Tim Powles
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Tim Powles is a music producer and artist originally from New Zealand, and though now an Australian resident, he is of English/Irish descent. Also known as timEbandit Powles, his main instrument and first love was the drum kit and tuned percussion. In the 70's he won a scholarship to join the New Zealand Youth Orchestra in a training camp in Cambridge. This mixed interest in classical and rock orchestrations and ambience has continued throughout his career, and was insturmental in him becoming the drummer with the Australian-formed band The Church
, with whom he was inducted into th ARIA Hall Of FAME in October 2010, co-inciding with the bands 30th year anniversary celebrations and touring. He started working with the band in 1994, with the album Sometime Anywhere
(though he was mis-identified as Tim Powell on the liner notes). He became a permanent member of the band in the year following, and has worked on all of their releases since then, as a musician, and taking production responsibilities on all levels. The recent highlight being co-directing and co-producing "A Pyschedelic Symphony- the church and the George Ellis Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House, a sold-out show in April 2011. Tim resides in Sydney
, Australia and has his own recording studio, the current version is called Spacejunk III. He released a solo album, Tyg's in Space, in 1999 . He features with a cameo vocal on Nashville post-rock ambient band Hammock's new EP Asleep In The Downlights, a band whose 2010 album he co=produced and mixed.
Tim was born in Wellington
, New Zealand
, but has lived in the Pacific and the UK. He started his music career at school in Nelson, moved to Wellington and then Auckland to join the band Flight X-7. he eventually moved to Australia in 1981 where he first became known in 1980s' band The Venetians
. With this band in particular through the 80's he learned his production skills working alongside greats like Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and Mark Goldenberg, and locals Mark Opitz and Mark Moffat, often in the iconic Festival Records Studios .
Production co: Nambassa Festival Trust with Dale Farnsworth Film Archive
Video DV, 26 minutes, originally transmitted on TV2, 11 March 1980
Dylan Taite fronts this Radio With Pictures documentary report on the 1980 Sweetwaters rock festival. Film Archive
The Church (band)
The Church is an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980. Initially associated with new wave and the neo-psychedelic sound of the mid 1980s, their music later became more reminiscent of progressive rock, featuring long instrumental jams and complex guitar interplay...
, with whom he was inducted into th ARIA Hall Of FAME in October 2010, co-inciding with the bands 30th year anniversary celebrations and touring. He started working with the band in 1994, with the album Sometime Anywhere
Sometime Anywhere
Sometime Anywhere is an album by The Church released in May 1994 via Arista Records. After 1992's Priest=Aura, Peter Koppes departed the band and replacement drummer Jay Dee Daugherty found other work, leaving The Church down to its two remaining founders, Steve Kilbey and Marty...
(though he was mis-identified as Tim Powell on the liner notes). He became a permanent member of the band in the year following, and has worked on all of their releases since then, as a musician, and taking production responsibilities on all levels. The recent highlight being co-directing and co-producing "A Pyschedelic Symphony- the church and the George Ellis Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House, a sold-out show in April 2011. Tim resides in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia and has his own recording studio, the current version is called Spacejunk III. He released a solo album, Tyg's in Space, in 1999 . He features with a cameo vocal on Nashville post-rock ambient band Hammock's new EP Asleep In The Downlights, a band whose 2010 album he co=produced and mixed.
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
, 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...
, but has lived in the Pacific and the UK. He started his music career at school in Nelson, moved to Wellington and then Auckland to join the band Flight X-7. he eventually moved to Australia in 1981 where he first became known in 1980s' band The Venetians
The Venetians (Australian band)
The Venetians were an Australian synthpop act that had several hit records in Australia during the middle 1980's.-Biography:The Venetians formed in late 1982, when Rik Swinn arrived in Australia with a 24-track master demo of a song he'd recorded in England. He read a newspaper advert placed by...
. With this band in particular through the 80's he learned his production skills working alongside greats like Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and Mark Goldenberg, and locals Mark Opitz and Mark Moffat, often in the iconic Festival Records Studios .
Spacejunk Production House
"Combined with a reputation as one of Australia's most solid and diversely experienced drummers (The Church, The Divinyls, Rose Tattoo, Dragon, The Venetians, to name a few), this massive depth of experience makes Tim a 'big picture' producer in the true 'A&R' sense of the word. Allowing instinct and "accident" to flourish and thrive are key ingredients on Tim's production canvas. " http://www.spacejunk.biz/Film
Appearance - Nambassa Festival, New Zealand, 1980, Director/editor: Philip HoweProduction co: Nambassa Festival Trust with Dale Farnsworth Film Archive
Television
Radio With Pictures: Sweetwaters Special, Television New Zealand, 1980.Video DV, 26 minutes, originally transmitted on TV2, 11 March 1980
Dylan Taite fronts this Radio With Pictures documentary report on the 1980 Sweetwaters rock festival. Film Archive