Cherax Destructor

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Cherax Destructor
Birth name Patch Hutley
Also known as helpful kappa, ᴅᴀɪᴋᴜ ɪɴᴅᴜsᴛʀɪᴇs
Born July 6
Sydney, Australia
Genres IDM, friendship-hop,[1] breakcore, glitch, ambient, acoustic, alternative, folktronica
Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, euphonium, trombone, DAW, sampler
Years active 2011–present
Labels Morning Hour Records, Gak Attack Records, DogWorld Records
Website Bandcamp

Patch Hutley (born July 6[2]), better known by his stage name Cherax Destructor (abbreviated to CxDr), is an Australian electronic music producer and songwriter based in Sydney, Australia. He has also released work under the pseudonyms helpful kappa and ᴅᴀɪᴋᴜ ɪɴᴅᴜsᴛʀɪᴇs, and is a member of the Australian pop rock band Dr. Spaceman.[3]

History

Patch Hutley was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. Following the influence of his older sisters, he joined his primary school's concert band in his third year, and learned to play the euphonium. At the same time, he also took piano lessons, but was disinterested. In an interview, he expressed that he regretted not learning earlier.[4]

In the same interview, Hutley stated that his first electronic musical inspiration was a childhood friend, Luke Midworth (known under the name areographe) and that in his youth he did not "get" electronic music. Hutley only began making electronic music after discovering Ableton Live through Midworth.[5]

Musical style

Hutley considers to his music under the name Cherax Destructor to be "folktronica / friendship-hop".[6] Cherax Destructor's music has been compared by Under the Radar to the works of Baths.[7]

In contrast, Hutley refers to helpful kappa as "post-rock",[8] citing Sigur Rós and Explosions in the Sky as his main influences,[9] and refers to ᴅᴀɪᴋᴜ ɪɴᴅᴜsᴛʀɪᴇs as "breakcore / bass music" inspired by Yoko Kanno and Hiroyuki Sawano.[10][11]

Reception

In 2013, the track <3 from the album Amity Lines was described by Under the Radar, a popular American indie music magazine, as "joyful melodies – all chopped up and twisted into one another".[12] Hutley was also described later that year as "the man who pioneered the 'friendship-hop' movement" by BULLSH!T, a partially satirical Australian media outlet.[1]

The song <3 was also aired in 2013 on 2SER, an Australian radio station, in a feature entitled The Band Next Door, in which alternative and underground Australian musicians are showcased.[13]

Cherax Destructor was one of the headlining acts of AVCon's 2015 JOYPAD after-dark party in Adelaide, Australia. AVCon described Hutley as "a conflicted soul", but said that his music fuses his passions "into something weird and wonderful".[14]

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

External links

References

  1. 1 2 Varney, Vincent (2013-06-12). "5 Minutes With: Cherax Destructor". BULLSH!T. You’re credited as the man who pioneered the “friendship-hop” movement, and as you may know, the smallest of Australian rock and hip-hop artists have noted tension and even racism in the music community.
  2. ↑ Hutley, Patch (2015-07-28). birthday tinychat party !! (july 05). YouTube (Sydney). The birthday itself is July 6th
  3. ↑ "Dr Spaceman - triple j Unearthed".
  4. ↑ Varney, Vincent (2013-06-12). "5 Minutes With: Cherax Destructor". BULLSH!T. I started quite far away from beep-booping – I followed in my older sisters’ footsteps and joined my primary school concert band in Year 3, taking up the euphonium (which is like a tuba, but smaller and more awesome). I also took some piano lessons at the time, but wasn’t interested enough to apply myself. Now – O, cruel fate! – the piano’s my favourite instrument. I wish I could reach through space/time and slap some sense into that past version of me. It’s socially acceptable to slap your child-self, right?
  5. ↑ Varney, Vincent (2013-06-12). "5 Minutes With: Cherax Destructor". BULLSH!T. My buddy areographe is the man responsible. Back when we were in high school together, he started listening to all the electronic music that I love now, but just didn’t “get” when I was younger. He discovered Ableton Live and introduced me to it, and I basically learned everything about it from him (a week after he’d learned about it from reading the manual). It took me a surprisingly long time to start making electronica with it, rather than using it like a glorified Audacity for recording my shitty post-rock songs.
  6. ↑ Hutley, Patch. "About Cherax Destructor - Page Info". Facebook. Genre: folktronica / friendship-hop
  7. ↑ Narinli, Celline (2013-04-10). "Love Thy Neighbour: Cherax Destructor". Under the Radar. The Sydney-based musician is pretty much Australia’s answer to Baths. If you’re unfamiliar with Baths’ sound, think atmospheric, squelchy beats with electronic hooks aplenty.
  8. ↑ Hutley, Patch. "About Helpful Kappa - Page Info". Facebook. Genre: Post-rock
  9. ↑ Hutley, Patch (2014-01-11). "we are spirits now, rejoice - Cherax Destructor". Bandcamp. special thanks to Sigur Rós + Explosions in the Sky, my oldest and most abiding loves <3
  10. ↑ Hutley, Patch. "About ᴅᴀɪᴋᴜ ɪɴᴅᴜsᴛʀɪᴇs - Page Info". Facebook. Genre: ʙʀᴇᴀᴋᴄᴏʀᴇ / ʙᴀss ᴍᴜsɪᴄ
  11. ↑ Hutley, Patch (2015-04-29). "astronomy club - Cherax Destructor". Bandcamp. with eternal love + thanks to Yōko Kanno and Hiroyuki Sawano
  12. ↑ Narinli, Celline (2013-04-10). "Love Thy Neighbour: Cherax Destructor". Under the Radar. The adventurous ‘<3’ is jam-packed with fiddly samples and joyful melodies – all chopped up and twisted into one another.
  13. ↑ Menegoni, Cameron (2013-04-10). "Wednesday - 10 April 2013 - 2SER - Real Radio 107.3 FM". 2SER. Cherax Destructor - <3
  14. ↑ "AVCon - July 17-19th 2015 - Dance Party". AVCon. Sydney's Cherax Destructor is a conflicted soul, as in love with cute synthpop and EDM as he is with sad slow guitars, anime soundtracks, and malfunctioning computer music. His own tunes fuse these passions into something weird and wonderful - grooving glitchy beats, lush orchestration, and crescendos into explosive climaxes of distorted guitars and five-part harmonies. CxDr's live performances and DJ sets are known to bring on existential crises and bouts of uncontrollable dancing in equal measure.
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