VARIOUS ARTISTS - ANTIPODEAN ANOMALIES 2

LEFT EAR RECORDS

£41.28

Format: 2 x LP
Catalogue No.: LER1031
Release Date: Nov 2022
Genre: Eletronic / Experimental

TRACKS
01 The DNA Lounge - Lost In Translation
02 Height/Dismay – Girl From Ipanema
03 Will Kuiper – Diffusion
04 Drone – Music For Guitar + Piano
05 Tim Gruchy – Jungles
06 TCH – Moholy Nagy Takes A Holiday
07 Cameron Allan –Tango BW
08 Electric Hand – Daintree
09 Buchanan Holbrook – Hunger
10 Colin Offord – Absolutely Wired
11 Roger Frampton's Intersection – Open, As The Sky
12 David Watson – The Key To A Code
13 Jane Stevenson – Soloaloha
14 LIME – Farmarimba Solo
15 Kiri Uu – Mis Sa Kavva Kodun Teid?
16 CLOUT – Two Can Too
17 Back To Back Zithers – Cicadas

Antipodean Anomalies 2 is Left Ear Records' most ambitious project to date, a compilation that took over 4 years to license and includes 17 artists across a double LP. AA2 picks up where the first iteration left off, with co-compilers Chris Bonato and& Bridget Small continuing to dig through the music of the geographically isolating and maverick landscapes of Australia and& New Zealand.

As with the first iteration, Left Ear continues its to excavation ofe the music from these vast micro-scenes that evolved out of a number of small community-focused domains, creating their own unique reinterpretation of musical influences from near and far, spanning the years 1980 – 1992.

The compilation scopes an overlooked epoch from Adelaide, presenting acts such as the DNA Lounge, TCH & Will Kuiper. A close-knit community of like-minded mates that made distinctive electronic music together throughout the 80’s, all of which remained unreleased until now. Holbrook Buchanan capture the ambiance of Perth’s heat prodded afternoon’s perfectly with their track Hunger, a breezy 9-minute minimal-jazz jam that includes kalimba, water samples & conga. Furthermore, artists like David Watson & Colin Offord use samplers and handmade instruments to offer a more abrasive and experimental aesthetic.

To round out the compilation, artists such as Jane Stevenson, discovered a 7” at an op-shop and found the needle stuck on the word, ‘Aloha’. Using tape loops, she chose to highlight imperfections rather than hide them and in unison managed to cross boundaries of time; the 60s (album voice) and the 80s (my voice), of location; Hawaii and Australia, and of language; “Aloha and Hi”. This ethos echoes the compilation's vision, to champion artists that implement impromptu creativity, and who have a desire to create regardless of their surroundings and resources. AA2 signs off with the Back to Back Zithers, drawing inspiration from the haiku poems of Basho. To illustrate this, Kari set a Kacapi improvisation to the backdrop of the cicada chorus of summertime in outer Melbourne.