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Encyclopedia > Able Tasmans
Able Tasmans
Hey Spinner! by the Able Tasmans
Country New Zealand
Years active 1984–1996
Genres Indie rock, Lo-fi
Labels Flying Nun

The Able Tasmans were an indie band from Auckland, New Zealand. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Lo-fi — from Low Fidelity — describes a sound recording which contains accidental artifacts, like distortion, or environmental noise, or a recording which has a limited frequency response. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Flying Nun Records is probably the most influential independent record label in New Zealand. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ...


At various times, the band consisted of Leslie Jonkers, Peter Keen, Graeme Humphreys, Craig Mason, Jane Dodd (previously of The Verlaines), and Ronald Young. They formed in 1984, and named themselves after the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman. They released four albums and two EP's on Flying Nun Records. The band split up in 1996. The Verlaines was a band from Dunedin, New Zealand, signed to Flying Nun Records. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Portrait of Tasman (detail from the family portrait). ... Flying Nun Records is probably the most influential independent record label in New Zealand. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...


The style of music played by the band could be considered as similar to the prevalent Dunedin Sound favoured by Flying Nun during the 1980s and 1990s, and most effective when keyboards (not normally prominent in the Dunedin Sound) were to the fore, as on their early student radio hit Snow White Chook. Dunedin is a southern New Zealand University Town that spawned The Dunedin Sound. Similar in many ways to the traditional indie pop sound, the Dunedin Sound uses jingly jangly guitaring, minimal bass lines and loose drumming. ...


Graeme Humphreys is now better known in New Zealand for his role as a radio talkback host (under the name Graeme Hill).


Discography

Albums unless noted; all releases on Flying Nun Records in New Zealand and Flying Nun Europe in Europe: Flying Nun Records is probably the most influential independent record label in New Zealand. ...

  • 1986 "Buffaloes" 7" single
  • 1987 A Cuppa Tea and a Lie Down
    CD includes Buffaloes and most of Tired Sun
  • 1990 Hey Spinner!
  • 1992 Somebody Ate My Planet
  • 1995 Store in a Cool Place
  • 1995 "SOS", song on Abbasalutely! ABBA tribute compilation
  • 2000 Songs From the Departure Lounge
    Posthumous "best-of" compilation

1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... SOS is the third single from ABBAs self-titled 1975 album, their third for Polar Music, and their second for Epic and Atlantic. ... ABBA (1972–1982) was a Swedish pop music group. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Singles/EPs

This article is about the year. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

External links

  • Flying Nun band history

  Results from FactBites:
 
TrouserPress.com :: Able Tasmans (538 words)
The group — whose moniker is a pun based on the name of 17th-century Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, who discovered New Zealand — was able to maintain most of its original lineup from the mid-'80s through the mid-'90s, all the while peddling a unique brand of guitar/keyboard pop of consistently high quality.
The Tasmans' early output, most of it quite good, is available on the CD version of A Cuppa Tea and a Lie Down, which also includes the band's debut EP, The Tired Sun, and a few items from assorted compilations.
Though the Tasmans were never one of Flying Nun's most celebrated acts, either in America or in New Zealand, their recorded legacy stands with the label's best.
Able Tasmans: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com (554 words)
Although the Able Tasmans didn't get the same underground press attention in the U.S. as some of the other Flying Nun bands, the group's material matched the best work of their better-known peers on the label, such as the Chills and the Bats.
Able Tasmans give the usual New Zealand guitar jangle a more traditional pop sound, frequently adding piano and slowing the songs down into a sort of folky drama -- there's more than a passing resemblance to some Sting albums, particularly in the semi-spoken vocals.
The album is aided by a creative use of instrumentation, throwing in flourishes and layering different elements over the basic songs.
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