Electronica
EP Review: Sydney-raised, Tokyo-based artist Joey Sachi unveils the luminescent and silky tones of EP ‘Rise’.
Sydney-raised, Tokyo-based artist Joey Sachi has caught our attention with a series of mesmerising singles released over the last few years, including honouring us with the premiere of her debut single ‘Fractured’ back in 2023. She has now collected two of these singles in an EP entitled ‘Rise’ with additional unheard material, and, continuing to …
Album Review: All India Radio etch beautiful contrails of sound across the skies in new album ‘The Unified Field’.
After a long absence, the ethereal All India Radio triumphantly return with the exquisite ‘The Unified Field’ – astonishingly their 21st album. Their absence has much to do with member Marin Kennedy’s prolific creativity – witness in just the past couple of years the release of three albums with The Church’s Steve Kilbey (‘Jupiter 13’, …
Album Review: Arjuna Oakes – ‘While I’m Distracted’: a lush, sophisticated contemporary pop soundscape, rich in soul-jazz understanding.
Even if you’ve picked up on any of singer-songwriter/pianist Arjuna Oakes’s previous offerings, it’s unlikely you would have predicted the scale and ambition of his debut album ‘While I’m Distracted’. Not that the New Zealander’s earlier EP’s lacked flare or impact. His first release ‘The Watcher’ from 2019 stirred things around with its exquisite blend …
Premiere: Tune in to the exquisite All India Radio with the video for their exquisite Slowdive cover ‘Catch The Breeze’, ahead of album release.
Reports of the demise of All India Radio have clearly been exaggerated with the various hints coming from All India Radio’s main presenter Martin Kennedy that fresh work was on the way, and today we are honoured to turn the dial to the video for the first single, ‘Catch The Breeze’, off the forthcoming album …
Track: Tasmanian-based duo Yulan & Blaise release the beautiful, ethereal track ‘Falling 花火落’.
‘Falling 花火落’ is an epically beautiful track from Australian/American duo Yulan & Blaise which shimmers and sparkles with a haunting presence. There are elements of artists as diverse as Mono (the UK electronic duo), Björk and Portishead, replete with an ethereal, ghostly presence that shimmers like a mirage in the desert. At the heart of …
Track: Cut Copy return with the gorgeous evocative single ‘Solid’.
It’s been five years since Australia’s iconic electronic band Cut Copy released original music, and they have returned with a sinuous new single ‘Solid’. An ambient liquid track that bubbles along with the smooth and velvet vocals, ‘Solid’ has a melancholic yearning air that creates a dreamy fugue. The reassuring flow is commensurate with the …
Premiere: Naarm electronic shoegazers Double Happiness gives us an exclusive listen to their thrilling debut album ‘Derealisation’ – a deliciously dark gothic delight.
Not to be confused with Brisbane surfgaze band The Double Happiness, Double Happiness is the work of Naarm/Melbourne based multi-instrumentalist Sam Jemsek and we are ever so pleased to be able to premiere the debut album ‘Derealisation’. ‘Derealisation’ is a dark gothic delight that hums over a throbbing electronica that courses through its sonic veins. …
Track: Rising stars Fade Evare unveil new glittering new track ‘Send Me Out’ after signing to Astral People Recording with live debut ahead.
‘Send Me Out’ by Naarm/Melbourne band Fade Evare is an exquisitely liquid track that positively shimmers and glitters with a gentle fluidity and motorik thrum. The mesmerising vocals are as soft as gossamer silk, weaving as they do through the almost ambient shimmer of the instrumentation. The result is something quite hypnotic and enthralling, with …
Album Review: Glenn Bennie (Underground Lovers) unveils luminescent instrumental album ‘Juno Low’ ahead of launch gig.
The new year sets of off with a veritable sparkle as Glenn Bennie, understated and undisputed genius guitar player for Underground Lovers and GB3, releases an album of luminescent instrumentals collected over the last four years. It’s a collection inspired by his love for a mixture of ambience and krautrock, elements that can always be …
Track: Sydney born Tokyo resident Joey Sachi returns with the gorgeous, shimmering ‘7 Seconds’ – a collaboration with producer AKINAT.
Joey Sachi impressed us greatly with her first two singles ‘Fractured‘ and ‘Reverie‘ and she has returned with a bang with her new single ‘7 Seconds’, a collaboration with Sydney producer AKINAT. ‘7 Seconds’ begins with enigmatic spoken dialogue over haunting synths before Sachi’s ethereal vocals softly glide across the surface like a silken veil …