Online Stalker
One of the most curious characters I met while living in Canberra was Darren Ziesing, better known in some circles as Stalker.
Turning out album after album of dense, layered techno in sleeves that were desperately short of information, especially for a liner notes junkie like me; he does something and moves on. That’s great musically. But it’s consigned him to a bit part in the broader music scene - if noone hears the music, was there any point making it?
Fortunately, Ziesing’s reappeared with a new online music shop, Polybonk, and apparently, a sixth solo album.
The site’s ‘about us’ section link is broken, but from what I can gather from the blog, it’s still germinating. Pitched as a community site where artists can upload their music and sell it to each other/others, you can find three minute tracks through to hour long epics from Stalker, Sleep and Exo available in what almost seems like a pro rata price of around $1.80 to $10.
