http://www.expdev.net/htownwiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Te+Irirangi&feedformat=atomHtownWiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T12:08:10ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.25.1http://www.expdev.net/htownwiki/index.php?title=Greg_Broadmore&diff=10363Greg Broadmore2007-09-27T06:18:13Z<p>Te Irirangi: myspace link fixed - went to a completely unrelated page</p>
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<div>Born in Whakatane in 1972, Greg Broadmore has on various occasions publicly expressed a lifelong fascination with Tanks, Robots, Monsters, Dinosaurs, Videogames, Rayguns, Kung Fu and Anatomically Incorrect Women (although he has not ''verbally'' articulated the latter); themes that have dominated much of his creative output through a variety of media including music and sound production, graphic design and illustration, children's books, comics, streetwear, sculpting and within film. <br />
<br />
He first achieved some underground notoriety as the founding member of Hamilton industrial-deathmetal crossover band [[Lungfeast]] (bass, vocals, programming etc) in 1991 but may have earlier played in one or two un-documented "metal" bands as well (based on passing comments made in ''Lungfeast'' interviews at the time). <br />
<br />
''Lungfeast'' moved to Auckland, underwent a lineup change, became increasingly experimental and released a cassette [[Inside]] in 1992, before splitting in around '93. <br />
<br />
Broadmore returned to Hamilton where his next musical project during the mid '90s was [[Nihil]] who won the [[Battle of the Bands 1995]] and produced the album [[Nil]] with the proceeds. The album is now extremely rare and features individually printed card packaging that is also noteworthy as an early published example of Broadmore's now sought after illustration and design work. <br />
<br />
Musically Nihil were in a similar 'ambient-industrial/experimental-metal' vein as ''Lungfeast'', but took the experimental ambient, electronic, dub and slow, grinding industrial "Doom Metal" aspects further still. They were also noted at the time for their production and sound design both in the studio and as a live unit.<br />
<br />
At around the same time and shortly afterwards he was the bassist in punk/grindcore trio [[Ghidrah]]. Named after a monster in Japanese movies of the ''Godzilla'' family, the band was united in their love of Sci Fi, Horror and Kung Fu movies. <br />
<br />
They made liberal use of samples from all of the above, unorthodox key signatures, and produced short sharp blasts of obnoxious, grinding noise; sufficient to fit over 20 songs on a disc without producing unusually long albums. <br />
<br />
They released the cassette album [[Ghidrah vs Armour of God]] (1996 - also the name of a movie) followed quickly by the CDs [[Invincible Deluxe]] (late '96) and [[The Doctrine of Velocity]] in 1997, coinciding with the band's split. The latter album was reissued with a completely different tracklist in 1998. <br />
<br />
Like most of their songs Ghidrah made a lot of noise and ended quickly, leaving most people wondering what the fuck had just happened.<br />
<br />
Greg Broadmore and former ''Ghidrah'' guitarist [[Christian Pearce]] both went on to work in graphic media, starting with Comic Books in particular. <br />
<br />
Based in Wellington by the turn of the 21st Century, Broadmore's first published Comic was ''Killer Robots Will Smash The World'' through Wellington's ''Urbanist Publications'' in 2002, and he also collaborated with ''Pearce'' to produce ''Dino Slayer''. <br />
<br />
He has illustrated over 30 children's books and school journals for Learning Media Ltd, and has been a long-time designer for ''Illicit Streetwear''. <br />
<br />
Broadmore's work has been exhibited at various large Comic Book and Science Fiction exhibitions and conventions, and has also appeared at prestigious galleries including ''Te Papa''. <br />
<br />
Meanwhile his illustrations have been a regular feature of Wellington's widely read city/events guide ''The Package''. <br />
<br />
Since 2004 Broadmore and ''Pearce'' have both worked as designers and sculptors for Wellington's ''Weta Workshops'', working on such films as ''King Kong'' and ''The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe'', among others. <br />
