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!
Welcome to the first new releases playlist of the year! Taking the time out to listen through to the new releases of the past 3 months or so is a rare pleasure, and I try to make a point of finding composers and artists that are new to me, as well as some old favourites. It’s an eclectic mix this month, woven together with electronics, found objects, nature, and rewards deep listening. Absolutely recommend pairing it with a pot of tea and a slow morning.
A quick shout out to our independently releasing artists, and our local record labels – I’m getting to see a lot more of them directly through Bandcamp. Thank you for your work! Browsing each back catalogues is humbling, and a treasure trove of artistic expression and our creative history.
As always please feel free to pitch music to aussieartmusic@gmail.com (next month will be a focus on new releases) and let us know your favourite tracks from this month on socials.
And, if you’d like to support the playlist, please join the Australian Art Music playlist Patreon to suggest and vote on future themes, and get some behind the scenes posts and perks.
Track by Track
- The Song That I Came To Sing by Laura Altman
- The Needling by Hilary Geddes | performed by Hilary Geddes, Alex Inman-Hislop, Max Alduca & Matthew Harris
- TWO (UMBER) from THREES by Alisha Redmond | performed by Nao Nazakawa & Alisha Redmond
- Nocturne II by Ryan Williams, Peggy Lee & Dylan van der Schyff
- Flight of Starlings by Zoltan Fecso & Anna Morley
- Life on Earth from Orpheus by Samantha Wolf | performed by Alex Raineri
- For Simon Barker by Alex Tucker
- Dedication (II) by Lewis Lockwood Mosley
- Sproutedness Indicator by Lilijana Matičevska | performed by Hatsune Miku & Rubiks Collective
- Etude 6 by Josh Taylor | performed by Po Goh
- Figée (Frozen/Trapped) from Une Évolution | performed by Alex Raineri
- Tone Shaman by The Three Seas
- Indigo Light by David Shea
- Almost Time by Lone//Hed
- Now is Never the Unknown by Polyglot (Steve Barry, Kosuke Ochiai and Ko Omura)
If you’re wanting more music to explore, check out previous playlists from this year here. Otherwise, I’d always recommend the Australian Art Music Archive, with all 1,759 previously featured Spotify tracks (roughly 178 hours of music), Limelight’s Guide to Australian Composers, and my 2024 community listening project: 1,000 Curious Ears – all 12 monthly editions of that series can be found here.
Until next month, may you take time for the new and unknown,
-Cameron
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This playlist is updated monthly. Explore previous months’ playlists on our website and listen to the archive playlist (2019-2025) on Spotify.
Contact Cameron Lam on Facebook, Instagram, his website or via direct email: aussieartmusic@gmail.com to recommend tracks for the Australian Art Music playlist.
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