Loene Carmen
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Loene Carmen is an Australian singer/songwriter and actress.
. Head played piano on It Walks Like Love
and in several of Carmen's former bands, including acting as musical director for country revue act Honky Tonk Angels, which also featured Justine Clarke
and Noah Taylor
.
As a teenager, Carmen was discovered working in a Kings Cross pizza bar and cast in John Duigan
's The Year My Voice Broke
(1987) for which she was nominated for an Australian Film Institute
Best Actress award. Other notable roles include Sallie-Anne Huckstepp
in the docudrama
Blue Murder
and Christine in Alkinos Tsilimidos
' haunting drama Tom White, for which she also received nominations for Australian Film Institute
Best Supporting Actress and IF Best Actress.
After performing in a variety of bands since the early 1990s, Carmen went solo in 2002.
(Inertia) on December 5, 2009, hailed as "...a truly outstanding record and, with it, Loene Carmen has not only created her finest piece of work to date, but also one of the albums of the year."
The album was produced by Burke Reid and with guitarist Brock Fitzgerald and drummer Samuel Pearton from The Scare and Sam Worrad from The Holy Soul
on bass. Special guests include Jed Kurzel (Mess Hall) on duet "Oh Apollo!", Peter Head
on piano with Tex Perkins
and Holiday Sidewinder also making an appearance on backing vocals. Her third album Rock'n'Roll Tears
, co written and recorded with Jed Kurzel and Sam Worrad, attracted standout reviews. In 2004, Slight Delay
was released to minor critical acclaim on Reverberation.
As well as performing with ever evolving bands (including Mess Hall, Warren Ellis
and Jim White (Dirty Three
) and "X"'s Cathy Green), Carmen has toured solo opening for Gareth Liddiard (The Drones
) and Renee Geyer
in Australia and Mick Harvey
in Europe and showcased solo at SxSW in 2009.
Tracks, Nashville High and Rock n Roll Tears were featured tracks on the Australian series Love My Way. "Born Funky Born Free" was featured in the film Fat Pizza.
She has contributed music writing to anthologies Meanjin on Rock 'n' Roll: All Yesterday's Parties and Your Mother Would be Proud: True Tales of Mayhem and Misadventure (edited by Jenny Valentish & Tamara Sheward). In March 2010 Carmen released mini album Leave It At The Door, a collaboration with "the mysterious Krystina" under the moniker
"T: Lo" in 2003.
and a daughter, Holiday Sidewinder
(b. 1990).
Young directed the music video for "Nashville High" and 'meticulously edited' Carmen's "Mimic The Rain" clip.
Carmen co-composed the score for Young's short film The Rose of Ba Ziz, as well as appearing in it.
Brother, Joshua Beagley, is also a musician, leader of successful 1990s Sydney pop funk band Swoop and currently heads disco house act Confection and Professor Groove and The Booty Affair.
Background
Carmen's father is rock/jazz/blues pianist Peter HeadPeter Head
Pianist and singer/songwriter Peter Head is an Australian rock musician. He first came to prominence with Adelaide progressive rock band Headband.-Early years:...
. Head played piano on It Walks Like Love
It Walks Like Love
It Walks Like Love is the fourth album from Australian singer/songwriter Loene Carmen. It was released in 2009 on Chiquita Records through Inertia in Australia....
and in several of Carmen's former bands, including acting as musical director for country revue act Honky Tonk Angels, which also featured Justine Clarke
Justine Clarke
Justine Clarke is an Australian actor and singer. She has been acting since the age of seven and has appeared in some of Australia's best-known TV shows...
and Noah Taylor
Noah Taylor
Noah George Taylor is an English-born Australian actor.-Early life:Taylor, elder of two boys, was born in London, England, the son of Maggie, a journalist and book editor, and Paul Taylor, a copywriter and journalist. Taylor's Australian parents returned to Australia when he was five, and he grew...
.
As a teenager, Carmen was discovered working in a Kings Cross pizza bar and cast in John Duigan
John Duigan
John Duigan, is an Australian film director.Duigan emigrated to Australia in 1961, having been born to an Australian father...
