so the production on this guy is something else all together.


At the moment we're just really focusing on making sure that everything is working on a cohesive level, thankfully I'm not butting heads with The Moose every day, so i think we're achieving that, haha.


Right now we're working on a song that samples some friends of mine, a Punk band called Waterview.
It's a little bit different to anything we've ever done before, so fingers crossed it works.


" They want a clone and i won't be
stand where i am, hold my ground like an oaktree
let 'em march in their packs
while i carry the weight of my words with the arch of my back
and i believe in a beast
i believe that a world without freedom is a world without speech "


That's really about all i can muster at the moment, I'll try to be a little more entertaining next time, Haha.


Peace,
J.U

Just finished writing....

So Phatchance and I are thinking of working on a mixtape together before we start our next albums and I just finished writing what could be my first track for it.

Inspired by the last 6 months of my time working and touring in this Australian music scene....bit of a vent and a thank you to all who have supported us :)

FIGHT FOR THE FAME (working title)

Another poem this scene has inspired me to make

I see the top and you can bet that its a climb I gotta make

We do another release just trying to escape

from this place amongst all the little fighting and their hate

The truth is I wish time is all it takes,

But music seems to take away my life in every way

I love my family but we fight when I away

coz their frightened that ive changed from the kind of boy they raised

I hate this biz but my clients why I stay

There’s nothing more I want but for their rhymes to bring em fame

My IFS crew I know the heights that we can make

If we saddle up, grit our teeth and ride without the breaks

Im wise enough to say this mic may never pay

But that’ll never stop us from the flights to every state

Making friends and fans by spitting a rhyme up on a stage

Reminds me every time why my life is on my page

Another crazy album likely to go to waste

Cause radio cant find the time to be giving it play

And without them this grind may never pay

It’s a hard pill to swallow their decisions hold our fate

Its insane that you aint got a contract

They saw my art and didn’t like what we made

And cause we wouldn’t change was on that

they sent us packing out the door to find our own way

We’ll be major without being signed to a chain

Come and see a truly independent fight for the fame

And now that they’ve seen all this hype we have gained

labels hit me up on email to sign us again

see being broke isn’t what we strive to attain

but these labels will try for every dime that we make

if your not with em your against em it’s the price that we pay

we apply for a festivals “sorry your slightly to late”

and hip hop politics is what im trying to evade

Our loudest played track couldnt silence all the hate

They diss us everytime cause we don’t slide into their frame

I guess its only natural when your frightened of change

- Coptic

"Inkstains" Face Paint Party

Thanks to everyone who came out - I can't believe how good the night ended up.

I just uploaded some photos on the facebook page courtosey of Skyline-Productions.net

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE GALARY

- Coptic