| Joelistics - The Shining Hip Hop, Electronic | 06/03/2012 |
Growing up in Sydney, offspring of a Chinese-Australian father and an Anglo-Australian mother, playing drums in punk/funk groups, but drawn to hip-hop with its outspoken politics and adhoc sonic cannibalism.
The Shining picks up where Joelistics left off, forging ahead and pushing his sound further outside the realms of hip hop, into a land of pulsing electro and lush electronica.
| Hermitude - Speak Of The Devil Electronic | 06/03/2012 |
Hermitude have developed a dedicated following for their pumping live shows employing synths, decks and samplers creating a monstrously positive vibe each gig.
With its contorting synth lines, hopelessly fun chorus and slamming drums, it perfectly captures the energy and joy of a Hermitude live show. It’s an ode to shaking off self-awareness; being dragged on the dancefloor and finding it’s exactly what you need.
Other tracks by Hermitude: HyperParadise
| Rufus - This Summer Electronic, Pop | 29/02/2012 |
With a new EP and tour on the way, RÜFÜS has released a taster of their new material in the form of the track ‘This Summer’.
This Summer is not your ordinary summer track. Rather than visions of bright backyard sun, it draws on ethereal vocals driven by a thumping beat to mourn the loss of summer before it has already gone.
| Polographia - Polographia - Righteous Hit (Hugo Frederick) Electronic | 29/02/2012 |
is neither joyous nor sad. It is nostalgic. A happiness tinged with loss. Misery in a major key.
A remix of 'Righteous Hit' By Melbourne's Hugo Frederick
Other tracks by Polographia: Polographia - Tropic Fruit (Frames Remix) - Polographia - Sunsets (Knxwledge Remix)
| Karoshi - Walking In Fields (Radio Edit) Electronic, Atmospheric, Chill, Downbeat | 29/02/2012 |
"...beautiful sense of melody married with the glacial speed of Sigur Ros... Something beautiful this way comes" The Brag - Indie Album of the Week
Blissed out and hazy, Karoshi chops up minute voice particles to lay over a deep groove built with electronics and live drums.
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Other tracks by Karoshi: Walking In Fields (Telafonica Version) - Walking In Fields (Loopsnake Version)
| Miss Little - The Overflow (Master Of Ribongia - Remix) Electronic, Dance, Rock | 22/02/2012 |
Remix of Miss Little's "The Overflow" from When Things Fall Apart and Into Place" by Master Of Ribongia.
Sydney producer Master Of Ribongia remixes Miss Little's single the Overflow from the album "When Things Fall Apart And Into Place" in his own unique and quirky way.
Other tracks by Miss Little: Tunnel Vision (Dodge & Fuski Remix)
| M4sonic - Paranormal Electronic, Dub, Experimental | 22/02/2012 |
M4sonic is an underground electro/dub producer who like Skrillex, is introducing scary monsters to the electro scene. This new genre leans towards dub step but also blends with electro.
Paranormal is a track about nightmares.
(Brief story)
One night a group of kids appear in the same nightmare. Lost and confused they group together to find themselves trying to evade scary monsters. As a monster grabs a child it wakes up leaving only one left to fend for himself.
(Brief story)
One night a group of kids appear in the same nightmare. Lost and confused they group together to find themselves trying to evade scary monsters. As a monster grabs a child it wakes up leaving only one left to fend for himself.
Other tracks by M4sonic: Demonic Hearts - Resistance
| Thomas William - The Pearl Electronic, Psychedelic, Hip Hop | 22/02/2012 |
Thomas William makes dense idiosyncratic music twitching with overdriven warmth, rhythmic lope, aleatoric drone, folk scalings, unstable tunings and casual explosions.
The outcome of clashing genres laced with foreign samples.
Other tracks by Thomas William: Key Cutting - JHA
| Yarhkob - Flying Cockroach Electronic, Hip Hop, Experimental | 21/02/2012 |
Yarhkob creates weird and varied electronic broken beats from space hop to brutal dark drum and bass that ignores traditional structures.
Flying cockroach is a tripped out glitchy hip hop track with tributes to Flying Lotus, incorporating weird synth sounds and recorded scrap metal samples.
Recommended by: RTR, Perth
Recommended by: RTR, Perth
| Neon Knights - In With The Romance Electronic, Dance | 17/02/2012 |
Neon Knights are Melbourne's pre-eminent purveyors of electro. Beat Magazine described the band as "...an amalgam of insane beatage, firestorming electro and huge melodies"
In with the Romance begins with a thumping beat coupled with sporadic electronic imagery before ascending into a stomping, sing-along chorus that can’t fail to excite. Neon Knights’ electro-rock fusion has never sounded more accomplished than on this track, the band paying homage to their heroes yet staying true.
