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WAVES (for Kangaroo Island)

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100% OF ALL REVENUE FROM THE SALE OF THIS PAY-AS-YOU-WISH COMPILATION WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE KANGAROO ISLAND MAYORAL RELIEF AND RECOVERY BUSHFIRE FUND. (direct link provided below.)

WAVES is a compilation of new and unreleased works from South Australian-based experimental musicians. The compilation was assembled in response to the recent Kangaroo Island bushfires.

To date (January 2020), the fires have burnt approximately two thirds of the island. Much like the devastation across Australia during the 2019-20 bushfire season, the scale of the fires affecting Kangaroo Island is unprecedented - with widespread damage to communities and infrastructure, as well as precious ecosystems and endangered fauna.

South Australians share an affinity with the island and such a crisis is terrible to comprehend. The island also possess a deep spiritual significance to the First Nations people of the Fleurieu and Coorong regions. In light of such events - felt both directly and existentially - a dilemma presents itself as to how we might best (in both individual and collective capacities) respond to such events.

In this respect, artists possess an important role in our communities. In response to this crisis, and from a position of collective solidarity, the works compiled for this compilation have been generously offered by the featured artists.

The South Australian experimental music community is unique and eclectic, with its Adelaide-based iterations of activity spanning back decades. In recent years, I have felt that this community has been going from strength to strength, especially in creative and collaborative networks; whilst also being an incredibly inclusive and supportive community for artists of all backgrounds. Although this compilation has been compiled in a particular moment of crisis and urgency, I feel that this collection provides an excellent overview of the diverse and compelling experimental music being created in South Australia at this point in time. I warmly thank all of the artists for their creativity and kindness in assisting me with putting this collection together.

Lastly, it must be emphasised that no community exists within a bubble. A common colloquialism in South Australia (especially within greater Adelaide) is that there’s probably no more than two degrees of separation between yourself and somebody else. In this sense, one could assume that our respective communities are inherently - and in some instances, unexpectedly - woven into each other; and that we can be sympathetically affected by what may be happening somewhere else, regardless of our backgrounds and relative distance from each other. Such a notion, is of course universal, but I found this consideration to be especially important when thinking about Kangaroo Island in relation to the rest of South Australia.

This rumination on the value of communities has gone some way to inspiring the title of this compilation. WAVES is, at once, an allusion to the physical transmission of waves (sound, light, water), but is also a reference to the social gesture of one community collectively waving to another. In this instance, the experimental music community of South Australia acknowledging the communities which represent Kangaroo Island.

Thank you to the artists.

Thank you to Lauren Playfair for the beautiful artwork.

Thank you - in advance - to you, dear listeners. We hope you enjoy this collection.

Tristan Louth-Robins, January 2020

KI Mayoral Relief and Recovery Bushfire Fund link: www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au/notice-board/latest-news/ki-mayoral-relief-and-recovery-bushfire-fund?fbclid=IwAR1T2AJXg3OccI-EEPoJUPbZgm0QWO7GqeepQg6LFPqajMYysyL_xn9UreU

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released January 20, 2020

Artist credits are listed below. In some instances, artists have provided extended information and track notes in relation to their works.

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TRACK 1
"Engulfing of Oxygen" - r.domain
Performed by Adam Ritchie with modular synth and manipulated field recordings.

Track notes: The piece I submitted is the feeling and sound of being surrounded by the fire as it's ripping the oxygen from the air, tearing through anything it touches and then eventually passing, leaving nothing but a scorched earth.

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TRACK 2
"Roses of Shiraz - 1.1" Immermann
Written by Felicity Freeman
Recorded at Wizardtone Studios

Jason McMahon: baritone saxophone
Adam Ritchie: modular synth
Felicity Freeman: bass, guitar
Jarrad Payne: drums

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TRACK 3
"No Birds In Dub" - Justin McArthur
Performed and produced by Justin McArthur

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TRACK 4
"Sabatane" - Tim Koch
Performed and produced by Tim Koch

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TRACK 5
"homecoming, three years later (on a porch in davis, california)" - Dan Thorpe
Performed and produced by Dan Thorpe.

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TRACK 6
“Xylocopa aeratus” - Ghost Moth
Recorded in Dave’s garage - January 2020
David Gustafsson: bass, noise
Tristan Louth-Robins: electric 12-string guitar, feedback

Track notes: Xylocopa aeratus, for the Green Carpenter Bee, a native bee extinct through out much of the country but preserved by Kangaroo Island's isolation.

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TRACK 7
"Emission 01" - GIRL
Performed and produced by GIRL.

Track notes: The first in a series of scapes focusing on the planet itself as an organism, dying. A loss impossible to mourn. This track features improvised vocal chants with underscores of audio from video documents taken on Kangaroo Island in 2016.

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TRACK 8
"Untitled" by Jinxed by Intelligence.
Live improvised recording Spring 2019, Aldinga, South Australia
Jinxed by Intelligence are: Pedro Doez, Stefan Glockner, Chris Harrison
info@noisybackpack.com / 0401068032

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TRACK 9
“vivid force” - Tristan Louth-Robins
Recorded at Studio Maurilia - January 2020
TLR: Modular synth, electronics, MicroKorg synth, field recording.

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TRACK 10
"Amongst no.1" - Leah Blankendaal
Performed by Leah Blankendaal. Produced by William Formato.

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TRACK 11
"Joonba" - EchoBot
Performed and produced by EchoBot.

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TRACK 12
"Integration" - Chamberz
Performed and produced by Paul Chambers.

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TRACK 13
"Moonchild" - Ventilation Episode
Performed and produced by Bryce Morris and Olivia Bellow

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TRACK 14
"Asymmetrical Collapse" - little-scale
Performed and produced by Sebastian Tomczak.

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TRACK 15
"G.O.E. After the Ambient I" - Serpent Consumes Itself
Performed and produced by Bryce Morris

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TRACK 16
"miniature II" - Matthew Timmis
Performed and produced by Matthew Timmis

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TRACK 17
“93.7” - voiceRom
Jarrad Payne: drums, percussion, sampler

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TRACK 18
“Breath” - Ryan Simm & Kelli Rowe

Track notes: Breath is a collaboration between Adelaide musicians Kelli Rowe and Ryan Simm and a reflection on one of the most horrifying natural disasters in Australiaʼs history. The piece comprises 6 free-running tape loops containing material collected or created during the first week of 2020. No attempt was made to organise this material, each loop grows and spreads like fire, fading in and out in ways determined by various random processes. Breath is chaotic, but there is music hidden amongst the flames.

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Artwork: “Hanson Bay", watercolour (detail), Lauren Playfair, 2019.

WAVES compiled by Tristan Louth-Robins, January 2020.

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