<br />
For ''Weta'', Broadmore has also produced a number of collectable items including his prized ''Raygun Collection'' and was an illustrator and concept writer for Weta's first published book, ''The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island''. <br />
<br />
Between 2004 and 2005 Greg Broadmore co-designed and oversaw the art-direction for the installation of a six-metre tall "Robot of Doom" in Wellington's Courtenay Place, and (closer to home) the tribute statue to ''Richard O'Brien'' as ''Riff Raff'' on our very own Victoria Street.<br />
<br />
Broadmore, Pearce and fellow Weta Workshop designers ''Warren Mahy'' and ''Ben Wootten'' in 2005 set up ''The Battery'', their own independent company for their work in illustration, design, sculpture and other graphic media. <br />
<br />
In 2006 [[Ghidrah]] reissued their two most sought after albums from MySpace.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
[http://www.myspace.com/ghidoragh Ghidrah @ MySpace]<br><br />
[http://illicithq.com/ IllicitHQ.com]<br><br />
[http://www.thepackage.co.nz The Package]<br><br />
[http://www.chopperchick.co.nz Chopper Chick Comics/Urbanist Media Ltd]<br><br />
[http://www.wetaworkshop.co.nz Weta Workshop]<br><br />
[http://www.wetaworkshop.co.nz/about/crew/profile/Greg_Broadmore Weta Profile: Greg Broadmore]<br><br />
[http://www.wetanz.com/updates/rayguns The Raygun Collection]<br><br />
[http://www.thebattery.co.nz The Battery]<br><br />
[http://www.thebattery.co.nz/GregBroadmore/TheBattery_GregBroadmore.htm Greg Broadmore @ The Battery]<br><br />
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[[category:people]]</div>Te Irirangihttp://www.expdev.net/htownwiki/index.php?title=Adrian_Wallace&diff=10362Adrian Wallace2007-09-27T05:48:32Z<p>Te Irirangi: </p>
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<div>During the mid '90s Adrian Wallace was one half of [[Usine]]. <br />
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He also fronted the Blackmetal band [[Lure]], and the second live incarnation of [[Department of Corrections]]. <br />
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He was known for his love of "extreme" sound, both as a producer and a vocalist. He was often asked what effects he used on his vocals, the honest answer to which, was "none". On winning their heat in the [[Battle of the Bands 1996]], Wallace's acceptance "speech" on behalf of D.O.C was earsplitting white-noise. <br />
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He left Hamilton during the late '90s for Wellington and has since been responsible for the dark ambient project '''Field of Vapour'''.<br />
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{{Person-Stub}}</div>Te Irirangihttp://www.expdev.net/htownwiki/index.php?title=Usine&diff=10358Usine2007-09-25T17:37:40Z<p>Te Irirangi: </p>
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<div>Usine (French for “Machine”) was formed in 1995 by [[Adrian Wallace]] and [[Kurt Joy]], initially as an experiment in noise-industrial recordings. <br />
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This evolved over time to become a more ambient-electronica dub/beat oriented project, but still contained elements of experimental and often extreme noise. This had a tendency to confuse live audiences; punters one minute happily ‘chilling out’ to ambient soundscape pieces, the next minute being aurally assaulted by severe and brutal glitch. <br />
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Usine also incorporated DrumnBass into their sounds, especially the darker, harder, noisier aspects.<br />
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As a live unit Usine were involved as performers, sound-technicians and DJs at many shows in Hamilton and elsewhere in New Zealand of a slightly more 'underground', experimental, electronic, multimedia and/or post-industrial bent. <br />
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During 1995 and early 1996 they performed live at several events run out of Corso Poverty and Recycling Shop, which was at this time doubling as a regular performance space being utilised by a large collective of avant-garde multimedia artists and performers. <br />
