RED WHYTE : multi-instrumentalist : singer / songwriter : sound scape artist

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RED WHYTE DISCOGRAPHY - 1996 to Present

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Huge Music for Short Films.
1996

Far Eastern Australia.
1997

Get it India
1998

Fork of the Folk.
2000

Good Morning Universe.
2001

The Waxing and the Waning
2002

Dance on Water.
2004

On The Rocks.
2005

Authenticity.
2007

A Little Bit Closer.
2008

Goosebumps in the
Midday Sun. 2009

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cd#11. Goosebumps in the Midday Sun

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Title	Goosebumps in the Midday Sun
Year	2009
Format	CD AUDIO
Cat	REDWCD011
Tracks	15 tracks
Length	tbc
Inner	tbc
Purchase	Red Whyte's CD "Goosebumps in the Midday Sun" now available at RED EYE RECORDS in Sydney - 66 King Street, Sydney upstairs (02) 9299 8710 / downstairs (02) 9299 4233

Goosebumps in the Midday Sun - Tracklisting...

1.	LIGHT	9.	FREE WIND
2.	WINKIPOP	10.	LITTLE LUNA
3.	BACK 2 JAPAN	11.	LAZY AT LENNOX
4.	LONG LIVE TAMAM SHUD	12.	FASTER AND FURTHER
5.	THE BEST WAVE	13.	MARRAWAH
6.	LONELY OL NITE	14.	MISERY FUN AND LAUGHTER
7.	THE LIGHT LOOP	15.	SNEAKERS
8.	MAGNETS

Red Whyte "Goosebumps in the Midday Sun"
(independent)

Red-raw with emocean, the latest compilation from Red Whyte is a sea-saw between acidic jazz and mellow meditation, inching through it's dunes of sun-inspired sound. 'Light' opens the album like pages of morning, as the transcendental soar of the word 'light' awakens like the sharp sting of a steering wave. With a digging bass riff, the song rolls the album onto a belt of jazz fusion, where Whyte's vocal abandon sails off into an undertow of steaming energy. Perhaps borrowed from the Free Jazz punctuation, the music's pulse pants frenetically, giving way to fields of indulgent languor. 'Light' then comes full circle in it's electrically charged reprise. 'Light Loop', wired with currents of sizzling metal to contrast the original piece's elemental air. With lilting uncertainty, 'Free Wind entracnes with a blend of Middle Eastern and South American flute, blowing for the meandering sitar monologue 'Lazy At Lennox' recorded at Lennox Head in March 2008. With an intermittent focus on natural sound sampling and the recreation of environmental atmospheres, Whyte's latest production draws a clear path toward many more inspiRED endeavours.
Renee N. Abbott

cd#10. A Little Bit Closer

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Title	A Little Bit Closer
Year	2008
Format	CD AUDIO
Cat	REDWCD010
Tracks	14 tracks
Length	tbc
Inner	tbc
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a little bit closer.....
RED WHYTE
Red`s 10th solo album is again an aclectic collection of songs .... steering away the more mellow vibe and previous album`s ambience to a more raw edged blues and roots style . all instruments played by red and all songs written by red, except a cover by 70`s london group THE STIFF KITTENS.

A little bit closer signals a maturing in both style and theme. it is an outward looking album, reflecting on family ..death and a drawing inspiration from world affairs and environmental issues. the album has a sronger pulling towards global warming, being a surfer who lives and breaths the coast, red is in tune with up to date issues and environmental protests.

less lyrically sparse with no pure instrumental tracks, a little bit closer has wide potential audience appeal. while its more commercial there is still an overall '' back yard ness '' that on an ever-modernizing surf coast of paved roads, street signs, speed humps and land releases, is endearing .

the first 6 tracks are a buzz to listen too then she winds down a tad, happy listenin`.

a little bit closer - Tracklisting...

