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Tom Kazas
Tom Kazas (born 1965 in Sydney, Australia) is a composer/songwriter, record producer/sound engineer, film maker, broadcast operator and a post-utopian. He was the singer, guitarist, songwriter/composer of the Australian psychedelic rock group The Moffs (band) (1984–1989), that garnered international underground attention in 1985 with their song "Another Day in the Sun". He continues to produce varied music from rock (Sisyphus Happy) to ambience (Verdigris) to experimental electronica (Argot). He has composed for theatre, including the 1999 staging of "The Wound", directed by Lex Marinos. He was the composer and arranger for the Greek Jazz band Xitzaz. He has produced albums for T J Eckleberg, Magic Lunchbox, Metabass'n'Breath, Tiny Tim (musician), Tiny Tim, and You Am I. He composed the soundtrack for "The Ifs of Language", a short film by Peter Lyssiotis and Michael Karris which was a finalist in the 2002 Dendy Short Film Festival. He has made several music videos and short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychedelic Rock
Psychedelic rock is a rock music Music genre, genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelia, psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. The music incorporated new electronic sound effects and recording techniques, extended instrumental solos, and improvisation. Many psychedelic groups differ in style, and the label is often applied spuriously. Originating in the mid-1960s among British and American musicians, the sound of psychedelic rock invokes three core effects of LSD: depersonalization, dechronicization, and dynamization, all of which detach the user from everyday reality. Musically, the effects may be represented via novelty studio tricks, electronic music, electronic or non-Western instrumentation, disjunctive song structures, and extended instrumental segments. Some of the earlier 1960s psychedelic rock musicians were based in contemporary folk music, folk, jazz, and the blues, while others showcased an expl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moffs (band)
The Moffs were a psychedelic rock band formed in Sydney in 1984. They are perhaps best known for their 1985 song ''Another Day in the Sun'', that attracted local and international underground attention. Led by Tom Kazas, they incorporated many styles during their five-year career: psychedelic rock, progressive rock, blues rock, early post rock, atmospheric rock, 1960s and 1980s pop, free improvisation, impressionistic lyrics, Greek folk music styles, experimental composition and repetitive minimalist structures. The band's name was invented by misspelling the word 'moths'. The early years 1980–1983 The band was formed by high school friends Tom Kazas and David 'Smiley' Byrnes, who lived in the beachside suburb of Maroubra, Sydney, Australia. Absorbing early influence from Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, the pair soon enough embraced the punk-new wave zeitgeist of the late 1970s and early 1980s, with bands like The Jam and The Cure. In 1980, Tom had formed a high school band ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T J Eckleberg
T. J. Eckleberg is a musician, producer, poet and theatre director originally from Sydney. He was the artistic director at Shopfront, an Australian contemporary arts centre between 2004 and 2010. His name comes from Dr. T. J. Eckleburg, a fictional oculist in '' The Great Gatsby''. A fictional oculist, and financier of music producer Yul Singh, named Dr. T. J. Eckleburg also appears in The Ground Beneath Her Feet. He has lived in London, Berlin, and Kyoto. Music Eckleberg has featured in collaborations and projects with Morganics, Deepchild, Inga Lijlestrom, and Tokyo Snow Monkeys. He was a founding member of The DeltaHorse with Dana Colley. Discography *Black & Amber, 2016 – Akimbo Records *This Might Feel Like Home, 2014 – Akimbo Records *West & Lime, 2012 - *When You Get Down To It, 2008 – Independent Release *Illumineon, 2003 – Akimbo Records *SUPERHYDRATED, 2000 – Akimbo Records *Waiting Room (EP), 1997 – Pokey Records *Leomund's Tiny Piano (unreleased ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Lunchbox
Magic Lunchbox are an original rock band from Sydney, Australia. They have released three albums and one EP, most recently through Nonzero Records Nonzero Records is an independent record label based in Sydney, Australia, dedicated to supporting the Sydney independent music scene and select overseas artists. To date the label has produced over 50 releases for twenty artists. Nonzero was fo .... Discography Albums * ''Dickheads & Rainbows'' * ''What Time is the Orgy?'' * '' Spastique'' EPs * ''The Yeeros Living Dangerously'' References External links Official websiteAlbum review Australian alternative rock groups {{rock-band-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metabass'n'Breath
