Bressa Creeting Cake
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Bressa Creeting Cake is a New Zealand rock band, active during the 1990s.
The band, originally named Breast Secreting Cake, formed in Auckland
around 1991 around the nucleus of Edmund Cake
, Geoff Maddock and Joel Wilton. Edmund, Geoff and Joel had played together on songs while they were at school, but the first line up to gig and release music included Dave Neilsen. The band's first recordings were made by Ed on four tracks and Ed and Dave at a 16-track studio the band was lent. A few of these songs were being played on local college radio station bFM by 1994 and the band had found an audience. They played live irregularly, and mostly with a completely different set of songs from the previous show. Often they played in costumes that made them appear as monks. At the request of Flying Nun Records' parent company Mushroom Records
, the band changed its name to Bressa Creeting Cake and McWilliams, Maddock and Wilton each took on a part of that name as their own stage name.
By the time the band recorded its first EP
and album in 1996/7 Dave Neilsen had left and they had played live for a time with Jared Johansen and Rachel king on the bass. but the record was made by the original three members only.
The music for this album was mostly recorded at a studio at Cheltenham Beach on Auckland's North Shore owned by Joe Gubay, a musician and fastidious collector of vintage audio equipment. Some recordings were also done at Revolver studios and York St 'B' studio on Shortland st. The album was produced by Edmund Cake and engineered by Edmund and Joe. Through this period the band played live rarely.
By 1999, the band had ended, with Maddock and Wilton playing in an early line-up of Goldenhorse
.
26 september 2009, Just announced! a reformed Bressa Creeting Cake will be playing a limited number of shows in New Zealand, supported by, Pie Warmer (featuring Ed Cake) Show dates are; Nov 20th - Christchurch - Als Bar / Nov 21st - Dunedin - Chicks Hotel / Nov 27th - Auckland - Kings Arms / Nov 28th - Wellington - Mighty Mighty.
The band, originally named Breast Secreting Cake, formed in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
around 1991 around the nucleus of Edmund Cake
Edmund Cake
Edmund Cake is the pseudonym of Edmund McWilliams, a one time member of Flying Nun Records band Bressa Creeting Cake and a noted producer and engineer...
, Geoff Maddock and Joel Wilton. Edmund, Geoff and Joel had played together on songs while they were at school, but the first line up to gig and release music included Dave Neilsen. The band's first recordings were made by Ed on four tracks and Ed and Dave at a 16-track studio the band was lent. A few of these songs were being played on local college radio station bFM by 1994 and the band had found an audience. They played live irregularly, and mostly with a completely different set of songs from the previous show. Often they played in costumes that made them appear as monks. At the request of Flying Nun Records' parent company Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros...
, the band changed its name to Bressa Creeting Cake and McWilliams, Maddock and Wilton each took on a part of that name as their own stage name.
By the time the band recorded its first EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
and album in 1996/7 Dave Neilsen had left and they had played live for a time with Jared Johansen and Rachel king on the bass. but the record was made by the original three members only.
The music for this album was mostly recorded at a studio at Cheltenham Beach on Auckland's North Shore owned by Joe Gubay, a musician and fastidious collector of vintage audio equipment. Some recordings were also done at Revolver studios and York St 'B' studio on Shortland st. The album was produced by Edmund Cake and engineered by Edmund and Joe. Through this period the band played live rarely.
By 1999, the band had ended, with Maddock and Wilton playing in an early line-up of Goldenhorse
Goldenhorse
-Studio albums:-Singles:-Charity singles:-External links:*...
.
26 september 2009, Just announced! a reformed Bressa Creeting Cake will be playing a limited number of shows in New Zealand, supported by, Pie Warmer (featuring Ed Cake) Show dates are; Nov 20th - Christchurch - Als Bar / Nov 21st - Dunedin - Chicks Hotel / Nov 27th - Auckland - Kings Arms / Nov 28th - Wellington - Mighty Mighty.