Reviews
Feb 12th, 17:25
いやあああああああああああああ
いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい
奴だったよDane Certificate。
まずは入り口で大荷物抱えるスに気づきドアを開けてくれて最初から好印象。
さらに本番前で緊張するスに ヒマなのか緊張をやわらげようと
カード・マジックを披露してくれました。
スの演奏が終わればスを「ファンタスティク ミュージシャン！」と絶賛。
Dane CertificateのＣＤ買ったらスへの賞賛を書いてくれるしさ。
（本名の方を書き込んでくれたのでモザイク入り）
Dane Certificate出番が来たときスの肩を叩くので振り向くと
「行ってくるぜ！」とばかりに親指を立ててるし。
演奏は驚いたことに彼一人でＰＣやらギターやらドラムを駆使してズンドコピー
一人ホワイトストライプのようでありルインズのようであり、
でもソニック・ユースが好きなんだって！一人ソニック・ユースということにしよう！
返り際にDane Certificateの所にお別れの挨拶に行ったら
スの英語力ではヒアリングできないことを言うのでマスターに訳してもらえば
「日本滞在中にもう一度一緒にライブに出ないか？」
とのことらしい。
明日というか今日職場でスケジュール確認をして
yukotopiaに連絡することになりました。
Dane Stificateは今日の後に大阪へ飛ぶので
実現可能な時期は２月で上旬あたりとのことなので、
５日の無力無善事からそう遠くない日で Yukotopiaに登場となりそうです。
今回の演奏のＵＰの方だが Dane Certificateに気に入ってもらったのに何だが、
音質も演奏も自分では及第点に行ってないのでお休みいたします。
Certificate live [tsu] [te] it came!
It was the person where oh you call well and well
well well well well call and call and call and call and
call and call and is good Dane Certificate.
First with the entrance the large baggage you become aware in [su] which is held, opening the door, from first good impression.
Furthermore that it will alleviate or the tension which is free in [su] which becomes tense before the production
the card magic was announced.
If performance of [su] ends, [su] “[huantasuteikumiyujishiyan]!”With extolment.
When CD of Dane Certificate you buy, praise to [su] is written and.
When (because you wrote autonym, the mosaic to enter,
) Dane Certificate turn comes, because the shoulder of [su] is hit, you turn round with
“the [ze] which goes back and forth!”As if raising the thumb, the [ru] it does.
[ruinzu] to seem like the [zundokopi] one person white stripe and seem,
with sonic use even favorite what! We will have decided one person sonic use!
When it goes to greeting which divides into the place of Dane Certificate return occasion
by English ability of [su] because it means that the hearing it is not possible if it has translating into master,
“it doesn't appear in during the Japanese staying once more together lively?”
With thing it seems.
Doing schedule verification at the present workplace, rather than tomorrow,
it came to the point of communicating to yukotopia.
Because Dane Stificate to Osaka after today,
because actualization possible time is per first third at February,
at the day when it is not distant from the helpless non virtue thing of 5 days so it may become appearance in Yukotopia, is.
But UP of the latest performance although it had liking in Dane Certificate, but what,
because the sound quality or performance by yourself you do not go to the passing point, we go to bed.
Feb 5th, 11:19
DANE CERTIFICATE- Aussie solo bod who seems to be operating in the sub comical area you might find Ween and early Beck. Pretty interesting blend of garagey blues rock and angsty punker singing. Elsewhere he takes on a little wistful, lyrical Andy Partridge meets Blur style songwriting, sub Nirvana thru Sabs grungings and all sorts really. An alt pop groove overlord….`BUG BEAR BOOKINGS`, UK.
Jan 9th, 15:19
Sep 18th 2009, 23:00
Dane Certificate-magic show//review by Ben Crowsella,
Underground from japan mag//, weslyanne, northcote australia
Dane Certificate has long been a favourite of Melbourne's underground music scene with his screeching home recordings and strange live performances, but those who had the fortune of seeing his first set of illusion at the Wesley Anne in Northcote last Friday night witnessed something truly bizarre and entertaining. Stradling the line between smooth (sleight of) hand professional and awkward amateur-auteur, sausages flew into the front row, card tricks confused and soft drink cans refilled (an illusion which must be seen to be belived). Old favourites with foam balls and handkerchiefs hold a traditional vaudeville atmosphere, yet are delivered with Certificate's unique personal style and never stray into satire or insincere cheessiness thus creating a set which is extremely weird, very VERY entertaining and perhaps the only true absurdist musician/magician/comedian in Melbourne geared to entertain jaded punters and reinvent what is defined as 'live music performance'.
