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Chris Morgan and Ken Stephenson met in the
early 1990's and soon teamed together to write and record music.
Chris has recently turned his hand to writing in a different world. His first novel 'Island of Four Rivers' was published in 2006 by Scribe and children's books Pirates Eat Porridge (2006) and Pirates Drive Buses (2007) by Allen & Unwin. |
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AN ORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE |
3 voices, 3 instruments, 6 mics, great songs - press record. 1-2 Minute Audio snippets - select MP3 or Real Audio
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WELCOME TO ALLIGATOR |
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Flat Planet, the first CD, represents an exploration of the
American rural experience superimposed onto the Australian urban lifestyle. It
talks of experiences that, although maybe not known first hand, are still known
well enough. Small towns, South American railways, the
beauty in accepting a love as lost, shrunken visions in a big world,
breadth of vision in a small world, crime waves in heat waves,
tragedy as a source of forlorn hope, and hope as a source of forlorn tragedy.
This is an album which was launched from an acoustic, stark base, and features some spine tingling songs.
Some are whimsical, some are dark, but none are without an inherent lyrical
humour and a crisp turn of melody. |
However, the seeds of growth were also planted, and Welcome
To Alligator represents a true flowering. Whilst continuing to feature Chris
and Ken’s lead vocals and song-writing, the addition of a fine rhythm
section comprising bassist/vocalist Shaun O'Brien
and versatile drummer Lee Davidson, means that Flat Planet are no longer only
alive in the studio.
We now hear a complete swamp/country-blues band which retains the fresh, driving acoustic guitar underlay - though they have a sound that still can’t be that easily defined. The recording is economical, the guitars are clean, the keyboards are there only when needed, and the vocals swing from sparse to full-blown harmonies with ease and conviction. |