Jacob's a writer, filmmaker, journalist, broadcaster and general media enthusiast. Likes ginger beer. Fairly decent at Borderlands.

www.jacobcolliver.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rubylou.music


Ruby Lou is a composer, producer, performer and vocalist based in Berlin. Her unique style of outer-worldly pop is inspired by nature, power, the primal and the etheric.

Martians of Error play independent folk rock and punk in Naarm, Australia

A place for me to experiment with music and just put it into the ethers to either be enjoyed or disdained..  

Home of bad music and worse lyrics. Catch me making music with chat to help down at www.twitch.tv/mattsmusichouse

Indie folk duo from Melbourne.

'Long Black Road' album launch event at Thornbury Theatre in Melbourne, Saturda 5th October 2019. Ticketing link: https://thornburytheatre.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/6ebaf418-4552-4cc8-a200-847cb500e108

For those of you not yet familiar with the Dutch-New Zealand trio, they play roots driven hypnotic dance. It’s a sound informed by gospel and blues singing and playing fused with ancient folk melodies. Added to that is the rawness of seventies funk, african desert blues, moroccan gnawa, indian raga and a touch of EDM  all played on guitars and drums without using computers or samples. They have been spreading their psychedelic blues-trance rave to the approval of audiences worldwide since 2012, featuring on renowned festivals such as Glastonbury (UK), Isle of Wight (UK), Sziget (HU), Fusion (DE), Exit (RS), Lowlands (NL) and Pinkpop (NL).

MY BABY is more than just the band’s name. It’s a title that refers to an allegorical figure, a central character in the band’s musical story. She is in part a phantom muse, a result of the combined imagination of the band members. She’s often described as, ‘a girl in the '70's fantasizing about being a flapper girl and dancer in the '20’s.

嶋田会希–Elle Shimada is a violinist, producer, curator, DJ and multi-instrumentalist from Tokyo based in Melbourne.

A unique combination of thickly layered string lines making tender love to heavy new-jazz influenced beats creates an emotive, cinematic and other-worldly atmosphere while keeping the dance floor pulsing with visionary and edgy production. Shimada's genre defying sound draws inspiration from underground electronic music like Drum & Bass, Baile Funk with jazz classical music, combined with vulnerable and introspective lyricism often in subject matter that is both relatable and challenging, Shimada’s delivery is a strong testament to her unique ability in capturing human experience through music.

As a director of the multidisciplinary art collective CO-DREAMERS, Shimada fuses a choir section and choreography with a kinetic succession of dance beats and abstract compositions to create an unforgettable live performance experience with the feel of a movie. 

In 2022, Shimada released her debut album ‘HOME ≠ LOCATION’ on The Jazz Diaries, Shimada journeys through spiritual jazz and drum’n’bass in search of a home beyond the geographical touring in Australia, UK, EU, USA and Indonesia with tenacious reception globally.

In 2023, she is set to release two singles, About Blank____ ft. Rara Zulu and Mononoke ft. Yami, along with a self-directed music video showcasing her storytelling and curatorial skills beyond music. Together with the CO-DREAMERS collective, Shimada creates captivating performances with choir sections, choreography, and abstract compositions, touring Australia, UK, Asia and Europe, supporting renowned artists such as Madlib, Liv.e, Obongjayar, Alfa Mist and Jitwam.

With an undercurrent of feminism, cultural curiosity and a political mindset, Shimada utilizes the uniting power of music to cultivate a dance-floor-activism that is inclusive, honest and raw, creating progressive spaces beyond musicianship.

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