New Weird Australia

Divide and Dissolve, Vacuum, My Disco + | NWAP125

In episode 125, Divide and Dissolve get remixed in an excellent companion package to their 2020 record 'Gas Lit'; traditional Southeast Asian instrumentation meets dark metal courtesy of Rinuwat; and we listen to debut releases from electronic experimentalist Jannah Quill and Sydney percussionist ilex. There's also dark, experimental synth wave from Melbourne duo Vacuum; Aphir gets exploratory in an improvised series of choral works; and Canberra artist Sebastian Field parks songwriting for experimentation on his new album 'Sandcastles'. Plus we take tracks from new albums by Low Life and My Disco; and Various Asses drops an unheard remix of Sarah Mary Chadwick's 'I Won't Say Goodbye'. Featured in this episode: * Divide and Dissolve - Denial (BEARCAT Remix) (from Gas Lit - 3 Part Remix [https://divideanddissolve.bandcamp.com/album/gas-lit-3-part-remix]) * Vacuum - I'll Call You (from Vacuum [https://vacuumoz.bandcamp.com/album/vacuum]) * My Disco - Irreversible (from Alter Schwede [https://mydisco.bandcamp.com/album/alter-schwede]) * Rinuwat - Sewu (from Dua Naga [https://rinuwat.bandcamp.com/album/dua-naga-2]) * Low Life - Moments (from From Squats To Lots: The Agony And XTC Of Low Life [https://lowlife.bandcamp.com/album/from-squats-to-lots-the-agony-and-xtc-of-low-life]) * Sarah Mary Chadwick - I Won't Say Goodbye (Various Asses SIS Remix) (from I Won't Say Goodbye [https://variousasses.bandcamp.com/track/smc-i-wont-say-goodbye-v-a-sis-remix]) * ilex - Morning Bells (from Visions of Elsewhere [https://ilex.bandcamp.com/album/visions-of-elsewhere]) * Aphir - Jelly Gun (from Plastichoir [https://aphir.bandcamp.com/album/plastichoir]) * Sebastian Field - Ceres (from Sandcastles [https://sebastianfield.bandcamp.com/album/sandcandles]) * Jannah Quill - View of Granite (from Jannah Quill [https://jannahquill.bandcamp.com/album/jannah-quill]) Cover image: Divide and Dissolve See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

Makeda, Tangents, Robin Fox + | NWAP124

In episode 124, we take in a preview of the new EP from Brisbane electronic experimentalist Makeda; as well as the debut release from Canberra's E Fishpool and the new album from Sydney's unclassifiable quartet Tangents. We expand our genre expertise by delving into psychedelic dark wave from Ov Pain, vaporised stretched electronica from Planktan Sanquin (battling the demos of King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard) and molecular gamelan from Astasie-Abasie. We also hear two cuts from the Flash Forward project out of Melbourne, featuring releases from Female Wizard and Mindy Meng Wang; and two different tales from the world of modular, featuring Robin Fox and the various artists from Modular Theme Time Sessions. Featured in this episode: * Tangents - Survival (from Timeslips & Chimeras [https://tangents.bandcamp.com/album/timeslips-chimeras]) * E Fishpool - Under Flecked Light (Emily) (from E Fishpool [https://efishpool1.bandcamp.com/album/e-fishpool]) * Makeda - Professors, Lovers, Critics (from Venus Leak [https://yesmakeda.bandcamp.com/album/venus-leak]) * Ov Pain - Daytripping (from The Churning Blue of Noon [https://ovpain.bandcamp.com/album/the-churning-blue-of-noon]) * King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard x Planktan Sanquin - Tezeta (Pumpking Seedle Eloping Mix) (from Music To Eat Bananas II [https://etchmusic.bandcamp.com/album/music-to-eat-bananas-ii-stretch-music-mixtape-e-m088]) * Robin Fox - Quarantine Variation II (from Waking Fever Dream [https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/waking-fever-dream]) * Female Wizard - Post Post (from TIE-EE-YIE-EEYIE-EE-YIME [https://femalewizard.bandcamp.com/album/tie-ee-yie-ee-yie-ee-yime]) * Mindy Meng Wang - Activation 异变 (from Phoenix Rising [https://mindymengwang.bandcamp.com/album/phoenix-rising]) * Modular Theme Time Sessions - MTTSS#005 Blue (from Sharewave Session #005 - Three Module Challenge [https://mtts.bandcamp.com/album/modular-theme-time-sharewave-session-005-three-module-challenge]) * Astasie-abasie - Expulsion (from Molecular Gamelan [https://shamefilemusic.bandcamp.com/album/molecular-gamelan]) Cover Image: Makeda See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

