New Painspeople tune, also out on 10" vinyl

New biz from Painspeople (Hallelujah Picassos' Johnny Pain): "A chirpy socialist popera as we look ahead to the rebound.

"Pressed on 10-inch vinyl and released as a double A side with Diem Redux (Wes Prince ex Danse Macabre and Nigel Russell ex Car Crash Set/DM) - 'Perseus' on the flip. There a few copies remaining so drop Mr Pain a line if you're interested.


Graham Reid wrote about it: In praise of the mid-sized (2024) The pleasures of the 10 inch record.

excerpt: John Pain "I have always been a fan of the 10'' 45 - great sound quality with a longer duration than a 7'' and just nice to handle. I recently illustrated Peter MacLennan’s forthcoming book about the Nineties Auckland label Deepgrooves and was reminded of their fantastic debut release, a double 10'' featuring Riot Riddum Sound System (Bobbylon and Roland with Teremoana), Sound Foundation (Dubhead and Angus McNaughton), DLT Meets The Projector etc, so there was also a format prompt there.

Neither Stebbings or Holiday does them in New Zealand, and Car Crash Set's Dave Bulog (RIP) had previously dealt with Dub Studio in Bristol, so I got in touch with Henry Bainbridge . . . and there you go.

... I started releasing electronic music as painspeople shortly after ‘leaving’ the Picassos in ’95, with a track on both of Stinky Jim’s Sideways compilations and a tune on a Froth 12” alongside Phase 5 and Nonplace Urban Field.

In 2006 I moved to South Asia to work in the animation industry and was away for more than a decade which took me out of the local scene. I played bass in a black metal band in Singapore, and continued composing as painspeople.

I write regularly for Audio Culture. I play music with (cinematographer) Fred Renata a fair bit (usually drums, intermittent piano or bass), he is a great Maungaturoto-based songwriter.

And I have an occasional improv-combo with Waipu-based Ronny Haynes (Show Me Where it Hurts, Serafin, Pash) called Special Filter at Bandcamp here.