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"Edge Worker DJ AKA James Tom presents a monthly skirmish through the badlands of outsider and fringe music. 
A deluge of heavy metal, punk, dark ambient, noise and industrial music. A pathos for the disenfranchised, a blackout city under martial law"

Originally aired on Skylab Radio http://skylab-radio.com/

Terror Rising Show (Skylab Radio)

One of Australia’s most mysterious jazz long players. The eponymous creation of Queensland pianist Robert Welsh. Originally released in 1986, Singing Dust offers a dynamic collection of songs, rich in expressive performance and compositional sophistication. Inspired by the sounds of Indian devotional song, the jazz piano styles of Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett, English folk and Debussey’s tonal impressions, this is a work of true dedication and posterity that will appeal to many serious music lovers. 

Restored from original master tapes by Fresh Hold Releases & Efficient Space.

Ewan McKenzie - Guitar.
Raine Mormon - Vocals and Vocal Harmonies.
Robert Welsh - Vocals, Vocal Harmonies, Bosendorfer, Grand Piano, Rhodes Electric Piano Korg Synthesizer, Recorders, Percussion, Conga Drum and Xylophone.

Recorded at Musart Studios, Brisbane
Remastered by Mikey and Danielsan.

Singing Dust - Let Me Take Your Name

Singing Dust

Singing Dust - Involution

Spectra! represents a lone, anomaly release by illusive producer and recording artist J. Walker of Perth, Western Australia. Recorded and produced in 2016, Spectra! comprises a collection of 12 instrumental works composed in response to an imagined brief investigating the refined shades and pigments of colour.

Whilst stylistically somewhat comparable to library music recordings from Europe released throughout the 1980’s, Walker’s compositions never step too closely toward facsimile. Instead, they maintain a unique sense of identity, one closer akin to a born-too-late contemporary interpretation of the sentimentality and lost moods that allowed library music it’s point of difference and charm in the first place. Unlike many modern artists who flirt with the past, Walker isn’t concerned with carbon copying the sound palate and tape hiss of yesterday. In these works, antecedent emotional and harmonic bodies are given new life and form by means of modern studio hardware, Recommended for fans of the Coloursound Library and Joël Vaandroogenbroeck.

J. Walker - Resentment Rose

This mix is sort of my personal take on downtempo, the majority of the mix is made up of 90s/early 00's goa trance records at 33RPM (pressed at 45). Fortuitously a large portion of these I obtained cheaply in Sydney while recording shopping with Danny Wild following a Moontown Records party I DJd in October 2019. This mix is for the fans of the nocturnal, darker side of downtempo electronica. Please enjoy" @james-tom / @krakatau-melbourne

Art by Wanda Koop

CXI - edge worker dj

Edge Worker DJ live to air on Skylab Radio 3/7/21 for @loading_erro-r

Edge Worker DJ live mix on Skylab Radio for LOADING_ERROR show

Gave Singing Dust collaborators @freshhold the keys to our NTS show. Contemporary jazz, minimal and forthcoming label releases, covering both the archive imprint and their new music alter ego @elationsrecordings [J.Walker, J.] 

Tracklisting @ www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/efficent-space-fresh-hold-6th-september-2021

Fresh Hold Take Over NTS Radio 06.09.21

Welcome Edge Worker DJ back to the BSRMIX!

Almost one year on the highly anticipated second part of Edge Worker DJ’s Mediterranea Progressivo mix has landed. Once again we are blessed with 100 minutes of truly tripped out psychedelic glory exploring the Italian progressive trance and house scenes of the 90s. 100% vinyl mix live on the fly for the freaks. JT has also been kind enough to unlock the tracklist from Pt 1. Enjoy!

Mediterranea Progressivo Pt 1 tracklist:
Patrick & Julie - Roll Minors
Terre Forti - One Night in Bug Club (Dominate Version)
The X Factor - Peraza (Kalimba Mix)
Chicos - Mystica (C Version)
Riccardino & Jay - Fortitude
Axel Alex - Bimbo (Dominate Mix)
Area 051 - Rilassamento
Ansia - Il Suono Digitale, Irrazionale E Nervoso (Irrazionale Mix)
Joy’s Experiences - Acid Line
Traxx Invaders - Into The Future (Into the Trance Mix)
Vibot/J. Kiticonti - Chiumbiosy (Hard Fix Mix)
D’Agostino Planet - Fly (Metropolitan Mix)
Einstein Doctor DJ - U.F.O. (S.H.A.D.O. Extended)
Future Team - Last Time (Progressive Mix)
Hysteria - Love Nature (Joy and Kaya Remix)
Fabrizio Risso - Mediterraneo (TB 303 Mix)
System 4 - Blue Zone

www.buttersessions.com

BSRMIX #115 - Edge Worker DJ (Mediterranea Progressivo Pt 2)

Third and final instalment in the Elegant Blue series...

