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Neither one genre nor another, New Weird Australia is designed to challenge our collective understanding of what music can and should be. We support new, eclectic and experimental Australian music through a variety of evolving projects. Find out more

New Weird Australia

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Neither one genre nor another, we champion artists who find refuge in the spaces between.

$*New compilation out today* To celebrate fifteen years of New Weird Australia, friends and family select their personal favourites from the catalogue for 'New Weird Australia, An Index Of The Modern Era 2009-2024'. Their 29-track selections run the gamut from the very first compilation released in 2009 to the most recent collection from 'transient ambient' group Worlds Only. Listen now via link in bio, exclusive to Bandcamp. . Curated by Sia Ahmad , Angus Andrew , Stuart Buchanan , Alyx Dennison, Tim Dwyer, Lawrence English, Kimberley Galceran, Alister Hill, Peter Hollo, Danny Jumpertz, Kris Keogh, Tahlia Palmer (amby downs), JW Paton, Sam Price, Gail Priest, Camryn Rothenbury, Rowan Savage (salllvage), Tom Smith (T.Morimoto), Mat Spisbah, Jenny Trinh (Wytchings), Innez Tulloch, Andrew Tuttle, Anna Vo, Marcus Whale and Becki Whitton, with artwork by Heath Killen. . Featuring music by Del Lumanta & Eunice Andrada, Tralala Blip, Holy Balm, Bum Creek, Erasers, Jacob Silver, SCRAPS, Megan Alice Clune, James Rushford & Joe Talia, Shoeb Ahmad, Ambrose Chapel, Rites Wild, Jonny Telafone, ///▲▲▲\\\, Thomas William vs Scissor Lock, Wytchings, kyu, Rabbit Island, Amby Downs, Scattered Order, Pimmon, Sumn Conduit, Underlapper, Drill Folly, FM Raster, Machines Of Indeterminate Origin, Nina Buchanan, Bonnie Mercer and Anonymeye. . @siaxray @liarsliarsliars @stuartbuchanan @alyxdennison @ugh_ddt @room40shoots @kimbjade @alisterhill @cello_raven @dannyjumpertz @kriskeogh.supersupersounds @tahl_palm @jwptn @sampricesolo @gailpriestess @salllvage @t__morimoto @spisbah @wytchings @tuttscorp @anoutrecordings @marcuswhaleinlandsea @aphir_ @heathkillen$

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$*New compilation out today* To celebrate fifteen years of New Weird Australia, friends and family select their personal favourites from the catalogue for 'New Weird Australia, An Index Of The Modern Era 2009-2024'. Their 29-track selections run the gamut from the very first compilation released in 2009 to the most recent collection from 'transient ambient' group Worlds Only. Listen now via link in bio, exclusive to Bandcamp. . Curated by Sia Ahmad , Angus Andrew , Stuart Buchanan , Alyx Dennison, Tim Dwyer, Lawrence English, Kimberley Galceran, Alister Hill, Peter Hollo, Danny Jumpertz, Kris Keogh, Tahlia Palmer (amby downs), JW Paton, Sam Price, Gail Priest, Camryn Rothenbury, Rowan Savage (salllvage), Tom Smith (T.Morimoto), Mat Spisbah, Jenny Trinh (Wytchings), Innez Tulloch, Andrew Tuttle, Anna Vo, Marcus Whale and Becki Whitton, with artwork by Heath Killen. . Featuring music by Del Lumanta & Eunice Andrada, Tralala Blip, Holy Balm, Bum Creek, Erasers, Jacob Silver, SCRAPS, Megan Alice Clune, James Rushford & Joe Talia, Shoeb Ahmad, Ambrose Chapel, Rites Wild, Jonny Telafone, ///▲▲▲\\\, Thomas William vs Scissor Lock, Wytchings, kyu, Rabbit Island, Amby Downs, Scattered Order, Pimmon, Sumn Conduit, Underlapper, Drill Folly, FM Raster, Machines Of Indeterminate Origin, Nina Buchanan, Bonnie Mercer and Anonymeye. . @siaxray @liarsliarsliars @stuartbuchanan @alyxdennison @ugh_ddt @room40shoots @kimbjade @alisterhill @cello_raven @dannyjumpertz @kriskeogh.supersupersounds @tahl_palm @jwptn @sampricesolo @gailpriestess @salllvage @t__morimoto @spisbah @wytchings @tuttscorp @anoutrecordings @marcuswhaleinlandsea @aphir_ @heathkillen$

