New single and video out now at your favorite digital music download stores and online streaming services.

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Check out the music video here (and subscribe to the channel for more Fordy oddness): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vryzue_Dhqw 

Queer electro-disco cabaret party machine Tomás Ford has just released BAD FRENZ CLUB, the first single and music video from his upcoming visual album, "Have A Bath With Me?" 

The electro-pop epic is a delicious first taste of what is to come, featuring a guest spot from his Perth cabaret comrade Jamie Mykaela. The single has been released on a compilation from Mandurah label Dog Park Records, “Waterblaster Management Plan”, which curates a collection of electronic music from the coastal plain running south of Perth from Rockingham to Binningup.

An international late night touring sensation before the pandemic firebombed his career, Ford wrote his new album while parked at home. He kept up a hectic performing schedule; playing to audiences from the safety of his bathtub, as they watched from a bath of their own. The material built up through online fringe festivals around the world and grew into a fully fledged performance film. An early version debuted at Perth’s Revelation Film Festival in 2021.

When Ford wrote Bad Frenz Club, he was spiralling into an unhealthy lockdown paranoia. As he finds is often the case, his songwriting forecasted his own realisations and in 2022, things got weird. His marriage fell apart. He came out. He took a year off, preparing the bath he’d planned for everyone in the meanwhile.

Now it’s ready. Prepare yourself to have a bath with him. In the meanwhile, join his Bad Frenz Club.

Bad Frenz Club (Featuring Jamie Mykaela)

WATCH THE NEW MUSIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybP9BATRzbA

Tomás Ford woke up a few years ago at the Edinburgh Fringe with a whiskey hangover, hair product all down his face and a microphone in his hand

Flashbacks hit him hard; his brain threw on the brakes, trying to find its’ feet after a spectacularly lost decade spent running around the cesspit pubs and warehouse parties of Australia’s underground music scene. 

Here he was, awake. All of that in the past tense. Prestigious award nominations and five star reviews in hand. An accidental “alternative cabaret” star. Whatever the fuck that meant. 

LOVE CANCER is his demolition of his favorite song by his former comrades in cheap beer and loud music, Perth garage rockers The Painkillers aka James Baker & Joe Bludge. 


SEE HIM EXPLODE LIVE:

MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL 
Apr 9-19: http://www.trybooking.com/GRDY
RR CLUB LONDON, UK – MAY 21
BRIGHTON FRINGE, UK – MAY 22 – 24
PRAGUE FRINGE, CZ – MAY 25 – 30
SUBIACO ARTS CENTRE PERTH, AU – JUNE 10 - 13
EDINBURGH FRINGE, UK – AUGUST 7 - 31

DOWNLOAD THE SINGLE NOW AT:
http://music.tomasford.com

Love Cancer

Full Title: 
Map Of Tasmania (Tomás Ford Refuses To Use A Map And Ends Up On An Endless Loop Around One Way Streets In Hobart, Eventually Getting Dizzy And Hallucinating That A Guerilla Amanda Palmer Show Is Happening On His Car Boot Until He Finds A Wine Bar In Salamanca Where He Sits In The Corner And Pieces Together The Soiled Parts Of His Brain And This Remix)

My submission for an Amanda Palmer remix competition a couple of years ago. Made it to #10 in the public vote! 

Map Of Tasmania (Tomás Ford Refuses To Use A Map... Remix)- Amanda Palmer

I've recorded this for a YouTube cover video I'm working on. Since I'm shit at sharing things on SoundCloud and the video won't be ready for another couple of weeks... here, have a thing.

In other news, my new youtube channel is UP NOW! It's a fucking huge project, I'll keep you posted once it gets started so you can watch me fail and suck for a while as I figure out how to make this stuff work... 

Subscribe at http://www.youtube.com/tomasford :)

Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Kylie Minogue Cover)

A post-mortem tribute to Alan Vega. Suicide are a huge influence on me, both directly and also because when I discovered they existed, it was back in 2004, and it was awesome to find a band so totally on my wavelegnth but from the depths of the late '70s. As a guy crooning over abrasive electro between punk bands, it seemed like they were riding a similar wave. Their album gave me a kick in the ass, like the universe was telling me to push things further. 

