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The Country With A Smile by Ned Collette
Ned Collette
Artist Biography For Ned Collette
Ned Collette Is A Melbourne Singer-Songwriter Signed With The Australian Record Label Dot Dash. Collette’s Musical History To Date Draws On A Broad Sound Palette An Honours Degree In Modern Composition Works For String Quartets Various Electro-Concrete Pieces And Playing In A Variety Of Loose Fit Outfits Whilst Focusing His Talents In City City City. Parallel To All This Collette Produced His Own Album Jokes & Trials. Forgoing The Democracies Of A Group Collette Played Close To All The Instruments Wrote All The Songs As Well As Singing. Collette Admits That The Influence Of Leonard Cohen Robert Wyatt And Cat Power Led Him To Focus More And More On The Importance Of The Lyrics. This Resulted In His Debut Album Jokes & Trials Which Was Released On July 29 2006. Early On Collette Developed A Unique Live Technique Of Using Guitar Loops And Delays On Stage Building Percussive And Melodic Layers Over Which He Presented His Songs. He Toured The Album Globally Alongside Artists Such As Joanna Newsom And Camera Obscura As Well As Playing His Own Headlining Gigs. His Debut Album Jokes & Trials Was Released On July 29th 2006 And The Follow Up Future Suture On Sep 29 2007. In 2007 He Introduced A Bassist And Drummer Both Ex-City City City Colleagues Adopting The Name Of "Ned Collette Band". The Line Up Is * Ned Collette - Vocals Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar * Ben Bourke - Electric Bass Backing Vocals * Joe Talia - Drums Backing Vocals In March 2009 The Band Announced A Name Change To Ned Collette & Wirewalker Keeping The Same Personnel. Their Debut Performance Under This Name Was At The Thornbury Theatre In Melbourne Australia. A Third Album - The First To Be Recorded By Collette & Wirewalker As A Whole - Is Currently Under Way. The First Sessions Took Place In July 2008 With Neil Thomason At Head Gap In Melbourne And While It Was Originally Thought To Be Finished Before Their European Tour The Band Have Since Indicated That They Are Still Working On It. DISCOGRAPHY * Test Patterns EP CDR Release 2004 Repressed On Holding Pattern 2006 * Jokes & Trials Dot Dash 2006 * Future Suture Dot Dash 2007
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In August 2008 Ned Contributed 'The Country With A Smile' To An Indie Compilation Called Indiecater Vol. 2.
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Ned Collette Is A Melbourne Singer-Songwriter Signed With The Australian Record Label Dot Dash. Collette’s Musical History To Date Draws On A Broad Sound Palette An Honours Degree In Modern Composition Works For String Quartets Various Electro-Concrete Pieces And Playing In A Variety Of Loose Fit Outfits Whilst Focusing His Talents In City City City. Parallel To All This Collette Produced His Own Album Jokes & Trials. Forgoing The Democracies Of A Group Collette Played Close To All The Instruments Wrote All The Songs As Well As Singing. Collette Admits That The Influence Of Leonard Cohen Robert Wyatt And Cat Power Led Him To Focus More And More On The Importance Of The Lyrics. This Resulted In His Debut Album Jokes & Trials Which Was Released On July 29 2006. Early On Collette Developed A Unique Live Technique Of Using Guitar Loops And Delays On Stage Building Percussive And Melodic Layers Over Which He Presented His Songs. He Toured The Album Globally Alongside Artists Such As Joanna Newsom And Camera Obscura As Well As Playing His Own Headlining Gigs. His Debut Album Jokes & Trials Was Released On July 29th 2006 And The Follow Up Future Suture On Sep 29 2007. In 2007 He Introduced A Bassist And Drummer Both Ex-City City City Colleagues Adopting The Name Of "Ned Collette Band". The Line Up Is * Ned Collette - Vocals Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar * Ben Bourke - Electric Bass Backing Vocals * Joe Talia - Drums Backing Vocals In March 2009 The Band Announced A Name Change To Ned Collette & Wirewalker Keeping The Same Personnel. Their Debut Performance Under This Name Was At The Thornbury Theatre In Melbourne Australia. A Third Album - The First To Be Recorded By Collette & Wirewalker As A Whole - Is Currently Under Way. The First Sessions Took Place In July 2008 With Neil Thomason At Head Gap In Melbourne And While It Was Originally Thought To Be Finished Before Their European Tour The Band Have Since Indicated That They Are Still Working On It. DISCOGRAPHY * Test Patterns EP CDR Release 2004 Repressed On Holding Pattern 2006 * Jokes & Trials Dot Dash 2006 * Future Suture Dot Dash 2007
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In August 2008 Ned contributed 'The Country With A Smile' to an indie compilation called Indiecater Vol. 2. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.