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Corso shows featuring Usine included Alleglory (also featuring [[Avant Garbage]], [[Wendyhouse]], [[Disjecta Membra]], [[Unit 23]] and myriad performance artists), and Ambulance – billed as an “Ambient Dance Party”, where Usine were joined onstage by a didgeridoo player. They had earlier been billed to play at Algorhythm in 1995 but got bored and left when another performer ran over time.<br />
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At around this time they recorded and released the cassette [[Quetzalcoatl]], which, much to the shock and amusement of Usine themselves, was nominated in the 1996 Waikato Rock Awards for Best Engineering. Rock awards. <br />
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Although Kurt Joy described Usine’s early recording sessions as “Adrian and I just fucking around doing the noise industrial thing”, both he and Wallace were to become well respected at this time for their innovative and often "extreme" production and audio engineering skills.<br />
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Another notable performance in 1996 was an event called '''Tera Meta'''; an experimental multimedia art and electronica show on the waterfront featuring Usine, [[Unit 23]], [[Heliotherb]], [[Difference Engine]] and [[OvsM]]. The theme for ''Tera Meta'' was based around human interactions with machines through the ages, with each band/project assigned a particular era. Usine had the ‘70s. <br />
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In July of the same year they performed Live to Air on [[Contact 89FM]], and the following week appeared in Heat 1 of the [[Battle of the Bands]]. Both Kurt Joy and Adrian Wallace had by this time also become members of the gargantuan live industrial noise performance unit known as [[Department of Corrections]], whom they performed with during August both in Heat 2 and the finals of the BoB (coming Third overall). <br />
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Towards the end of that year Usine appeared at [[Sub-Merger]] alongside [[FALLen]], [[Intract]], [[Disjecta Membra]], [[Genitus Lung]] and Adrian Wallace’s other band at the time [[Lure]]. <br />
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Kurt says that at some point or another they also “played a lot of crappy dance parties, both here and in Auckland”.<br />
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Before the close of ’96 the track ''Nematode'' appeared on the 1996 compilation [[BURN]] and the track ''Cryospace'' appeared on an (unknown?) radio sampler coordinated and distributed by [[Dave Whitehead]]. <br />
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They later performed at the first of New Zealand’s famed annual outdoor dance party The Gathering (perched atop Tākaka Hill in the Ambient and DrumnBass marquees) on New Years Eve 96/97. <br />
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In 1997 Usine’s ''Teutonic'' was included on [[AK97]] (also featuring Hamilton’s [[Unit 23]]), while the track ''Timbre'' appeared on the 1997 [[Green Eggs and Hamilton]] compilation. The same year they returned to Tākaka Hill for The Gathering 97/98. <br />
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From 1997 – 1998 the project gradually slowed down to a point of stasis, however, they both say that Usine is not dead, simply in “very very very deep slumber” while both have been persuing various other projects. <br />
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Kurt Joy has since been focusing on a range of multimedia and especially film; he currently works for Waikato University’s department of Screen and Media Studies. <br />
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Based between Wellington and Hamilton, and elsewhere, Adrian Wallace has continued working in dark, introspective ambient electronica under the project name of '''Field of Vapour'''.<br />
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They also say that Usine is likely to be resumed in the not-too-distant future.<br />
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[[category: bands]]</div>Te Irirangihttp://www.expdev.net/htownwiki/index.php?title=Talk:Pugnaut&diff=10357Talk:Pugnaut2007-09-25T17:04:47Z<p>Te Irirangi: New page: wasn't Sandra Jensen's brother also in this band?--~~~~</p>
