Michael den Elzen (born 1962) is a musician and music producer based in Melbourne, Australia. He has performed for over 30 years with many well-known Australian and New Zealand artists, principally as a guitarist, and has contributed music for several Australian movie soundtracks.
Den Elzen spent his early life in Boort and Mansfield (Victoria) and started playing guitar at about 10 years of age. At the age of 15, he was performing in Melbourne with the band Expresso Bongo, who made it to the finals of the Channel 9 TV talent competition "Safeway New Faces". He co-founded local bands Notorious Gentlemen and The U-Boats, and did recording studio session work. At age 19, he joined Broderick Smith for his first solo album and toured in his band for about three years. He went on to perform with Venetta Fields; with Tim Finn as a guitarist on his 1985 Big Canoe tour; and with Stephen Cummings on his "This Wonderful Life" album, and Australian and US tours.
In the mid 80s, den Elzen formed Melbourne band Schnell Fenster with ex-Split Enz members Phil Judd, Nigel Griggs and Noel Crombie. They released two albums, "The Sound of Trees" and "OK Alright A Huh Oh Yeah" and toured in Australia and New Zealand.
1990s
After the breakup of Schnell Fenster, den Elzen played on and co-produced Deborah Conway's 1991 successful String of Pearls album. He went to America to perform for Peter Case on Six-Pack of Love. The band on the album includes producer and keyboardist Mitchell Froom, bassist Bruce Thomas (Elvis Costello and The Attractions) and drummer Gary Mallaber (Van Morrison, Steve Miller Band).
He recorded and toured as bass player and musical director with Tim Finn on Finn's 1993 album Before and After; and toured and recorded with Richard Pleasance; and then toured and recorded with Melbourne band Rebecca's Empire for their Way of All Things album.
At the end of the 1990s, he joined Australian rock outfit Deadstar co-producing their final album Somewhere Over The Radio.
Soundtracks
Den Elzen started composing music for films in the 80s, the first being As The Mirror Burns (1990 release date). He worked with Phil Judd and Schnell Fenster on the soundtrack for the movie Rikky and Pete (1988), and was also involved with Phil Judd on the soundtrack for The Big Steal (1990) and Mr. Reliable (1996). Three Schnell Fenster songs feature in the Jane Campion film Sweetie (1989).
He did the soundtrack to David Batty's Rodeo Road (1999) which led to producing, recording, and co-writing the music for the TV series Bush Mechanics (2001) in Yuendumu about 300 km north-west of Alice Springs, and the soundtracks to other David Batty films, Sisters, Pearls and Mission Girls (2003) and Taylor Made (2003), as well as the TV series Inventions From The Shed (2005), all aired on the ABC.
Den Elzen also worked on a project with painter and artist David Munro called Birdbrain, whose music was used in the TV series The Secret Life of Us and in the film Ghosts of the Civil Dead (1988). Other composer credits include Trespass (2001), Beyond Sorry (2004), Bush Bikes (2003), Us Mob (2005) and Aurukun-Voices From The Cape (2008) by David Vadiveloo, Case 442 (2005) by C.A.A.M.A., Going Bush (2006) by SBS TV, Marree Man (2007), the series Halal Mate (2007) (for which he was nominated in the category of "Best Music for a Documentary" at the 2008 APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards), That's Australia (2007), Desert Heart (2007), Wedding Makers (2008), Coniston (2012), Kabelbel (2013), Black As series 1-4 (2016-2022) and Truck Hunters (2018-2020) (Ten Network) by Rebel Films, Artists at Work – David Frazer (2007), IOU – Lloyd Rees (2007) and Tom Moore – Glassorama (2008) by Tony Wyzenbeek at ABC TV, the SBS series Love's Harvest (2007) by Brian McKenzie and Rebel Films, and God Is A Wandjina (2021) by Paul Bell (Feral Films) for Compass (ABC TV). Michael also collaborated with Justin Marshall on the soundtrack for the second series of The Art Life (2008) by Frank Haines Films, which aired on ABC TV.
Other work
He produced, recorded and played most instruments on Take Me to the Place by Tess McKenna after collaborating on a song for the film soundtrack to Curtains for My Cabin and played guitars on March also by Tess McKenna – year uncertain since dates are not given on the album, and on her 2019 release Before You Wandered In . He played guitar and recorded with David Bridie and has also written and performed with Renée Geyer, Mark Seymour and Pound System. Other artists Michael has recorded with include Zulya Kamalova (he is also accredited with mixing her album Tales of Subliming), Margaret Urlich, Diana Aniad, Bollywood Prog Metal band; BaK and Mimori Yusa (Japan). Michael also mixed tracks for Kim Salmon & The Surrealists including I Won't Tell from the album Ya Gotta Let Me Do My Thing, and has a musical credit on the film The Man Who Sued God.
Den Elzen has visited far north-western South Australia (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara / APY Lands) over the years to record songs by local musicians promoting awareness of issues to do with health and well-being, supported by Nganampa Health Council in Alice Springs. The resulting CDs are called UPK2 Tilun Tilun Ta (2003), UPK3 Kunma Piti-la (2004), UPK4 Ulkiyala (2005) and UPK5 Katji Kuta-la (2011).
In 2017 he released the album Music For Listening And Relaxation with former band-mate Rebecca Barnard. An eclectic soundscape featuring Rebecca's haunting vocals, Michael produced and co-wrote the songs, and played all the instruments apart from some acoustic guitar by Barnard. Michael continues to work on film sound production. He is accredited with audio-post production and music composition on the SBS series Halal Mate, Kabelbel, Maree Man, Black As, Truck Hunters and audio-post production for Little J and Big Cuz. He is currently composing for another project.
