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…
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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…
Michael Gibbons (Bardo Pond/Vapour Theories): “It’s like walking around saying what the fuck every day.”
Michael Gibbons and John Gibbons have been releasing sonically devastating records for several decades now,…
Tim Koch: “Taking a Formula and Using it in Reverse”
Tim Koch is an Adelaide based musician, who is playing the long game. He has…
Mark Harwood: “Let me be blunt here, I do like completely insane and unhinged music.”
I’ve known Mark Harwood for a long time. You can read more about that in…
Yui Onodera: “We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life.” – John Cage
The seven years between conversations with Cyclic Defrost for Japanese sound artist Yui Onodera has…
Tristan Louth-Robins: “The compositions are deeply personal reflections that the listener is invited to bring their own unique interpretation to.”
Tristan Louth-Robins’ interests include sound art, composition and acoustic ecology. This audible work explores relationships…
Lessons from the Disquiet Junto by Jason Richardson
Soon after I wake on Friday mornings, I begin looking for news of the latest…
“Midnight drive on an endless freeway” Cong Josie Interview and Rare Unearthed Video Footage
Cong Josie is a new act to come from the mind of Melbourne-based Heat Beatist…
Chris Smith: Second Hand Smoke – skateboards, teenagers and the eternal lure of pop music. Interview by Lisa MacKinney (Mystic Eyes, Taipan Tiger Girls)
The back cover of Melbourne guitarist Chris Smith’s new album Second Hand Smoke is a…