David Haberfeld AKA Honeysmack is ACID. Pioneer of Australian Acid and Techno since the early 1990s. Best known for his dynamic and entertaining improvised live shows with vintage hardware and his punk approach to live electronica.
Labelled a maverick producer and performer who brings a punk-rock aesthetic to electronic music. He firmly believes the essence of electronic dance music resides in live performance, not DJing. Honeysmack is recognised as someone who’s significantly contributed to Australia’s Acid, Techno and electronic dance music community for almost 3 decades. Equal parts performer, producer, prankster, punk and academic, but all electronic – Honeysmack’s reputation for challenging audiences by pushing the stylistic parameters of Acid is a common thread throughout his work.
His work as an energetic and colourful live electronic act has earned him rare respect on the Australian live rock and EDM circuits in the 1990s with his punk approach and attitude. David’s work engages audiences with a liveliness that is totally improvised, unique and distinctly Honeysmack– best experienced live!
His dynamic performances and productions are purely hardware based and centre on Roland’s iconic machines of the 1980s including the TB-303, TR-909 and TR-808. These machines were pivotal in the development of electronic dance music, and David continues to explore new contexts with these vintage machines with a mix new hardware and modular synthesis.
Every Honeysmack performance is improvised on real drum machines and synths — there are no laptops, there are no records, there are no CDJs, this is not DJing, this is LIVE Acid Techno performed and produced in real-time in the moment!
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Hysterical Systems – Kickin Records, 1994
Smelly Records Compilation – Smelly Records, 1996
PIN – Smelly Records, 1995
Honeysmack Live – Smelly Records, 1997
"Walk on Acid" – Smelly Records/DanceNet MDS, 1999
Flick Bubble (also known as Fuck Bubble) – Smelly Records/DanceNet MDS, 1999
"Give Me Liberty" – Jive Electro/Zomba, 2001
Rock – Smelly Records/Shock, 2003
Awake Since 78 – xylophone jones Records, 2006
Mookie – Trouble & Bass Recordings, 2007
"Disco Shoes" – Thunder Finger Records, 2007
Brainss! – Idiot House Records, 2008
Pump It Up – Idiot House Records, 2008
Surge Strip – Hand Made Acid, 2011