All India Radio (band)

All India Radio is an Australian electronic band. Their style includes genres such as lo-fi, downtempo and instrumental. The founding (and constant) member of the band is Martin Kennedy.[1] Their debut album, The Inevitable, was released in 1999.[2]

All India Radio
OriginTasmania, Australia
Years active1997–present

All India Radio have had their music featured in film and TV including CSI: Miami, One Tree Hill, Sicko, Till Human Voices Wake Us, Big Brother Australia, Bondi Rescue and Recruits. Kennedy, with All India Radio and Steve Kilbey, provided the original soundtrack music for the Australian film The Rare Earth.

All India Radio's self-titled third album was nominated for an Australian Recording Industry Award (ARIA) Award in 2003.[3] The band has worked with Steve Kilbey, Graham Lee, Ed Kuepper, and David Bridie, among others.

Wired Magazine described the group's sound as "mash[ing] the ambient-hop signatures of DJ Shadow, Tortoise and Thievery Corporation with the instantly recognizable guitar sound tracking of Ennio Morricone and Angelo Badalamenti."[4]

All India Radio's 19th studio album The Generator of All Infinity was released in September 2022.[5]

Discography

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Albums

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List of albums
Title Album details
The Inevitable
  • Released: 1999[2]
  • Label: Inevitable Recordings (INV001)
  • Formats: CD
002
  • Released: 2001[6]
  • Label: Inevitable Recordings (INV002)
  • Formats: CD
All India Radio
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Inevitable Recordings (INV003)
  • Formats: CD+DVD, digital
Permanent Evolutions
  • Released: November 2005[7]
  • Label: Inevitable Recordings (INV004)
  • Formats: CD, digital
  • Note: A collection of remixes, film music and unreleased songs from the years 1999–2005.[8]
Echo Other
  • Released: 2006[9]
  • Label: Inevitable Recordings (INV005)
  • Formats: CD, digital
These Winter Dreams
  • Released: February 2008[10]
  • Label: Inevitable Recordings (INV007)
  • Formats: CD, digital
  • Note: First purely "ambient" album[11]
Film Musik
  • Released: May 2008[12]
  • Label: All India Radio
  • Formats: digital
  • Note A collection of music used in film & TV productions
Fall
  • Released: June 2008[13]
  • Label: Inevitable, Minty Fresh (MF 95)
  • Formats: CD, digital
Fallout
  • Released: December 2008[14]
  • Label: Inevitable
  • Formats: CD, digital
A Low High
  • Released: May 2009[15]
  • Label: Inevitable Recordings (INV009)
  • Formats: CD, digital
Once a Day: Remixes & Unreleased Tracks Vol. 1
  • Released: December 2009[16]
  • Label: All India Radio
  • Formats: digital
Piano & Ambience
  • Released: 2010[17]
  • Label: All India Radio
  • Formats: digital
  • Note: Recorded in 2004
The Silent Surf
  • Released: November 2010[18]
  • Label: Inevitable Recordings (INV012)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital
The Inevitable Remixes 1
  • Released: March 2011
  • Label: All India Radio
  • Formats: digital
Free Me: Remixes & Unreleased Tracks Vol. 2
  • Released: March 2011[19]
  • Label: All India Radio
  • Formats: digital
  • Note: Alternate mixes and radio edits[19]
Red Shadow Landing
  • Released: October 2012[20]
  • Label: Inevitable Recordings (INV015)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital
The Silent
  • Released: May 2013[21]
  • Label: Martin Kennedy
  • Formats: digital
Lo Fi Frequencies 1996-2001
  • Released: August 2013[22]
  • Label: All India Radio
  • Formats: digital
  • Note: demos, remixes and unreleased songs[19]
The Rare Earth (with Martin Kennedy and Steve Kilbey)
  • Released: 2014
  • Label: Inevitable Recordings (INV020)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital
Red Shadow Landing Demos
  • Released: 2014[23]
  • Label: All India Radio
  • Formats: digital
  • Note: Demo versions of tracks from Red Shadow Landing
Fall Remixes
  • Released: February 2014[24]
  • Label: All India Radio
  • Formats: digital
  • Note: Remixes from 2007's Fall[25]
Ghost Songs: Remixes & Unreleased Tracks, Vol. 3
  • Released: March 2014[26]
  • Label: All India Radio
  • Formats: digital
Live at Triple R
  • Released: August 2014[27]
  • Label: All India Radio
  • Formats: digital
  • Note: Recorded in 2011[27]
The Slow Light
  • Released: April 2015[28]
  • Label: All India Radio
  • Formats: CD, digital
  • Note: 10th studio album
Desert Tapes
  • Released: August 2015[29]
  • Label: Spectra
  • Formats: digital
  • Note: Lo-fi recordings from 1984 to 1994[29]
The Haunted World
  • Released: September 2016[30]
  • Label: Martin Kennedy
  • Formats: digital
  • Note: Second "ambient" album[31]
Embryo Músico, Vol. 1
  • Released: July 2017[32]
  • Label: Martin Lawrence Kennedy
  • Formats: digital
Solo Electronique 1984
  • Released: September 2017[33]
  • Label: Martin L. Kennedy
  • Formats: digital
  • lo-fi experiments from 1984. Companion album to Desert Tapes[34]
Space
  • Released: April 2018[35]
  • Label: All India Radio
  • Formats: digital
Subspace
  • Released: July 2018[36]
  • Label: Martin L. Kennedy
  • Formats: digital
Space Sources
  • Released: November 2018[37]
  • Label: Martin L. Kennedy
  • Formats: digital
  • Note: 2 track album
Undulated
  • Released: January 2019[38]
  • Label: Martin L. Kennedy
  • Formats: digital
The Aether
  • Released: October 2019[39]
  • Label: Martin L. Kennedy
  • Formats: digital
Eternal
  • Released: October 2019[40]
  • Label: Martin L. Kennedy
  • Formats: digital
Internal
  • Released: November 2019[41][42]
  • Label: Martin L. Kennedy
  • Formats: digital
Realm
(with Josh Roydhouse)
  • Released: March 2020[43]
  • Label: Martin L. Kennedy
  • Formats: digital
Slo
  • Released: April 2020[44]
  • Label: Spectra
  • Formats: CD, digital
Reconstructions
(with David Bridie)
  • Released: October 2020[45]
  • Label: Spectra
  • Formats: digital
Afterworld
  • Released: April 2021[46]
  • Label: Spectra
  • Formats: CD, digital
The Underworld
  • Released: June 2021[47]
  • Label: Spectra
  • Formats: digital
  • Note: A collection of outtakes, remixes and demos from Afterworld[48]
Lost Realm
(with Josh Roydhouse)
  • Released: November 2021[49]
  • Label: Spectra
  • Formats: digital
  • Note: A collection of unreleased tracks from Realm
Utopia 2021
  • Released: March 2022[50]
  • Label: Spectra
  • Formats: digital
  • Note: A collection of early mixes, unreleased tracks and demo versions[51]
The Generator of All Infinity
  • Released: September 2022[52]
  • Label: Spectra
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital
  • Note: 19th studio album

