Ben Spiers
Ben Spiers performs and records primarily as an improvising solo guitarist. Additionally, he is a member of the groups Empty Mirror, Seen Through, Glory Fckn Sun and Black Window, and has appeared on recordings by 1/3 Octave Band and Birchville Cat Motel. He also runs the Transient Recordings label http://www.darcy.co.nz/transient.
Discography
* split w/ Campbell Kneale, cassette [Celebrate Psi Phenomenon, 1999]
* [?], track on Various, "Celebrate Psi Phenomenon Retrospective", 3CDR [Last Visible Dog, 2000/2001?]
* 'Cascara Sagrada' [mis-titled as 'Mending Depression (With a Needle and Thread)'], track on Various, "Mail Order 2", lathe cut 9" EP [Crawlspace Records, 2002]
* "There Is No One Who Can Return From There", CDR [Last Visible Dog, 2002/2003]
* "Again", CDR [Transient Recordings, 2003]
* "Spin You", CDR [Transient Recordings, 2004]
* "Cinders", CDR [PseudoArcana, 2004]
* "Artwork Temporarily Removed", 3” CDR [Transient Recordings, 2006]
* "Dog Year, Afternoon", radiophonic work [Broadcast by Resonance FM’s Unknown Country programme, 2007]
* ‘My Guts’, track on Various, "Playing Sound", 3” CDR [CLaudia, 2008]
* "And Then" CDR [Transient Recordings, 2008]
in BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL
* "Shapeshifter", CDR [Celebrate Psi Phenomenon, 2000] (note: tracks 2 & 5 only)
* "Nurse", CDR [Fencing Flatworm Recordings, 2004]
* "With Maples Ablaze", CD [Scarcelight Recordings, 2004]
in BLACK WINDOW
* "Gunwales", CDR [no label, 2007], reissued as 3” CDR [Transient Recordings, 2008]
in CAVE OF ONE
* "Creative Theory Submission", CDR [Cave of Tongue Productions, 2003] (note: tracks 3, 7, 9, 10 & 12 only)
in EMPTY MIRROR
* "Extricate/Misnomer", CDR [Celebrate Psi Phenomenon/Transient Recordings, 2002]
in GLORY FCKN SUN
* "Vision Scorched", CD + book (also some copies as CD-only version in slipcase) [PseudoArcana, 2007]
* "Spectra", LP [Tipped Bowler Tapes, 2008]
in KAOSPHERE ORCHESTRA
* "Circus Mutations", CDR [Maggottism International, 2003]
* "Spliced Device", CDR [Maggottism International, 2003]
* "CacoPhonic", CDR [Maggottism International, 2003]
in 1/3 OCTAVE BAND
* "The System Likes You And Wants To Be Your Friend", CDR [PseudoArcana, 2004] (note: track 3 only)
* "Sub Lumina", CD [Humbug, 2006] (note: track 3 only)
in SEEN THROUGH
* "Extant", CDR [PseudoArcana, 2003]
* "2", CDR [PseudoArcana, 2003]
* split w/ Davenport, CDR [Haamumaa, 2004]
BEN SPIERS & KARL WILLIS
* 'The Mirror Trap', track on Various, "Mail Order", lathe cut 10" [Crawlspace Records, 1999]
BEN SPIERS/BILL WOOD
* "Dark Field", CDR [Celebrate Psi Phenomenon, 2003]
last updated: 08.08.08
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