1.	GRAPES FROM A BOTTLE	8.	MY OLD MAN
2.	HUMAN BEING	9.	WINKIPOP
3.	YOU YOU YOU	10.	A HARSH WINTER
4.	NO ROOM FOR ERROR	11.	ONCE ISLAND
5.	ASH WEDNESDAY	12.	HOPE YA MADE IT OK
6.	DROUGHT IS BROKEN	13.	A LITTLE BIT CLOSER
7.	LOVE YA BABY	14.	JUST LET ME GO

cd#9. Authenticity

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Title	Authenticity
Year	2007
Format	CD AUDIO
Cat	REDWCD009
Tracks	25 tracks
Length	tbc
Inner	16 page booklet
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DOUBLE DISC
- contains a selection of lyrics from the CD
- a selection of MP3s from this album will be provided below shortly!
CREDIT CORRECTIONS
* Disc 1. Track 4) Mr Conservationist mixed by Buzz Bahlaw
* Mastering Engineer - www.mastering.com.au

Authenticity
RED WHYTE
Technical, yet creative; cool, yet extreme, dynamic Bells Beach musician Red Whyte is just as colourful as his name. If authenticity is what he seeks, then authenticity is what he has achieved with his new double album which splashes us with the very essence of surf culture, tragedy, loss, love, unity and self-reliance. Having been known to play live using his teeth, yet trained by Classical guitarist Harry Schuster, Whyte has mastered an array of techniques on a wide spectrum of instruments, including the sitar, mandolin and Swanee whistle, all of which are played with emotive skill. "Don't think you can tear me and the ocean apart" dictates Whyte in bright earnestness on initial track "Breakky Barrels", setting the album's waves in motion. Maintaining his inseparable change like a marine wind, while sound sampling of ocean waves create a mesmerising sense of reality. Amid various memorable melodies is the stellar piece 'Long Way to Johanna", describing time's apparent manner of stretching when we approach a highly sough-after place. With a hazy "do, do, do" and lilting rhythm, allusions to '50s/'60s surf pop are enlivened by searing cymbals and the Oriental tang of brass, then mellowed by Whyte's unpretentious delivery. Moved by the death of three valued people, Whyte has included odes to Bob Marley ('Freedom Fighter'); Steve Irwin ('Mr Conservationist'); and a particularly motivational elegy to surfing mate Vyasa dev Ofthesea Bartlett, son of famed surfer Charles Bartlett. "This one's for Vyasa", proclaims Whyte during the glimmering guitar intro of 'Keep On Powerin' On', where the edges of arrangement work like the angle of a wave. Drums' hypnotic trances power through shadowy hints of harmonica in a stoical procession, sounding quite like the spirit of Vyasa. Among the host of guest performers on the double album is yet another notable surfer, namely Kelly Slater, who lends his guitar playing to "Breakky Barrels" and "Surfers Jam". Later we discover wailing wa-wa chatting through the ambivalence of "Totally Torn", leading into the album's conclusion of strumming akin to liquid sun. Like a sea breeze iteself, 'Authenticity" flows through a spectrum of transitions, and it don't matter if you're red or whyte; you will love the ride, man.

Authenticity - Tracklisting...

1.	Breakky Barrels	1.	Adrenalin
2.	Long Way to Johanna	2.	Vitality
3.	Amberwhite	3.	Freedom Fighter
4.	Mr Conservationist	4.	Surfers Jam
5.	Authenticity	5.	Totally Torn
6.	Full Moon	6.	Way Down South
7.	Escape The Byron Bay Bubble	7.	Keep On Powerin On
8.	Pumpin Heart Rates	8.	Holy Cow
9.	*	9.	Surrender Me
10.	Turnin Wheel	10.	Song of Endless Endings
11.	Five String China Doll	11.	Knock Yourself Out
12.	*
13.	Every Things Gonna Be Alright
14.	Easter Lights

cd#8. On The Rocks

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Title	On The Rocks
Year	2005
Format	CD AUDIO
Cat	REDWCD008
Tracks	16 tracks
Length	tbc
Inner	24 page booklet
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- contains a selection of lyrics from the CD
- a selection of MP3s from this album will be provided below shortly!

