Gelbison
| Gelbison | |
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| Origin | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Pop rock, indie rock |
| Years active | 2000–2007 |
| Labels | Virgin/EMI |
| Associated acts | Nations by the River, Toni Collette & the Finish |
| Website | gelbison |
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| 1704 | |
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| Studio album by Gelbison | |
| Released | 7 April 2003 |
| Recorded | 2003 |
| Genre | Indie rock |
| Label | Virgin/EMI |
| Producer | Ian Ball |
| See the World | |
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| Studio album by Gelbison | |
| Released | 8 November 2004 |
| Recorded | 2004 |
| Genre | Indie rock |
| Label | Virgin/EMI |
| Producer | Ian Ball, Ben Frost, Gelbison |
Gelbison were an Australian pop rock band formed in 2000 by Pete Farley on bass guitar, Dave Galafassi on drums, Edo Kahn on vocals and guitar, and his brother Nadav Kahn on vocals and keyboards. The Kahn brothers were also members of Nations by the River (2003–04). Gelbison released two studio albums, 1704 (7 April 2003) and See the World (8 November 2004), and disbanded in 2007.
Gelbison were formed in 2000 in Sydney by Pete Farley on bass guitar, horns and backing vocals; Dave Galafassi on drums; Edo Kahn on vocals and guitar; and his brother, Nadav Kahn, on vocals, harp and keyboards. Their first gig was at the Hollywood Hotel, Surry Hills attended by Ian Ball (Gomez); Nadav recalled, "We did meet [Ball] before [Gelbison formally] started. Edo and I met him in Bondi on a night out when [Gomez] were on their second tour in Australia and we connected on one very drunken night. Everyone ended up at my place, jamming until about six in the morning. So there was a musical and human connection. We somehow maintained contact."
The band's debut album, 1704, produced by Ball, was released on 7 April 2003 via Virgin Records and EMI Music Group Australia. It peaked at No. 20 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums Chart. Greg Lawrence of Worldwide Home of Australasian Music and More Online (WHAMMO) felt it was "a work of understated genius. Having Ian Ball from Gomez co-producing certainly helps but the compositions, the arrangements and the sentiment communicated throughout Gelbison’s debut LP is virtually faultless and much more than clever guidance from an established artist/producer." Tim Cashmere of Undercover opined that "imagine if the out there factor could be multiplied by a thousand or so. That is one hell of a mellow album you've got there and local Sydney outfit Gelbison's major label debut is it."
Ahead of the album they issued their debut single, "Metal Detector" (October 2002), which Lawrence noticed "made an impact on radio regardless of dynamic, manic riffing that seemed to challenge the listener." Cashmere described it as one of the album's "moments when the group gathered up the energy to head down to 7-11 and instead channeled it into tracks like 'Metal Detector'." The following single, "Homelands" (February 2003), shows "a gentle flow but still contains imaginative garnishes and experimental textures." A third single, "Good God", followed the album in May. Farley described that track, "I didn’t write the lyrics for that one but, for me, I get a sense of hope in that song, hoping for something that you haven’t got but you long for. I think there’s a real sense of longing in that song." Galafassi had married Australian actress-singer, Toni Collette, in January that year. Collette directed the music video for "Good God".
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