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the Man from Atlantis (Mike Sill) and Franklin's Mint (aka Phil Franklin) join forces once again for an evening of outsider/psych/acid/bummer folk, American Primitive guitar/post punk musings at the Thornbury Local.The man from Atlantis is the moniker for Melbourne musician Mike Sill. Mike started 90s art-rock outfit Ray of Creation in the early 90s and went on to form krautrock duo Imperial Leatherman in 2000 with Stevie Richards.
the Man from Atlantis is an extension of ideas formed in these previous bands but utilising the acoustic and Weissenborn guitars. The sound is a mix of American Primitive finger-style guitar in the John Fahey/ Robbie Basho idiom drawing on raga, blues and psychedlia.
the Man from Atlantis has released 8 solo recordings and two collaborations with the US artist Reid Karris and Brazilian guitarist George Christian.
https://themanfromatlantis.bandcamp.com
Phil Franklin is an American musician living in Melbourne, who has played in such cult acts as Secret Chiefs, Sunburned Hand Of Man, Faxed Head, Caroliner Rainbow and Franklin's Mint.
Beginning in the early 1980’s as drummer with the New York hard core punk band BORSCHT, Phil played at such local clubs as CBGB’s, A7 and The Rock Hotel, and began writing lyrics and had a deep interest in song writing.
After moving to San Francisco in 1992 to join the Art Rock band CAROLINER RAINBOW he began to tour extensively throughout the USA, Japan and Australia; coming to Australia for the first time with “desk-metal” band FAXED HEAD in 1997, which featured Trey Spruance from MR. BUNGLE and Gregg Turkington aka NEIL HAMBURGER fame.
The following year he joined Trey Spruance, Danny Heifetz, Trevor Dunn, Bar McKinnon (all original members of Mr Bungle) and violinist Eyvind Kang in the first touring line up of the Secret Chiefs 3, playing percussion and drums. He also featured on cult Saturday morning music show, RECOVERY. Poster design: Phil Franklin.
https://franklinsmint.bandcamp.com
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Thornbury Local, 635 High St, Thornbury VIC 3071, Australia,Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Northcote
