A live set and a chat with Cycle~ 440, a semi-improvisational electro-acoustic duo that fuses acoustic piano with extensive laptop sampling and processing. Sam Gillies and Kevin Penkin met while studying a Bachelor of Music at WAAPA. Cycle~ 440 was formed in 2009 when they […]
Perth experimental duo Solo Andata – Kane Ikin and Paul Fiocco – join Stu Buchanan for a chat and a short in-studio live session. Published 19 July 2012. Subscribe to the New Weird Australia podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
New Weird Australia has been on the road over the last short while, presenting a number of gigs around the country as part of our ‘open source’ gig series, Vagrant. We’re stopping off in Brisbane this week, listening to sets recorded at The Waiting Room […]
A live session and interview with Kevin Purdy, aka Purdy, to coincide with the release of his new album ‘Illumination’. Kevin Purdy has been creating music all his life. A multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, producer whose music catalogue, dating back to the late 70’s, is enormous. […]
‘Natural Living’ is the sixth release on Wood And Wire, and the third album by Regional Curse (Stacey Wilson / Rites Wild). Natural Living by Regional Curse Tracklisting. 1. Traditional Ascension (9:29) 2. Miracle Cure (3:46) 3. Try & Understand It (2:58) 4. Natural Living […]
The fifth release on Wood And Wire and the debut of Canberra-based producer Felix Idle aka Shisd (and latterly WA?STE). しsd – EP by Shisd Tracklisting: 1. Canyon (5:38) 2. Charcoal 26th May (4:38) 3. Without You, Walking (5:50) 4. Bay Wash (3:02) 5. Pale […]
New Wave Sludgecore from Ben Byrne and Ivan Lisyak. Machine Death by Machine Death Tracklisting. 01. Three Inches Above The Floor (10:16) 02. It Won’t Be So Hard (Not For You) (14:09) 03. Carried On A Wave (9:00) 04. You Ruin Everything (6:45) 05. We […]
In which Buttress O’Kneel and Lucas Darklord decide to take it upon themselves to recreate Metallica and Lou Reed’s universally-despised ‘Lulu’. Lulu by BOK Darklord Tracklisting. 1. Brandenburg Gate (4:19) 2. The View (5:17) 3. Pumping Blood (7:24) 4. Mistress Dread (6:51) 5. Iced Honey […]
The second release on Wood And Wire, and the debut from Sydney electronic artist, Emily Grantham. Chocolate Syrup by Emily Grantham Tracklisting. 1. Sleff Sleilisation (02:30) 2. Analytical Expression (03:18) 3. Restful (04:03) 4. Vacancy (04:27) 5. Liquid Drainer (02:15) 6. Coconut Flesh (04:48) Production […]
The very first release on New Weird Australia’s Wood & Wire label sees Melbourne drumming duo Peon hit the studio with Lloyd Swanton (The Necks) on both production and bass duties. Inter Alia by Peon Tracklisting. 1. No Second Acts (03:39) 2. Distension (08:51) 3. […]
New Weird Australia came together with the This Thing label in Melbourne recently for the second instalment of the ‘open source’ gig series, Vagrant. In this episode, we going to hear live sets from the gig at The Workers Club in Fitzroy – first up, […]
The second instalment of our ‘open source’ gig series, Vagrant, took place in Melbourne recently, and it saw us getting together with the This Thing label for a bunch of great electronic-based sets. We’re dedicating this episode to one of those sets from Vagrant – […]