I'm going to put up a video for this early next week (they take a bit of fiddling around), but it felt timely to get this up as I finished it. 

If you haven't delved into Suicide, everyone reccomends the first album ("Suicide" from 1977) and they're right. It gets wierder and more awesome from there, but that's the best entry point.

By the way: Yes, this is my second cover of a recently deceased hero in a year. No, I won't be making a habit of this, just these two felt like they needed doing. Just a couple of little thankyous on the way out.

Dream Baby Dream (Suicide Cover) - Tomás Ford

I'd been working on a stripped back electronic take on Leonard Cohen's Avelanche, from his amazing Songs Of Love And Hate. The idea was to release it as part of a series of covers that are coming out along with my new web series Chase! in 2017, but I've just read of his death and thought I'd post this now. He was one of the greatest songwriters and the way he could put such poetic words to emotionally raw sentiments was an awesome thing. What a hell of a body of work. I thought I'd upload this as a bit of a tribute. If this has punched you in the gut then I hope this helps a bit.

Avalanche (Leonard Cohen Cover)

Sound design demo for the 2013 Blue Room Theatre production The Agony, The Ecstasy And I. This particular track was not used but the sound palette formed the basis of the sound design. 

"Futurist" - Demo From The Agony, The Ecstasy and i

Tomás Ford has been captivating audiences for two decades with his unapologetically raw and provocative musical performances. Whether he's belting out idiosyncratic electronic beats or strumming his folksy ukulele, his unrelenting high energy and confrontational demeanor leave a lasting impression on all who witness him on tour around Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and Europe. 

But what truly sets Tomás apart is his complete and utter fearlessness in sharing his uncensored self with his audience. It's this authenticity that has endeared him to his fans and garnered respect from his peers. A few songs into a set of Tomás Ford's transgressive, queer, punk-as-fuck musical performance art, you can't help but realize that he's not just striking a pose. This is the real deal.

Ford's career highlights are as bizarre as they are impressive:
• Was a bona-fide viral sensation in Malaysia, getting coverage on national news and which eventually led to him winning a Malaysian Grammy. 
• His hyperactive comedy DJ show Crap Music Rave Party became an institution at the Edinburgh Fringe, selling out every year for four years and growing into one of the biggest late shows of the festival.
• Became part of the furniture at the Big Day Out's legendarily debauched Lilypad stage. 
• Toured the country scaring audiences in massive venues as a special “treat” for Birds Of Tokyo’s audience. 
• Has opened for an insanely diverse range of musicians and comedians, including Gary Numan, Regurgitator, Dave Graney, Of Montreal and Mouse On Mars. 
• He’s won a “Best Ass In Sydney” competition at Stonewall. 
• He’s collaborated with live artists PVI Collective, hosting their quiz show about food, “Eaters” and joining their “Terrorist Training School.” 
• He has collaborated with cult popstar Ze Rebelle and noise-rapper Simo Soo. 
• He’s been welcomed into the top cabaret rooms in London, including the David Lynch-themed institution "The RR Club." 
• He’s crowdsurfed naked on a crowd of naked people. 

Ford tours a diverse repertoire of shows that show different, but equally ridiculous and uncomprimising sides of himself. His live solo shows, or “Bubble Baths,” see him performing remixes of songs from his whole career, bizarre cover versions and spinning his own bootlegs of his fellow cult queer icons. He takes on the persona of a scoutmaster amidst a nervous breakdown and queer awakening for his unplugged “Campfire Ukulele Torture” jamborees. There’s the aforementioned smash comedy nightclub “Crap Music Rave Party”. He’s also got his musical spy thriller “Chase!” up his sleeve, which is slowly being developed as a film project.

When the pandemic firebombed his career as it did everyone else’s, Ford responded by scheduling a hectic schedule of livestreams. His “Have A Bath With Me?” shows saw him croon his subversive pop songs from the safety of his bathtub, for audiences at home in tubs of their own. The show (virtually) toured festivals around the world before evolving into a fully fledged, Beyoncé-style visual album. 

After an early version of it debuted at Perth’s Revelation Film Festival, his life underwent the overdue implosion many people have experienced over the last few years. So he spent 2022 squirrelled away to work on making sure the bath he’d made was as warm as possible for everyone. Now it’s ready. 

Hop in…

Tomás Ford

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