Tim Powles

Tim Powles (* 21 December 1959) is a music producer and artist originally from New Zealand, and though now an Australian resident, he is of English/Irish descent. Also known as timEbandit Powles, his main instrument and first love was the drum kit and tuned percussion. In the 70's he won a scholarship to join the New Zealand Youth Orchestra in a training camp in Cambridge. This mixed interest in classical and rock orchestrations and ambience has continued throughout his career, and was insturmental in him becoming the drummer with the Australian-formed band The Church, with whom he was inducted into th ARIA Hall Of FAME in October 2010, co-inciding with the bands 30th year anniversary celebrations and touring. He started working with the band in 1994, with the album Sometime Anywhere (though he was mis-identified as Tim Powell on the liner notes). He became a permanent member of the band in the year following, and has worked on all of their releases since then, as a musician, and taking production responsibilities on all levels. The recent highlight being co-directing and co-producing "A Pyschedelic Symphony- the church and the George Ellis Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House, a sold-out show in April 2011. Tim resides in Sydney, Australia and has his own recording studio, the current version is called Spacejunk III. He released a solo album, Tyg's in Space, in 1999 . He features with a cameo vocal on Nashville post-rock ambient band Hammock's new EP Asleep In The Downlights, a band whose 2010 album he co=produced and mixed.

Tim Powles (third from the left) and The Church

Tim was born in Wellington, New Zealand, but has lived in the Pacific and the UK. He started his music career at school in Nelson, moved to Wellington and then Auckland to join the band Flight X-7. he eventually moved to Australia in 1981 where he first became known in 1980s' band The Venetians. With this band in particular through the 80's he learned his production skills working alongside greats like Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and Mark Goldenberg, and locals Mark Opitz and Mark Moffat, often in the iconic Festival Records Studios .

Spacejunk Production House

"Combined with a reputation as one of Australia's most solid and diversely experienced drummers (The Church, The Divinyls, Rose Tattoo, Dragon, The Venetians, to name a few), this massive depth of experience makes Tim a 'big picture' producer in the true 'A&R' sense of the word. Allowing instinct and "accident" to flourish and thrive are key ingredients on Tim's production canvas. " [1]

Film

Appearance - Nambassa Festival, New Zealand, 1980, Director/editor: Philip Howe Production co: Nambassa Festival Trust with Dale Farnsworth Film Archive

Television

Radio With Pictures: Sweetwaters Special, Television New Zealand, 1980. Video DV, 26 minutes, originally transmitted on TV2, 11 March 1980

Dylan Taite fronts this Radio With Pictures documentary report on the 1980 Sweetwaters rock festival. Film Archive

Discography

• CD Don't get too close B:Bye bye humanity 45 POLY 86
• CD I lose control/ nice to see you 45 POLY 74

External links

• Spacejunk studio website