's The Year My Voice Broke
The Year My Voice Broke
The Year My Voice Broke is a 1987 coming of age story by director John Duigan, starring Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, and Ben Mendelsohn. Set in 1962 in the rural Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, it was the first in a projected trilogy of films centred around the experiences of an awkward...
(1987) for which she was nominated for an Australian Film Institute
Australian Film Institute
The Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...
Best Actress award. Other notable roles include Sallie-Anne Huckstepp
Sallie-Anne Huckstepp
Sallie-Anne Huckstepp was an Australian prostitute and heroin addict who became a writer and whistleblower.-Life:Huckstepp was born Sallie-Anne Krivoshow and attended Dover Heights High School in Sydney. She left school at the age of seventeen and married Bryan Huckstepp...
in the docudrama
Docudrama
In film, television programming and staged theatre, docudrama is a documentary-style genre that features dramatized re-enactments of actual historical events. As a neologism, the term is often confused with docufiction....
Blue Murder
Blue Murder (mini-series)
Blue Murder is a two-part Australian television miniseries produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1995, and is based on true events. Given its confronting content, the DVD release was classified MA 15+...
and Christine in Alkinos Tsilimidos
Alkinos Tsilimidos
Alkinos Tsilimidos is an Australian film director. Raised in comfortable circumstances in middle-class Doncaster, Tsilimidos won the Montréal First Film Prize at the Montréal World Film Festival for his 1994 film Everynight ... Everynight...
' haunting drama Tom White, for which she also received nominations for Australian Film Institute
Australian Film Institute
The Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...
Best Supporting Actress and IF Best Actress.
After performing in a variety of bands since the early 1990s, Carmen went solo in 2002.
Attributes
Carmen has released four albums to date (2011), most recently It Walks Like LoveIt Walks Like Love
It Walks Like Love is the fourth album from Australian singer/songwriter Loene Carmen. It was released in 2009 on Chiquita Records through Inertia in Australia....
(Inertia) on December 5, 2009, hailed as "...a truly outstanding record and, with it, Loene Carmen has not only created her finest piece of work to date, but also one of the albums of the year."
The album was produced by Burke Reid and with guitarist Brock Fitzgerald and drummer Samuel Pearton from The Scare and Sam Worrad from The Holy Soul
The Holy Soul
-Biography:The Holy Soul is Trent Marden , Sam Worrad , Jon Hunter & Kate Wilson .Their first ep ‘Love Has Left The City Limits’ featuring Tim Malfroy and Owen Penglis was a raw collection of swampy cassette recordings, and the debut album ‘Sign of The Triangle’ was only a short step to the left...
on bass. Special guests include Jed Kurzel (Mess Hall) on duet "Oh Apollo!", Peter Head
Peter Head
Pianist and singer/songwriter Peter Head is an Australian rock musician. He first came to prominence with Adelaide progressive rock band Headband.-Early years:...
on piano with Tex Perkins
Tex Perkins
Tex Perkins is an Australian singer-songwriter, who is widely known for fronting the popular Australian rock-band The Cruel Sea, but has also performed with the Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, James Baker Experience, The Butcher Shop, Salamander Jim, and Tex, Don and Charlie. He has also released many...
and Holiday Sidewinder also making an appearance on backing vocals. Her third album Rock'n'Roll Tears
Rock'n'Roll Tears
Rock'n'Roll Tears is the third album from Australian singer/songwriter Loene Carmen.It was released in 2007 on Chiquita Records through Shock Records in Australia....
, co written and recorded with Jed Kurzel and Sam Worrad, attracted standout reviews. In 2004, Slight Delay
Slight Delay
Slight Delay is the second album from Australian singer/songwriter Loene Carmen. It was released in 2004 on Chiquita Records through Reverberation in Australia...
was released to minor critical acclaim on Reverberation.
As well as performing with ever evolving bands (including Mess Hall, Warren Ellis
Warren Ellis (musician)
Warren Ellis is an Australian multi-instrumentalist and composer, best known for his work with Dirty Three, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Grinderman and his soundtrack scores with Nick Cave. He plays violin, piano, bouzouki, guitar, flute, mandolin, and tenor guitar...
and Jim White (Dirty Three
Dirty Three
Dirty Three are an instrumental trio consisting of Warren Ellis , Mick Turner and Jim White , originating from Melbourne, Australia. Since the Dirty Three formed in 1992, they have spent a lot of time overseas...
