We’ve got one last banger before the rekkid drops this Friday. In case you still haven’t been acquainted yet, the cowboy futurist of Oz, Cong Josie, is back to make darn sure you know his name and his game with ‘Cong the Singer’ the final single from his eponymous album Cong! It’s 4 minutes of Cong madness and malarky after which we think you’ll count yourself a co-conspirator, partner in crime or just need a cold shower. 

This thrusting synth-punk stomper is a timely manifesto announcing the imminent release of his debut LP, Cong!  Crooning, yelping and cooly fantasising in spoken word, Cong serves up his most blistering joy-ride yet. Imagery is invoked of a speeding Eastern Freeway drive in a crowded clown-car/Ford Laser with Giorgio Moroder in the back seat squeezed in with a strong-man chanting choir and a lush disco chanteuse whose voice floats crystal clear with hope. Cong is at the wheel of course, all hopped up on 7/11 one dollar coffees singing Roy Orbison too fast at 78rpm while Johnny Cayn is the front passenger playing a hillbilly slide guitar with complete abandon - wind flowing through his curly locks.

The origin story told in ‘Cong The Singer’ of Cong coming good as a gun-for-hire singer who becomes infamous at the parma-night mega pubs of the suburban sprawl doing a sort of Elvis-does-pub-rock karaoke show may have only a thin veneer of irony about it though. Cong’s daylighting alter-ego Nic Oogjes (NO ZU) grew up driving daily on the freeway mentioned, and it could be said that his own insecurities as a singer, and that of perpetually feeling like an outsider who (fruitlessly) seeks acceptance via creative output, of which will never actually align with broad definitions of 'good' in the ‘burbs, could be fuelling this trip. This is just a theory though. For now, let’s just thrust along to Cong, the “stiletto singer, moonlighting in the dead of night”.

GENRE : No Wave, New Wave, Post-Punk, Synthwave, 
RIYL: Alan Vega, The Cramps, Chrome, The Birthday Party 

‘Cong the Singer’ single releases October 15th on all digital platforms. Cong!  the debut LP is out October 22nd 2021. On digital CD and ultra-limited hot pink vinyl through It Records
Contact: Kate Reid itrekkids@gmail.com

Pre-order now at itrecordsmelb@bandcamp.com

Cong Josie -  Cong The Singer

Cette semaine, Vicnet, cet old timer de la scène française viendra faire un live en direct. 
http://www.vincenttordjman.com/

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Microthol - Supergravity Solutions
Reedale Rise - Water Margin
OCB - Data World
Kosh - Headache
Ben Pest - Werd Clock
Dmx krew - Back to the Bass
Binary Digit - Rocade Sud Funk
OCB - Physics
OCB - One More Time
Gosub - Love from Planet X
Driss Bennis & Swoze - Networks
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Modus Live [Marmo Music]

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When we first heard his track, “Proximity”, the energy immediately captivated us. Raw, aggressive, but controlled and defined at the same. Purpose is so important, and having a clear understanding of why we do something, matters a great deal.
 
No words from the artist this episode, but we were pleasantly surprised with the set ISMAEL. delivered, showing a new side of himself that we didn’t know.

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Joanne Robertson - Hit
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Emile Mosseri - Log In Your Fire
Torus - Sound of the Drums (VIP)
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JakoJako & Rodhad - Athanasia
Mono - Kokyo
Parrish Smith - Fader
QoW - Keteer
Selim El Sadek - monster2killed
0N4B - Cybernetic Emptiness
Gaspar Claus & Samos - Nit
Caterina Barbieri - Fantas
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Felicia Atkinson & Sylvain Chauveu - Aberdeen
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