Metabass'n'Breath are a hip hop band from Sydney. The group was formed by Elf Tranzporter, Morganics and Baba Israel after they met while busking. They recorded two albums and toured America twice. The group self-released their debut album, ''Seek'', in 1997 followed by several mix tapes, EPs and 12" singles culminating in the full-length release ''Life and Times of a Beatboxer''. Discography Albums * ''Seek'' (1997) - MetaphysicsSydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper i ... April 4, 1997, Seek review by Miguel D'Souza * ''Life and Times of a Beatboxer'' (1999) - Bomb Hip Hop References {{authority control New South Wales musical groups ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiny Tim (musician)
Herbert Butros KhauryTiny Tim: Tiptoe Through A Lifetime', Lowell Tarling, Generation Books, 2013, p. 29, (April 12, 1932 November 30, 1996), also known as Herbert Buckingham Khaury, and known professionally as Tiny Tim, was an American singer, ukulele player, and musical archivist. He is best remembered for his cover hits "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" and "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight", which he sang in a falsetto voice. Early life Khaury was born in Manhattan, New York City, on April 12, 1932. His mother Tillie (née Staff), a Polish-Jewish garment worker, was the daughter of a rabbi. She had immigrated from Brest-Litovsk, present-day Belarus, as a teen in 1914. Khaury's father, Butros Khaury, was a textile worker from Beirut, present-day Lebanon, whose father was a Maronite Catholic priest. Khaury displayed musical talent at a very young age. At the age of five, his father gave him a vintage wind-up Gramophone and a 78-RPM record of "Beautiful Ohio" by H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Am I
You Am I are an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by its lead singer-songwriter and guitarist, Tim Rogers. They formed in December 1989 and are the first Australian band to have released three successive albums that have each debuted at the number-one position on the ARIA Albums Chart: ''Hi Fi Way'' (February 1995), '' Hourly, Daily'' (July 1996) and '' #4 Record'' (April 1998). Nine of their tracks appeared on the related ARIA Singles Chart top 50 with "What I Don't Know 'bout You" (February 1998), their highest charting, at No. 28. You Am I have received ten ARIA Music Awards from thirty-one nominations. The band have supported international artists such as the Who, the Rolling Stones, Sonic Youth and Oasis. You Am I's second studio album, ''Hi Fi Way'', appeared in the eighth position in the book, '' 100 Best Australian Albums'' (October 2010). Their third album, ''Hourly, Daily'' was listed at number fifty five. The same two releases were also v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Lyssiotis
Peter Lyssiotis (born 1949, Cyprus) is a Cypriot born-Australian writer, photographer and photomonteur. In 2004 he received a commendation from the Anne Elder Award committee for his work. His small press books include ''Industrial Woman'' (with Vivienne Mehes and ), ''Journey of a Wise Electron and Other Stories'' , ''Three Cheers for Civilization'' and ''The Harbour Breathes'' (with Anna Couani
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Third Eye Records
Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (other) * Third Avenue (other) * Highway 3 Music Music theory * Interval number of three in a musical interval ** major third, a third spanning four semitones ** minor third, a third encompassing three half steps, or semitones ** neutral third, wider than a minor third but narrower than a major third **augmented third, an interval of five semitones ** diminished third, produced by narrowing a minor third by a chromatic semitone * Third (chord), chord member a third above the root * Degree (music), three away from tonic **mediant, third degree of the diatonic scale ** submediant, sixth degree of the diatonic scale – three steps below the tonic ** chromatic mediant, chromatic relationship by thirds *Ladder of thirds, similar to the circle of fifths Albums *'' Third/Sister L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Male Composers
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