Jan 8th 2009, 22:27
Dane Certificate Glue You by: Thomas Mendelovits
WIRELESS BOLLINGER Thu:08-Jan-09 Label: Foof Tick Year: 2008 WB rating 70 out of 100
Review
Dane Williams is Dane Certificate. Live, he plays as a kind of vaudevillian one-man band, stomping bass and snare drums with right and left feet and using the headstock of his guitar to smash a solitary cymbal. To what extent this is a novelty is a factor of how well Dane Certificate pulls it off: on a good night, the music exudes all the forceful synergy that can come from the work of a solo artist. On a bad night, the sound is ramshackle at best. If we are to go by his MySpace page, Dane Certificate’s presence on the Melbourne scene may be more down to the fact that he uses his work at a postering company for self-promotional purposes than it is because of any heavy gigging or high-profile supports. Nonetheless, Williams’ first full-length, Glue You, showcases a honed pop aesthetic quite removed from his schizophrenic live performances.
Glue You is a cohesive testament to the thoughtfulness Williams has evidently exercised in deciding to release an album. Live, Dane Certificate shuns groove and conciseness, instead opting for a seemingly more improvised and stream-of-consciousness process, but across Glue You, Williams’ song-writing chops are proudly on display. ‘Another Way’ and ‘Oh Velvet, Where Are You?’ are two of the record’s catchiest moments, boasting anthemic choruses and the brevity of the best power-pop. In fact, the more experimental side of Dane Certificate is almost wholly suppressed on Glue You. The electronic leanings predicted by some extraordinary Gameboy to MIDI programming witnessed at one gig is only really given two chances to shine on the record. The wacky synth arpeggios on ‘Lolly Mouse’ and the outro of ‘Oh Velvet’ round out a perspective on Williams’ considerable talent, but as far as making up a stronger album, they work more as filler than anything more truly engaging.
Indeed, for someone so talented, it is surprising that none of the reference points for Glue You predate 1990. But then, maybe part of the record’s allure is that Dane Certificate has figured out precisely what he likes most and has the ability to translate that into a record of aesthetic distinction. At times, this distinctive quality verges on the narrow-minded as it is not hard to figure Kurt Cobain as Williams’ chief musical hero and foundation. But where occasionally the voice we hear from Dane Certificate verges on Nirvana impersonation, there are enough personal touches on Glue You to see Williams for his own person. ‘So Long Nanna’ and ‘Dad Come In’ are the most obvious picks; as reflections on family history they completely bypass Dane Certificate’s reverence for grunge and focus on using its simple power chord-based formula as a vessel to convey something with personal meaning. ‘Dad Come In’, with a chord progression that subtly evokes ‘Everybody Hurts’, is the record’s emotional highlight.
While it may be strange – and a little off-putting – to hear an album with a foot planted so firmly in the grungy 90s, Glue You mostly manages to sound new. This could be because genre fashions generally move in 20-year cycles (70s glam looked to the 50s, 80s indie looked to the 60s, etc), meaning that Dane Certificate may be one of those on the cusp of the upcoming 2010s look to the 90s for fresh inspiration. To its advantage, Glue You projects great sincerity and with many terse arrangements and clever ideas, Dane Certificate makes music that is all but obsolete.
Nov 11th 2008, 14:04
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| Tuesday, 11 November 2008 RAVE MAGAZINE BRISBANE AUSTRALIA. | |
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Psychedelic grunge? O RLY? Dane Certificate is a Melbourne-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who supposedly funded this release by gluing band posters around the town. That certainly wins some DIY points for Glue You, but it wasn’t lacking in those already. The ‘90s Australian rock is performed solely by Dane Williams, with fairly simplistic guitar, bass and drums layered under more esoteric synth lines and harmonised vocals. It’s then packaged into pop structures and given a sheen of polish. Unfortunately, the production isn’t a match for the lo-fi instrumentation, which makes the music seem disingenuous. Sure, it’s grungy, but only for being lethargic and needlessly obtuse. And the occasional psychedelic elements are never allowed to inhibit the staidly-tracked radio rock. The sad thing is the record has all these elements contained within, they’re just arbitrarily segregated so Dane can get on with being in a band ... with himself. The glitch synth symphonies from Lolly Mouse and Where Are You?, and the muffled, lysergic humming and strumming on Another Way’s intro sound great – turn them into Australian pop-rock. At worst you run the risk of sounding interesting. JAKEB SMITH |
(Fooftick)
http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/12321/181/
Oct 5th 2008, 01:00
VICE MAGAZINE AUSTRALIA.
Apr 5th 2008, 01:55
BEAT MAGAZINE, Melbourne, Australia.
