Hawk Moth Records — Independent Lo-fi Music Label, Melbourne Australia
Water Music records occupy a space almost entirely their own: a lo-fi cinematic world, harmonies that disturb, saturated and strangled electric outbursts, a voice that holds its fragility like a weapon — these records are more of an exorcism than a catalogue. All lovingly created at home on an old Roland 8-track.
"Maybe the most under the radar, under recognized singer/songwriters I have ever come across. An emotional roller-coaster in both the songwriting and its perfect delivery."Listen on Bandcamp →
Formed in Fawkner with minimal ambition other than pure tongue in cheek joy. Beth Barker on bass and vocals, Matty Barker on guitar, Kate Alexander on drums. First ever gig live to air on 3RRR. Adrenalised live performances. Stoner punk rock riffery, raw physicality and a healthy dose of self-deprecation. JUNK ROCK ⚡ AUSTRALIA.
Nobody knows much about John Gunn. He showed up at the shed, plugged in, and that was that. There are rumours. There is at least one verified sighting in the wild. The music exists and it is in your face. Beyond that, John Gunn remains John Gunn — which is probably exactly how he likes it.
Recorded to tape, pressed to vinyl. Songs about people, change, death, and the things we go looking for and never find. Songwriter and composer working and living in Naarm on Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung country.
Oscar's created a record which somehow embodies the intimacy and raw immediacy of a live performance whilst maintaining a level of fidelity only matched by a miniature band playing inside your ear canals. — wallantowanter, BandcampListen on Bandcamp →
Hushed songs that swell with a powerful stoicism, illustrated by beautiful imagery. Featured on ABC Radio National's The Inside Sleeve.
Personal, revealing & spacious all at once. — Robbie Buck, ABC Radio NationalListen on Bandcamp →
Tarot. Golden Dawn. Crowley. Three albums into inter-dimensional communication. Press download to destroy the universe.
Matty Barker's bigger, louder project. Recorded at Headgap Studios Melbourne with producer Casey Rice. The same restless spirit as Water Music — turned up and pointed at the sky.
In September 2011, Matty and Beth Barker set out from their apartment in New York to record in a tiny log cabin in Höör, Sweden. The Gypsy Curse family came from Stockholm, Copenhagen and Dresden to play alongside them. Over five days they wrote, played, drank, ate, laughed and cried under the full moon. Heartbreakingly, after returning to the US, the recording stem files were lost. So this record is presented live, unmixed and unmastered.
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