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*New compilation out today* To celebrate fifteen years of New Weird Australia, friends and family select their personal favourites from the catalogue for 'New Weird Australia, An Index Of The Modern Era 2009-2024'. Their 29-track selections run the gamut from the very first compilation released in 2009 to the most recent collection from 'transient ambient' group Worlds Only. Listen now via link in bio, exclusive to Bandcamp. . Curated by Sia Ahmad , Angus Andrew , Stuart Buchanan , Alyx Dennison, Tim Dwyer, Lawrence English, Kimberley Galceran, Alister Hill, Peter Hollo, Danny Jumpertz, Kris Keogh, Tahlia Palmer (amby downs), JW Paton, Sam Price, Gail Priest, Camryn Rothenbury, Rowan Savage (salllvage), Tom Smith (T.Morimoto), Mat Spisbah, Jenny Trinh (Wytchings), Innez Tulloch, Andrew Tuttle, Anna Vo, Marcus Whale and Becki Whitton, with artwork by Heath Killen. . Featuring music by Del Lumanta & Eunice Andrada, Tralala Blip, Holy Balm, Bum Creek, Erasers, Jacob Silver, SCRAPS, Megan Alice Clune, James Rushford & Joe Talia, Shoeb Ahmad, Ambrose Chapel, Rites Wild, Jonny Telafone, ///▲▲▲\\\, Thomas William vs Scissor Lock, Wytchings, kyu, Rabbit Island, Amby Downs, Scattered Order, Pimmon, Sumn Conduit, Underlapper, Drill Folly, FM Raster, Machines Of Indeterminate Origin, Nina Buchanan, Bonnie Mercer and Anonymeye. . @siaxray @liarsliarsliars @stuartbuchanan @alyxdennison @ugh_ddt @room40shoots @kimbjade @alisterhill @cello_raven @dannyjumpertz @kriskeogh.supersupersounds @tahl_palm @jwptn @sampricesolo @gailpriestess @salllvage @t__morimoto @spisbah @wytchings @tuttscorp @anoutrecordings @marcuswhaleinlandsea @aphir_ @heathkillen

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In our Highlights there’s a ‘BUY THIS’ wrap-up of 2024 albums and EPs we have loved this year - non-definitive, in no certain order. Spend some pocket money + support yr local wyrd kid / wyrd grandpa.

Cover art:
1 Mara @mara.mara.mara
2 Absurd Cosmos Late Nite @nicemusiclabel_
3 CS + Kreme @csandkreme
4 Grasps_ @grasps_
5 J. McFarlane’s Reality Guest @jmcfarlanesrealityguest
6 Worlds Only @w0rlds0nly
7 JWPaton @jwptn
8 Laurence Pike @laurenzpike
9 LAVURN @cassius_select
10 Marcus Whale @marcuswhaleinlandsea
11 Scythe @davidwestperth
12 Dregs @dregs.mud
13 Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin
14 Th Blisks @efficient_space
15 Third Space @sattmabbadini
16 Wytchings @wytchings

