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and Simone de Haan in 1978. Both were teaching at

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, Brisbane. It later became an ensemble with a fluctuating line-up and up to six members at a time. They released their debut album, ''Australian Music'', in 1984. In 1988 Flederman issued their self-titled second album, which won the

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was nominated for Best Independent Release in

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History

Flederman were founded in 1978 at

, Brisbane as a contemporary music duo by teachers Simone de Haan on trombone and electronics and

on piano and electronics. In March 1979 they performed, "works by

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, Johnson, Berio and others" at Cellblock Theatre,

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. By 1982 it had developed into an ensemble by adding Graeme Leak on percussion and auxiliary members Hector McDonald on horn and Daniel Mendelow on trumpet. For their North American tour, in January of the following year, de Haan, Leak and Vine were joined by Geoffrey Collins on flute. In 1984 they issued their album, ''Australian Music'', the five tracks were composed by Vine, Keith Humble,

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, Robert Douglas and Graham Hair, respectively. It was issued via

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and recorded at Recording Hall, Sydney Opera House with the line-up of Collins, Leak, Vine joined by Hair on keyboards, Brett Kelly on trombone and Georg Pedersen on cello. In 1986 the line-up of Collins, Kelly and Vine were joined by Michael Askill on percussion, David Miller on piano and

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on cello. They recorded a four-track self-titled album at Broadwalk Studio, Sydney Opera House, which was issued in 1988 via MBS Records. The tracks were written by Hair, Wesley-Smith,

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and Vine, respectively. At the

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they won

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and were nominated for Best Independent Release.

Members

* Simone de Haan – trombone, electronics *

– piano, electronics, keyboards * Graeme Leak – percussion * Geoffrey Collins – flute * Graham Hair – keyboards * Brett Kelly – trombone * Georg Pedersen – cello * Michael Askill – percussion * David Miller – piano *

– cello

Discography

Albums

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

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(ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the

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References

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