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L–R: Kellie Sutherland, Jamie Mildren, Gus Franklin, James Cecil, Cameron Bird and Sam Perry. |
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| origin = [[Fitzroy, Victoria]], Australia |
| origin = [[Fitzroy, Victoria]], Australia |
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| genre = [[Indie pop]] |
| genre = [[Indie pop]] |
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| years_active = {{start date|2000}}–2018 |
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| label = [[Trifekta]], [[Bar/None Records|Bar/None]], Tailem Bend, [[Moshi Moshi Records|Moshi Moshi]], [[Polyvinyl Record Co.|Polyvinyl]], |
| label = [[Trifekta]], [[Bar/None Records|Bar/None]], Tailem Bend, [[Moshi Moshi Records|Moshi Moshi]], [[Polyvinyl Record Co.|Polyvinyl]], Scotland Yard, Co-Operative, [[Modular Recordings|Modular]], [[Downtown Music|Downtown]] |
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| current_members = Cameron Bird<br />Gus Franklin <br/>Sam Perry<br />Kellie Sutherland<br />Jamie Mildren<br />Ben Donnan |
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* Cameron Bird |
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| past_members = James Cecil<br />Isobel Knowles, Martin Drury, Mark Murray <br />Tara Shackell |
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* Gus Franklin |
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* Sam Perry |
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* Kellie Sutherland |
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* Jamie Mildren |
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* Ben Donnan |
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* James Cecil |
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* Isobel Knowles |
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* Tara Shackell |
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'''Architecture in Helsinki''' is an Australian [[indie pop]] band which consisted of Cameron Bird, Gus Franklin, Jamie Mildren, Sam Perry, and Kellie Sutherland. The band released five studio albums before going on hiatus: ''Fingers Crossed'' (2003), ''In Case We Die'' (2005), ''Places Like This'' (2007), ''Moment Bends'' (2011), and ''Now + 4eva'' (2014). As of 2018, they are recording new music with plans to release a new album. |
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'''Architecture in Helsinki''' was an Australian [[indie pop]] band which consisted of Cameron Bird, Gus Franklin, Jamie Mildren, Sam Perry, and Kellie Sutherland. Before its hiatus, the band released five studio albums: ''[[Fingers Crossed (album)|Fingers Crossed]]'' (2003), ''[[In Case We Die]]'' (2005), ''[[Places Like This]]'' (2007), ''[[Moment Bends]]'' (2011), and ''[[Now + 4eva]]'' (2014). The band has been inactive since 2018. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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===2000–2003: Formation and ''Fingers Crossed''=== |
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Architecture in Helsinki developed from a short-lived high school music experiment in [[Albury, New South Wales|Albury]], New South Wales, by childhood friends Cameron Bird (lead singer), Jamie Mildren and Sam Perry. By 1999, the trio had moved to the Melbourne suburb of [[Fitzroy, Victoria|Fitzroy]], where they used the name Architecture in Helsinki for Bird's first collection of self-penned songs. Bird got the new band's name after cutting up a newspaper and re-arranging words.<ref name="ComeBack"/> They played a small number of gigs before going into recess.<ref name="MAAiH"/> |
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In 2000, while studying photography at [[art school]], Bird met James Cecil, and the two developed a musical connection. Within months, Cecil joined the band on drums.<ref name="MAAiH"/> Around that time, Bird took up guitar. He also met Kellie Sutherland at a party and invited her to play clarinet for the band.<ref name="MAAiH"/><ref name="official"/> |
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===Formation and ''Fingers Crossed'' (2000–2003)=== |
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Architecture in Helsinki developed from a short-lived high school music experiment in [[Albury, New South Wales|Albury]], New South Wales, by childhood friends Cameron Bird (lead singer), Jamie Mildren and Sam Perry. By 1999, the trio had moved to the Melbourne suburb of [[Fitzroy, Victoria|Fitzroy]], where they used the name Architecture in Helsinki for Bird's first collection of self-penned songs. Bird got the new band's name after cutting up a newspaper and re-arranging words.<ref name="ComeBack"/> They played a small number of gigs before going into hiatus.<ref name="MAAiH"/> In 2000, while studying photography at [[art school]], Bird met James Cecil, the two developed a musical connection and within months Cecil joined the band on drums.<ref name="MAAiH"/> Around that time Bird took up guitar, he also met Kellie Sutherland at a party and invited her to play clarinet for the band.<ref name="MAAiH"/><ref name="official"/> |
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The five-member group began to work on their debut album, ''[[Fingers Crossed]]'', at Super Melody World, |
The five-member group began to work on their debut album, ''[[Fingers Crossed (album)|Fingers Crossed]]'', at Super Melody World, the recording studio Cecil had built in a church hall in a south-eastern Melbourne suburb.<ref name="MAAiH"/><ref name="official"/> Recording was halted when Bird left for an extended holiday in the US, leaving the album unfinished. Upon his return from [[Portland, Oregon]], Bird was inspired to write short, catchy pop songs, which marked a new direction for the band.<ref name="MAAiH"/> |
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At art school, Bird met members of The Rhinestone Horns, a [[Brass instrument|brass ensemble]], and recruited Isobel Knowles, Tara Shackell and Gus Franklin – all three originally from Victoria's [[Western District (Victoria)|Western District]]<ref name="Warrnambool"/> – to complete Architecture in Helsinki's eight-member line-up.<ref name="MAAiH"/><ref name="official"/> In 2002, the group signed with independent record label, [[Trifekta]], which released their debut single, "Like a Call", in December. |
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===''In Case We Die'' (2003–2005)=== |
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In 2003, Architecture in Helsinki toured Australia supporting [[The Go-Betweens]], then undertook their own east coast tour followed with a support tour for international acts, [[Yo La Tengo]], [[múm]] and [[Arab Strap (band)|Arab Strap]].<ref name="MAAiH2004"/> The group issued the ''Kindling'' EP in October, which included collaborations with Qua (an [[electronica]] artist), [[B(if)tek]] (electronic duo) and [[Bogdan Raczynski]] ([[braindance]] artist).<ref name="MAAiH2004"/> As a bonus on the disc, Knowles provided an animated video for "Like a Call".<ref name="MAAiH2004"/> In December they appeared at the [[Meredith Music Festival]].<ref name="Warrnambool"/> From February 2004, the group toured Japan, Europe and US.<ref name="Warrnambool"/> In April, ''Fingers Crossed'' was released in North America by [[Bar/None Records]].<ref name="Fingers"/> |
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Nearly two years after starting work, ''Fingers Crossed'' was issued on 9 February 2003.<ref name="official" /> Most of the group's members played a number of instruments and their music made use of a wide range, from [[analog synthesizer]]s, [[Sampler (musical instrument)|samplers]], the [[glockenspiel]] and handclaps to concert band instruments such as the trumpet, [[tuba]], trombone, saxophone, [[clarinet]] and [[Recorder (musical instrument)|recorder]], as well as the more standard guitars, bass guitar and drums.<ref name="Phares"/> |
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In 2005, the group issued their second album ''[[In Case We Die]]'' on their own Tailem Bend label.<ref name="MAAiH"/> It featured guest appearances by local musicians and was produced by The Carbohydrates (James Cecil and Cameron Bird's production duo) in Cecil's Super Melody World studio, now set up in a large garage space in Melbourne's inner northern suburbs. It was mixed by Tony Espie (The Avalanches, New Buffalo, Robert Palmer), at 001 Studios in Melbourne. ''[[Cyclic Defrost]]'''s Vaughan Healey described a typical gig as "a bewildering ride through dynamic tempo changes, finger clicks and swapped instruments. You never really know who is going to sing or what will happen next, and somehow the eight-piece juggles this anarchic structure with a music class worth of instruments and staging rearrangements."<ref name="Healey"/> |
