Flies Inside the Sun | |
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| Origin | New Zealand |
| Years active | 1993–1995, 1997–2004 |
| Members | Kim Pieters Peter Stapleton Danny Butt Brian Crook |
Flies Inside the Sun were a band from New Zealand. They formed in 1993, and consisted of Kim Pieters, Peter Stapleton, Danny Butt, and Brian Crook. They were part of a prominent improvisation / noise scene which was active in New Zealand at the time, documented in magazines such as Opprobrium and compilations such as Le Jazz Non . Pieters and Stapleton had been members of the recently disbanded Dadamah along with Roy Montgomery. Their debut album, An Audience of Others (Including Herself) , was released on the Kranky label in 1995. They disbanded when Brian Crook left to focus on his other project, The Renderers. They reformed in 1997 and released a self titled album on Stapleton's own Metonymic label. This was followed by a string of releases on the Metonymic label.
| Release date | Title | Label | Charted | Country | Catalog number |
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| 1995 | An Audience of Others (Including Herself) | Kranky | - | - | |
| 1997 | Flies Inside the Sun | Metonymic | - | - | |
| 1999 | Le Mal D'Archive | Metonymic | - | - | |
| 2000 | Cactus Sky | Metonymic | - | - | |
| 2004 | Burning Glass | Metonymic | - | - |
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