Australian music producer and musician
Musical artist
Tony Dupé is an Australian music producer and musician.[ 1] He has also performed and released music under the name of Saddleback.[ 2] [ 3] Dupé has released four solo albums: Margaret Hammett Lived ,[ 4] Assembly , Everything's a Love Letter and Night Maps .[ 5] In 2020 he released a collaborative album, the old capital [ 6] with his partner, Claire Deak, on American label Lost Tribe Sound.
Known for his work with Holly Throsby , who he produced three albums for, Dupé has also worked with Piers Twomey,[ 7] Jamie Hutchings ,[ 8] Bluebottle Kiss , Jack Ladder ,[ 5] SeaLifePark,[ 9] Glovebox,[ 10] Fergus Brown,[ 11] The Woods,[ 12] Grand Salvo,[ 13] Lucy Roleff[ 14] and many others[vague ] .
Dupé composed the score to the ABC animated series The Gradual Demise of Phillipa Finch [ 15] and the 2020 feature film Disclosure .
Until recently, Tony Dupé completed much of his recording work in a studio based on a rural property in the NSW Southern Highlands.[ 16] The studio was a weatherboard cottage on located on Saddleback Mountain.[ 17] He is now based in Melbourne after working in Berlin for a number of years.
Dupé is also an internationally recognised academic in songwriting and music production.
Discography
Everything's a Love Letter 2004 - Preservation/Inertia[ 18]
Night Maps 2007 - Preservation[ 19]
Everything's a Love Letter + Everything's Open to Interpretation [re-issue with reworks] 2010 - Preservation
Assembly: Organ and Birds at Pella Desert Church 2019 - self released
the old capital 2020 (with Claire Deak) - Lost Tribe Sound[ 20]
Everything's a Love Letter [re-mastered for vinyl] 2022 - Oscarson[ 21]
Margaret Hammett Lived 2021 - Lost Tribe Sound[ 22]
References
^ Rule, Dan (1 June 2007), "Sounds of seclusion", The Age
^ Bernard Zuel (26 November 2004). "Kids in the kitchen" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 27 February 2009 .
^ Zuel, Bernard (28 July 2007), "Out of the darkness, the kookaburras call", The Sydney Morning Herald
^ Allen, Richard (22 September 2021). "Tony Dupé ~ Margaret Hammett Lived" . a closer listen . Retrieved 9 December 2024 .
^ a b "Saddleback SOUNDS", Illawarra Mercury , 9 January 2010
^ Press, Kevin (10 October 2020). "Claire Deak & Tony Dupé – the old capital" . The Moderns . Retrieved 9 December 2024 .
^ "Drum Media Sydney Issue #1096 by TheMusic.com.au - Issuu" . issuu.com . 6 February 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2024 .
^ "Where there's a Will there's a Dash to tour Australia-wide", The West Australian , 15 May 2009
^ Molitorisz, Sacha (31 March 2000), "SeaLifePark review", The Sydney Morning Herald
^ Molitorisz, Sacha (7 November 1997), "The Hand in Glovebox", The Sydney Morning Herald
^ Lau, Kristie (23 November 2008), "Idol's idle moments", Sun Herald
^ Hewitt, Rachel (2 October 2008), "Out of the Woods", MX (Australia)
^ Mathieson, Craig (10 May 2008), "Mann and Super-Mann", The Sydney Morning Herald
^ Kennedt, Nicholas (26 July 2016). "INTERVIEW: Chasing Paradise with Lucy Roleff" . Who The Hell .
^ "The Gradual Demise of Phillipa Finch" . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Archived from the original on 5 February 2011.
^ Rule, Dan (1 June 2007). "Sounds of seclusion" . The Melbourne Age. Retrieved 27 February 2009 .
^ Verity, William (22 March 2005), "How a musical genius emerged from a rusty shack atop Saddleback", Illawarra Mercury
^ Zuel, Bernard (22 October 2004), "Everything's a Love Letter review", The Sydney Morning Herald
^ Zuel, Bernard (9 June 2007), "Night Maps review", The Sydney Morning Herald
^ Wang, Amy X. (21 December 2020). "Year in Review: Best Music of 2020 -- Staff Picks" . Rolling Stone . Retrieved 9 December 2024 .
^ Baker Fish, Bob (9 September 2022). "Watch Tony Dupé's clip for 'Train South' from 2004 when he was Saddleback" . Cyclic Defrost . Retrieved 9 December 2024 .
^ Bye, Jeremy (16 December 2021). "ACL 2021 ~ Top Ten Ambient" . a closer listen . Retrieved 9 December 2024 .