On The Rocks
RED WHYTE
On The Rocks is an amazing album, different and unique from all Red Whytes' albums. 3 things in particular make this one stand out, firstly it is all instrumental, secondly it is part of a series of 4, "The Rocks Series" and thirdly it has a special theme "an aussie surf-acoustic chill out album, masquerading as a surf film maker's tribute CD". In other words, it's a collcetion of Red's songs that all end up on surf movies. An eclectic and quirky bunch of musics are to be found here on this album. A nice chill vibe to it also, and a lot of the tracks are reminiscent of the old hawaiian slack-key guitar ballads. Other instruments that feature on the C.D. are mandolin, sitar, kechapi, keyboards, dialogue and nature sounds, guitars - steel, nylon and lapsteel. There is only one guest artist (Tetsuo Keneda) on one track. With some talking from legendary surfer Michael Peterson.

On The Rocks - Tracklisting...

SECRET SPOT

10.	BIG SURF BUTTERFLY'S
11.	SINGLE MAN ON A SINGLE FIN
12.	SPANISH OCEANIC
13.	BARREL SPIT HEALING
14.	SURF PLANET INDIA
15.	TSUNAMI RE-GROWTH
16.	THAT LANDMARK FEELIN'

THE MORNING BIRDS OF BELLS

MP THE KING OF KIRRA

ON THE ROCKS

SITAR SNEAKER

BEYOND THE LINE-UP

MY OLD GUITAR

EASTERN NUSERY RHYME

OFF-SHORE MID-TIDE AFFAIR

cd#7. Dance on Water

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Title	Dance on Water
Year	2004
Format	CD AUDIO
Cat	REDWCD007
Tracks	14 tracks
Length	tbc
Inner	16 page booklet including lyrics
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- includes 16 page booklet
- contains a selection of lyrics from the CD
- artworks captures Red's inspirational photography
- a selection of MP3s from this album will be provided below shortly!

Dance on Water
RED WHYTE
A true dedication to surfing this album, it was also the year (2004) Red surfed every day for a personal challenge. Songs on the album are varied in vibe probably due to half it being recorded in Byron and the other in Melbourne. Tragically ex- Inked Factor Paul Mason passed shortly after laying a few bass tracks on the album, consequently Red dedicated D.O.W. to the man. The album starts off in a Jack Johnston vibe then swings into jazzy psychedelic, to the epic title track, then to a quirky funky track then back to mellow, then up again then finishing off with some ultra ambient surf classics and las song blasts off to be followed by some funny sneaker tracks. Red does mostly all the instrumentation on the album with guest performances by female vocalists Vicki Gottliebsen and Sue McKellor, hammond organ & harp Buzz Bahlaw and violin Jera Sansom.

side 1...

side 2...

1.	IT'S ALL GOOD	8.	FIRST TIME SCENARIO
2.	"NORM" The Aboriginal Surfer	9.	Naked with our clothes on
3.	DANCE ON WATER	10.	Scottish Nuclear Surfing
4.	MORE AMORÉ	11.	UNCONDITIONAL
5.	NORTHERLY BLOWS	12.	ANGEL'S BEACH
6.	JUST LIKE THAT	13.	MELODIES FOR DOLPHINS
7.	LUNAR MODE	14.	WISHING WELL

cd#6. The Waxing and the Waning

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Year	2002
Cat	REDWCD006
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DOUBLE C.D.
- includes 16 page booklet
- contains a selection of lyrics from the CD
- artworks captures Red's inspirational photography
- a selection of MP3s from this album is provided below

