The Scientists of Modern Music

The Scientists of Modern Music, hailing from Hobart, Tasmania are one of Australia’s hardest working and most popular electronic export.

TSOMM are a synth bomb, the fallout being incredible tron-pop, beat driven songs with deep, rhythmic electric guitar hooks, glam-rock fronted by melody making, flesh and blood drones. Cal Young and Simon McIntosh take their audience on a journey that starts with a ramp and drives through the still clean disco to the fragmenting and decaying sounds of the future.

‘Because if I Die” was mixed in the UK by The Slips (Ladyhawke, Bertie Blackman)  and Mastered at The Exchange in London by Nilish Patel (Daft Punk). It is the first taste test from their forthcoming debut LP “A Personal Universe.” Their debut EP sold 3000+ copies which came from constant gigging and turning on fans both live and on-line.

In 2004, Cal Young & Simon McIntosh started wagging audio design classes together, in order to jam on a very old drum kit and an un-tuneable guitar just for kicks. They later progressed into electronic music, hording bits and pieces off eBay to start a band that became The Scientists of Modern Music.

The duo came second in a college band competition, strangely listed under 'acoustic rock', but still managed to make an impact which scored them a couple of local shows in late 2005. From there Cal and Simon wrote a handful of songs in the space of two weeks and released an EP through Rubber Records which got them a special mention on triple J and secured them spins on radio stations around Australia.

Cal and Simon have been busy and plan to be busier still with a single release tour to major cities planned for June 2011 and a full album tour of the nation planned.

Their popularity at live shows and on the on the festival circuit is testament to their musicality and incredibly energetic live show. The Age labelled their 2008 Meredith performance “infectious… at 3am“