The Necks are an experimental jazz trio from Sydney, Australia, comprising Chris Abrahams on piano and Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar and double bass. The band plays improvisational pieces of up to an hour in length that explore repeating musical figures. As well as jazz, they are strongly influenced by Krautrock. Experimental music is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans at around the start of the 20th century. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Chris Abrahams (born 1961 in New Zealand) is a Sydney-based pianist, best known for his jazz work. ... A grand piano, with the lid up. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Tony Buck (born 1962 in Sydney) is a drummer and percussionist. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Lloyd Swanton (born 1960) is an Australian jazz bassist and composer, based in Sydney. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ... Philosophically, improvisation often focuses on bringing ones personal awareness into the moment, and on developing a profound understanding for the action one is doing. ... Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental bands who appeared in Germany in the late 1960s. ...

Typically a live performance will begin very quietly with one of the musicians playing something very simple. One by one, the other two will join with their own melodies, all three independent yet intertwined. A piece of music usually lasts about 45 minutes and over this time grows in volume and pace and complexity before petering out.

The Necks are also well known in Europe. Their soundtrack for The Boys was nominated for ARIA Best Soundtrack Album, AFI Best Musical Score and Australian Guild of Screen Composers Award. They have also recorded soundtracks for What's The Deal? (1997) and In the Mind of the Architect (three one-hour ABC-TV documentaries, 2000). World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... The Boys is a 1998 Australian drama film directed by Rowan Woods. ... This article is about the musical term aria. ... The Australian Film Institute (AFI), established in 1958, is an organisation that promotes Australian film and television through the annual AFI Awards, a membership program and AFI film events throughout the year. ... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC (formerly the Australian Broadcasting Commission) is Australias national non-profit public broadcaster. ...

Venues played in Sydney include The Basement, the Harbourside Brasserie, and the Vanguard in Newtown. A performance at the Sydney Opera House in 2003 was interrupted by the venue management due to a minor technical problem, to the obvious dissatisfaction of band and audience. // Places UK Newtown is the name of several places in the United Kingdom: Newtown, Hampshire Newtown, Isle of Wight Newtown, mid Wales Newtown Ho Newtown Linford Newtown, Birmingham USA Newtown is the name of several places in the United States of America: Newtown, Connecticut Newtown, Indiana Newtown, Missouri Newtown, New... Internationally, the Sydney Opera House is one of the most recognised symbols of Sydney Sydney Opera House at Night The Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

Discography

• Sex (Spiral Scratch, 1989 - reissued on Fish of Milk) - a single hour-long track of a two-bar motif with variations. This album was notable for the instrumentation of piano, bass and drums being overdubbed in a dual take, unlike later works
• Next (Spiral Scratch, 1990 - reissued on Fish of Milk) - six tracks: "Garl's", "Nice Policeman Nasty Policeman", "Pele", "Next", "Jazz Cancer" and "World At War"
• Aquatic (Fish Of Milk/Shock, 1994) - two tracks, both titled "Aquatic". Additional musician Steve Wishart on hurdy gurdy
• Silent Night (Fish Of Milk/Shock, 1996) - a double CD featuring two disc-length tracks, "Black" and "White"
• The Boys (original soundtrack) (Wild Sound/MDS, 1998)
• Piano Bass Drums (Fish Of Milk/Shock, 1998) - a single fifty-three minute track, "Unheard", recorded live at the Basement, Sydney, with instrumentation restricted to piano, bass and drums. Nominated Jazz Recording of the Year, ABC Classic FM Awards
• Hanging Gardens (Fish Of Milk/Shock, 1999) - a single disc-length track of the same name
• Aether (Fish Of Milk/Shock, 2001) - a single disc-length track of the same name. Notably more ambient than their other works
• Athenaeum, Homebush, Quay & Raab (Fish Of Milk/Shock, 2002) - four-CD box of four live performances, three in Australia and one in Austria (Athenaeum was recorded on 20 January 2001 at the Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne; Homebush was recorded on 26 January 2001 at the Southee Complex, Sydney; Quay was recorded on 31 January 1999 at the Basement, Sydney; and Raab was recorded on 30 March 2001 at Musikschule Raab, Austria)
• Drive By (Fish Of Milk/Shock, 2003) - a single disc-length track
• Photosynthetic (Long Arms, 2003) - live in Moscow, 2002
• Mosquito/See Through (Fish of Milk, 2004) - double album with two tracks
• Chemist (Fish Of Milk/Shock, 2006) - three tracks: "Fatal", "Buoyant" and "Abillera"

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External links

• The Necks home page
• The Necks on Set - 25 minute performance for ABC television in 2006. Includes MP3 and streams.