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Michael den Elzen born 1962 is a musician and music producer based in Melbourne Australia He has performed for over 30 years with many well known Australian and New Zealand artists principally as a guitarist and has contributed music for several Australian movie soundtracks Contents 1 Early career 2 1990s 3 Soundtracks 4 Other work 5 References 6 External linksEarly career EditDen Elzen spent his early life in Boort and Mansfield Victoria and started playing guitar at about 10 years of age At the age of 15 he was performing in Melbourne with the band Expresso Bongo who made it to the finals of the Channel 9 TV talent competition Safeway New Faces He co founded local bands Notorious Gentlemen and The U Boats and did recording studio session work At age 19 he joined Broderick Smith for his first solo album and toured in his band for about three years He went on to perform with Venetta Fields with Tim Finn as a guitarist on his 1985 Big Canoe tour and with Stephen Cummings on his This Wonderful Life album and Australian and US tours In the mid 80s den Elzen formed Melbourne band Schnell Fenster with ex Split Enz members Phil Judd Nigel Griggs and Noel Crombie They released two albums The Sound of Trees and OK Alright A Huh Oh Yeah and toured in Australia and New Zealand 1990s EditAfter the breakup of Schnell Fenster den Elzen played on and co produced Deborah Conway s 1991 successful String of Pearls album He went to America to perform for Peter Case on Six Pack of Love The band on the album includes producer and keyboardist Mitchell Froom bassist Bruce Thomas Elvis Costello and The Attractions and drummer Gary Mallaber Van Morrison Steve Miller Band He recorded and toured as bass player and musical director with Tim Finn on Finn s 1993 album Before and After and toured and recorded with Richard Pleasance and then toured and recorded with Melbourne band Rebecca s Empire for their Way of All Things album At the end of the 1990s he joined Australian rock outfit Deadstar co producing their final album Somewhere Over The Radio Soundtracks EditDen Elzen started composing music for films in the 80s the first being As The Mirror Burns 1990 release date He worked with Phil Judd and Schnell Fenster on the soundtrack for the movie Rikky and Pete 1988 and was also involved with Phil Judd on the soundtrack for The Big Steal 1990 and Mr Reliable 1996 Three Schnell Fenster songs feature in the Jane Campion film Sweetie 1989 He did the soundtrack to David Batty s Rodeo Road 1999 which led to producing recording and co writing the music for the TV series Bush Mechanics 2001 in Yuendumu about 300 km north west of Alice Springs and the soundtracks to other David Batty films Sisters Pearls and Mission Girls 2003 and Taylor Made 2003 as well as the TV series Inventions From The Shed 2005 all aired on the ABC Den Elzen also worked on a project with painter and artist David Munro called Birdbrain whose music was used in the TV series The Secret Life of Us and in the film Ghosts of the Civil Dead 1988 Other composer credits include Trespass 2001 Beyond Sorry 2004 Bush Bikes 2003 Us Mob 2005 and Aurukun Voices From The Cape 2008 by David Vadiveloo Case 442 2005 by C A A M A Going Bush 2006 by SBS TV Marree Man 2007 the series Halal Mate 2007 for which he was nominated in the category of Best Music for a Documentary at the 2008 APRA AGSC Screen Music Awards That s Australia 2007 Desert Heart 2007 Wedding Makers 2008 Coniston 2012 Kabelbel 2013 Black As series 1 4 2016 2022 and Truck Hunters 2018 2020 Ten Network by Rebel Films Artists at Work David Frazer 2007 IOU Lloyd Rees 2007 and Tom Moore Glassorama 2008 by Tony Wyzenbeek at ABC TV the SBS series Love s Harvest 2007 by Brian McKenzie and Rebel Films and God Is A Wandjina 2021 by Paul Bell Feral Films for Compass ABC TV Michael also collaborated with Justin Marshall on the soundtrack for the second series of The Art Life 2008 by Frank Haines Films which aired on ABC TV Other work EditHe produced recorded and played most instruments on Take Me to the Place by Tess McKenna after collaborating on a song for the film soundtrack to Curtains for My Cabin and played guitars on March also by Tess McKenna year uncertain since dates are not given on the album and on her 2019 release Before You Wandered In He played guitar and recorded with David Bridie and has also written and performed with Renee Geyer Mark Seymour and Pound System Other artists Michael has recorded with include Zulya Kamalova he is also accredited with mixing her album Tales of Subliming Margaret Urlich Diana Aniad Bollywood Prog Metal band BaK and Mimori Yusa Japan Michael also mixed tracks for Kim Salmon amp The Surrealists including I Won t Tell from the album Ya Gotta Let Me Do My Thing and has a musical credit on the film The Man Who Sued God Den Elzen has visited far north western South Australia Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara APY Lands over the years to record songs by local musicians promoting awareness of issues to do with health and well being supported by Nganampa Health Council in Alice Springs The resulting CDs are called UPK2 Tilun Tilun Ta 2003 UPK3 Kunma Piti la 2004 UPK4 Ulkiyala 2005 and UPK5 Katji Kuta la 2011 In 2017 he released the album Music For Listening And Relaxation with former band mate Rebecca Barnard An eclectic soundscape featuring Rebecca s haunting vocals Michael produced and co wrote the songs and played all the instruments apart from some acoustic guitar by Barnard Michael continues to work on film sound production He is accredited with audio post production and music composition on the SBS series Halal Mate Kabelbel Maree Man Black As Truck Hunters and audio post production for Little J and Big Cuz He is currently composing for another project References EditThis article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations April 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Internet Movie Database Australian Film Commission australianscreen Halal Mate Team Biographies at Inside Australia The Secret Life of Us musicExternal links EditMichael den Elzen at IMDb https vimeo com allatseamusicvideo video clip https soundcloud com waldemar 2 Michael den Elzen MySpace Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael den Elzen amp oldid 1132517738, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
