blend of house, soul and hip-hop... Onstage, the band is a frenzy of movement, with a turntablist and two boys behind a mountain of synths and samplers – no drums or guitar to be seen. The group readily uses new and old samples in their music, many of which are very recognisable to the punters." Hales left the group late in 2003 – they reverted to a duo of Gascoigne and Hede. Their debut five-track extended play, Collusions (October 2004), was issued via Freefall Records/MRA Entertainment. Gascoigne explained, he and "Hales [were] performing locally and writing tracks with other artists for our EP – at that point we were fairly breaks orientated." Guesting on vocals on the EP are Miss Brown (a.k.a. J Hampstead) for two tracks, Blue MC on "Bass Buffer", Paul Kelly on "So Fine", and Sanyasa on "Burne". Alex Ollo of Cyclic Defrost enthused over its lead track, "Bass Buffer", "[it] will be a hit by the time you read this... [a] bouncy fusion of house and hip hop with Jamaican style vocals from Blue MC, it's an infectious singalong crossover that is poppy without being twee, clubby yet radio friendly, edgy without being annoying. And it will fill the floor every time." The Scene Magazines Alex Roche noticed that the EP, "is a delicious collection of collaborations with some of this country's finest singers... [and] is a superb disc for warming up on Friday night or chilling out early Saturday morning, for clearing out the cobwebs of the working week. Check it out." The group played festivals including Big Day Out, alongside the Chemical Brothers. They remixed material by Sarah Blasko and had their own music remixed by Segue Samplist. Hede described the group after the EP, "Our sound... was fairly influenced by Camschwa... We're a lot harder and heavier now, with a lot straighter beats, a lot more of a club sound." Statler & Waldorf's debut studio album, AndroNovaVirus, appeared in October 2005 via Ghost Records/MRA Entertainment. Chanel Cole (former Australian Idol finalist) guested on vocals. Its title acknowledges the Andromeda Alesis and Nord Nova II keyboards, which the duo used. Joann Curtis of In the Mix posits their sonation is, "hypnotically minimal, obliquely rhythmic and uniquely aesthetic... I have seen Statler and Waldorf perform to different crowds – from teenagers, to fans, to unsuspecting punters – and each time, the response is enthusiastic. Such