All songs written, played and produced by Geryon
Kt Spit on vocals (track 4)
Sienna Thornton on Violin (tracks 1 + 2)
Mastered by Nick Huggins
Cover art by Andrew Forbes-Macphail

We Don't Talk About The Ghost

Brow

By your neck

It Records 3rd Birthday Sampler

naughty

Gaytimes

I made you a mix tape of super cool mostly local kids and their super cool mostly local tracks. This list is by no means definitive given how thick and heavy Melbourne is with talent but is a small sample of those I've had the pleasure to see, perform alongside and admire. Those in the list who are not Melbourne based left their mark here too and for that I am grateful. Thanks for being rad Melbourne. Regards - Laura Davis      @}-,--'---

Thank you also to the venues that continue to put all these amazing people and myself on stage. Tote Hotel, John Curtain, Howler, Grace Darling, Old Bar, Bar Open, Public Project, Loop Bar, Long Play, Yarra Hotel, Post Office Hotel, Tramway Hotel, Also Gallery, Liberty Social (may it rest in peace)and many more, without them I would never have come in contact with any of these wonderful human beings and certainly my life would not be as full as it is today.

Let me know if I've missed anyone super obvious or for any reason you'd like me to remove your track from this list. x

I Made You a Mixtape - Local

Buy from MEN: http://menmakemusic.bandcamp.com/track/all-the-way-thru
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/allthewaythru
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/All-the-Way-Thru/dp/B00E3Y0SZ6


"All The Way Thru" is JD Samson & MEN's debut single from their new record, "Labor". 

The track is a collaboration with French producer, Yuksek. 

There will be a follow up EP out on August 20th, which includes a Pop Mix as well as 3 remixes of the single.

"Labor" will be self-released by the band in the Fall. 

www.menmakemusic.com

All The Way Thru

"Making Art" is JD Samson & MEN's second single from their new record, "Labor".

All "Making Art" remixes will be out Nov. 12 on Bandcamp and all other digital outlets.

Buy "Making Art":
iTunes: smarturl.it/makingart
Bandcamp: menmakemusic.bandcamp.com/track/making-art-2

"Labor" is out now: itunes.apple.com/us/album/labor/id704435121

http://menmakemusic.com
http://menmakemusic.bandcamp.com
http://facebook.com/menmakemusic

Making Art

Out now on <a href="http://www.digi.gaga.com.au">Gaga Digi</a>. For more on our label, visit <a href="http://digi.gaga.com.au">our site</a>, or find us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/gaga_music">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/GagaMusic">Facebook</a>. For licensing and publicity enquiries, <a href="mailto:info@gaga.com.au">get in touch</a>.

Other Places: The Sunset & You

from HOLY LOTUS “Olivia/Breakfast and Records” (c12/Pouring Dream 2014).

BREAKFAST AND RECORDS

from HOLY LOTUS “Olivia/Breakfast and Records” (c12/Pouring Dream 2014) 

OLIVIA

GusGus - Mexico
An obvious fan favorite, GUSGUS' last full-length offering ARABIAN HORSE (KOMPAKT 231 CD 89) exceeded all expectations and ranks among our biggest bestsellers in recent years. After nearly 20 years of service at the forefront of the international electronic dance community, the legendary Icelandic band commands an impressive amount of followers - and rightly so. Now, the core crew of Birgir Thorarinsson, Daníel Ágúst, Högni Egilsson and Stephan Stephensen returns with new masterpiece MEXICO: a hugely satisfying follow-up to past exploits and another step into the future of anthemic pop music.

iTunes

GusGus - Obnoxiously Sexual

HARD COPYS OF ' DONT JUDGE A CD BY ITS COVER ' ARE NOW ON SALE ONLY FROM WWW.MRTRAUMATIK.COM

ALSO BUY IT FROM ITUNES ALSONG WITH TRAUMATISED VOL 1 2 & 3 NOW > https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/mr-traumatik/id474922919

add my new twitter acount > twitter.com/DrDimensional

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MrTraumatik - Lets Get Naughty - Cheif Blazer (sample)

NEW FOOL'S GOLD SINGLE - I'M IN LOVE & REMIX BY POOLSIDE. 