) and "X"'s Cathy Green), Carmen has toured solo opening for Gareth Liddiard (The Drones
The Drones
The Drones are an Australian rock group who rose to prominence during the early 2000s. They are influenced by a variety of bands and soloists including Neil Young, The Velvet Underground, Bad Brains, Suicide, Green on Red, The Birthday Party, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan and Nina Simone.- The Sound...
) and Renee Geyer
Renée Geyer
Renée Rebecca Geyer is an Australian singer who has long been regarded as one of the finest exponents of jazz, soul and R&B idioms. She had commercial success as a solo artist in Australia, with "It's a Man's Man's World", "Heading in the Right Direction" and "Stares and Whispers" in the 1970s and...
in Australia and Mick Harvey
Mick Harvey
Michael John Harvey , is an Australian rock musician, composer, arranger and record producer. He is best known for his long-time collaboration with the singer and songwriter Nick Cave...
in Europe and showcased solo at SxSW in 2009.
Tracks, Nashville High and Rock n Roll Tears were featured tracks on the Australian series Love My Way. "Born Funky Born Free" was featured in the film Fat Pizza.
She has contributed music writing to anthologies Meanjin on Rock 'n' Roll: All Yesterday's Parties and Your Mother Would be Proud: True Tales of Mayhem and Misadventure (edited by Jenny Valentish & Tamara Sheward). In March 2010 Carmen released mini album Leave It At The Door, a collaboration with "the mysterious Krystina" under the moniker
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
"T: Lo" in 2003.
Discography
- "T: Lo: Leave It At The Door" 2010 (digital release)
- Loene Carmen:It Walks Like LoveIt Walks Like LoveIt Walks Like Love is the fourth album from Australian singer/songwriter Loene Carmen. It was released in 2009 on Chiquita Records through Inertia in Australia....
2009 - Loene Carmen:Rock'n'Roll TearsRock'n'Roll TearsRock'n'Roll Tears is the third album from Australian singer/songwriter Loene Carmen.It was released in 2007 on Chiquita Records through Shock Records in Australia....
2007 - Loene Carmen:Slight DelaySlight DelaySlight Delay is the second album from Australian singer/songwriter Loene Carmen. It was released in 2004 on Chiquita Records through Reverberation in Australia...
' 2004 - Loene Carmen:Born Funky Born FreeBorn Funky Born FreeBorn Funky Born Free is the debut album from Australian singer/songwriter Loene Carmen. It was independently released in 2002 on Chiquita Records in Australia...
2001 - The Charismatics: Fateful Gaze ep 1998
- Automatic Cherry: Slow Burner 1996
Guest artist
- The Holy Soul: Damn You, Ra 2009
- The Mess Hall: Devils ElbowDevils ElbowDevils Elbow is the third album from The Mess Hall. The band's second studio album was released on 27 October 2007 in conjunction with the new single, Keep Walking...
2007 - 'Various Artists: 'Tribute to Rowland S. HowardRowland S. HowardRowland Stuart Howard was an Australian rock musician, guitarist and songwriter, he played electric guitar in the post-punk group The Birthday Party. Howard died of liver cancer in December 2009, aged 50 years....
2007 - The Wallbangers: 4 track ep (Bang!) 2007
- Stardust FiveStardust FiveStardust Five is five-piece surf rock/pop band based in Melbourne, Australia. The members of the band Dan Kelly, Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe, Peter Luscombe and Bill MacDonald have played, in other bands including The Last Gasp, Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males, Max Q, The Blackeyed Susans and Michelle...
: Stardust FiveStardust Five (album)Stardust Five is the self-titled debut album by Stardust Five which was released in 2006. The album was mixed and produced by Tchad Blake .It was released on EMI Music in Australia and Capitol Records in the United States...
2006 - Mick HarveyMick HarveyMichael John Harvey , is an Australian rock musician, composer, arranger and record producer. He is best known for his long-time collaboration with the singer and songwriter Nick Cave...
