Welcome to the Australian Art Music playlist! A monthly playlist of classical, jazz, experimental and electronic music focused on contemporary Australian composers, musicians and sound artists.

Musicians need support to keep creating the music you love. So, moving forward I’ll be hosting the playlist on Bandcamp and BuyMusic.Club where you can listen to and buy digital or physical copies of your favourites each month. I’m buying a digital copy of every album featured and I invite you all to join me!

I find place is always something that impacts me as composer (and as a person). Whether it is creating perfect cozy nest to compose in (complete with colourful pens, scraps of paper, a social media ban and buckets of coffee), or the inspiration of new places, experiences, and bright horizons. The sensations of these experiences lend themselves to different parts of the creative process and indeed to creating different pieces all together.

I’m intrigued to see how these forces (or variations on them) have shaped the music in this month’s playlist. 

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