|
Melbourne's Origene is the coming together of disparate strands of music into a combination with all kinds of possibilities in front of it. Ben Grayson grew up listening to 'organic' musicians Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock and played classical and jazz piano. When he was 15 he found himself with access to a whole MIDI system, and became interested in production. Those two sides of his interest in music came together when in the early 90s Ben heard jungle music and transformed himself into DJ Title, producer of progressive trance. Brian Canham was the lead singer and main songwriter in 80s "phenomenon" Pseudo Echo, Australian pioneers of that point in popular music when musicians started swapping guitars for synthesisers. Since Pseudo Echo broke up (reunions aside) Brian has made a reputation as a producer. He continued his contribution to the development of dance/pop with the shortlived group, Brill. Canham met Grayson one night at a nightclub. They discovered a lot of common group. They also both had home studios. They started writing ambient music together, and slowly that music started growing into a 'project'. While that was happening they met singer Matilda White at various gigs. Matilda made a big impression on the two producers, but she wasn't around when the music Ben and Brian were making started to take shape. They tried a few other girls, but it was always "Til" they had in mind. Just in time Matilda White arrived back from overseas, and was added to the track that came the introduction to Origene, 'Suddenly Silent'. On the strength of 'Suddenly Silent' Oregene started work on an album, adding songs written with Matilda to the music Ben Grayson and Brian Canham had been cooking up on the way.
Related
artists |
| About | Licensing | Advertising | Statistics | Contact |