Wellington legend Vorn Colgan has been writing and releasing extraordinary and odd popular music from bedrooms across Aotearoa and the world since 1999, a career which was scheduled to be cut short in 2019 by a terminal cancer diagnosis. 2023 saw him release his surprisingly non-posthumous hit The Late Album, and given his demonstrated inability to die he was left with maybe the world's most wonderful problem: what to record for his 10th album?
The answer is The Aeronaut, a 60ish minute meditation on Wellington, the universe, and everything, hewn from purest regionally-sourced prog rock and presented in a single baffling and hopefully pleasant serving. The Aeronaut is currently still a work in progress; this evening offers keen punters a chance to watch Vorn and his frighteningly good band (Nick Brown - Drums; Charley Davenport - Bass, Thomas Liggett - Violin) iron out the final kinks on a future Kiwi classic. Be there so you can say you were!
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Thagomizer is the dino synth project (dinosaur themed dungeon synth) of Caspar Kneale (yes, he is related, in fact mr Birchville Cat Motel is Caspar's Dad). Inspired by the vibe of retro dinosaur media, Thagomizer aims to summon a Mesozoic mood to transport you back in time. As far as we know, Thagomizer is the only dino synth project in the country.
Special thanks to CNZ for supporting Pyramid Club's programme
