BIOGRAPHY
ADRIAN ROSENFELDT
Adrian Rosenfeldt is a Melbourne based singer, songwriter, performer
and recording artist. Adrian's music traverses many styles while still
retaining his distinctive flavour.
Waxing The Sun is the Melbourne pop band that Adrian Rosenfeldt founded in 1987. With six releases over ten years, and a 4-CD compilation and film
documentary, Waxing The Sun's history is a whole world in itself. The
Waxing The Sun film, screening on the 4th of July 2008, will hopefully put the personality disorders, dog fondling, infighting, drug love, hearing loss and well, music, in some perspective. Where did the
surprisingly upbeat music, full of great melodies, hooks and inventive
instrumentation come from? What is a bullrun? Who wrote the lyrics to I
Want A Little Girl?
In 2003 Adrian released his first solo CD proper, Shots From Nowhere, an ambitious, almost orchestral recording featuring timpani, flute, piano and lush vocal harmonies. It was a very personal album about loss, longing and little epiphanies.
While Shots From Nowhere was being recorded, Adrian teamed up with singer songwriter Celia Wordsworth to record a stripped down six-track EP, I'm Still In The Race.
The Best Of Bad Love was released in October 2005 and received substantial airplay. Mal Pinkerton from The Everyones played cello and banjo, complimenting Adrian's folk country guitar and vocal style. These songs had a strong narrative and were both dark and humourous.
In 2006 White Man was released. This time around Adrian played all the instruments himself as well as mixing and producing. It was a positive move as White Man was sonically superior to anything that had come before. His use of acoustic guitars in a pop/rock setting was also inspired. But most of all, the songs were punchy and full of hooks. White Man was Adrian's first digital release and is available internationally.
2007 saw the release of The Worst Of Good Love. This was a return to more narrative based pop. Adrian once again used Mal Pinkerton on cello and Celia Wordsworth on vocals. The haunting opening track Cheating received the Melbourne Gold Extent award. Adrian's version of Total Eclipse Of The Heart was also the most played song on radio over the summer of 2007/2008.
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