Members
J. Walker Search newherenowlive.com for Machine Translations Biography
Machine Translations is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist and home-recordist J.Walker. Machine Translations' music falls happily between the musical chairs of pop and art, incorporating guitar rock, eastern instruments, fragmented loops and sing-along choruses. In existence now for over 6 years, the musical terrain of Machine Translations has become rich and strange indeed, and the band is generally recognised as one of Australia’s most original music acts.
Machine Translations have released five full-length albums and an EP in Australia - the most recent album, Happy, selling in excess of 4,000 copies. The new EP features collaborations with local electronic artists and Icelandic producer Valgeir Siggurdson (Bjork, Sigur Ros).
Following his move to Melbourne, J.Walker has put together a wonderful live band featuring Electric Guitar, Drums, Bass, Violin and Samples which has been receiving rave reviews from the Australian music press. Machine Translations has toured Australia many times, both as a headline act and as a support for overseas acts such as Lloyd Cole, Spoon, Will Oldham, Teenage Fanclub, Catpower, Mogwai, Badly Drawn Boy and major Australian bands such as the Church and the Dirty Three. The band also completed a successful 7-week international tour in 2001, taking in North America, the UK, Holland, France and Germany.
Machine Translations are signed in Australia to influential independent label Spunk Records, and to Mushroom music publishing. Machine Translations Website:
http://www.machinetranslations.org |