***************FREE DOWNLOAD**************

I'm In Love

NEW SINGLE: ONCE 
FIRST CUT FROM SECOND ALBUM BLASTOMA

Born in the Papua New Guinean town famous as the last place Amelia Earhart flew out of before meeting her demise, Ngaiire spent her first few years in NZ in an almost exclusively Maori primary school, exposed to as much ballet and opera as her parents could get her to. 

Returning to PNG a few years later, her first experience of live music was watching American college big bands on tour, and her flair for costuming developed by her fashion designer mother’s keen eye for the dramatic. 

Growing up listening to the reggae, Australian Top 40, and her Mum’s Mariah Carey and Cliff Richard albums, it wasn’t until Ngaiire’s family moved to Australian that her musical outlook went wide lens. She heard Ani DiFranco, Jeff Buckley, Tool, Sarah Vaughan, Debussy and Gershwin for the first time, and went to her first ever gig – Machine Gun Fellatio, officially blowing her mind, and inspiring a Visual Arts major work for highschool that essentially filled her mother’s loungeroom with fake gigantic phalluses. 

Joining bands and studying for her Bachelor of Jazz Studies at the Conservatorium of Music, Ngaiire somehow ended up on Australian Idol - hint: it was her incredible voice that did it. The more illuminating experiences, though, were touring extensively throughout the UK, Japan, Europe and Canada as a backing singer with Blue King Brown, and commencing an enduring collaborative friendship with electronic music don Paul Mac. Ngaiire, global citizen, now felt she had the universe in the palm of her hands. 

Releasing her future-soul debut Lamentations in 2013 to some acclaim, leading to her first ever slot at Glastonbury and shows with Alicia Keys and John Legend, Ngaiire has left no genre unturned in her search for herself. While she’s spent time writing music for dance companies, creating crazy sound installations for David Walsh’s MONA FOMA, collaborating with fashion designers, dreaming of working with Warhol and Phillip Glass and generally being a boho-R’n’B- weirdo-dilettante, the biggest project for this powerhouse performer has been new record Blastoma.

Without doubt, one of Australia’s most unique, eclectic and fearless artists, as evidenced by her electric shows, spine-tingling vocal deliveries and outrageous costumes, Ngaiire now releases Blastoma’s first single, ‘Once’. Co-written with mega-babes Megan Washington and Paul Mac, and produced by Paul Mac and Jack Grace, ‘Once’ is about taking risks that turn into revelations: story of her life. 

Strong and true and powerful. LITTLE ROLLING STONE

You can't stop this talented young singer's momentum. TONE DEAF

There is no doubt in my mind of the incredibly high value of her music in this world. BEAVER ON THE BEATS

Ngaiire is the very definition of originality. BBM LIVE

Single on iTunes Fri 10 Jul 

ONCE LAUNCH – MELBOURNE
FRIDAY 31 JULY
SHADOW ELECTRIC 
$15 + bf / $20 door

ONCE LAUNCH – SYDNEY 
THURSDAY 6 AUGUST 
NEWTOWN SOCIAL CLUB
$15 + bf / $20 door


Once [Blastoma Edit]

The title track off of Rae Spoon's Armour off of Rae's Spoon new album.
Buy Armour: https://raespoon.bandcamp.com/album/armour
http://www.coaxrecords.com/store/rae-spoon-armour-2016/

Armour

The Metronomes : Neo Futurist Cyclo Fascists

From 'We Don't Talk About The Ghost' EP

All songs written, played and produced by Geryon
Kt Spit on vocals (track 4)
Sienna Thornton on Violin (tracks 1 + 2)
Mastered by Nick Huggins

Cover art by Andrew Forbes-Macphail

Ghost

Announcing a new album from Taipan Tiger Girls!  #2 will be out on It Records on August 19 2016. Here is just a little teaser from this mind -bending record. 

