Grey Ghost's debut clippery!

My first ever solo clip ~ whooooop!

I linked up with my good mate n cinematographer Rievo Roo and we created this clip...

We filmed it at an amazing venue in Melb called Revolt run by my friend Ryan Hodge who happens to also be my lighting guy... his work on this clip really took it to the next level ~ All the smoke and lighting and projections and many props were his...

The clip was MADE by my awesome creative friendly friends, hella big thanks to Simonce Page Jones for her dancing and choreography. Also to Steve n Jule for everything. Tuddy for drumming, Pete n Andy for ghostings and Han n Al n Ben for vibe-tracking/helpin out.

Also all the crew at Revolt...

Bigups from the Ghost :-)

Rapper Tag #40 + Lyrics...!

I've had a few peeps hittin me up about uploading the lyrics of my Rapper Tag - so, um... here they is yo:

check it out it’s that intergalactic cat
gotta tip my cap for the tag from Mantra man
head into combat strapped with a battleaxe
in case people don't like me like Kyle Sandilands

but I'm like 'na na na' it doesn't it doesn't really matter man
I rap about rainbows does that make it faggot rap?
actually don't answer that ya probably not a fan o that
gotta pick ya crowd but I didn't cos this is rappertag

I simplify the letters like an ampersand
I am different like elephant man or adam ant
I won't be selling out for no stack o cash
nothing rhymes with orange so I refused a Fanta ad

so stand back while I stamp the track
full of colour like a plastic bag from amsterdam
but when i crome it's the microphone I'm rappin at
and if your wonderin this beat is from Ratatat

backpacker rappers write me off cos I'm not occa
but I'm from Australia dude yo I'm not soccer
I'm just being true to me in this scene
which incidentally is not being part of the scene

but the artist in me got art up in my arteries
so arty I was tagged in RT by RT
get it? Cos Mantra's name is Rob Tremlett?
and Rapper tag ... and RT and... ah forget it

you'll probably cop it later anyway like credit
I inject you with the remedy like diabetics
I speak in images like photographic critic biz
you can develop the negatives like a pessimist
whenever you see Jeremedy in your presence
you inevitably know it's time for rappin like december is
got my work cut out like Metelica's therapist
I'm a predator like Shwastaneggor's nemesis
everybody thinks that I'm some sort of terrorist
maybe I should blow up and put a morbid end to this

(breathe in and out) man I better slow down
just feel like i got so damn much to prove now
sick of being the underrated and understated
underground unappreciated underdog rapper
like being slapped in the nuts with Thundergod's hammer
and i'm so sick of climbing this fucking long ladder

kick out the rungs sick of kicking the jams
I need your approval like a kick in the pants
so cut it out like Edward Scissor Hands
peeps ask where I've been man I've been in my band

been bustin my balls in this band for six years
to realise we can't take it further like the fifth gear
this year decided to take the fuck over
with the grey ghost cloak hanging over my shoulder

the dopest MCs in the country telling me I needed to put out a solo LP immediately
I was like okay jeez just gimmi 3 months I made an EP now it's out in a few weeks

so check it out under the name Grey Ghost
sorry to The Melodics fans who came to the shows
it’s been mad fun but we callin it a day tho
thanks sincerely Jeremedy - I've been today's host

cheers for listening hope you diggin the style
if not fuck it man just be in denial
anyway enough frickin rhythmic chin wagging
like a grapher I’mna have ta do some god damn tagging

was thinking that I'd tag that dude Count Bounce
but then Joelistics would be mad if he found out
speakin of Joel's Rappaport would kill it
but then we'd have to hear from the whole of Big Village
ha kidding love to hear Jessewun from thundamentals
Julez or Elf Transporter kill an instrumental
that dude from rap news Hugo One
Dyl Thomas Urban Monk from Polo Club
who else I was thinkin of?... I know yes
my old mate D-fro from the Psyde Projects
could even deal with hearing another one from Drapht
thought I'd even tag Rhyno just for a laugh
hahaha nah that'd just be silly
I'mna please a few rapper tag fans n tag Illy

so did you catch that correct?
I double L Y Illy in effect
pick up the Grey Ghost EP when ya getasec…
out online everywhere late Sep...
temper don't forget man remember
And the last Melodics show happenin in Novemeber
Yeah 4th of N-O-V
come and have a bender with me Jeremedy...

Some Grey Ghost Tunes...

