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First single from "Universal Outsider" LP by Matthew Liam Nicholson.

Dusty Bones

Between You And Me There Is A Great Gulf Fixed

Between (7" version)

Hatchie perform songs from their new album, Giving the World Away (Secretly Canadian), in a home-recorded session for XPN's Indie Rock Hit Parade.

Hatchie photo by Lissyelle, courtesy of the artist
IRHP host: Eric Schuman
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Hatchie - This Enchanted (Live on XPN)

Hatchie - Quicksand (Live on XPN)

a gentle ditty about the emotions of living. recorded on 8 track at G&B studios.

Motional nontact

Break!

Thick of the Honey

now’s the time
take back all your space and I’ll take back mine
letting out your breath when I breathe in mine
say what you need to say and I’ll be just fine
I'll take it in my stride

I let myself get lost in you
gave it all too much, too much too soon
And within you I would disappear
so when you wanted me I wasn’t there
and when your hands searched through searched through the sheets
to only find an empty shell of me
but when I finally found the sense to leave
I felt myself flood back, flood into me

(flood flood flood flood
back in to me)

summer nights showed me all your skin
so I showed you mine
we dissolved right in but overtime
I was losing the edge of myself so I drew a line
what I became was a blur

I let myself get lost in you
I gave it all too much too much too soon
and within you I would disappear
so when you wanted me I wasn’t there
and when your hands searched through searched through the sheets
to only find an empty shell of me
but when I finally found the sense to leave
I felt myself flood back, flood into me

written and produced by amelia

Flood Into

Headlights On

Headlights On (feat. Hatchie)

Recently I mentioned that I had a cassette tape from over 40 years ago when The Takahashi Band of 82 made a demo track for a potential TV commercial. The track was only worked on for a day or two and then abandoned. I think we all had a busy year and for whatever reason this recording was discarded.

I also talked about sharing the recording one day just for nostalgic reasons, however the mix was a very basic end-of-day progress mix and no vocal part was conceived. Sharing it in this form would not do the potential of the work any justice.

The track began with chords and synths that Yukihiro Takahashi recorded, the basic building blocks of his composition. I added the drum part. Having been intensively rehearsing and performing Takahashi material this triggered a distinct blend of my own style as might appear on tracks such as 'The Art of Parties' and Yukihiro's style on tracks such as 'Glass'. Haruomi Hosono added his brilliance on bass, as well as Masami Tsuchiya overlaying guitar parts and Hajime Tachibana adding a saxophone solo.

Fast forward over 40 years....
 
At the end of 2023 I sent the demo to singer/songwriter Marco Machera, someone I’ve collaborated with a few times in the past and whose vocal style I felt would compliment the music. Yukihiro also enjoyed Marco's music, including it on his own radio show. I asked Marco to consider adding a vocal which he was happy to do, also composing lyrics too.

I used an AI program to break down the stereo mix of the original cassette recording into individual tracks (this is a relatively new technology and although the quality struggled it allowed for a little bit more flexibility with the mixing and blending of new overdubs). The performed parts were retained, and to which I recorded some additional instrumentation as well as joining Marco on the chorus vocals. I made a new mix of the track. So what we have here is the finished piece: “Impossible Until It Happens”. 

Marco and I share this as an homage to Yukihiro who passed away this time last year and is greatly missed. We can feel the essence of Yukihiro's writing style in this track and we hope that you enjoy it.

Music by Yukihiro Takahashi / Song & Lyrics by Marco Machera

Yukihiro Takahashi - Keyboards
Haruomi Hosono - Electric Bass
Steve Jansen - Drums & Percussion, Additional Sequencers & Synthesisers, Chorus Vocals
Masami Tsuchiya - Electric Guitar
Hajime Tachibana - Saxophone
Marco Machera -  Lead Vocals, Samples, Additional Synthesiser
(for more information www.marcomachera.com)

Impossible Until It Happens

Bit of an early 2010s throwback. I started making this is 2015. Reminiscent of productions by Matt-U, Icicle and Commodo from that era.

Space Junk CLIP

The Morwell Song by Andrew Ogilvie
Played on radio 3UL around the time of the Moscow Olympics. This song borrows heavily from the track Moscow by Ghengis Khan which became the theme song to the 1980 Games.
I have never forgotten this song (how could anyone!) and have been known to break out into the chorus when  Peter Siddle(a Morwellian) took a wicket!
Morwell Morwell 
City of the SEC
Je-wel of Latrobe Valley
Ha ha ha ha ha
Morwell Morwell
Where the coal turns into power
Under rising chimney tower
Ha ha ha ha ha!

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Peter Barker