James Pinker


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New Zealand musician and arts curator.

Pinker's first bands were The City Slits and The Superettes who came out of the Auckland punk scene of the late 1970s. The latter mutated into The Features and then Fetus Productions.

An early member of both SPK and Dead Can Dance, he moved to London and worked extensively as a session musician before returning to New Zealand in the early 1990s, where he has included production, programming, live and film in his work.

From 2012 Pinker was curator at Mangere Arts Centre in Auckland. In recent years he has composed and created musical backings for his partner Lisa Reihana's work,

ALBUMS


Nathan Haines
Shift Left
1995
Various
The New Groove (16 Acid Jazz Essentials Volume One)
1995, CD, ,
Acid Jazz/Downtempo/Future Jazz/Hip Hop
Various
Doctor Death's Volume III - Les Péchés De L'amant
1989, CD, ,
Industrial/Downtempo/Synth-pop/Darkwave
Various
Une Saison En Enfer (World Domination)
1988, CD, Comp, Third Mind Records, ,
Industrial/Goth Rock/Ethereal/Vocal/Europop
Jam This Record
Jam This Record
1988, ,
House/Electro
Nathan Haines & The Enforcers
Lady J (The Uptown Project EP)
1996
Various
AK•79
1993
Features
The Perfect Features Exposed
1980, 12", Ltd, Num, Propeller
Features
X Features
2016, ,
Post-Punk
Dead Can Dance
Garden Of The Arcane Delights • The John Peel Sessions
2016, ,
Ethereal/Goth Rock
Holiwater Band
MAYA
2014
Dead Can Dance
John Peel Session 19.11.1983
2012, 12", 180, Vinyl 180, 4AD
The Holiwater Project
The Holiwater Project
2012, CD, Album, Holiwater
Dead Can Dance
II: Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun ✦ The Serpent's Egg ✦ Aion ✦ John Peel Session 2.6.1984
2011, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Box Set, All Media, ,
Modern Classical
Dead Can Dance
John Peel Session 2.6.1984
2010, 12", 180, Vinyl 180, 4AD
Dead Can Dance
I: Dead Can Dance ✦ Garden Of The Arcane Delights ✦ Spleen And Ideal ✦ John Peel Session 19.11.1983
2010, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Modern Classical
Features
X-Features
2009, CDr, Promo, Sawtooth Recordings
Dead Can Dance
SACD Box Set
2008, SACD, Hybrid, Album, RM, Aud + SACD, Hybrid, EP, R, 4AD, ,
Ethereal/Experimental/Goth Rock/Medieval
The Jesus And Mary Chain
The Power Of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities
2008, 4x CD, Box Set, ,
Alternative Rock/Acoustic/Indie Rock/Rock & Roll/Punk/Shoegaze/Lo-Fi/Goth Rock/Ballad/Blues Rock/Rhythm & Blues/Noise Rock
Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance
2008, SACD Audiophile Edition, ,
Goth Rock/Ethereal
Dead Can Dance
Garden Of The Arcane Delights
2008, ,
Goth Rock/Ethereal
S.P.K.*
Dokument III0 1979 - 1983
2008, 6x Vinyl, 3x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Industrial/Punk/Noise
Fetus Productions
Reproductions
2002
SPK
Box 1
1992, Box Set, CD, CD, CD, ,
Industrial/Noise
Heavenly Bodies
Celestial
1988, Vinyl, ,
Art Rock/Ethereal
Heavenly Bodies
Rains On Me
1988, Vinyl, ,
House/Goth Rock/Synth-pop
Dead Can Dance
Spleen And Ideal
1985, Vinyl, ,
Alternative Rock/Modern Classical/Ethereal
SPK
Leichenschrei
1982
SPK
The Last Attempt At Paradise (28 April 1982)
1982, Cassette C60, White, Dolby, ,
Industrial
Features
Perfect
1980
Dead Can Dance
Spleen And Ideal + Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun
1998, ,
Goth Rock/Ethereal
Dead Can Dance
Spleen And Ideal
1995, CD, ,
Alternative Rock/Modern Classical/Experimental
Dead Can Dance
A Passage In Time
1991, Cass, Comp, Unofficial, Dol, MG Records (2)
Dead Can Dance
Aion
1991, Cassette, ,
Modern Classical
Dead Can Dance
A Passage In Time
1991

