Education
Powles started his music career at Nelson College, which he attended from 1973 to 1977.
Powles started his music career at Nelson College, which he attended from 1973 to 1977.
He has lived in the Pacific and the United Kingdom. Though now an Australian resident, he is of English/Irish descent. Also known as "timEbandit" Powles, his main instrument and first love was the drum kit and tuned percussion. Early He subsequently moved to Wellington and then Auckland to join the band Flight X-7.
His interest in both classical and rock orchestrations and ambience has continued throughout his career, and was instrumental in his becoming the drummer with the Australian-formed band, with whom he was inducted into the ARIA Hall Of FAME in October 2010, coinciding with the band"s 30 year anniversary celebrations and touring.
Powles eventually moved to Australia in 1981 where he first became known in 1980s" band The Venetians. With this band in particular through the 1980s he learned his production skills working alongside greats like Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and Mark Goldenberg, and locals Mark Opitz and Mark Moffat, often in the Festival Records Studios.
He started working with in 1994, with the album Sometime Anywhere (though he was misidentified as "Tim Powell" on the liner notes of that album). He sings the lead vocal on the track "Take Your Place" on album Pharmakoi/Distance Cruncihing Honchos with Echo Units (1996, as The Refo:mation, Phantom Records) and has worked on all of their many releases since then, as a musician and composer, and taking production responsibilities on all levels.
A highlight of these responsibilities was Powles" co-directing and co-producing A Psychedelic Symphony - and the George Ellis Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House, a sold-out show in April 2011.
Powles resides in Sydney, Australia and has his own recording studio. The current version is called Spacejunk III. Amongst others, timEbandit has produced albums/EPs/ singles of varying genres and styles for Regular John (he was ARIA-nominated for Producer of the Year for their debut album in 2009. Jack River (Holly Rankin project).
Hammock Departure Songs (double album, mixed in Nashville).
The Khanz (numerous singles and 2 EPs). Iota and the Beauty Queens.
Benjalu. Laura Imbruglia (debut album).
The Faults (a constantly growing and eclectic list). Powle"s official website is www.spacejunk.biz.
He released a solo album, Tyg"s in Space (on Peter Koppes" Immersion Records), in 1999. Currently he is currently working on multiple solo collaborations for imminent release.
He features with a cameo vocal on Nashville post-rock ambient band Hammock"s recent European Parliament Asleep In The Downlights, a band whose most recent albums he has co-produced and/or mixed.
"Combined with a reputation as one of Australia"s most solid and diversely experienced drummers (, The Divinyls, Rose Tattoo, Dragon, The Venetians, to name a few), this massive depth of experience makes Tim a "big picture" producer in the true "A&R" sense of the word. Allowing instinct and "accident" to flourish and thrive are key ingredients on Tim"s production canvas.".
He became a permanent member of the band in the year following.