Garry Bradbury
Encyclopedia
Garry Bradbury is an Australia
n electronic musician active in Sydney
's experimental music
scene since 1979 where he was an early member of the pioneering post punk / industrial band Severed Heads
, from 1981 to 1985, appearing on the albums: Since the Accident
, City Slab Horror, Blubberknife and Clifford Darling, Please Don't Live In The Past. His early work specialized in found sound manipulation, especially tape using reel to reel
and tape decks, as well as experiments with customized pianola scrolls. In 1988 he released his first solo album, Drug Induced Sex Rituals.
During the 1990s he teamed with Jason Gee in the group Size who had one album on the Zonar Recordings label in 1997. More recently he has been working with the Sydney Theatre Company
on scores for Hamlet
and Macbeth
. In the last decade he has been working solo, releasing two albums Ruffini Corpuscle in 2003 and Instant Obvillian in 2005, on the Dual Plover
label.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n electronic musician active 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...
's experimental music
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
scene since 1979 where he was an early member of the pioneering post punk / industrial band Severed Heads
Severed Heads
Severed Heads is an Australian electronic music group based and founded in Sydney in 1979 as Mr. and Mrs. No Smoking Sign. The original members were Richard Fielding and Andrew Wright, and were soon joined by Tom Ellard. Fielding and Wright eventually left the group, leaving Ellard as a singular...
, from 1981 to 1985, appearing on the albums: Since the Accident
Since the Accident
Since the Accident is a 1983 studio album by Australian experimental rock group Severed Heads.-Side A:#A Relic of the Empire#A Million Angels#Houses Still Standing#Gashing the Old Mae West#Dead Eyes Opened#Golden Boy-Side B:#Godsong#Epilepsy 82...
, City Slab Horror, Blubberknife and Clifford Darling, Please Don't Live In The Past. His early work specialized in found sound manipulation, especially tape using reel to reel
Reel to Reel
* For the audio technology, see "Reel-to-reel audio tape recording"Reel to Reel is the debut album by Grand Puba. It was Puba's first solo venture, following group projects with the likes of the short lived group Masters of Ceremony and Brand Nubian. Both of the group’s albums were critically...
and tape decks, as well as experiments with customized pianola scrolls. In 1988 he released his first solo album, Drug Induced Sex Rituals.
During the 1990s he teamed with Jason Gee in the group Size who had one album on the Zonar Recordings label in 1997. More recently he has been working with the Sydney Theatre Company
Sydney Theatre Company
The Sydney Theatre Company is one of Australia's best-known theatre companies operating from The Wharf Theatre near The Rocks area of Sydney, as well as the Sydney Theatre and the Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre....
on scores for Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
and Macbeth
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
. In the last decade he has been working solo, releasing two albums Ruffini Corpuscle in 2003 and Instant Obvillian in 2005, on the Dual Plover
Dual Plover
Dual Plover is a pioneering independent Australian record label, founded in Sydney in 1996, notable for discovering some of the most enigmatic artists in experimental music....
label.
Hiroshima Chair
- Reset split LP with CulturcideCulturcideCulturcide was a Houston-based experimental punk band, active from 1980 to 1990 and from 1993 to the present day. They were notorious for their 1986 album Tacky Souvenirs of Pre-Revolutionary America, which earned the band a cult following, but also several legal threats.-Members:Perry Webb ; Jim...
— Dogfood Production System (1981)
Solo
- Drug Induced Sex Rituals (1988)
- Ruffini Corpuscle — Dual Plover (2003)
- Instant Oblivion — Dual Plover (2005)
External links
- Instant Oblivion – Album
- Ruffini Corpuscle – Album
- Same Diff – Album
- Sevcom – Severed Heads discography
- Bradbury Music on the Free Music Archive