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<div>wasn't Sandra Jensen's brother also in this band?--[[User:Te Irirangi|Te Irirangi]] 05:04, 26 September 2007 (NZST)</div>Te Irirangihttp://www.expdev.net/htownwiki/index.php?title=Toolmaker&diff=10356Toolmaker2007-09-25T16:47:47Z<p>Te Irirangi: New page: Toolmaker was an early project of Kurt Joy (bass, programming, samples etc), Christian Pearce (guitar), and Brian Holloway (vocals) in 1993. Described by Kurt Joy as “Lo-f...</p>
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<div>Toolmaker was an early project of [[Kurt Joy]] (bass, programming, samples etc), [[Christian Pearce]] (guitar), and [[Brian Holloway]] (vocals) in 1993. <br />
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Described by Kurt Joy as “Lo-fi bedroom industrial”, Christian Pearce is said to have played guitar through an effects chain made up of six distortion pedals. <br />
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The home-recording project morphed into a fully fledged band called [[Room]] in 1994, playing syncopated hardcore metal with a drum-machine. Joy says that they “played a couple of gigs for the straightedge kids and freaked them out a bit”. <br />
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Pearce and Holloway later went on to form [[Ghidrah]] with [[Greg Broadmore]] (formerly of [[Lungfeast]]) in about 1996, but in the interim Kurt Joy’s next project was [[Chaos Engine]], which also featured former members of [[Lungfeast]]. <br />
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Kurt’s other projects later included [[Usine]], [[Nihil]] (another [[Greg Broadmore]] outfit) and [[Department of Corrections]].<br />
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[[category:bands]]</div>Te Irirangihttp://www.expdev.net/htownwiki/index.php?title=Chaos_Engine&diff=10355Chaos Engine2007-09-25T16:36:52Z<p>Te Irirangi: rephrase incorporating info from dugganaut</p>
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<div>'''Chaos Engine''' from 1994 – 1995 were [[Kurt Joy]] (bass, programming), [[Tristam Murdoch]] (vocals) and [[Graham Woods]] (guitar). <br />
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As with several other related bands and projects formed within these circles, Chaos Engine were a band who combined heavier guitar-based music with electronica, which in this case has been described as “technodeathgrind”. <br />
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The band played predominantly between Auckland and Hamilton, including the [[Battle of the Bands 1994]]; appeared Live to Air on [[Contact 89FM]] and [[Herringbone Shed]] in 1995, and had several tracks recorded with [[Dave Whitehead]] at [[Theta Productions]]. <br />
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Kurt Joy was essentially the driving force behind the project. In a September 1995 [[Nexus]] article on [[Nihil]], after their [[BOB]] win, Nexus made the statment to Kurt "And you were in Chaos Engine", to which he replied "I was Chaos Engine". He had previously played with [[Toolmaker]] and [[Room]], while Murdoch and Woods had both been in [[Lungfeast]]. <br />
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Kurt Joy moved on to play as bassist for [[Greg Broadmore]]’s project [[Nihil]], but more significantly, commenced working with [[Adrian Wallace]] for the first time, with whom he co-founded [[Usine]] in 1995. Both also became members of [[Department of Corrections]] in 1996. <br />
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Kurt later went on to work in the film and television department at [[WINTEC]].<br />
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[[category:bands]]</div>Te Irirangihttp://www.expdev.net/htownwiki/index.php?title=Talk:Waters&diff=10354Talk:Waters2007-09-25T16:24:47Z<p>Te Irirangi: </p>
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<div>Woah!! Do we need all the "got burnt by music industry parasites" narrative on here? if it's integral, can't it be a bit more objectively written? - geoff<br />
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hey Geoff - I totally agree. Ive tried to tone the article down, but feel free to do more editing yourself. If possible, can you email me (or PM me on htown?)?<br />
-thedugganaut<br />
