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Egotripping at the Gates of Hell (1987); A Cast of Aspersions (1990);
The Ugly Truth by Louis Tillett & Charlie Owen (1993);
Midnight Rain by Louis Tillett & Charlie Owen (1995);
Cry Against the Faith (1998);
Learning To Die (2001); The Hanged Man (2005); Soliloquy (2006)
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60's TEXAS Garage rock/pop........many Jazz heroes growing up, at the Town Hall in Sydney, with my Dad.......Beethoven.........Nina Simone......Ray Charles.........Bo Diddley......many poets, past and present......my peers.....all artists......all people.....all things
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LOUIS TILLETT.
DISCOGRAPHY:
1983 From the Archives (by the Wet Taxis) ;
1985 Sailors Dream (a single written by Louis,performed by the Wet Taxis) ;
1987 Egotripping at the Gates of Hell ;
1990 A Cast of Aspersions ;
1992 Letters to a Dream ;
1993 The Ugly Truth (by Louis Tillett & Charlie Owen) ;
1995 Midnight Rain (by Louis Tillett & Charlie Owen) ;
1998 Cry Against the Faith ;
2001 Learning To Die ;
2004 The Hanged Man ;
2006 Soliloquy (Piano & Vocal)
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s LOUIS TILLETT provided a commanding and distinctive presence on the Australian alternative music scene. He was a softly spoken individual, yet it was his rich baritone singing voice (once described as “burning like a deep wound… like it’s oozing from the cracks of a tomb”), characteristic keyboard technique and exceptional song writing skills that earned him a reputation as an artist of considerable imagination, authority and conviction, and as a sideman of redoubtable stature. In addition to leading groups like the Wet Taxis, Paris Green and the Aspersion Caste, his work as a backing musician with Catfish, Ed Kuepper, the New Christs and Tex Perkins kept him firmly in the public eye.
Louis’s first band, the Wet Taxis, commenced life as an experimental outfit in the manner of fellow Sydneysiders Severed Heads and Scattered Order before taking on a tougher 1960s-influenced direction. Their classic debut single on the Hot label, ‘C’mon’ (1984), boasted an authentic garage/R&B sound heavily influenced by such American garage/punk bands as the Moving Sidewalks, We the People and the Chocolate Watchband plus legendary Australian group the Atlantics (who originally issued the song as ‘Come On’ in 1967). Alongside the likes of Died Pretty, the Celibate Rifles, the Lime Spiders, the New Christs, the Hoodoo Gurus and the Eastern Dark, the Wet Taxis came to epitomise the Australian garage rock sound and aesthetic of the 1980s. The band’s only album was the appropriately named From the Archives (Hot, 1984).
The 1960s garage rock sound served the Wet Taxis well, yet Louis was constantly in search of new musical terrain to explore. This led him to the acoustic-based No Dance side project with Died Pretty’s Brett Myers and Celibate Rifles’ Damien Lovelock (one EP, ‘Carnival of Souls’ in 1984) and the improvisational jazz/blues-influenced Paris Green ensemble which covered material ranging from Mose Allison and John Coltrane to Ray Charles. Following the release of the Wet Taxis single ‘Sailor’s Dream’ on the Citadel label (1987), Louis folded the band and immediately recorded his debut solo album Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell with support from a stellar array of local musicians including guitarist Charlie Owen and drummer Louis Burdett. The album relied upon a brooding intensity for its emotional effect, yet there was always a lighter more positive side as displayed on tracks like ‘Trip to Kalu-Ki-Bar’.
His next band the Aspersion Caste included Owen, Burdett, ex-Wet Taxis guitarist Penny Ikinger and a powerful horn section and was heard on A Cast of Aspersions (1990) and its astonishing single ‘Condemned to Live’. A Cast of Aspersions was an eclectic and potent exploration of mood and emotions driven by Louis’s booming baritone voice and smouldering organ, jagged guitar lines and the swinging brass arrangements. Louis kept the Aspersion Caste on the road (including performances in Europe and New York) until 1992 when he recorded his next solo album Letters to a Dream. In 1995, he collaborated with Owen on the album Midnight Rain before they joined Ken Gormly and Jim Elliot (from the Cruel Sea) as backing musicians for Tex Perkins, on tour to promote his 1996 solo album Far be it From Me.
Louis released his last album, Cry against the Faith, in 1999. As well as travelling overseas and succumbing to bouts of ill-health due to his well-publicised battle with alcoholism, he continued to put in occasional live performances around Sydney (often with help from Gormly and Elliot). An ABC-TV documentary produced a few years ago on the man, A Night at Sea, provided rare insight into his role as a performer and his struggles with personal demons. He has now emerged in 2005 with renewed vigour. All of which brings us to his new album, The Hanged Man, an exemplary return to form and a solo release in the truest sense. Louis recorded The Hanged Man in Bangkok, Thailand in July 2004 with a local engineer called O, and it focuses squarely on his skills as a song writer, producer, singer and multi-instrumentalist par excellence – a remarkable achievement from a remarkable musician.
Written by Ian McFarlane 2005 - Author of Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. (Allen & Unwin, 1999)
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There are some majorly good news for everyone who likes ROZ... We have finished our new videoclip for the song "Chase the Dragon" We also have a new website at www.rozencrantz.com a free download single, a free download DVD and much more goodies for everybody are coming up soon.
So, please check out our new stuff and be kind and leave a comment.
First of all a warm thank you to you for all the support and friendship you shared with us over time.
We are just finishing up the recordings in the studio and will be starting to mix it soon. lso we will get new pictures taken on the 14th of March and roll our new video clip at the end of the month.
With the best regards and the best wishes for the week,
Horatio of ROZENCRANTZ
Our new EP "ROMANCER" will be released THIS FRIDAY.
And we just entered the Bullets of the GERMAN ALTERNATIVE CHARTS!
We will have a few more live shows this year, too:
BOCHUM, GERMANY - November 22nd, 2008 (record release party & showcase)
ERFURT, GERMANY - November 28th, 2008
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - December 26th, 2008
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - December 28th, 2008
Back from touring Europe n Hollywood... Liz Martin n Michael Bridges launch their new EP: NightMusic
The Vanguard, Sydney, Sunday 25.11.07
w/ Kathellism + Trevor Brown + Nick McClean
The Wesley Anne, Melbourne, Thursday 06.12.07
w/ The Black Swans of Trespass + Rose Turtle Ertler
Shows $10 Doors open 8pm
Featuring Liz Martin on vocals and guitar and Michael Bridges on violin and musical saw, Night Music is a spacious, haunting sound in the tradition of fellow Australians The Dirty Three, Nick Cave and The Triffids.
Hello Friends.
Beautiful World are very pleased to announce the release of our debut album 'Goodbye To The Fire'.
Available instore and also from Inertia's website.
The complete album is available as a download from
http://www.inertia-music.com/catalogue/46386/Beautiful_World/Say_Goodbye_To_The_Fire/
Or you can order the actual CD (oldskool).
The album launch will be on Saturday 10th November at The Mandarin Club, Sydney CBD with special guests Sounds Like Sunset and more!
Thankyou for your support and attention and much love to ya.
XXX
Ben, Scott, Rohan, Michael
