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"Yeah it started really awkward. Took a few sleepovers."
“Everything’s a sample”
In spite of their unorthodox number of members (6), instrumentation (trumpet), and potential for cacophony, Coldwave make it work.
"Bass-heavy beat, get in the zone, feel like a bad bitch, and then…"
Initially forming as a music ministry youth group in 2014/15, mel.wav put storytelling, spontaneity and immediacy at the forefront of their writing
Our latest Independent Artist of the Week Mara joined Luke De Silva on Surfacing during an artist residency at Desa, Indonesia.
“I feel really grateful. I think that this year has been a really good one for me."
Starting a band is never easy...
For Lovefear song direction is a black box, a series of inputs that lead to a sometimes unexpected output.
On his new EP Miles Nautu avoids the cheap nostalgia or poor imitation that other new rappers can fall into when harkening back to the golden era of traditional ‘lyrical’ hip hop.
“What really connects all those bands is what we're all trying to accomplish at gigs, the space we are trying to occupy, and the people we want to occupy that space with us.”
It’s not always easy being a young creative in Sydney - something that silkyedgez, our newest Independent Artist of the Week, knows intimately.