11 Past The Hour – the new album by Irish singer-songwriter Imelda May – is a record that brims with sensuality, emotional intelligence, spirituality and intuition. The new album on Decca Records marks a new chapter for Imelda, showcasing her most authentic work to date. Featuring collaborators Ronnie Wood, Noel Gallagher and Miles Kane, and inspired […]
German producer and composer Josin is an artistic nomad who plays with timeless, experimental and ambient musical textures. Her latest single and music video, The Darkness, touches upon a familiar sense of numbness felt both individually, and by contemporary society at large. In the darkness, however, Josin finds hope. “I’ve been drowned in darkness too, […]
On a typical weekend, Melbourne music venue Tempo Rubato would be hosting performances on its 102-key grand piano, serving drinks from its minimalist bar, and generally playing host to good times and conversation for its dedicated group of punters. Of course, 2020 has not been a great year for typical weekends. With the Australian state […]
Blue Note Re:imagined is an album that brings together a diverse group of London musicians (16 acts in total) united by their love and respect for the heritage of jazz, and a desire to push the envelope. It is a smorgasbord of diverse and innovative sounds from the UK’s new wave of jazz. On Blue […]
London-based record label Mercury KX celebrates genre-defying, multi-disciplinary artists. Home to acclaimed composers and innovative musicians such as Anoushka Shankar, Ólafur Arnalds, Keaton Henson, Luke Howard and Isobel Waller-Bridge, the label prides itself on carefully curated audio-visual adventures. Their diverse roster create unique sound-worlds that bridge electronic, modern-classical, cinematic, alternative and ambient genres. ZoneOut’s Cassandra […]
Sophie Hutchings is guided by her instincts. As a young woman, immersed in a highly musical Sydney household, she bided her time, absorbing the music and art of her father and brothers, but herself refusing to play her own ruminative piano compositions beyond the safety of her bedroom. When her own innate talent finally got […]
Danish singer-songwriter Agnes Obel has released the first of a series of live videos. Filmed at her sold out concerts at Brooklyn’s National Sawdust, ‘Won’t You Call Me’ is an intimate live performance of the beautiful album closer from Obel’s 2020 album Myopia. Read our interview with Agnes Obel on the making of her album […]
Sydney-based Ella Macens is a fast-emerging composer with a passion for choral, orchestral and chamber music. Her eclectic and appealing style is influenced by a love of pop songwriting and her own Latvian heritage. Her music has been performed by such prestigious ensembles as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Gondwana National Choirs, and the State Choir […]
Nat Bartsch is a composer and pianist based in Melbourne, Australia. After graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts, Nat travelled to Europe to study with ECM label artists Tord Gustavsen and Nik Bärtsch. This experience influenced her aesthetic direction as Nat sought to discover her own essential voice as an artist. Nat’s reflective […]
