NWA Podcast #27. Nadir, Live-to-air Set & Interview
In this episode of the New Weird Australia podcast series, we delve into modular synthesis, off the back of a two-day Sydney festival that both celebrates and explores the concept, titled Moduluxxx. The organisers described the event as somewhere between “a museum, a lan party and a petting zoo”. To get the full meaning behind ...
NWA Podcast #26. Dale Gorfinkel, Profile
In this podcast episode, we feature the first of our irregular new series, NWA Profiles – new stories, interviews and recordings from around the country; filed by contributors from New Weird Australia’s volunteer network. For Episode 26, Matthew O’Shannessy and Michael Prior from Tape Projects talk to Melbourne-based improvisor, installation artist and instrument builder, DALE ...
NWA Podcast #24. Haunts, Live-to-air Set & Interview
In Episode 24 of the NWA Podcast series, we present the debut live radio performance from Haunts, recorded only a few days before their second ever show at Dirty Shirlows in Sydney. Haunts sees the coming together of two members of Sydney’s Underlapper with producer and musician Peter Hollo (Raven, Fourplay). Underlapper are a well ...
NWA Podcast #23. Ian Rogers (No Anchor / Ambrose Chapel), Interview
In Episode 23 of the NWA Podcast series, we talk to Ian Rogers, who performs and records as part of two Brisbane projects, No Anchor and Ambrose Chapel. No Anchor formed in Brisbane in 2007, playing their own unique variation of ‘sludge doom’ with two bass guitarists and a drummer. To date they have recorded ...
NWA Podcast #22. 10 Thousand Free Men And Their Families and Abortifacient, Live-to-air Sets & Interview
In Episode 22 of the NWA Podcast series, we celebrate Australian chiptune with two artists who recently represented the city of Sydney at Australia’s first international chiptune festival, Blipfest which took place mid-February 2012 in Melbourne. 10 Thousand Free Men And Their Families and Abortifacient both came into the NWA studio to have a chat ...
NWA Podcast #21. Thomas William vs Scissor Lock, Live-to-air Set & Interview
Thomas William vs Scissor Lock is a unique collaboration between two prolific Sydney producers. Thomas William is a fixture of Sydney’s experimental music scene, shapeshifting through many guises as a musician, teacher, and director of artist run initiative, Serial Space. His blend of shifting synths, broken percussion and unstable tunings has so far featured on ...
NWA Podcast #20. Yolke, Live-to-air Set & Interview
Formed while field researching sound in 2008, Melbourne psych ambient four-piece Yolke released their debut album ‘Poppy Wash’ back in 2010, and it quickly drew references to shoe gaze, krautrock and folktronica, with some of the reviews citing the pop quirks of Caribou and Ariel Pink as influences. In January 2012, Yolke embarked on an ...
NWA Podcast #19. Pollen Trio, Live-to-air Set & Interview
In January 2012, Canberra’s Pollen Trio were in Sydney for the Now Now annual festival of ‘exploratory music’ – a genuine feast for lovers of experimental, spontaneous and downright surprising music. The trio uncomfortably fit the genre of ‘avant jazz’, instead taking in a broad range of influences – most directly from their ‘day jobs’ ...
NWA Podcast #18. Secret Birds, Live-to-air Set & Interview
Under the name Secret Birds, former Brisbane resident D. Black takes an astral-tinged journey through synth jams, float folk and fried psychedelia. Although currently a solo project, Secret Birds has seen more than 30 musicians drafted as members of the experience over the years, supporting the likes as Ducktails, High Wolf, and Slug Guts. In ...
NWA Podcast #17. Brain Drain, Live-to-air Set & Interview
Brain Drain is a Sydney based artist who straddles the divide between structure and improvisation, often revelling in the contrast between the two. His primarily guitar-driven pieces centre around creating both mood and rhythm through loops and using this repetition as a foundation on which to improvise. Since 2010, Brain Drain has released three albums: ...
NWA Podcast #16. Severed Heads, Live-to-air Set & Interview
(April 2011) Severed Heads are regarded as being one of the most influential experimental and electronic bands in Australia, pioneering the use of tape loops and samples in the late 70s and early 80s, and forging an innovative career that stretched across three decades. Retiring in 2010, Severed Heads nonetheless came together once again in ...
