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Machine Translations is the recording and touring name of J Walker, an australian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. J Walker started out recording all instruments himself in a home studio, but has now branched out to include a band in his recent works. Machine Translations songs vary between simple guitar melodies and complex works with unusual instruments — a spectrum from pop to art.

Somehow Mr Walker is not yet known internationally as the extraordinarily talented, artful, heartfelt, unique and ballsy songwriter and producer he is. Industrious in Australia, Machine Translations are often lumped in the general Aussie pop/rock bin, when perhaps they could be said to be on par with, if not exceed, the alt/country/psychedelic/experimental songform wizardry of some of the world’s finest.

J has been releasing unusually wonderful albums since the mid 90s under the Machine Translations moniker, and in recent years moved from a remote location in the country, to Melbourne, where he now runs a small studio, recording and producing other bands - notably in the past few years Function (Locust) and Love of Diagrams (Matador).

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Top Tracks

1	You'll Change	36
2	She Wears a Mask	18
3	Walt Must Die	6
4	Need a Miracle	5
5	Poor Circle	4
5	Tinsel Town	4
7	Amnesia	3
7	Rule Bound	3
7	An Hour is Long	3
7	Acres	3
7	A Most Peculiar Place	3
7	Love on the Vine	3
13	River of Darkness	2
13	The World Is Sick	2
13	Hateful & Stray	2

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mrknutur wrote:
August 2009

Hey Walker! I just love your music :-D I adore it with all my heart! Thank you so much!

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samo-b wrote:
October 2008

Wowsers. Holy heck I had no idea these guys were Australian. Thats awesome!

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phantom__limb wrote:
September 2008

Happy kept me buoyant during a shitty couple years of my life. Thank you Mr Walker.

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TrePsycho wrote:
July 2008

Amazing stuff

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TemptationOfEgg wrote:
March 2008

J. Walker deserves to have a much wider audience. He really is underrated, for there is no weak album in his discography, Seven Seven and Happy are my favourites. Great songwriter and I so wished, he would come on tour to germany one day.

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artyfufkin wrote:
January 2008

dazzling australian songwriter, i've been hooked on machine translations since i heard poor circle way back when

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muppetgonemad wrote:
August 2007

underrated

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evilpresley wrote:
January 2007

I absolutely adore Machine Translations, definitely one of the best groups/projects in Australia. Their last three records have been absolute inspirations, I can't wait for the next one!

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genkigrrl wrote:
September 2006

I would add for similar artists - Momus

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SonOfTheWookie wrote:
August 2006

Pretty good.

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scott_sea tagged Machine Translations with ‘wollongong’. July 2009