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In our Highlights there’s a ‘BUY THIS’ wrap-up of 2024 albums and EPs we have loved this year - non-definitive, in no certain order. Spend some pocket money + support yr local wyrd kid / wyrd grandpa. Cover art: 1 Mara @mara.mara.mara 2 Absurd Cosmos Late Nite @nicemusiclabel_ 3 CS + Kreme @csandkreme 4 Grasps_ @grasps_ 5 J. McFarlane’s Reality Guest @jmcfarlanesrealityguest 6 Worlds Only @w0rlds0nly 7 JWPaton @jwptn 8 Laurence Pike @laurenzpike 9 LAVURN @cassius_select 10 Marcus Whale @marcuswhaleinlandsea 11 Scythe @davidwestperth 12 Dregs @dregs.mud 13 Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin 14 Th Blisks @efficient_space 15 Third Space @sattmabbadini 16 Wytchings @wytchings

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Our Spotify playlist has been regrafted, with 55 tracks of new and recent Australian releases. Listen now via link in bio + story. Photo: Lavurn @cassius_select

Featuring:
00_ @00__000000__00000_0_____ @xamountrecords
A'Bear @a_bear_sounds
Absurd Cosmos Late Nite
Acopia @acopia_ @cwpt.club
Anatomical Heart @erikgriswold6371 @helensvoboda_music @chloekimyj
Annabelle Scobie @mallgoth6
AnSo @an.so.ie
Bad Ambulance @badambulance @nicemusiclabel_
BAYANG (tha Bushranger) @datuizm
Black Aleph @black.aleph @artascatharsis
Broken Chip @brokenchip
BUSHRANGER
Caleb Colledge @seesee.wav @4000records
Cloud Tangle @cloudtanglemusic @falsepeakrecords
Connor D'Netto @connordnetto @room40shoots
CS + Kreme @csandkreme @thetrilogytapes
deciBelboy @decibelboy83
Dregs @dregs.mud @_mud_records_
fhae @fhae_music
FIM @floracarbo @merinda_dias @isaacgunnoo @madenowmusic
Grasps @grasps_
Harrison Rae @harrisonrae_ @midheaven.xyz
Heaven's Chair @heavens_chair
I Think They Hate Me.. :( @ithinktheyhateme_xo
Ike Zwanikken @lucky_bloke @theorytherapy_
Imogen Cygler @imogencygler @provenance.collective
J. McFarlane's Reality Guest @jmcfarlanesrealityguest @night_school
Jasmine Guffond @
JWPaton @jwptn
Keanu Nelson @mississippirecords
Laurence Pike @laurenzpike @theleaflabel
Lavurn @cassius_select @sumactrac
Leaving @leaving_sounds @moonglyphrecords
Leila @leilaharrismusic
Lisa Lerkenfeldt @lisalerkenfeldt
Low Flung @overflowboot @oxtailrecs
Madeleine Cocolas @madeleine.cocolas
Mara @mara.mara.mara @purespacefm
Marcus Whale @marcuswhaleinlandsea
Marly Lüske @marlyluske
Mona Mule @_monamule_
Mutant Joe @themutantjoe @99cts_records
Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling, Andreas Werliin @dragcityrecords
Other Joe @other__joe
Party Dozen @partydozen @tempresltd
Rafet @rafetgrima
Rita Revell @no__horseplay
Scythe @davidwestperth @jah.bones @acolourfulstorm
Simon J Karis @simonjkaris
Static Cleaner Lost Reward @tarquin.manek.presense @lowcompanyrecords
Substance K
Teether @_teether
Th Blisks @efficient_space
Troth
Yirinda @chaptermusic

This is the seventh edition of our Spotify Playlist.
Published October 2024.
Catalogue NWAPL007.
55 tracks, 4h15m.

