ALBUM discography
Latin Fever
Released 2024
Inspiration from the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. Songs about needing love, falling in love, being in love, and losing love. Musical lead from Matt Bianco and Antonio Carlo Joabim. Released in 24 bit 48 Khz. Cover photography by KJ. Recorded and remixed between 2023 and 2024 at Silverdale Studios, Auckland NZ.
Bad Girls Club
Released 2024
An album of songs for girls that are bad to smooch or dance to. Musical lead from Paddy of Prefab Sprout, Anthoney Newley and Dexys Midnight Runners. Inspired by the love affairs, disaffairs and more displayed on the streets and beaches of The Bay of Islands, NZ. Cover designed by FLM. Released in 24 bit 48 Khz. Recorded and remixed between 2023 and 2024 at Silverdale Studios, Auckland NZ.
organometallic sublimations
Released 2023
A remix of nearly the whole of the album Organometallic but including a new track and new instrumental arrangements. One of the only, if not the only album ever to feature all vocals through a Vocoder. Influenced by Herbie Hancock and the Cylons from Battlestar Galactica. Cover photograph by KJ taken in New Plymouth, NZ. Recorded and remixed between 2022 and 2023 at Silverdale Studios, Auckland NZ.
Organometallic
Released 2022
Inspired by chemistry studies and alienation of humanity by IA and IT. And John Foxx's seminal 1980s Metamatic album melded with NZ band Yumi Zouma. Main cover photograph by KJ taken in Central Auckland, NZ. Sublimed Ferrocene picture courtesy of Nobel Prize winner Prof. Wilkinson. Landscape picture Coromandel Peninsula, NZ. Recorded between 2021 and 2022 at Silverdale Studios, Auckland NZ.
Silverdale acoustic sessions
Released 2021
Stripped back acoustic style versions of six of the songs from Silverdale album. Influences include Ben and Tracey from EBTG, Aztec Camera and John Martyn. Cover photography by KJ, picture taken at Silverdale Studios. Save the planet, don't use an iron. Recorded/remixed in 2021 at Silverdale Studios, Auckland NZ.
silverdale
Release 2021
Born in Silverdale, England and living in Silverdale, NZ. Lyrics about travelling around the small towns of NZ. Influences include Scott Walker, Orange Juice, Style Council. Cover photography by KJ, pictures taken in old Silverdale. Guitar supplied by Jansen Guitars of NZ. Recorded between 2020 and 2021 at Silverdale Studios, Auckland NZ.
lonely tonight
Release 2020
Recorded during Covid lockdown. Music heavily Influenced by Fashion's seminal 80's album Fabrique. Included an extra album of remixes. Lyrically about reflecting on loss - loss of love, loss of friends, loss of family members. Cover photography by KJ, pictures taken in Silverdale. Guitar supplied by NZ Jansen guitars. Recorded between 2019 and 2020 at Silverdale Studios, Auckland NZ.
Reserved for emergencies only
RELEASED 2015
Reflections on live in London and on the positives and negatives of living in NZ. Such as the state of knives in NZ restaurants. Influenced by the 80's synth pop sound and Momus. Self-portrait cover painting from 2007. Recorded in 2014/5 at Silverdale Studios, Auckland NZ and remastered there in 2019
broken hearts
RELEASED 1998
Lyrical themes inspired by life in London in the mid 90s. Musical themes taken from clubs such as the Lunar Lounge in Highbury and Islington, London. Influenced by Rui Sakamoto, Swing Out Sister and Sade. Cover picture from 1984 student pass. Recorded in Shepherd's Bush, London at Becklow Studio between 1996 and 1998. Remastered in 2019 at Silverdale Studios, Auckland NZ from the original DAT master tapes.
the confessions of a confidence trickster
RELEASED 1996
Inspired by the 1954 Thomas Mann novel Confessions of Felix Krull Confidence Man and the 1982 German TV miniseries Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull starring John Moulder-Brown. Thjanks to Serge Gainsborg musically. Cover painting by Harry Jansen aged 4. Recorded in Shepherd's Bush, London at Becklow Studio between 1996 and 1997. Remastered in 2019 at Silverdale Studios, Auckland NZ from the original DAT master tapes.