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SEAN LOWRY – artist/musician/writer

Sean Lowry is a Sydney based artist, writer & musician.

Founding member and principal writer in seminal 1990s electronic rock band Def FX (Definition FX in North America), Lowry secured 3 major recording contracts (EMI/RCA/Universal) during the 1990s. Together with Top 40 chart positions in Australia and the U.S. (# 1 ARIA Alternative, Nov 10, 1991 for record 52 weeks, # 37 on U.S. Top 40 Billboard Dance Chart, Oct 16, 1993, and # 25 ARIA Top 40, July 14, 1996), Def FX was nominated for an ARIA Award 1992, voted ‘Best Dance Act’ in the 1994 Music Awards readers poll in Rolling Stone, toured extensively throughout USA, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia, headlined Limelight Club, New York in 1992 and 1993, performed on 3 national Australian Big Day Out tours and at ‘Concert for Life, and performed together with bands such as INXS, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, KMFDM, Nine Inch Nails, Blink 182 and No Doubt. 

Following the demise of Def FX in 1997, Lowry has divided his time between experimental and commercial music projects, and exhibiting widely as a painter and new media artist. Lowry completed his PhD in Visual Arts at Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney, in 2003 and is now is a widely published writer and internationally active artist. Lowry’s latest ventures include a video installation project titled Lapdancer, a manuscript proposal titled The Agnostic Model: beyond art & anti-art, and a commercial music production partnership together with Rob Taylor called Brandeluxe.

ROB TAYLOR – producer/engineer/programmer

A career in audio production that has spanned 20 years and includes 4 ARIA nominations for Best Producer and Engineer, 5 ABC Newcastle awards, together with the enviable legacy of producing and engineering the (then) highest selling independent album in Australian history - The Whitlams 'Eternal Nightcap'.

Taylor’s foray into audio production began in Newcastle in the early 1980s. After completing a Visual Arts degree at Newcastle University, Taylor became one of the prime 'new music' producers at the University’s community radio station 2NUR-FM. In one year he produced and engineered 21 live to air presentations of local bands, earning him an award for 'special contribution' at the Newcastle independent Music Awards in 1988. A HiFi FM Award followed for the production of a documentary on youth homelessness that was aired nationally on the ABC radio network. By 1989, Taylor had moved exclusively into the field of music production and engineering. Over a 10- year period, Taylor worked with a veritable 'who's who' of Australian artists, culminating in a successful production partnership with Tim Freedman and The Whitlams. The single 'No Aphrodesiac' was groundbreaking for the band, reaching the No1 position on the Triple J Hottest 100, propelling them to the status of the biggest act in Australia at the time. Winning the ARIA for Best Group in 1998  was a confirmation. From assistant engineer at studios all over Sydney, to Chief engineer at Alberts (1997-2000), and then Mangrove Studios (2001), Taylor’s technical abilities and experience are world class. As a recording engineer, programmer and music producer he has worked with some of the biggest names in Australian music, including studio, television and radio performances and productions. International artist Jimmy Sommerville regarded Taylor as delivering the 'best vocal sound’ in his career.

In 2002 Taylor embarked on production partnership with Sean Lowry ‘Brandeluxe’ with a publishing deal signed in 2005 to Shock music publishing Australia. Also a dance remix partnership with Alex Taylor (’Taylor square’) had countless top 20 club charts tracks, including a remix for American diva Aniah Day, reaching 3 and staying there for 7 weeks. 2007 saw an invitation to work in Seoul, Korea at a major audio facility (Aim entertainment) part of an ‘overseas’ mixing and mastering team including Jonathan Wyner from Boston USA, and Cem Oral from Berlin Germany.

Taylor is now in-house producer/engineer and part of the in-house writing team together with Sean Lowry at Flashpoint Music.