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===2003–2005: ''In Case We Die''=== |
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For the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2005]], the album received three nominations: 'Best Independent Release', 'Best Cover Art' (by Bird) and 'Best Adult Contemporary Release'.<ref name="ARIA2005"/> The song "It'5!" (pronounced "it's five") received wide airplay on the national radio network [[Triple J]] and reached No. 56 in their annual [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2005|Hottest 100 for 2005]].<ref name="MAAiH"/> |
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In 2003, Architecture in Helsinki toured Australia supporting [[The Go-Betweens]], then undertook their own east coast tour, followed by a support tour for international acts, [[Yo La Tengo]], [[múm]] and [[Arab Strap (band)|Arab Strap]].<ref name="MAAiH2004"/> The group issued the ''Kindling'' [[extended play|EP]] in October, which included collaborations with the [[electronica]] artist Qua, the electronic duo[[B(if)tek]], and [[braindance]] artist [[Bogdan Raczynski]].<ref name="MAAiH2004"/> As a bonus on the disc, Knowles provided an animated video for "Like a Call".<ref name="MAAiH2004"/> In December, they appeared at the [[Meredith Music Festival]].<ref name="Warrnambool"/> From February 2004, the group toured Japan, Europe and US.<ref name="Warrnambool"/> In April, ''Fingers Crossed'' was released in North America by [[Bar/None Records]].<ref name="Fingers"/> |
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In 2005, the group released their second album, ''[[In Case We Die]]'', on their own "Tailem Bend" label.<ref name="MAAiH"/> It featured guest appearances by local musicians and was produced by The Carbohydrates, James Cecil and Cameron Bird's production duo, in Cecil's Super Melody World studio, then set up in a large garage space in Melbourne's inner northern suburbs. It was mixed by Tony Espie (The Avalanches, New Buffalo, Robert Palmer), at 001 Studios in Melbourne. ''[[Cyclic Defrost]]'''s Vaughan Healey described a typical gig as "a bewildering ride through dynamic tempo changes, finger clicks and swapped instruments. You never really know who is going to sing or what will happen next, and somehow the eight-piece juggles this anarchic structure with a music class worth of instruments and staging rearrangements."<ref name="Healey"/> |
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===Line-up changes and ''We Died, They Remixed'' (2006)=== |
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For the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2005]], the album received three nominations: "Best Independent Release", "Best Cover Art" (by Bird) and "Best Adult Contemporary Release".<ref name="ARIA2005"/> The song "It'5!" (pronounced "it's five") received wide airplay on the national radio network [[Triple J]] and reached No. 56 in the annual [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2005|Triple J Hottest 100 for 2005]].<ref name="MAAiH"/> |
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===2006-2008: Line-up changes, ''We Died, They Remixed'' and ''Places Like This''=== |
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In mid-2006, Architecture in Helsinki announced via their [[MySpace]] page that Knowles and Shackell were no longer members and cited "creative conflicts" with Bird as the reason for their departure.<ref name="MAAiH"/><ref name="Pearson"/> Knowles continued with her work in animation and music.<ref name="R&D"/> In September 2007, Franklin, Knowles, Shackell and Sutherland provided the brass section on the [[Kevin Ayers]] album ''[[The Unfairground]]''.<ref name="AMGKA"/><ref name="Ayers"/> Shackell returned to tertiary studies and is a [[Ceramic art|ceramicist]].<ref name="CraftVic"/> |
In mid-2006, Architecture in Helsinki announced via their [[MySpace]] page that Knowles and Shackell were no longer members and cited "creative conflicts" with Bird as the reason for their departure.<ref name="MAAiH"/><ref name="Pearson"/> Knowles continued with her work in animation and music.<ref name="R&D"/> In September 2007, Franklin, Knowles, Shackell and Sutherland provided the brass section on the [[Kevin Ayers]] album ''[[The Unfairground]]''.<ref name="AMGKA"/><ref name="Ayers"/> Shackell returned to tertiary studies and is a [[Ceramic art|ceramicist]].<ref name="CraftVic"/> |
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On 28 October 2006, as a six-member group, Architecture in Helsinki released ''[[We Died, They Remixed]]'', a [[remix album]] consisting of all tracks from ''In Case We Die'', and the song "Like a Call" from ''Fingers Crossed''.<ref name="MAAiH"/><ref name="Pearson"/> Artists who provided remixes included [[Hot Chip]], [[Sally Seltmann|New Buffalo]], [[Safety Scissors]], [[DAT politics]], [[Mocky]] and [[Isan (band)|Isan]].<ref name="MAAiH"/> |
On 28 October 2006, as a six-member group, Architecture in Helsinki released ''[[We Died, They Remixed]]'', a [[remix album]] consisting of all tracks from ''In Case We Die'', and the song "Like a Call" from ''Fingers Crossed''.<ref name="MAAiH"/><ref name="Pearson"/> Artists who provided remixes included [[Hot Chip]], [[Sally Seltmann|New Buffalo]], [[Safety Scissors]], [[DAT politics]], [[Mocky]] and [[Isan (band)|Isan]].<ref name="MAAiH"/> |
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Architecture in Helsinki released their next album, ''[[Places Like This]]'' on 28 July 2007 on [[Polyvinyl Record Co.]] In September 2006, [[Pitchfork Media]] reported that they were working on tracks with Bird in Brooklyn and other members in Melbourne.<ref name="Pearson"/> The album was recorded between October 2006 and January 2007, at [[Dave Sitek]]'s (from [[TV on the Radio]])<ref name="JunkMedia"/> studio in [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn]], and in Sydney's Big Jesus Burger Studios. It was engineered and mixed by Chris Coady, who has previously worked with [[TV on the Radio]], [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]] and [[Grizzly Bear (band)|Grizzly Bear]]. The first single from the album, "Heart It Races", was released ahead of the album in May and peaked in the top 50 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]].<ref name="AusCharts"/> ''Places Like This'' reached the top 30 on the related albums chart.<ref name="AusCharts"/> In the US, the album reached the top 10 on two of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine's component charts: [[Dance/Electronic Albums|Top Electronic Albums]] and [[Top Heatseekers|Heatseekers Albums]] in September.<ref name="BillboardA"/> |
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===''Places Like This'' (2006–2008)=== |
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Architecture in Helsinki issued their next album, ''[[Places Like This]]'' on 28 July 2007 on [[Polyvinyl Record Co.]]. In September 2006, [[Pitchfork Media]] reported that they were working on tracks with Bird in Brooklyn and other members in Melbourne.<ref name="Pearson"/> It was recorded at [[Dave Sitek]]'s (from [[TV on the Radio]])<ref name="JunkMedia"/> studio in [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn]] and in Sydney's Big Jesus Burger Studios between October 2006 and January 2007. It was engineered and mixed by Chris Coady, who has previously worked with [[TV on the Radio]], [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]] and [[Grizzly Bear (band)|Grizzly Bear]]. The first single from the album, "Heart It Races", was released ahead of the album in May and peaked into the top 50 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]].<ref name="AusCharts"/> ''Places Like This'' reached the top 30 on the related albums chart.<ref name="AusCharts"/> In the US, the album reached the top 10 on two of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine's component charts: [[Dance/Electronic Albums|Top Electronic Albums]] and [[Top Heatseekers|Heatseekers Albums]] in September.<ref name="BillboardA"/> |
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[[File:ArchitectureInHelsinki2007SXSW.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Architecture in Helsinki performing at [[South by Southwest|SXSW]] in [[Austin, Texas]], in March 2007.]] |
[[File:ArchitectureInHelsinki2007SXSW.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Architecture in Helsinki performing at [[South by Southwest|SXSW]] in [[Austin, Texas]], in March 2007.]] |