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Our Spotify playlist has been regrafted, with 55 tracks of new and recent Australian releases. Listen now via link in bio + story. Photo: Lavurn @cassius_select Featuring: 00_ @00__000000__00000_0_____ @xamountrecords A'Bear @a_bear_sounds Absurd Cosmos Late Nite Acopia @acopia_ @cwpt.club Anatomical Heart @erikgriswold6371 @helensvoboda_music @chloekimyj Annabelle Scobie @mallgoth6 AnSo @an.so.ie Bad Ambulance @badambulance @nicemusiclabel_ BAYANG (tha Bushranger) @datuizm Black Aleph @black.aleph @artascatharsis Broken Chip @brokenchip BUSHRANGER Caleb Colledge @seesee.wav @4000records Cloud Tangle @cloudtanglemusic @falsepeakrecords Connor D'Netto @connordnetto @room40shoots CS + Kreme @csandkreme @thetrilogytapes deciBelboy @decibelboy83 Dregs @dregs.mud @_mud_records_ fhae @fhae_music FIM @floracarbo @merinda_dias @isaacgunnoo @madenowmusic Grasps @grasps_ Harrison Rae @harrisonrae_ @midheaven.xyz Heaven's Chair @heavens_chair I Think They Hate Me.. :( @ithinktheyhateme_xo Ike Zwanikken @lucky_bloke @theorytherapy_ Imogen Cygler @imogencygler @provenance.collective J. McFarlane's Reality Guest @jmcfarlanesrealityguest @night_school Jasmine Guffond @ JWPaton @jwptn Keanu Nelson @mississippirecords Laurence Pike @laurenzpike @theleaflabel Lavurn @cassius_select @sumactrac Leaving @leaving_sounds @moonglyphrecords Leila @leilaharrismusic Lisa Lerkenfeldt @lisalerkenfeldt Low Flung @overflowboot @oxtailrecs Madeleine Cocolas @madeleine.cocolas Mara @mara.mara.mara @purespacefm Marcus Whale @marcuswhaleinlandsea Marly Lüske @marlyluske Mona Mule @_monamule_ Mutant Joe @themutantjoe @99cts_records Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling, Andreas Werliin @dragcityrecords Other Joe @other__joe Party Dozen @partydozen @tempresltd Rafet @rafetgrima Rita Revell @no__horseplay Scythe @davidwestperth @jah.bones @acolourfulstorm Simon J Karis @simonjkaris Static Cleaner Lost Reward @tarquin.manek.presense @lowcompanyrecords Substance K Teether @_teether Th Blisks @efficient_space Troth Yirinda @chaptermusic This is the seventh edition of our Spotify Playlist. Published October 2024. Catalogue NWAPL007. 55 tracks, 4h15m.

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Expressions of interest open for 2025 activity. See link in bio / link in story for full details.

EMERGING ARTISTS - we’re interested in hearing from emerging artists for inclusion in various releases and projects in 2025 - artists who are in the early phases of their practice, and who may have only taken a few steps in sharing their work.

NEW VIDEO WORK - we would love to hear from any artists who have recently made, or are intending to make, a film / video clip to accompany their music. Unreleased or upcoming films particularly welcomed to premiere on our channels.

WHAT / HOW TO SUBMIT - See link in bio / link in story for full details.

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Expressions of interest open for 2025 activity. See link in bio / link in story for full details. EMERGING ARTISTS - we’re interested in hearing from emerging artists for inclusion in various releases and projects in 2025 - artists who are in the early phases of their practice, and who may have only taken a few steps in sharing their work. NEW VIDEO WORK - we would love to hear from any artists who have recently made, or are intending to make, a film / video clip to accompany their music. Unreleased or upcoming films particularly welcomed to premiere on our channels. WHAT / HOW TO SUBMIT - See link in bio / link in story for full details.

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Monica Brooks @monicamonicaman contributes the track ‘Morph For Puddles’ to our recent ‘Worlds Only World’ compilation, a piano improvisation based on pop song chord changes.

She notes: “It was recorded in response to a call for tunes to highlight solidarity with Palestinians. The world balks in witnessing the horror of the genocide of Palestinians, while simultaneously watching the complicity and inaction of our supposed leaders whom serve to protect a global corporatocracy instead.”