Other tracks by Neon Knights: Rovers
| Panama - Magic Electronic, Pop | 14/02/2012 |
Panama is the new incarnation for Jarrah McCleary, joined by old band mate Cam Edwards (The Dirty Secrets) and a collective of hand-selected local artists to create Australia’s finest four-piece.
Panama’s first single, ‘Magic’ is a modern summer anthem. And what better way to celebrate the party season than some bonus remix action by the worlds most avid dance enthusiasts?
| Seabourne - Last Trumpet Electronic, Pop, Ambience, Experimental | 14/02/2012 |
Seabourne is the brainchild of established songwriter and cryptic chanteuse, Larissa Rate (Kids At Risk), who began experimenting with producing her own music with one objective; no rules.
Ambient, experimental-pop with a touch of Lykke-Li and Goldfrapp influences.
| Clubfeet - Bright Lights Big City Pop, Rock, Atmospheric | 08/02/2012 |
Fresh off the boat from CMJ, Clubfeet present their new offering - Last Words - another piece of melancholic pop mastery from the Melbourne (via Cape Town via Biarritz) five-piece.
Clubfeet return with BrightLightsBigCity, their most celebratory and vibrant offering yet, and a fitting way to round out their current Gold on Gold project, which has revolved around a collaborative video project with Sydney’s Alex Goddard.
| Wintercoats - Blood Prints Folk, Pop, Atmospheric, Chill | 07/02/2012 |
A master of ethereal delicacies, Melbourne’s Wintercoats aka James Wallace combines his chameleonic compositional talents and profound arrangement dexterity to create aural artworks of fragility and grandeur.
Blood Prints by Wintercoats is a Balkan inspired dream pop track focusing on soundscapes and a mix of folk and classical instrumentation with pop sensibilities and Balearic qualities. The song focuses on the need to express appreciation towards a person of significant importance.
Recommended by: 3RRR, Melbourne
Recommended by: 3RRR, Melbourne
Other tracks by Wintercoats: Working On A Dream - Forest Of Lovers
| Space March - Eye For An Eye (feat. Electra-city) Pop, Electronic | 07/02/2012 |
Space March makes strongly melodic synthpop. The latest album is mixed by Mark Saunders (The Cure, Erasure, Depeche Mode) and the debut ranked #1 in the Chicago Reader critics poll.
Eye For An Eye is a 007-like theme song and a vocal duet with Electra-city. The song explores cinematic style themes such as truth, deception, justice and survival.
Other tracks by Space March: Get What You Deserve - Do You Remember My Name?
| The Collective Sound - Save The World (feat. 9 Lives) Pop, Dance | 07/02/2012 |
The Collective Sound is the collaboration of Jason Coleman, Peter Harrington and Matt Sofo, three producers, who are joined on first single 'Save The World' by 9 Lives.
f you’re going to rally to save the world then at least wave the fashionista flag, wear designer clothes and also chant about saving Gucci and Louis Vuitton!
That’s the cheeky theme of ‘Save the World’, the irresistible debut single by The Collective Sound, a new musical explosion from Melbourne.
That’s the cheeky theme of ‘Save the World’, the irresistible debut single by The Collective Sound, a new musical explosion from Melbourne.
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| City Calm Down - Burn Slow Electronic, Pop | 02/02/2012 |
City Calm Down is an experimental/electronic four piece from Melbourne, Australia.
From a melodic, ambient introduction, Burn Slow builds and develops into a dance driven chorus.
Other tracks by City Calm Down: Dare
| Re:Enactment - Problematic Electronic, Punk, Experimental, Rock | 01/02/2012 |
Re:Enactment are a staple live band in Brisbane with a reputation for bringing the party in an Electro-punk fashion. A key band on LoFly Records (Mr Maps, Nova Scotia).
“The lyrics in Problematic portray the creedos of the, shallow, can't-take-a-hint attitude of some men that, over the centuries, have caused women so much social distress." Jacob Hicks – Vox & Guitar
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| Elizabeth Rose - Ready Electronic | 23/01/2012 |
Sydney’s Elizabeth Rose is proud to announce the release of her debut single, “Ready”, on all digital outlets this Friday 27th January.
The highly-anticipated release of “Ready” promises only to amplify the excitement and anticipation that surrounds Elizabeth. The single will serve as a taste from her first EP, promised for the mid-year.
| Arundel - A Deep Freeze Electronic, Atmospheric, Experimental, Downbeat | 23/01/2012 |
Impossible to define as any one genre, Arundel is a highly creative, entirely unpredictable, and completely unique sounding project based in Brisbane, Australia.
A Deep Freeze is an epic piece. I combined a mix of electronics, samples, acoustic instruments and performances by guest musicians to feature their own methods of expression and interpretation.
With each listen, you'll hear something new and get sucked in to the adventure of A Deep Freeze."
Lucas Arundell.
With each listen, you'll hear something new and get sucked in to the adventure of A Deep Freeze."
Lucas Arundell.
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Other tracks by Arundel: December, Autumn, Winter