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Even though the group's name includes Finland's capital [[Helsinki]], they first played there at the Flow Festival in August 2007: "When we were in Norway at the end of last year there were a few Finnish interviewers who came to interview us mainly about the name. I think they were quite perplexed. To us, the name means having to answer many questions and inquiries about the name, which I guess, is entirely understandable." Sam Perry said.<ref name="Schneider"/> |
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Even though the group's name includes Finland's capital [[Helsinki]], they first played there at the Flow Festival in August 2007: "When we were in Norway at the end of last year there were a few Finnish interviewers who came to interview us mainly about the name. I think they were quite perplexed. To us, the name means having to answer many questions and inquiries about the name, which I guess, is entirely understandable," Sam Perry said.<ref name="Schneider"/> |
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The band also issued other singles, "Debbie", "Hold Music", and "Like It Or Not". At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2007]], "Heart It Races" was nominated as 'Single of the Year'.<ref name="ARIA2007"/> "Heart It Races" and "Hold Music" were listed in the [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2007|2007 Triple J Hottest 100]] at No. 19 and No. 36, respectively.<ref name="TripleJHot"/> In 2007 they did a Take Away Show acoustic video session shot by [[Vincent Moon]]. |
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The band also issued other singles, "Debbie", "Hold Music", and "Like It Or Not". At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2007]], "Heart It Races" was nominated as "Single of the Year".<ref name="ARIA2007"/> "Heart It Races" and "Hold Music" were listed in the [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2007|2007 Triple J Hottest 100]] at No. 19 and No. 36, respectively.<ref name="TripleJHot"/> In 2007, they did a Take Away Show acoustic video session, shot by [[Vincent Moon]]. |
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During the ensemble's New Year's Eve performance on 1 January 2008, they came on at midnight, they announced that it was James Cecil's last show with Architecture in Helsinki. After leaving the band, Cecil provided backing vocals, engineering and mixing for Kes Band's 2008 album ''Kes Band'' and drums for Qua's 2011 release ''Q&A''.<ref name="AMGJamC"/> |
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During the ensemble's New Year's Eve performance on 1 January 2008, they came on at midnight and announced that it was James Cecil's last show with Architecture in Helsinki. After leaving the band, Cecil provided backing vocals, engineering and mixing for Kes Band's 2008 album ''Kes Band'', and drums for Qua's 2011 release ''Q&A''.<ref name="AMGJamC"/> |
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===''Moment Bends'' (2008–2012)=== |
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In mid-2008 the band hired long time mentor and collaborator [[François Tétaz]] to help them produce their fourth album. Work began immediately in a new studio space, named Buckingham Palace the band had set up in Melbourne's East Brunswick. |
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In November 2008, the five-piece released "[[That Beep]]", the first taste of a new sound that they would develop with Tétaz over a two-year period. Tétaz was working simultaneously on Gotye's ''[[Making Mirrors]]'' album, toggling between the two records. |
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In October 2010, the band announced via [[Twitter]]<ref name="AIHmusic"/> that the record was finished after more than two years in self-imposed studio exile. |
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In January 2011, the first single issued from the album came in the form of "Contact High", which would later become the most popular song Architecture in Helsinki had released in Australia. It was nominated for Pop Release of the Year at the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2011]] and polled at number 12 on the [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2011|Triple J Hottest 100 for 2011]], Australia's largest musical democracy. |
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''[[Moment Bends]]'' was released in April 2011 in Australia<ref name="modular"/> and in May 2011 in the US<ref name="allmusic"/> and featured a more detailed, produced and focused pop sound than on their previous records.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} ''Moment Bends'' debuted at number 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart in Australia, the highest chart position for the band. Two further singles from ''Moment Bends'', "Escapee" and "W.O.W", were released. "Escapee" is featured in the football video game, ''[[FIFA 12]]'', which was published by [[EA Sports]]. |
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===2008–2012: ''Moment Bends''=== |
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In mid-2008, the band hired long time mentor and collaborator [[François Tétaz]] to help them produce their fourth album. Work began immediately in a new studio space, named Buckingham Palace, that the band had set up in the Melbourne suburb of [[Brunswick East, Victoria|East Brunswick]]. |
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In early 2012, the band began work on their follow up to ''Moment Bends'', deciding to stick with the polished pop sound that had worked on the previous album. They recorded in a makeshift studio above a café in Melbourne. The space had previously been a hideaway for junkies. As a result, during recording the band tried to combat the negative energy previously associated with the space. To promote the album, the band set up a temporary concept store in [[Melbourne Central Shopping Centre]]. It was open from 28 March 2014 until 6 April 2014. Bird described the store as "an opportunity to forge a vibrant new connection with our audience and in turn, explore new ideas of what music retail could be." It sold the album on vinyl, CD, cassette, and USB, in addition to other products such as jewelry, drink bottles, rock candy figurines of the band members, a fashion line, and prints of the album's cover art. The products were commissioned from local designers and friends of the band. The album's singles were "I Might Survive," "In the Future," and "Dream a Little Crazy." It was released on 28 March 2014 in Australia and New Zealand, and on 1 April 2014 in North America.<ref name="saturdaypaper" /> |
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In November 2008, the five-piece band released "That Beep", the first taste of a new sound that they developed with Tétaz over a two-year period. Tétaz was working simultaneously on Gotye's ''[[Making Mirrors]]'' album, toggling between the two records. In October 2010, the band announced via [[Twitter]]<ref name="AIHmusic"/> that the record was finished after more than two years in self-imposed studio exile. |
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=== Sabbatical and new music (2014–present) === |
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In January 2011, the first single from the album, "Contact High", was released, which became the most popular song Architecture in Helsinki had released in Australia. It was nominated for "Pop Release of the Year" at the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2011]] and polled at number 12 on the [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2011|Triple J Hottest 100 for 2011]], Australia's largest musical democracy. ''[[Moment Bends]]'' was released in April 2011 in Australia,<ref name="modular"/> and in the US in May 2011.<ref name="allmusic"/> It featured a more detailed, produced and focused pop sound than on their previous records.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} ''Moment Bends'' debuted at number 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart in Australia, the highest chart position for the band. Two further singles from ''Moment Bends'', "Escapee" and "W.O.W", were released. "Escapee" was featured in the football video game, ''[[FIFA 12]]'', which was published by [[EA Sports]]. |
