Mutant music from the upside down. Neither one genre nor another, New Weird Australia is designed to challenge our collective understanding of what music can and should be. We support new, eclectic and experimental Australian music through a variety of evolving projects.

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salllvage ‘lastwave’ | NWAED014

‘lastwave’ by salllvage is Edition No.14 (NWAED014) in the New Editions artist series, curated by New Weird Australia.  Ambient through the looking glass of Indigenous Futurisms… Kombumerri artist salllvage (Rowan Savage) mutates a palette made 100% from field recordings (plus mysterious vox) to construct a […]

Sumn Conduit ‘Valve Is Released’ | NWAED013

‘Valve Is Released’ by Sumn Conduit is Edition No.13 (NWAED013) in the New Editions artist series, curated by New Weird Australia.  Sumn Conduit is the duo project of Dharawal/Inuk vocalist Sonya Holowell , and modular synthesist and composer Ben Carey . Working across new music […]

Mutant Music From The Upside Down | Autumn 2023 Spotify Playlist

New and recent releases on Spotify, selected by New Weird Australia.  The latest seasonal Spotify playlist refresh includes 35 new, weird Australian tracks across nearly three hours of music. Featuring BAYANG, Bracht, Pleasure Chest, Party Dozen, Billy Woods, Troth, V, Mutant Joe, CS + Kreme, […]

New Weird Australia, Fragile States | NWA022

Featuring 25 tracks across over two hours, Fragile States is a collection of ambient / experimental / electronic works that seeks to soundtrack our perilous times. Available as a Name Your Price download / stream from Bandcamp. Ambient Music was defined by Brian Eno as “atmosphere … […]

Pattern Recognition Machines ‘Monad’ | NWAED011

Monad by Pattern Recognition Machines is Edition No.11 (NWAED011) in the New Editions artist series, curated by New Weird Australia.  Pattern Recognition Machines is an improvising musical unit of human consciousness interfacing with technology based in Melbourne, Australia. Originally the synth-and-drum project of Vijay Thillaimuthu […]

Mutant Music From The Upside Down | Winter 2022 Spotify Playlist

New and recent releases on Spotify, selected by New Weird Australia.  The Winter 2022 Spotify playlist is now up, featuring new and recent music from Various Asses, Vacuum, Sow Discord, Sudden Debt, Erasers, Troth, Princess Diana of Wales, Liars, Shoeb Ahmad, HTRK, 100%, Gyrate, Zacharias […]

New Weird Australia, Collapse Theories | NWA021

Featuring 28 unreleased tracks from experimental and underground Australian artists, New Weird Australia, Collapse Theories emerges at the tail-end of the two-year pandemic, and takes a precise psychic snapshot of the bridge between then and now. As artists endeavour to once again lift their heads […]

New Weird Australia, Essential Tremors | NWA023

The ‘New Weird Australia, Essential Tremors’ compilation celebrates a new three-day festival of outsider artists, curated by Angus Andrew (LIARS). Held at Phoenix Central Park in Sydney, ‘Essential Tremors’ features six distinct sessions of experimental music, sound art and ruthless noise that push into uncharted […]

Divide and Dissolve, Vacuum, My Disco + | NWAP125

Sixty minutes of new, weird Australian music, presented by Stu Buchanan. In episode 125, Divide and Dissolve get remixed in an excellent companion package to their 2020 record ‘Gas Lit’; traditional Southeast Asian instrumentation meets dark metal courtesy of Rinuwat; and we listen to debut […]