Jump to content

Grafton Primary: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Zawl (talk | contribs)
38,802 edits
m →External links: clean up using AWB
Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.5
 
(12 intermediate revisions by 11 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Australian electro-noir band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2011}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2011}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Grafton Primary
| name = Grafton Primary
| alias =
| alias =
| origin = [[Sydney]], Australia
| origin = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| genre = [[New wave music|New wave]], [[synthpop]], [[electronica]]
| genre = [[New wave music|New wave]], [[synth-pop]], [[electronica]]
| years_active = 2006–present
| years_active = 2006–present
| label = Independent
| label = Independent
| website =
| website =
| current_members = Benjamin Garden<br />Joshua Garden
| current_members = Benjamin Garden<br />Joshua Garden
| notable_instruments =
| background=group_or_band
}}
}}


'''Grafton Primary''' is an Australian electro-noir band from [[Sydney]].<ref name=Age>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/electro-noir-storytellers/2008/09/04/1220121400108.html "Electro noir storytellers"] by Kylie Northover, ''[[The Age]]'' (5 September 2008)</ref> The band consists of brothers Benjamin and Joshua Garden who attended primary school in [[Grafton, New South Wales]].<ref name=Age /> They select drummers and bass players for live shows.<ref>[http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/music/15094/Grafton-Primary-Eon.htm Grafton Primary – ''Eon''] at FasterLouder</ref> Grafton Primary has independently released an EP, ''Relativity'' (2007), and two albums, ''Eon'' (2008) and ''Neo'' (2013).<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,24501290-5005364,00.html "Grafton brings back the '80s"] by Polly Coufos, ''[[Perth Now]]'' (15 October 2008</ref> The group has been picked up by [[Triple J]]<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23473545-5005364,00.html "Relativity in Motion"], ''[[Perth Now]]'' (1 April 2008)</ref> and has toured widely.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/grafton-primary/2009/05/21/1242498859857.html "Grafton Primary"] by George Palathingal, ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' (22 May 2009)</ref>
'''Grafton Primary''' is an Australian electro-noir band from [[Sydney]].<ref name=Age>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/electro-noir-storytellers/2008/09/04/1220121400108.html "Electro noir storytellers"] by Kylie Northover, ''[[The Age]]'' (5 September 2008)</ref> The band consists of brothers Benjamin and Joshua Garden who attended primary school in [[Grafton, New South Wales]].<ref name=Age /> They select drummers and bass players for live shows.<ref>[http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/music/15094/Grafton-Primary-Eon.htm Grafton Primary – ''Eon''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004013637/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/music/15094/Grafton-Primary-Eon.htm |date=4 October 2008 }} at FasterLouder</ref> Grafton Primary has independently released an EP, ''Relativity'' (2007), and two albums, ''Eon'' (2008) and ''Neo'' (2013).<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,24501290-5005364,00.html "Grafton brings back the '80s"] by Polly Coufos, ''[[Perth Now]]'' (15 October 2008)</ref> The group has been picked up by [[Triple J]]<ref>{{ cite web | url = http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23473545-5005364,00.html | title = Relativity in Motion | website = [[Perth Now]] | date = 2 April 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080412140805/http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23473545-5005364,00.html | archive-date = 12 April 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and has toured widely.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/grafton-primary/2009/05/21/1242498859857.html "Grafton Primary"] by George Palathingal, ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' (22 May 2009)</ref>


==Members==
==Members==
*Joshua Garden – [[Vocals]]
*Joshua Garden – [[Vocals]]
*Benjamin Garden – [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboards]], [[Synthesizer]] and programming
*Benjamin Garden – [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboards]], [[synthesizer]] and programming


==Discography==
==Discography==
<!-- [[Eon]] links to this section -->
<!-- [[Eon]] links to this section -->
===Studio albums===
*2008: ''Eon'' <small>[[ARIA Charts|AUS]] Hitseekers Albums: No.&nbsp;5</small><ref name="ARIA Reports"/>
*2013: ''Neo''


