JOEandJOY

“What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.” ― Jack Kerouac

“...human kind cannot bear very much reality”. But as Kerouac knew, impermanence is as much about loss as giddying freedom, and Joy Sparkes / Joe Miller enjoy giddying freedom.

Voraciously collaborative, Joy has lent her wide vocal range to Simplex (Obese Records), K21 ("Won’t Stop" has over 80,000 YouTube views and Theory of Face featured on the soundtrack to P.J. Hogan’s "Mental"), and the electronic trio Question Question (Pilot Records). Joe brings a DJ’s ear to the pair, having played alongside Andrew Weatherall, Agoria and Lusine. He won the inaugural Balance Community Mix competition in 2013, and has gained recognition from UK’s iDJ Magazine for his melodious and nostalgia-laced selections.

The pair first collaborated when Joy turned up at a picnic in the botanic gardens and sang into a conveniently-placed field recorder. The resulting track was quickly snagged by Amsterdam’s Manual Music and later re-released on the German Voltaire imprint. This year, they’re pairing up to write protest songs, thoughtful songs and fucking songs and press their first EP.

www.solarus.net.au
solarusrecords@gmail.com

Electronic DUO, Adelaide, VHS by Capital Waste Pictures

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Your thoughts pause as your attention draws to this moment. You begin to wonder... 'where am I, what was I doing?'.

A sense of frustration passes as a wave of tranquillity washes over you. Riding this feeling, you begin to drift into a state of intense thought. Places, faces and emotions surround you, passing by at the speed of light. It's as if your entire existence was inhaled by the vacuum of your focus. There is now little but a presence of darkness, yet somehow you feel at peace.

Suddenly, your mind blossoms like a flower and a rush of energy passes through you. It pulsates your very being, at a rate that feels so right, so content. Messages sing themselves into your imagination painting pictures of beauty. You're surrounded by lifeforms that creep closer with playfulness. You descend deeper, in awe of all that is before you.

The thought arises, is this real? And suddenly, all of what you have just experienced begins to float, just out of reach. A snapshot of this very instance is stored in your conscience forever. It is this moment that you will ponder for the rest of your waking life.

Groov Mekanik aims to seize these moments and store them as vibrational data that evoke wonder. Breathe deep, move fast and enjoy the ride.

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