Damian with occasional others. Kirsten does backing vocals on new songs "Prototype" and "Vincent Price". The songs on the sandpit CD "acoustic energy to electric power" are Damian's with help and advice from friends - Blair (the L.E.D.s), Gil (ambient composer and engineer), Marcus (the L.E.D.s) and Grant (Grasslands). Check out their music too.
Influences
Glam, New Wave, Punk, Dance, Electronics, Music Gear, Photography, Friends, Family, Books, Movies, Pets & the Weather.
Sounds Like
"synth-driven rock songs" ... "fuzzy guitars and catchy pop" ... "I liked what I heard." [Simon Sweetman: NZ Musician magazine, October/November 2007]
From Wellington NZ, sandpit features synth, guitar, bass & drums. The songs are noisy pop numbers, with solid bass grooves. The sandpit CD "acoustic energy to electric power" is available now from CDKiwi.com for just $15NZ. Go to http://www.cdkiwi.com/rockmusic.htm
Hey - Perfection is well titled. Sounds great! I'm stuck in a small room with just a laptop and tiny speakers and it hammers out nice and Phat. And bounces along like the best of yours. Well done. Like early Human League.
Well I've finally(!!!) finished the album - fill the space - recorded in a Christchurch bedroom. Just a couple of years and a few false starts. No sweat :)
The entire album is available as 192 kbps mp3s for absolutely zilch right now on myspace. Enjoy!
VP is a pretty good song. I'd like to hear a version where you nasty-up the vox a bit (electro, distortion, or just genuine live angst) so that they have the same grit/horror theme as the lyrics and other sounds. Presently you and the BVs might sound a bit too "sweet" for this song.
Just thought I'd tell you that we in Amber Oak have recorded some of our material which is currently available at our myspace. So if you have any spare time, please have a listen and if you want to, you can also download the tracks to your computer.
Any feedback, good or bad, would also be greatly appreciated!