Elegant Blue (1) ~ www.mediafire.com/?fy76qk6528aowv9
Elegant Blue 2 - A Slight Return ~ www.mediafire.com/?7fo57lo0wklenl2

'Elegant Blue 3 - Messianic Rising' ~ DJ mix

Magical and gloomy progressive Goa Trance exxxtended vinyl set by Melbourne's Edge Worker DJ ~~

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CRUDE MIX 146 - Edge Worker DJ

Adam Halliwell - Freedom Lapse - Freedom Lapse

Adam Halliwell - Freedom Lapse - Banana Leaf

Out on Trouble In Mind Records July 29th, 2014

Riddells Creek (i. Stinging Petal ii. Mourning Mass iii. John Stoat)

Kuriere (i. A Semblance of Time ii. Leviathan Theme iii. From Here to Where...)

Adam, Dylan & myself play a live set for PBS show 'Far Side Virtual' 23/06/14

Untitled 2

James Tom from Krakatau blesses us with over 2 hours of music from his record and cd collection.

James Tom - Space'd Guest 048

buy tape + digital nicemusiclabel.bandcamp.com - also available on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Google Play, Juno Download and more.

taken from Hyperborea 'Associations Of Time' NM006

Hyperborea is Melbourne's boundlessly erudite prog auteur James Tom. Tom is perhaps most noted recently as the figurehead and synth/keyboardist of Krakatau, whose stunning debut LP 'Water Near A Bridge' on Trouble In Mind cut deep into the (sub)consciousness of critics and fans alike with its stillness and restraint, peacefully purposeful at the heart of its dewy construction. As Hyperborea, Tom focuses more closely on synth arrangements, textures and instrument voicings as a centerpiece as opposed to the bass/drums/synth trio core of Krakatau. Following on from a short split release with Straylight on Airline Tapes, 'Associations Of Time' offers a satisfying tide of lush densities and contemplative travelogues within which time overlaps itself or indeed stops altogether, suspended in air. Care is taken in every detail and choice behind each synth tone, peripheral atmosphere and the delicately dynamic mix itself. Tones lightly bounce and intermingle with bio-elasticity at certain moments and carve out deeply meditative lines throughout others, creating a mournful, gently inward-bound trip through the verdant backwoods of a collected memory.

Hyperborea 'A Chance Passing'

James Tom presents 'Disko Klubos' guest mix #10 for Groove Control Melbourne. Check out more Groove Control mixes @ https://www.mixcloud.com/groovecontrolmelbourne/

'Disko Klubos' guest mix - Groove Control #10

Soon available on growing bin records: Krakatau' Tharsis Montes EP. The Melbourne based quartet is diving deep into black holes and solar flares to create their own style of sun-kissed funk and moonlit jazz. Enjoy your ride!

Krakatau - Apogean Tide (11.17) shortened

Krakatau - Tharsis Montes (9.57) shortened

http://www.noiseinmyhead.com.au/2016/10/111016-w-james-tom-krakatau/

Noise In My Head guest mix by James Tom

Episode 2 of Terror Rising by Edge Worker DJ, originally aired on Skylab Radio 22/6/2018

Tracklist - 

Dom - Silence 
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends 
Possessed - The Eyes of Horror
Bathory - Enter the Eternal Fire 
Heldon - Back to Heldon 
Chrome - Abstract Nympho 
~ Excerpt from ‘Braindead’ film (1990) ~
Keith LeBlanc - Object-Subject (Breakdown’s Not Enough) 
~ Excerpt from ‘Braindead’ film (1990) ~
Galactic Locksmith - Untitled b4
Paul Chain Violet Theatre - Bath-Chair’s Mary

"Edge Worker DJ AKA James Tom presents a monthly skirmish through the badlands of outsider and fringe music. 
A deluge of heavy metal, punk, dark ambient, noise and industrial music. A pathos for the disenfranchised, a blackout city under martial law"

Terror Rising Ep.2

Episode 3 of Terror Rising by Edge Worker DJ, originally aired on Skylab Radio 21/9/2018

