Stu Buchanan talks with Hanna Jenkin, aka Melbourne experimental outsider artist Jessica At Birth. Jessica 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 […]
Stu Buchanan talks to Sydney-born and UK-based artist Penelope Trappes – a vocalist and musician specialising in minimalist, ethereal alt.pop. Having dedicated much of her early career to the electronic duo The Golden Filter, Penelope Trappes released her solo debut Penelope One in 2016 on […]
Celebrating the release of his third solo album Prophecy, Stu Buchanan talks with prolific drummer, percussionist and composer Laurence Pike Laurence 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 […]
Investigating their unique pairing of voice and modular synthesis, Stu Buchanan talks with Sonya Holowell and Ben Carey about their new project, Sumn Conduit. Sumn Conduit is the duo project of Indigenous Australian improviser and experimental vocalist Sonya Holowell , and modular synthesist and composer […]
Stu Buchanan talks to Party Dozen, the mesmerising sonic partnering of saxophonist Kirsty Tickle and percussionist Jonathan Boulet. Party 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, […]
An album launch in film, celebrating the release of the New Weird Australia compilation Solitary Wave. Made during Corona quarantine, the launch film features fourteen clips from eclectic and experimental Australian artists, many of which were made exclusively for this release. Tracklisting. 00:00:00 Titles (MOON […]
Stu Buchanan talks to Tahlia Palmer, an interdisciplinary artist of Yuwaalaraay descent, about her audio project Amby Downs – named after the station in Queensland where her ancestors worked in servitude to settlers. Her work as Amby Downs is created using field recordings and video […]
Stu Buchanan talks to Reuben Ingall about his no-input mixing board project ‘NIMBY2’, as well as his recent adventures in sound recording and his twin passions of (very) slow music and the 1996 Hollywood blockbuster ‘Independence Day’. Reuben Ingall is a prolific artist, musician and […]
New Weird Australia returns with a 26-track compilation of eclectic and experimental music – the project’s first release in over five years. Solitary Wave is a two-volume compilation of new Australian music made, remade and reconsidered during a global pandemic. Solitary Wave (Out) is a […]
New Weird Australia returns with a 26-track compilation of eclectic and experimental music – the project’s first release in over five years. Solitary Wave is a two-volume compilation of new Australian music made, remade and reconsidered during a global pandemic. Solitary Wave (Out) is a […]
In this first episode of a new run of New Weird Australia podcasts, Stu Buchanan talks to Perth artist Rabbit Island about her new old record ‘Songs For Kids’. Perth artist Amber Fresh has been making music as Rabbit Island for over ten years, blending […]
Stu 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 both […]
