born 1st september 1963 -started out in experimental punk rock- major influence 'late night SW radio sessions with other like minded punkniks'-- centred round Beulah Rd Norwood- Sth Aust -- a legendary Petri dish of dissonance and dissidents in equal parts-as much tape sound experimenters as weird rockers--That was -STINKPOT- everything went in the mix at Beulah Rd-and this continued as much through the avante/ opera/noise/electroacoustic group- MANIC OPERA- groundbreaking sound/performance-soon this morphed into the ultimate 3 piece --HYACINTHRASH-- named after a survivor of jonestown ..the band that left no prisoners..the late 80's was filled to the brim with absurd musical groups mainly --EGGENBURGERS --and DAVROS and the CRIPPLED SONS of ATHENA-from bavarian hip to country and eastern dervish- after building a big mudbrick house in the central highlands of victoria-the solo tape music continued under the -JUSTINSTINKT- monika-until the year 98 when -SURREALESTATE-first brewed up its esoteric synthesis, resulting in the psychotronic sounds of the Surrealestate Project-part art part sound-deluxe edition cd and 12" {still available}This lead to the label mootrecords-which all recordings henceforth will be available-JUZZMEZZ has continued recordiing from the studio of Justin Butler in MUSKVALE-VICTORIA Paranoise........1979 The Stinkpots...80-83 Manic opera.....82-87 the beavers.....83-84 Slippery gonads..84-85 psycho farmers...84-85 The Plungers....84-85 Hyacinthrash....86-88 Eggenburgers...87-90 moto jockeys...88-89 Davros & the crippled sons..89-91 Justinstinkt.......81-98 surrealestate....99-2007 JUZZMEZZ.......2005- other people juzzmezz has played with include --the nude--the slub-- scared sacred--bumhead orchestra--unconscious collective--.purple vulture shit-- the fundamental revivalists--gonghouse--Bad Jazz--Disciples of Jim Jones--Basil and the BoyBoys--Throut--Bon Beach Bastards-Rooty Hill Legacy League Marching and Timbral Band

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Clay Ravin was the erstwhile drummer for The Thing! and Dirtbird, and creator of soundscapes for theatre.
Clay's favourite music style is minimal tech house, but he's also a great fan of experimental, ambient, electronica, alt folk country, and many other music styles.
Clay's side-project Altair is shortly to release its own CD.

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