Kisshead

Press Shot for my other band Kisshead; Electronica Folk Love Step Stuff :-)
Photo by Damian Vincenzi.

Recent Melodics Posters

Grey Ghost (My New Solo Project) Coming soon...

Self Portrait for Solo Project :-)

Starting Sunday

Brand spankin' new album cover for local band Starting Sunday

DKS

Our friend and collaborator Nick Rieve put together this clip for The Melodics 'Donkey Kong Suicide'. Half a day filming out in the bush, it was heaps of fun and hassle free. Check out Rieve's work at www.nickrieve.com

Tumbarumba

Last minute album design for Tumbarumba, a Melbourne based band made up of 5 Percussionists inspired by Brazilian Percussion and cool shit like that. Photography by Rahpael Recht.

Zulu Flow

When it rains it pours.
Late December 2010 brought in quite a few of these scenarios: "Can you design my CD cover?"
"Sure, how long have I got?"
"24 hours..."
Who needs sleep anyway. Here is an example...

The Melodics Press Shot

PMG Launch Sat 23rd @ The Crn Hotel

The Singing Lesson

Yet another last minute job...

The Melodics & [Me] Tour

Theatrical Rock will meet Electro Hip-Hop for possibly the first time ever this November as [Me] hit the road with Melbourne compadres The Melodics...

Synths, guitars and a shit load of drums will be packed into a tour bus alongside an unlikely bunch of fellows with separate sounds and the same goal. The tour will mark a nation wide launch of their respective releases, with The Melodics “Paint Me Gold’ out October 15th and [Me]’s new single ‘Naked’ out October 29th.

Sharing the stage in more ways than one, expect vibrant drum collaborations and massive live performances as they bring together their creative sounds from opposite ends of the spectrum.

A chaotic musical explosion for your ears, [Me] have been likened to the bastard son of Muse and Queen, becoming known best for their 3 minute rock operas on a grand scale. The Melodics have captivated audiences around the country with their indie-rock and electro hip-hop, most recently with their latest single Donkey Kong Suicide, which saw them unearthed on Triple J for the One Movement showcase in early October.

The Melodics 'Paint Me Gold'

It's a lot of pressure doing album covers for The Melodics, I always feels like it's gotta be my masterpiece. I guess I put so much of myself in the music that I feel I need to do the same visually. We wrote a song a while back called 'Paint Me Gold' which is another one of those space-based love tunes I like writing. The title is from the lyric...
“Colour me in // paint me gold // I'll be your canvas if you'll be so bold // the black & the white is now colourful // my satelitte // got ya signal...”
















The idea came to me to call the new EP 'Paint Me Gold' even though it doesn't feature the song (it'll be on our next record). I instantly thought of the image of a woman with a shaved head staring at the viewer with golden paint falling on her head. From there came the vision of shooting a male as well, so I called up my uncle Pete to be the dude and my friend Arlene for the female. I knew she had had her head shaved but upon talking to her I found out it had been 8 months so her hair had grown out, but... she was keen to put one in for the team so we shaved her head on the day of the shoot ~ what a trooper! So anywho, the concept is that there is 2 alternate versions of the CD; a male and a female copy. Time will tell if we can do this, if you get the CD, chances are at this stage it will be the female copy. But we may just print some male ones down the track if it's popular enough (that was a hint to buy a copy).


It was a hectic shoot, that's for sure. We emptied our drummer's lounge room, put down a tarp and went to town! Thanks to all involved, particularly Nick Rieve (photography) Juleiaah (make-up) Petey & Arlene (the modeeels) Tuddy (the paint pourer and location loaner) and Tarko (the test dummy).

Here's the 1st part of the 'Paint Me Gold Sessions' a mini-doco put together by Nick Rieve, who shot the cover art... You can also see Rieve's photography at www.nickrieve.com





'Paint Me Gold' out through iTunes October 15th
...in the meantime, check out the songs at www.themelodicspaintmegold.com

Lift Off Festival Illustration

A Canberra festival hit me up to create an illustration for their poster, they wanted something fun, young and modern with elements representing parts of the festival, such as skating, music, B-Ball etc. The following illustrations will be used as elements of their poster, I'll upload it when it's done.