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After the tour cycle for ''Now + 4eva'', the band took an informal sabbatical. Bird stated from 2004-2014 they had been in a constant album cycle and "there comes a time that you need to step away in order to have that life experience that you can turn into new work." During this time, the band had sporadic performances, including in an episode of the Australian children's educational show [[Play School (Australian TV series)|''Play School'']] where they covered the song "Big Bass Drum" with toy instruments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rtrfm.com.au/story/art-itecture-in-helsinki/|title=ART-itecture In Helsinki|date=23 May 2018|website=Alternative Frequencies}}</ref> Bird and Cecil also helped produce the second album for their fellow Australian band, [[The Goon Sax]], in 2018. In May 2018, the band announced a headline set at Kennedy Art Ball at the [[Art Gallery of Western Australia]] in [[Perth]]. Bird says that in the current incarnation of the band, there are six members instead of the usual nine. They also announced that they were setting up a space to record new music. They are actively recording, and Bird says "we're not really on a schedule - we're just making, and when we make something that we're proud of, we'll put it out into the world."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/music/architecture-in-helsinkis-artful-return-ng-b88840653z|title=Architecture in Helsinki’s artful WA return|date=18 May 2018|website=The West Australian}}</ref> |
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===2012–2014: ''Now + 4eva''=== |
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In early 2012, the band began work on their follow-up to ''Moment Bends'', deciding to stick with the polished pop sound that had worked on the previous album. They recorded in a makeshift studio above a café in Melbourne, which had previously been a hideaway for junkies. As a result, during recording the band tried to combat the negative energy previously associated with the space. To promote the album, they set up a temporary concept store in [[Melbourne Central Shopping Centre]], which was open from 28 March 2014 until 6 April 2014. Bird described the store as "an opportunity to forge a vibrant new connection with our audience and in turn, explore new ideas of what music retail could be". The album was sold on vinyl, CD, cassette, and USB, in addition to other products such as jewelry, drink bottles, rock candy figurines of the band members, a fashion line, and prints of the album's cover art. The products were commissioned from local designers and friends of the band. The singles from the album were "I Might Survive," "In the Future", and "Dream a Little Crazy." It was released on 28 March 2014 in Australia and New Zealand, and on 1 April 2014 in North America.<ref name="saturdaypaper" /> |
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===2014–2018: Final years=== |
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After the tour cycle for ''Now + 4eva'', the band took an informal sabbatical. Bird stated that, from 2004 to 2014, they had been in a constant album cycle and "there comes a time that you need to step away in order to have that life experience that you can turn into new work". During that time, the band had sporadic performances, including in an episode of the Australian children's educational show [[Play School (Australian TV series)|''Play School'']], in which they covered the song "Big Bass Drum" with toy instruments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rtrfm.com.au/story/art-itecture-in-helsinki/|title=ART-itecture In Helsinki|date=23 May 2018|website=Alternative Frequencies}}</ref> Bird and Cecil also helped produce the second album for [[The Goon Sax]] in 2018. In May 2018, the band announced a headline set at Kennedy Art Ball at the [[Art Gallery of Western Australia]] in [[Perth]]. Bird said that in the current incarnation of the band, there were six members instead of the usual nine. They also announced that they were setting up a space to record new music. Bird said that the band was "not really on a schedule – we're just making, and when we make something that we're proud of, we'll put it out into the world."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/music/architecture-in-helsinkis-artful-return-ng-b88840653z|title=Architecture in Helsinki's artful WA return|date=18 May 2018|website=The West Australian}}</ref> The band has, however, been completely inactive since this announcement.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}} |
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==Band members== |
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*Cameron Bird – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards {{small|(2000–present)}}<ref name="Healey"/><ref name="AMGCam"/> |
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*Cameron Bird – lead and backing vocals, guitar, keyboards (2000–2018)<ref name="Healey"/><ref name="AMGCam"/> |
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*Sam Perry – bass guitar, keyboards (2000–2018)<ref name="AMGSam"/> |
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*Kellie Sutherland – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, clarinet (2000–2018)<ref name="Healey"/><ref name="AMGKel"/> |
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*Gus Franklin – keyboard, guitar, vocals, trombone, drums (2002–2018)<ref name="AMGGus"/> |
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*James Cecil – drums, guitars, keyboards {{small|(2000–2008)}}<ref name="Healey"/><ref name="AMGJamC"/> |
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*Tara Shackell – tuba, trombone, keyboards, backing vocals {{small|(2002–2006)}}<ref name="Healey"/><ref name="AMGTar"/> |
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*Isobel Knowles – trumpet, keyboards, backing vocals {{small|(2002–2006)}}<ref name="Healey"/><ref name="AMGIso"/> |
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*James Cecil – drums, guitars, keyboards (2000–2008)<ref name="Healey"/><ref name="AMGJamC"/> |
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*Jamie Mildren – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, flute (2000–2015)<ref name="Healey"/><ref name="AMGJamM"/> |
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*Tara Shackell – tuba, trombone, keyboards, backing vocals (2002–2006)<ref name="Healey"/><ref name="AMGTar"/> |
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*Isobel Knowles – trumpet, keyboards, backing vocals (2002–2006)<ref name="Healey"/><ref name="AMGIso"/> |
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*Ben Donnan – drums, keyboards (2008–2014) |
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==Tours== |
==Tours== |
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The band |
The band toured heavily throughout Australia, the United States, and Europe, playing festivals such as [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella]], [[Sasquatch! Music Festival|Sasquatch]], [[Sound Relief]], [[Big Day Out]], [[SxSW]], Primavera, [[Groovin' the Moo|Groovin the Moo]], [[Pukkelpop]], and [[Haldern Pop|Haldern]]. |
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Architecture in Helsinki |
Architecture in Helsinki toured and/or played with: [[David Byrne]], [[Dr Dog]], [[Death Cab for Cutie]], [[Yacht (band)|Yacht]], [[The Go-Betweens]], [[Clap Your Hands Say Yeah]], [[Santigold]], [[Glass Candy]], [[The Presets]], [[Black Moth Super Rainbow]], [[Au Revoir Simone]], [[Field Music]], [[Lo-Fi-Fnk]], [[Yo La Tengo]], [[The Polyphonic Spree]], and [[Múm]]. |
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==Discography== |
==Discography== |
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===Studio albums=== |
===Studio albums=== |
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! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AusCharts"/> |
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AusCharts"/> |
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! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br><ref name="FRA">{{cite web |url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Architecture+In+Helsinki |title=Discographie Architecture in Helsinki|work=lescharts.com |publisher=Hung Medien | |
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br><ref name="FRA">{{cite web |url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Architecture+In+Helsinki |title=Discographie Architecture in Helsinki|work=lescharts.com |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=26 January 2017 |language=fr}}</ref> |
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! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Heatseekers Albums|US<br />Heat]]<br /><ref name="US">{{cite |
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Heatseekers Albums|US<br />Heat]]<br /><ref name="US">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=architecture in helsinki|chart=Heatseekers Albums}}|title=Architecture in Helsinki Album & Song Chart History: Heatseekers|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=27 May 2017}}</ref> |
