Mi-Sex (also spelt MiSex) was a New Zealand/Australian new wave rock band active from 1978 to 1984. Led by Steve Gilpin as vocalist, they were best known for their singles "Computer Games" in 1979 and "People" in 1980.
Mi-Sex evolved from the band Fragments of Time, a band which itself formed from members of earlier bands Father Thyme and Think. The band centred on a trio of performers: Steve Gilpin (vocals), Murray Burns (keyboards), and Kevin Stanton (guitar/vocals).
Gilpin had earlier performed in New Zealand in a singer-songwriter mode, and had won the Television New Zealand talent quest New Faces in 1972 (second place in the same show was Shona Laing). Invercargill-born Burns was influenced by progressive rock bands such as Yes, whereas Stanton's influences veered towards heavy metal.
In 1977, Gilpin formed a band with former Father Thyme members Alan Moon (keyboards) and Don Martin (bass/vocals). They recruited two extra members for their new band, Fragments of Time - Phil "Smarty" Smart (drums) and Kevin Stanton who originated from the late sixties and performed at Aucklands leading Night Club the Montmarte with his brother (Drummer) Ron Stanton and (Bassist) Martin Mailley. The new band continued in the mid-'70s hippy style of Father Thyme, but soon ditched this sound, influenced by British New Wave and pub rock. This change was accompanied by line-up changes, with Moon being replaced by Murray Burns and Phil Smart also leaving, replaced briefly by Steve Osborne and then Richard Hodgkinson. Between them they concocted a quirky futurist paranoia-themed blend of new wave, punk, and pub rock, amalgamating some of the textures common to Britain's Tubeway Army and Ultravox with those more associated with The Stranglers. At around the same time they changed their name to Mi-Sex, this name taken from an Ultravox song title, "My Sex". They released their first single, "Straight Laddie" (originally intended simply as a demo), during 1978.
Early New Zealand performances included the Wellington Technical Institute and Dr Johns (Ray Johns), on the same day with demo recording at Dellbrook studios in Tawa, and the bus breaking a gearbox on the Ngauraunga Gorge section of motorway.
In August 1978 the band headed to Sydney, where they quickly became a major live drawcard. They were soon signed to the Australian division of CBS Records by the label's then A&R manager/House producer Peter Dawkins, himself an expatriate New Zealander who is best known for his productions with another former NZ group based in Australia, Dragon.
Their first single for CBS, "But You Don't Care"/"Burning Up", was released in Australia in June 1979 and their debut album, Graffiti Crimes was issued in July 1979 to coincide with their national tour as the support act for Talking Heads. The LP included their biggest hit, the synthesizer-driven "Computer Games", a Burns/Stanton composition released in Australia on October 1, 1979. The single went to #1 in Australia, made the top 5 in New Zealand, and also charted in 20 countries including Canada and South Africa.
The follow-up album, Space Race sold well and produced another big single, "People", but the band were unable to maintain their early momentum and two later albums failed to produce the same popular interest. Mi-Sex disbanded in March 1984.
Gilpin remained in Australia, working with bands such as Under Rapz. In November 1991, while returning to his home after a gig, he was seriously injured in a major car accident, and lapsed into a coma from which he never recovered. He died in Southport Hospital on January 6, 1992
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TRACK LIST
1. Graffiti Crimes
2. But You Dont Care
3. Castaway (US Version)
4. Down The Line (Making Love On The Telephone)
5. Falling In And Out
6. People
7. Lost Time
8. Shanghaied
9. Computer Games
10. It Only Hurts When Im Laughing
11. Space Race
12. Only Thinking
13. Blue Day
14. Non Stop Sex
AUDIO DESCRIPTIONS
General
Complete name : Mi - Sex '79-'85'79 - '851 Graffiti Crimes.mp3
Format : MPEG Audio
File size : 9.78 MiB
Duration : 4mn 16s
Overall bit rate : 320 Kbps
Album : '79 - '85
Track name : Graffiti Crimes
Track name/Position : 1
Performer : Mi-Sex
Accompaniment : Mi-Sex
Composer : K.Stanton
Genre : Pop
MCDI : Yes
Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Duration : 4mn 16s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 320 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Stream size : 9.78 MiB (100%)
THE REST OF THE AUDIO DESCRIPTIONS ARE IN THE TEXT,IN THE TORRENT
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