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 D ..read more

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 dif ..read more

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 ..read more

In this episode, NWAP 122, we listen to ritual electronics from Melbourne artist Sandpit Alias; as well as new solo work from PVT’s Richard Pike. Sydney saxophonist Jorja Chalmers unites with David Lynch collaborator Dean Hurley on her new album; and we hear new work recorded in Korea from interdisciplinary artist Melanie Eden.   We also check out the new release from Little Songs Of The Mutilated collective, featuring Nat Grant and Michelle Nguyen; as well as the first album from visual-art duo Snawklor in over a decade; and a piece taken from the new retrospective collection by Adelaide ..read more

The New Weird Australia radio-not-radio show returns in its original form, for the first time since 2012, with sixty minutes of new mutant music from the upside down, presented by Stu Buchanan. In this first episode of the rebooted show, we hear the new single from agitprop synth-punk duo Laughing Gear; plus two cuts from a new compilation from Oxtail Recordings from Loose-y Crunché and OVRSCN; experimental jungle meets dark and delirious storytelling courtesy of Jobfit; and Altered States Tapes gives us something old and something new with releases from Carnage and Low Flung. We also listen t ..read more

Stu Buchanan talks with artist Bridget Chappell - raver, musician, writer and organiser - who makes frenetic and febrile electronic music as Hextape, and has been organising parties in drains, observatories, and other fascinating locations for many years. In 2020, they released their debut album under their own name titled Undertow, which runs data from the City of Melbourne’s Open Data Platform through a MIDI-based sonification process; the results of which are then layered with cello and electronics. Brought up in Canberra, now resident in Melbourne; Bridget has a diverse practice that also ..read more

This week, it’s the second of our recordings from the recent Vagrant show in Adelaide, featuring an upfront set from Holy Balm, launching their new album ‘It’s You’ (Not Not Fun / RIP Society ..read more

We hear from Melbourne dark wave Asps who dropped her debut release on cassette last year, titled ‘So Long’; then Adelaide’s own weirdo psych threepiece Beige Abrasion; and we round out the episode with a set from Major Crimes, who will be releasing their album ‘Black Hill’ on the Adelaide label Heavy Lows later this year ..read more

We start with beat producer Document Swell; and follow that with Call Me Professor, an 100% live collaboration between Exotic Snake and Raymond Scottwalker.  And we finish off with a slow-burn set from Speed Painters ..read more

In the studio this week, 19-year-old, Canberra-based producer Felix Idle aka Shisd. We talk with Felix about his debut self-titled release しsd – EP, and hear a live session with vocals from his brother and some-time collaborator, Cape North ..read more