The Necks
The Necks are an experimental jazz trio from Sydney, comprising Chris Abrahams on piano and Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums, percussion and electric guitar, and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar and double bass. The band, who are also well known in Europe, play improvisational pieces of up to an hour in length that explore the development and demise of repeating musical figures.
Live performance
Typically a live performance will begin very quietly with one of the musicians playing a simple figure. One by one, the other two will join with their own contributions—all three players independent yet intertwined. As the 'piece' builds through subtle micro-changes, the interaction of their instruments creates layers of harmonics and prismatic washes of sound that lead some to apply the genre label 'trance jazz'. Their live performances can be challenging for those expecting a conventional musical experience.
Soundtracks
Their soundtrack for The Boys (1998) was nominated for ARIA Best Soundtrack Album, AFI Best Musical Score and Australian Guild of Screen Composers Award. They have also recorded soundtracks for What's The Deal? (1997) and In the Mind of the Architect (three one-hour ABC-TV documentaries, 2000).
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Close My Eyes
by: The OpenThere is something wrong inside my head
Gotta find a way
Gotta let go of everything you said
Gotta find a place
Where I can hide away
When I close my eyes
It's darker then anything
When I close my eyes
Feels like I'm falling down
When will plastic people understand
I'm dreaming and they pick you up just to tie you down
I'm sad to say, they turned away
When I close my eyes
It's darker then anything
When I close my eyes
Wishing the world away
When I close my eyes
Feels like I'm falling down
Down, down, down, down...