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Melbourne, Australia (1993 – present)

Violinist Warren Ellis, guitarist Mick Turner, and drummer Jim White are Dirty Three - an instrumental rock/folk/free jazz trio considered one of the most prestigious Australian acts.

In their beginnings, in Melbourne, Australia, in 1993, the trio played very often and had residences at some of Melbourne’s smaller pubs. In the years that followed, they played other Australian cities, and toured relentlessly overseas. Now since the three live apart from each other in Paris, Melbourne, and New York, they only occasionally regroup to record and tour.

The trio released their debut ‘Sad & Dangerous’, and eponymous album in 1995, albums representative of a trio finding their sound, their experimentality and more raucous side of their music. The albums that followed- ‘Horse Stories’, 1997, ‘Ocean Songs’, 1998 and ‘Whatever You Love, You Are’, 2000, ‘She Has No Strings Apollo’, 2003, offered definitive moments of the trio’s career. ‘Cinder’, released in 2005, essentially continued musical traits developed in their previous albums, and although it continues in the spirit of ‘Ocean Songs’, ‘Cinder’ differs and diverges from their previous works in that it includes new instruments and, for the first time in their career, lyrics. The arrangements are generally shorter and more concise than those on their earlier albums. Perhaps most notably, instead of the usual recording live technique, they opted for the first time in their career to record in the studio individually.

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  • Grimroock

    Some kid below asked "why do they keep making the same album again and again?" I'll answer ignoring the obvious stupidity behind that question: BECAUSE IT'S A FREAKING GOOD ALBUM

    17 May 3:22pm Reply
  • Sarlo--Akrobata

    heh, first time Im listed as a top listener ^^

    14 May 2:13am Reply
  • fogroach

    They are some sort of hardcore band.

    4 May 10:01pm Reply
  • beautifuldaddy

    well, he can't be worse than our current leaders

    4 May 7:44pm Reply
  • dinkydauisshit

    guys i'm not sure if warren has the appropriate knowledge of law and governance to be president of earth. granted he's a very cool guy and a good musician but i just don't know if he's up to snuff to be a politician or world leader

    21 Apr 2:27am Reply
  • cukieomnom

    The feels. <3

    15 Apr 6:12pm Reply
  • A1000Mistakes

    I nominate Warren Ellis of the Dirty Three for President of the World. [2]

    10 Mar 1:07pm Reply
  • Skygazer1

    I nominate Warren Ellis of the Dirty Three for President of the World.

    12 Feb 12:18am Reply
  • janelesque

    Pretty.

    1 Feb 10:56pm Reply
  • Bluev2

    that pic makes them look like some sort of hardcore band

    2 Jan 2:47pm Reply
  • tuffentiny

    <3

    26 Oct 2012 Reply
  • 3rdparty

    NPR Tiny Desk concert: http://youtu.be/z1Lh06y6Z1Q

    18 Oct 2012 Reply
  • TeenageRiot-

    my girlfriend [2]

    5 Sep 2012 Reply
  • folkfag00

    my girlfriend said she hugs you

    3 Sep 2012 Reply
  • KuriousBanana

    @folkfag00 It is also no secret that you have been practicing the same formula on every troll post since January 2012. Grow up, get a girlfriend/boyfriend, live a little. There's a whole world outside your bedroom with real, yes real people who don't hide behind their keyboard - can you imagine that?

    3 Sep 2012 Reply
  • fergalmc

    same formula [2]

    3 Sep 2012 Reply
  • folkfag00

    i would like to ask you to stop posting off-topic questions on artists' pages in an effort to derail music-related conversations. it is no secret that dirty three has been practicing the same formula on every album since 'horse stories' bar their timid attempts at contemporary folk on 'cinder'

    3 Sep 2012 Reply
  • fergalmc

    V What exactly is the point of your endless trolling?

    3 Sep 2012 Reply
  • folkfag00

    if living in denial is your thing, i am not here to stop you

    3 Sep 2012 Reply
  • selpita

    they don't.

    2 Sep 2012 Reply
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