Bio

Anecdata is one guy - me! Dan. I live in West Auckland, which isn't a surprising place to end up for someone born in Hawke's Bay that grew up in Hamilton.

It's essentially a home studio outlet for my songs, whether they're alternative rock (See 2022's Syzygy), electronic (2020's Battle Thru Time, release just two weeks before the first Covid lockdown), lo-fi indie (2022's Team of Just One), or a tribute to 1980's new wave (2021's double album Undelete).

2022 was a particularly productive year, with a few full-length records (including the retro electro-pop Escape From Mars, released under the Dharma Police moniker) a couple of one-off grunge-pop singles (House of Ghouls and the satirical/political Holidays in Hawaii) and a series of covers - including the Beatles' I Am the Walrus and Things We Said Today, and Kiwi classic Sierra Leone, originally by Coconut Rough.

Prolific, yes, but what else am I supposed to do in my free time?

Never sitting still, the next Anecdata project is already underway - well, a few of them. Whether it's the 80's indie/new wave/goth record that gets finished next, or the synth-rock concept album about a robot politician… we'll see.

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