Subscribe to our mailing list for more news on Taipan Tiger Girls and everything It Records : www.facebook.com/itrecords/app/100265896690345

https://itrecordsmelb.bandcamp.com

Taipan Tiger Girls #2 - Album Teaser

YVES TUMOR — Serpent Music
Format: LP / Digital
Cat.No: PAN 73
Release Date: 23 September 2016

http://p-a-n.org/

The enigmatic Tennessee-raised, Turin-based Yves Tumor presents a poignant new album, recorded between Miami, Leipzig, Los Angeles and Berlin over the past three years. 

Evolved from a diverse and prolific creative history under an expansive plethora of covert aliases via various forward-thinking labels, 'Yves Tumor' emerges as his most personal and matured incarnation to date.

With involvement across various artistic outlets expanding to fashion such as a visceral live performance for LA's Hood By Air earlier this year, the global artist has built a distinctly bold personal aesthetic both musically and visually as a performer.

Painstakingly written from pieces developed upon since 2013, the new record, titled 'Serpent Music', was initially composed as a soul record - based around delicate and emotive songwriting in various forms. It was a highly difficult project to undertake on both a creative and personal level, weaving thematic links through paranoia, social anxiety, and missing loved ones. "The songs come from a much more emotional and very vulnerable place... They're very close to me and I've been cautious of how I would eventually present them to the world." he explains. 

The album spans sonically diverse and richly-textured pieces, formed from live, organic instruments, samples and various field recordings. Dreamlike lo-fi psychedelia sits alongside broken electronic experimentations, ambient compositions between abrasive noise offer insight into a haunting otherworld. From melodic choral vocals and soaring synths, to screeching guitar riffs, dramatic spoken word samples and live drumming, 'Serpent Music' evidently moves through a strange and intriguing personal journey.

The album is mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at D&M, featuring photography by Daniel Sannwald.

Serpent Music

Yves Tumor - Cherish (PAN 73)

Yves Tumor - The Feeling When You Walk Away (PAN 73)

Campaign ft Tone Mestari (prod. Raijin)

Victim

Pre Order NOW : https://itrecordsmelb.bandcamp.com/album/on-drugs

It Records is proud to release the new single from seminal proto synth punks Primitive Calculators: On Drugs. It's a bloody banger. A boogie rock, soul inspired scorcher of a track that is going to ignite their fan base and convert the rest to the church of PC. There is a distinct pop undertone to this track and a undeniable soul, it's is a new dimension to their oeuvre. The industrial thumping funk familiar to their previous work, relentlessly punctuates a track that sits somewhere between a confession and a fire and brimstone sermon AND it’s catchy as hell. You’re gonna get hooked.

As befits a boogie rock banger, On Drugs will be released next week as a 2 part, 7” single (a-la “Evie”) in a limited, numbered edition of 200. On sale from Wednesday 10/11/16. Through It Records and all good local records stores.

ON DRUGS

On Drugs 7" sinlge

PRIMITIVE CALCULATORS : On Drugs (Radio Edit)

‘Projects’ is the lead single and first taste from the highly anticipated debut release from Melbourne duo Time For Dreams, who are Tom Carlyon ( Standish Carlyon, Devastations)  and Amanda Roff (Harmony, backing vocalist for The Drones and Moon Rituals). Their debut album 'In Time' is due for release in early 2017.

Time For Dreams are celebrating the release of the 'Projects' with a free show this coming Monday (28/11/16) at Monday Night Mass at The Northcote Social Club. Joined by Premium Fantasy, AVOID and Pregnancy.

https://www.facebook.com/events/369889546681200/

Time For Dreams - Projects (Single)

First song released from the forthcoming third album.
Produced by James Cecil.
Mastered by David Walker at Stepford Audio.

Wander [Single Version]

STW Advent Calendar Day 17 - all proceeds go to The Steve Reid Foundation.

Sierra Leonean Black British artist @BrotherPortrait brings us a love-induced vibe that blends spoken word poetry and hip-hop.

