Australian group Hiatus Kaiyote have lost equipment worth tens of thousands of pounds following a break-in.
The band’s lock-up in Preston, Victoria, was broken into over the last weekend, with thieves removing their precious equipment.
Issuing a plea on social media, the band – who are “absolutely gutted” by developments – laid out a list of equipment taken, seemingly worth “tens of thousands of dollars”.
Hiatus Kaiyote write: “We have been robbed. Please keep your eyes out, especially if you are in Melbourne and surrounding areas/states.”
Items stolen include:
- An Ernie Ball Bongo 6 bass guitar (covered in stickers)
- Multiple keyboards – Korg Kronos 2 with 73 keys, a Roland System 8, and two Roland JX-3P’s with flight cases
- A Randy Rhoads model Jackson Flying V electric guitar
- A professional digital reverberator (Yamaha Rev1 Reverb with controller)
- An impressive-looking Soundtrac Topaz Project 8 24 Channel Mixer
- An Allen and Heath GL2200 mixer
- A pair of PMC 228 studio monitors
- a Novation Bass Station II synthesizer
- a Roland dimension D rack unit
- two Warm Audio WA-76 compressors
- a High Voltage Audio 4000 G series bus compressor
- a Roland 301 Chorus Echo
- a Boss DM100 Delay Machine
- an Apollo Twin interface
- two QSC 10-inch powered speakers
- two Yamaha DZR15 powered speakers
- a Roland SP 404 sampling station filled with Hiatus Kaiyote samples
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