Midheaven Records continues its run of firsts in 2021 with ‘Shifgrethor / Konstant Kemmer’, the debut of Eora/Sydney-based producer Mx-Ai (they/them). The last decade has seen Mx-Ai move from playing in bands, to no-input mixing, to chopping samples and programming drums—a habitual experimentation both integrated with living, and consciously auto-didactive. Years of quietly working away have resulted in a warped bass music sound, drawing upon the sensibilities of musique concrète, jungle, dub and dancehall. Taking their names from concepts in Ursula K. Le Guin’s ‘The Left Hand of Darkness’, ‘Shifgrethor’ and ‘Konstant Kemmer’ are a small glimpse into a larger world of sounds yet to be heard, where synths cling like vapour to structural beats, meticulously grooving and articulate. Astute sound design makes tangible a feeling suspended between excitement and anxiety, with sweeps of FX and minute rhythmic shifts keeping things on the move, ever-curious and rolling. This is an exciting statement of intent from a gifted artist.

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About Midheaven:

Midheaven operates on unceded Gadigal and Wangal lands in Eora/Sydney. We acknowledge the Gadigal and Wangal peoples as rightful owners of these lands, and pay our respects to their elders past and present.

Midheaven Records is devoted to giving a platform to forward-thinking, mutative, compelling music. We will be releasing a slew of new work by emerging soloists, ensembles, and collaborations over the course of 2021, donating 10% of all proceeds from sales to Radio Skid Row, in support of community radio and grassroots organising.

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Credits:

All tracks written, recorded and mixed by Wade Gilmour.
Mastered by Mike Grisner at Manmade Mastering.
Artwork by Ben Buchanan.
Layout by Cameron Whalen.

Shifgrethor / Konstant Kemmer

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Mx-Ai — Konstant Kemmer

Mx-Ai — Shifgrethor

‘1800-PARASOL’ is a collection of MIDI-centric trance pieces, concisely expressing Parasol’s foundational ideas on music-making. Born from a dissatisfaction with music technology tending towards digital or analogue extremes, it situates him within a new school of instrumental trance, alongside Himera, 500, 7038634357, and the “master of disappointment” Lorenzo Senni.

MIDI is Parasol’s obsession, and ‘1800-PARASOL’ is the result of him embracing its compositional potential. Like MIDI, ringtones are a communication protocol that transcend age and complexity, each revealing something transferable and personalisable. Leading by design, there is a feeling with each fragment that more should follow. Parasol has taken this prompt, and revealed a little of the world beyond each snippet.

Parasol strikes a careful balance between technicality and affect, generating interesting sequential variations using the limitations of MIDI and Ableton. Supersaws are juxtaposed with toy pianos, vocal chops, strings and modular synths, in moments of chaos that break away from MIDI’s neatness. Though drumless, the tracks are propelled by ultra-thin transients that punch through and create rhythmic interest.

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About the artist:

Parasol, aka Chuyi Wang (he/him), is an Eora/Sydney-based producer, radio host and MIDI enthusiast. He co-hosts the show Deep Web on FBi Radio with Krishtie Mofazzal, which “zeroes in on the frequencies originating from musical cyberspace, shining a spotlight on labels and releases that come from all corners of the internet." He recently made their debut on the compilation Mutants Mixtape #5: FREE, where his track ‘Jitterbug’ serves as the opening track, amongst contributions from Nicolas Jaar/Against All Logic, Giant Claw, Holly Herndon, Arca, Cecile Believe, and Matmos.

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Credits:

All tracks written, produced and mixed by Parasol.
Mastered by Angel Marcloid at Angel Hair Audio (www.angelhairaudio.com).
Artwork by Nat King.

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About Midheaven:

Midheaven operates on unceded Gadigal and Wangal lands in Eora/Sydney. We acknowledge the Gadigal and Wangal peoples as rightful owners of these lands, and pay our respects to their elders past and present.

Midheaven Records is devoted to giving a platform to forward-thinking, mutative, compelling music. We will be releasing a slew of new work by emerging soloists, ensembles, and collaborations over the course of 2021, donating 10% of all proceeds from sales to Radio Skid Row, in support of community radio and grassroots organising.