CD 1 - THE WAXING

CD 2 - THE WANING

1.	Closure	1.	Planet Earth 2000
2.	Creating Bliss	2.	Bellingen Baby
3.	Wired for Waves	3.	Such a life, is life
4.	No illusions (live@wolfgangs)	4.	Latin sombre
5.	Supermarket Song No. 3	5.	Transition Period
6.	Littoral Rainforest xtc	6.	Medicinal Fire
7.	Healin' Tree	7.	Hot day at Melenesia
8.	@ The First Crest	8.	Shanti Birthday
9.	The Wathaurong Shores	9.	Bhagwan
10.	Yoga Eyes	10.	Trail Harbour
11.	Chandra Namaskar	11.	Song 4 Hil
12.	When you Smile	12.	Dalai Lama in Geelong
13.	Song For Tarshito	13.	Already Am
14.	Reigning Full Moon	14.	Dugong Song
		15.	G WIZZ

Red Whyte's 6th solo album to date, this time has taken a plunge into less manually played percussion and more programmed beats, and a general tightening up of all the elements that make this multi-faceted music so dark and very light at the same time. Tranquil and soothing but very energetic and driven.

A double album (with a moon theme) showcasing 29 songs, all great for putting in the car stereo for travelling. Surprisingly some real commercial radio hits from Red amongst the usual obscure tracks.

A fierce good vibe track "Creating Bliss" kicks off the album followed by nostalgic KING ISLAND surf video hit, followed by a live track that really grows on you the more you listen to it.

Features guest on The Waxing and the Waning are vocalist Rose Bygraves, and Flautist Howlin' Wind adding the cosmic and psychedelic edge to the album.

Red plays sitar, bass, guitar, harmonica, flute, percussion and vocals. Other guest instruments are didge, sax, muted trumpet, violinists and range of female harmonies.

The two discs are supposed to represent the two weeks before the full moon and two weeks after. Disc one is energetic, thought provoking and down the line. Disc two is sparse and of a winding down nature, apart fro the 1st track, a sitar trance techno hit that's got a Miles Davis 60's feel to it. A different kind of late night song!

Lyrics on the album are sparse, but when they eventually come, they're powerful & evocative. A groovy album with spiritual themes. Even a 2-minute song of the Dalai Lama's Geelong speech put to spacey keyboards with a crazy element of humour to it.

Possibly this multi-instrumentalist, contemporary folk, soundscape artist is changing his style away from pure acoustic into something of our times with the ever-present 60's feel!

Red's albums of the past, including this one, have always been multi-functional as things to listen and dance to. And also soundtracks for movies and or medicinal and healing based songs.

cd#5. Good Morning Universe

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Title	Good Morning Universe
Year	2001
Format	CD
Cat	REDWCD005
Tracks	15 tracks
Length	tbc
Inner	4 page open booklet
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Tracklisting:

1.	Good Morning Universe	3:56	8.	Little by Little	4:57
2.	Starry Night	6:17	9.	Nothing is news	4:29
3.	Hitchin'	3:39	10.	Country and Eastern Om	4:46
4.	Whatever is	5:22	11.	Sitar Sneaker	2:32
5.	Send President Bush to the Bush and Laden to the Bin	4:15	12.	Stumbling across Ship Stern Bluff	3:56
6.	Should of shmood of	4:27	13.	Chamomile for the ears	2:38
7.	King Island cruise-ville	4:28	14.	Redemption	14:03
			15.	Through the ebb and the flow	9:32

Released in 2001, features Shri Lankan sitar player Peter Davidian and Ray Brown on Didge, and Kaaren Schimana on vocals all from Byron Bay and Jera Sansom on violin from Melbourne. Recorded in 3 separate studios, the album certainly skips around but in a good way, surprisingly and always afresh. Title track ended up on 2 separate movies for the soundtrack. The album has facets from all the previous recordings and has a classic up North vibe to it. Not so hippy trippy but unusually alternative in it's listenin' upon listenin'.

