After marking their return with the release of their syrupy bop ‘Sugar’ last year, Melbourne’s cult pop-mystiques Dorsal Fins have announce tdheir long-awaited third album Star of the Show – out Friday 13 May via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control. Alongside the announcement comes their triumphant second single & video ‘Sister’. A bona-fidé anthem™, ‘Sister’ roars with quiet intensity, building from a lush bedrock bass groove to a soaring message of connection from co-lead singer Ella Thompson. Star of the Show is the group’s first record in six years, peeling...
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Known for making anthemic electronic pop songs, today, Sydney-based multidisciplinary artist HANDSOME returns with a new single & video ‘Youth Disaster‘, via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records – the first single from her forthcoming second EP dropping this year. HANDSOME is as much a movement as it is a name. Relishing the freedom of gender fluidity and embracing the beauty in androgyny, you come for the dance floor bangers and stay for the big feels. ‘Youth Disaster’...
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Sydney-based composer Donny Benét – hailed and panned by critics as “Prince on a serious budget cut” – returns with a new single and video, ‘Le Piano‘. An intoxicatingly groovy instrumental piece paying homage to, and influenced by, Benét‘s love of funk, city pop and disco. ‘Le Piano’ arrives alongside the announcement of the Le Piano EP – an instrumental project out April 1, via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records. Composed and recorded entirely by himself at the renowned Donnyland Studios in 2021, Le...
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On-the-rise artist, producer and vocalist Memphis LK shares ecstatic pop track ‘tricky’. A euphoric burst of energy, ‘tricky’ explodes with serotonin as Memphis’s breezy pop vocals float over debauched bass lines and dynamic DnB breaks. Written and produced by Memphis LK at home during lockdown, the DIY artist continues to expand her burgeoning sonic world of pop perfection fuelled by the energy of underground dancefloors. Memphis shares: “tricky is about dealing with difficult thoughts in your head. I made it on my...
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Melbourne’s cult pop-mystiques, Dorsal Fins are back after an extended stay in the musical wilderness, returning with new single and video ‘Sugar‘, via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records. In the 5 years since their last release, Dorsal Fins have peeled back from the epic cast of 9 mates, entrusting the band’s songwriting trinity, Liam McGorry, and co-vocalists, aka The-Twin-Tweaks, Ella Thompson & Jarrad Brown to navigate a kaleidoscopic bag of sun-soaked horns, love-puddle funk, and brat-pop night moves. Soak up...
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Ngaiire has always been peculiar, but on her third studio album, titled 3, she embraces it. Released via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records, the project memorialises the differences that have hindered and propelled the Papua New Guinean R&B/Soul artist. “This album is about me letting go and accepting that not everyone is gonna get me,” says Ngaiire. “So here it is. 3. A perfectly acceptable odd number, just like me —a bit...
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Following the success of his 2019 single release ‘Back From Nothing’ (featuring JANEVA), Melbourne-based songwriter and producer Katz returns with his stunning new EP, Only You. With a litany of impressive features from names such as Fractures and Charlie Lim, and collaborations with Japanese Wallpaper and Kllo’s Simon Lam, the Only You EP is now available on all major digital streaming via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. The Only You EP sees...
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Melbourne-based songwriter and producer Katz shares ‘Forward‘ – the latest single from his forthcoming second EP, due August 13 via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. The oscillating synths and bright, futuristic sounds of ‘Forward’ feature the vocals of well-loved Melbourne artist Fractures, whose pristine delivery provides a point of contrast to the syncopated chord stabs, chopped vocals samples, and break-style beat of Katz’s instrumental. As ‘Forward’ continues to build around its spiralling synths, the synchronicity between Katz’s production and Fractures’s vocals grows into a...
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Following Ngaiire‘s stunning lead single ‘Closer’, today the Sydney-based, Papau New Guinea-born future soul artist shares her emotional new track ‘Him’, taken from her forthcoming album 3 out Friday 27 August via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records for AUNZ and Majestic Casual for the rest of the world. Watch the lyric video for ‘Him’ below. Of the single Ngaiire shares, “It’s the reality of the darkness traversed to get this album here. It’s a letter that would have been left if I hadn’t been able to finish it. It’s about a...
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Following the success of their 2018 collaboration, ‘Hollow’, Melbourne-based songwriter and producer Katz and Singaporean singer-songwriter Charlie Lim have teamed up again to release alt-electronic pop single, ‘Forgetting’. Out now on all major digital streaming platforms, ‘Forgetting’ is part of Katz’s anticipated sophomore EP, Only You, released 13 August 2021 via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. The Only You EP is a bold step forward for Katz, marrying measured production with clever...
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Ahead of her headline show in Sydney this Saturday, Sydney-based, Papau New Guinea-born future soul artist Ngaiire today shares the stunning accompanying visuals for her new single ‘Closer’. Co-written by Japanese Wallpaper and Jack Grace and premiered via triple j, the track is taken from her forthcoming album 3 out Friday 27 August via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records for AUNZ and Majestic Casual for the rest of the world. Described by Ngaiire...
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Today, Melbourne-based songwriter and producer Katz shares ‘Only You’ – the title track from his newly announced sophomore EP, due August 13 via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. Featuring vocalist Sophia Brown, ‘Only You’ intertwines see-sawing keys, 808s and a boom-bap rhythm with Brown’s mournful vocals. As Katz puts it, “I’m a sucker for sad pop, and always love writing songs that juxtapose melancholy lyrics against hopeful instrumental backdrops. From...
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Sydney-based, Papau New Guinea-born future soul artist Ngaiire is elated to share that her forthcoming album 3 will be released Friday 27 August via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records for AUNZ and Majestic Casual for the rest of the world. She also shares the brand new single ‘Closer’, co-written with Japanese Wallpaper and Jack Grace, as premiered by triple j’s Declan Byrne on Home & Hosed. Described by Ngaiire as her “sweaty 80’s summer love song”, the track is centred around how she observed and understood love, sex and dating as a...
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Melbourne’s Ryan Downey delivers his luminous art-rock album A TON OF COLOURS via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records. In celebration, he’s announced a run of tour dates in July & August in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Castlemaine. Full details and ticket link below. A TON OF COLOURS is about humanness – its beauty, its contradictions, and our desire for connection. It is a love letter to the beauty of emotional expression and communication, with love being the...
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‘Half Light’ is the thumping, tumbling new art-rock track by Melbourne artist Ryan Downey, exploring the challenges and cathartic rush of personal freedom and expression. Produced by Burke Reid (Courtney Barnett, Julia Jacklin, The Drones), the track heaves and crashes with electrifying heft yet carries a beautiful sensuality at its core, recalling baroque rock anthems of Kate Bush and David Bowie by way of 90s Britpop, but handled with contemporary indie production flair. Downey‘s powerfully...
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Afterlife Remixed is a fresh take on Ex-Olympian’s 2020 debut Afterlife, calling on some friends, favourite musicians & DJs to rework some of their favourite songs on the record – giving them an Afterlife of their own. Afterlife Remixed is out now via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. The original record itself was influenced by themes of starting again, trial & error, renewal and dialogue. Liam McGorry aka Ex-Olympian says: “In this way, I thought it would be interesting to extend that dialogue and ask...
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