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leighton craig

About Me

leighton craig commenced musical life in manurewa, aotearoa where as a youngster he learnt the piano and elementary music theory (and dreamt of playing for Liverpool FC). some years and several punk rock epiphanies later, he was reborn as a casiotone revisionist based in brisbane, australia. when the sun goes down, he likes nothing more than to sit at the kitchen table with his four track and record fuzzy keyboard miniatures.contact leighton at: [email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 03/04/2007
Band Website: kindlingrecords.com
Band Members: leighton has recorded an extensive body of work with his primary partner in crime eugene carchesio. he is also a member of sit down blues comics 'the lost domain', post-punk mariachi exponents 'the deadnotes', neo-no-wavers 'G55', and the beach house duo 'fractions' (w/ stuart busby). he is the chief executive officer of kindling enterprises (www.kindlingrecords.com).
Influences: and inspirations: agnes martin, xpressway records, eugene carchesio/d.n.e., terry riley, michelangelo antonioni, winter skies, brian eno, nathan shepherdson, colin mccahon, short macchiato, alastair galbraith, thomas pynchon, mark rothko, morton feldman, 3ft offshore beach breaks, beer, moondog et al
Sounds Like: blurred geometry and distorted hymnals. new cd 11 easy pieces out now on room 40 (www.room40.org)
Record Label: kindling, the rhizome label, room 40
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

my new cd - 11 easy pieces

hi my new album, 11 easy pieces, will be released in mid may 2008 on lawrence english's room 40 label.  i could tell you about it, but it probably makes more sense to let rm 40 do the talkin...
Posted by on Sun, 04 May 2008 04:38:00 GMT

another meaningless list - best of 2007

in no particular order...   albums giant skyflower band  blood of the sunworm robert wyatt  comicopera pumice  pebbles maher shalal hash baz  l'autre cap stuart busby  radiance and decay ten...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:21:00 GMT

Discography

Solo Terminal Moraine c20 (Kindling, 1996)  out of print Organ Notes 3"cdr, (The Rhizome Label, 2001)  out of print 11 Easy Pieces cd (Room 40, to be released March 2008) w/ Eugene Carches...
Posted by on Fri, 25 May 2007 00:33:00 GMT

6 Songs for 4 April

1. Husker Du - Chartered Trips - I just bought the live at Camden Palace dvd and played it all weekend.  By Sunday afternoon my son Oska (6) was kicking a ball in the backyard screaming "New Day ...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:57:00 GMT