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	Vitamin Records - Chris Abrahams releases
		Equipped with a positive organ, a forte piano, a DX-7 and a piano, Chris Abrahams creates an exquisite and detailed extended composition on Thrown.
		A divergent audio scape is created here — Abrahams shifts moods with a decisive intensity, never willing to settle into one stream — intense movements of eerily prepared organ move alongside his trademark flowing piano textures and scattered DX-7 arrangements.
		Widely regarded as one of Australia's finest pianists, Chris Abrahams is well known for his work with cult minimalist jazz trio The Necks and his duo with Melanie Oxley.
	www.vitamin.net.au /ChrisAbrahams.php (300 words)

	The Necks - Bios
		Chris was born in Oamaru, New Zealand but grew up in Sydney.
		Chris released a third solo piano album “Glow” in 2001.
		Chris has collaborated, in both recording and performance, with many contemporary improvising musicians including Burkhard Beins, Mike Cooper and Anthony Pateras.
	www.thenecks.com /pages/bios.html (608 words)

	WARP RECORDS \| CHRIS ABRAHAMS \| THROWN \| RM409 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A divergent audio scape is created here -- Abrahams shifts moods with a decisive intensity, never willing to settle into one stream -- intense movements of eerily prepared organ move alongside his trademark flowing piano textures and scattered DX-7 arrangements.
		The results are quite unlike anything Abrahams has created before -- an essential recording that places Abrahams at the forefront of Australian contemporary composition.
		Chris Abrahams is best known for his work as pianist with the trio The Necks.
	www.warprecords.com /mart/music/release.php?cat=RM409&fc_type=CD (117 words)

	Squidco / The Squid's Ear :: View topic - SQE presents Chris Abrahams of The Necks this Saturday
		Abrahams will play solo, and will be joined for a trio set with Australian bassist Clayton Thomas and New Zealander David Watson on guitar and bagpipes.
		One of the most distinctive keyboardists Australia has produced, Chris Abrahams was born in 1961 in New Zealand but came to Sydney by way of Nigeria at an early age.
		Abrahams has released three highly-acclaimed solo piano albums and has appeared on more than 50 albums as a sideman and has recorded over 60 of his own compositions or co-compositions> He has been voted Best Keyboardist for two years running in the Rolling Stone Critics' Awards.
	www.squidsear.com /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=91 (556 words)

	www.jazzweekly.com \| Reviews
		Midway through, the tempo starts to pick up as bass and drums break into a shuffle rhythm and Abrahams introduces a modern variant on boogie woogie, with his right hand repeating a rhythmic blues theme and his left producing a perpetual rhythm of eight notes per bar.
		Abrahams actually sounds as if he's rephrasing a child's rote piano lesson for a time.
		Abrahams begins creating tremolo accents while advancing a four-note pattern with his left hand, as Swanton's woody pizzicato motion allows Buck to construct a new percussive figure.
	www.jazzweekly.com /reviews/necks_athenaeum.htm (925 words)

	The History of Rock Music. Necks: biography, discography, reviews, links
		The Necks are an Australian instrumental combo formed by three veteran session-men: Chris Abrahams (piano), Tony Buck (drums) and Lloyd Swanton (bass).
		With a stronger sense of the groove than its predecessor (and a touch of African polyrhythm), the amalgam of Tony Buck's tribal drums, Lloyd Swanton's repetitive bass lines and Chris Abrahams' wavering piano meditations is a classic of casual conversation.
		Chris Abrahams is a master of breaking the suspense before it acquires the slightest dramatic overtone.
	www.scaruffi.com /vol6/necks.html (902 words)

	Chris Abrahams
		The Necks - Bios Chris Abrahams One of the most distinctive keyboardists Australia has produced, Chris was born in 1961 in New Zealand but came to Sydney by way of Nigeria at...
		The Squid's Ear The Squid's Ear Presents Chris Abrahams (of The Necks) Solo and Trio The Squid's Ear Presents Chris Abrahams (of The Necks) Solo...
		as your nigtly dreams 2 (anne carson /mk) (piano: chris abrahams) 14.facing it or the population of hell is 1976 (remix von olvier lamm)...
	www.neddeh.com /music/Chris-Abrahams.html (503 words)

