Neither one genre nor another, New Weird Australia champions the artists who find refuge in the spaces between. To celebrate fifteen years of operations, label friends and family have selected their personal favourites from the catalogue, which have been curated into a new compilation titled 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.
The compilation features 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, kyü, Rabbit Island, Amby Downs, Scattered Order, Pimmon, Sumn Conduit, Underlapper, Drill Folly, FM Raster, Machines Of Indeterminate Origin, Nina Buchanan, Bonnie Mercer and Anonymeye.
New Weird Australia, An Index Of The Modern Era 2009-2024 is co-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, and features artwork by Heath Killen.
Since its conception in 2009, New Weird Australia has released 32 compilations and 51 artist albums and EPs, amassing a catalogue of 800 tracks that document fifteen years at the fringes of Australian music. The label has also produced over 120 podcast interviews with Australian artists, produced radio shows for FBi in Sydney and Resonance FM in London, and staged dozens of events around the country.
New Weird Australia, An Index Of The Modern Era 2009-2024 is available exclusively on Bandcamp.
Tracklisting.
New Weird Australia, An Index Of The Modern Era 2009-2024
- Del Lumanta & Eunice Andrada – Nature Is Healing (02:29)
- Tralala Blip – nowy (06:19)
- Holy Balm – Hand Over Fire (04:59)
- Bum Creek – Bollywood (04:24)
- Erasers – Lost///Found (04:26)
- Jacob Silver – Ambulacra (03:34)
- SCRAPS – Peculiar Radio (02:24)
- Megan Alice Clune – Cut Space (03:35)
- James Rushford/Joe Talia – Harker (03:38)
- Shoeb Ahmad – Double Checks Against The Corner (d) (Peter Knight Version) (05:39)
- Ambrose Chapel – Undead (07:36)
- Rites Wild – Rites Wild Theme (04:06)
- Jonny Telafone – Stardate 2012.1221 (03:34)
- ///▲▲▲\\ – Spit Shine (02:00)
- Thomas William vs Scissor Lock – Cadillic (05:13)
- Wytchings – Crop Circles (03:53)
- kyü – Sunny In Splodges (05:19)
- Rabbit Island – My Own Private (06:05)
- amby downs – southern sahul (union song) (08:56)
- Scattered Order – At Last You Have One (05:17)
- Pimmon – On The Other Hand This Carbon Fire Is (Flammable) (04:36)
- Sumn Conduit – What Energy (07:11)
- Underlapper – Elephant Shoe (02:51)
- Drill Folly – Bittersweet Escape (05:28)
- FM Raster – Pattern 1 (03:45)
- Machines Of Indeterminate Origin – Fatigue (04:51)
- Nina Buchanan – Special K (04:38)
- Bonnie Mercer – Bad Astrology (05:18)
- Anonymeye – If At First You Don’t Secede… (05:31)
Credits.
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, Becki Whitton.
Artwork by Heath Killen.
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