Vale Sean Baxter 1970-2020

Presented by Will Guthrie and Annalee-Rose

We are crushed by the terrible news of Sean's passing. The Melbourne (and all over) experimental / improvised / noise scene took a huge blow just a few days before the start of the confinement, with the passing of legendary drummer, noise artist, curator, DIY stalwart, lover and enthusiast for all things strange, fukkd and brutal Sean Baxter.

1. ‘Almost Lucid Fairytale’ - from Bucketrider 'Guignol’s Band’ - 1998 - Dr Jims Records

2. ‘Safety Pod’ - From The Throwaways 'Angle Grinder' - 1991 - Au Go Go Records

3. ‘Rock and Roll’ - From The Throwaways 'Postmadonna Primadonna’ - 1994 - Dr Jims Records

4. ‘Nancarrow (For Conlon)’ - From Bucketrider 'Guignol’s Band’ = 1998 - Dr Jims Records

5. Excerpt from ‘Open Space’ - From Western Grey 'Glacial Erratic' - 2003 - Dr Jims Records

6. Excerpt from ‘1’ - From Lazy ‘Microsonics’ - 2002 - Dr Jims Records

7. ‘Metamorphics’ - from Pateras / Baxter / Brown - Ataxia - Synaesthesia Records - 2002/2003

8. ‘Bern 4’ - from Pateras / Baxter / Brown - ‘Bern - Melbourne - Milan’ - 2006 - Immediata

9. ‘Inland 4’ - from Pateras / Baxter / Brown - ‘Bern - Melbourne - Milan’ - 2017 - Immediata

10. ‘Plates’ - from Sean Baxter - Solo Drumkit Improvisations - 2011 - Bocian Records

11. ‘Blood Meridian (Tempering Agent)’ - Embers - Slag-Welter - 2008 - Heathen Skulls

12. ‘Unreleased’ - Sean Baxter & Valerio Tricoli - Recorded in Berlin 2012

13. Sean Baxter Classic Intro - Make It Up Club - 2018

14. ‘Windchimes’ - from Sean Baxter - Solo Drumkit Improvisations - 2011 - Bocian Records

Quotes from Anthony Pateras, Steve Heather, Judith Hamann, Clayton Thomas, Miles Brown, Dale Baxter, Scott Sinclair

Compiled by Annalee-Rose & Will Guthrie - April 2020

Thanks to Dave Brown, Anthony Pateras, Clare Cooper