| Telafonica - There's Something About Your Face (Raven Version) Pop, Experimental, Atmospheric, Classical | 03/05/2012 |
Telafonica blends cutting edge electronica with traditional pop songs, abstract melodies with toy and acoustic instruments, electric bluster with melancholy introspection.
Peter Hollo is known to different people via his different guises. Folktronic guru radio broadcaster via his FBi Radio show, 'Utility Fog'; member of experimental string quartet, Fourplay, renowned for their left-field cover versions and exploratory instrumentals. As Raven, here, he re-records every sound from Telafonica's original on cello.
Other tracks by Telafonica: There's Something About Your Face (Hinterlandt Version) - There's Something About Your Face (Genlevel Version)
| Band Of Brothers - Luka Classical, Folk | 27/04/2012 |
Band of Brothers recorded by Radio Adelaide during WOMADelaide 2011.
Two sets of virtuoso siblings – Slava and Leonard Grigoryan on guitars, with Joseph Tawadros on oud and his brother James on req - in a stunning live performance at Womadelaide 2011
Other tracks by Band Of Brothers: Blackbird - Freo
| Chooka Parker - Blue Mountains Rhapsody Classical, Soundscapes, Instrumental, Atmospheric | 19/03/2012 |
Chooka Parker is a self-taught pianist who improvises his pieces. He has the ability to transfer his feelings into music and many describe him as a prodigy,freak and Beethoven reborn.
This song has the feeling of driving through the country side like the Blue Mountains. It contains the beauty of nature around which progresses with the song.
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Other tracks by Chooka Parker: Variations on Fur Elise - Asian Blues 2
| Collision Theory - Aqueous Classical | 16/02/2012 |
Collision Theory recorded by 3MBS for 'Musical Portraits 2011'
Collision Theory is a Melbourne-based percussion duo, featuring Arwen Johnston and Amy Valent. The core of their repertoire is performed on 5-octave marimba and 4-octave vibrophone, as can be heard here on their composition 'Aqueous'
| Caerwen Martin - Leaves Classical, Experimental | 16/02/2012 |
Carewin Martin recorded for 'Musical Portraits 2011' by 3MBS
As director of the Silo String Quartet, Caerwen Martin has been at the forefront of the development, performance and recording of contemporary Australian string quartet repertoire. This original composition is for electric cello.
| Per Forsberg and Associate Artists - Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra by Ralph Vaughan-Williams (arr. Forsberg) Classical, Live Performance | 16/02/2012 |
Per Forsberg and Associate Artists recorded by 3MBS for 'Musical Portraits 2011'
Per is Principal Tuba in the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra/Australian Pops Orchestra and Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra. This track features Per's own arrangement of the Vaughan-Williams Tuba Concerto, transcribed for Tuba and Wind Quintet
| Susan Hawkins - While He Slept Classical, Experimental, Chill | 09/02/2012 |
Susan Hawkins’ music demands that you listen – like you listened as a child, wide-eyed at the night. Profoundly dreamlike: melodies rise and fade; rhythms merge and submerge.
'while He Slept' immediately places the listener in a rich and evocative space, a world to enter the imagination. Featuring a solo violin performance by Benjamin Greaves (AUS), and bass clarinet by Matt Engells (USA).
Other tracks by Susan Hawkins: Waltz For Jess - A Walk, In Part
| David Chesworth Ensemble - Apoh Jenah World, Classical, Experimental, Pop | 14/12/2011 |
David Chesworth Ensemble creates vast soundscapes of orchestral and exotic instruments delivering a catchy feast of infectious melody and rhythm
A quiet start with marimba and voices with quirky melodies and rhythms develops into a gypsy - like anthem, with fun break-out melodies on violin and trombone, which builds into a great climax
| Ruth Roshan & Tango Noir - Darling....Keep it To Yourself. Classical, World | 02/12/2011 |
Ruth Roshan's compositions evoke the atmosphere of 1920's Berlin cabarets.
A song of defiance, set to a dramatic Tango rhythm.
| Packwood - Longyearbyen Folk, Classical, Alternative Country, Soundscapes | 02/12/2011 |
Filled with the lushness of a 50 piece orchestra, coupled with intricately plucked banjo and a bracing yet sincere voice, Packwood has created an expansive and wholly unforgettable sound.
Longyearbyen describes what Packwood originally imagined the worlds most northerly town to be - a place teeming with wildlife and forests, a multi-coloured hue of creation in full boom. Bursting with strings, woodwinds and horns, Longyearbyen is the euphoric first single from Packwood's forthcoming self-titled EP.
| The Scrapes - Closed Circuit Classical, Rock, Atmospheric | 18/11/2011 |
The Scrapes are a duo consisting of electric violin and guitar. Formed in early 2009, The Scrapes truly march to the beat of their own drum.
