Experimental audiovisual duo friendships have released their full project FISHTANK via Dot Dash Recordings. The record will be released physically on USB via Anterograde. Each song from the eleven track album features a corresponding video. Nic Brown describes the concept behind the project: “FISHTANK is a concept set on a non-linear timeline between the blurring of two worlds. The physical present (your world) and an alternative present reimagined and interpreted in...
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Obscura Hail – the Melbourne-via-Wollongong indie rock trio, helmed by musician Sean Conran, digitally release their new EP Siren via Dot Dash, and physically as a combined Siren EP / Zero EP on 12″ vinyl. The band have also shared a beautiful video for ‘Penumbra‘ – directed by Rick Clifford and shot in Conran’s lounge room during Melbourne’s lockdown. Conran says of the video – “This one was low key...
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Experimental audiovisual duo friendships have released an incredible video and single for ‘meat sack‘. The track comes from their highlight anticipated new album FISHTANK will be released September 30 via Dot Dash Recordings. The record will be released physically on USB via Anterograde. Of ‘meat sack’ Nic Brown describes the track “meat sack is hindsight with impaired vision. Revisiting distorted scenes and centring yourself as every archetype: the heroine, the...
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Following on from his debut 7″ release in July, Melbourne’s Ex-Olympian is proud to announce his debut album Afterlife will be released Friday 16th October via Dot Dash Recordings. The announcement comes alongside brand new single ‘Penny In The Well (feat. Sam Lawrence)‘. Ex-Olympian is the new musical vessel for Liam McGorry – songwriter & musician for bands such as Saskwatch and Dorsal Fins. Named after the neon sign that adorns...
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Experimental audiovisual duo friendships have announced their new album FISHTANK will be released September 30 via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control. The record will be released physically on USB via Anterograde. Alongside the announcement, friendships have released their latest video and single ‘happyness.’ Premiered by FBi Radio, happyness acts as a false prophecy of hope. “It’s a mantra with no guide or strategy to get you to your destination.”...
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Obscura Hail – the Melbourne-via-Wollongong indie rock trio, helmed by musician Sean Conran, announce their new EP Siren which will be out Friday 18 September via Dot Dash, digitally and as a Siren EP / Zero EP combined 12″ vinyl. New single ‘Doomer‘ is the first taste off the EP and comes with an accompanying video which you can watch below. “Born in the age of information, the Doomer is...
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Following his recent signing to Dot Dash Recordings & debut single ‘Voices In My Head‘, Melbourne’s Ex-Olympian has shared anew single ‘Lilac Youth ft. Nkechi Anele‘. The disco-tinged track is the B Side to Ex-Olympian’s Voices In My Head / Lilac Youth 7″ vinyl out now thanks to a partnership between Northside Records & Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. ‘Lilac Youth’ is a meditation on the dangers of losing...
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Pleased to welcome Melbourne’s Ex-Olympian to the Dot Dash Recordings roster, joining artists including Methyl Ethel, Sui Zhen, Donny Benét, Banoffee & more. Ex-Olympian is the new musical vessel for Liam McGorry – songwriter & musician for bands such as Saskwatch and Dorsal Fins. Named after the neon sign that adorns ‘Borsari’s Corner’ in Melbourne’s Lygon St, Ex-Olympian reflects the times we all need to shift things forward into a new...
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Experimental audiovisual duo friendships have returned with new single ‘MLG_recovery patch.’ This is the first piece of new work from the pair since their 2016 critically acclaimed album Nullarbor 1988-1989. ‘MLG_recovery patch’ presents a sonic and visual shift for the band. Beginning with a somber piano soundscape, the track warps and becomes interlaced with their dark, pulsing industrial sound. Throughout the video, dark visuals morph, glitch and loop back on...
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Melbourne’s Gena Rose Bruce & Japan’s Ayane Yamazaki have teamed up to deliver a stunning split single The Way You Make Love / Kitchen Song out now digitally and on 7″ vinyl. Ayane Yamazaki on covering Gena Rose Bruce’s ‘The Way You Make Love’: “We can jump over any walls, the language and the seasons, even if distances exist there, like Japan and Australia. Gena and I really enjoyed this...
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Remote Control Records‘ inaugural compilation Bloom and Simmer is out now! Released digitally, the compilation is a celebration of community, connexion and creativity, featuring 21 tracks you’ve never heard before from the Remote Control Records family of artists. This is the music they make when they’re not making music; a dive beneath the waves, a journey off the beaten path, a glimpse behind the curtain. Bloom and Simmer brings together...
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‘Green Light‘ is the new single from Melbourne/Narrm-based artist, producer & vocalist, Memphis LK. As premiered by triple j & triple j Unearthed, ‘Green Light’ is Memphis’ first offering of 2020 – a powerhouse bass-driven anthem accompanied by an endearing homemade video created during isolation. Memphis says “Green Light is like driving round in fast cars or being out at a club and dancing with your friends, and these are...
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Pleased to reveal two new tracks from our upcoming inaugural compilation Bloom and Simmer – one from Melbourne singer-songwriter Jess Ribeiro and one from Melbourne audio/visual duo friendships. Digitally released on Friday 26th June, the compilation is a celebration of community, connexion and creativity featuring 21 tracks you’ve never heard before from the Remote Control Records family of artists. This is the music they make when they’re not making music;...
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Excited to announce our first-ever compilation – Bloom and Simmer. Digitally released on Friday 26th June, the compilation is a celebration of community, connexion and creativity featuring 21 tracks you’ve never heard before from the Remote Control Records family of artists. This is the music they make when they’re not making music; a dive beneath the waves, a journey off the beaten path, a glimpse behind the curtain. Bloom and...
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Jeremy Neale has released a special acoustic video for ‘Time‘ via The Mustard Mix. Watch below. In his single ‘Time’ sees Neale addresses several demons including the realisation and haunting existentialism surrounding how much of his life has passed by. The track comes from his new album We Were Trying To Make It Out available now via Dot Dash Recordings. Stream the album here.
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Donny Benét has released his new album Mr Experience via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records. After humble lo-fi beginnings in the Australian art-pop underground, Donny Benét has expanded his cult-like following across the globe with a resonant array of danceable repertoire dealing with love and affection. Mr Experience marks a new chapter informed by a wealth of musical and personal development. Sincerity has been a key component of...
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