Paul McLaney

Paul McLaney (born 1975 in Stockton-on-Tees, England) is a New Zealand-based composer, singer and guitarist.

McLaney first came to national prominence with his musical guise Gramsci, releasing 3 albums in the early millennium before disbanding.

McLaney has collaborated with numerous New Zealand musicians such as Concord Dawn, Anika Moa, Module, Rhian Sheehan, James Duncan, Fly My Pretties, Dick "Majik" Johnson, Epsilon Blue and choreographer/author Douglas Wright, SJD.

Between 2007 and 2014 Paul worked at Mushroom Music Publishing in A&R and Licensing, taking over the responsibility of General Manager in 2009.

Since 2013 his musical direction has centered on the found sound electronica of his project The Impending Adorations. The Impending Adorations released 3 albums through 2013; 'Gestalt' 'Intentions' and 'Further' all of which picked up strong student radio support. The fourth installment of the 'G.I.F.T' series was 'Threshold' in 2015.

McLaney has been the Musical Director for The World of Wearable Art since 2018

In 2020 McLaney announced that there would be a new Gramsci album 'Inheritance' later in the year.

Discography

Solo albums
  • 1997 - Pedestrian – Paul McLaney
  • 1998 - The Prayer Engine – Paul McLaney & The Avalanche Trio
  • 2004 - The Shadows Of Birds Flying Fall Slowly Down The Tall Buildings – Paul McLaney
  • 2006 - EDIN – Paul McLaney
  • 2007 - Diamond Side – Paul McLaney
  • 2017 - Play On - Paul McLaney
  • 2020 - The Old Traditions - Paul McLaney and Raashi Malik

Gramsci
  • 2000 - Permanence – Gramsci
  • 2002 - Object – Gramsci
  • 2005 - Like Stray Voltage – Gramsci

The Impending Adorations
  • 2011 - Broken Science e.p. – The Impending Adorations
  • 2012 - Gestalt – The Impending Adorations
  • 2013 - Intentions – The Impending Adorations
  • 2013 - Further – The Impending Adorations
  • 2015 - The Best Is Yet To Come (single) – The Impending Adorations
  • 2015 - Threshold - The Impending Adorations
  • 2019 - Allies - The Impending Adorations
  • 2019 - Alliances 1: A Handful of Dust' The Impending Adorations feat Jef Boyle

References
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