Deniz Tek Lost For Words is the third solo album on Career Records from the guitarist and co-founder of Radio Birdman, recorded as an all-guitar instrumental record conceived as music for an imaginary film, working through action, adventure, surf, and spy themes with the same studio band that appeared on his Detroit album.
Deniz Tek Lost For Words: The Radio Birdman Foundation
Deniz Tek co-founded Radio Birdman in Sydney in 1974, and the band’s Radios Appear remains one of the most significant records in the Australian rock canon, a direct line of influence on how garage rock and proto-punk developed outside the United States. Tek’s guitar work was central to what made Radio Birdman sound the way they did: high energy, aggressive, and built on a foundation that owed as much to the Stooges and MC5 as to anything British. His Career Records solo work has continued that instinct for direct and powerful playing without attempting to recreate what Radio Birdman already accomplished. Three solo records in, that discipline remains intact.
The Imaginary Film Concept
Lost For Words works from a specific compositional premise: a full album of guitar instrumentals structured as if scoring a film that doesn’t exist, moving through action, adventure, surf, and spy genres as the tracks progress. Drummer Ric Parnell, with session credits spanning Spinal Tap, Atomic Rooster, and Donovan’s Brain across decades, and bassist Bob Brown provide the foundation. Track titles like Lies And Bullets, Hondo’s Dog, and Zeno Beach lay out the geography of the imaginary film clearly. The concept holds together as a genuine album rather than a genre exercise.
The Career Records Context
Career Records has documented Tek’s solo run consistently and honestly. If you collect Australian rock history or instrumental guitar records with genuine compositional ambition, this album belongs in the sequence Career Records has built around this artist. Career Records has documented Tek’s solo work consistently and without compromise. Lost For Words is the third entry in that sequence, and the imaginary film concept gives it a specific character that distinguishes it from both its predecessor Detroit and from the Radio Birdman catalog that made Tek’s name in the first place.
Tracklist
1. EDDIE WOULD GO 2. BURN THE BREEZE 3. LIES AND BULLETS 4. THE BARRENS 5. VANISHED 6. IT SHALL BE LIFE 7. HONDO'S DOG 8. BONEYARD 9. SONG FOR DAVE 10. ZENO BEACH
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