===EPs===
=== Studio albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
*2007: ''Relativity''
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:11em;"| Title
** "Relativity (MC Squared)" (Tommy Trash / Elroy / Mark John's Navajo 12" mix) <small>[[ARIA Charts|AUS]] Club: No.&nbsp;14</small><ref name="ARIA Reports">ARIA Report charting:
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Details
* "Relativity (MC Squared)": {{cite web | date = 16 July 2007 | archiveurl = http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20070720-0000/issue906.pdf | title = The ARIA Report: ARIA Club Tracks | format = PDF | publisher = [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) | issue = 906 | page = 18 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue906.pdf | archivedate = 20 July 2007 | accessdate = 4 March 2016 }}
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions
* ''Eon'': {{cite web | date = 29 September 2008 | archiveurl = http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20081020-0000/issue970.pdf | title = The ARIA Report: ARIA Hitseekers Albums | format = PDF | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | issue = 970 | page = 21 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue970.pdf | archivedate = 20 October 2008 | accessdate = 4 March 2016 }}
|-
* "All Stars" (Tom Piper / Aston Shuffle / Cryptonites mix): {{cite web | date = 29 September 2008 | archiveurl = http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20090805-0000/issue1007.pdf | title = The ARIA Report: ARIA Club Tracks | format = PDF | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | issue = 1007 | page = 23 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue1007.pdf | archivedate = 5 August 2009 | accessdate = 4 March 2016 }}
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[ARIA Charts|AUS<br>{{small|(Hit Seekers)}}]]<br><ref name="ARIA Reports">{{cite web | date = 29 September 2008 | archiveurl = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20081019130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20081020-0000/issue970.pdf | title = The ARIA Report: ARIA Hitseekers Albums | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | issue = 970 | page = 21 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue970.pdf | archivedate = 19 October 2008 | accessdate = 4 March 2016 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
</ref>
|-
*2008: ''She Knows It''
! scope="row"| ''Eon''
*2008: ''Relativity: Reinvented''
|
*2008: ''I Can Cook: Remixed''
* Released: October 2008
*2009: ''All Stars''
* Label: Resolution Music <small>(RESGP009)</small>
** "All Stars" (Tom Piper / Aston Shuffle / Cryptonites mix) <small>AUS Club: No.&nbsp;15</small><ref name="ARIA Reports"/>
* Format: CD, digital download
*2010: ''The Eagle''
| 5
*2017: ''The Silence''
|-
! scope="row"| ''Neo''
|
* Released: 2013
* Label: Grafton Primary
* Format: digital download
| -
|}

=== Extended plays ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
! scope="col" style="width:11em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Relativity''
|
* Released: 2007
* Label: Resolution Music <small>(RESGP004)</small>
* Format: CD
|}


===Singles===
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
*2008: "She Knows It"
|-
*2008: "SOS Hello"
! scope="col"| Year
*2010: "The Eagle"
! scope="col"| Title
*2012: "When The Evolution Comes"
! scope="col" width="220"| Album
*2013: "One More Life"
|-
*2016: "Adapt"
| rowspan="3"| 2008
| align="left"| "She Knows It"
| ''Eon''
|-
| align="left"| "Relativity"
| rowspan="6" {{n/a|non album singles}}
|-
| align="left"| "I Can Cook"
|-
| 2009
| align="left"| "All Stars"
|-
| 2010
| align="left"| "The Eagle"
|-
| 2012
| align="left"| "When the Evolution Comes"
|-
| 2017
| align="left"| "The Silence"
|}


