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LIFE LIKE LIQUID

musician

A Film by DAVE RASTOVICH

Every wave, every rhythm, only ridden once.
Riding sound, riding surf,
every movement totally spontaneous.
Nothing written, nothing rehearsed.

Featuring:
Dave Rastovich
Jim Banks
Ash Grunwald
Terepai Richmond
Sol Carroll
Oj Newcomb
Shane Dorian
Margo
Dylan Longbottom
Albe Falzon
Fingers Malone
Stu Fergie
Chris Lane
Tony Hughes
James Cox
Hannah Mermaid
Lawrence Eastland

Soundtrack:
Features over three hours of music recorded by the surfing musician cast during the making of the film who includes: Ash Grunwald, Terepai Richmond (d.i.g., the Whitlams), Tony Hughes (King Tide), James Cox, Jim Banks, Chris Lane & Stu Fergie (Oka) "Fingers Malone" (The Winnie Coopers), Lawrence Eastland, Shannon Sol R. Carroll and OJ Newcomb (Afro Dizzi Act, Band of Frequencies).
"Dave Rastovich's Life Like Liquid



Current News:
AUGUST 08'

- The LIFE LIKE LIQUID film and double album soundtrack has recently been signed to a distribution deal with Vitamin Records, who see great potential in this unique view of surfing and music culture. The beautifully presented double album soundtrack to the film is now available in Australia for the first time.
(Low Pressure Productions / Vitamin Records Australia)
VITAMIN RECORDS

- One of the Tracks recorded at the Beach House for the Life Like Liquid soundtrack 'Spoonbender', a track dedicated to the legendary George Greenough, has been used along with other tracks by Low Pressure Productions artists Afro Dizzi Act & Band of Frequencies for a soundtrack to a film by Californian film maker Cyrus Sutton called 'UNDER THE SUN' due for release later in 2008 by US Label Ubiquity. The Double album soundtrack also features Uk musician Producer Shawn Lee.

UBIQUITY RECORDS
TRU THOUGHTS Obsession

- Japan Surf & Sound Tour Oct. 2007
"Life Like Liquid" has just been released in Japan with a launch tour featuring live sounds from Life Liquid Liquid, Band Of Frequencies & Ash Grunwald.

Starting on the 17th of October through to the 24th of October 2007 Low Pressure Sound System & Ash Grunwald embarked on a tour of Japan to promote the Movie 'Life Like Liquid' & it's double album soundtrack. Ash Grunwalds new CD 'Give Signs' was also released through the Japanese Record Label Surf Rock International who organised the performances in coastal surf cities such as Fukushima, Chiba, Shonan as well as a couple of shows in Tokyo. Every gig was a great success with people really loving the whole Liquid vibe.

The Japanese release of 'Life Like Liquid' is creating a lot of hype in both the surf & music industries. This year the film was played on big screens between acts at Fuji Rock festival's main stage to around 60,000 people. It was the first surf film ever to be screened at the festival. The film and Surf and Sound tour has been recieving great reviews from both surf and music press throughout Japan.
(Low Pressure Productions / Surf Rock International / Pony Canyon)
SURF ROCK INT.

- Low Pressure Sound System toured the East Coast of Australia in Nov. 06 with an audio visual show for the launch of Dave Rastovich's movie, 'Life Like Liquid'. The soundtrack to the movie features members from well known Australian bands such as King Tide, Ash Grunwald, Afro Dizzi Act, Oka and The Winnie Coopers. On the tour they again experimented with playing live soundtracks to footage by legendary surf cinematographers George Greenough, Albe Falzon, Jack McCoy and Dick Hoole.

TOUR FEEDBACK:
We wanted to pass our message of thank you, for letting us share that wonderful experience we had in Coffs, when the Movie and band played at the plantation. We were the family sitting in the front row. The movie was inspiring and the music was alive, truly from the soul!!! We loved it..and what blew our minds even more was how much our two children felt it. they loved the experience.
Looking forward to it again.
Don't be strangers. come and visit soon.
Sally Sam Jacob and Alexie Grice.

The Music of LIFE LIKE LIQUID

SOUNDTRACK available here VITAMIN records

LIFE LIKE LIQUID is an exploration into the creative realms of surfing, music and life.

REVIEWS:

LIFE LIKE LIQUID
Low Pressure Productions
“Through so many ocean experiences and so many days spent listening to music, I have come to wonder if sound waves and ocean waves are actually the same thing,” explains Life Like Liquid’s enthusiastic director and self-confessed surfing freak Dave Rastovich in this must-have doco for anyone with even a passing interest in both surfing and the inspiration of music. It tells the story of Rastovich and a small circle of sonically inclined wave-riders who come together via a beach-house-come-recording-studio with
the sole aim of jamming, surfing and recording together. Not only are we treated to truly mouth-watering visuals, we also witness how a bunch of musicians (including
Ash Grunwald amongst many others) spark inspirations in each other via the improvisation of music. An accompanying mini-CD of these highlights rounds off this
extremely rewarding package that is well worth seeking out.”