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!scope="row"|''[[Fingers Crossed (album)|Fingers Crossed]]'' |
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|align="center"|2003 |
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|'''''[[Fingers Crossed]]''''' |
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* Released: 9 February 2003 |
* Released: 9 February 2003 |
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* Label: [[Trifekta]] |
* Label: [[Trifekta]] |
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!scope="row"|''[[In Case We Die]]'' |
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|align="center"|2005 |
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|'''''[[In Case We Die]]''''' |
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* Released: 5 April 2005 |
* Released: 5 April 2005 |
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* Label: Tailem Bend |
* Label: Tailem Bend |
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!scope="row"|''[[Places Like This]]'' |
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|align="center"|2007 |
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|'''''[[Places Like This]]''''' |
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* Released: 28 July 2007 |
* Released: 28 July 2007 |
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* Label: Tailem Bend |
* Label: Tailem Bend |
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| align="center"| 7 |
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!scope="row"|''[[Moment Bends]]'' |
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|align="center"|2011 |
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|'''''[[Moment Bends]]''''' |
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* Released: 8 April 2011 |
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* Label: [[Modular Recordings]] |
* Label: [[Modular Recordings|Modular]] |
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* Formats: LP, CD, download |
* Formats: LP, CD, download |
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| align="center"| 12 |
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!scope="row"| ''[[Now + 4eva]]'' |
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|align="center"|2014 |
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|'''''[[Now + 4eva]]''''' |
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* Released: 28 March 2014 |
* Released: 28 March 2014 |
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* Label: Casual Workout |
* Label: Casual Workout |
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* Formats: LP, CD, |
* Formats: LP, CD, cassette, download |
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| align="center"| 25 |
| align="center"| 25 |
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|align="center" colspan="5" style="font-size: 85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
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===Compilation albums=== |
===Compilation albums=== |
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!scope="row"|''[[We Died, They Remixed]]'' |
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|align="center"|2006 |
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|'''''[[We Died, They Remixed]]''''' |
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* Released: 11 December 2006 |
* Released: 11 December 2006 |
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* Label: Tailem Bend <small>(B000JLPO6A)</small> |
* Label: Tailem Bend <small>(B000JLPO6A)</small> |
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*''Kindling'' (27 October 2003) [[Gramophone record#Common formats|10"]] Trifekta <small>(HORSE035-2)</small> |
*''Kindling'' (27 October 2003) [[Gramophone record#Common formats|10"]] Trifekta <small>(HORSE035-2)</small> |
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*''Keepsake'' (15 March 2004) Trifekta <small>(HORSE038-2)</small> |
*''Keepsake'' (15 March 2004) Trifekta <small>(HORSE038-2)</small> |
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*''[[Like It or Not (EP)|Like |
*''[[Like It or Not (EP)|Like It or Not]]'' (8 July 2008) [[Polyvinyl Record Co]] <small>(PRC-157)</small>, Scotland Yard, Tailem Bend |
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===Singles=== |
===Singles=== |
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{{ |
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| chartA = [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AusCharts"/><ref name="ARIAChartFeb09"/><ref name="ARIAChartsMar11"/> |
| chartA = [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AusCharts"/><ref name="ARIAChartFeb09"/><ref name="ARIAChartsMar11"/> |
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| chartB = [[Triple J Hottest 100|Triple J 100]] |
| chartB = [[Triple J Hottest 100|Triple J 100]] |
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| chartC = [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="zobbel-ukcharts"/> |
| chartC = [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="zobbel-ukcharts"/> |
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| chartD = [[Hot Singles Sales|US<br/>Sales]]<br><ref name=USsales>{{cite |
| chartD = [[Hot Singles Sales|US<br/>Sales]]<br><ref name=USsales>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3AArchitecture%20in%20Helsinki&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A353&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&f[3]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Architecture%20in%20Helsinki&detail=1|title=US Single Sales|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> |
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| chartE = [[Hot Dance Singles Sales|US<br>Dance]]<br /><ref name="Dance">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3AArchitecture%20in%20Helsinki&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A361&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Architecture%20in%20Helsinki|title=Dance Singles Sales|magazine=Billboard| |
| chartE = [[Hot Dance Singles Sales|US<br>Dance]]<br /><ref name="Dance">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3AArchitecture%20in%20Helsinki&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A361&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Architecture%20in%20Helsinki|title=Dance Singles Sales|magazine=Billboard|access-date=6 June 2016}}</ref> |
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| title1 = Do the Whirlwind | album1 = In Case We Die | albumspan1 = 4 | year1 = 2005 | yearspan1 = 3 | peak1C = 168 |
| title1 = Do the Whirlwind | album1 = In Case We Die | albumspan1 = 4 | year1 = 2005 | yearspan1 = 3 | peak1C = 168 |
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| title2 = Maybe You Can Owe Me |
| title2 = Maybe You Can Owe Me |
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| title5 = Heart It Races | album5 = Places Like This | year5 = 2007 | peak5A = 47 | peak5B = 19 | yearspan5 = 2 | albumspan5 = 2 | peak5D = 18 | peak5E = 3 |
| title5 = Heart It Races | album5 = Places Like This | year5 = 2007 | peak5A = 47 | peak5B = 19 | yearspan5 = 2 | albumspan5 = 2 | peak5D = 18 | peak5E = 3 |
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| title6 = Hold Music | peak6B = 36 |
| title6 = Hold Music | peak6B = 36 |
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| title7 = |
| title7 = That Beep | year7 = 2008 | album7 = Moment Bends | albumspan7 = 3 | peak7A = 75 | peak7B = 28 |
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| title8 = Contact High | year8 = 2011 | yearspan8 = 2 | peak8A = 70 | peak8B = 12 |
| title8 = Contact High | year8 = 2011 | yearspan8 = 2 | peak8A = 70 | peak8B = 12 |
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| title9 = Escapee | peak9B = 55 |
| title9 = Escapee | peak9B = 55 |
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| Architecture in Helsinki Remix |
| Architecture in Helsinki Remix |
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| ''[[Zonoscope]]'' |
| ''[[Zonoscope]]'' |
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|"Do the Whirlwind" <small>(Australian version)</small> |
|"Do the Whirlwind" <small>(Australian version)</small> |
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|Paul Robertson<ref name="Robertson">{{Cite web | url = http://www.griph.net/tag/architecture-in-helsinki/ | title = Architecture in Helsinki | publisher = Come on, Let's Go | |
