Mixture started off life as one track on a Powertool
Records release HERE COME THE BULLET
HOLES, in 2003. Originally a one man band, with all parts played
by Rich, MIxture formed as a 4 piece to play at an eventual Bullet
Holes gig. Rich MIxture, longtime Shaft, and Rock
and Roll Machine drummer, recruited Jacqui (Mountain Lion),
on bass, Bruce Wurr (Cat Cat Cat), on drums (headhunted
from the disintegrating Xanadu) and Cameron Rowe (Shaft),
on guitar. The band played around town until the departure of Cameron
for his own band The Shallows, leaving MIxture to go forward
as a 3 piece. Songs were initially written by Rich but as the band
has developed so too have the songs - coming up more organically from
practices and jams. EP Picture Of You was recorded in February
at Frisbee Studios, and is basically a record of Mixture,
this year, as a 3 piece. The songs are pretty much the bands live set
and sort of mark the end of an era, as next for the band is the addition
of new member Brent Bidlake (Ho-dogs), who will be taking
over bass duties, leaving Jacqui free to move over to guitar, and
to have a baby (sometime in August). Mixture will continue to play
and are planning to release something new before christmas.
