CLEAR THE AIRWAVES - SPRING 2023 MIX

Education & Recreation

Velodrome

Never Coming Back

All Of Your Life

De La Soul is Dead

WRMS: Cat's in Control

Weightless

Enough For Love

Enough for Love

Friendship EP

Rosemary Hemphill

Over The Moon

Over

A hypnotic ambient techno piece where piano, cello, and distant dhol echo through the unseen depths of sleep.

Memories

Martian Puppet Theater

Amanaz - Khala My Friend

The Crossing

Every Day a Dream

Sounding Out the City

Hung Up On My Baby

Godtet

Ensueño

Los Angeles based multi-instrumentalist + photographer. I helm the projects Tides of Light and FUTURE HUNTER, both dwelling in the live electronic, soundtrack realm of contemporary psychedelic music. I also DJ around the way when the mood strikes. Over the past two decades I've played drums, synths + electronic devices w/ various bands/projects from Detroit, Chicago, NYC, Atlanta and L.A., mostly on the heavy psych/electronic end of the spectrum.

Surprise Chef’s music is based on evoking mood; their vivid arrangements utilize time and space to build soundscapes that invite the listener into their world. The quintet’s distinct sound pulls from 70s film scores, the funkier side of jazz, and the samples that form the foundation of hip hop. 


Hailing from just outside of Melbourne, Australia, their first two albums, All News Is Good News and Daylight Savings amassed a die-hard fanbase and brought their sound from their home studio to every corner of the globe. The band is now signed to Big Crown Records, joining a lineage of contemporary and classic sounds that have influenced Surprise Chef’s music since their formation in 2017.


Surprise Chef’s self proclaimed “moody shades of instrumental jazz-funk” encompass punchy drums, infectious keys, rhythm guitar you might hear on a Studio One record, and flute lines that could be from a Blue Note session; but when you step back and take in the entirety of their sound and approach, you’ll hear and see a group greater than the sum of its parts.

Rosemary Hemphill

Surprise Chef

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