New Weird Australia
168 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -Host Stu Buchanan (Resonance FM / FBI Radio) talks with artists and labels across a wide spectrum of eclectic and experimental Australian music. Neither one genre nor another, New Weird Australia challenges our collective understanding of what music can and should be.
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Pollen Trio | NWAP068
January 18, 2012 23:10 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBCanberra’s Pollen Trio uncomfortably fit the genre of ‘avant jazz’, instead taking in a broad range of influences – most directly from their ‘day jobs’ as members of well-known Canberra bands, Spartak and Kasha. With a love of Flying Lotus and Autechre, b Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Secret Birds | NWAP067
January 11, 2012 22:38 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBAlthough 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Pimmon | NWAP066
September 14, 2011 22:22 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBRenowned Sydney producer Pimmon joins Stu Buchanan ahead of the release of two new albums - 'The Oansome Orbit' (Room40) and 'Lay Down Real Slow' (Stunned) - and plays an exclusive 'Onasome Orbit' set live in the studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Peon | NWAP065
August 10, 2011 21:55 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBMelbourne avent-drumming duo Peon (Ronny Ferella and Sam Price) join guest presenter Peter Hollo for a live in-studio session ahead of the release of their upcoming second album 'Intercourse Suite'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Brooke Olsen (Dirty Shirlows) | NWAP064
July 27, 2011 21:44 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBWe also hear a number of tracks selected by Brooke, from Australian artists Axxonn, Grey Daturas, Gary Butler & Amanda Stewart and Naked On The Vague. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ivan Lisyak | NWAP063
July 20, 2011 21:18 - 32 minutes - 30 MBSydney- based Ivan Lisyak is a multidisciplinary media artist, and musician working with video, sound, feedback, and noise. In this episode of New Weird Australia, Ivan talks about his new release on Avant Whatever, titled 'South West Line' and performs a live in-studio session. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Forenzics, Domeyko/Gonzalez | NWAP062
June 15, 2011 22:10 - 1 hour - 75.7 MBTwo live sets from a recent show at the FBI Social in Sydney, featuring Sydney improvisational collective Forenzics, launching their third album, ‘Build Ruins’; plus experimental / electronic duo Domeyko/Gonzalez. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Brain Drain | NWAP061
May 25, 2011 20:42 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBThis episode features a full set from Brain Drain, plus an artist interview and tracks from his first two releases. Live tracks featured in this podcast: Double Chocolate Stout, Black T, No-Hitter, Theme. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Rueben Ingall | NWAP060
May 18, 2011 20:34 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBReuben Ingall grew up in Canberra, and studied computer music and interactive digital media at the Centre for New Media Arts at The Australian National University. He makes music through an array of home-made software patches, iteratively mangling his guitar, voice and other sources to create lonely pop and glitchy, psychedelic soundscapes. His other projects include a radio show, motion-capture 3D-drawing software, recording and mixing bands, and a novelty mashup-DJ act. Hosted on Acast. ...
Scattered Order | NWAP059
May 04, 2011 20:26 - 1 hour - 61 MBScattered Order are one of the most unique bands in the history of Sydney’s experimental and electronic music scene – founders of the M Squared record label in the 1970s, a home for artists such as Systematics and Makers of the Dead Travel Fast, and a beacon for emerging underground artists around the country. The live session includes the tracks: At Last You Have One / So This Is Jazz / Absolute Moral Icepools / Messing With The Planets / Heat / Pick Up The Nearest Wheel / U Dub & Drone ...
Severed Heads | NWAP058
April 27, 2011 20:07 - 1 hour - 67.4 MBPioneering the use of tape loops and samples in the late 70s and early 80s, Severe Heads forged an innovative career that stretched across three decades. Retiring in 2010, Severed Heads nonetheless will come together again this month to play a series of shows with electro-pioneer Gary Numan, and in this episode give what they describe as "their final live to air performance" on New Weird Australia. Over 50 minutes in length, this exclusive Severed Heads set is in two parts – a ‘pop’ set f...
