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.

If there’s one thing putting together the Guide to Australian Composers has taught me, it is that this community is broad, vast and deep. When launching, I offered an open invitation to musicians and audiences to send me anything they felt was missing (there are always gaps, and new exciting things). This month’s playlist is dedicated to all of you who got in touch, to advocate for yourselves or others, introduce yourself, and share some music.

So excited to shine a light on a bunch of new faces this month, with a truly wild and expansive listening experience from prelude to postlude. As announced in my interview here on Limelight last month, from January 2026 the Australian Art Music playlist will be moving to Bandcamp – please stayed tuned for how you can support the move and put more money into hands of our local industry.

This means December’s playlist (the 2025 retrospective) will be our final playlist on Spotify – musicians, if you’ve released this year, please send me your recordings for consideration at aussieartmusic@gmail.com and let’s go out with a bang!

If you’re wanting more music to explore I’d always recommend the Australian Art Music Archive, with all 1,734 previously featured tracks (roughly 170 hours of music) and my 2024 community listening project: 1,000 Curious Ears – all 12 monthly editions of that series can be found here. And, don’t forget voting for the ‘25 in 25’ closes on Wednesday the 12th of November, at 11:59pm AEDT – go listen, vote, and stay tuned for the 25 in 25 playlist to drop on Friday the 14th of November.

Until next month, may you meet new people and truly hear them,

-Cameron

Tracklist

1. Prelude by Libby Myers
2. Commute: Dawn by Peggy Polias | performed by Jessica O’Donoghue & Jack Symonds
3. Imminent Liminal by Sam Gill | performed by Sam Gill’s Coursed Waters
4. Sun Goes Down, Light Comes Up (In Gräddö, as in Hanover, and Elsewhere) 2019 by Novak Manojlovic | performed by Novak Manojlovic, Jacques Emery, Yuhki Mayne, James Armstrong, Beth Condon, & Freya Schack-Arnott
5. :: original home :: by Olivia D. Jones
6. Slancio by Amy Brandon | performed by Libby Myers
7. Tetris by Alice Chance | performed by Elysian Fields
8. The Lion Gate by Madeleine Cocolas
9. Sounding for Sound by Alister Spence
10. Death Fish by Cheryl Durongpisitkul, Marcos Villalta, & Stephen Hornby | performed by Koi Kingdom
11. Riversymphony: 4. Dolphin, Platypus and Fish Dart in the Shallows by Sean O’Boyle | performed by Anna Fraser, Willoughby Symphony Choir, & Queensland Symphony Orchestra
12. Unspoken by Luke Speedy-Hutton | performed by Australian Chamber Choir
13. Clairières by Jakub Jankowski | performed by Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Luke Dollman
14. The Crow (wäk wäk) by Hand To Earth
15. Intentionally Left Blank by David Megarrity & Sam Vincent | performed by Tyrone and Lesley, & Matt Hsu
16. Harbour Light – Trolleys Mix by Nick Wales
17. Undiscovered Worlds by Jim Ottaway
18. The Outside From Within by Lawrence English
19. Heart Unheard by Camilla Caldwell
20. JimJim by James Bowers | performed by James Bowers Quartet (James Bowers, Ben Harrison, Marty Holoubek, Shun Ishiwaka)
21. Postlude by Jenny Eriksson | performed by Elysian Fields

Listen on Spotify

This playlist is updated monthly. Explore previous months’ playlists on our website and listen to the archive playlist on Spotify.

Contact Cameron Lam on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, his website or via direct email: aussieartmusic@gmail.com to recommend tracks for the Australian Art Music playlist.

Don’t forget that while streaming is a great way to discover new music, attending gigs or purchasing albums and merchandise is an even better way to support the artists you love. We’ve set up a Merch Table to get you started, but don’t forget to check out the artists’ websites for more details and other ways to support them.