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About Me

(the above video is "i love you baby" from the album "music for in the spaceship")
Jan '08:
At this stage the CDR pre-release of 'music for in the spaceship' has sold out, but plans are being made for a more serious release of it. It looks like it'll be a joint release by kaleidoscopic lights collective (Australia) and series two records (USA), with others helping with distro. Stay tuned.
* Buy 'music for librarians' from Radio Khartoum's online store *
A shy fellow, Anthony ends up playing the majority of the instruments on his albums himself. This time out, in addition to vocals, he plays piano, bass, drums, guitars, violins, percussion, recorder, and a host of keyboards. Recording at home, he borrows the instruments he doesn't have (note the album liner note's thankyou to so-and-so's ex-girlfriend, et al).
When he can't make the sounds himself, he borrows a musician: a cellist here, a flautist there. Notable guest contributors on this album include Norwegian artist Christer Jensen aka Micromars (electronics on the album's closing track) and Welsh songwriter Matt Jones alias Norman de Plume of the Hepburns (lyrics on two songs). The Star Trek-esque backing vocals that grace the song "Metropolitain" are supplied by the mezzo-soprano next door. Anthony reportedly noticed her, evenings, as she would sing down the block to call her cat home.
In a private email intercepted by Radio Khartoum, Matt Jones compared Mr. Rochester's music to a stained-glass window, adding, "It is music for interiors, bored Tuesday afternoons with nothing much to do but with a smouldering-cigarette desire to do something, music to fill the void like particles of dust illuminated by coloured light."
MÃ©tropolitain, from 'music for librarians'

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/12/2006
Band Website: anthonyrochester.com
Band Members: Anthony Rochester.
other musical contributors have been: beck lumb, christer jensen (micromars), christoffer schou (remington super 60), andy tanner, d.a.bailey, polly banks, michelle yun/platten, beth lincolne (my sister!), david rochester (little brother), stuart rochester (dad), lisa rime, lisa haynes, matt ives, highly strung, matt jones
Influences: broadcast, burt bacharach, belle and sebastian, jens lekman, astor piazzolla, france gall, stereolab, testbild!, camera obscura, the helens, the high llamas, remington super 60, kings of convenience, david axelrod, the carpenters, the lucksmiths, the hepburns, three berry icecream
Sounds Like: Anthony Rochester
Record Label: RK, Kaleidoscopic Lights Collective, Series Two
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Would you like to help me with this song?

This might be a dumb idea and maybe nothing will come of it, but I've got this song I recorded yesterday, and I really wasn't happy with my melody. Now I've just got the crazy idea to let people hear...
Posted by Anthony Rochester on Sat, 10 May 2008 04:19:00 PST

Amplified awards - vote for me

hi friends,I've been nominated in a few categories for the amplified awards here in Tasmania this year. Winners are picked by a public vote. To vote, go here:http://www.arts.tas.gov.au/amplified_awar...
Posted by Anthony Rochester on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:35:00 PST

anthonyrochester.blogspot.com

this is a blog entry about a blog where I might blog about my travels, if I can be bothered:anthonyrochester.blogspot.comyep
Posted by Anthony Rochester on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 05:30:00 PST

music for in the spaceship release!

this long-awaited album is now available, but availability is kind of limited. If you live in Hobart, you can get it from Pocketspace or Tommygun. If you don't live in Hobart, you can only get it from...
Posted by Anthony Rochester on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:07:00 PST

un-earthed

I'm now on JJJ Unearthed.go here: http://www.triplejunearthed.com/AnthonyRochesterand write a review for me. If you want.(for those not in Australia, JJJ is a government supported national youth rad...
Posted by Anthony Rochester on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:00:00 PST

slowly adding tour dates..

yo, I'm gonna be travelling in America with the Hepburns and playing shows with them. The Hepburns are a Welsh band on the Radio Khartoum label. After America I'm gonna be travelling in Scandinavia ...
Posted by Anthony Rochester on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:14:00 PST

Poptimism!

"If you pretend that you're famous then people will think that you are, and then you will be.." - me
Posted by Anthony Rochester on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:04:00 PST

i finished my album and i'm planning a world tour

yes, that's right friends.I'm proud of my album, but I still don't know when it will be available. There are things to sort out. Anyway, it took me 3 years or so to record and I think it has turned ...
Posted by Anthony Rochester on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:25:00 PST

music for Hobart Lending Library

On Monday I got a phone call from someone at the State Library of Tasmania. For a second I thought that maybe I had a book overdue or something, but I can't actually remember the last time I wen...
Posted by Anthony Rochester on Fri, 25 May 2007 05:11:00 PST

NOS (new/old songs)

hi,I've just put 2 songs on the music player that are both bonus tracks from different versions of 'music for listening and relaxation'. 'The weekend is too small' is a song I made as an exclusive bo...
Posted by Anthony Rochester on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:36:00 PST