==Awards and nominations==
===Music videos===
===AIR Awards===
*2007: ''Relativity''
The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as [[AIR Awards]]) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.
*2012: ''When The Evolution Comes''
{{awards table}}

|-
==''Relativity'' EP track list==
| rowspan="2" | [[AIR Awards of 2008|2008]]<ref name="08noms">{{cite web|url=https://www.musicnsw.com/2008/11/2008-air-awards-nominees-announced/|title=2008 AIR AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED|website=Music NSW|date=11 November 2008|accessdate=19 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="AIRwins">{{cite web|url=https://www.air.org.au/awards/history|title=History Wins|website=[[Australian Independent Record Labels Association]]|accessdate=18 August 2020|archive-date=10 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310102536/https://www.air.org.au/awards/history|url-status=dead}}</ref>
# Relativity [4:39]
|''Relativity''
# Change [5:20]
| Best Independent Single/EP
# Stuck In My Head [5:16]
| {{nom}}
# I Can Cook [4:01]
|-
# In An Hourglass [4:29]
# Relativity (Tommy Trash Remix) [7:12]
| ''Relativity''
| Best Independent Dance/Electronic Album
Total Time: 23:40
| {{nom}}

|-
==''Eon'' album track list==
{{end}}
# Records For The Righteous [4:40]
# We Are The Music [3:50]
# Colour [3:36]
# All Stars [4:24]
# All There Is [2:52]
# S.O.S Hello [4:08]
# Telling Lies [4:46]
# Left Of Nowhere (instrumental) [4:15]
# Hold Her [4:41]
# She Knows It [3:26]
# Heart In Space [3:30]
# The Garden [4:30]
# Dimension Of Tears [3:58]
Total Time: 52:37


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


{{Authority control}}
==External links==
*[http://www.myspace.com/graftonprimary Myspace page]


{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grafton Primary}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grafton Primary}}
[[Category:2006 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:2006 establishments in Australia]]

Latest revision as of 16:37, 16 June 2024

Grafton Primary
OriginSydney, New South Wales, Australia
GenresNew wave, synth-pop, electronica
Years active2006–present
LabelsIndependent
MembersBenjamin Garden
Joshua Garden

Grafton Primary is an Australian electro-noir band from Sydney.[1] The band consists of brothers Benjamin and Joshua Garden who attended primary school in Grafton, New South Wales.[1] They select drummers and bass players for live shows.[2] Grafton Primary has independently released an EP, Relativity (2007), and two albums, Eon (2008) and Neo (2013).[3] The group has been picked up by Triple J[4] and has toured widely.[5]

Members

[edit]

Discography

[edit]

Studio albums

[edit]
Title Details Peak chart positions
AUS
(Hit Seekers)
[6]
Eon
  • Released: October 2008
  • Label: Resolution Music (RESGP009)
  • Format: CD, digital download
 5
Neo
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: Grafton Primary
  • Format: digital download
 -

Extended plays

[edit]
Title Details
Relativity
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Resolution Music (RESGP004)
  • Format: CD

Singles

[edit]
Year Title Album
2008 "She Knows It" Eon
"Relativity" non album singles
"I Can Cook"
2009 "All Stars"
2010 "The Eagle"
2012 "When the Evolution Comes"
2017 "The Silence"

Awards and nominations

[edit]

AIR Awards

[edit]

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2008[7][8] Relativity Best Independent Single/EP Nominated
Relativity Best Independent Dance/Electronic Album Nominated

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Electro noir storytellers" by Kylie Northover, The Age (5 September 2008)
  2. ^ Grafton Primary – Eon Archived 4 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine at FasterLouder
  3. ^ "Grafton brings back the '80s" by Polly Coufos, Perth Now (15 October 2008)
  4. ^ "Relativity in Motion". Perth Now. 2 April 2008. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008.
  5. ^ "Grafton Primary" by George Palathingal, The Sydney Morning Herald (22 May 2009)
  6. ^ "The ARIA Report: ARIA Hitseekers Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 29 September 2008. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  7. ^ "2008 AIR AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED". Music NSW. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  8. ^ "History Wins". Australian Independent Record Labels Association. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Grafton_Primary&oldid=1229404322"