Machine Translations | Artist

Machine Translations is the performing name of Greg James Walker, an Australian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born 1967 in Canberra. Walker started out recording all instruments himself in a home studio and later branched out to include a band. Machine Translations' songs vary between simple guitar melodies and complex works with unusual instruments—a spectrum from pop to art. Walker attended Narrabundah College, where he learned synthesiser, multi-track recording and musical composition. By 1985 Walker, on keyboards, was a member of local psychedelic band, Moon. Since 1997 Walker has to-date released nine studio albums, standouts include Bad Shapes (2001), Happy (2002), Seven Seven (2009), The Bright Door (2013) and Oh (2017). Despite the high quality of the recorded work, the band remains a cult favourite. In their artist review, The Guardian stated: "I’ve used up my ration of the word 'underrated' on him. Two decades of only occasional albums still add up to a pretty extraordinary back catalogue of nine LPs. Good luck tracking them down, though." In 2009 Walker composed original music for ABC-TV's documentary series, Bombora – The History of Australian Surfing. He contributed music for Mother of Rock: The Life and Times of Lillian Roxon (August 2010), a documentary film on Australian rock music journalist, Lillian Roxon. The film was showcased at that year's Melbourne International Film Festival. Premiering at that festival was a comedy-drama feature film, The Wedding Party, with a soundtrack which included work by Walker and by Claire Bowditch.

Artist Website: machinetranslations.com.au

Featured Albums: Machine Translations

Related Artists: J Walker

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