New Weird Australia

Sumn Conduit is the duo project of Indigenous Australian improviser and experimental vocalist Sonya Holowell , and modular synthesist and composer Ben Carey.  Their debut release 'Track' highlights the unique marriage of their two worlds, and in this episode we embark on a wide-ranging discussion that covers the 'oneness and multiplicity' of their approach; using visual stimuli in improvisation; the meaning and contradictions of 'experimental music'; and Sonya's recent long-form article, 'Decolonising the High Arts'.

https://sumnconduit.com/

Read Sonya's article at https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/opera-summit-decolonising-the-high-arts-part-a

Watch Art Gallery of NSW 'Together in Art' performance https://youtu.be/wuxbHQImksQ 

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Party Dozen is the sonic partnering of saxophonist Kirsty Tickle and percussionist Jonathan Boulet. Loosely based around improvisation, the duo create a mesmerising collision that is wild, weird and well out of the park. Stu Buchanan talks to the duo about creating colour out of chaos and breathing new life into the sax.

Featured in this episode:

- Auto Loser
- Party Dozen
- Scheisse Kunst
- World Prayer
- The Great Ape
- Auto Loser (Mogwai Remix)

https://party-dozen.bandcamp.com/

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All of Amby Downs’ recordings are made with a decolonial intention, and engage with deep listening and deep historical thought to explore that which lies beyond the settler-colonial surface. Her latest album “Cylical” continues the connections first explored in her debut “Kinjarling Studies”, channelling ‘place’ through ambient soundscapes, radio recordings, improvised guitar and manipulated vocals.

Featuring:

– tornderrup kep (time-lapse with boyu)

– terraformed land

– violent cops attacking protesters

– yuwarra-y / dhinagarralawaa (stages of grieving)

– coogal moort wattern (a burial)

ambydowns.bandcamp.com

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Reuben Ingall is a prolific artist, musician and maker of mischief and supports the experimental music scene in his home town of Canberra through both a long-running radio show and monthly gig series.  His latest project is ‘NIMBY2’, a second collection of recordings made with no-input mixing board, and swiftly follows on from ‘Tuft’, an album of layers and loops and lo-fi acoustic instruments.

In this episode, Stu Buchanan talks to Reuben about both projects, as well as his recent adventures in sound recording and his twin passions of (very) slow music and the 1996 Hollywood blockbuster ‘Independence Day’.

Featured in this episode:

13 (from ‘NIMBY2’)
Hyperdillic (from ‘Tuft’)
Ladies Market (from ‘Hongymoon’)
Forever Young (from ‘A Slowed Remix Something’)
5 (from ‘NIMBY2’)

www.reubeningall.com

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Perth artist Amber Fresh has been making music as Rabbit Island for over ten years, blending simple songs with experimental, improvised and lo-fi approaches to production and sound design.

Her latest record 'Songs For Kids' is a re-release of songs recorded direct to tape by Amber in a kitchen in Melbourne in 2013.

In this first episode of a new run of New Weird Australia podcasts, Stu Buchanan talks to Amber about the story behind the record, listening to lullabies in Kalgoorlie and mixing the magical with the meticulous.

Featured in this episode:

- There Was A Kid On A BMX (from 'Songs For Kids')
- In The Forest, Far Away (from 'Songs For Kids')
- Some Days Are Harder Days (from 'Songs For Kids')
- My Own Private (from 'O God, Come Quick')
- The Gold Hall Beckons (from 'Deep In The Big')

https://rabbitislandband.bandcamp.com/

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Stu Buchanan talks with Cooper Bowman - musician and artist, and founder of the Australian cassette label Altered States Tapes. The label, which recently celebrated its 100th release, features music that sits across punk, industrial, experimental, electronic and noise, with a roster that spans both Australian and international artists.

Cooper talks about making music and making tapes, and pulls out a selection of tracks from the label’s past, present and future - including a number of unreleased exclusives from LST, Sleep D, Yuta Matsumura (Orion), Orinokoflo and Newcastle’s Grotesque Circular Dance, as well as a number of Cooper’s solo projects.

Originally broadcast on 'Out From Under' on Resonance Extra.

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