ABOUT
b. melbourne, australia
Joe has always immersed himself in all aspects of music. Never satisfied with containment to any one style or discipline, he plays drums, guitar, laptop, and composes avante garde electronic music. Exploring a diverse range of musical styles such as, jazz, improvisation, musique concrete, rock, contemporary classical, film music and electronica, drawing influences from many places. In 1999 Joe studied improvisation at the Victorian College of the Arts, where he began to develop a highly unique style of drumming that blends driving melodic and rhythmic invention, with textural and sonic exploration. Joe graduated from the VCA in 2001 and has since become one of Melbourne’s most in demand creative musicians.
Joe has been performing, recording and touring with some of Australia’s finest, musicians and ensembles, including, City City City, Ned Collette, David Shea, Francis Plagne, Andrea Keller Quartet, The Bartok Project, Rand and Holland, Erik Griswold, Anita Hustas Trio, Adam Simmons Toy Band, New Blood and countless others.
He has also worked as recording engineer/producer with the likes of Ned Collette, Ground Components, City City City, Adam Simmons, Anita Hustas. and more.
For a full list of upcoming gigs please refer to http://www.myspace.com/joetalia