Rites Wild | NWAP057
April 06, 2011 22:12 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBStu Buchanan talks to Stacey on the eve of the release of her debut self-titled cassette under the Rites Wild name; we hear tracks from the EP as well as a cut from Regional Curse and Rites Wild cover of the Dud Pills track 'Seven In The Morning'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Edwin Montgomery | NWAP056
March 10, 2011 20:47 - 41 minutes - 38 MBThe latest project from Sydney composer Edwin Montgomery is a live re-scoring of Werner Herzog's surreal 1969 film 'Fata Morgana', a "science-fiction elegy of demented post-colonialism". Stu Buchanan talks to Edwin about the project and his work to date, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kris Keogh | NWAP055
March 09, 2011 20:30 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBKris Keogh is a musician and producer from Arnhem Land, NT, intent making the most beautiful noise possible, any way he can. In the case of his latest release, this means making hyper-glitched processed harp works under his own name, influenced as much b Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Thomas William vs Scissor Lock | NWAP054
March 02, 2011 20:12 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBThomas 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 three full-length releases, two as Cleptoclectics, and a third on Melbourne’s ‘This Thing’ imprint. Marcus Whale’s relentless restlessness has seen him present a unique combination of manipulated voice, feedback and laptop pro...
Anonymeye | NWAP053
March 02, 2011 20:05 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBAnonymeye is the nom de plume of Andrew Tuttle from Brisbane. Anonymeye reconfigures organic and mechanic musics, using acoustic guitar, signal processing, banjo and synthesisers. Stu Buchanan talks to Andrew about his latest album 'Anontendre', which is Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mystic Eyes, Peon | NWAP052
February 26, 2011 18:59 - 1 hour - 57 MBTwo live sets recorded at the Yah Yahs in Melbourne, featuring Lisa MacKinney’s Mystic Eyes project and drumming duo Peon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mental Powers | NWAP051
February 23, 2011 20:44 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBAvant--psychedelic trio Mental Powers join guest presenter Kimberley Galceran to chat about the Perth experimental music scene and the release of their new EP 'Homoh'. We also hear a couple of very lo-fi tracks performed live in the studio - 'Hamneck' and Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Haunts | NWAP050
February 23, 2011 20:28 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBUnderlapper are a well known fixture of the Sydney underground music scene – with three albums under their belt, ranging from the anticon-esque indie hip hop of their debut ‘What Came Forth From The Sea’ to the epic, post rock vocal of their 2011 release, ‘Softly Harboured’. With the band on hiatus, Greg and Matt teamed up with Peter Hollo to form Haunts, and in this episode they discussed how it all came together and play an exclusive live set in the studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...
Axis | NWAP049
February 09, 2011 19:48 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBAxis is the solo project for Peter Jones from Psychic Date. Stu Buchanan talks to Peter about the development of this parallel stream of musical output, coming off the back of four albums and fifteen years of recording. Plus, we hear a live in-studio sess Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Breathing Shrine, Constantlight, Borgia | NWAP048
January 28, 2011 21:20 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBThree live sets recorded at the Excelsior Hotel in Sydney, featuring Breathing Shrine, Constantlight and Borgia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Axxonn, Scattered Order | NWAP047
January 27, 2011 19:35 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBTwo live sets taken from the first leg of our debut national tour - taking DIY electronic live music artist Axxonn out on the road to support the release of his new album ‘Let’s Get It Straight’. We hear from Axxonn plus a full set from legendary industr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Breathing Shrine | NWAP046
January 26, 2011 22:02 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MB=Ahead of one of their rare live appearances in Sydney in January 2011, Bonnie & Rob joined Stu Buchanan to discuss the birth of Breathing Shrine, the freedom that it now affords them and what the future may, or may not, have in store. This episode also includes a live-to-air performance titled ’27-01-2011′. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Little A | NWAP045
January 12, 2011 21:20 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MBLittle A is the electronic solo project of Amy Wilson from Sydney band Mere Women. Stu Buchanan is joined Amy and Mere Women band member Flyn, along with Steve Nutall from Hardware Gallery. We hear about the upcoming exhibition and live event series, 'Spook House', where both Little A and Mere Women are playing live. We also hear more about the Little A project, an update on Mere Women's upcoming debut album plus two tracks from Little A live in the studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
Tantrums, Mere Women, Melodie Nelson | NWAP044
December 03, 2010 20:55 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBThis week, three live sets from our Unpopular Music benefit show at the Red Rattler in Sydney, featuring Melbourne midi-evil disco band Tantrums, Sydney post-punk trio Mere Women, and slo-mo alt.pop from Melodie Nelson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Stitched Vision, Thomas William vs Scissor Lock | NWAP043
December 02, 2010 20:04 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBThis week, two live sets from our Unpopular Music benefit show at the Red Rattler in Sydney, featuring Thomas William vs Scissor Lock and Newcastle’s Stitched Vision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mere Women | NWAP042
November 18, 2010 20:56 - 32 minutes - 30 MBSydney post-punk three piece Mere Women have just released their debut single, ‘Sun Rising’. They join Stu Buchanan to chat about their origins and the genesis of the new record. We hear a selection of tracks, including a preview of upcoming song ‘India Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kirin J Callinan | NWAP041
November 17, 2010 20:38 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBMoving on from his frontman role in Sydney band Mercy Arms, Kirin J Callinan releases his debut single this month ‘She’. He joins Stu Buchanan to chat about the journey to his solo career and plays the full EP live in the studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Axxonn | NWAP040
November 11, 2010 18:28 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBAXXONN is the self-described “pop/synth/doom/electronic music project” from Brisbane’s Tom Hall. Originally exploring territories solely of doom and drone in his earlier EP releases, his debut album ‘Let’s Get It Straight’ deployed a barrage of wider influences – from 80s mullet-metal, abstract electronica, hardcore noise, synth-pop and the blackest of black metal. Stu Buchanan talks to Tom during the album launch tour, shortly before he was due to take to the stage in Hobart and ahead of ...
