Adam Hipwell - synthesizer, guitar, flute
Ivan Masic - percussion on 'Pale reflection'
Easy Dada - production on 'Cool temperate', 'I chose you, too' and 'Big eternal beautiful'

Released on Island House Recordings, New York 2022
Self recorded and mixed on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung land
Mastered by Goran Simonoski @ La Plant Studio
ig: @laplant_mix_and_master

Thanks to Josephine Hipwell, Easy Dada, (((ex ponto))), Oren Ambarchi for the formative listening, Dad for the loan of the strat., Bashar Gurkhan for the computer, Wunderlust and Council of Elders for helping me grow

Dedicated to Mary-Lou

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@claudiasin
With a penchant for off-kilter drum and bass, bass, dub and dubstep, sina meticulously curates sets that mix and match elements of atmospheric trip hop, murky post-DnB and the mischievous 2-step sounds of the 90/00s. Witnessing sina grace the decks at Inward Goods festival was a nostalgic luxury - I felt like I’d stepped into some form of magical Y2k swamp party, where only the best of early 2000s drum and bass were being thrown down. Sina’s contributions to the community extend beyond the decks and into the realm of party planning and label curation (Secret World) whilst also forming ⅓ of the band dregs. Sina’s bass-centric Framework parties create a much needed bro-free zone, an inclusive space for us lovers of the high energy sounds that sina is becoming so well known for. sina joined me to celebrate for episode 156 and 3 years of Passing Notes with a deep, dubby guest mix and written interview here -> https://passingnotes.radio

sina - PN 156 (3 Years of PN)

Hemispheres is the first results of a two-year collaboration between Australian artist Adam Hipwell and Polish musician Jakub Kasperkiewicz. Reflecting their respective hemispheres, the album explores themes of creation, pulsating life, inevitable endings and decay through two short and two long tracks inspired by Gondwana and Laurasia, the ancient supercontinents. Both artists bring unique perspectives to this release, blending guitar textures with kosmiche sensibilities.

Releases on CD and Digital February 2025 via Woodford Halse


Remember Quicksand (edit)

030 Steve & Dj Earl Grey

DJ Earl Grey & Steve have been hosting a monthly Wednesday date-night residency for over a year, sharing the sensitive, soulful, and deep cuts from their record collection. Their shared love for each other - as well as jazz, soul, ambient, and rock - forms the foundation of their Waxflower mix.

This year, they launched Tender, a 'third space' offering yoga classes, deep listening sessions, movie screenings, exhibitions, workshops, and Naarm’s smallest record store.

Recorded live @waxflowerbar with @dj.earlgrey and @fax_lyrical

030 - Steve & Dj Earl Grey

We are so excited to welcome Melbourne- based dj, radio host, curator and label head @pjenne to our mix series. 

Pjenne is at the forefront of the Aussie underground scene, a true visionary! Her sound takes many forms and genres but she crafted a unique style that is very much of her own. If you haven’t already listened to her beautifully curated radio show/mix series Passing Notes we highly recommend.  

 “This mix is a live recording of (most of) my set at @terra-obscura-london in London in April last year. I played from 12-2am after Slowfoam and before Oma Totem Live - a time in the night where Ormside projects was transformed from 'soft furnishings' to club. I think the mix represents the music I played a lot across my tour last year (and probably won't stop playing), with an additional emotional sprinkle that was inspired by the work of @avsluta and @aliciasteanson. <3”

Osmura w/ Pjenné 25

Ex Ponto 11/04/25

(aired on Synthesize Me PBS 18/06/25)

A brief mix that honestly could have been 3 hours longer. 

Thank you Brian.

Passing By - A Selection of Sounds from Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys

Strictly vinyl only! Purchase here:

https://www.goodmorningtapes.com/products/gmv25-full-circle-beyond-knowhere-ep

Produced By Full Circle aka @alexisletan & @JoakimBouaziz

Mastered by Krikor Kouchian

Artwork by Biscuit

GMV26 Full Circle - Beyond Knowhere EP (Snippets)

James Tom from Krakatau blesses us with over 2 hours of music from his record and cd collection.

James Tom - Space'd Guest 048

Sunset at Mach One festival on the 5th April 2025.

Photo by Luka Filips


Sunset at Mach One

CTRadio ~ CTR (Kosmische Musik Spezial)   (07/10/25)

Adam Hipwell is no novice contemplator of the void. After cutting his teeth in the Melbourne tape-scuzz post-post-punk group Wunderlust & crafting cinematic strains of majestic instrumental post-rock with Council of Elders, Hipwell has shifted his focus inwards and out, and Gardenworld, released as Hipwell, is the result, a simultaneous zoom in and pan out. At first glance the elements may seem familiar, but there is a rare level of sensitivity in the playing and arrangements, a roiling complexity beneath even the most placid passages that occasionally comes to the surface, enveloping the listener.

Opener “Cool temperate” floats along on a placid ten-note sequence, gentle pads and squiggly leads following the changes, gentle washes of gleaming guitar rolling ashore. “I Choose You Too” tunnels downward, with big yawning synths grinding against each-other, glittery metallic shards ricocheting into the heart of the earth before the whole thing explodes with free-time drums and a guitar solo ragged as though it was yanked up through the ground from the mantle before suddenly fading to silence. “Big eternal beautiful” begins with birds and water before synths and guitar enter. Here, Hipwell's guitar feels like a more liquid David Gilmour, with all the ebullient lyricism and carefully placed notes, and as the layers of the nine-and-a-half minute track build, it manages to always carve out a place for itself, picking its spots like a boxer taking jabs. The back half of the tune drops out the guitars and piles on the big pads, yawning upwards as resonant arpeggios tickle your spinal cord. “Pale Reflection” doubles down on overwhelming walls of beautiful and aching synth, in just under three minutes it still manages to knock some dust off my pineal gland as wisps of guitar and filter sweeps float to the ever-opening ground like dead leaves. The (slight return) version swaps the synths for tanpura and pulsing bass, giving the guitar more room to stretch out and fill the corners. Closing track “Moment of perfection,” responsible for nearly half the albums run-time at 22:08, transports the listener to an oceanic scene, gently panning waves wash up on the beach and are mirrored by slowly swelling keys. Voices come in and out, barely audible, and the track ebbs and flows instead of building, closer to Jonah Sharp's most spaced-out work as Spacetime Continuum in its shape than some of its more obvious psychedelic/kosmiche/new age-y counterparts. There is an uneasiness somewhere below the surface, the disembodied voices in turns comforting and sinister, the arrangements twisting sour momentarily, big portamento leads over chiming guitars and field recordings bringing to mind the strident synths on THE KLF's Chill Out or Lorenzo Senni's STARGATE. The musical elements slowly wash away, leaving us finally with the sounds of the ocean crashing, birds yawping overhead.

Hipwell has staked out a wide territory for himself on this release, straddling many forms while maintaining a piercing gaze to the skies, comfortably inhabiting each one while pushing against its walls, and adorning them all with his strong sense of melodicism. Gardenworld pushes these strengths to the forefront, creating a compelling and deep sound-world for any who enter.

-M. Geddes Gengras 

Released on Island House Recordings September 30, 2022

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