Alastair Galbraith
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Alastair Galbraith is a musician from Dunedin
, New Zealand
.
Galbraith's first band was The Rip, which he formed with Robbie Muir, and Mathew Ransome and later Jeff Harford (of Bored Games). They released two EPs on the Flying Nun
label. Later he formed Plagal Grind, with Robbie Muir and David Mitchell (of Goblin Mix and The 3Ds
) and Peter Jefferies
of This Kind Of Punishment
and Nocturnal Projections
.
Galbraith's solo career has included numerous early cassettes and 7"s on Bruce Russell's (The Dead C
) Xpressway
label, as well as albums on labels such as Siltbreeze
, Emperor Jones
, Time Lag Feel Good All Over and Table of the Elements. He has also recorded ten albums with Bruce Russell under the name A Handful of Dust
.
In 1999, he began a collaboration with Matt De Gennaro when the two toured New Zealand Public Art Galleries converting them into giant soundboxes by stroking tensioned wires fixed to the buildings' structural supports.
In 2002, he designed and built a glass-tube fire organ, during an arts residency in Whanganui
.
In 2006, he released Waves and Particles a collaboration with his partner Maxine Funke (The Snares) and Mike Dooley (The Enemy
, Toy Love
) as The Hundred Dollar Band. There was also the release of Long Wires in Dark Museums, Vol. 2
and the reissue of his early albums Morse/Gaudylight and Talisman by U.S. label Table of the Elements
.
Later that year he was awarded an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award and released Belsayer Time a collaboration with Richard Youngs
and Alex Neilson
.
In 2007, Galbraith built a treadle-powered glass harmonium and released orb a solo album on his own Nextbestway label.
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
.
Galbraith's first band was The Rip, which he formed with Robbie Muir, and Mathew Ransome and later Jeff Harford (of Bored Games). They released two EPs on the Flying Nun
Flying Nun Records
Flying Nun Records is an independent record label formed in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1981 by music-store proprietor Roger Shepherd.-History:The label was formed in the flurry of new punk rock-inspired labels forming in the early 1980s...
label. Later he formed Plagal Grind, with Robbie Muir and David Mitchell (of Goblin Mix and The 3Ds
The 3Ds
The 3Ds were an alternative pop/rock band based from Dunedin, New Zealand, together from 1988 to 1997. The band was formed in May 1988 by* Dominic Stones — drums,* Denise Roughan — bass, keyboards, tambourine, vocals...
) and Peter Jefferies
Peter Jefferies
Peter Jefferies is a musician from New Zealand.In 1981 Peter and his brother Graeme Jefferies formed the post-punk band Nocturnal Projections. The band released a few records, and played around their hometown of New Plymouth, as well as Auckland....
of This Kind Of Punishment
This Kind Of Punishment
This Kind Of Punishment were a band from New Zealand.The band was formed by brothers Peter and Graeme Jefferies, after the breakup of their post-punk outfit Nocturnal Projections. Their first self-titled album was recorded on 4-track recorder borrowed from Chris Knox, and released in an edition of...
and Nocturnal Projections
Nocturnal Projections
Nocturnal Projections were a post-punk band from Stratford, near New Plymouth, New Zealand that began recording in 1981 and split up in 1983. Often compared to British bands, especially Joy Division, with whom they shared a moody, bass-driven sound, although the Projections’ guitar was less...
.
Galbraith's solo career has included numerous early cassettes and 7"s on Bruce Russell's (The Dead C
The Dead C
The Dead C are a New Zealand based noise rock trio made up of members Bruce Russell, Michael Morley and Robbie Yeats. Most often, Russell plays electric guitar, Morley sings and plays electric guitar or laptop, and Yeats plays drums....
) Xpressway
Xpressway
Xpressway was a record label founded by New Zealand musician Bruce Russell in Dunedin in 1988. Until it ceased in 1993, Xpressway released a variety of New Zealand musicians, primarily on cassette, but its catalogue included several 7" singles and one 12" EP....
label, as well as albums on labels such as Siltbreeze
Siltbreeze
Siltbreeze is an American independent record label based out of Philadelphia.-Roster:*1929*A Band*Above Ground*A Handful of Dust*Alan Licht*Alasehir*Alastair Galbraith*Angus Maclise*Ashtabula*Ashtray Navigations*Axemen*Bardo Pond*Blues Control...
, Emperor Jones
Emperor Jones
Emperor Jones is a small Austin, Texas based independent record label founded in 1995 by Craig Stewart. It has released albums by acts such as Alastair Galbraith, The American Analog Set, Roky Erickson, Thuja, ST37, The Mountain Goats, Stick Men with Ray Guns, Peter Jefferies, Pip Proud, Rusted...
, Time Lag Feel Good All Over and Table of the Elements. He has also recorded ten albums with Bruce Russell under the name A Handful of Dust
A Handful of Dust (band)
A Handful of Dust are a New Zealand free noise band featuring guitarist Bruce Russell, violinist Alastair Galbraith and drummer Peter Stapleton.-Discography:...
.
