• CD releases 1992 - 1999
• Return to Contemporary Music index Over the past decade or so, staff and students of the Contemporary Music program have been very active as writers, recording artists, engineers and producers, and a large number of professional recordings have been created in the university recording studios, as well as in other local and national studios. Many of these recordings have received significant commercial airplay and critical acclaim, and virtually every imaginable contemporary musical genre can be heard coming out of the program. The list below provides a few examples of recordings involving present and past staff and students during the past decade.  | Jim Kelly and Matt Smith. Onwards and Sideways (2008)
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 | Leigh Carriage. On Impulse (2006)
On Impulse is a live acoustic recording by Leigh Carriage with Steve Russell (piano), Helen Russell (Bass) and Matt Smith (Guitar). Released in 2006 it features a few of Leigh's original compositions Treading Water, I Don't Want You To Go and Going Home. Leigh's singing is both masterful and passionate. Her repertoire, including many of her own compositions, is always musically and lyrically profound, and the transparency and honesty of her communication ranges from engaging to devastating. |
 | Various SCU Artists. Anticipating Footprints (2004)
(Jesse Moore, Dalys Hill, Postcards Kaleido, Rafael Schouten, Headspacer, Christina Hogarth, James Collins, Rob Walsh, Scott Poole, Iris, Stuart Barden, Chilblain, Indigina, Anomal, Welter, Dream Boat Lovers, Shelley Hughes, Bill Bradney); SCU Compilation CD with 18 tracks by student composers, performers, producers and engineers. Listen to some student tracks from this CD. |
 | Acre. In God's Car There's No Spare Seats (2004)
(Christian Pyle -vocals, guitar, keys, glockenspiel, harmonica, banjo, accordion; David Sanders - drums, keys, glockenspiel, kazoo, backing vocals; Tim Webb- bass, keys, glockenspiel, guitar, kazoo, backing vocals); Shock Records Indie rock with tinges of country and blues. Past students together with the present drum lecturer. High rotation airplay on Triple J with the track -Fading Light-. Acre will be the opening band at Splendour In The Grass, 2004. |
 | Leigh Carriage. Until (2004)
(Leigh Carriage - vocals; Steve Russell - piano; Jack Thorncraft - acoustic bass; Amirel Lachish - acoustic bass; David Sanders - drums); Independent release Jazz ballads, with SCU lecturers on vocals, keys and drums. |
 | d'volv. Africussia (2003)
(Jim Kelly - steel string guitar, Peter Martin - electric guitar; Jon Fitzgerald - nylon string guitar); Move Records Acoustic-electric guitar trio with influences from world music, jazz and blues. Has toured in Australia, South-East Asia and South Korea.
John Shand (Sydney Morning Herald, July 2003) says: "The secret to the collective magic lies in the players' deep understanding of how to combine the sounds of three different guitars: steel'string acoustic (Jim Kelly), electric (Peter Martin) and nylon'string (Jon Fitzgerald). Fastidious arranging allows each instrument to sing, and exemplary recording ensures that the overtones of one do not cancel out those of another. Varied compositions and imaginative improvising complete the picture. This is to music what candles are to light.- | |
 | Jim Kelly & Greg Lyon. Culia De Capo (2002)
(Jim Kelly - steel string guitar; Greg Lyon - bass guitar); Quirky Ideas Flamenco/latin-influenced acoustic instrumental album by guitar and bass lecturers at SCU. |
 | Geoff Andrews and Friends. Munched in the Green Room (2001)
Lucym Records 2001 Country-rock band fronted by former SCU guitarist-vocalist Geoff Andrew. |
 | Michael Hannan and Peter Sculthorpe. Terrains (2000)
(Michael Hannan - piano; Mic Deacon - production); Tall Poppies Records. -Experimental- soundscapes by Associate Professor Michael Hannan using inside of the piano techniques, with studio processing and editing by production lecturer Michael Deacon. |  | Amphibian. In pursuit of plankton (2000)
(Matt Hill - piano/wurlitzer; Barry Hill - double bass; Rob Walsh - drums; studio production Mike Worthington; Independent release. Acoustic-electric ambient soundscapes and computer poems by past and present students and staff. |  | D'volv. 2000.
Just one example of staff recording. D'volv is an innovative acoustic/electric guitar trio made up of staff members Jim Kelly, Peter Martin and Jon Fitzgerald. 9 original tracks: Hemlock, Amai Habanera, Which Reminds Me, Particles 3, Change of Heart, Cloudlands, Long Way Home, Sketches, Dreaming of... |
• CD releases 1992 - 1999 Updated: 24 October 2011 |