Parasol — Get To Heaven

Parasol — Devotion (Stars)

1800-PARASOL

Parasol — Don't Explain It

Parasol — Devotion (Moon)

Parasol — Pisces Season

Parasol — Jitterbug

Parasol — Nu Phone Feeling

"I wonder what the chances were of us meeting <3"

[Midheaven Records 2023 — MDH004RMX]
All tracks originally written, recorded, produced, and mixed by Parasol @drumlesstrance.
Remixing by @dreeksmusic (tracks 2, 3) and @veratridine (track 5).
Mastered by Angel Marcloid at Angel Hair Audio (www.angelhairaudio.com) [tracks 1, 4]; Dreeks (tracks 2, 3, 5); and Parasol (track 6). 
Artwork by vera, etc.

Parasol — There Is So Much Left To Find!

Parasol — Sunshower (vera, etc. micropop mix)

Parasol — Sunshower

Parasol — Jitterbug (Dreeks Twilight Mix)

Parasol — Jitterbug (Dreeks Sunset Mix)

"I wrote to him: everything took its course, until one day I found myself washed up in Whitchurch."

[Midheaven Records 2024 — MDH008]
All tracks written, recorded and produced by Harrison Rae.
Additional vocals (track 1) by Mara Schwerdtfeger.
Mixed by Harrison Rae and Contact Sports.
Mastered by Joe Buchan.
Artwork by Harrison Rae.

ta-ra

Harrison Rae – The Wrestler

ta'ra

Harrison Rae – I Burnt The Butter Again

Harrison Rae – River Taff

"All alone in the middle of the runway."

Full record out Friday 6th June, 2025.

[Midheaven Records 2025 — MDH009]
All tracks written, recorded, and produced by Oh Francis.
Associate production, additional mixing, vocal engineering, and additional vocals (track 3, 9) by Contact Sports.
Additional production (track 5, 11) by Voidhood.
Vocals (track 2), and co-writing (tracks 2, 10) by Nelson Blattman.
Voiceover (track 11) by Alicia Gadd-Carolan.
Mixed and mastered by William Klep.
Artwork by msh.

[‘Vacations in America’ — The Film]
Directed by Félix Morreo Zissermann & William Palazzo.
Editing and cinematography by Félix Morreo Zissermann.
Written by Félix Morreo Zissermann & William Palazzo
Produced by William Palazzo & Sam Carson.
Post-Production Coordination by msh.
Production Design by Char Lee.
Skateboarding by William Zhang.

Oh Francis – Ghost World

Oh Francis – Randall Adams

Oh Francis – Wow

Oh Francis – Farther and Farther Away (Part II)

Oh Francis – Far Away

Oh Francis – O Canada

Oh Francis – American Birthday

Oh Francis – Coming Home

Oh Francis – Farther and Farther Away (Part I)

Oh Francis – Days Same

Midheaven Records launches in 2021 with 'Force Majeure', the debut EP of Sydney/Eora-based amuwa (@a-m-u-w-a), aka 25-year-old Joshua Deering. Born and raised in the urban sprawl of Sydney CBD, Deering now brings 10 years of musical development to a head, where design and feel seamlessly enmesh. The EP draws from formative experiences immersed in the sounds of city noise, industrial zones, natural amphitheatres, and packed dance-floors. Familiar strains of electro, trance and bass music shift and meld into new, hybrid forms, driven by a synthetic-organic logic. Roiling subs and propulsive drums are engineered for impact, couched within mutating synth arrays. Untraceable oddities click, whirr and hum around the stereo field—subtle changes reward repeat, deep listening. Over four tracks, amuwa re-centres the whole body as listening technology—pursuing a trance-state that is grounded in the dance, not just for the head(s). This is a formidable debut.

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About Midheaven:

Midheaven operates on unceded Gadigal and Wangal lands in Eora/Sydney. We acknowledge the Gadigal and Wangal peoples as rightful owners of these lands, and pay our respects to their elders past and present.

Midheaven Records is devoted to giving a platform to forward-thinking, mutative, compelling music. We will be releasing a slew of new work by emerging soloists, ensembles, and collaborations over the course of 2021, donating 10% of all proceeds from sales to Radio Skid Row, in support of community radio and grassroots organising.

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Credits:

All tracks written, recorded and mixed by Joshua Deering.
 Mastered by Brendan Zacharias at Cirrus Audio. 
Artwork by Katherine Zhang.

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