Unpopular music from Australia. E-mail  lostracerecords@gmail.com for order enquiries.

Brooklyn based independent record label, established 2007 A.D. 

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From their demos I can already hear a structured and controlled band expressing an empowering strength of feeling with bold directness.  

There is attitude in these songs but they sound coolly detached whether describing a road accident or the choking influence of mass-industrialisation.  

The songs are performed using progressive structures and smart repetition in equal measure, and are delivered with confidence.  

This is adept post-punk with more than a shade of a faster and more pissed off Psychedelic Furs, shimmering more than angular.  There is aggression, but not the distilled juvenile anger that you get in punk music, more a developed blend of frustration, ennui, and desperation.  

The sound is near panic inducing – will drag your heart rate up and get your brain going, thoughts scuttling in time to the drums, feelings set turbulently in accord with the synth swells, head moving with the guitar riffs.  The vocals are a voice in your head, not sinister but not entirely friendly.  

Tides make you remember your own traumas through their abstracted narratives, be it the end of a relationship or fear for society at large. 

A soundtrack for the last days. 

- Written by Omar Majeed (GRAVITY ZINE)

This is DEAF - A genre straddling postpunk band who you should go see live.

DEAF are : 
Guitar / Vocals - Luke Kavanagh 
Bass - Hayden Ellis 
Drums - Craig Rattray 
Synth / Vibes - Mat Machray 
Synth - Jarrod Crossland

Buzz Kull is the solo project of Sydney-based musician and producer Marc Dwyer.

Since 2012 Buzz Kull has been blending elements of darkwave, EBM, and synth-pop into a sound that’s dark, dissonant and danceable. 

His early work, including his 2017 debut Chroma and 2018’s New Kind of Cross, was defined by stripped-back production and a fascination with minimal synth textures. These records drew from early industrial and post-punk traditions, pairing drum machine-led tracks with cool, monotonous vocals and moody atmospherics. 

Over time, Dwyer’s sound has grown harder and more precise. His 2022 album Fascination, released through Italian label Avant! Records, marked a turning point — a sleek, focused collection of dark dance tracks that channel the energy of late-’80s body music. 

Outside of Buzz Kull, Dwyer is a frequent collaborator and remixer, collaborating with artists across the darker ends of electronic music. 

He has toured extensively throughout Europe, the US, LATAM and Asia, sharing stages with contemporaries like Cold Cave, Boy Harsher, Kontravoid and Spike Hellis.

TORTURES is following