John Carroll Kirby | Blowout
John Carroll Kirby’s new album “Blowout” was written on a recent stay in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica. Between 5am wake-up calls from oropendola birds and psychedelic sunsets, he wrote Blowout, inspired by the local people, music and nature. Though its songs are joyful, that joyfulness is tinged with melancholy. Kirby says, “Blowout is about enjoying […]
Bokoya & Gianni Brezzo | Minari
Experimental hip-hop/jazz quartet Bokoya team up with Cologne-based producer/guitarist Gianni Brezzo (Jakarta Records) for collabo album ‘Minari’ on Melting Pot Music. Bokoya describe themselves as a four-headed human drum machine that play impro-vised beat music. You can call it jazz if you like (all four members are graduated jazz musicians btw) but be ready to […]
Yoni Mayraz | Dybbuk Tse!
Dybbuk, known from Jewish folklore, is a malevolent wandering spirit that enters and possesses the body of a living person. It’s a cursed soul of a dead one that wanders tirelessly for sins committed during their life. The most vulnerable victims are the young and the sinful. Possession can be taken literally or as an […]
Coryayo | AUM
“This is a sacred healing album heavily inspired by my experiences with Plant Medicine, Ego Death and Sound Healing. A powerful and meditative exploration of sound, Cory takes you on a journey of sound through the use of many different organic instruments, chants, textures of nature & healing vibrations. Every track is tuned to the […]
Sampology & Charlie Hill | Galaxy
An intergenerational meeting of minds, Galaxy is the first collaborative EP from Meanjin, Brisbane musicians Sam Poggioli aka Sampology and Charlie Hill. Equal parts brain dance and body music, Galaxy’s seven tracks represent a vivid intermingling of 70s jazz-funk, fusion, machine-funk, Latin house and broken beat, accented by flourishes of minimalist composition. Considered as a […]