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From An Echo To A Roar With NICK RIVETT · HEAVY Music Interviews

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  Speaker 1: Yes, I'm Nick, member of Halfway Line on guitar and
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  Speaker 1: also kind of guess co organized a promoter for Echo's festival.
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  Speaker 2: Fantastic net thanks for joining us to start tonight.
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  Speaker 3: Awesome to be here.
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  Speaker 4: So, as you say, Bra, you're hosting Echo Festival twenty
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  Speaker 4: twenty sticked in Adelaide on May the ninth, and what
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  Speaker 4: is being builders of Australia's first ever dedicated post rock festivals.
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  Speaker 2: So could you elaborate on that for us?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? Yeah, So it really it's something that started especially
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  Speaker 1: with Matt the you know, the founder, and came out
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  Speaker 1: of him going overseas and you know, going to Dunk
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  Speaker 1: Festival in Belgium, going a post festival in the US,
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  Speaker 1: and I think those they're kind of really revered festivals
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  Speaker 1: within this genre and this space, and they've got such
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  Speaker 1: a unique community atmosphere and vibe to them, and so
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  Speaker 1: I think, you know, coming home and looking at the
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  Speaker 1: Adelaide scene, we're like, well, you know, there's no reason
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  Speaker 1: this can't work here. We've been in the scene for
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  Speaker 1: so long and we know what you know, all the
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  Speaker 1: bands around here and all that, you know, the people
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  Speaker 1: who really love this music and support it and so
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  Speaker 1: I think it was kind of just that that thing
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  Speaker 1: about why why can't we make.
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  Speaker 3: This happen ourselves?
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  Speaker 1: And you know, you hear the origin stories of those
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  Speaker 1: festivals as well, and Dunk started as a fundraiser for
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  Speaker 1: a basketball team, so it's like.
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  Speaker 3: You know what, like we've we feel like we've been
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  Speaker 3: doing this for a while.
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  Speaker 1: Now, let's let's actually just stop dreaming about something like
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  Speaker 1: this happening in Australia.
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  Speaker 3: Let's be the ones to make it happen.
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  Speaker 4: And it's just the first festival to actually put on
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  Speaker 4: of any kinds together.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, first first festival.
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  Speaker 1: So we've done lots of like gigs over the years
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  Speaker 1: and stuff like that with all the various bands we've
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  Speaker 1: been in, but first kind of taking it to that
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  Speaker 1: next level of like this is this is a true
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  Speaker 1: festival we want to start here.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of bloody work in it, yeah, definitely realizing that,
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  Speaker 2: but it's all fun work, which is good.
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  Speaker 4: The event's going to be held over two venues at
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  Speaker 4: the Rhino Room and Low Life Far over two stages
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  Speaker 4: that are back to back per venue, So what was
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  Speaker 4: the thought process by doing.
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  Speaker 2: It that way? Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: So I think they're really perfectly positioned because their Low
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  Speaker 1: Life is in the basement.
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  Speaker 3: Of Rhino Room, so right right next to each other.
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  Speaker 1: But I think it's it's that thing of, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you want to be able to just have music going
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  Speaker 1: back to back to back, not be having you want
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  Speaker 1: to give bands the best ability to put on their
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  Speaker 1: best show, not be rushing just a line check, you know,
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  Speaker 1: trying to keep everyone interested during all the lulls. So
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  Speaker 1: it's just being able to have those bands going back
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  Speaker 1: to back and just people being to move between that.
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  Speaker 1: So it's it's, you know, it's the best experience for
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  Speaker 1: the punters, and also making sure that we actually set
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  Speaker 1: the bands up to put on a really really great show.
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  Speaker 4: There's going to be troll bands playing all up roight,
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  Speaker 4: So can you briefly introduce this to each band and
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  Speaker 4: sort of tell us what their role.
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  Speaker 2: Is on the day.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Sure.
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  Speaker 1: So firstly, we've got Halfway Line and so that's the
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  Speaker 1: one we're in, so we'll we'll be opening on the
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  Speaker 1: on the Rhino Room stage. And then we've got Geomance,
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  Speaker 1: who is actually their first gig that they're doing. So
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  Speaker 1: they're really really awesome four piece. I believe they are
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  Speaker 1: now kind of a bit more in that sort of electric,
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  Speaker 1: ambient sort of post rock kind of space.
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  Speaker 3: And then Mountains Below.
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  Speaker 1: We've got next, So they're they're really awesome, another three
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  Speaker 1: piece that really sort of very riffy, driving sort of sound,
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  Speaker 1: and then they'll be followed up closely with Spires, and
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  Speaker 1: so Spires I think, you know, one of those really
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  Speaker 1: really exciting bands is coming out of Adelaide at the moment,
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  Speaker 1: and that was you know, big focus for us of
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  Speaker 1: like who are we've got those established Adelaide bands, but
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  Speaker 1: also who are those ones that are kind of, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just coming into the scene, you know, more recent years.
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  Speaker 1: And I think they've they've got a really unique sound
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  Speaker 1: that I've really been enjoying listening to and putting on lately.
