Sebastian Field: A visual guide to Sandcandles
A stalwart of the Canberra music scene, Sebastian Field has been involved in numerous musical…
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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…
Celer: Creating the feeling of place, and questioning where that is
Prolific ambient and warm drone artist Celer is American-born Will Long, who’s been residing in…
The Narcoleptor : “Dancing in a constantly warping haunted house.”
The Narcoleptor is a truly unique combination of post-Celtic lever harp and Moog Etherwave Pro…
t’Geruis: “These moments bring a lot of joy.”
Occasionally music comes into your orbit that just puts you on your ass. Music that…
Siavash Amini: Stepping Away From the System
As an Iranian composer based in Tehran, Siavash Amini may just surprise you. Prolific in…
Joe Culver (Mushel/Bardo Pond): “Occasionally a clarity can be found”
NOS 1998 is the recently self-released solo project by Mushel aka Joe Culver, who played…
Mat Watson on the MESS Synthesiser Orchestra “Taking people on a journey.”
Here at Cyclic Defrost we are huge fans of MESS, the Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio,…
Juha-Matti Rautiainen: “One’s mind is the only limit”
We had the pleasure of a conversation with Juha-Matti Rautiainen, whose distinctive approach to ambient…