Download & donate: http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/12/17/day-17-brother-portrait-y-o-u/

Download & Donate

Brother Portrait - y.o.u

abduct me pls ///
made using novation circuit, a bass thing in ableton, and one-take vocals

Take Me Away

Slow Down (Demo)

ARTIST : Christoph El Truento
TITLE    : Sunflower 
LABEL  : WONDERFUL NOISE
Cat #   : WN12027  
format : 7inch Vinyl（40g vinyl w/Sleeve）
Available Now / 発売中

Track List 
side A 
1) Sunflower
Music by Christoph El Truento,Horns by Isaac Aesili,Additional Guitar by Si-Res,
Additional Drums by Julien Dyne,Additional Vocals by Christoph & Waiata

side B 
1) Insect
Music by Christoph El Truento,Vocals by Groeni

B2) Birds
Music by Christoph El Truento,Vocals by Groeni,Sax by Adam Page

all songs produced by Christoph El Truento
Mastered by Benny Tones (Organik Muzik Workz/ www.organikmuzikworkz.co.nz )
Artwork by FJD (藤田二郎/ www.fjd.jp ) 

昨年リリースしたデビューシングル「EP01」は、ここ日本を経由しヨーロッパ各地のビートシーンでも話題となり、瞬く間にその名前を知らしめたニュージーランドの若きビートメーカー／プロデューサー＜クリストフ・エル・トルエント＞、注目のセカンド・シングルはなんと、「ジャズ」。黒人音楽や実験音楽、電子音楽、ブラジル音楽の影響をつよく受け、彼が持つ音楽的な豊かさとヴィジョンがビートミュージックという枠を超え、これまでどのビートメイカーも思い描かなかった圧倒的な世界へと導く本作。現在のビートシーンが突入した新次元の表現のあり方を象徴的にあらわした作品と言えだろう。参加ミュージシャンにはニュージーランドのビートシーンの旗手、ジュリアン・ダインがドラムスにホーンにはFunkommunityとして活動するIsaac AesiliのWNアーティストが全面強力バックアップ、予想を遙かに越えたビートメーカーが描く現代進行形の「ジャズ」、絶対聴き逃すな！ アートワークはNujabesをはじめとするHydeout関連のジャケットも手掛ける、FJD（藤田二郎）による本作をイメージした幻想的で美しい世界観を描いたデザインを採用。

● Christoph El Truentoプロフィール
クリストフ・エル・トルエント（Christoph El Truento）はニュージーランドのオークランド出身の音楽プロデューサー、DJ。おもにビートミュージックを手がけるが、ジャズやエレクトロ・ミュージックの影響をつよく受けており、強い重低音と特異なリズム、ときにはミニマルなビートを作り出すのが特徴的である。デビューEPはグルーブマン・スポットなどの国内トップ・プロデューサー達も注目しカルト・ヒットした。近く発表するアルバムではSUN RA、Alice Coltraneなどにインスパイアーされ実験音楽〜エレクトロミュージック〜ジャズへと消化しビートミュージックを超越したアルバム「What We Used To Know」をリリース予定。

Christoph El Truento - Sunflower (WN12027) [7"]

Overland (In My Mind)

‘Dirty Hercules’ is the fierce new single from Sydney based future-folk/soul artist Ngaiire (pron. Nighree). The lead offering from her highly anticipated debut album Lamentations (due out June 2013) — an album partly written in an obscure little drinking bar in the suburban outskirts of Tokyo, Japan — ‘Dirty Hercules’ is a commanding entry into the music world; Ngaiire’s peculiar vocal arrangements and rare sense of soul, reminiscent of vocal greats gone by, setting her well apart from other singers. 

The song speaks of the vast aberrations of the darkness, the sex, the lies, the money, the drugs that detract from the reality of our own core conditions. It sheds light on the towering ugliness of our ailing covetous nature, the misinterpretations of strength and the journey of acceptance that no two people can have the same story. 

Featuring friend and future-soul darling ‘Nai Palm’ of Melbourne band Hiatus Kaiyote, ‘Dirty Hercules’ sees Nai add an additional depth that charters bottomless profundities exclusively championed by Questlove, Erykah Badu and Gilles Peterson. Nai’s husky vocals lay further assault to the hard-hitting dub step-esque bridge before rolling into a harmony-thick outro — a Ngaiire trademark and one that constantly challenged even a 48 channel Pro-Tool session come mixing time. 