Closed Circuit is a piece that rides along a climactic drone sequence until breaking the surface for air with some dusty country guitar and screeching violin. Originally made as a soundtrack to a short film.
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Other tracks by The Scrapes: Kali Yuga Sunrise - Close Enough To Touch
| Karen Heath - Early Pop, Soundtrack (Film Related) | 16/11/2011 |
Dreamlike and hypnotic, Karen Heath draws from inspired influences in the post-progressive pop world. Fusing together orchestral sounds, vocals, koto and electronica beats, her music is uniquely lyrical.
'Early' by Karen Heath is the first single released by this artist. With vocals and strings recorded at Abbey Road Studio, the journey within this track is succinct: framed by the gorgeous sounds of harp and marimba, the evocative nature of this piece is unparalleled.
| Teddy Tahu Rhodes - Die Forelle (The Trout) Classical | 09/11/2011 |
One of the world’s great baritones sings music of profound depth and beauty. Brahms’s Four Serious Songs, written as the composer faced his own death.
A jolly tune, which reveal the composer’s incomparable genius for expressing in music the full range of human feelings. And Samuel Barber’s Dover Beach finds hope in the midst of despair, holding out love as a beacon in the darkest moments of the human struggle.
| Latitude 37 - La Spagnoletta Classical, World, Instrumental | 04/11/2011 |
Named after the latitudinal position which links Melbourne to New Zealand, the Baroque trio united in their passion for historically informed performance of 16th to 18th century music.
A fun and percussive track where ‘pop music’ of the 17th Century – the hip tunes, the attention grabbing hooks, the musical show pieces – is transferred into the 21st Century.
| Sally Whitwell - Opening – Philip Glass Classical, Atmospheric | 03/11/2011 |
Pianist Sally Whitwell, a busy freelance career as performer, teacher and arranger in a variety of styles encompassing everything from classical music and new Australian commissions to showtunes and pop.
The composer Philip Glass is that rarest of contemporary ‘classical’ composers – a musician who has revolutionized the way art music is composed and found a massive audience in doing so. As much a pop and cult phenomenon as he is a descendant of Beethoven.
| Karin Schaupp Flinders Quartet - Tangata de Agosto Classical, World | 03/11/2011 |
Classical guitar virtuoso Karin Schaupp teams up with Melbourne’s hottest string quartet in a display of passion and style for which they are both renowned.
The word 'tangata' is the composer's own creation, a portmanteau of 'tango' and 'sonata' which combines classical and popular Argentinian musical styles that are energetic and sultry
| Sarah McKenzie - You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To (with James Morrison) Jazz, Classical | 03/11/2011 |
Sarah McKenzie has performed regularly with her mentor James Morrison, sung backing vocals for Michael Buble, headlined appearances at both the Stonnington and Melbourne International Jazz Festivals.
An upbeat and jazzy track that features the legendary James Morrison, marks a crucial milestone in the rapidly-developing career of the Bendigo-born, Melbourne-raised, Perth-educated McKenzie, whom critics around the country have identified as a once-in-a-generation talent.
| Daniel Atlaw Seifu - My Beauty Ethnic Multicultural, Instrumental, Experimental, Jazz | 13/10/2011 |
After many incarnations through various bands nationally and internationally, accomplished Ethiopian Jazz musician Daniel Atlaw Seifu, transcends from own band Afro Habesha, to his own solo work.
My Beauty: A song admiring beauty based on a traditional Ethiopian melody.
Daniel Atlaw Seifu (piano).
Written by Daniel Atlaw Seifu, produced and mixed by Lochie Bradfield (aka Ah! Puch!)
Daniel Atlaw Seifu (piano).
Written by Daniel Atlaw Seifu, produced and mixed by Lochie Bradfield (aka Ah! Puch!)
| Julala - The Geisha's Garden Classical, Soundtrack (Film Related), Acoustic, World | 12/08/2011 |
Julala’s music covers a variety of genres where feelings are well felt. Close your eyes, float and dream as her music takes you on journeys limited only by your imagination.
This piece is described as being reflective and beautiful. The imagination can easily picture the Gion area of Kyoto, Japan where Maiko and Geisha gracefully rush around their traditionally preserved town evening after evening, running from job to job where they entertain high-paying customers in order to make a living.
Other tracks by Julala: Mr Bearman - Love Waltz
| Alex Mcfarlane - Cant Par la Flor/Ben Man Perdut/En Consiver Classical, Acoustic, Live Performance | 27/05/2011 |
Amrap Live Music Recordings_5UV_Live Music Fest 2010 Classically trained guitarist, Alex McFarlane's live performances of three tunes by Bernart de Ventadour, recorded during Radio Adelaide's Live Music Fest 2010.
Alex McFarlane's performance of "Cant Par la Flor," "Ben Man Perdut" and "En Consiver;" all composed by Bernart da Ventadour and recorded by Radio Adelaide as part of their Live Music Fest 2010.
