Latest Weird music Podcast Episodes
Divide and Dissolve, Vacuum, My Disco + | NWAP125
New Weird Australia - November 28, 2021 04:31 - 55 minutesIn 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 percussionis...
Makeda, Tangents, Robin Fox + | NWAP124
New Weird Australia - October 04, 2021 00:06 - 1 hourIn 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...
Marcus Whale, HTRK, Shoeb Ahmad + | NWAP123
New Weird Australia - August 22, 2021 22:13 - 54 minutesIn 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 MXMA...
Michelle Nguyen, Snawklor, Megan Alice Clune + | NWAP122
New Weird Australia - August 08, 2021 20:00 - 57 minutesIn 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 inter...
The Omega Point, Jobfit, Loose-y Crunché + | NWAP121
New Weird Australia - July 24, 2021 09:47 - 59 minutesThe 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 Laugh...
Bridget Chappell / Hextape | NWAP120
New Weird Australia - July 12, 2021 04:59 - 48 minutesStu Buchanan talks with artist Bridget Chappell - raver, musician, writer and organiser - who makes frenetic and febrile electronic music as Hextape, and has been organising parties in drains, observatories, and other fascinating locations for many years. In 2020, they released their debut album...
Sia Ahmad | NWAP119
New Weird Australia - February 28, 2021 19:00 - 1 hourStu Buchanan talks with Sia Ahmad, one of Canberra's most prolific experimental artists, curators and producers, and relentless advocate for the local independent, DIY and underground music scenes. She discusses her recent body of work including 2018's ground-breaking "quiver"; the 2020 albums i...
Jessica At Birth | NWAP118
New Weird Australia - November 28, 2020 05:29 - 34 minutesJessica at Birth is the solo outsider art project of multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter and performing artist Hanna Jenkin. Fusing vintage tape loops with in-the-box electronic production, Hanna blends spoken word stories with guitar, bass loops and experimental indy-punk percussion. ...
Penelope Trappes | NWAP117
New Weird Australia - October 30, 2020 03:03 - 40 minutesHaving dedicated much of her early career to the electronic duo The Golden Filter, Penelope Trappes released her solo debut Penelope One in 2016 on the Optimo label; a release she described as "percussion-less, reverb-heavy haunting atmospherics with dystopian themes". She signed to Houndstooth ...
Laurence Pike | NWAP116
New Weird Australia - October 08, 2020 21:39 - 42 minutesLaurence Pike is a Sydney-based artist who for the last twenty years has been investigating the worlds of electronic music, jazz and leftfield rock; initially as founder and drummer of Pivot (latterly PVT); through various collaborative projects including Szun Waves and Triosk; and more recently...
Sumn Conduit | NWAP115
New Weird Australia - August 31, 2020 02:14 - 39 minutesSumn 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 discussio...
Party Dozen | NWAP114
New Weird Australia - June 29, 2020 12:50 - 29 minutesParty 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 breath...
Amby Downs | NWAP113
New Weird Australia - June 08, 2020 09:45 - 29 minutesAll 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”, ch...
Reuben Ingall | NWAP112
New Weird Australia - May 18, 2020 02:35 - 35 minutesReuben 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 bo...
Rabbit Island | NWAP111
New Weird Australia - May 04, 2020 21:29 - 34 minutesPerth 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 ...
New Music: Corin, Luke Howard, Call Compatible +
New Weird Australia - July 14, 2019 09:00 - 59 minutesIn the final episode of the second season of Out From Under, we investigate a host of new releases from the underside of the Australian music scene. There’s dramatic, angular electronics on Corin’s stunning new album on Bedouin Records ; Melbourne composer Luke Howard gets remixed by Fi...
Archival: The 1980s (Part II)
New Weird Australia - June 30, 2019 09:00 - 59 minutesThe second of a two part journey travelling back to 1980s Australia, surveying some of the most interesting experimental and underground music being made during the decade. We’ll hear from key players in the proto-electronic and post-punk scene such as Scattered Order, Makers Of The De...
