Tom Kazas
Tom Kazas (b. 1965 in Sydney, Australia) is a composer/song writer, record producer/sound engineer, film maker, broadcast operator and reader of the humanities.[1][2]
He was the creative force behind the Australian psychedelic rock group The Moffs[3][4] (1984–1989), that garnered international underground attention in 1985 with their song "Another Day in the Sun".[5]
He has composed for theatre, including the 1999 staging of "The Wound", directed by Lex Marinos.
He was the composer and arranger for the Greek Jazz band Xitzaz.
He has produced albums for T J Eckleberg, Magic Lunchbox, Metabass'n'Breath, Tiny Tim,[6] and You Am I.
He composed the soundtrack for "The Ifs of Language", a short film by Peter Lyssiotis and Michael Karris which was a finalist in the 2002 Dendy Short Film Festival.
He has made several music videos and short films, including the 2009 16 minute cinema poem 'The Topologist'.[7]
Contents
Discography
Solo Albums
- Deliquesence 1988 (Third Eye Records)
- Book of Saturday 1993 (Saturday Records)
- Tom Kazas 1995 (Ravenswood Records)
- Saint or Fool 1997 (Hitch Hyke Records)
- Telemetry 2003 [8] (TKMusic)
- Fleeting Eternities 2006 [9][10] (TKMusic)
- Verdigris 2011 (TKMusic)
- Melbn Pyxis ep 2012 (TKMusic)
- Sisyphus Happy ep 2013 (TKMusic)
- Manoeuvres 1995-2005 2015 (TKMusic)
Compilation Contributions
- The Thing: From Another World vol. 3' CD 16th Issue 1996 Athens
- Revolution in a Room: CD37 Audio World Magazine 1997 Athens [11]
- Floralia 3 1998 Italy/Netherlands (Mizmaze/WoT4 Records)
Collaborations
- Bob Armstrong and the Navigators 1990 (Ravenswood Records)
- In A Sea With by Taj Orange 1991
- Shift the Teli by the Ducers 1996
- The Wound by Tom Kazas and Others 1999 (Sidetrack Theatre)
- Turbulence by Xitzaz 1999
- Something Like An Emergency with Josephine Scicluna 2010
- Conversation in an Air Raid Shelter with Josephine Scicluna 2013
With "The Moffs"
- Another Day in the Sun 1985
- Flowers 1986
- The Moffs 1986
- The Traveller 1987
- Labyrinth 1989
- Psychedelicatessen 1994
- The Moffs: The Collection 2008 [12][13]
Filmography
- Traces 9 mins 2002
- The Topologist 16 mins 2009 [14]
- The Room 2 mins 2009
- Post Utopian Pause 5 mins 2009
References
- ↑ Innersense Master list of Melbourne filmmakers
- ↑ QuietSpace ACB RadioNational
- ↑ Sydney Morning Herald, September 19, 2008
- ↑ MessandNoise
- ↑ Discogs
- ↑ Answers.com
- ↑ imdb
- ↑ Telemetry Review, August 2005
- ↑ Aria
- ↑ Waterfront Records
- ↑ robertwyatt discography
- ↑ Feel Presents
- ↑ i94bar
- ↑ The Internet Movie Database