In 1999, he began a collaboration with Matt De Gennaro when the two toured New Zealand Public Art Galleries converting them into giant soundboxes by stroking tensioned wires fixed to the buildings' structural supports.
In 2002, he designed and built a glass-tube fire organ, during an arts residency in Whanganui
Whanganui
Various places in New Zealand are called Whanganui:*Whanganui, a city at the mouth of the Whanganui River, also often spelled "Wanganui", Manawatu-Wanganui Region*Whanganui District, Manawatu-Wanganui Region*Whanganui Island, Waikato Region...
.
In 2006, he released Waves and Particles a collaboration with his partner Maxine Funke (The Snares) and Mike Dooley (The Enemy
The Enemy (New Zealand band)
The Enemy were a band from Dunedin, New Zealand, that are often seen as the starting point of the Dunedin Sound rock movement.Though the band did not release any official recordings, some of their performances are available in bootleg form. They are seen as hugely influential on the development of...
, Toy Love
Toy Love
Toy Love was a New Zealand New Wave/punk rock band fronted by Chris Knox. Other members were guitarist Alec Bathgate, bass player Paul Kean, drummer Mike Dooley, and keyboard player Jane Walker...
) as The Hundred Dollar Band. There was also the release of Long Wires in Dark Museums, Vol. 2
Long Wires in Dark Museums, Vol. 2
Long Wires in Dark Museums, Vol.2 is the second part of a project by Alastair Galbraith and Matt De Genaro. In the project, wires are affixed throughout a building, and consequently pulled and stroked with many different mediums. During this procedure, all the lights in the building are off.-Track...
and the reissue of his early albums Morse/Gaudylight and Talisman by U.S. label Table of the Elements
Table of the Elements
Table of the Elements is an American record label. It concentrates on re-released and specially recorded experimental music, including many of the great avant garde musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries — John Cale, Tony Conrad and La Monte Young, for instance — as well as...
.
Later that year he was awarded an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award and released Belsayer Time a collaboration with Richard Youngs
Richard Youngs
Richard Youngs is a British musician with a prolific and diverse output, including many collaborations. Based in Glasgow since the early 1990s, his extensive back catalogue of solo and collaborative work formally begins with Advent, first issued in 1990...
and Alex Neilson
Alex Neilson
Alex Neilson is an English drummer, percussionist and singer who is currently based in Glasgow but grew up in Leeds. He has performed alongside a large number of bands and artists including Lucky Luke, The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden, Ashtray Navigations, Alastair Galbraith, Isobel Campbell,...
.
In 2007, Galbraith built a treadle-powered glass harmonium and released orb a solo album on his own Nextbestway label.
The Rip
- 1984 - A Timeless Peace EP (NZ Flying Nun)
- 1987 - Stormed Port EP (NZ Flying Nun)
Alastair Galbraith
- 1987 - Hurry on Down cassette (XpresswayXpresswayXpressway was a record label founded by New Zealand musician Bruce Russell in Dunedin in 1988. Until it ceased in 1993, Xpressway released a variety of New Zealand musicians, primarily on cassette, but its catalogue included several 7" singles and one 12" EP....
) - 1989 - Timebomb 7 (with Graeme Jefferies) (XpresswayXpresswayXpressway was a record label founded by New Zealand musician Bruce Russell in Dunedin in 1988. Until it ceased in 1993, Xpressway released a variety of New Zealand musicians, primarily on cassette, but its catalogue included several 7" singles and one 12" EP....
) - 1991 - Gaudylight EP7 (SiltbreezeSiltbreezeSiltbreeze is an American independent record label based out of Philadelphia.-Roster:*1929*A Band*Above Ground*A Handful of Dust*Alan Licht*Alasehir*Alastair Galbraith*Angus Maclise*Ashtabula*Ashtray Navigations*Axemen*Bardo Pond*Blues Control...
) - 1992 - Morse (SiltbreezeSiltbreezeSiltbreeze is an American independent record label based out of Philadelphia.-Roster:*1929*A Band*Above Ground*A Handful of Dust*Alan Licht*Alasehir*Alastair Galbraith*Angus Maclise*Ashtabula*Ashtray Navigations*Axemen*Bardo Pond*Blues Control...
) - 1993 - Seely Girn (Feel Good All Over)
- 1994 - Cluster EP7 (Ger. Raffmond)
- 1994 - Intro Version EP7 (Roof Bolt)
- 1995 - Talisman (NZ, Next Best Way)
- 1995 - Tae Keening EP7 (with Demarnia Lloyd) (Roof Bolt)
- 1996 - Morse and Gaudylight (Emperor JonesEmperor JonesEmperor Jones is a small Austin, Texas based independent record label founded in 1995 by Craig Stewart. It has released albums by acts such as Alastair Galbraith, The American Analog Set, Roky Erickson, Thuja, ST37, The Mountain Goats, Stick Men with Ray Guns, Peter Jefferies, Pip Proud, Rusted...