Monica Brooks is a composer, improviser, and sound artist, hailing from the Blue Mountains. Over the last twenty years she has developed her connection to improvisation as a compositional methodology. Her artistic interests are occupied by landscapes and conservation; maps, and the idea of ‘Hjemfalden’, or, as can be reconceived as belonging, landscapes, loss and love.

Brooks has been involved with projects such as Great Waitress with Magda Mayas and Laura Altman, West Head Project with Jim Denley and Dale Gorfinkel, composition for choirs in Sydney, and scores for short films. Her current projects rely on solo piano for compositions, and folk harmony in drone music using accordion, often in churches as a reverberant community spaces.

Curated by ‘transient ambient’ group Worlds Only @w0rlds0nly, the ‘Worlds Only World’ compilation is out now on all platforms. We encourage you to stream / download and donate at Bandcamp (link in bio). All proceeds from the release will be donated to organisations delivering mutual aid on the ground in 🍉, and to recently settled refugees.

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Monica Brooks @monicamonicaman contributes the track ‘Morph For Puddles’ to our recent ‘Worlds Only World’ compilation, a piano improvisation based on pop song chord changes. She notes: “It was recorded in response to a call for tunes to highlight solidarity with Palestinians. The world balks in witnessing the horror of the genocide of Palestinians, while simultaneously watching the complicity and inaction of our supposed leaders whom serve to protect a global corporatocracy instead.” Monica Brooks is a composer, improviser, and sound artist, hailing from the Blue Mountains. Over the last twenty years she has developed her connection to improvisation as a compositional methodology. Her artistic interests are occupied by landscapes and conservation; maps, and the idea of ‘Hjemfalden’, or, as can be reconceived as belonging, landscapes, loss and love. Brooks has been involved with projects such as Great Waitress with Magda Mayas and Laura Altman, West Head Project with Jim Denley and Dale Gorfinkel, composition for choirs in Sydney, and scores for short films. Her current projects rely on solo piano for compositions, and folk harmony in drone music using accordion, often in churches as a reverberant community spaces. Curated by ‘transient ambient’ group Worlds Only @w0rlds0nly, the ‘Worlds Only World’ compilation is out now on all platforms. We encourage you to stream / download and donate at Bandcamp (link in bio). All proceeds from the release will be donated to organisations delivering mutual aid on the ground in 🍉, and to recently settled refugees. Photo by Lyndal Irons

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Wyrd thy self! - “The word weird has its root in the Anglo Saxon word, wyrd, which roughly boils down to the action of controlling one’s fate. To be weird, is to control one’s fate, rather than let society determine your place and fate. To be weird, is to be outside the normal aspects of society, yes, but to also collectively decide who you would like to be, not based on societal pressure.”
Wyrding the Self, Jonaya Kemper

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Wyrd thy self! - “The word weird has its root in the Anglo Saxon word, wyrd, which roughly boils down to the action of controlling one’s fate. To be weird, is to control one’s fate, rather than let society determine your place and fate. To be weird, is to be outside the normal aspects of society, yes, but to also collectively decide who you would like to be, not based on societal pressure.” Wyrding the Self, Jonaya Kemper

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Jenny Trinh is a Western Sydney artist who performs solo as Wytchings @wytchings. For our new compilation, ‘Worlds Only World’, she contributes ‘Crop Circles’, a rework of a demo made for her first EP ‘Neptune’ back in 2019. She describes it as “a track about walking through the rain at night and mistaking the streetlights for something from the great unknown!”

Creating dreamy, film-inspired sounds evoking that of space and water, Jenny has collaborated with artists like Red Rey, Saskia Ellis & Jada Narkle to create accompanying soundscapes for their movement pieces, which have been showcased at Soft Centre, Sydney World Pride, Yirramboi Festival and Marrugeku. In addition to that, she sound designed Liquid Homelands, a queer, experimental radio project on FBi Radio’s Race Matters.