Mark Hanson - Filmink Magazine


UPCOMING SHOWS:

Low Pressure Productions & Vitamin Records Presents LOW PRESSURE SOUND SYSTEM at the Mullum Music Festival. SATURDAY 22ND NOVEMBER
Feat. members of
BAND OF FREQUENCIES
w/ guest Tony Hughes (King Tide)
& OKA & Afro Dizzi Act

mullum music festival


Footage of the Life Like Liquid Film will also be played on the night.



THE MOVIE:

The plan was to have no plan at all. To allow intuition, chance and circumstance be the compass within every moment.

'Life Like Liquid', the debut film by internationally renowned surfer Dave Rastovich and Low Pressure Productions, is an exploration into the creative realms of surfing, music and fluid living. It is an intriguing documentary that features surfing musicians jamming out the soundtrack to the film, thought provoking discussions on philosophy, perception and creativity with well known Australian characters drawing parallels between the peak experiences that these art forms share. It also delves in to the art of tube riding and, especially, the feeling of timelessness surfers' experience, highlighted by the breathtaking imagery taken by Rastovich from deep inside the tube. For these reasons it has been embraced as an underground classic in alternative surfing circles both at home and abroad.


The soundtrack for this film is what really sets it apart from other surf movies. It was played and recorded in a beach house that was converted into a makeshift studio, right on the dunes, with views over the best waves in the region. The crew that were present just jammed and surfed every day for a two week period. Musicians from ten different bands, all accomplished at the art of improvising, managed to lay down over 50 hours of sounds. There was so much great music recorded in this session that a double album soundtrack is being released to accompany the DVD. This collective of artists is now known as the Low Pressure Sound System.

"Personally, I feel like surfers and musicians are two types of artists in our culture that deserve an audience. This film and soundtrack bring some of these artists expressions to their community in an unaltered form." (Dave Rastovich)


Get this video and more at MySpace.com

Scroll down the page to listen to samples from the Life Like Liquid Soundtrack double album.

For more great music visit:

Ash Grunwald
Oka
King Tide
Afrodizziact
Band of Frequencies

Myspace Links

Band of Frequencies
Life Like Liquid
Ash Grunwald

For Life Like Liquid music soundtrack downloads visit
www.soundfoundation.com.au
www.vitamin.net.au

Low Pressure Sound System:
Is a collective of Musicians that were basically born from the creation of the Life Like Liquid movie and soundtrack. As a live group the lineup changes depending on the show. Being a composite of the Low Pressure Productions band clan they can take on the styles and characteristics of each group. Whether it be leaning towards Band of Frequencies heavy roots, free soul and psychedelic rock sounds or OKA's uplifting indigenous electronic influence, Dave's trippy ambient journeys, Winnie Coopers Aussie Hip Hop flavours or King Tides' reggae/dub/ragamufffin influences, the Low Pressure Sound System vibe shines through as an original and intriguing mash up of all these elements. It all depends who's on the gig and what the gig is.



Low Pressure Sound System (Life Like Liquid Musicians) Cinematic Experience takes the above concept and explores the creation of live soundtracks to breathtaking oceanic footage. Depending on the performance they will create ambience and spaciousness or driving, pulsing rhythms with rolling bass lines and evocative washes of sound and colour in direct resonse to the footage being played.

Purchase hard copies of Life Like Liquid here via the SWITCH-FOOT online shop,

SWITCH-FOOT

To Download Film for your iPod Visit :

SOUNDFOUNDATION

FOR ALL MEDIA ENQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT MELISSA BARRETT / HUMMINGBIRD PR / 0410 478249 / melissa@hummingbirdpr.com.au



DAVE RASTOVICH

Dave Rastovich is a name familiar to people passionate about the surfing lifestyle and the environment. Being a world famous surfer of the highest caliber, Dave uses his profile to raise awareness about environmental concerns, particularly ocean conservation and Anti-Whaling/Dolphin slaughter issues. In the last 2 years since the film�s completion, Dave has been heavily involved in oceanic conservation attending such global events as the IWC (International Whaling Commission) in Alaska �07 and Chile �08. In late 2007, Rastovich was also famously involved in drawing international attention to the Taiji Bay dolphin slaughter in Japan. With international stars such as Hayden Panettiere, Isobel Lucas, the Low Pressure crew and many other passionate people, they paddled out into blood stained waters to raise awareness about the senseless dolphin slaughter and mercury poisoning issues.

www.surfersforcetaceans.com

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