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  Speaker 1: I've got We See Moons and so they're very much
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  Speaker 1: that instrumental post rock kind of sound. They've got Matt
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  Speaker 1: is in there as long guitar, so I think that
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  Speaker 1: was his way of getting over you know, he plays
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  Speaker 1: drums for us in Halfway Line, and he's always been
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  Speaker 1: giving us riffs, and I think We See Movies kind
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  Speaker 1: of came out of that for him. And so he's
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  Speaker 1: been doing some really really cool stuff there with I
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  Speaker 1: think bringing the visuals and like the music videos and
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  Speaker 1: all that sort of stuff into the music as well,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, creating a really interesting kind of combination
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  Speaker 1: of the two in his sound, The Unset.
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  Speaker 3: We go way back with The Unset.
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  Speaker 1: I think first time I ever saw them in Adelaide,
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  Speaker 1: they had their guitarist crowdsurfing in a tiny, like you know,
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  Speaker 1: fifty cap room.
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  Speaker 3: So always just a huge sound with them.
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  Speaker 1: And I think they've done some really cool stuff lately,
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  Speaker 1: opening for Carnival and bands like that, and so they
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  Speaker 1: they've just really gone from strength to strength right now,
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  Speaker 1: and I think they've had some really cool releases, very
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  Speaker 1: much blending kind of post and prog, and I think
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  Speaker 1: that that you know, the vocal sound well of Ellie
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  Speaker 1: and is just amazing to hear.
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  Speaker 3: Him sing live.
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  Speaker 1: Then we got The Slow Light and so those guys
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  Speaker 1: really really awesome. Another one of the kind of big
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  Speaker 1: bands that blends that kind of post and prog sound
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  Speaker 1: bringing a bit more vocals in. I think that's one
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  Speaker 1: of the really interesting things of this style of music,
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  Speaker 1: Like there's always those two camps of like is it instrumental?
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  Speaker 1: Can you know, have vocals and I think there's there's
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  Speaker 1: bands like the Slow Light that you listen to them like, well,
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  Speaker 1: there's absolutely no reason that we shouldn't have vocals because
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  Speaker 1: I think it's it makes so much more to that
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  Speaker 1: to the music in the sound as.
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  Speaker 3: Well Kaiper, which they've.
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  Speaker 1: Done another really really cool more in that electronic kind
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  Speaker 1: of ambient sound.
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  Speaker 3: So Dion, I.
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  Speaker 1: Think it started as like a solo project with him,
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  Speaker 1: and then he's expanded that sound out. So he's got
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  Speaker 1: you know, the ambience, he's got the guitars, he's got bass,
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  Speaker 1: he's got all that sort of different sounds coming in
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  Speaker 1: as well. And just like I think you go to
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  Speaker 1: his gigs and you just feel like you're in a
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  Speaker 1: trance and you kind of go into it and you
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  Speaker 1: just have like these amazing experience and then at some
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  Speaker 1: point you just pulled out of it and you realize,
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  Speaker 1: hang on his sets ended, and what have I just experienced?
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  Speaker 1: That was you know, just zen'd out the whole time.
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  Speaker 1: And then we kind of, you know, move into those
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  Speaker 1: those interstate bands that we've got coming over. So skin Thief,
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  Speaker 1: I think a lot of the ones are most excited
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  Speaker 1: to see live so of you.
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  Speaker 3: Know, the interstate ones.
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  Speaker 1: I haven't actually seen them live before, but they've just
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  Speaker 1: got that real heavy, driving, sort of riffy, almost like
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  Speaker 1: post metal kind of sound.
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  Speaker 3: And then we've got Bear the Mammoth, so I.
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  Speaker 1: Think almost would call them Adelaide locals at this stage.
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  Speaker 1: They you know, they love coming over to Adelaide. We've
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  Speaker 1: we've again, we've played with them over many many years,
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  Speaker 1: and I think, like, you know, the the complexity of
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  Speaker 1: some of their parts and the way.
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  Speaker 3: That they move, the rhythm of the melody and all that.
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  Speaker 1: Sort of stuff around the band and just crazy, really
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  Speaker 1: interesting layers between all of their music. That really excited
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  Speaker 1: to see those guys again. And then we've got tree
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  Speaker 1: Beard coming over very much that post rock, post metal
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  Speaker 1: kind of We was lucky enough to see them at
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  Speaker 1: the Bird's Robe anniversary shows in December, and I think
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  Speaker 1: just that massive riffing wall of sound, like absolutely going
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  Speaker 1: to blow people's faces off pretty much. And then the
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  Speaker 1: one that we're all all looking forward to is you know,
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  Speaker 1: Meniscus coming over for first time in over a decade.
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  Speaker 1: I think just absolute legends of post rock globally, let
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  Speaker 1: alone you know, just within the Australian scene. So I
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  Speaker 1: think being able to have them come over. Those guys
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  Speaker 1: are so keen to come and play in Adelaide, and
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  Speaker 1: I think speaking to everyone that's you know, messaged us
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  Speaker 1: since we now at the festival, people are so keen
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  Speaker 1: to come and see Meniscus and finally experience that live
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  Speaker 1: and again got to see them last year at Birds
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  Speaker 1: Robes Anniversary shows over in Melbourne, and they're going to
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  Speaker 1: be phenomenal. Those guys just are absolute prosash.