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hey both of you... totally agree with the criticism of the original article and cheers for the tidy up thur dugga. With this wiki meeting less-than-encyclopaedic standards, and also me having personal connection to most people involved in my entries I haven't always been entirely objective. Succinction just doesn't come natural, sorry. If it's all good I'll just carry on pouring out my sporadic input in the interests of sharing what I know, and leave it to others to tidy it up... ha, typical... --[[User:Te Irirangi|Te Irirangi]] 04:24, 26 September 2007 (NZST)</div>Te Irirangihttp://www.expdev.net/htownwiki/index.php?title=Greg_Broadmore&diff=10353Greg Broadmore2007-09-25T16:13:27Z<p>Te Irirangi: made paragraphs more reader friendly</p>
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<div>Born in Whakatane in 1972, Greg Broadmore has on various occasions publicly expressed a lifelong fascination with Tanks, Robots, Monsters, Dinosaurs, Videogames, Rayguns, Kung Fu and Anatomically Incorrect Women (although he has not ''verbally'' articulated the latter); themes that have dominated much of his creative output through a variety of media including music and sound production, graphic design and illustration, children's books, comics, streetwear, sculpting and within film. <br />
<br />
He first achieved some underground notoriety as the founding member of Hamilton industrial-deathmetal crossover band [[Lungfeast]] (bass, vocals, programming etc) in 1991 but may have earlier played in one or two un-documented "metal" bands as well (based on passing comments made in ''Lungfeast'' interviews at the time). <br />
<br />
''Lungfeast'' moved to Auckland, underwent a lineup change, became increasingly experimental and released a cassette [[Inside]] in 1992, before splitting in around '93. <br />
<br />
Broadmore returned to Hamilton where his next musical project during the mid '90s was [[Nihil]] who won the [[Battle of the Bands 1995]] and produced the album [[Nil]] with the proceeds. The album is now extremely rare and features individually printed card packaging that is also noteworthy as an early published example of Broadmore's now sought after illustration and design work. <br />
<br />
Musically Nihil were in a similar 'ambient-industrial/experimental-metal' vein as ''Lungfeast'', but took the experimental ambient, electronic, dub and slow, grinding industrial "Doom Metal" aspects further still. They were also noted at the time for their production and sound design both in the studio and as a live unit.<br />
<br />
At around the same time and shortly afterwards he was the bassist in punk/grindcore trio [[Ghidrah]]. Named after a monster in Japanese movies of the ''Godzilla'' family, the band was united in their love of Sci Fi, Horror and Kung Fu movies. <br />
<br />
They made liberal use of samples from all of the above, unorthodox key signatures, and produced short sharp blasts of obnoxious, grinding noise; sufficient to fit over 20 songs on a disc without producing unusually long albums. <br />
<br />
They released the cassette album [[Ghidrah vs Armour of God]] (1996 - also the name of a movie) followed quickly by the CDs [[Invincible Deluxe]] (late '96) and [[The Doctrine of Velocity]] in 1997, coinciding with the band's split. The latter album was reissued with a completely different tracklist in 1998. <br />
<br />
Like most of their songs Ghidrah made a lot of noise and ended quickly, leaving most people wondering what the fuck had just happened.<br />
<br />
Greg Broadmore and former ''Ghidrah'' guitarist [[Christian Pearce]] both went on to work in graphic media, starting with Comic Books in particular. <br />
<br />
Based in Wellington by the turn of the 21st Century, Broadmore's first published Comic was ''Killer Robots Will Smash The World'' through Wellington's ''Urbanist Publications'' in 2002, and he also collaborated with ''Pearce'' to produce ''Dino Slayer''. <br />
<br />
He has illustrated over 30 children's books and school journals for Learning Media Ltd, and has been a long-time designer for ''Illicit Streetwear''. <br />
<br />
Broadmore's work has been exhibited at various large Comic Book and Science Fiction exhibitions and conventions, and has also appeared at prestigious galleries including ''Te Papa''. <br />
<br />