Marcus Whale, HTRK, Shoeb Ahmad + | NWAP123

In episode 123, we hear an exclusive premiere of a new track from Marcus Whale’s upcoming third solo album; Shoeb Ahmad collaborates with Angus Andrew from Liars on a remix of their new single; and Melbourne’s Jake Blood drops dark, moody electronics on his new release, Prix. We hear from MXMARS, blending experimental pop with power ambient; as well as two cuts from the Sydney netabel e-quarium from DBR and User754492117; and new outsider electronics from Subclavia. We also take a quiet and somewhat lo-fi detour with both Leighton Craig and HTRK; and check out new work from both Mookoid and Digital Penetration. Featured in this episode: * Shoeb Ahmad - Skating On The Way (Liars Remix) (from Skating On The Way [https://shoebahmad.bandcamp.com/album/skating-on-the-way]) * Jake Blood - Apartment (from Prix [https://heavymachineryrecords.bandcamp.com/album/prix]) * MXMARS - Regen (from Can't Take Me Off The Earth [https://mxmars.bandcamp.com/album/cant-take-me-off-the-earth ]) * Marcus Whale - Raining Blood (from The Hunger [https://marcus-whale.bandcamp.com/album/the-hunger ]) * DBR - Simple Reaktionz (from e-quarium [https://e-quarium.bandcamp.com/album/e-quarium]) * User754492117 - Tyrells Anode Pill (from e-quarium [https://e-quarium.bandcamp.com/album/e-quarium]) * Leighton Craig - Diamond Eye (from Diamond Eye [https://leightoncraig.bandcamp.com/album/diamond-eye]) * HTRK - Kiss Kiss and Rhinestones (from Rhinestones [https://htrk.bandcamp.com/album/rhinestones ]) * Subclavia - Walkers Of Flesh (from Cold and Flu Meditation [https://youtu.be/kFaWo9ZQahY ]) * Mookoid - Sentinel At Dawn (from Jungle Temple [https://mookoid.bandcamp.com/album/jungle-temple ]) * Digital Penetration - Superimpose (from Strata [https://digitalpenetration.bandcamp.com/album/strata ]) Cover Image: Marcus Whale See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

Michelle Nguyen, Snawklor, Megan Alice Clune + | NWAP122

In this episode, NWAP 122, we listen to ritual electronics from Melbourne artist Sandpit Alias; as well as new solo work from PVT’s Richard Pike. Sydney saxophonist Jorja Chalmers unites with David Lynch collaborator Dean Hurley on her new album; and we hear new work recorded in Korea from interdisciplinary artist Melanie Eden. We also check out the new release from Little Songs Of The Mutilated collective, featuring Nat Grant and Michelle Nguyen; as well as the first album from visual-art duo Snawklor in over a decade; and a piece taken from the new retrospective collection by Adelaide’s Panoptique Electrical.  And to round out the episode, a preview of the new album from Megan Alice Clune on Room 40 and the latest ‘decolonial ambient’ work from Amby Downs. Featured in this episode: * Sandpit Alias - Gawl Mountain (from Spinal Data [https://empiricalintrigue.bandcamp.com/album/spinal-data]) * Richard Pike - Goodbye, Good Luck / Xerust (from How To Breathe [https://richardpike.bandcamp.com/album/how-to-breathe]) * Jorja Chalmers - Underwater Blood (from Midnight Train [https://jorjachalmers.bandcamp.com/album/midnight-train]) * Melanie Eden - Dreaming (from 공 空 [https://melanieeden.bandcamp.com/album/-]) * Nat Grant - Slow Motion Storm Roll (from A Tightfisted Molten Sellout [https://littlesongsofthemutilated.bandcamp.com/album/a-tightfisted-molten-sellout]) * Michelle Nguyen - Baby Fog (from A Tightfisted Molten Sellout [https://littlesongsofthemutilated.bandcamp.com/album/a-tightfisted-molten-sellout]) * Snawklor - Language Laid Bare (from Perfumed Ground [https://snawklor.bandcamp.com/album/perfumed-ground]) * Panoptique Electrical - Never Sleep Again (from Decades 2001-2021 [https://panoptiqueelectrical.bandcamp.com/album/decades-2001-2021]) * Megan Alice Clune - The Swirl of the Void (from If You Do [https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/if-you-do]) * Amby Downs - Quietly Quietly Catchee Monkey (GUK) (from Liminal [https://ambydowns.bandcamp.com/album/liminal-2]) Cover Image: Michelle Nguyen See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

The Omega Point, Jobfit, Loose-y Crunché + | NWAP121

The New Weird Australia radio-not-radio show returns in its original form, for the first time since 2012, with sixty minutes of new mutant music from the upside down, presented by Stu Buchanan. In this first episode of the rebooted show, we hear the new single from agitprop synth-punk duo Laughing Gear; plus two cuts from a new compilation from Oxtail Recordings from Loose-y Crunché and OVRSCN; experimental jungle meets dark and delirious storytelling courtesy of Jobfit; and Altered States Tapes gives us something old and something new with releases from Carnage and Low Flung. We also listen to a wild brand of apocalyptic art-music from Melbourne’s Omega Point; beautiful broken piano and dismembered electronics from London based ex-pat Laila Sakini; a cut from the new album from violinist and vocalist Happy Axe; and we take a journey into alt-pysch and freak-disco on the debut release from Glass Beams. Featured in this episode * Laughing Gear - New Estate (from Freak Lemons) * Loose-y Crunché - It's Got a Groove (Industrial Murk) (from Undercurrents) * OVRSCN - Chromium (from Undercurrents) * jobfit - Strike Pneumatic Tension (from Longer Form Cat Calls) * Carnage - Lung Cancer (from Untitled) * Low Flung - Stub (from Reflections From The Campsie Centre For Electronic Music Research) * The Omega Point - High Rise (from High Rise) * Laila Sakini - Into The Traffic (from Into the Traffic, Under the Moonlight (Vinyl Edition)) * Happy Axe - The One That Remembers (from Maybe It'll Be Beautiful) * Glass Beams - Mirage (from Mirage EP) Published on 24 July 2021 See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.