New Weird Australia

Stuart Buchanan

Host Stu Buchanan (Resonance FM / FBI Radio) talks with artists and labels across a wide spectrum of eclectic and experimental Australian music. Neither one genre nor another, New Weird Australia challenges our collective understanding of what music can and should be.

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Asps / Beige Abrasion / Major Crimes | NWAP087

New Weird Australia

07/27/12 • 68 min

We hear from Melbourne dark wave Asps who dropped her debut release on cassette last year, titled ‘So Long’; then Adelaide’s own weirdo psych threepiece Beige Abrasion; and we round out the episode with a set from Major Crimes, who will be releasing their

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Nadir | NWAP077

New Weird Australia

04/25/12 • 44 min

Pia discusses the ideas and activities behind modular synthesis in more detail – and in particular, why it has undergone something of a renaissance in recent times - and we hear a live, 20 minute set from Nadir, acting as a warm-up for their Moduluxxx experience.

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Clan Analogue, Actual Russian Brides | NWAP024

New Weird Australia

06/09/10 • 34 min

Formed almost twenty years ago, CLAN ANALOGUE remains one of the most prolific and interesting collectives in Australian electronic music. In this podcast episode, Stu Buchanan is joined by ANT BANNISTER and ADRIAN ELMER (Telafonica) to talk about the Clan’s new career-spanning retrospective album, and its launch party in June 2010 in Sydney. Performing two exclusive tracks live in the studio were Clan members ACTUAL RUSSIAN BRIDES.

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Brooke Olsen (Dirty Shirlows) | NWAP064

New Weird Australia

07/27/11 • 42 min

We also hear a number of tracks selected by Brooke, from Australian artists Axxonn, Grey Daturas, Gary Butler & Amanda Stewart and Naked On The Vague.

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Breathing Shrine, Constantlight, Borgia | NWAP048

New Weird Australia

01/28/11 • 64 min

Three live sets recorded at the Excelsior Hotel in Sydney, featuring Breathing Shrine, Constantlight and Borgia.

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Simo Soo | NWAP036

New Weird Australia

10/27/10 • 22 min

Electronic / hip hop / punk artist Simo Soo has not only dropped a brand new mixtape 'Twenty Ten 4eva!!', but is celebrating its release with a four-night residency at the Sydney's Landsdowne Hotel. Stu Buchanan chats to Simo about this creative burst of activity and we hear a live in-studio session.

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Furchick, K Wilson, Brain Full Of Light | NWAP070

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01/26/12 • 47 min

The first of two episodes dedicated to recordings from the Perth event 'Analogue to Digital' presented by Scitech, in partnership with New Weird Australia. This week: Furchick, K Wilson and Brain Full of Light.

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Blake Freele | NWAP019

New Weird Australia

03/03/10 • 50 min

Mapping and reconsidering terrain traversed by contemporaries such as Ben Frost and Pimmon, we talk with Sydney producer Blake Freele and hear a live in-studio performance. Blake’s work ranges from vast and spacious drones to rhythmically driven electronic compositions, married with often intensely processed guitar improvisations.

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The Omega Point, Jobfit, Loose-y Crunché + | NWAP121

New Weird Australia

07/24/21 • 59 min

The New Weird Australia radio-not-radio show returns in its original form, for the first time since 2012, with sixty minutes of new mutant music from the upside down, presented by Stu Buchanan.

In this first episode of the rebooted show, we hear the new single from agitprop synth-punk duo Laughing Gear; plus two cuts from a new compilation from Oxtail Recordings from Loose-y Crunché and OVRSCN; experimental jungle meets dark and delirious storytelling courtesy of Jobfit; and Altered States Tapes gives us something old and something new with releases from Carnage and Low Flung.

We also listen to a wild brand of apocalyptic art-music from Melbourne’s Omega Point; beautiful broken piano and dismembered electronics from London based ex-pat Laila Sakini; a cut from the new album from violinist and vocalist Happy Axe; and we take a journey into alt-pysch and freak-disco on the debut release from Glass Beams.

Featured in this episode

Laughing Gear - New Estate (from Freak Lemons)
Loose-y Crunché - It's Got a Groove (Industrial Murk) (from Undercurrents)
OVRSCN - Chromium (from Undercurrents)
jobfit - Strike Pneumatic Tension (from Longer Form Cat Calls)
Carnage - Lung Cancer (from Untitled)
Low Flung - Stub (from Reflections From The Campsie Centre For Electronic Music Research)
The Omega Point - High Rise (from High Rise)
Laila Sakini - Into The Traffic (from Into the Traffic, Under the Moonlight (Vinyl Edition))
Happy Axe - The One That Remembers (from Maybe It'll Be Beautiful)
Glass Beams - Mirage (from Mirage EP)

Published on 24 July 2021

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Tangents | NWAP107

New Weird Australia

04/28/19 • 59 min

Stu Buchanan talks with Sydney quintet Tangents, a band that collide between genres and forms, taking cues from electronic production, post rock, jazz and free improvisation and more. We’ll hear from cellist Peter Hollo and electronic producer Ollie Brown and spool through cuts from the Tangents catalogue.

Originally broadcast on 'Out From Under' on Resonance Extra.

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How many episodes does New Weird Australia have?

New Weird Australia currently has 125 episodes available.

What topics does New Weird Australia cover?

The podcast is about New Music, Music, Experimental Music, Podcasts, Arts, Alternative Music, Performing Arts and Electronic Music.

What is the most popular episode on New Weird Australia?

The episode title 'Asps / Beige Abrasion / Major Crimes | NWAP087' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on New Weird Australia?

The average episode length on New Weird Australia is 45 minutes.

How often are episodes of New Weird Australia released?

Episodes of New Weird Australia are typically released every 7 days, 4 hours.

When was the first episode of New Weird Australia?

The first episode of New Weird Australia was released on Aug 12, 2009.

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New Weird Australia

Stuart Buchanan

Top 10 New Weird Australia Episodes

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