Resin Dogs

Resin Dogs function as Australia's flexible collective, piecing together sampled fragments with live drums, live bass, and hip-hop components delivered via turntables and samplers to generate varied ritual dance textures. No single genre confines their output. The four members arrived in 1997 already steeped in Brisbane's local scene. They have sustained separate individual projects alongside their Resin Dogs commitments ever since.

The group surfaced through the singles "Grinnin/What You Need" and "From the Volcanic Lab," securing recognition as one of Australia's leading voices in hip-hop/ritual dance music while acknowledging Brit acts such as Pop Will Eat Itself and Jesus Jones. Australian music's reliance on live shows meant Resin Dogs drew capacity crowds almost immediately; their second appearance alone required two separate sets to meet demand. Dave Atkins and DJ Katch launched Hydrofunk to release material and traveled to London to press several hundred copies for sale at those packed concerts. London audiences' response confirmed the Brisbane ensemble's originality. The label remains a shared base for the members' side projects, though the band later signed with EMI for its own releases.

Two distinct philosophies shape the music—one tailored to live performance, the other to studio exploration—yet the four players and their drive to fuse styles unite both realms. Percussionists, breakdancers, and visual contributors regularly join the core lineup onstage. Video clips replicate the cut'n'paste character of the recordings. The debut album, August 2000's Grand Theft Audio, entered the Australian mainstream charts.