Kraftworks
Released: 1999
This cd was compiled as a souvenir of Kraftworks, an event organized by Carla Yamine at the Empress Hotel, Melbourne on 27 Nov 1999. Performers on the night were San Jose Cow Muzak, Half Yellow, Minimum Chips, The Gonks, Antediluvian Rockinghorse, the Case Managers, En Contact Performance, and New Waver. The cd was produced by Carla and I. Click on individual songs or download the entire album.
1. Antediluvian Rocking Horse .. Craft Work Out .. 2:13 .. mp3
These respected Melbourne sound artists have a myspace page.
2. Battery Operated .. Computer Love .. 4:48 .. mp3
3. Beam Up .. Antenna .. 1:46 .. mp3
Brian from Hi Pass Filter
4. The Case Managers .. Autobahn .. 5:54 .. mp3
Melbourne band that shares members with Blue Grassy Knoll.
5. Clowns Smiling Backwards .. Hall of Mirrors .. 6:59 .. mp3
Popular 80s/90s Melbourne band .. Bo is now in Winduptoys.
6. Craftwork .. A.I. .. 4:55 .. mp3
Members of Melbourne band Lung-UPC.
7. Dart .. The Robots .. 5:50 .. mp3
8. DJ Smallcock .. Radio-Activity .. 1:55 .. mp3
Lucas from Dual Plover.
9. Dreamland Happy Times For All .. Showroom Dummies .. 3:54 .. mp3
Robin Schmidt's post-Sally project.
10. Fibrotown .. Pocket Calculator .. 4:34 .. mp3
Melbourne late-90s alt-country band.
11. The Gonks .. Computer World .. 4:25 .. mp3
Kelly Ryall and Anthony Paine (High Pass Filter) with Nicole Thibault (Min Chips)
12. The Hi God People .. The Silver Forest .. 1:00 .. mp3
from prog-rock period.
13. Huon .. Upfield Bike Path .. 3:33 .. mp3
Melbourne indie group that included David Nichols, Mia Schoen, Andrew Withycombe and Ellen Turner .. see web page
14. Home For The Def .. Neon Lights .. 7:03 .. mp3
Adelaidians .. see myspace page
15. Julian Williams .. Antenna .. 3:25 .. mp3
Solo artist and member of HGP
16. Kettle .. Computer World [for repeat 1 play] .. 0:13 .. mp3
Brisbane sound-artist .. see web page
17. Letraset .. Telephone Call .. 2:21 .. mp3
Minimum Chips side project consisting of Julian Patterson and Nicole Thibault.
18. New Waver .. Computer Love .. 4:43 .. mp3
Part of NW's song-by-song mp3 update of the Computer World album.
19. Obsolete .. Trans Europe Express .. 4:25 .. mp3
Anthony Paine (then of Hi Pass Filter, now in Black Cab), KJ & Iain Downie (both once members of Machine Translations, Iain also in Fibrotown and Slaves of the Avaricious
20. San Jose Cow Muzak .. Autobahn .. 4:07 .. mp3
Christine Thirkell and Richard van Hoesel
21. Sleepy Township .. Europe Endless .. 8:00 .. mp3
Melbourne 90s indie band consisting of Guy Blackman, Mia Schoen, Alison Bolger and Chris Gorman.
22. Tugboat .. Antenna .. 5:04 .. mp3
Melbourne indie band .. see myspace page.
23. Two Litre Dolby with Chris Smith .. Radioactivity .. 5:18 .. mp3
Now-defunct Sydney post-rockers, joined here by Melbrourne guitar-sound-artist Chris.
24. Yamamoto .. Instrumental .. 4:00 .. mp3
Late 90s Melbourne band that signed to Mushroom before breaking up.