Translator

TRANSLATOR'S ROBERT DARLINGTON IS A PUBLISHED POET! WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT HIS BRAND NEW COLLECTION, "ETHER", IS NOW AVAILABLE. Click here for all the detailsTHE ALMACANTAR RECORDS RELEASE OF "DIFFERENT TIME" IS NOW AVAILABLE!! HAND-PICKED BY THE BAND, THIS 2-CD SET IS FULL OF OUTTAKES, DEMOS AND LIVE TRACKS. Click here to orderALL 4 TRANSLATOR ALBUMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON CD!! THEY ARE RELEASED THROUGH WOUNDED BIRD RECORDS.Click here to order Translator CDs from AmazonFormed in Los Angeles in 1979, the band relocated to San Francisco and were swiftly signed to Howie Klein's independent label, 415 Records (which became part of Columbia Records as soon as the band signed), on the strength of their demo version of "Everywhere That I'm Not," the song that would remain the band's signature tune.Their debut album, "Heartbeats and Triggers" (415/Columbia 1982), produced by David Kahne, was a college-radio hit. The second album, 1983's "No Time Like Now" was also produced by Kahne and included the hit single Un-Alone. Their third album from 1985, simply titled "Translator" was helmed by Ramones producer Ed Stasium, as was their final album, "Evening of the Harvest" (1986). "Everywhere That Im Not A Retrospective" was released by Columbia in 1986. Two CD retrospectives were released, 1995s "Translation" on Oglio Records and "Everywhere That We Were The Best of Translator" by Sony/Legacy in 1996. In the mid-90s they were paid the highest compliment when voracious Beatle fans alerted the world via the Internet and fanzines that the Fab Three had re-recorded a version of the Beatles instrumental "Cry For a Shadow" during the Anthology sessions. The tape was later found to be a track from a 1983 Translator EP!All members of the band continue to play music in some form: Dave Scheff immediately joined Winter Hours for a brief spell and is currently the drummer in the house band at the world renowned San Francisco show Teatro Zinzanni, Larry Dekker has provided his powerful melodic bass playing with a variety of bands, Bob Darlington continues to perform his haunting evocative songs and Steve Barton released his first solo effort "The Boy Who Rode His Bike Around The World" in 2000, "Charm Offensive" in 2005 and his current album "Flicker Of Time" which features Steve and his band The Oblivion Click. Translator's music is available for download via iTunes. All four members got together for a series of reunion shows in Austin for SXSW in 2006. Evangeline Records out of the UK has released "Translator Collection". Click here to order from Evangeline's website