	Australian Music Online :: Artists :: Chris Abrahams
		Chris Abrahams has been a very active musician for many years.
		Chris is perhaps best known for his work in the minimalist trio The Necks.
		Chris has been a guest on many recording with numerous Australian bands such as The Triffids, The Laughing Clowns, The Apartments, Crow, The Church and Midnight Oil and The Whitlams.
	www.amo.org.au /artist.asp?id=63 (256 words)

	Chris Abrahams - Thrown - almost cool music reviews
		Although Chris Abrahams is best known for his work as a member of the ambient jazz trio The Necks, he has also released three solo albums, released five albums with Melanie Oxley, played on albums by a slew of different artists, and has worked extensively in sountrack composition for films and documentaries.
		Thrown is the fourth full-length album from Abrahams and on the release he plays piano, forte piano, positive organ, and DX 7.
		If you like the work that Abrahams does with The Necks, stick to their work, because this one is only for the serious, serious avant drone fanatics.
	www.almostcool.org /mr/1522 (380 words)

	Review Archives
		As brash as the other quartet is understated, the trio of Rose, Abrahams and Thomas charges out of the gate on the nearly 19½-minute first track, “The Superior Mesenteric”.
		Abrahams contributes warbling calliope-like timbres from his keyboard as Thomas inserts knitting needles, clothespins, mallets, sticks, cellophane and cardboard strips between his strings to add subterraneous resonation and percussive shuffle bowing to the mix.
		That means that Abrahams creates a fantasia of semi-classical cadenzas in one place, and with the same intensity play a boppish run or exhibit what sounds like the manipulation of aluminum pie plates colliding with the internal piano strings.
	www.jazzword.com /nova/showreview.pl?item=104057 (1273 words)

	Melanie Oxley and Chris Abrahams, The Basement - smh.com.au
		Melanie Oxley and Chris Abrahams, The Basement - smh.com.au
		New albums from Melanie Oxley and the Necks' Chris Abrahams are hardly routine.
		On the delightful Troublemaker (Blood Oranges) he switched to organ, the effect as vibrant and engaging as the subject matter, while Ladder was all enchantment and enigma.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/04/14/1050172532134.html (367 words)

	Review Archives
		Chris Abrahams has recorded solo piano albums and worked with rock groups, most notably nine months spent in 1993 as keyboard player with Australia’s political-rock export Midnight Oil.
		The instant composition is also built up from the bottom with the basso ostinato supplied by Abrahams’ six-note, right-handed piano cluster and Swanton’s almost concrete-strong 4/4 time keeping.
		Using all the resources of a modern studio, keyboard man Chris Abrahams is able to doubletrack himself on piano, electric piano and organ, while drummer Tony Buck adds different percussion and samples.
	www.jazzword.com /nova/showreview.pl?item=artist&artist_id=102896&artist_name=Chris (4929 words)

	NameTraq \| Last Name: Abrahams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In achieving this, pianist Chris Abrahams, bassist Lloyd Swanton and drummer Tony Buck have redefined hipness on their own terms, appealing to both a Triple J...
		Graham Abrahams, the national sports ministry spokesperson, has dismissed the idea, saying the official symbol of SA sports is the king Protea.
		The Abrahams came to the far north reaches of the Texas Panhandle as the town was developing into a hub and railroad depot for surrounding cattle ranching...
	www.nametraq.org /Jan04/A/Abrahams.shtml (2401 words)

	Chris Abrahams -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Chris Abrahams -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Abrahams has been a member of the (A tool for bending) Benders, the Laughing Clowns, The Sparklers and (additional info and facts about The Necks) The Necks.
		He has recorded several solo albums, as well as collaborations with (additional info and facts about Melanie Oxley) Melanie Oxley from the Sparklers.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chris_abrahams.htm (128 words)