In addition to her solo work, she is in the band Heart Armour with two longtime friends Kashif (Kash Bhai) & Zac (roomers), and is a member of compilation curators Worlds Only @w0rlds0nly.

The ‘Worlds Only World’ compilation is out now on all platforms. We encourage you to stream / download and donate at Bandcamp (link in bio). All proceeds from the release will be donated to organisations delivering mutual aid on the ground in 🍉, and to recently settled refugees.

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Jenny Trinh is a Western Sydney artist who performs solo as Wytchings @wytchings. For our new compilation, ‘Worlds Only World’, she contributes ‘Crop Circles’, a rework of a demo made for her first EP ‘Neptune’ back in 2019. She describes it as “a track about walking through the rain at night and mistaking the streetlights for something from the great unknown!” Creating dreamy, film-inspired sounds evoking that of space and water, Jenny has collaborated with artists like Red Rey, Saskia Ellis & Jada Narkle to create accompanying soundscapes for their movement pieces, which have been showcased at Soft Centre, Sydney World Pride, Yirramboi Festival and Marrugeku. In addition to that, she sound designed Liquid Homelands, a queer, experimental radio project on FBi Radio’s Race Matters. In addition to her solo work, she is in the band Heart Armour with two longtime friends Kashif (Kash Bhai) & Zac (roomers), and is a member of compilation curators Worlds Only @w0rlds0nly. The ‘Worlds Only World’ compilation is out now on all platforms. We encourage you to stream / download and donate at Bandcamp (link in bio). All proceeds from the release will be donated to organisations delivering mutual aid on the ground in 🍉, and to recently settled refugees. Photos @hyunleeeehu

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AnSo @an.so.ie contributes ‘silent destruction’ to our new compilation, ‘Worlds Only World’, a track which was originally a reflection on climate crisis which they say “now seems like nothing compared to genocide. They will try to remain silent in their destruction however we will not.”

A self described sculptor of sound existing and creating on Gadigal land, South Korean artist, AnSo’s works are ever-evolving, like a blob of clay on a throwing wheel, the hands of the
sculptor feeling, moulding, collapsing, rising.

Curated by ‘transient ambient’ group Worlds Only @w0rlds0nly, the ‘Worlds Only World’ compilation is out now on all platforms. We encourage you to stream / download and donate at Bandcamp (link in bio). All proceeds from the release will be donated to organisations delivering mutual aid on the ground in 🍉, and to recently settled refugees.

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AnSo @an.so.ie contributes ‘silent destruction’ to our new compilation, ‘Worlds Only World’, a track which was originally a reflection on climate crisis which they say “now seems like nothing compared to genocide. They will try to remain silent in their destruction however we will not.” A self described sculptor of sound existing and creating on Gadigal land, South Korean artist, AnSo’s works are ever-evolving, like a blob of clay on a throwing wheel, the hands of the sculptor feeling, moulding, collapsing, rising. Curated by ‘transient ambient’ group Worlds Only @w0rlds0nly, the ‘Worlds Only World’ compilation is out now on all platforms. We encourage you to stream / download and donate at Bandcamp (link in bio). All proceeds from the release will be donated to organisations delivering mutual aid on the ground in 🍉, and to recently settled refugees.

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A very long time ago, Oscar Key Sung performed live on the last New Weird Australia radio show on @fbiradio. We’re stoked to reconnect as he contributes the track ‘last day of june’ to our new compilation, ‘Worlds Only World’. Oscar Key Sung is the primary moniker of Melbourne born independent artist Oscar Vincente S-Thorn. Offering over ten years of exciting music and counting, he describes himself as “an influential shapeshifter who has probably inspired your favourite artist”. Curated by ‘transient ambient’ group Worlds Only @w0rlds0nly, the ‘Worlds Only World’ compilation is out now on all platforms. We encourage you to stream / download and donate at Bandcamp (link in bio). All proceeds from the release will be donated to organisations delivering mutual aid on the ground in 🍉, and to recently settled refugees.

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