| While Dan Monceaux jams out to sequenced beats and collected samples on his retro analogue synthesizers, Emma Sterling spends her time shooting and cutting visual material- everything from found footage to original celluloid shot in vintage cameras- scratched, manipulated and projected. The end result is Supermarket, a performed fusion of electronic break beats and experimental cinema. With beats ranging from dub through to dancehall and drum ‘n’ bass, the instrumental arrangements seek to inspire the imagination and create a timeless sound complemented by tightly edited, interpretive visuals. Drawing from Dan’s roots in old-school funk (leader of Dagman Allstars 1998-2001) and inspired by more recent luminaries such as LTJ Bukem, Adam F, DJ Shadow and London Elektricity, the Supermarket experience strives to be food for the soul and a feast for the senses. Regular faces on the club and arts circuits in South Australia, the Supermarket team's live audio-visual show launched in November 2007 in Buffalo, New York after a month long artists' residency there. Tour dates followed in Ontario (Canada), New York, Missouri and Texas, with Canada and Japan on the slate for 2008. Following over fifty international screenings of prior experimental film work, the music video for ‘Puffinaway’ screened on rage recently, and has screened at film festivals in several countries including Cravefest, Canada (where it was a finalist in the electronic/dance/world music category), Pantheon Experimental (Cyprus) and Optica (Spain). The pair will be performing around Australia in 2008. |
