N. V. R. is an artist from Melbourne, Australia, constanttly learning new skills and fine tuning his craft. it wasnt until Nicholas moved to Germany with his family at the age of 4 that music, more specifically the piano, entered his life. The  enrolment into a musical school with the focus on classical music built the foundation and nurtured his passion. 
It wasnt until he discovered heavy metal at the age of 14 that  N. V. R. picked up the guitar and started to develop his own music and ideas. Bands like Dream Theatre, Symphony X, Pantera and Persefone, just to name a few, are still a big influence and source of inspiration today. 
However, it did take another 10 years for him to find and appriciate several styles and genres of electronic music, with a strong intrest in Psytrance, Zenon Records being an alltime favourite as a Psytrance-focused lable. 
Finally moving to Australia in 2014, N.V.R. was forced into a  global lockdown in March 2020 that he began his journey in music production, recording & developing his sound and identity from his St. Kilda East apartment. Self tought, he shed his identity as an instrumentalist and today describes himself as a producer of mainly electronic music, open minded and always on the hunt for inspriration and new ideas.

From the eastern suburbs of Melbourne come The Bean Project, a vibrant French horn-clad acoustic quintet blending the raw untreated sounds of folk, jazz and singer-songwriter - most aptly described as 'the odd marriage of James Taylor and The Cat Empire'.

https://www.facebook.com/thebeanproject

Ellie Rosenthal- Singer/Guitarist/songwriter
This is a collection of my work and various original projects I have been involved in or driven.  All the Gripping Water tracks I was the sole songwriter and producer as well as the singer and guitarist. All the SMITN songs are co written and an example of top lining please find the link to all the SMITN tracks.

New album ‘Oochya!’ is out now! https://Stereophonics.lnk.to/oochya

New album, The Love Still Held Me Near - available now on Still Records.

One of Australia’s most-loved alt-pop darlings, Owl Eyes (Brooke Addamo), releases her first solo music for some time, the dreamy new single ‘On Me’. A poignant ode to finding power within oneself in the face on uncertainty, ‘On Me’ marks the anticipated return of Owl Eyes.

‘On Me’ showcases all that we have come to know and love when Owl Eyes comes to mind. On the single, Owl Eyes represents an honest fragility sitting tightly beside a humble strength that comes with growing into who you are as a person. Written and rewritten many times over the course of a year, ‘On Me’ has taken on a number of different personas, never quite feeling right for Brooke to release but also hanging in the wings like the shadow of a dream. It took an understanding and acceptance of her vulnerability for the song to truly come to the surface.

Produced in collaboration with Aeroplane, it wasn’t until he sent Brooke a version with added strings and cassette piano that the lyrics for the chorus finally came to her. Within 20 minutes, the rest of the song poured out of her.

Owl Eyes captured the hearts and minds of both fans and media with her hugely successful debut LP Nightswim (2013) which cultivated the young artist a legion of dedicated and loyal fans, not to mention widespread acclaim. Featuring the title track and fan favourite ‘Nightswim’ and lead single ‘Closure’ (over 3 million streams), Nighswim saw the Melbourne artist undertake a sold out national headline tour, extensive metro and regional tours, perform on national TV on RockWizz, head to the US for SXSW Festival and grace the cover of magazines throughout the country. Owl Eyes has also featured on tracks with the likes of Illy on ‘It Can Wait’ and on Flight Facilities’ smash hit ‘Heart Attack’.

Over the last few years, Owl Eyes has been touring the world as a vocalist with Flight Facilities, the opportunity allowing her to perform to huge crowds across the globe including coveted slots at Coachella and Glastonbury. She features as the main vocalist on the dance duo’s live recording of their set at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

In and around her hectic touring commitments, Owl Eyes has been refining her craft both as an artist and songwriter. She has found time around tour dates to write on her own and collaboratively in LA and in Europe. One such collaboration seeing her flex her songwriting prowess on Slumberjack’s mammoth hit ‘Fracture (feat. Vera Blue)’ which is approaching 7 million streams. 

With more music hanging in her wings, we can’t wait to see what else Owl Eyes has in store.

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