Difference between revisions of "Deonne Rowland"
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She left Hamilton for Wellington in 1997 where she was a co-founder of the multimedia collective and "dark alternative" New Zealand record label <b>Mediatrix</b> in about 1998/99, and became a member/contributor of Wellington-based music/theatre/multimedia "dark ambient" and experimental projects known as <b>Gydja</b> and <b>Torture By Roses</b>. She now works for the Ministry of Education. | She left Hamilton for Wellington in 1997 where she was a co-founder of the multimedia collective and "dark alternative" New Zealand record label <b>Mediatrix</b> in about 1998/99, and became a member/contributor of Wellington-based music/theatre/multimedia "dark ambient" and experimental projects known as <b>Gydja</b> and <b>Torture By Roses</b>. She now works for the Ministry of Education. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:21, 5 October 2006
Deonne was a poet, author, songwriter, organist and conceptual artist who created the group Sympathy For Her Heroine (1995 - ?). At the same time she was a semi-permanent fixture of Disjecta Membra from 1995 - 2001, contributing to their lyrics, imagery, promotional materials, performance concepts and also as a vocalist.
Deonne was also a Contact 89FM announcer between 1994 and 1996 well known at the time for her lovely speaking voice and her love of all things 4AD related. She was a regular host of Drive and Breakfast shows, programmer of the station's "B Playlist", a trainer for many new DJs, and produced a number of one-off special shows for the Wednesday Night Special.
She left Hamilton for Wellington in 1997 where she was a co-founder of the multimedia collective and "dark alternative" New Zealand record label Mediatrix in about 1998/99, and became a member/contributor of Wellington-based music/theatre/multimedia "dark ambient" and experimental projects known as Gydja and Torture By Roses. She now works for the Ministry of Education.