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  Speaker 4: Man there was an interesting quite of the press release
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  Speaker 4: and said Adelaide has long been underestimated as a music city,
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  Speaker 4: like is it is it because of geographically is it?
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  Speaker 4: Or is it because it's the smallest city like that.
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  Speaker 4: There's some relay good bands come out of there. And
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  Speaker 4: I was down there for Proper View recently that went off.
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  Speaker 4: I was there for alien Ant Farm and Drowning Pool
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  Speaker 4: and that went off.
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  Speaker 2: So I think it's people are starting warm to the
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  Speaker 2: lad music scene.
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  Speaker 1: I think I think for sure, yeah, like it's it's
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  Speaker 1: one of those ones that definitely may be able to
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  Speaker 1: past decade would often get skipped over and like we'd
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  Speaker 1: see you know, the bands they'd come and just do
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  Speaker 1: the East Coast or I think that the one that
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  Speaker 1: would always sting the most is when they do the
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  Speaker 1: East Coast and then jump over us and go over
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  Speaker 1: to Perth. But I think, you know, it's it's really
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  Speaker 1: this festival is about. We know that there is an appetite,
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  Speaker 1: We know that there's you know, passionate fans here, and
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  Speaker 1: we know that this is something that can be feasible.
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  Speaker 3: So it's it's also you know, we want we want.
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  Speaker 1: To bring the scene together and actually make that big
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  Speaker 1: statement of like there is you know, bands within especially
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  Speaker 1: for us within the post rock gen were like those bands,
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  Speaker 1: like there's an audience here that is absolutely dying to
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  Speaker 1: see you guys, and we can.
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  Speaker 3: Make it work in Adelaide.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, you sound very confimat as you should be. But
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  Speaker 4: what is it about Echoes Festival you think will make
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  Speaker 4: it work particularly in Adelaide.
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  Speaker 3: I think really leaning on that kind of community.
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  Speaker 1: Element that we that we're taking over, that we're taking
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  Speaker 1: from like dunk and posts and stuff like that. So
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  Speaker 1: it's not just one of those you know, big, big festivals,
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  Speaker 1: let's cram as many people in and you know, have
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  Speaker 1: everyone just sort of pushed around like cattle that we're
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  Speaker 1: going to have enough space for people and also we've
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  Speaker 1: got you know, Pedal Company and black Hole sound effects
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  Speaker 1: coming through.
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  Speaker 3: Like it's really.
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  Speaker 1: Bringing together all those different elements to actually make it
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  Speaker 1: feel more like a community family event as well, like
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  Speaker 1: like as in not yeah, like as in we're all
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  Speaker 1: part of this sort of postal family. And you get
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  Speaker 1: that feeling when you go to all the all the
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  Speaker 1: smaller gigs around Adelaide and it's like we actually just
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  Speaker 1: want to bring everyone together for that in one big day. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Now, being the first time you do an Echo's festival
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  Speaker 4: made all the first of this kind anyway, Like, what
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  Speaker 4: are your goals for the festival?
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  Speaker 2: Like, what what's going to give it a passpark?
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  Speaker 3: Pare sellout?
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  Speaker 1: I think sellout is out our goal, you know, I
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  Speaker 1: think we've got We've we're confident with you know, the
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  Speaker 1: venues we've got that they're they're the right size and
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  Speaker 1: especially seeing the appetite as soon as we announced it
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  Speaker 1: for us, we're going for a sellout.
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  Speaker 2: Sweetn't we could? People will get themselves tickets to find
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  Speaker 2: out more information.
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  Speaker 1: Www dot Echosfest dot live is where all the ticket
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  Speaker 1: details are.
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  Speaker 4: Fantasy Yeah, got an eye on the future, made have
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  Speaker 4: you got plans for next year?
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  Speaker 2: Are you just going to get through this one? Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: I think we did.
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  Speaker 1: On the day we announced it, we had so many,
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  Speaker 1: so many other bands reach out to us that were like,
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  Speaker 1: you know, from Adelaide and abroad of you know, this
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  Speaker 1: is awesome, we'd love to you know, you guys doing
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  Speaker 1: it next year. And I think we're like, we're one
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  Speaker 1: hundred percent, you know, keen to do this next year.
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  Speaker 1: But we also then have to pull ourselves back and
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  Speaker 1: got got to focus, gotta makes on this year first,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, let's all get around this year. But
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  Speaker 1: very much there's there's one eye already looking at a
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty seven fantastic nic.
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  Speaker 4: Well, thanks very much for you, Trivors. Been a pleasure
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  Speaker 4: to speak with you. Echos Festival is on May the
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  Speaker 4: night in Adelaide. Sounds like a cracker of bed mates,
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  Speaker 4: so best to luck to you and hope she goes well.