Sharkweek is the name of my electronic music project. I have just released my debut album.

With an ongoing interest in outer space and pop culture, and drawing inspiration from the likes of The Orb, Orbital and Future Sound Of London, I filter these influences through my unique sensibilities to produce something new, yet also familiar.

"The Hammerhead Nebula" collects the best new Sharkweek tracks as well as revamped and reworked versions of old favourites. You can hear songs from the album as well as new songs on the Sharkweek Myspace page.

A rich blend of lush electronica, sometimes-busy beats, and manipulated found sounds are complemented by vocal samples from a wide variety of sources including a NASA scientist (who gave his blessing to the project), obscure infomercials and a fine pair of talented Wellington vocalists. You'll hear elements of pop, ambient, dub, and experimental styles in Sharkweek songs, but there's always something recognisably "Sharkweek" about them! It's music that's simple yet dense, spacey without being formless, and humourous without being silly.

Reference points and influences include - as well as the above - Boards Of Canada, Lemon Jelly, Astralasia, Banco de Gaia, and New Zealand luminaries like Module and Pitch Black.

A copy of "The Hammerhead Nebula" could be yours for the very reasonable price of $15 + $3 shipping in NZ or US$10 + US$6 overseas.

If you are ordering from New Zealand, the preferred method of payment is bank transfer. Simply email me and I'll send you bank account details. Cheques are accepted too :)

Overseas buyers please click the Paypal button below to order securely using Paypal.

I am also a member of The Tom Bosley Experience. If you like your pop music a little on the weird side, you should definitely check out tombosleyexperience.com - there are lots of songs to listen to and neat little animations to amuse yourself with. We released our first album "The Spark Of Inspiration" in 2004 and the follow-up album, "Who's Your Daddy?", in 2007.

The TBE sound has always held a curious niche within Kiwi electronica. Tracks have ranged from the poppy-joyous through jazz improv to darkside with a self-loathing edge. On the way we’ve met and mingled with similarly minded musicians and gained a few friends on the way.

On our new album "Remix Picnic" you can hear the outcome of those friendships in the form of remix tracks by a number of the artists we’ve come to know.

Included are the destructive noise of Sick Cycle, Romantech’s trademark intelligent DnB, the electro-punk stylings of rising star SoNic Smith, kitchen-sink downbeat from Sharkweek, lush electronica from Stray Theories, the glitchy melancholia of Hummel, and the glacial dub experiments of Thalidomide Dog.

Visit our Myspace page to hear tracks from the new album.

"Who's Your Daddy?" can be ordered from our record company Electrode Records.

The music of the Tom Bosley Experience has been described as "like the audio equivalent of a three-way between Bettie Page, Morticia Adams and Axl Rose in the Merry-Go-Round bar at Circus Circus with little green aliens serving as cherubs smiling down from up on high. And spaceships. And Jesus."