APPEARANCES +


Otara Millionaires Club*
We R The OMC
2000
Clearlight
Turn Of The Century
1999
Various
The New Groove 2 (20 Future Jazz Essentials)
1998, 2xCD, Comp, Huh Records, Huh Records, ,
Dub/Acid Jazz/Drum n Bass/Future Jazz
Nathan Haines
Shift Left
1995
Nathan Haines
The Uptown Project
1994
Haruomi Hosono
In The '90s - Michael Brook Remix
1992
Tone Generator & The Body Without Organs
Normalisation Of Response
2021
Various
Doctor Death's Vol. III: Les Péchés De L'amant
2020, File, ,
Industrial
Wermut
Mélanges
2018, ,
Electro/Ambient/New Wave/Synthwave/Synth-pop/Berlin-School
Forest Swords
DJ-Kicks
2018, CD, ,
IDM/Techno/Leftfield
Various
Silhouettes & Statues (A Gothic Revolution 1978 - 1986)
2017, 5xCD, Comp, Cherry Red, ,
New Wave/Post-Punk/Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Goth Rock
Amber Asylum
Anthology (1995-2015)
2015, Box, Comp, Ltd + 2xCD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, , Prophecy Productions, Prophecy Productions, ,
Post Rock/Ethereal/Modern Classical
The Superettes*
Stage
2007
Various
Sleep With 4AD
2006, 2xCD, Comp, 4AD, Love Da Records, ,
Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Post-Punk/Art Rock/Ethereal/Goth Rock
Various
Off The Cuff
2004
Dead Can Dance
1981-1998
2001, 3x CD, DVD, Box Set, ,
Modern Classical/Ethereal/Medieval/Folk
Michael Brook
Cobalt Blue & Live At The Aquarium
1999, 2xCD, Comp, 4AD, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Ambient
William Jackson*, Andrew White
Celtic Experience Vol. 3 (Haunting Themes from Scotland & Ireland)
1999, CD, Linn Records, The Hit Label, ,
Celtic
Michael Brook
Albino Alligator (Music From And Inspired By The Miramax Motion Picture)
1997, Vinyl, ,
Soundtrack/Art Rock
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook
Night Song
1996
U. Srinivas & Michael Brook
Dream
1995
Various
Trance Planet - Volume One
1994
Jane Siberry
When I Was A Boy
1993, ,
Indie Pop/Downtempo/Synth-pop/Folk
Various
AK•79
1993
The Pogues
Waiting For Herb
1993, Vinyl, ,
Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Punk
Balloon
Gravity
1992, ,
Ethereal/Indie Rock
Khaled
Khaled
1992, CD, ,
Raï/Reggae/Funk/Arabic Pop
Michael Brook
Cobalt Blue
1992, ,
Ambient/Drone
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Mustt Mustt
1990, ,
Tribal/Folk/Qawwali
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
مَست مَست (Massive Attack Remix)
1990
The Band Of Holy Joy*
Positively Spooked
1990, CD, ,
Indie Rock
Various
21st Century Quakemakers
1989, 2x Vinyl, ,
Industrial/Synth-pop/Acid
Black Girls Machine
Esoterror
1988, 12", Flying Nun Records
Various
It's Bigger Than Both Of Us (NZ Singles 1979–82)
1988, ,
Alternative Rock/Punk/Post-Punk
Various
Perdurabo
1987, LP, Comp, Cathexis Recordings, Black Rose (2), ,
New Wave/Industrial/Indie Rock
Various
You Bet We've Got Something Against You
1986, Vinyl, ,
Abstract/Industrial/Experimental
Various
Dreams And Desires
1984, Cassette, ,
New Wave/Modern Classical/Indie Rock/Art Rock
Various
Doobie Do Disc
1982, Vinyl Second Pressing, ,
Post-Punk
Various
AK•79
2008
U. Srinivas & Michael Brook
Dream
1999
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook
Night Song
1997, ,
Folk/Ambient
Various
Dreams And Desires
CDr, ,
New Wave/Modern Classical/Indie Rock/Art Rock
Michael Brook
Cobalt Blue
CD, ,
Ambient
The Pogues
Waiting For Herb