Thela
Encyclopedia
Thela were a short-lived rock band from New Zealand
. It was formed in 1992 and consisted of Dion Workman
, Rosy Parlane
, and Dean Roberts
. They released two LPs on Thurston Moore
's Ecstatic Peace
label. Following the band's demise in 1996, all three members undertook solo projects. Parlane and Workman also worked together under the name Parmentier
.
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...
. It was formed in 1992 and consisted of Dion Workman
Dion Workman
Dion Workman is a musician from New Zealand. Throughout the mid 1990s he was a member of the trio Thela with Rosy Parlane and Dean Roberts. After Thela dissolved in the late 1990s, Workman and Parlane moved to Melbourne, Australia, and recorded under the name Parmentier, as well as founding the...
, Rosy Parlane
Rosy Parlane
Rosy Parlane is an electronic musician from New Zealand, based in London since 2000. He was in the New Zealand trio Thela, then went on a solo career, as well as co-founding the Sigma Editions record label.-Overview:...
, and Dean Roberts
Dean Roberts
Dean Roberts is a musician from New Zealand. During the mid 1990s he was a member of the trio Thela with Rosy Parlane and Dion Workman. After Thela disbanded, Roberts recorded 3 solo albums under the name White Winged Moth, followed by a series of releases under his own name.Along with Martin...
. They released two LPs on Thurston Moore
Thurston Moore
Thurston Joseph Moore is an American musician best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside of Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label...
's Ecstatic Peace
Ecstatic Peace
Ecstatic Peace! is a record label based in Easthampton, Massachusetts, founded in 1981 by Sonic Youth member Thurston Moore. The premiere release was a split cassette featuring spoken word performances from Michael Gira of Swans and Lydia Lunch...
label. Following the band's demise in 1996, all three members undertook solo projects. Parlane and Workman also worked together under the name Parmentier
Parmentier (band)
Parmentier were a short-lived electronic music band from New Zealand, based in Australia. It was founded in 1996 by Rosy Parlane and Dion Workman . They toured, then released two albums in 1998.-Discography:...
.
Discography
- (1995) Untitled (Ecstatic Peace)
- (1996) ArgentinaArgentina (album)Argentina is an album by New Zealand trio Thela. It was recorded in New York City in March 1996, and produced by Thela with Tom Surgal. It was released in 1996 on Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace label. It consists of 6 untitled tracks....
(Ecstatic Peace)
External links
- Biography and interview with Thela (September 1995) at Noise: NZ/Japan
- Discography of Thela at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...