|[[Paul Robertson (animator)|Paul Robertson]]<ref name="Robertson">{{Cite web | url = http://www.griph.net/tag/architecture-in-helsinki/ | title = Architecture in Helsinki | publisher = Come on, Let's Go | access-date = 5 July 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120326142721/http://www.griph.net/tag/architecture-in-helsinki/ | archive-date = 26 March 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref> |
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|align="center" rowspan="2"|2006 |
|align="center" rowspan="2"|2006 |
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|"Do the Whirlwind" <small>(UK version)</small> |
|"Do the Whirlwind" <small>(UK version)</small> |
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|Nima Nourizadeh |
|[[Nima Nourizadeh]] |
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|"Wishbone" |
|"Wishbone" |
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|"Heart It Races" |
|"Heart It Races" |
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|Kris Moyes |
|[[Kris Moyes]] |
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|"Hold Music" |
|"Hold Music" |
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|Kim Gehrig |
|[[Kim Gehrig]] |
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|"Debbie" |
|"Debbie" |
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|"Escapee" |
|"Escapee" |
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|Marcus Soderlund |
|[[Marcus Söderlund|Marcus Soderlund]] |
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|"W.O.W" |
|"W.O.W" |
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|align="center" rowspan="2"|2014 |
|align="center" rowspan="2"|2014 |
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|"Dream a Little Crazy" |
|"Dream a Little Crazy" |
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|Lucy McRae |
|[[Lucy McRae]] |
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|"I Might Survive" |
|"I Might Survive" |
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==Awards and nominations== |
==Awards and nominations== |
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===ARIA Music Awards=== |
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The [[ARIA Music Awards]] are a set of annual ceremonies presented by [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the [[music of Australia]]. They commenced in 1987. |
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| [[ARIA Music Awards of 2011|2011]] |
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| ''Moment Bends'' |
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| [[ARIA Award for Best Pop Release|Best Pop Release]] |
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| {{nom}} |
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|<ref name="ARIA2011Noms">{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/8/the-countdown-beginsnominations-announced |title=The Countdown Begins....Nominations Announced |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) |date=11 October 2011 |access-date=12 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016020511/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/8/the-countdown-beginsnominations-announced |archive-date=16 October 2011 }}</ref> |
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===Australian Music Prize=== |
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The [[Australian Music Prize]] (the AMP) is an annual award of $30,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. The commenced in 2005. |
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{{awards table}} |
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| 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.australianmusicprize.com/winners-shortlists|title=Winners & Shortlists|website=australian music prize|access-date=22 August 2020|archive-date=29 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729180503/https://www.australianmusicprize.com/winners-shortlists|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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|''Places Like This'' |
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| Australian Music Prize |
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The [[J Awards]] are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s youth-focused radio station [[Triple J]]. They commenced in 2005. |
The [[J Awards]] are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s youth-focused radio station [[Triple J]]. They commenced in 2005. |
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{{awards table}} |
{{awards table}} |
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| [[J Award of 2005|2005]]<ref name="2005winner">{{cite web|title = The J Award 2005|website = [[Triple J]]|url = https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/jawards/05/|publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|year = 2005| |
| [[J Award of 2005|2005]]<ref name="2005winner">{{cite web|title = The J Award 2005|website = [[Triple J]]|url = https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/jawards/05/|publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|year = 2005|access-date =15 August 2020}}</ref> |
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|''In Case We Die'' |
|''In Case We Die'' |
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| Australian Album of the Year |
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| {{nom}} |
| {{nom}} |
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| [[J Awards of 2007|2007]]<ref name="2007winner">{{cite web|title = The J Award 2007|website = [[Triple J]]|url = https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/jawards/07/|publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|year = 2007| |
| [[J Awards of 2007|2007]]<ref name="2007winner">{{cite web|title = The J Award 2007|website = [[Triple J]]|url = https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/jawards/07/|publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|year = 2007|access-date =15 August 2020}}</ref> |
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|''Places Like This'' |
|''Places Like This'' |
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| Australian Album of the Year |
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![]() Architecture in Helsinki performing in Helsinki, August 2007. L–R: Kellie Sutherland, Jamie Mildren, Gus Franklin, James Cecil, Cameron Bird and Sam Perry. | |
Background information | |
Origin | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia |
Genres | Indie pop |
Years active | 2000 | –2018
Labels | Trifekta, Bar/None, Tailem Bend, Moshi Moshi, Polyvinyl, Scotland Yard, Co-Operative, Modular, Downtown |
Past members |
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Architecture in Helsinki was an Australian indie pop band which consisted of Cameron Bird, Gus Franklin, Jamie Mildren, Sam Perry, and Kellie Sutherland. Before its hiatus, the band released five studio albums: Fingers Crossed (2003), In Case We Die (2005), Places Like This (2007), Moment Bends (2011), and Now + 4eva (2014). The band has been inactive since 2018.
History
2000–2003: Formation and Fingers Crossed
Architecture in Helsinki developed from a short-lived high school music experiment in Albury, New South Wales, by childhood friends Cameron Bird (lead singer), Jamie Mildren and Sam Perry. By 1999, the trio had moved to the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, where they used the name Architecture in Helsinki for Bird's first collection of self-penned songs. Bird got the new band's name after cutting up a newspaper and re-arranging words.[1] They played a small number of gigs before going into recess.[2]
In 2000, while studying photography at art school, Bird met James Cecil, and the two developed a musical connection. Within months, Cecil joined the band on drums.[2] Around that time, Bird took up guitar. He also met Kellie Sutherland at a party and invited her to play clarinet for the band.[2][3]
The five-member group began to work on their debut album, Fingers Crossed, at Super Melody World, the recording studio Cecil had built in a church hall in a south-eastern Melbourne suburb.[2][3] Recording was halted when Bird left for an extended holiday in the US, leaving the album unfinished. Upon his return from Portland, Oregon, Bird was inspired to write short, catchy pop songs, which marked a new direction for the band.[2]
At art school, Bird met members of The Rhinestone Horns, a brass ensemble, and recruited Isobel Knowles, Tara Shackell and Gus Franklin – all three originally from Victoria's Western District[4] – to complete Architecture in Helsinki's eight-member line-up.[2][3] In 2002, the group signed with independent record label, Trifekta, which released their debut single, "Like a Call", in December.
