Cybotron

Cybotron was an electronic/experimental music band from Australia formed in 1975 by Steve Maxwell Von Braund and Geoff Green. After the release of Braund's 1975 album, Monster Planet which Green, as well as Gil Matthews (Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs), Henry Vyhnal and Jim Keays (The Masters Apprentices) contributed to, some songs from this album were later added to the re-released CD, Cybotron. Cybotron released a self-titled album in 1976 containing mainly synthesizers and saxophone. Stylistically, Cybotron were similar to their contemporaries; innovative bands such as Ash Ra Tempel, Hawkwind and Tangerine Dream. They were creating minimalist, repetitive electronica at the same time that Kraftwerk released Autobahn making them pioneers of Australian electronic music with their own rich contribution to Kraut Rock as a genre at a time in Australia when the music scene was mainly dominated by pub rock. Monster Planet and the self titled Cybotron album were released on the Clear Light of Jupiter record label owned by Jeremy Fiebiger (owner of Pipe Imports record store) and his two partners - Daniel & Charlie O'Halloran. Jeremy also assisted the band in a management capacity.

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