1. The First Record I Bought:
Michael Jackson’s Greatest Hits on cassette. It’s the one where he’s on the cover in a white suit, just being the epitome of cool.
2. The Last Record I Bought:
I got an early copy of Beyond The Melting Dawn, the new album by James Teague. It’s kind of freak-folk but really defies categorisation. James is a very deliberate and clever craftsman and I expect his discography will be something people rediscover in 40 years.
3. The First Thing I Recorded:
We did our first recording in a Masonic hall with a mad genius, Mr. Mark Duckworth. It was a guerrilla mission – we had to get back out before an afternoon dance class, but we got four or five songs down in that session, including Marmalade which we released.
4. The Last Thing I Recorded:
Our latest release is called Indro Chaudhuri after a great friend of the band and an infectiously enthusiastic character. We recorded it with Mr Dave Atkins in his hillside studio out the back of Mullumbimby in NSW.
5. The Record That Changed My Life:
I think it must be Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd. I’d heard Dark Side Of The Moon and formed a strange vision of a band of silver-surfer looking people who made this music. Something about the long instrumentals on Wish You Were Here really sucked my brain in deep and I have visions of a crystalline future every time I listen to it.
TSUN play The Old Bar, with Brother James and Spiral Arm, on Thursday October 22 and The Workers Club, with The Fire Alive and White Bleaches, on Tuesday October 27.