	DMG Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Chris Abrahams - piano; Tony Buck - drums; Lloyd Swanton -- double bass.
		Their records and live concerts are all made using the same process; they start with an improvising idea, and then transform the material ever so slowly as each piece progresses.
		Yes, as their instrumentation of mostly acoustic piano (Chris Abrahams), contrabass (Lloyd Swanton) and drums/percussion (Tony Buck), has remained the same for their decade or so career, their sound has slowly evolved and still remains (mysteriously) between the cracks of categories.
	72.43.108.54 /Searching/WWW_DMG_Search.cgi?artist.necks (3122 words)

	dB Magazine online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		His musical watermarks show through on the works of many fine pop, rock, folk, country and punk artists: The Church, The Triffids, Karma County, Midnight Oil, Ed Kuepper, The Celibate Rifles, The Whitlams and even Silverchair (to name but a few) have greatly benefited from his adroit ivory tickling.
		Abrahams is also the acclaimed jazz provocateur of avant-garde outfit The Necks.
		At times she even sounds bored as her role in proceedings is reduced to little more than that of icing sugar.
	www.dbmagazine.com.au /318/cd-MelanieOxleyChrisAbrahams.html (307 words)

	home of charhizma
		as your nigtly dreams 2 (anne carson /m.k.) (piano: chris abrahams)
		das erste solo-album der in berlin lebenden sängerin und gitarristin margareth kammerer beinhaltet neben fünf solo-aufnahmen auch noch titel die gemeinsam mit axel dörner (die enttäuschung), chris abrahams (the necks) und yoshida tatsuya(the ruins) eingespielt wurden.
		the first solo-release of the berlin based singer and guitarist margareth kammerer contains five solo-recordings as well as collaborations with axel dörner (die enttäuschung), chris abrahams (the necks) and yoshida tatsuya(the ruins).
	www.charhizma.com /animal (636 words)

	The Necks \| Mosquito/See Through (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Revolving, for the most part, around a simple repeated bass ostinato, eighth-note cymbal pattern and percussion overlay that is paradoxically cluttered yet open, Abrahams is the most actively explorative, layering fragile free lines over a gentle wash of chords.
		And although the music is not about soloing in any conventional sense, Abrahamsâ improvisations gently dominates the first thirty minutes of the piece, while Buckâs activity increases in the second half, providing additional contrast and interest.
		Abrahams, again, creates a gentle layer of piano, but this time the mood is more ominous.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=16909 (492 words)

	APRA Music Awards - MOST PERFORMED JAZZ WORK
		During this time Chris released two solo piano albums Piano (1984) and Walk (1986).
		Abrahams released Glow in 2001 and has followed up with the double CD Streaming in 2003.
		Chris Abrahams (piano), Tony Buck (drums), and Lloyd Swanton (bass) conjure a chemistry together that defies description in orthodox terms.
	www.apra.com.au /awards/music/Nom05_JazzWork.asp (648 words)

	Chris Cutler's ReR/Recommended Records
		Chris Cutler kept working with his ex-Henry Cow colleagues, first in the Art Bears (with Fred Frith and Dagmar Krause), then in a variety of spinoff bands including News From Babel (1983-86), the Frith-Cutler improvising duo and various projects by Lindsay Cooper and Peter Blegvad.
		Chris Cutler is known as an improviser (in many contexts), in the experimental rock world, at jazz festivals, and in the world of contemporary music.
		Chris Cutler and Fred Frith/Live In Moscow Prague and Washington, D.C. Chris Cutler and Fred Frith/Live Vol.
	artist-shop.com /rer (13484 words)

