15 Facts About Andrew Duffield

Andrew Peter Duffield was born on 9 February 1958 and is an Australian musician, producer and teacher.

Andrew Duffield has been a member, on keyboards, synthesisers or electronics, for various groups, including Whirlywirld, Models, and Absent Friends.

Andrew Peter Duffield was born 9 February 1958 in Melbourne, Australia.

Andrew Duffield studied electronic music with Felix Werder, classical music composer and critic, in Melbourne.

In June 1978 Andrew Duffield played synthesiser for The Boys Next Door's debut album, Door, Door.

Early in 1979 Andrew Duffield joined Bohdan and The Instigators alongside Bohdan X on lead vocals and guitar; together with ex-The Chosen Few bandmates: Iain Weaver on lead vocals; Bruce Friday on lead guitar; Cal McAlpine on drums; and Ian Cunningham on bass guitar.

Also that year Andrew Duffield scored music and provided arrangements for Film Work, a movie which compiled excerpts from four documentaries originally made by Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit between 1953 and 1958; and interviews with its members.

Besides keyboards, including EMS Synthi AKS, Andrew Duffield provided songwriting for six tracks on Models' debut album, Alphabravocharliedeltaechofoxtrotgolf.

Andrew Duffield appeared on Models' next album, The Pleasure of Your Company, co-writing all ten tracks.

Andrew Duffield was replaced by Roger Mason on keyboards.

Andrew Duffield had already co-written "Barbados" with Freud, which was issued in March 1985 as Models' second single from their next album, Out of Mind, Out of Sight, which appeared in August.

In 1988 Andrew Duffield released his debut solo album, Ten Happy Fingers on his own Retrograde Records label.

Andrew Duffield wrote the theme song for TV series, Round the Twist.

Andrew Duffield composed the music for series 1 and 2.

Andrew Duffield participated in subsequent reformations of Models including in August 2010 for two concerts in Sydney and Melbourne.