Nearly two years after starting work, Fingers Crossed was issued on 9 February 2003.[3] Most of the group's members played a number of instruments and their music made use of a wide range, from analog synthesizers, samplers, the glockenspiel and handclaps to concert band instruments such as the trumpet, tuba, trombone, saxophone, clarinet and recorder, as well as the more standard guitars, bass guitar and drums.[5]
2003–2005: In Case We Die
In 2003, Architecture in Helsinki toured Australia supporting The Go-Betweens, then undertook their own east coast tour, followed by a support tour for international acts, Yo La Tengo, múm and Arab Strap.[6] The group issued the Kindling EP in October, which included collaborations with the electronica artist Qua, the electronic duoB(if)tek, and braindance artist Bogdan Raczynski.[6] As a bonus on the disc, Knowles provided an animated video for "Like a Call".[6] In December, they appeared at the Meredith Music Festival.[4] From February 2004, the group toured Japan, Europe and US.[4] In April, Fingers Crossed was released in North America by Bar/None Records.[7]
In 2005, the group released their second album, In Case We Die, on their own "Tailem Bend" label.[2] It featured guest appearances by local musicians and was produced by The Carbohydrates, James Cecil and Cameron Bird's production duo, in Cecil's Super Melody World studio, then set up in a large garage space in Melbourne's inner northern suburbs. It was mixed by Tony Espie (The Avalanches, New Buffalo, Robert Palmer), at 001 Studios in Melbourne. Cyclic Defrost's Vaughan Healey described a typical gig as "a bewildering ride through dynamic tempo changes, finger clicks and swapped instruments. You never really know who is going to sing or what will happen next, and somehow the eight-piece juggles this anarchic structure with a music class worth of instruments and staging rearrangements."[8]
For the ARIA Music Awards of 2005, the album received three nominations: "Best Independent Release", "Best Cover Art" (by Bird) and "Best Adult Contemporary Release".[9] The song "It'5!" (pronounced "it's five") received wide airplay on the national radio network Triple J and reached No. 56 in the annual Triple J Hottest 100 for 2005.[2]
2006-2008: Line-up changes, We Died, They Remixed and Places Like This
In mid-2006, Architecture in Helsinki announced via their MySpace page that Knowles and Shackell were no longer members and cited "creative conflicts" with Bird as the reason for their departure.[2][10] Knowles continued with her work in animation and music.[11] In September 2007, Franklin, Knowles, Shackell and Sutherland provided the brass section on the Kevin Ayers album The Unfairground.[12][13] Shackell returned to tertiary studies and is a ceramicist.[14]
On 28 October 2006, as a six-member group, Architecture in Helsinki released We Died, They Remixed, a remix album consisting of all tracks from In Case We Die, and the song "Like a Call" from Fingers Crossed.[2][10] Artists who provided remixes included Hot Chip, New Buffalo, Safety Scissors, DAT politics, Mocky and Isan.[2]
Architecture in Helsinki released their next album, Places Like This on 28 July 2007 on Polyvinyl Record Co. In September 2006, Pitchfork Media reported that they were working on tracks with Bird in Brooklyn and other members in Melbourne.[10] The album was recorded between October 2006 and January 2007, at Dave Sitek's (from TV on the Radio)[15] studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and in Sydney's Big Jesus Burger Studios. It was engineered and mixed by Chris Coady, who has previously worked with TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Grizzly Bear. The first single from the album, "Heart It Races", was released ahead of the album in May and peaked in the top 50 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[16] Places Like This reached the top 30 on the related albums chart.[16] In the US, the album reached the top 10 on two of Billboard magazine's component charts: Top Electronic Albums and Heatseekers Albums in September.[17]
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Even though the group's name includes Finland's capital Helsinki, they first played there at the Flow Festival in August 2007: "When we were in Norway at the end of last year there were a few Finnish interviewers who came to interview us mainly about the name. I think they were quite perplexed. To us, the name means having to answer many questions and inquiries about the name, which I guess, is entirely understandable," Sam Perry said.[18]
The band also issued other singles, "Debbie", "Hold Music", and "Like It Or Not". At the ARIA Music Awards of 2007, "Heart It Races" was nominated as "Single of the Year".[19] "Heart It Races" and "Hold Music" were listed in the 2007 Triple J Hottest 100 at No. 19 and No. 36, respectively.[20] In 2007, they did a Take Away Show acoustic video session, shot by Vincent Moon.
During the ensemble's New Year's Eve performance on 1 January 2008, they came on at midnight and announced that it was James Cecil's last show with Architecture in Helsinki. After leaving the band, Cecil provided backing vocals, engineering and mixing for Kes Band's 2008 album Kes Band, and drums for Qua's 2011 release Q&A.[21]
2008–2012: Moment Bends
In mid-2008, the band hired long time mentor and collaborator François Tétaz to help them produce their fourth album. Work began immediately in a new studio space, named Buckingham Palace, that the band had set up in the Melbourne suburb of East Brunswick.
In November 2008, the five-piece band released "That Beep", the first taste of a new sound that they developed with Tétaz over a two-year period. Tétaz was working simultaneously on Gotye's Making Mirrors album, toggling between the two records. In October 2010, the band announced via Twitter[22] that the record was finished after more than two years in self-imposed studio exile.
In January 2011, the first single from the album, "Contact High", was released, which became the most popular song Architecture in Helsinki had released in Australia. It was nominated for "Pop Release of the Year" at the ARIA Music Awards of 2011 and polled at number 12 on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 2011, Australia's largest musical democracy. Moment Bends was released in April 2011 in Australia,[23] and in the US in May 2011.[24] It featured a more detailed, produced and focused pop sound than on their previous records.[citation needed] Moment Bends debuted at number 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart in Australia, the highest chart position for the band. Two further singles from Moment Bends, "Escapee" and "W.O.W", were released. "Escapee" was featured in the football video game, FIFA 12, which was published by EA Sports.
