Mid 1990's free-noise duo made up of Danny Butt (Flies Inside The Sun) and Michael Morley (The Dead C etc). Released three ultra-rare Peter King 8" lathes on Morley's Precious Metal imprint, along with 2 albums and a single. Went from noise, scrapes and drones to releasing their own take on electronic dance music with 1998's 'Twelve Inches Heaven'.
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The mostly-solo recordings of The Dead C's Michael Morley. From noise, destructive guitar in the late 1980's and 1990's through sampling diversions and drones in the 2020's, Morley has been a particularly creative force.
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Formerly Auckland-based abstract artist who produced a string of lathe cut releases in the late 1990's - 2000's on Circle Records and the Luxus imprint.
Cobweb Iris was a one-off 7" Peter King lathe cut release recorded in the small seaside villages of Port Chalmers and Purakanui (both near Dunedin) in August-October 1993 by a who's-who of New Zealand underground musicians - mainly Michael Morley and Bruce Russell of The Dead C along with Kim Pieters, Peter Stapleton and Danny Butt of Flies Inside the Sun and Alastair Galbraith, along with one-time Mink vocalist Margot Schweigman.
Biography Dissonant, purposely Lo-Fi and exceedingly experimental Christchurch 3 piece built on Michael Morley and Bruce Russell’s guitar work and Robbie Yeats (The Renderers,…