Casual Projects: 8th Annual Program – Rap/Hip-Hop Song IMA Nominee

Contact: Julian Abrahams
41 Holden Crescent Wanniassa
Canberra, 2903, Australia
61-40-101-6885

inbox (at) cas-p.com
www.cas-p.com

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Lifted from their ‘No Rest’ album released in May 08, independent Hip Hop/ Rock eight piece Casual Projects emerge from the nations capital with their oh so catchy third single ‘Time’. Having grabbed the attention of radio and TV with their first two singles earlier this year, there is no doubt that ‘Time’ will be hot property in the tick of a clock.

Setting the bench-mark high, Casual Projects’ first single ‘Move Along’ earned the band a position as one of the winners of the International Songwriting Competition in the top 15 songs of the pop category ahead of 15,000 others. It then went on to be selected as a Rage ‘Indie Clip of the Week’ and was flogged by Channel V on their ‘New Stock’ show. The band took their show on the road between April and July doing twenty-six shows including a sell-out performance in Canberra attended by 600 die-hard fans.

The second single ‘Golden Eggs’ was also selected as a Rage ‘Indie Clip of the Week’ and was aired on Channel V’s ‘New Stock’ show. All of this attention helped to earn the band a spot on the Jack Daniels sponsored ‘JD set’ show airing on Nova across the country, as well as other community and commercial radio stations across Australia for the months following its release

Another of the highlight tracks from the album ‘Little Things’ has also made some big players sit up and take notice. The bands combination of jazzy keys, guitar, bass and drums attracted the attention of global surf brand Billabong who recently snapped up the track and licensed it for ‘Surf Pro’ DVD with a circulation of 75,000.

With these big boots to fill, ‘Time’ is proving to be a worthy successor. Combining elements of hip hop and rock, ‘Time’ was produced by heavyweight producer Tony ‘Buchman’ Buchen (Macromantics, Pigeon John, Abby Dobson, Blue King Brown, The Whitlams and Kid Confucius). Delivering a beat which punches through a funky guitar riff ‘Time’ combines Casual Projects’ trademark lyrical honesty with a hook that could catch a shark. With Halloween just around the corner, the band decided to shoot the ‘Time’ video clip on site at the very spooky Kenmore ‘Haunted’ Psychiatric Hospital in Goulburn, NSW. There’s nothing like a zombie love story to tear at the heartstrings. Keep an eye out for this one!

For further information please contact:

Beat Broker:
Phone: 03 9827 6068
Sam Cameron – sam@beatbroker.com.au
Kate Phibbs- kate@beatbroker.com.au

Instrumentation
Muchtar Johnson – Vocals
Pat Lillicrap – Vocals
Julian Abrahams – Vocals/Guitar
Munro Melano – Vocals/Keys
Nick Keeling – Vocals/Trombone/Synths
Dan Bray – Tenor Sax/Synths
Kane Watters – Bass
Yen Nguyen – Drums

Discography
“NO REST” -
Produced by Tony ‘Buchman’ Buchen
MGM/INDEPENDENT
MAY 2008

“Casual Projects” – Self Titled (MGM)