Coming off a national tour on this years Listen Out, Eora-based Handsome enlists Elgusto of Hermitude to transport a track from her latest collaboration album to new dimensions. Incorporating drum & bass elements, Elgusto transforms ‘Delirium ft. Hope D’ into a rave-ready anthem. The glitch-laden intro falls away to reveal a high-energy, emotionally-charged remix, employing some seriously heady beats in the hooky chorus. Stream / Download ‘Delirium (Elgusto Remix)’ here.
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Combining forces with a multitude of queer artists and friends, HANDSOME today releases her collaborative project HANDSOME GANG: Every Second We Try, via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. Named in Rolling Stone’s ‘Ones To Watch’, HANDSOME melds electronic beats with her co-conspirators indie-pop and singer songwriter tendencies to form a collection of dance floor anthems. Each unique track sees HANDSOME pair up with at least one other artist, from ‘Dumb it Down’ with EGOISM and Chloe Dadd, to ‘Running Out of Time’ with flowerkid and St South, ‘Delirium’ with Hope D, and most...
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After a slew of collabs, HANDSOME announces there’s more on the horizon with the forthcoming release of HANDSOME GANG: Every Second We Try. The project featuring HANDSOME’s friends and family will be released on 23 June via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records. Another teaser dropped alongside the announcement in the form of ‘Pulse’ featuring Boorloo producer St. South, an uplifting, ambient tune punctuated by a solid pulsating beat – really elucidating its name. The track gathers steam before bursting into a dance-floor heater challenging any...
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The next in a line of stellar collaborations from HANDSOME comes ‘Delirium’, the result of a team up with confessional songwriter Hope D. It’s new territory for both artists, melding mellow production with electric guitar. HANDSOME says of the tracks evolution “It was such a pleasure to work with Hope. She really has a way of writing that no one else does in this country. I really wanted to write something that felt really wordy – and...
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HANDSOME is back with her first release for 2023 – ‘Dumb It Down’, this time working with producer and songwriters Chloe Dadd, and Olive Rush from EGOISM. Gang vocals and wicked heavy bass-line dominate this dance-floor ready pop anthem, while HANDSOME, Chloe and Olive exchange barbs. On the track’s theme, HANDSOME shares “To me, this song is about the breakdown in understanding between two people. Trying to catch someone’s eye at...
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HANDSOME today releases ‘Running Out Of Time’, a collaboration with fellow producer and songwriters flowerkid (Eora) and St. South (Boorloo). The concept is part of a larger collaboration album to be released in 2023. Living more than 4000km away from each, HANDSOME, St. South and flowerkid have been fans of each other’s work for a long time and concocted this partnership over the last couple of months by slipping into each other’s DMs. On the partnership, St. South shares “HANDSOME and flowerkid are two of my favourite artists. I look...
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After the release of her anthemic electro-pop EP BLAME, Sydney-based, multidisciplinary artist HANDSOME returns with an equally euphoric remix of the title-track by Perth denizen St. South. Morphing and building throughout the track, St South makes it their own culminating in light, swirling distorted vocals and production giving a brighter edge to the song’s themes of shame and fear. Recently ‘BLAME’ was used in the trailer for the upcoming Heartbreak High reboot which has already had over 410k views – the perfect track to accompany teen anguish. On...
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Known for making anthemic electronic pop songs that celebrate gender fluidity and embrace the beauty in androgyny, Sydney-based multidisciplinary artist HANDSOME releases her new EP BLAME. Alongside it’s release comes HANDSOME’s self-directed short film of the same name. Watch below! At its deepest root, BLAME dissects the impact society’s shame can have on an individual and the domino effect of deep loneliness it leaves behind. Celebrating butch/masc culture, the film looks closely at the power of camaraderie and attempts...
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Following the recent announcement of her upcoming EP and companion short film BLAME – out Friday 3 June via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records – Sydney-based multidisciplinary artist HANDSOME unveils her new single ‘Royally’ and accompanying video serving as the second instalment in a trilogy of videos that together make up the BLAME visual experience. It follows HANDSOME’s latest single ‘Blame’ and Part 1 of the BLAME video trilogy, which is out now. Watch below! HANDSOME invites you to enter the world of BLAME – where desert grit meets hyper real adventure. Thanks...
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HANDSOME announces BLAME – her new EP and companion short film out Friday 3 June. Alongside the announcement, HANDSOME unveils the title track and accompanying video serving as the first instalment in a trilogy of videos that together make up the BLAME visual experience. Watch below! Enter the world of BLAME – where desert grit meets hyper real adventure. Thanks to the AMEX Music Backers Fund, HANDSOME travelled to the middle of Australia to...
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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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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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Sydney-based artist HANDSOME is excited to share her debut EP No Hat No Play, out today. Catch HANDSOME celebrate the release at Sydney’s Red Rattler & Melbourne’s Old Bar this October – supported by the freshly announced Sam Bluer, Geryon, Flower Boy, Kid Heron & Stereogamous. More info below! HANDSOME on No Hat No Play: “The title is a rule that we all grew up with in Australia, that was a...
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HANDSOME shares brand new single ‘No Cowards’. Today she announced her debut EP No Hat No Play will be released on Friday 21 September, available for pre-order here. Watch the accompanying video for ‘No Cowards’ below! HANDSOME welcome’s the growing visibility of queerness in music and art, saying “now more than ever the expression of sexuality in music is loud, proud and admired as a strength… its about time, isn’t it? I...
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HANDSOME has announced her debut headline shows in Sydney on April 26 at Lansdowne Hotel and Melbourne on April 27 at The Gasometer (upstairs). In addition, HANDSOME shares the video for her second single ‘Save Some Love’. Watch below! Following on from some of the themes of ‘Late Night Ball Game feat. Joyride’, this video revolves around a tight knit group of friends, supporting each other through ups and downs of...
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Sydney-based HANDSOME shares brand new track, ‘Save Some Love’, the second single since her emotive debut, ‘Late Night Ball Game feat. Joyride’. Listen below! HANDSOME details, “‘Save Some Love’ is a reminder to love yourself. We allow ourselves too often to give all of our energy, positivity and love out to other people, we often for get to leave a little for ourselves. This song has many different stories to it,...
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