Rafael Anton Irisarri: “I spend all day in my studio, doing masters for some other musicians, as if it was an office job.”
Rafael Anton Irisarri needs no introduction for us at Cyclic Defrost. A frequent guest in…
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Part Timer: “I suppose the kids call it liminal”
Part Timer is John McCaffrey, a Melbourne based musician who specialises in gentle melancholic music…
Niagara: ‘Concrete Freedom’
Niagara is the Portuguese trio of Sara Eckerson and brothers Antonio and Alberto Arruda. I…
Barney McAll: ‘All the different Barney’s’
Barney McAll is a Melbourne composer and musician (predominantly piano and keys) who has worked…
Del Lumanta interviews Nina Buchanan: ‘Restless Abandon’
Nina Buchanan is a Melbourne based artist via Sydney working across live production, sound and…
Marcus Skinner (Sunhaus) ‘Soft Explosions’
The music of Sunhaus is warm and undulating, filled with shimmering textures and elongated drones.…
Championing Sonic Phenomena as Music – A personal obituary for Alvin Lucier (1931-2021)
Alvin Lucier has died, aged 91. An integral part of the American experimental music scene,…
Sebastian Field: A visual guide to Sandcandles
A stalwart of the Canberra music scene, Sebastian Field has been involved in numerous musical…
Dania Luck (Stacian): “Make it Happen For Yourself”
There is something about being in a club, the elation that accompanies the visceral vibration…
Geoff Kevin: “A night time record.”
Aside from sounding like the creepy guy with two first names that your mum told…
Byron Westbrook: “where the mind has to determine and fill in blanks.”
Byron Westbrook is an artist and composer based in Los Angeles, CA. He works with…
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe: On The Candyman OST “I’m not a jingle writer”
We first heard artist, curator and composer Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, via his solo moniker…
Panoptique Electrical: “I’d like to add another ‘A’ to the LGBTQIA+ for Ambient.”
Jason Sweeney is an Adelaide based composer, filmmaker and artist who has worked across numerous…
The Glider: “The entire process was an experiment from the start.”
The Glider is a project between long time friends and collaborators Nick Garbett and Mike…
Peon: ‘Why capture freedom?’
Peon is the duo of Melbourne based percussionists Sam Price (Pattern Recognition Machines) and Ronny…