Hacks | NWAP039
November 10, 2010 20:03 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBSydney band Hacks perform live in the studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bum Creek | NWAP038
November 04, 2010 19:43 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBKnown for their wild and transcendental live performances, Canberra immigrants Bum Creek have made a reputation for themselves as one of the strangest and absurd bands in town. Stu Buchanan talks to Trevelyan Clay about their new record 'Al' and their upcoming live shows. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Telafonica | NWAP037
November 03, 2010 19:21 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBTelafonica describe themselves as a group of musicians, visual artists, graphic designers and delay pedals. Starting as a duo, the group has evolved into a web of permanent and transient members and a handful of regular extra contributors spread across the globe. We chat to the band about their prolific and eclectic output and hear an in-studio session featuring music from their upcoming album. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Simo Soo | NWAP036
October 27, 2010 19:05 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBElectronic / hip hop / punk artist Simo Soo has not only dropped a brand new mixtape 'Twenty Ten 4eva!!', but is celebrating its release with a four-night residency at the Sydney's Landsdowne Hotel. Stu Buchanan chats to Simo about this creative burst of activity and we hear a live in-studio session. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Spartak | NWAP035
September 29, 2010 22:37 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBStu Buchanan talks to Spartak - Canberra artist, label manager and promoter SHOEB AHMAD, and drummer, producer and sound artist EVAN DORRIAN. SHOEB has, for quite some time, been one of the key voices of dissent in the city of Canberra – single-handledly staging an inexhaustible series of experimental music events and managing the renowned HelloSquare record label,. He also produces music, both as a solo artist and as one half of SPARTAK. His collabortor in Spartak is artist EVAN DORRIAN, w...
Pimmon | NWAP034
September 22, 2010 22:17 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBPIMMON is arguably Australia’s most well known and most successful experimental music producers, having recorded for various labels around the world (including Tigerbeat6 and Fat Cat) and collaborating with the likes of FENNESZ and OREN AMBARCHI. Over the preceding eighteen months, PIMMON released five albums of new material, from 2009’s ‘Smudge Another Yesterday’ to his forthcoming split cassette on Spanish Magic, which comes backed with one of his earliest recordings from 1983 under the n...
Paneye | NWAP033
September 15, 2010 22:05 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBPANEYE is the moniker of Sydney musician Will Treffry. Residing in Sydney, Will’s music combines elements of psych-folk, ambient electronica and dream pop. In this episode, Stu Buchanan talks to Will about his work to date – which includes three full solo albums, and an ongoing collaborative project with Jasper Rice, titled ‘Bristles On the Carapace’. We hear tracks from his most recent album ‘Lying Under Moribund Waves’, as well as unreleased material recorded recently during a residency in...
Ambrose Chapel, Anonymeye | NWAP032
July 23, 2010 23:17 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBThis week, two live sets from a recent New Weird Australia show at Sydney’s Red Rattler in Marrickville; featuring Brisbane artists Ambrose Chapel (aka Ian Rogers from No Anchor) and experimental country and folk musician Anonymeye. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Erasers | NWAP031
July 22, 2010 23:02 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBErasers formed with the desire to create and produce music completely on their own, and with little recording experience and borrowed equipment, they produced and released their debut self-titled release earlier this year. The result is songs made up of primitive & tribal beats, melodic guitar loops, atmospheric synth and chanting vocals; creating what has been described as dreamy yet somewhat disconcerting post-punk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Textile Audio | NWAP030
July 07, 2010 21:39 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBEve Klein has been working as a professional operatic mezzo soprano, electronic musician and absent-minded academic since 2002. Her solo project, Textile Audio, weaves together orchestral scores, field recordings, opera and pop vocals. We hear a couple of tracks from her latest release 'The Pomegranate EP', including a collaboration with Sydney producer Gentleforce, and a live in-studio performance of the song 'Narcissus Bloom & The Rape Of The Pomegranate'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...
