Album Review: Tom Kazas - Sisyphus Happy
This unusual release should be commended for attempting something starkly different, but its prevailing flatness could struggle to find a broader audience.
Tom Kazas
Tom Kazas (born 1965 in Sydney, Australia) is a composer-songwriter, record producer, film maker and a post-utopian.He was the singer, guitarist, songwriter/composer of the Australian psychedelic rock group The Moffs (band) (1984–1989), that garnered international underground attention in 1985 with their song "Another Day in the Sun".He continues to produce varied music: from the experimental rock on "Sisyphus Happy," to ambience/modern piano composition on "Verdigris," to experimental electronica of "Argot," to the avantartsong on "Metatstatic".
He has composed for theatre, including the 1999 staging of "The Wound", directed by Lex Marinos.
He was the composer and arranger for the Greek Jazz band Xitzaz.
He has produced albums for T J Eckleberg, Magic Lunchbox, Metabass'n'Breath, Tiny Tim, and You Am I.
He composed the soundtrack for "The Ifs of Language", a short film by Peter Lyssiotis and Michael Karris which was a finalist in the 2002 Dendy Short Film Festival.
He has made several music videos and short films, including the 2009 16 minute cinema poem 'The Topologist'.
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