Gelbison is an Australia

Australia

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n pop rock band based in Sydney

Sydney

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, and featuring the Kahn brothers Edo and Nadav - who also perform in Nations by the river

Nations by the River

Nations by the River was a side project by Luke Steele Ohad Rein and the Kahn Brothers that occurred in 2003 to 2004...

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History

The band's first album, 1704, was produced By Ian Ball

Ian Ball

Ian Ball is an English singer songwriter, most notable for being part of the indie rock band Gomez, sharing lead vocals and guitars. He has also performed and released a solo recording. He is also a member of the 14 piece supergroup Operation Aloha along with fellow Gomez member Olly Peacock...

 of the British band Gomez

Gomez (band)

Gomez are an English indie rock band from Southport, comprising Ian Ball , Paul "Blackie" Blackburn , Tom Gray , Ben Ottewell and Olly Peacock . The band is distinguished for having three singers and four songwriters, employing traditional and electronic instruments...

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Gelbison's second album, See the World, was released in 2004, and also featured Ian Ball on production duties, along with Ben Frost

Ben Frost (musician)

Ben Frost is a musician, composer and producer. Frost is probably most widely recognized for his experimental music drawing widely on influences of minimalism, post-punk, black metal and noise best demonstrated on the 2007 release "Theory of Machines" and 2009's "BY THE THROAT"Frost's...

 and Gelbison. A number of tracks, including "All the Rage" and "Holy", received significant rotation on Triple J

Triple J

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. The album also featured a number well-known artists, such as Ben Lee

Ben Lee

Benjamin Michael "Ben" Lee is an ARIA Award winning musician and actor. Lee began his career as a musician at the age of 14 with the Sydney band Noise Addict, but focused on his solo career when the band broke up in 1995. He appeared as the protagonist in the Australian film The Rage in Placid Lake...

, Old Man River

Old Man River

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, Ian Ball

Ian Ball

Ian Ball is an English singer songwriter, most notable for being part of the indie rock band Gomez, sharing lead vocals and guitars. He has also performed and released a solo recording. He is also a member of the 14 piece supergroup Operation Aloha along with fellow Gomez member Olly Peacock...

, and Luke Steele

Luke Steele (singer)

Luke James Steele , is the vocalist and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band The Sleepy Jackson...

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Gelbison severed ties with record label EMI

EMI

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 in 2006 and worked on their third album towards the end of 2006 with J Walker of Machine Translations

Machine Translations

Machine Translations is the recording and touring name of J Walker, an Australian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. J Walker started out recording all instruments himself in a home studio, but has now branched out to include a band in his recent works...

 as producer. After recording with J Walker, the band decided to head back into the studio and record a new range of songs with producer Tony Buchen. Core members Edo and Nadav Kahn decided to conclude Gelbison and release these new songs under their new project Kahn Brothers, with their debut album Love Melts Fear released in April 2007 through Shakti/Interia Records.

1704 (2003)

1. "Kabana"
2. "Metal Detector"
3. "The Modern Station"
4. "Homelands"
5. "Time"
6. "Seven Takers"
7. "Au Revoir Fucker"
8. "Good God"
9. "1704"
10. "Wings"
11. "Norway"
12. "Revolution"

See the World (2004)

1. "All the Rage"
2. "Holy"
3. "Keep It Clean"
4. "I Don't Want to Die Here With You"
5. "The Snow"
6. "All Your Scars"
7. "Summer of Love"
8. "Had to Lose"
9. "This Is a Warning"
10. "Poets"
11. "See the World"
12. "Be Broken to Be Whole"

External links

• Gelbison official website
• Kahn Brothers website