Archival: The 1980s (Part I)
New Weird Australia - June 23, 2019 12:47 - 59 minutesStu Buchanan visits 1980s Australia; drawing out some of the most interesting experimental music being made across the decade. We hear from a cross-section of experimental and underground artists; including those whose lights shone brightly in Australia but not far beyond, such as Laugh...
Cooper Bowman (Altered States Tapes) | NWAP110
New Weird Australia - June 16, 2019 09:00 - 59 minutesStu 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 b...
Cooper Bowman, Altered States Tapes
New Weird Australia - June 16, 2019 09:00 - 59 minutesStu 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 th...
Cooper Bowman (Altered States Tapes)
New Weird Australia - June 16, 2019 09:00 - 59 minutesStu 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 tha...
New Music: Mara, Karen Marks, Laurence Pike
New Weird Australia - June 09, 2019 09:00 - 59 minutes100% new Australian experimental and exploratory music. We’ll be listening to: Sydney’s Oren Ambarchi teaming up with turntablist and composer Martin Ng and the new music quartet Ensemble Offspring; the new solo album from renowned Australian percussionist and producer Laurence Pike; Br...
Ela Stiles
New Weird Australia - June 02, 2019 11:20 - 59 minutesTaking a radical detour from her early work with Sydney bands Songs and Bushwalking, Ela’ Stiles’ remarkable debut self-titled album mixed acappella folk, drones and tape loops, and she has subsequently layered dark synths, harmonium and drum machines into the mix. With two new albums d...
Ela Stiles | NWAP109
New Weird Australia - June 02, 2019 11:20 - 59 minutesTaking a radical detour from her early work with Sydney bands Songs and Bushwalking, Ela’ Stiles’ remarkable debut self-titled album mixed acappella folk, drones and tape loops, and she has subsequently layered dark synths, harmonium and drum machines into the mix. With two new albums due to be ...
New Music: Alexandra Spence, J Campbell, Allume +
New Weird Australia - May 12, 2019 09:00 - 58 minutesBroadcast 12th May 2019. It’s 100% new Australian experimental and exploratory music on this week’s Out From Under. We’ll be listening to: new sound works from both musician and composer Rosalind Hall and Sydney’s Alexandra Spence; the Melbourne duo of Tarquin Manek & Ying-Li Hooi on a...
Longform Editions
New Weird Australia - May 05, 2019 09:00 - 59 minutesBroadcast 5th May 2019. Stu Buchanan talks with Andrew Khedoori, the founder of the Sydney based project, Longform Editions. Described as a “collective for deep listening”, the project surfaces prolonged exploratory and immersive pieces, each guiding us towards a re-evaluation of the wa...
Andrew Khedoori (Longform Editions) | NWAP108
New Weird Australia - May 05, 2019 09:00 - 59 minutesStu Buchanan talks with Andrew Khedoori, the founder of the Sydney based project, Longform Editions. Described as a “collective for deep listening”, the project surfaces prolonged exploratory and immersive pieces, each guiding us towards a re-evaluation of the ways in which we listen to music. ...
Andrew Khedoori (Longform Editions)
New Weird Australia - May 05, 2019 09:00 - 59 minutesStu Buchanan talks with Andrew Khedoori, the founder of the Sydney based project, Longform Editions. Described as a “collective for deep listening”, the project surfaces prolonged exploratory and immersive pieces, each guiding us towards a re-evaluation of the ways in which we listen to...
Tangents
New Weird Australia - April 28, 2019 09:00 - 59 minutesStu Buchanan talks with Sydney quintet Tangents, a band that collide between genres and forms, taking cues from electronic production, post rock, jazz and free improvisation and more. We’ll hear from cellist Peter Hollo and electronic producer Ollie Brown and spool through cuts from the...
Tangents | NWAP107
New Weird Australia - April 28, 2019 09:00 - 59 minutesStu Buchanan talks with Sydney quintet Tangents, a band that collide between genres and forms, taking cues from electronic production, post rock, jazz and free improvisation and more. We’ll hear from cellist Peter Hollo and electronic producer Ollie Brown and spool through cuts from the Tangents...
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