Flamewave International' FLAMEWAVE MUSIC AND PRODUCTIONS evolved into FLAMEWAVE INTERNATIONAL during the course of the LOW PROFILE recording partnership with STEVE GARDEN. Five recordings were released between 1983 and 1987 with the support of JAMES MOSS and JAYREM RECORDS LTD. This page is dedicated to the memory of Mike Farrell.

Quiet Streets

Elephunk in My Soup

The Cutting Edge

Simon Says

Elephunkin'

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Quiet Streets FR2 Elephunk in My Soup FR3 The Cutting Edge FR4 Simon Says FR5 Elephunkin' FR6/FMC6
Album released in 1983. The clip of the track Glass Cage was made on location by independent filmakers for the TVNZ programme Radio With Pictures and broke new ground. This highly acclaimed EP was released in New Zealand in 1984 and Australia in 1985. The entertaining clip of the title track Elephunk was a finalist in the 1984 New Zealand Music Awards.
 Released in 1986 on the Flamewave International label as a 12" single with a dub mix, The Cutting Edge was described as a "cauldron of swirling, whirling polyrhythmic funk" in one review. EP released in 1987 with a clip of the "sensible radio airplay version," Simon Says included a "slightly bent but equally enjoyable version" and a new version of Elephunk called Elephunkin'...
 Album released in 1987 featuring some of New Zealand's finest musicians, including Mike Farrell, Brian Smith, Debbie Harwood, Annie Crummer and Betty-Anne Monga.

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