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\nGrant Hunter<\/strong>\u2019s cover artwork for the\u00a0free<\/strong> download compilation,\u00a0New Weird Australia Volume Two<\/strong> – featuring our country\u2019s endearing emblematic marsupial with black claw outstretched and a murderous fleck in his eye – perfectly illustrates the \u2018Jekyll & Hyde\u2019 binary of the Australian story.
\nOn one side, the world is sold on paradisal visions of Australian reefs and plains, care-free surfers racing down golden sands, and the classic long-shot of a sun-blemished Uluru. On the flip, with just as much fervour, we mythologise and peddle stories of perpetual gangland warfare, malevolent outback serial killers and dingoes eating babies for their morning snack.
\nIf only the same warped duality could be brought to bear on the world\u2019s vision of our musical worth. The exported track record is however largely one-sided – our place as the shiny, electro party-starter of the Southern Hemisphere is unrivalled, along with a seemingly endless passion for rock, culled from a 40-year old tombstone. Ask the world to identify a prominent Australian undercurrent and they will remain largely tight-lipped. Hence\u00a0New Weird Australia<\/strong> – a project aimed as much at curating a contemporary library of alt-Australiana, as promoting that collection to the rest of the globe.
\nFor Volume Two, we once again represent a strong geographic diversity with music from Tasmania, Western Australia, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales. We embody genre diversity from 21-year-oldWilliam Gardiner<\/strong>\u2019s neo-classical work to the sprawling sample ephemera spread by Newcastle\u2019s\u00a0Cock Safari<\/strong>; from\u00a0Maddest Kings Alive<\/strong>\u2019s shoegaze chip-tunes to a seemingly perfect drift plain soundtrack, hewn by Solo Andata\u2019sPaul Fiocco<\/strong>. There are also multiple exclusives from\u00a0Kharkov, Lucia Draft, Mieli, No Art, Karoshi, Transmissions <\/strong>and Jason (Pretty Boy Crossover) Sweeney\u2019s\u00a0Panoptique Electrical<\/strong> project, and new work from\u00a0Broken Chip, Ghoul, Oceans, Sam Price<\/strong> and\u00a0Splendid Friends<\/strong>.
\nIn mapping and redefining the local terrain,\u00a0New Weird Australia <\/strong>represents a new breed of Australian musicians that cast an essential shadow over Australia\u2019s sunny disposition.<\/p>\n
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\n1. OC<\/strong>EANS<\/strong>, 02 + 03 (5:11) From \u2018album\u2019<\/em>
\n2. GHOUL<\/strong>, Swimming Pool (Remix) (3:04) From \u2019Swimming Pool\u2019<\/em>
\n3. WILLIAM GARDINER<\/strong>, Sonance Arboreal (4:39) Previously unreleased<\/em>
\n4. SAM PRICE<\/strong>, AutoHackney (5:28) From \u2018Rand\u2019<\/em>
\n5. BROKEN CHIP<\/strong>, Summer Stars (5:06) From \u2018POWWOW Seven\u2019<\/em>
\n6. KHARKOV<\/strong>, Crustacean (3:12) Previously unreleased<\/em>
\n7. COCK SAFARI<\/strong>, 8MH (6:36) Previously unreleased<\/em>
\n8. LUCIA DRAFT<\/strong>, Not Interested (1:16) Previously unreleased<\/em>
\n9. MIELI<\/strong>, Hometime (3:34) Previously unreleased<\/em>
\n10. KAROSHI<\/strong>, Re-Animate Me (2:44) Previously unreleased<\/em>
\n11. NO ART<\/strong>, Fight In The Nocturnal House (3:56) Previously unreleased<\/em>
\n12. TRANSMISSIONS<\/strong>, Staring At Lightning Strikes, Catching Every One (2:45) Previously unreleased<\/em>
\n13. PANOPTIQUE ELECTRICAL<\/strong>, We Was Them (7:32) Previously unreleased<\/em>
\n14. MADDEST KINGS ALIVE<\/strong>, Measels (4:05) Previously unreleased<\/em>
\n15.\u00a0SPLENDID FRIENDS<\/strong>, Holy Shears (1:42) From \u2018Summer Moon Illusion’<\/em>
\n16. PAUL FIOCCO<\/strong>, Torsions and Drifts (13:34) From ‘Torsions And Drifts\u2019<\/em>
\nCompiled by Stuart Buchanan<\/strong> & Danny Jumpertz<\/strong>
\nArtwork by Grant Hunter
\n<\/strong>All music donated by the artists for use in this compilation only, all rights reserved.
\nCatalogue.<\/strong> NWA002<\/p>\n
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\nThe Silent Ballet<\/a> \u201cthere really is no reason for any curious avant-garde aficionado to pass this one up\u201d<\/em>
\nReal Time Arts<\/a> \u201cexposing listeners to some great hidden treasures with an impressive Australia-wide representation\u201d<\/em>
\nFoxy Digitalis<\/a> \u201cKudos to anyone who is willing to get into the endeavor and gather unreleased songs for eleven of the sixteen tracks from bands all over the spectrum\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
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