New Weird Australia

By: Stuart Buchanan
  • Summary

  • Host Stu Buchanan (Resonance FM / FBI Radio) talks with artists and labels across a wide spectrum of eclectic and experimental Australian music. Neither one genre nor another, New Weird Australia challenges our collective understanding of what music can and should be.

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Episodes
  • Divide and Dissolve, Vacuum, My Disco + | NWAP125
    Nov 28 2021

    In episode 125, Divide and Dissolve get remixed in an excellent companion package to their 2020 record 'Gas Lit'; traditional Southeast Asian instrumentation meets dark metal courtesy of Rinuwat; and we listen to debut releases from electronic experimentalist Jannah Quill and Sydney percussionist ilex.

    There's also dark, experimental synth wave from Melbourne duo Vacuum; Aphir gets exploratory in an improvised series of choral works; and Canberra artist Sebastian Field parks songwriting for experimentation on his new album 'Sandcastles'.

    Plus we take tracks from new albums by Low Life and My Disco; and Various Asses drops an unheard remix of Sarah Mary Chadwick's 'I Won't Say Goodbye'.  

    Featured in this episode:

    • Divide and Dissolve - Denial (BEARCAT Remix) (from Gas Lit - 3 Part Remix)
    • Vacuum - I'll Call You (from Vacuum)
    • My Disco - Irreversible (from Alter Schwede)
    • Rinuwat - Sewu (from Dua Naga)
    • Low Life - Moments (from From Squats To Lots: The Agony And XTC Of Low Life)
    • Sarah Mary Chadwick - I Won't Say Goodbye (Various Asses SIS Remix) (from I Won't Say Goodbye)
    • ilex - Morning Bells (from Visions of Elsewhere)
    • Aphir - Jelly Gun (from Plastichoir)
    • Sebastian Field - Ceres (from Sandcastles)
    • Jannah Quill - View of Granite (from Jannah Quill)

    Cover image: Divide and Dissolve


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    55 mins
  • Makeda, Tangents, Robin Fox + | NWAP124
    Oct 4 2021

    In episode 124, we take in a preview of the new EP from Brisbane electronic experimentalist Makeda; as well as the debut release from Canberra's E Fishpool and the new album from Sydney's unclassifiable quartet Tangents. We expand our genre expertise by delving into psychedelic dark wave from Ov Pain, vaporised stretched electronica from Planktan Sanquin (battling the demos of King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard) and molecular gamelan from Astasie-Abasie. We also hear two cuts from the Flash Forward project out of Melbourne, featuring releases from Female Wizard and Mindy Meng Wang; and two different tales from the world of modular, featuring Robin Fox and the various artists from Modular Theme Time Sessions.

    Featured in this episode:

    • Tangents - Survival (from Timeslips & Chimeras)
    • E Fishpool - Under Flecked Light (Emily) (from E Fishpool)
    • Makeda - Professors, Lovers, Critics (from Venus Leak)
    • Ov Pain - Daytripping (from The Churning Blue of Noon)
    • King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard x Planktan Sanquin - Tezeta (Pumpking Seedle Eloping Mix) (from Music To Eat Bananas II)
    • Robin Fox - Quarantine Variation II (from Waking Fever Dream)
    • Female Wizard - Post Post (from TIE-EE-YIE-EEYIE-EE-YIME)
    • Mindy Meng Wang - Activation 异变 (from Phoenix Rising)
    • Modular Theme Time Sessions - MTTSS#005 Blue (from Sharewave Session #005 - Three Module Challenge)
    • Astasie-abasie - Expulsion (from Molecular Gamelan)

    Cover Image: Makeda


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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Marcus Whale, HTRK, Shoeb Ahmad + | NWAP123
    Aug 22 2021

    In episode 123, we hear an exclusive premiere of a new track from Marcus Whale’s upcoming third solo album; Shoeb Ahmad collaborates with Angus Andrew from Liars on a remix of their new single; and Melbourne’s Jake Blood drops dark, moody electronics on his new release, Prix

    We hear from MXMARS, blending experimental pop with power ambient; as well as two cuts from the Sydney netabel e-quarium from DBR and User754492117; and new outsider electronics from Subclavia. We also take a quiet and somewhat lo-fi detour with both Leighton Craig and HTRK; and check out new work from both Mookoid and Digital Penetration.

    Featured in this episode:

    • Shoeb Ahmad - Skating On The Way (Liars Remix) (from Skating On The Way)
    • Jake Blood - Apartment (from Prix)
    • MXMARS - Regen (from Can't Take Me Off The Earth)
    • Marcus Whale - Raining Blood (from The Hunger)
    • DBR - Simple Reaktionz (from e-quarium)
    • User754492117 - Tyrells Anode Pill (from e-quarium)
    • Leighton Craig - Diamond Eye (from Diamond Eye)
    • HTRK - Kiss Kiss and Rhinestones (from Rhinestones)
    • Subclavia - Walkers Of Flesh (from Cold and Flu Meditation)
    • Mookoid - Sentinel At Dawn (from Jungle Temple)
    • Digital Penetration - Superimpose (from Strata)

    Cover Image: Marcus Whale


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    54 mins

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