'Storm' is the debut release of Melbourne based project SAATSUMA. This track is the first taste of their upcoming EP, which is set to be released early 2016.

SAATSUMA was birthed via a studio collaboration between Memphis Kelly, Joel Ma and Cesar Rodrigues over 2015. The result was a merging of each of the individuals’ styles and influences to create a collection of ambient electronic songs. The project is being mixed by Declan Kelly.

Their music is driven by elements of hip hop, house & neo-soul, drawing inspiration from artists like FKA twigs, James Blake, Little Dragon to J-Dilla and Flying Lotus.

On stage SAATSUMA are a five-piece live band featuring analog synths, layered vocals, guitar, bass, drums & live samples.

Storm

STAY LAUNCH DATES
July 7 – The Push New Slang @ The Channel Arts Centre, Melbourne
July 9 – SAATSUMA Showcase @ Spurs Gallery, Brunswick (rear of 287 Brunswick Road)

Written and produced by Memphis Kelly and Cesar Rodrigues, Stay explores the irrationality of desire and the process of losing yourself in a fight to obtain the unattainable. The track is mixed by Dream Kit (Declan Kelly) and mastered by Lachlan Carrick. 

Stay follows on from Isolate, which received much loved support from local and international tastemakers and key radio including triple j, 3RRR, PBS and FBi Radio as well as triple j Unearthed Feature Artist.
2017 has seen the project perform at St Kilda Festival, The Hills Are Alive and supporting Pnau. On stage, SAATSUMA is fronted by Memphis Kelly and joined by Cesar Rodrigues, Maddy Kelly, Lachlan Stuckey and Andrew Congues. 

The band will showcase their live show for The Push New Slang on July 7. In addition, SAATSUMA are curating an event at SPURS on July 9 which will include an exclusive first listen of their debut album, a full band live performance and guest DJ’s, as well as an art gallery space displaying selected artworks by Ajay Jennings.

 “SAATSUMA [bring] the pre-party vibes with their slow-burning, warpy electronic soundscapes and distorted vocals” – Howl & Echoes 
“[Memphis] stands for equality, creativity, and for supporting the community that supports her” – Acclaim
“There is nothing but praise for the electronic duo” – The Ripe

Overflow

Stay

Nothing Is Lost (Streaming Master)

What Do I Look Like, Stupid? (Bonus vinyl-only track)

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Reads Like Teen Spirit: Writing Readers Through Trying Times was a panel held as part of the 2019 Odyssey Literary Festival: Raze / Rekindle. The festival took place at The Capitol theatre in Melbourne on Tuesday 15 October 2019.

YA writers tackle the hard issues, from mental health and relationships to dystopian worlds. With great writing comes great responsibility, but in a brave new world, what does that responsibility look like? Is it a YA writer’s job to spread hopefulness? Three writers share their thoughts.
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With Alison Evans, Astrid Scholte, Nina Kenwood and Danielle Binks.

Reads Like Teen Spirit

Raze: Confronting The End was an author conversation held as part of the 2019 Odyssey Literary Festival: Raze / Rekindle. The festival took place at The Capitol theatre in Melbourne on Tuesday 15 October 2019.

Raze: Confronting The End explores what endings mean to writers. Three Melbourne authors share the ending of one of their pieces and discuss their approach to crafting an ending, their experiences of letting go of a piece into the world, and the place of writing in dire times.

With Rajith Savanadasa, Laura Elizabeth Woollett, Sian Prior and Ilka Tampke.

Raze: Confronting The End

Rekindle: Igniting Action was a conversation held as part of the 2019 Odyssey Literary Festival: Raze / Rekindle. The festival took place at The Capitol theatre in Melbourne on Tuesday 15 October 2019.

Writing about climate, land and power is hard. It can take a writer to unsettling statistics, confronting research and ideological pushback. Can climate stories shift our worldview? Lead us to action? Gather momentum for change? Three writers discuss their approach to climate writing.
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With Alice Bishop, Alice Robinson, Tyson Yunkaporta and Melissa Cranenburgh.

Rekindle: Igniting Action

This performance was recorded at the 2019 Odyssey Literary Festival, held at The Capitol theatre in Melbourne on 15 October 2019.

Person or Persons Unknown is a free improvisational musical group from Melbourne, based on the core duo of Roman Tucker (piano) and Simon Grounds (tenor sax). Roman is the vocalist, lyricist, organ and theremin player in internationally known rock band Rocket Science. He also writes music for performance and theatre and is the lead musician in Kerensa Diball’s autobiographical work The Kick Inside.

Simon is an experimental multi-instrumentalist as well as a recording producer, and led the innovative post-punk electropop group The Shower Scene from Psycho in the 80's and 90's.  He played tenor sax for years in ‘lounge music’ interpreters The Rococopops.

Ania Walwicz is a critically acclaimed poet who received the Victorian Premier’s Award for her collection Boat (1989) and the Alfred Deakin Medal for Horse (2018), with works in over 200 anthologies, numerous recordings, theatre and music performances.

Person or Persons Unknown featuring Ania Walwicz

For all those people like me who are missing these sounds. x

Recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation.

tram into melbourne cbd / 2019

a deeply personal song about almost losing someone close to me, and coming to terms with that.  something i don’t ever want to re-live, but it made me love them so much more.  more than i ever thought possible.

this song is available to BUY on bandcamp https://miaowmcdonald.bandcamp.com/track/a-fucked-up-lovesong

"A Fucked Up Lovesong" is also available on all other digital platforms to download and/or stream... iTunes, Spotify, Napster, Deezer, GooglePlay, AppleMusic, TikTok, YouTube  etc etc etc...

(c)(p) written & performed by Miaow McDonald

lyrics:

don't say you love me - or that you want me now...
don't say you want me - or that you love me now...

never been this high
i'm scared of heights
i'm scared of falling down.
never in this life
have i swam in sunlight
i'm scared i'm gonna drown.

'cos i love you more now
than i ever thought i would
i ever thought i could...
i love you more now
than i ever thought i would
i ever thought i could...

just say you love me - and that you want me now...
just say you want me - and that you love me now...

close the door
and hold me tight...
don't ever let me go
when i saved your life
you saved me from myself...
don't let that go...

'cos i love you more now
than i ever thought i would
i ever thought i could...
i love you more now
than i ever thought i would
i ever thought i could...


Words & Voice : Miaow McDonald
Acoustic Guitar : Miaow McDonald
Electric Guitar : Miaow McDonald
Broken Heart & Percussive Sobbing : Miaow McDonald
Piano & Keyboards : Robert Davidson (@AgedChoirBoy)
String Arrangement : Robert Davidson (@AgedChoirBoy)
Bass : Robert Davidson (@AgedChoirBoy)
Grinder Train : Scot Rail / GNER

Produced & Mastered : Robert Davidson (@AgedChoirBoy)

tram into melbourne cbd / 2019

Xanthea

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