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Deniz Tek interview October 2018

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Radio Birdman’s comeback in Italy is an unmissable occasion to get again in touch with a legendary band that has a key role in the hsitory of australian rock. Three studio albums (Radios Appear, Living Eyes) published in different years (1977, 1981 e 2014), two Eps, a bunch of singles and three live records (Ritualism, Live in Texas and Live at Paddington Town Hall from 1977) show a way of intending rock’n’roll which combines the proto-punk fury of Stooges and Mc5 with the psychedelic sound of the Doors, therefore becoming a very unique experience in the aussie rock scene. In three years and a half, from the end of ’74 to the summer of ‘78, Radio Birdman have managed to acquire the status of prime movers in a scene which will evolve significantly in the next decade. Despite the hostility of the music industry, they have kept carrying on their DIY spirit, gaining consensus among the audience. Authors of roaring tracks such as “Burn My Eye”, “Anglo Girl desire”, “What Gives”, “Do Th...
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Recensione - Deniz Tek - The Beat (Wild Honey Records, 2026) english version

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  There is something profoundly human about *The Beat*, something that goes beyond the music and beyond Deniz Tek ’s discography. It is an album that could never have come into being had it not been for this precise moment in his artistic life: a record built upon the drum tracks left behind by Ric Parnell , who passed away in May 2022, ten years earlier, during the sessions for *Mean Old Twister*. These were not takes intended to become an album. They were fragments, gestures, impulses. The sessions were recorded haphazardly, then set aside and forgotten. Years later, Ron Sanchez (guitarist with Donovan’s Brain and owner of Career Records ) stumbled across the recordings and sent them to Deniz. Listening to them again for the first time in almost a decade, Tek was struck by their clarity. Ric’s drum tracks were not vague ideas or rough sketches. Every take was close to perfection. Focused, musical, complete. Today, those performances form the beating heart of a work that soun...
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Review - Radio Birdman – Zeno Beach reissue (Citadel, 2026)

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  La versione in italiano è stata pubblicata da Freakout Magazine Zeno Beach 2026 There are bands that are part of rock history. And then there are bands that are part of a country's history. Radio Birdman belongs to the second category. Not because they were mainstream – they never were – but because, since the 1970s, they embodied an idea of Australia that was not content with cultural peripherality, that rejected dependence on the London-Los Angeles axis, that wanted to build its own language. The Birdman were never just a band: they were an idea. In 1974, when Deniz Tek and Rob Younger started playing together, Sydney was a city that thrived on cover bands, standardised pub rock, and a music industry that didn't want to take risks. The Birdman brought Detroit, of course, but above all they brought an ethic: autonomy, self-determination, refusal to compromise. That ethic runs through Radios Appear , survives Living Eyes , and re-emerges in Zeno Beach with a differen...
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