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Melbourne, Australia (1993 – present)
Violinist Warren Ellis, guitarist Mick Turner, and drummer Jim White are The Dirty Three - an instrumental trio considered one of the most prestigious Australian acts on the international music scene. Their music has been called lyrical, passionate, original, inspiring, and has earned them admiration and renown the world over.
In their beginnings, in Melbourne, Australia, in 1993, the trio often played residences at some of Melbourne’s smaller pubs. In the years that followed, they toured relentlessly overseas, and in Australia. Now since the three members are based in different corners of the globe, they 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. 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.
In their beginnings, in Melbourne, Australia, in 1993, the trio often played residences at some of Melbourne’s smaller pubs. In the years that followed, they toured relentlessly overseas, and in Australia. Now since the three members are based in different corners of the globe, they 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. 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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aryanmehr wrote:
I want to be engulfed in this music. [2]
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SpaceLlama wrote:
Sea Above, Sky Below.
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DrGunn wrote:
"...and you realize that in your thirty-nine years of experience, you are not fucking funky!"
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4m0rph15 wrote:
Anyone else think that the "post rock" tag is inappropriate? yes, pretty much.
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apegjuapgdjagp wrote:
Thunder cracks and it just starts raining in Melbs on cue as I put on Some Summers..how apt. "This is a song about comin home and findin all your friends went and dropped dead one summer and you weren't even there when it happened.." Join the Dirty Three group, now under the stewardship of yours truly.
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chaileywatts wrote:
INCREDIBLE at ATP last weekend. Was a privilege to finally see them
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apegjuapgdjagp wrote:
Anyone else think that the "post rock" tag is inappropriate?
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tomivav wrote:
can't wait for the new album
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specialkaey wrote:
i unfortunately started the ass backwards way, but its been a journey of discovery finding out just how i liked this. it started when i listened to the soundtrack he did with nick cave for the jesse james movie. i was encapsulated pretty much instantly, but had no clue as to why. i slowly found out it was due to the musical genius of warren and his violin, and ive finally worked my way backwards to here. but ultimately its a win
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stonedsoup wrote:
"chamber folk-punk-blues-pub rock". haha. nailed it!
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apegjuapgdjagp wrote:
You can enjoy them at the best and worst of times".. Runs the gamat..from sorrow, grief, regret, adversity, yearning but also redemption, triumph, drunken euphoria - you name it.
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apegjuapgdjagp wrote:
Post rock: No... Australian chamber folk-punk-blues-pub rock: Yes.
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panterarules666 wrote:
i'm in love with ocean songs
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stonedsoup wrote:
I have so much love for Dirty Three
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Mario_Tennis wrote:
damn i did not know david grubbs played on ocean songs. that is pretty cool. i would be pleased if david grubbs played piano on ocean songs live. because i like david grubbs.
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Joao_Sfoggia wrote:
Cool, will check it out!
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apegjuapgdjagp wrote:
Nick Cave usually plays, he might come over. David Grubbs did originally for the record, doubt he will come over and do so for this set. Chris Abrahams (The Necks, Laughing Clowns) - he's a Sydneysider?? I've been wondering about this too: who'll play? Joao_Sfoggia wrote: 4 hours ago They use effects on the violin? - Amplification, using a pickup plugged into an amp..sometimes uses multi-tracking, loops, distortion, delay..that kind of thing.
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Joao_Sfoggia wrote:
They use effects on the violin?
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teh_archie wrote:
anyone know if D3 have had someone playing piano at all of the Ocean Songs shows? just curious as to whether they'll bring someone out for the shows in australia next year.
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darsysparks wrote:
i want to be engulfed in this music.
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