Greg James Walker, who works as J Walker or Machine Translations, was raised in Canberra.
12 Facts About Machine Translations
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Machine Translations has an older brother and sister, and together with his mother, they encouraged him to learn piano and guitar.
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Machine Translations attended Narrabundah Secondary College, where he learned synthesiser, multi-track recording and musical composition.
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Under the name Shed Method he issued a cassette album, Machine Translations, which included the track "Jezebel".
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At times Machine Translations performed with White aboard under the name Thing of a Thousand Strings.
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Machine Translations supplied electric and slide guitars, viola and keyboards.
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Machine Translations released a seven-track extended play, Love on the Vine.
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In June 2004, to promote Venus Traps Fly, Machine Translations toured with a line-up of Walker on vocals and guitar; Tua on keyboards and backing vocals; Iain Downie on bass guitar; and Kjirsten Robb on drums.
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Walker composed the score and Machine Translations contributed to the soundtrack for ABC-TV drama series East of Everything.
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Machine Translations contributed music for Mother of Rock: The Life and Times of Lillian Roxon, a documentary film on Australian rock music journalist, Lillian Roxon.
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On 11 October 2013 Machine Translations issued the eighth studio album, The Bright Door.