Euchronia – The Neo-Victorian Years End Ball
by admin ~ January 13th, 2009. Filed under: Events.EUCHRONIA
Talie performed as a special guest with THE TENTH STAGE, providing soprano vocalese and double bass accompaniment to Roberto & John’s Grand Guignol serenades.
Euchronia is a steampunk / neo-Victorian Year’s End Ball taking place in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the last day of the calendar year of 2008. The event officially opens for general admission at 9pm and proceedings will continue ’til the early hours of the following morning. Our venue is the fabulous and anachronistic Victorian Trades Hall, an historic Victorian Era building at the edge of the Melbourne CBD which features a perfect blend of history and realism to delight the neo-Victorian enthusiast. Victorian Trades Hall is a licensed venue with full bar facilities and as such, Euchronia is an 18+ event.
Euchronia will feature three separate sound-spaces, each with a different musical focus. The New Ballroom will feature a mix of new romantic, gothic fusion, industrial, retro, futuristic, electro and EBM music. The Bella Union Bar will host several live cabaret-style acts as well as DJs. Finally, our third sound space The Annex is a designated relaxation space with a more ambient and laid-back soundscape. Our initial performers, bands and djs lineup is now available, with more acts to be added as we move closer to the date.
About The Tenth Stage
The Tenth Stage formed from a common interest in the darker side of mainstream culture and music. Members are Roberto Massaglia (Tankt) and John Von Ahlen (Subterrane Studio). Roberto writes lyrics and is the main vocalist while John plays bass guitar, theremin and piano and is the band’s engineer, producer and all-round studio wiz.
The Tenth Stage’s music can be defined as dark, theatrical pop with an enigmatic blend of synthetic and acoustic instruments. Their sound is an eclectic mix of electronica, dub, reggae and classical music blended together to create twisted pop tales from the darkside – an ironic fist in a velvet glove.
Roberto and John are the band’s core members, but The Tenth Stage has an expanded musical vision, and incorporates a range of musicians and singers, both on stage and in their recorded work – they see the project as being more like a theatre performance than a straight-up rock band and they recruit cast members to bring their dark ditties to life. Listening to their album or watching one of their shows is like a cross between pop and vaudeville – each song has been deliberately developed as a tale, a morality play, a circus of performers and freaks living comedy and tragedy through sound and vision. They appeal to your heart and imagination while sating the senses with an intriguing musical mélange.
Albums:
- The Tenth Stage (2006)
- Grand Guignol (2007)
- Tales From The Casket (2008)
Their music has been included on DVDs such as Bruteforce 7 and they have remixed Depeche Mode, Tycho Brahe, Angelspit and IKON.
