Perilium

Perilium a progressive rock band from Brisbane, comprising Nic Raffo and Kane Nadasdy have me stoked with a couple of the sounds they sent across. Optic 72, which is also the name of their album, starts out on a garagey/punk rockish note and then metamorphoses into what I would put as a blend of the styles seen on Metallica’s ‘Anywhere I roam’ and Prodigy’s Firestarter. Later on the song incorporates many more musical influences and seamlessly blends in to and out of many ‘disjointed-but-they-work-well- together’ riffs, which showcases the verasatility and desire for experimentation that they possess:

And then there is Lost Dreams, which has everything going for it. Great vocals, nice lyrics and a powerhouse vibe:

If you like what you hear, follow them on bandcamp and download their work or buy it for a fee of your choice

Published by Karan Khurana

Karan Khurana Karan Khurana ( Born in 1982, Mumbai, India) makes photos and mixed media artworks. By using popular themes such as pointlessness, old monuments and nightlife, Khurana creates intense personal moments by means of rules and omissions, acceptance and refusal, luring the viewer round and round in circles. His photos don’t reference recognisable form. The results are deconstructed to the extent that meaning is shifted and possible interpretation becomes multifaceted. By applying abstraction, he touches various overlapping themes and strategies. Several reoccurring subject matter can be recognised, such as the relation with popular culture and media, working with repetition, provocation and the investigation of the process of expectations. His works are saturated with obviousness, mental inertia, clichés and bad jokes. They question the coerciveness that is derived from the more profound meaning and the superficial aesthetic appearance of an image. By parodying mass media by exaggerating certain formal aspects inherent to our contemporary society, he makes works that can be seen as self-portraits. Sometimes they appear idiosyncratic and quirky, at other times, they seem typical by-products of consumer-oriented superabundance and marketing. His works often refer to pop and mass culture. Using written and drawn symbols, a world where light-heartedness rules and where rules are undermined is created. Karan Khurana currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany! View all posts by Karan Khurana