Kevin Robertson and diode, artists/musicians

Kevin was born in Norseman, Western Australia in 1964. He studied painting at the Western Australian Institute of Technology, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art in 1984 and was awarded a Master of Arts from the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales in 1992. Kevin has had six solo exhibitions at Galerie Dusseldorf, Perth, and participated in numerous group exhibitions locally and nationally. In 2005 he curated Configured: Aspects of Contemporary Western Australian Figurative Art for Art on the Move and had work selected for mix tape at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Kevin is represented by Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth.

diode formed in 2001 in Perth with Kevin Robertson on drums and sequencer loops and Jenny Griffiths on vocals and keyboards to develop a fragile experimental sound. Rosie Rooney joined the band on bass/vocals in 2006 and had previously collaborated with Kevin in The Whitlam Years. The band changed shape embracing previously spurned guitar sounds, re-discovering the lsquo;sound sculpturersquo; quality found in groups such as My Bloody Valentine. Diode play a unique brand of avant-rock, blending live instruments, home-made oscillator sounds layered with simple drumming, ethereal vocals and spoken word. Diode has previously released several independent recordings including Messages (2001) and Chromedioxide (2003). Their album Diode (2007) builds on these outings adding a tighter, more developed sound. A new album is currently being recorded, exploring dissonant sonic landscapes and melodic transitions. Diode has played at the Tote bar in Melbourne as part of Octopus 7, Don’t Show Me Your Poetry and was feature in Old Skool: never lose that feeling at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.