: Pink ElephantsPink ElephantsPink Elephants is Mick Harvey's second collection of Serge Gainsbourg covers.-Track listing:#"Pink Elephants" – 2:90#"Requiem. . . " – 2:35#"The Javanaise " – 2:30#"Black Seaweed " – 2:21...
1997 - Mick Harvey: Intoxicated ManIntoxicated ManIntoxicated Man is the first of two albums by Mick Harvey, presenting the songs of Serge Gainsbourg, sung in English. It is followed by Pink Elephants.-Track listing:#"69 Erotic Year " – 3:28...
1995 - The Stepfords: Gas Food and You 1994
- Cruel Sea: Three Legged Dog 1994
Selected filmography
- Red DogRed Dog (film)Red Dog is a 2011 Australian family film directed by Kriv Stenders. The film is based on a true story from the novel Red Dog. At the 2011 Inside Film Awards Red Dog was nominated in nine categories and won seven, including Best Feature Film.-Cast:...
2011 - Tom White 2004
- Strange Planet 1999
- Blue MurderBlue Murder (mini-series)Blue Murder is a two-part Australian television miniseries produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1995, and is based on true events. Given its confronting content, the DVD release was classified MA 15+...
1995 - The Nostradamus KidThe Nostradamus KidThe Nostradamus Kid is a 1992 Australian feature film written and directed by Bob Ellis.The film is a romantic comedy about the religious and sexual coming of age of a 1960s Seventh-day Adventist boy. Ken Elkin is a "randy young man" who is told that the world is about to end...
1993 - The Year My Voice BrokeThe Year My Voice BrokeThe Year My Voice Broke is a 1987 coming of age story by director John Duigan, starring Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, and Ben Mendelsohn. Set in 1962 in the rural Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, it was the first in a projected trilogy of films centred around the experiences of an awkward...
1987
Music videos
- Mimic The Rain 2009
- Nashville High 2006
- The Things That Matter 2004
- My Friends Call Me Foxy 2002
Awards and nominations
- 1987 Australian Film Institute Awards nomination for Best Actress (The Year My Voice Broke)
- 2004 Australian Film Institute Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actress (Tom White)
- 2004 Inside Film AwardsInside Film AwardsThe Inside Film Awards is an annual awards ceremony and broadcast platform for the Australian film industry, a format created by Australian Producer Andrew Dillon...
nomination for Best Actress (Tom White) - 2004 Film Critics Circle of AustraliaFilm Critics Circle of AustraliaThe Film Critics Circle of Australia is a group of cinema critics that judge Australian films.-External links:**...
Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actress (Tom White)
Band history
- Slow Hand (c. 2000 – 2005)
- Loene Carmen Experience (c. 2000)
- Automatic Cherry (c. 1995 – 1998)
- The Charismatics (c. 1996 -1998)
- White Trash Mamas (c. 1993 – 1995)
- HonkyTonk Angels (c. 1991–1993)
Miscellaneous
Carmen has two sons, Chester Van (b. 2011) and Dutch Bon (b. 2007) by her partner, actor Aden YoungAden Young
Aden Young is an Australian actor. In recent years he has also turned his hand to filmmaking, directing and writing short films The Rose of Ba Ziz and The Order .- Life and career :Young was born in Toronto, Canada...
and a daughter, Holiday Sidewinder
Bridezilla (band)
Bridezilla are a five-piece indie band from Sydney, Australia that began playing together in 2005.The band - Holiday Sidewinder, , who also plays rhythm guitar on most tracks, Pia May, the band's guitarist, Millie Hall, plays both the Saxophone and the keyboard, Daisy Tulley, plays the violin, and...
(b. 1990).
Young directed the music video for "Nashville High" and 'meticulously edited' Carmen's "Mimic The Rain" clip.
Carmen co-composed the score for Young's short film The Rose of Ba Ziz, as well as appearing in it.
Brother, Joshua Beagley, is also a musician, leader of successful 1990s Sydney pop funk band Swoop and currently heads disco house act Confection and Professor Groove and The Booty Affair.