Awards and nominations

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ARIA Music Awards

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The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2003 All India Radio Best World Music Album Nominated [53]
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References

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  2. ^ a b "The Inevitable by All India Radio". All India Radio Bandcamp. 1999. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  3. ^ "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2003: 17th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
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  14. ^ "Fallout by All India Radio". Apple Music. December 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  15. ^ "A Low High by All India Radio". Apple Music. May 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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  17. ^ "Piano & Ambience by All India Radio". Prog Archives. 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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  27. ^ a b "Live at Triple R by All India Radio". All India Radio Bandcamp. 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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  29. ^ a b "Desert Tapes by All India Radio". All India Radio Bandcamp. August 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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  41. ^ "Internal by All India Radio". Apple Music. November 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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  44. ^ "Slo by All India Radio". Apple Music. April 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  45. ^ "Reconstuctions by All India Radio and David Birdie". Apple Music. October 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  46. ^ "Afterworld by All India Radio". Apple Music. April 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  47. ^ "The Underworld by All India Radio". Apple Music. June 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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  49. ^ "Lost Realm by All India Radio and Josh Roydhouse". Apple Music. November 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  50. ^ "Utopia 2021 by All India Radio". Apple Music. March 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  51. ^ "Utopia 2021 by All India Radio". All India Radio Bandcamp. January 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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  53. ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award – Best World Music Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.