) - 1997 - Rivulets EP7 (Camera ObscuraCamera Obscura (record label)Camera Obscura was a record label founded by Australian music journalist Tony Dale in 1996. Described by Dale as 'a conduit for the release of contemporary acid-folk, psych-pop and space-rock,' the label put out almost ninety releases over fourteen years, the vast majority of which were...
) - 1998 - Mirrorwork (Emperor JonesEmperor JonesEmperor Jones is a small Austin, Texas based independent record label founded in 1995 by Craig Stewart. It has released albums by acts such as Alastair Galbraith, The American Analog Set, Roky Erickson, Thuja, ST37, The Mountain Goats, Stick Men with Ray Guns, Peter Jefferies, Pip Proud, Rusted...
) - 2000 - Cry (Emperor JonesEmperor JonesEmperor Jones is a small Austin, Texas based independent record label founded in 1995 by Craig Stewart. It has released albums by acts such as Alastair Galbraith, The American Analog Set, Roky Erickson, Thuja, ST37, The Mountain Goats, Stick Men with Ray Guns, Peter Jefferies, Pip Proud, Rusted...
) - 2002 - Long Wires in Dark Museums, Vol. 1 EP (with Matt De Gennaro) (Emperor JonesEmperor JonesEmperor Jones is a small Austin, Texas based independent record label founded in 1995 by Craig Stewart. It has released albums by acts such as Alastair Galbraith, The American Analog Set, Roky Erickson, Thuja, ST37, The Mountain Goats, Stick Men with Ray Guns, Peter Jefferies, Pip Proud, Rusted...
) - 2003 - Radiant (with Constantine Karlis) (Emperor JonesEmperor JonesEmperor Jones is a small Austin, Texas based independent record label founded in 1995 by Craig Stewart. It has released albums by acts such as Alastair Galbraith, The American Analog Set, Roky Erickson, Thuja, ST37, The Mountain Goats, Stick Men with Ray Guns, Peter Jefferies, Pip Proud, Rusted...
) - 2006 - Long Wires in Dark Museums, Vol. 2Long Wires in Dark Museums, Vol. 2Long Wires in Dark Museums, Vol.2 is the second part of a project by Alastair Galbraith and Matt De Genaro. In the project, wires are affixed throughout a building, and consequently pulled and stroked with many different mediums. During this procedure, all the lights in the building are off.-Track...
EP (with Matt De Gennaro) (Table of the Elements/Xeric) - 2006 - Belsayer Time (with Richard YoungsRichard YoungsRichard Youngs is a British musician with a prolific and diverse output, including many collaborations. Based in Glasgow since the early 1990s, his extensive back catalogue of solo and collaborative work formally begins with Advent, first issued in 1990...
and Alex NeilsonAlex NeilsonAlex Neilson is an English drummer, percussionist and singer who is currently based in Glasgow but grew up in Leeds. He has performed alongside a large number of bands and artists including Lucky Luke, The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden, Ashtray Navigations, Alastair Galbraith, Isobel Campbell,...
) (Time-Lag) - 2007 - Orb (Next Best Way)
- 2007 - Mass (SiltbreezeSiltbreezeSiltbreeze is an American independent record label based out of Philadelphia.-Roster:*1929*A Band*Above Ground*A Handful of Dust*Alan Licht*Alasehir*Alastair Galbraith*Angus Maclise*Ashtabula*Ashtray Navigations*Axemen*Bardo Pond*Blues Control...
) (with Amiel Balester, Michael KohlerMichael KöhlerMichael Köhler was an East German luger who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won two medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a silver in 1970 and a bronze in 1969.-References:*...
and David KilgourDavid KilgourDavid Kilgour, PC is a former Canadian politician.Kilgour graduated from the University of Manitoba in economics in 1962 and the University of Toronto law school in 1966. From crown attorney in northern Alberta to Canadian Cabinet minister, Kilgour ended his 27 year tenure in the Canadian House of...
)
A Handful of Dust
(with Bruce Russell and Peter Stapleton)- 1993 - Concord LP (Twisted Village)
- 1994 - The Philosophick Mercury CD (Corpus Hermeticum) 1994 (reissued on CD by No Fun Productions, 2008)
- 1994 - The Eightness of Adam Qadmon TC (Corpus Hermeticum)
- 1994 - Musica Humana CD (Corpus Hermeticum)
- 1995 - From a Soundtrack to the Anabase of St.John Perse TC (Corpus Hermeticum) 1995 (reissued on LP by Bluesilver, 2000)
- 1996 - Now Gods, Stand Up For Bastards CD (Corpus Hermeticum) 1996 (reissued on CD by No Fun Productions, 2008)
- 1997 - Topology of a Phantom City TC (Corpus Hermeticum)
- 1997 - Spiritual Libertines CD (Crank Automotive)
- 1998 - Jerusalem, Street of Graves CD (Corpus Hermeticum)
- 2002 - For Patti Smith CD (FreewaySound)
- 2009 - Panegyric (Next Best Way)
The Hundred Dollar Band
(with Maxine Funke and Mike Dooley)- 2006 - Waves and Particles (Emperor Jones)