cd#4. Fork of the Folk

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Title	Fork Of The Folk
Year	2000
Format	CD
Cat	REDWCD004
Tracks	18 tracks
Length	tbc
Inner	4 page open booklet
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Tracklisting:

1.	5 Elements	4:52	10.	A Hunting we will Go	3:45
2.	Anglesea Angels	4:18	11.	Chakras	6:15
3.	Fork of The Folk	4:20	12.	Rousa's Shack	6:22
4.	Dream Unfurled	6:04	13.	Violin Sweetie	3:46
5.	Lucky Country	5:13	14.	Gone Goa	4:37
6.	Soya Milk Tits	3:07	15.	Moonlight Eyes	4:00
7.	Sunset Ranch Buckley's Bay	4:23	16.	Gentle Exposure	4:15
8.	Winter Woes	1:15	17.	Unshadowed	5:24
9.	Wir Lieben Dich Osho	3:33	18.	Chakras (live in India)	2:59

Red's release of 2000 is a strong studio production of unusual love songs and ambient soundscapes. Recorded in two different places, up northern NSW and down south VIC it has the mixed emotional musical climates all in one. Exciting yet relaxing, vibrant yet gentle, complex yet simple, full yet spacious. "Fork of the Folk" is a very different blend of folk music. Special guest on didgeridoo is Dr. Didge and once again beautiful male and female vocals are at large with Red's drumming, guitaring and sitaring as the backbone. This innovative album defies classification or comparison.

cd#3. Get it India

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Year	1998
Cat	REDWCD003
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1.	Om Shanti	8.	N.I.E.A.L.S
2.	Coincidence	9.	Please Stay
3.	Brother of Darkness	10.	Hari On Tatsat
4.	Either Fork is Happiness	11.	Talk To Me
5.	We Get Along	12.	Tidal wave
6.	Get It India	13.	The Osho Boogie
7.	Doesn't Take Much	14.	Red and Karin (Live in India)

The sweet sounds of sitar intermingle with gentle guitars, smooth female vocals with spiritual lyrics and a rhythmic range of drums creating an innovative new combination of east and west. Special guests include Kavisha Mazzela and Tiffany Ekerdt singing with Red bestowing powerful Indian visions and stories. All songs on the album were actually written in India. Released in 1998. "Get it intaya".

cd#2. Far Eastern Australia

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Year	1997
Cat	REDWCD002
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1.	Dolphin Surfing	8.	Under the Canopy
2.	The Huonbrook Haunt	9.	West Eastern Astral Pop
3.	Beached at Byron	10.	Blown
4.	Capricorn Moon	11.	Castles
5.	Dusk Darshan	12.	Fullmoon Forest Walk
6. 7.	Holy Cow Still & Tranquil	13.	Many Many Mullumbimby Moments

Released in 1997, Red's second album branches off into a deeper and richer ambience. It's soothing guitar melodies with whale, dolphin and nature sounds create a rich celestial album of tranquil grooves and meditational lyrics. Beautiful male and female vocal harmonies when you least expect them. A fine album to chill out to or even dance to.

cd#1. Huge Music for Short Films

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Year	1996
Cat	REDWCD001
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1.	Blues in Didge	9.	Lost and Found
2.	Survival Kit	10.	Junish Times
3.	Such a Fine Thing	11.	Dog Ghosts
4.	End of the Chicken Farm	12.	The Day After
5.	Fire Spirit	13.	Sticks and Stones
6.	My Only Friend	14.	O Marry Ye
7.	Bonfire	15.	Hill Billy
8.	Little Boy Lost

The first album of any artist is usually the most unusual. Recorded in 1996, it's the "primeval first sounds" of Red's mysterious and soothing music. A definite collector's item for those who are familiar with the more recent albums. Lyrically sparse, but what is there is subconsciously powerful. And yes, Huge Music for Short Films could definitely be soundtrack material.

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