Danger Beach | NWAP029
July 01, 2010 21:33 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBAs far as new, weird Australian music goes, Canberra is fast establishing itself as 2010's most interesting city - Stu Buchanan talks to one of its emerging artists, DANGER BEACH. Leaving behind the lo-fi punk noise of his ASSASSINS 88 project, DANGER BEACH explores the ground between noise and pop, attempting to "write songs that your girlfriend would listen to". As well as chatting about his upcoming gigs and releases, DANGER BEACH plays four live tracks in the studio: 'Lakes' (featuring ...
Gail Priest | NWAP028
June 30, 2010 21:12 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBStu Buchanan chats with sound artist and curator Gail Priest ahead of her upcoming evening at Superdeluxe, part of this year's Biennale of Sydney. We also hear music from her EP 'Fear of Stranglers'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tom Hall | NWAP027
June 28, 2010 22:13 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBA live set from Brisbane media artist Tom Hall, recorded live at Refraction, curated by New Weird Australia and produced by the UTS Sound Collective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Collarbones | NWAP026
June 16, 2010 21:58 - 31 minutes - 29 MBWell known experimental musicians in their own right, MARCUS WHALE (also known as SCISSOR LOCK) and TRAVIS COOK (who performs as CYST IMPALED) moved into unique territory in 2010, recording as alternative pop duo COLLARBONES. Marcus and Travis joined Stu Buchanan to talk about their evolving project and to play live in the studio. They also discussed their (then) forthcoming live appearance with Melbourne’s PSUCHE (feat Oscar Key Sung). In addition to hearing the tracks ‘Kill Off The Vowels’ ...
Dual Uzis | NWAP025
June 10, 2010 19:57 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBDual Uzis is a revolving improvisational collective, currently featuring Sam Pettigrew (Splinter Orchestra), Ivan Vizintin (Ghoul), John Hassell (Seekae) and Josh Isaac (Nhomea). They are so freshly minted that live session for New Weird Australia represents only the second time they've played together. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Clan Analogue, Actual Russian Brides | NWAP024
June 09, 2010 21:33 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBFormed almost twenty years ago, CLAN ANALOGUE remains one of the most prolific and interesting collectives in Australian electronic music. In this podcast episode, Stu Buchanan is joined by ANT BANNISTER and ADRIAN ELMER (Telafonica) to talk about the Clan’s new career-spanning retrospective album, and its launch party in June 2010 in Sydney. Performing two exclusive tracks live in the studio were Clan members ACTUAL RUSSIAN BRIDES. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kate Carr | NWAP023
May 19, 2010 21:20 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBSydney artist KATE CARR has been making music since 2007, developing a palette of drones, soundscape, glitch, opera and pop. In this podcast, recorded in May 2010, Kate talks about her work to date, including her 2009 album ‘First Day Back’ released via German label ‘Retinascan’, and plays two tracks live in the studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Raven | NWAP022
March 31, 2010 18:38 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBWe talk with Peter Hollo about his Raven project which blends cello, loop pedals and laptop processing into a mix of post-classical folktronica. We hear tracks from his latest release on the Curt label and a live performance in the studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nhomea | NWAP021
March 31, 2010 18:31 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBA live in-studio session and chat with Nhomea, a Sydney-based free-music collective comprising of a shifting line-up experimental musicians. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Paint Your Golden Face, Caught Ship, Alps | NWAP020
March 26, 2010 19:16 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBThis week, three live sets from a recent New Weird Australia show at Sydney’s St Petersburg; featuring Newcastle artist Alps; Melbourne four-piece Caught Ship and Hobart avant-duo Paint Your Golden Face. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Blake Freele | NWAP019
March 03, 2010 18:24 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBMapping and reconsidering terrain traversed by contemporaries such as Ben Frost and Pimmon, we talk with Sydney producer Blake Freele and hear a live in-studio performance. Blake’s work ranges from vast and spacious drones to rhythmically driven electronic compositions, married with often intensely processed guitar improvisations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.