New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...
. He is known for his involvement with
Nocturnal Projections
Nocturnal Projections were a post-punk band from Stratford, near New Plymouth, New Zealand that began recording in 1981 and split up in 1983. Often compared to British bands, especially Joy Division, with whom they shared a moody, bass-driv ...
Graeme Jefferies
Graeme Jefferies is a musician from New Zealand.
In 1981 Graeme and his brother Peter Jefferies formed the post-punk band Nocturnal Projections. The band released a few records and cassettes, and played regularly around their hometown of New Ply ...
formed the
post-punk
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band
Nocturnal Projections
Nocturnal Projections were a post-punk band from Stratford, near New Plymouth, New Zealand that began recording in 1981 and split up in 1983. Often compared to British bands, especially Joy Division, with whom they shared a moody, bass-driv ...
. The band released a few records, and performed around their hometown of
New Plymouth
New Plymouth ( mi, Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, Devon from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. Th ...
, as well as
Auckland
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. After Nocturnal Projections disbanded in 1983, the brothers formed This Kind of Punishment, and released three full-length albums and an EP. In 1985 Jefferies released the ''Randolph's Going Home'' 7" and the "fish out of water" 12" with
Shayne Carter
Shayne P. Carter is a New Zealand musician best known for leading Straitjacket Fits from 1986 to 1994, and as the only permanent member of Dimmer (1995–2012).
Carter is a member of the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame, and has been awarded the ...
. This was followed in 1986 with the '' At Swim 2 Birds'' LP, recorded with
Jono Lonie
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*Jōno Station (JR Kyushu), a railway station in Kokura Minami-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan
* Jōno Station (Kitakyushu Monorail), a Monorail station in Japan
Fictional characters
* Jono (''Star Trek'')
* Jono (''Hollyoaks ...
, on the
Flying Nun
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label. This was reissued on Xpressway and later on
Drunken Fish
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. The ''Catapult'' 7", a collaboration with Robbie Muir, was released on Xpressway in 1989, reissued by the Chicago-based
Ajax
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Greek mythology and tragedy
* Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea
* Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris
* ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Gree ...
label in 1991. Further recordings by Jefferies and Muir were released by Ajax in 1992 as the double 7" ''Swerve''. '' The Last Great Challenge in a Dull World'' album was released on cassette by the Xpressway label in 1990. Another collaboration with
Shayne Carter
Shayne P. Carter is a New Zealand musician best known for leading Straitjacket Fits from 1986 to 1994, and as the only permanent member of Dimmer (1995–2012).
Carter is a member of the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame, and has been awarded the ...
, the ''Knocked Out or Thereabout'' 7", was released on Flying Nun in 1992. The ''
Electricity
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'' LP was released on
Ajax
Ajax may refer to:
Greek mythology and tragedy
* Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea
* Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris
* ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Gree ...
in 1994, followed by ''Elevator Madness'' on Emperor Jones in 1996, then '' Substatic'' on Trance Syndicate in 1998, and ''
Closed Circuit
Closed circuit can refer to:
*Closed-circuit television
*Closed-circuit radio
*Rebreather – breathing sets
* ''Closed Circuit'' (1978 film), a 1978 Italian film
* ''Closed Circuit'' (2013 film), a 2013 British thriller film
*An electric circuit
...
'' in 2001 (also on Trance Syndicate). Jefferies formed 2 Foot Flame with
Jean Smith
Jean Isabel Smith (born 1959) is a Canadian writer, painter and the lead singer of the Vancouver band Mecca Normal.
Career Music
Smith co-founded Mecca Normal with bandmate David Lester in 1981, while the two were working together at a Vancouv ...
of
Mecca Normal
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. The band released two LPs on
Matador Records
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History
Matador was created in 1989 by Chris Lombardi in his New York City apart ...
, 1995's
self titled
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Flying Nun Records
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in 2017.
Jefferies lives in
New Plymouth
New Plymouth ( mi, Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, Devon from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. Th ...
, New Zealand and is employed three days per week at
Spotswood College
Spotswood College is a co-educational state secondary school in Spotswood, New Plymouth, New Zealand. It was founded in 1960 and celebrated its 50th Jubilee in 2010. It was formerly New Zealand's largest school.
It is New Plymouth's only co-ed ...
. He is a key member of the Music Department overseeing drum tuition, songwriting, mentoring students and he manages the recording studio every Friday with students enrolled in the school's Gateway Programme. He also runs a weekly session of music at the school's Special Needs Unit.
In addition, Jefferies is employed by two other high schools in Taranaki where he teaches drums and songwriting and records students' compositions: Stratford High School and Coastal Taranaki School.
Jefferies is a part of the New Zealand Music Commission's "Music Mentoring in Schools Program", going into schools and fostering the development of songwriting and composition skills in primary, intermediate and secondary school students.
Musician
Amanda Palmer
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described Jeffries as her "teenage idol". In 2012, Palmer said she had toured New Zealand for the past five years and always hoped to find a link that would lead her to Jefferies. The pair performed solo songs at Vinyl Countdown store in New Plymouth to a crowd of 40, before combining on a number of covers including
Oasis
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Wild Thing Wild Thing or Wild Things can refer to:
Books and comics
* Wild Thing (comics), a 1999 Marvel Comics superheroine in the MC2 alternate future
* ''The Wild Things'', a 2009 novel written by Dave Eggers
Film and television
* ''Wild Thing'' (film), ...
Electricity
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'' (1994)
* ''
Elevator Madness
''Elevator Madness'' is an album by New Zealand composer Peter Jefferies, released on October 22, 1996 through Emperor Jones.
Track listing
Personnel
*Mark Cohen – engineering
*Peter Jefferies – vocals, piano, keyboards, dr ...
Closed Circuit
Closed circuit can refer to:
*Closed-circuit television
*Closed-circuit radio
*Rebreather – breathing sets
* ''Closed Circuit'' (1978 film), a 1978 Italian film
* ''Closed Circuit'' (2013 film), a 2013 British thriller film
*An electric circuit
...
Nocturnal Projections
Nocturnal Projections were a post-punk band from Stratford, near New Plymouth, New Zealand that began recording in 1981 and split up in 1983. Often compared to British bands, especially Joy Division, with whom they shared a moody, bass-driv ...
Goat Volume
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