Biography
Jeremy Conlon (ex guitarist with Adelaide band "The Violets") is the main songwriter, voice and producer behind Cooperblack. Cooperblack started in the early 1990's, influenced mainly by art school sound projects, followed by classical music in the late 1990's whilst he was doing a degree in Composition, leading to electro beats whilst working with Australian DJ and producer DJ Tr!p. More recently this has culminated in a marriage of electro bass driven pop with Darwin musicians Oliver Budack and Simon Kormendy. (danceable even..!)
they say...
"Cooperblack certainly don't sound like your typical Darwin band. A blend of lounge, electronica, theramin and rock, it isn't what you'd normally associate with the �top ends' music scene. The bands lyrics are just as leftfield. A kaleidoscope of ideas and themes straight out of art school; songs about German catch phrases, owning too many books (and not reading any of them), birds flying into windows, pop corn and more. Not a blue sky mine to be found among it." - Citysearch- Mikolai, August 2008
"NT News Ben Langford 30/05/08 "Ben Langford 30/05/08
"It's not a great thing to say, but if the electro-garage band Cooperblack weren't in Darwin they'd be stars.
The band will draw a fair crowd to the launch of their new CD "My Art is Bleeding" tonight.
But with a unique sound so confident it borders on the crazy, and uber-modern blend of electronics, chords and high pitched languages, the hip cats of Melbourne or Sydney would pack into clubs to hear them play.
Luckily for Darwin, the band's leading light, singer-songwriter Jeremy Conlon, has no plans to move away from his adopted hometown.
"My Art is Bleeding" is a more rocking affair than previous Cooperblack efforts, a fact that Conlon puts down to much of it being recorded live.
With Simon Kormendy on synthesizer and his madly wailing theramin, this is a local band reaching the heights of their powers.
And the influence of the German drummer Oliver Budack is clear, with the album's opening track "Affen Titten Geil" among the more bizzare points. the song's title translates as "horny tits monkey", which apparently is a popular way for old-school Germans to say "that's really cool".
Cooperblack's sound is characterized by a contrast in dark mix of bass throb and ultra pop sensibilities. They have been compared to Gang Of Four, Talking Heads, The Cure, Arcade Fire and Hot Chip!!
AIRPLAY on Triple J, FBi Radio, Three D Radio, ABC Darwin...and more
Jeremy was previously a member of Adelaide based band The Violets (Krell Records, Phantom Records), who toured and received great airplay in Australia
Cooperblack have performed at the Darwin Festivals Music NT showcase gigs for 2005, 2006, 2007...
cooperblack is now available in iTunes internationally.
http://www.youtube.com/cooperblacknsstudio
cut and paste the link below to view cooperblack on JTV in 2006
http://www.abc.net.au/jtv/video/segment_60SECS.htm?clip=cooperblack
http://www.myspace.com/cooperblackaustralia
http://www.tripljunearthed.com/cooperblack
http://www.cooperblack.net
Instrumentation
Jeremy Conlon - Voice, bass, acoustic guitar and keys
Simon Kormendy - bass keys and Theramin
Mega Jess - Drums, voice
Discography
"My Art is Bleeding" - CD 2008 recieving Triplej, ABC, FBi, Three D radio airplay
"Soft Robot" - EP - 2006 - track 1 "Stand Up" recieved Triple J and community radio airplay 2006, plus a slot on JTV
"The Shiny Side" - Album - 2005 recieved great community radio support
"Item V2" - EP - 2001 [collaboration with DJ Tr!p] track 2 "Scary On the Radio" recieved tripleJ airplay 2001 - 2007
"Presbus" - CD Single - 2000 - Track 1 Presbus recieved Triplej and Rage rotation 2000
"Melisma"- CD - 2000
".interpacer - CD - 1998 - good roatation on community radio in Adelaide
"Tenth Hour Degree" - CASS - 1997
"Cooperblack" - CASS - 1995.
Links
| http://www.cooperblack.net |