MIDNITE SPARES: COMPILED BY ANDRÁS AND INSTANT PETERSON LP/DIGI OUT 09 SEPT

On Midnite Spares, Australian music devotees András and Instant Peterson hold a candle to overlooked avant-pop and electronic works by antipodean artists and outsiders working through the 80s and 90s. Through co-presenting weekly radio show Strange Holiday, the duo slowly upturned their locale for inspiration - archives, country bookstores, private collections and convenience stores, searching for a place to anchor their own identities in the oceans of the island continent. The 10 tracks acknowledge a minor history, passed on via a network of friends, friends of friends, the libraries of radio station 3RRR and more often than not, the artists themselves.

Renowned mixed media artist Maria Kozic enters with the mysterious downbeat of Trust Me, her partner Philip Brophy responsible for digital and analogue sonic construction. A recurring character in András and Instant Peterson’s investigations, Brophy reappears with a score piece from his divisive feature film Salt, Saliva, Sperm and Sweat, recorded as →↑→ (pronounced “Tch Tch Tch”).

Other links are thread under the surface. Melbourne inner north experimentalist David Chesworth explores his Australiana songcraft leading Whadya Want?. The short lived project also featured Philip Jackson, whose duo The Couch is restored from Fast Forward’s dance issue - a pioneering cassette fanzine published by early-80s 3RRR personality Bruce Milne.

The collection binds a certain musicianship that’s indifferent to fame or chart success, although some artists unwittingly experienced this before and after. Poets of the Machine’s Grace Jones techno-wave was a modest moment for Coral Island and Red Stripe, an English migrant who once celebrated a #1 UK Christmas single with an acapella cover of Yazoo, while the morbid coming of age electronics of Foot and Mouth is a lesser known prologue to Sean Greenway and Matty Whittle’s rise as legendary teen punks heroes God. Quickly becoming a modern dancefloor hit, Mumbo Jumbo’s sole release Wind It Up is only now basking in it’s brilliance.

The remaining figures shape the diversity further. There’s Sydney dub addicts The Igniters, Mix’s groovy synth song about masturbation and the Cameron Allan/Graham Bidstrup soundtrack for petrol headed ozploitation film, Midnite Spares - the compilation’s namesake.

03 Poets Of The Machine - Arabs 5:48 (ES003)

the full video set from Substation Live #45 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bssldKCzkVk&t=4438s


Rejhana is a Belgrade-based DJ and visual artist, holding a degree from the Faculty of Applied Arts. Her sets are emotionally charged journeys through electro and melodic textures, guided by intuition, rhythm, and a strong visual sensibility. With a background in fine arts and performance, she merges sound, movement, and presence into an experience that’s both powerful and poetic.

🎧 I pursue music and art out of love; it’s my way of being. :)

Todo en su tiempo.

AUGEN MUSIC es mucho más que un dúo musical; es 
una experiencia emocional que fusiona arte y música 
para crear momentos inolvidables. Con una imagen 
auténtica y una conexión única entre sus integrantes, 
Augen ofrece performances que cautivan al público, 
transportándolo a un mundo de alegría, emoción y amor. 
Inspirados en la pasión por la música y guiados por 
valores de amor y unión, Augen busca trascender los 
límites de lo ordinario, ofreciendo una selección musical 
única y una energía vibrante en cada presentación. 
Como persona, Augen es una mujer latina de 27 años, 
apasionada por el deporte, el ocio y la música, con un 
gusto por el sushi y las pastas, y un estilo elegante pero 
sutil, reflejado en sus elecciones de moda y en su 
personalidad reservada pero impactante.

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