Name Kynan Robinson Role Musician | Albums Wrapped In Plastic | |
Education University of Melbourne Faculty of VCA and MCM People also search for Justin Forster, Lennox Jordan | ||
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Kynan Robinson is an Australian trombonist and composer. He is most commonly associated with jazz, but also plays other styles.
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Kynan Robinson
Career
Robinson was born in Australia but spent his childhood in Bangladesh, returning to Australia to complete his high school years. After completing his initial studies in psychology he completed his bachelor of music at the Victorian College of the Arts.
He has recorded and played with numerous artists including C.W. Stoneking, Brian Brown, and the Melbourne Ska Orchestra. He formed a contemporary improvisation quintet named En Rusk which has toured Australia a number of times. They recorded their debut self-titled CD in 2001 and in 2004 finished their second recording, 1000 Wide.
Since then he developed a new group named The Escalators, which released an album entitled Wrapped in Plastic, inspired by the films of David Lynch. He has also ventured into electronic music, firstly with his dance/performance act, Des Peres (originally known as Old Des Peres) and secondly with Hard Hat, a group that brings together both electronic and acoustic musicians. Both acts have performed regularly for venues and festivals around Australia and internationally, most recently at the Live et taut Festival in New Caledonia. Des Peres completed their debut album in 2004. The album is released through Flict/Shock. Their second album Ace Doubt was released in 2006 through Flit/MGM. Des Peres combine a theatrical stage approach with a sample heavy sound. While playing with the band Robinson adopts the name Old Des and works very closely with Luva DJ (Michelle Robinson) and Mr. Ection (visual artist and brother Kiron Robinson) as well as guitarist Tom Bass and Kelsey James. Their third album was entitled The Adventures of Cowboy and Miniman. Recently he has recorded and released two albums with a band he co-leads with Melbourne saxophonist Adam Simmons called Collider, words and Solo In Red. Solo In Red is a piece composed by Robinson and commissioned by the Melbourne Writers Festival. It focuses on the writings of American author Cormac McCarthy.
He has composed music for jazz ensembles, dance productions, musical theatre, contemporary classical ensembles and electronic dance acts and has had his compositions performed in many festivals around the world. In 2001 he was a collaborative composer for Double Venturi, a collaborative piece involving musicians and funded by Arts Victoria. In 2004 he received funding through the Australia Council to compose a concert-length work for prepared piano and small ensemble that was premiered at the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz.
He also has scored the music to six short films and has collaborated in numerous cross arts projects with visual artists including Kiron Robinson, Narinda Reevers and Dave Macleod.
Robinson runs a collaborative arts organization called VerSus which holds monthly events and has held events in regional Victoria. He has been featured many times in newspapers and magazines and on both radio and TV Kynan also runs his own record label Flict Records.