Vorn

About Vorn from Wellington

Joseph Conrad was born Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in December 1857 in Berdichev (now in the Ukraine) of Polish parents.  His father, a poet and translator, and his mother were exiled for nationalist activities and died when he was a child.  He grew up and was educated informally in Lemberg (now L'viv) and Cracow, which he left for Marseilles and a career at sea in 1874.  Conrad began writing in English - his third language - in 1886.  Considered 'difficult', his writing received considerable critical acclaim, but not until 1914 did it win a wide public.

This, however, is not his bio. It is the bio of Vorn.

Vorn was born vorn in 1977 in Tauranga (now a retirement home) of polished parents.  Neither his father, his mother, nor any poet or translator known to the family was ever excited by nationalist activities. He grew up informally and was educated in Taranaki (now Taranaki) and Hamilton, which he left for good and a career as a lo-fi pop genius in 1999.  Vorn began recording on Four-Track in the same year.  Far from being considered difficult, his recordings have always received considerable critical acclaim, without thus far being publicly widened.

Normal the Normal Normal (1999)
"... a great grinding grandpappy of an album it is too. . . returns self-indulgence to its rightful place at the top of the desirable qualities list".
-Chris Knox

Not Quite As Good (2001)
"Vorn has made a mountain out of his molehill ...despite the flakey quality, beautiful passages, poignant lyrics and layered detail emerge miraculously through the gloop."
-New Zealand Musician Magazine

Thunk! (2006)
"...truly deserves the title of genius . . . if you like alt-pop, your mission for this year is to find this album and fall in love - ***** "
- Lyndon Walker, Rip it Up Magazine

Vorn and the (2008)
"... somewhere between The Beatles' Abbey Rd album and a soundtrack from a David Lynch film... If you're looking for a fresh pop album that scoops up every musical genre you can think of and sprinkles them across 14 tracks this one would be worth a look."
- Jim MacLane, Pulp Magazine