Co-produced by Ngaiire, Sydney bassist Tim Curnick and Japan based beat maker and pianist, Aaron Choulai, ‘Dirty Hercules’ exemplifies what is to be expected from Lamentations. Showcasing Ngaiire’s great attention to vocal detail and layering as well as her love for musical aesthetics, and Aaron’s distinctive, Japanese-influenced electronic glitch and piano work, Tim’s pop sensibilities and production mastery are at the fore as Curnick balances perfectly the live and electronic components of Ngaiire’s music. Together the three along with Ngaiire’s drummer Ross Ferraro tracked ‘Dirty Hercules’ in Tim’s parent’s beach house in Jervis Bay, mixing it (and the rest of the album) in a Tasmanian mountain studio shack with mixing virtuoso Chris Townend (Portishead, Silverchair, Violent Femmes). 

Standing on the triple j’s 2010 Next Crop list alongside Kimbra, Lanie Lane, and The Jezabels, Ngaiire was born in one of the last great frontiers of the world, Papua New Guinea, migrating to Australia at just 16. Since then she has been building a reputation for herself as one of the country’s most recognisable and dynamic vocalists and performers combined with her love for uniquely flamboyant stage attire. 

Moving to Sydney after a brief stint studying for a Jazz degree at the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Ngaiire embarked on a long period of touring overseas and in Australia with roots collective Blue King Brown, mentor and electronic maestro Paul Mac and gypsy jazz outfit Monsieur Camembert lead by ostentatious front man and Camelot venue owner Yaron Hallis. 

Years later the need to focus on her own pursuits caused Ngaiire to quit the road and settle back in Sydney where she could discover and build herself as an artist. Journeying from folk soul to jazz hop to indie pop to everything in between, Ngaiire has finally settled on an eclectic sonic identity that is uniquely hers and one that can easily transcend universal territories with its electronic soul elements as well as gratify the folk sphere with her great adoration for storytelling and heartfelt laments. 

‘Dirty Hercules’ steps forth from an album bookended by challenges, from Ngaiire’s car accident a day before recording started to the death of her sister upon the album’s completion: it stakes a flag in the ground as Ngaiire’s official arrival. 

‘Ngaiire is anything but a silicone mainstreamer’
Faster Louder

“You can’t help but fall in love with her…It’s really just the beginning for Ngaiire”
Dom Alessio (Triple J)

“A vast and compelling voice”
John Shand (Sydney Morning Herald)

Seriously, if you see Ngaiire on a bill anywhere go out of your way to see her”
Timber and Steel
 
‘When I first heard Ngaiire it was one of those moments when you just go, “that has all the right bits in all the right places”. It was like a soulful massage for my eardrums. Beautiful harmonies, great songs, sass, sincerity and soul to spare.
John Butler

‘Dirty Hercules’ National Tour 
SAT 2 MAR - Nannup Festival NANNUP, WA
SUN 3 MAR – Nannup Festival NANNUP, WA
SAT 9 MAR - Bridge Hotel CASTLEMAINE, VIC
Special Guests: Ainslie Wills Trio
SUN 10 MAR - Northcote Social Club MELBOURNE, VIC
Special Guests: Hailey Cramer; Ghost Orkid
SAT 16 MAR - Blue Mountains Music Festival KATOOMBA, NSW
SUN 17 MAR - Blue Mountains Music Festival KATOOMBA, NSW
SAT 23 MAR - Republic Bar HOBART, TAS
Special Guests TBA
FRI 29 MAR - Clarendon Guesthouse KATOOMBA
Special Guests - Miss Little and Ribongia 
SAT 30 MAR - FBI Social WOOLLOOMOOLOO, NSW
Special Guests - Miss Little and Ribongia 
FRI 12 APR - The Joynt BRISBANE, QLD
Special Guests TBA
SAT 13 APR - Full Moon Party NOOSA, QLD
SUN 14 APR - Buddha Bar BYRON BAY, NSW



Ngaiire - Dirty Hercules (feat. Nai Palm)

Scott & Charlene's Wedding - Two Weeks

The second single from the debut album.

Produced by Tim Curnick
NGAIIRE : All Vocals
Tim Curnick, Jack Britten, Niall Anderson: Keyboards
Evan Mannell: MPC
Aiko Akrif: Percussion

Ghost

Pseuda