Scientia and Tenebrae collaborate to produce the video album A Trilogy of Postcards, out now on Burnt Seed Records. It’s textural music that uses field recordings and synthesiser, the kind of thing that washes over the listener in waves. Tenebrae’s visual contribution is a trippy distortion of landscape video.
Sound by Scientia (Lesley Kaye)
Visuals by Tenebrae (Caroline Hensen)
Mastered by Dan O'Connor at ENCODER Sound.
Bribes — BBB / NPC
Bribes’ debut singles ‘BBB’ and ‘NPC’ arrived on Boxing Day 2023. Great energy and songwriting prowess shine through in the minimal instrumentation of this power trio.
The track ‘NPC’ is in the RTRFM Sound Selection for the week starting January 22nd, 2024.
Keep an ear out for the debut album coming in 2024.
Recorded and mixed by Will Hooper
Mastered by Dan O'Connor at ENCODER Sound.
Unfold — Glass Heart
Unfold’s debut record Glass Heart is out now on Tone List. The duo of Alice Humphries and Thea Rossen take great care in the curation and performance of sound. The balance of the melodic and harmonic with the textural and percussive is perfect. And, the pacing of the work maintains momentum, whilst also challenging the listener to approach with a certain patience in the listening.
The single ‘Move’ off Glass Heart was in the RTRFm Sound Selection for the week of November 13th, 2023.
Artwork by Olivia Davies
Recorded and mixed by Kieran Kenderessy
Mastered by Dan O'Connor at ENCODER Sound.
Jameson Feakes — Albany's Famous Gardeners
Following the single ‘Little Wonder,’ Jameson Feakes releases Albany’s Famous Gardeners, the full-length acoustic folk extravaganza. In collaboration with the State Library of WA and State Records Office of WA, Feakes wrote songs inspired by interesting finds in the archives, often from the personal writing of folks long past. The album constructs a kind of ode to both everyday folks in the South West and the State Archives themselves. For this project Feakes formed an all-star, Boorloo-based ensemble of friends for a live-in-the-studio recording session. The result is beautiful melodies amongst moody textures, generated through immaculate musicianship.
‘Little Wonder’ was in the RTRFm Sound Selection for the week of November 13, 2023.
Artwork by Maddy Blue
Recorded and mixed by Rhien Tan
Mastered by Dan O'Connor at ENCODER Sound.
L0K — The Party Album
L0k’s The Party Album is out now. Listening to this one is a little like being at a party with a very ambitious DJ, who’s really doing the thing, filling the music with textural twist and turns, sparse grooves, and complex lo-fi production. The melodies and lyrics from the “first take” vocals pitches at a more personal level, deeper than the purely party music. Certainly worth listening to this one in its entirety.
Production and mixing by Lachlan Kettell
Mastered by Dan @ENCODERSound