About Dalo

Dale Nougher (pronounced NOYA), was born on the 1st March 1960, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia into a very musical family where the piano was an integral part of the family upbringing. At the age of 10, Dale had his first piano lesson & then proceeded to teach himself “by ear”.

In 1971, the family leased the 28,000 acre Clarke Island in the Bass Straits’Furneaux Group. They were Clarke Islands’ only inhabitants. Dale & his dad started to duet with the music of Scott Joplin,(and with his mothers’ classical training thrown in),those initial chord structures gave Dale a very clear insight into music.

Within a few months Dale was playing & singing his own songs. In 1976, Dale joined his first band and by 1978 he was playing in the Tasmanian band ‘EARSHOT’, supporting bands like ‘MONDO ROCK’, ‘MISEX’ and other mainland acts when they toured Tasmania.

By 1980,Dale was living in the beautiful Tasmanian valley of Lorinna, when Dales’ daughter, Amber Rose was born. A peaceful time in the remote northern regions of the island sharing a very simple lifestyle of no phones, no power, no shops and no rent, with the local community, ILLUSION FARM, (also the base for ILLUSION CIRCUS THEATRE COMPANY).  In this environment, with cumbersome battery packs, Dale first experimented with synthesizers and special effects while composing for the theatre companies productions.

In 1982 Dale moved to the Sydney music scene.