2012–2014: Now + 4eva
In early 2012, the band began work on their follow-up to Moment Bends, deciding to stick with the polished pop sound that had worked on the previous album. They recorded in a makeshift studio above a café in Melbourne, which had previously been a hideaway for junkies. As a result, during recording the band tried to combat the negative energy previously associated with the space. To promote the album, they set up a temporary concept store in Melbourne Central Shopping Centre, which was open from 28 March 2014 until 6 April 2014. Bird described the store as "an opportunity to forge a vibrant new connection with our audience and in turn, explore new ideas of what music retail could be". The album was sold on vinyl, CD, cassette, and USB, in addition to other products such as jewelry, drink bottles, rock candy figurines of the band members, a fashion line, and prints of the album's cover art. The products were commissioned from local designers and friends of the band. The singles from the album were "I Might Survive," "In the Future", and "Dream a Little Crazy." It was released on 28 March 2014 in Australia and New Zealand, and on 1 April 2014 in North America.[25]
2014–2018: Final years
After the tour cycle for Now + 4eva, the band took an informal sabbatical. Bird stated that, from 2004 to 2014, they had been in a constant album cycle and "there comes a time that you need to step away in order to have that life experience that you can turn into new work". During that time, the band had sporadic performances, including in an episode of the Australian children's educational show Play School, in which they covered the song "Big Bass Drum" with toy instruments.[26] Bird and Cecil also helped produce the second album for The Goon Sax in 2018. In May 2018, the band announced a headline set at Kennedy Art Ball at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in Perth. Bird said that in the current incarnation of the band, there were six members instead of the usual nine. They also announced that they were setting up a space to record new music. Bird said that the band was "not really on a schedule – we're just making, and when we make something that we're proud of, we'll put it out into the world."[27] The band has, however, been completely inactive since this announcement.[citation needed]
Band members
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Tours
The band toured heavily throughout Australia, the United States, and Europe, playing festivals such as Coachella, Sasquatch, Sound Relief, Big Day Out, SxSW, Primavera, Groovin the Moo, Pukkelpop, and Haldern.
Architecture in Helsinki toured and/or played with: David Byrne, Dr Dog, Death Cab for Cutie, Yacht, The Go-Betweens, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Santigold, Glass Candy, The Presets, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Au Revoir Simone, Field Music, Lo-Fi-Fnk, Yo La Tengo, The Polyphonic Spree, and Múm.
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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AUS [16] |
FRA [35] |
US Heat [36] | ||
Fingers Crossed | — | — | — | |
In Case We Die |
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67 | 159 | — |
Places Like This |
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30 | 187 | 7 |
Moment Bends |
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12 | — | — |
Now + 4eva |
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25 | — | — |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Compilation albums
Title | Details |
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We Died, They Remixed |
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Extended plays
- Like a Call (2 December 2002) Trifekta (HORSE021-2)
- Kindling (27 October 2003) 10" Trifekta (HORSE035-2)
- Keepsake (15 March 2004) Trifekta (HORSE038-2)
- Like It or Not (8 July 2008) Polyvinyl Record Co (PRC-157), Scotland Yard, Tailem Bend
Singles
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AUS [16][37][38] |
Triple J 100 | UK [39] |
US Sales [40] |
US Dance [41] | ||||||||||
2005 | "Do the Whirlwind" | — | — | 168 | — | — | In Case We Die | |||||||
"Maybe You Can Owe Me" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
"It'5!" | — | 56 | — | — | — | |||||||||
2006 | "Wishbone" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
2007 | "Heart It Races" | 47 | 19 | — | 18 | 3 | Places Like This | |||||||
"Hold Music" | — | 36 | — | — | — | |||||||||
2008 | "That Beep" | 75 | 28 | — | — | — | Moment Bends | |||||||
2011 | "Contact High" | 70 | 12 | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Escapee" | — | 55 | — | — | — | |||||||||
2013 | "In the Future" | — | — | — | — | — | Now + 4eva | |||||||
"Dream a Little Crazy" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
2014 | "I Might Survive" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Remixes
Year | Artist | Track | Version | Album name |
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2003 | B(if)tek | "Hi Fi Kids" | Architecture in Helsinki Remix | Frequencies Will Move Together |
2006 | Shout Out Louds | "Very Loud" | Architecture in Helsinki Remix | Combines EP |
2007 | Bonde do Rolê | "Office Boy" | Architecture in Helsinki Remix | Office Boy EP |
The Bumblebeez | "Dr Love" | Architecture in Helsinki's Dr Hookah Mix | Dr Love EP | |
Yacht | "See a Penny (Pick It Up)" | Architecture in Helsinki Remix | I Believe in You. Your Magic Is Real | |
33 Hz | "Paris, Texas" | Architecture in Helsinki's Supermelody Remix | Paris, Texas (Remixes) | |
2008 | Midnight Juggernauts | "Into the Galaxy" | Architecture in Helsinki's Choose Your Own Adventure Mix | Dystopia |
2009 | Metronomy | "A Thing for Me" | Architecture in Helsinki Remix | Nights Out |
The Very Best | "Warm Heart of Africa" | Architecture in Helsinki Remix | Warm Heart of Africa | |
El Guincho | "Antillas" | Architecture in Helsinki Remix | Alegranza! | |
2011 | Cut Copy | "Need You Now" | Architecture in Helsinki Remix | Zonoscope |
Music videos
Year | Title | Director(s) |
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2003 | "Like a Call" | Isobel Knowles |
"Kindling" | Kellie Sutherland | |
2005 | "It'5!" | Isobel Knowles, Ali Dullard |
"Do the Whirlwind" (Australian version) | Paul Robertson[42] | |
2006 | "Do the Whirlwind" (UK version) | Nima Nourizadeh |
"Wishbone" | Isobel Knowles | |
2007 | "Heart It Races" | Kris Moyes |
"Hold Music" | Kim Gehrig | |
"Debbie" | Josh Logue | |
2008 | "Like It or Not" | Josh Logue |
"That Beep" | Krozm | |
2011 | "Contact High" | Krozm |
"Escapee" | Marcus Soderlund | |
"W.O.W" | Krozm | |
2014 | "Dream a Little Crazy" | Lucy McRae |
"I Might Survive" | Andrew Goldsmith |
Awards and nominations
ARIA Music Awards
The ARIA Music Awards are a set of annual ceremonies presented by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Australia. They commenced in 1987.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2011 | Moment Bends | Best Pop Release | Nominated | [43] |
Australian Music Prize
The Australian Music Prize (the AMP) is an annual award of $30,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. The commenced in 2005.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2007[44] | Places Like This | Australian Music Prize | Nominated |
J Awards
The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. They commenced in 2005.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2005[45] | In Case We Die | Australian Album of the Year | Nominated |
2007[46] | Places Like This | Nominated |
References
- Architecture in Helsinki Archived 24 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine at Trifekta
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External links
- Official website
- Architecture in Helsinki article at Exclaim!, September 2007
- Interview with Cameron Bird at Erasing Clouds, 2006
- Interview with Cameron Bird at Soundsxp.com, September 2006
- live performance review at Pitchfork Media, June 2005
- Architecture in Helsinki RBMA lecture