Synth-Fish



Final Illustration



Skating Space-Monkey

Paris Wells Album/Single Design

'Various Small Fires' Cover/Back Cover





'Through & Through' Single Cover



Photography by Matthew Jensen www.mattjensenphotography.dphoto.com
'Various Small Fires' front cover art direction by T. Fitzgereld of Floatingworld www.floatingworld.com.au
Check out Paris' music at www.pariswells.com.au

Farfar

When my wonderful grandfather was unwell, my grandmother asked me to make some photo montages to put on the wall of his hospital room so that the nurses could see that he was once a strapping young lad and a very successful, handsome, caring and devoted family man. It was nice for them to see him as a young man, and he used to gaze at the posters for hours, as did we.
The below image is made up of scanned photos from a dusty album of him in Norway where he grew up.

R.I.P Farfar

Oceans Baroque

My fellow vocalist from The Melodics (Mr Hue Blanes aka Oceans Baroque) has a solo jazz/classical project he's been workin on. We decided to do an old school contra deal; I design his artwork and in return he gives me some bad arse classical singing lessons. Everyone wins. Well... Huey might loose out a bit as I'll be stealing the vocal spotlight with my improv Baroque rap-scats after his masterful tuition...

Check out his tunes at: www.myspace.com/oceansbaroque

CHOP!

The rhythm section better known for their work in The Cat Empire and Jackson Jackson have yet another project up their sleeves known as The Genie. The band whips up retro fusion and backwards funk with synth jazz and well just about anything they feel like playing that day. Their debut record is about to drop and I had a hell of a lot of fun putting the artwork together for it. So, ladies and gentleman, without out further ado, I present to you ~ The Genie 'Here Come The Scissors'...

DIRECT INFLUENCE ~ War In My Kitchen

Direct Influence are about to release their debut album 'War In My Kitchen'. It's a striking, vibrant record about love and war and everything in between. I went with a bold emblematic vibe... Below are some elements of the digicase design as well as the tour poster... check out DI at www.myspace.com/directinfluence1

THE MEGAHORNS

The Megahorns are a big band full of trumpets, saxes, tubas, drums, vocalists and so on... They came from a background of busking and jamming so I wanted to capture that in the artwork. I sketched up these 'hornhead' characters and worked hard on capturing a real clean cut yet hand done and super textured vibe...

Below is the outcome for the Vol 1. out very soon..

THE MELODICS RESIDENCY

The Melodics are back at Miss Libertine to play Thursdays in March...
so it was time to get some new visuals happening.
I've been vibing on the hand-done non-consequential imagery
to create a mood:
Chewbucca in sunglasses, Rubick's Cubes, 3d glasses, Nintendo controller, Super 8 camera, projector etc etc.



THE MELODICS THURSDAYS IN MARCH
"After swanning about in the sunshine and lapping up the good-time summer energy The Melodics have headed indoors to capture this feeling in song form.

Inspired by Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys The Melodics have built a sandpit in their heated Headquarters to help tap into this feel good energy. Unfortunately, a week after commencement, Oceans Baroque and Fantastic Mr Fox were badly scolded in a freak spaceship accident on the way to rehearsal which brought a dark energy to the band....

This dark cloud VS sunny skies clash created a whirlwind of musical endeavors that the boys now describe as the dark-sun sounds, which has inspired brand new tunes such as Donkey Kong Suicide and Bang Bang."

ALTER EGO PASTE UPS

I was commissioned to do a series of paste ups at a cafe called Servery & Spoon. It's a lovely little spot in Caulfield with a lot of kewl and sexy young mums and lots of kiddies, cakes, Phoenix cola and organic sour dour sandwiches. I decided to create a series based on some alter-ego's that are relevant to my friends and I.

The following pics are from the process of the alter-ego paste-up series :-)











...It started with Rathf (The Monkey) who was my first alter-ego who was born at Strathfield station in Sydney after Juleiaah and I had been travelling ourselves into delirium.

Next is Rauw (Also known as Dragon) who is one of my all time best friends, she lives in my beautiful girl Juleiaah and is shy but brave and very good at looking after the treasure :-) Love you Drauwgooon!

Next is Llama, who is a lovely chap who resides in one of our bestest buddies Leon Calero and is a fan of one piece tracksuits and freestyle rapping to the beat of his own unique bum-slapping. Then we have Kitty of Kittiepie Islands; a suave accountant and keen chef who helps our lovely Kathy Sinclair to be her best.

Lastly we have Doo Doo the love robot ~ one of mine; a rad little android who travelled millions of miles from Planet Doo to be with the love of his life Juleidoo!