	The Necks: Drive By: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Chris Abrahams fronts the band on keyboard, droning organ and a smattering of glass-etchingly resonant piano, but the rhythm section drives this date, with Lloyd Swanton playing a select few different riffs on upright bass and Tony Buck displaying robotic endurance on drums and shakers.
		Listen to how gradually Abrahams veers from the course to improvise, less like a jazzman leaning in for a solo than a dog leaning its head out a car window; meanwhile, when Swanton revisits an early bass riff it sounds like a major milestone, even though he's absorbed right back into the flow.
		It's to their credit that even these touches don't "pretty up" the album or force the way you interpret it, and you can take it as transcendent or mindless, ambient or rocking: As the Necks have figured out, you can hear a lot in a piece if you listen long enough.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/n/necks/drive-by.shtml (458 words)

	SIMA \| live music programme \| Chris Abrahams Solo + Triosk
		It’s many years since Chris Abrahams performed for us and we’re very pleased to be able to present a solo set from him as part of a double bill with Triosk.
		One of the most distinctive keyboardists Australia has produced, Chris Abrahams is perhaps best known for playing with The Necks –; one of the great cult bands of Australia.
		Currently he performs and composes with Melanie Oxley and the Hunting Party, and is one of Sydney’s most in-demand session players, having appeared on over 50 albums He has released three highly acclaimed solo piano albums.
	www.sima.org.au /2006/03/24/chris-abrahams-solo-triosk (310 words)

	Hampden-Sydney vs Emory & Henry (Oct 11, 2003) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Emory and Henry-Adam Brightbill 1-1; Chris Miller 1-0.
		E 1-10 V11 Chris Miller rush for 8 yards to the HSC3 (Michael Clark;Harper Thompson).
		V 1-10 V50 Chris Gould rush for 4 yards to the EandH46 (Anthony Boyd).
	www.hsc.edu /athletics/football/2003/emorybox.htm (4670 words)

	::ROOM40:: \| CHRIS ABRAHAMS \| THROWN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		"Abrahams relentless and steady patterning started to metamorphose the nature of the piano, the upper chords sounding like a distant locomotive hoot, and then an accordion weaving in and out of a shimmering bank of flutes." THE WIRE, UK Chris Abrahams is best known for his work as pianist with the trio The Necks.
		Abrahams has also worked extensively in soundtrack composition for both feature films and documentaries.
		In 1998, with the Necks, he composed the soundtrack to the feature film "The Boys" and soon after the ABC three part series "In The Mind of The Architect".
	www.room40.org /releases-abrahams.shtml (226 words)

	Leonardo Digital Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Necks, previously discussed on this website, are Tony Buck on drums, Lloyd Swanton on bass, and Chris Abrahams on piano and keyboards.
		This CD is their extremely likeable movie music for Rowan Woods' 1998 Australian movie, and it includes some tracks the band had composed for the film that were not used onscreen.
		It contrasts with the introspective "Boys II", and Abraham's piece for piano and synthesizer "Boys III" which evokes both serialist composers and Brian Eno.
	mitpress2.mit.edu /e-journals/Leonardo/reviews/oct2004/boys_mosher.html (207 words)

	SPIRIT HOUSE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Chris is, of course, the keyboard player with the Necks.
		This new solo release from Chris echoes back to that earlier space, but blended with the more recent directions in multi-layered depth.
		Either way, Abrahams "voice" and touch is now instantly recognisable — this music simply is the sound of Abrahams.
	spirithouse.blogspot.com /2003_11_01_spirithouse_archive.html (1042 words)

	Jon Rose & Ernesto Rodrigues : UnAmerican Activities : One Final Note
		As brash as the other quartet is understated, the trio of Rose, Abrahams and Thomas charges out of the gate on the nearly 19 1/2-minute first track, "The Superior Mesenteric".
		The harpist, who regularly plays with Thomas, creates an ostinato made up of an assembly line of strokes—that is, when she isn't producing a steady slide from the highest register of the 27-string instrument downwards.
		In other situations, Rose has played with Free Jazzers such as drummer Kevin Norton and trombonist Johannes Bauer, and Thomas with multi-instrumentalist Cooper-Moore and tubaist Joseph Daley, so the most original departure from the norm here is "The Feeding Lumbar", which could be termed the trio's "jazz" track.
	www.onefinalnote.com /uaa/2004/unamerican13 (1293 words)

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