Birchville Cat Motel

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Name = Birchville Cat Motel

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Birth_name = Campbell Kneale
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Origin = Wellington, New Zealand
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Genre = experimental music
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Birchville Cat Motel is a one-man experimental music project formed by Campbell Kneale from Wellington, New Zealand. Although largely unknown in his home country, Kneale has toured throughout Japan, America, Europe, and Australia. His first vinyl release was "Jewelled Wings" on the Freedom From label. Many of Kneale's rare and out of print recordings have been reissued recently on a 6cdr collection entitled "Chaos Steel Skeletons". Kneale operates the labels Celebrate Psi Phenomenon and Battlecruiser which have issued CDs by artists from New Zealand and overseas, including Matthew Bower (under the name Mirag) and Simon Wickham-Smith with recent releases by Richard Youngs and Alex Neilson and one involving Tony Conrad. Kneale has used Birchville Cat Motel as a vehicle for many collaborations with other musicians, including Lee Ranaldo, Neil Campbell, and Bruce Russell. He also records under the names Black Boned Angel and Ming.

References

* [http://www.myspace.com/birchvillecatmotel MySpace: Birchville Cat Motel]
* [http://www.furious.com/perfect/birchvillecatmotel.html Birchville Cat Motel interview (March 2000)]
* [http://www.bands.co.nz/feature.php?fid=5 Birchville Cat Motel interview (December 2002)]
* [http://www.cpsip.co.nz/ Celebrate Psi Phenomenon label site]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HX2BR3WLS4 Birchville Cat Motel live at Happy]