Tracklist -

Blistering Moments - The Plat-Eyed Disposition 
Steven Brown - After Dark Vapours 
Black Hole - Spectral World 
Paul Chain Violet Theatre - 17 Day 
Steven Brown - Fill For Me 
Front Line Assembly - Ausgang Zum Himmel 
Requiem - Sacrificial Wanderer 
Walter Wegmüller - Die Hohepriesterin 
Comus - The Herald 
Steven Brown - To Hope

"Edge Worker DJ AKA James Tom presents a monthly skirmish through the badlands of outsider and fringe music. 
A deluge of heavy metal, punk, dark ambient, noise and industrial music. A pathos for the disenfranchised, a blackout city under martial law"

Terror Rising Ep.3

Episode 1 of Terror Rising by Edge Worker DJ, originally aired on Skylab Radio 25/5/2018 

Tracklist -

Pascal Comelade & Richard Pinhas - Saint-Augustin Tombant Vers Le Haut
Deathrow - Raging Steel 
Razor - Behind Bars
Holy Terror - Black Plague 
Whiplash - Warmonger 
Satan’s Host - Black Stele
Kat - 666
Hirax - Born in the Streets (demo)
Verdict - Speed Division (demo)
Aragorn - Black Ice
Blitzkrieg - Inferno 
The Rods - Hurricane 
Witchfinder General - Free Country 
Behemoth - Vengeance 
Wild Dogs- The Evil in Me

"Edge Worker DJ AKA James Tom presents a monthly skirmish through the badlands of outsider and fringe music. 
A deluge of heavy metal, punk, dark ambient, noise and industrial music. A pathos for the disenfranchised, a blackout city under martial law"

Terror Rising Ep.1

Originally aired Nov, 21st, 2018 on FBI Radio for Martin Doyle's Dusty Fingers show 

soundcloud.com/dustyfingers

Elements - Sunken Cathedral 
Steven Brown - Au Sujet D’un Paysage
MJ Lallo - Aquarius Blue 
Workdub - Lunar Module 
Teo & Fabrizio Fattori - Babe Black (Night Version)
Dan Siegel - New Jungle 
Zawinul - Zeebop 
Gondwanaland - Bullant 
Iam Siam - Talk To Me (Dub) 
Sladana - Neko Je Tu
Georgie Red - If I Say Stop, Then Stop! (Dub)
Beres Hammond - Your Fool 
Konzept - Condemn Me 
Oblique - Yellow Turtles 
Kit & Coco - Do You Mind? 
Mario Acquaviva - Sogni E Ridi
Seven Windows - Light Brown Colour

James Tom guest mix for Dusty Fingers

Episode 4 of Terror Rising by Edge Worker DJ, originally aired on Skylab Radio 25/1/2019

Tracklist -

Joel Vandroogenbroeck - Dark Plasma 
Sacrifice - Forward to Termination/Terror Strikes 
Living Death - Nuclear Greetings 
Kreator - Ripping Corpse 
Diamanda Galás - The Litanies of Satan 
Razor - Tear Me to Pieces
Exciter - Iron Dogs
Wicked Witch - Erratic Behaviour 
Psychic TV - Dawna
Yasuaki Shimizu - IQ 179 

"Edge Worker DJ AKA James Tom presents a monthly skirmish through the badlands of outsider and fringe music. 
A deluge of heavy metal, punk, dark ambient, noise and industrial music. A pathos for the disenfranchised, a blackout city under martial law"

Terror Rising Ep.4

Originally aired on Hope St Radio 17/2/20.

'Devil Takes the High Road' Mix (Hope St Radio)

My mix addition to Mildlife's Very Fantastic Radio. To listen to full episode with @Mildlife half of episode listen here: https://soundcloud.com/mildlife/very-fantastic-radio-e05

Mildlife Very Fantastic Radio E05 w/ James Tom

Welcome Edge Worker to the Butter Mix!

Melbourne based mutant music maker / selector James Tom of Krakatau fame delivers a stone cold stunner of a mix for number 99…this one is truly for the FREAKS! It’s the first in a series for BSR exploring the Italian progressive trance and house scene of the 90s. Deep filtering, tripped out psychedelia and proper trance inducing vibes a plenty.

Please enjoy responsibly and keep an eye out for Part 2.

Butter Mix #99 - Edge Worker (Mediterranea Progressivo Pt 1)

Edge Worker DJ https://soundcloud.com/james-tom
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Edge Worker DJ

Invoking the past and future simultaneously - the eternal ~ ☽

James Tom keyboard player @krakatau-melbourne 
Elations Recordings @elationsrecordings
Fresh Hold Releases @freshhold
Edge Worker DJ - jacking dance music

Host of 'Terror Rising' and Co-host of 'Notes' on Skylab Radio

James Tom

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