Machine Translations
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Machine Translations
The Vanguard, Sydney, Jun 5 10
Thursday, Jun 10|by Kate Hennessy
It’s been two years since Machine Translations were in Sydney to launch seventh album Seven Seven at The Gaelic Club. This time they’ve traded a pub setting for the creature comforts of Newtown’s jazz, blues and roots venue, The Vanguard. What a relief. Earlier this week, after walls of rain for wee…
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Machine Translations
Track: Telepathic Head
Tuesday, Jun 1|by Kate Hennessy
It’s been 13 years since multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer J. Walker started making music as Machine Translations. Back then, he was based in the lovely seaside escarpment town of Coledale, north of Wollongong. In the 10 years between 1997 and 2007 there were eight records – all variati…
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Machine Translations Return With New Single
Friday, May 21 2010 at 01:00 AM
Save for a residency at Melbourne’s Edinburgh Castle last October, all’s been pretty quiet in the Machine Translations camp. But according to the latest missive from main man J.Walker, they’ll be returning to the stage next month with a new single to boot. Walker, along with a “playful and colourfu…
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Machine Translations + The Bank Holidays
The Gaelic Club, Sydney, Nov 16 07
Monday, Nov 19|by Benjamin Millar
Perth’s The Bank Holidays seem to enjoy a nervous kind of fun. Sharing vocals three ways and harmonising at every available opportunity, the bright and sunny major chord cheer veered into plastic cheese mode, pre-sliced for our convenience. The two biggest problems were the lack of breathing room – …
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Machine Translations
Seven Seven
Tuesday, Nov 13|by Emmy Hennings
The two best songs on Seven Seven come at the end. ‘Oh Ma The Sea Is Rising’ is a folkish ballad made buoyant by a delicate string section. The distant notes of an opera singer and a touch of piano add further colour; this is a simple song made rich by an intelligent arrangement. ‘The Long Goodbye’ …
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Lucky Sevens For Machine Translations
Thursday, October 11 2007 at 12:00 AM
With the new Machine Translations album less than a fortnight away – release date is Saturday 20 October – J Walker and friends will take his wistful indie pop compositions on the road in November. Seven Seven is the follow-up to 2004’s Venus Traps Fly, and features the likes of Chris Knox, Sophie K…
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