Meanwhile his illustrations have been a regular feature of Wellington's widely read city/events guide ''The Package''. <br />
<br />
Since 2004 Broadmore and ''Pearce'' have both worked as designers and sculptors for Wellington's ''Weta Workshops'', working on such films as ''King Kong'' and ''The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe'', among others. <br />
<br />
For ''Weta'', Broadmore has also produced a number of collectable items including his prized ''Raygun Collection'' and was an illustrator and concept writer for Weta's first published book, ''The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island''. <br />
<br />
Between 2004 and 2005 Greg Broadmore co-designed and oversaw the art-direction for the installation of a six-metre tall "Robot of Doom" in Wellington's Courtenay Place, and (closer to home) the tribute statue to ''Richard O'Brien'' as ''Riff Raff'' on our very own Victoria Street.<br />
<br />
Broadmore, Pearce and fellow Weta Workshop designers ''Warren Mahy'' and ''Ben Wootten'' in 2005 set up ''The Battery'', their own independent company for their work in illustration, design, sculpture and other graphic media. <br />
<br />
In 2006 [[Ghidrah]] reissued their two most sought after albums from MySpace.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
[http://www.myspace.com/ghidorah Ghidrah @ MySpace]<br><br />
[http://illicithq.com/ IllicitHQ.com]<br><br />
[http://www.thepackage.co.nz The Package]<br><br />
[http://www.chopperchick.co.nz Chopper Chick Comics/Urbanist Media Ltd]<br><br />
[http://www.wetaworkshop.co.nz Weta Workshop]<br><br />
[http://www.wetaworkshop.co.nz/about/crew/profile/Greg_Broadmore Weta Profile: Greg Broadmore]<br><br />
[http://www.wetanz.com/updates/rayguns The Raygun Collection]<br><br />
[http://www.thebattery.co.nz The Battery]<br><br />
[http://www.thebattery.co.nz/GregBroadmore/TheBattery_GregBroadmore.htm Greg Broadmore @ The Battery]<br><br />
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[[category:people]]</div>Te Irirangihttp://www.expdev.net/htownwiki/index.php?title=Chaos_Engine&diff=10352Chaos Engine2007-09-25T15:58:11Z<p>Te Irirangi: for the record</p>
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<div>'''Chaos Engine''' from 1994 – 1995 were [[Kurt Joy]] (bass, programming), [[Tristam Murdoch]] (vocals) and [[Graham Woods]] (guitar). Kurt Joy was essentially the driving force behind the project and later told [[Nexus]] "I am Chaos Engine". He had previously played with [[Toolmaker]] and [[Room]], while Murdoch and Woods had both been in [[Lungfeast]]. <br />
<br />
As with several other related bands and projects formed within these circles, Chaos Engine were a band who combined heavier guitar-based music with electronica, which in this case has been described as “technodeathgrind”. <br />
<br />
The band played predominantly between Auckland and Hamilton, including the [[Battle of the Bands 1994]]; appeared Live to Air on [[Contact 89FM]] and [[Herringbone Shed]] in 1995, and had several tracks recorded with [[Dave Whitehead]] at [[Theta Productions]]. <br />
<br />
Kurt Joy then moved on to play as bassist for [[Greg Broadmore]]’s project [[Nihil]], but more significantly, commenced working with [[Adrian Wallace]] for the first time, with whom he co-founded [[Usine]] in 1995. Both also became members of [[Department of Corrections]] in 1996. <br />
<br />
Kurt later went on to work in the film and television department at [[WINTEC]].<br />
<br />
[[category:bands]]</div>Te Irirangihttp://www.expdev.net/htownwiki/index.php?title=Talk:Avant_Garbage&diff=10351Talk:Avant Garbage2007-09-25T15:27:07Z<p>Te Irirangi: New page: I thought that the entirety of the original entry for this band by Danduran: "The lead singer drank cask wine" was both inspired and inspirational, and have noted it here in the dicussio...</p>
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<div>I thought that the entirety of the original entry for this band by Danduran:<br />
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"The lead singer drank cask wine"<br />
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was both inspired and inspirational, and have noted it here in the dicussion page for this band in the interests of posterity.--[[User:Te Irirangi|Te Irirangi]] 03:27, 26 September 2007 (NZST)</div>Te Irirangi