Antipodean Anomalies 2, by Left Ear Records

Antipodean Anomalies 2

by Left Ear Records

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smilingc Amazing compilation! Props to Left Ear, this label goes insanely deep. So many unheard of gems.

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1.	DNA Lounge - Lost In Translation 05:32	buy track
2.	Height/Dismay - Girl From Ipanema 02:11	buy track
3.	Will Kuiper - Diffusion 06:40	buy track
4.	Drone - Music For Guitar + Piano 04:25	buy track
5.	Tim Gruchy - Jungles 03:58	buy track
6.	TCH - Moholy Nagy Takes A Holiday 04:06	buy track
7.	Cameron Allen - Tango BW 03:24	buy track
8.	Electric Hand - Daintree 07:53	buy track
9.	Buchanan Holbrook - Hunger 09:00	buy track
10.	Colin Offord - Absolutely Wired 07:05	buy track
11.	Roger Frampton - Open As The Sky 02:33	buy track
12.	David Watson - The Key To A Code 03:19	buy track
13.	Jane Stevenson - Soloaloha 02:03	buy track
14.	Lime - Farmarimba Solo 06:42	buy track
15.	Kiri uu - Mis Sa Kavva Kodun Teid 01:57	buy track
16.	Clout - Two Can Too 02:58	buy track
17.	Back To Back Zithers - Cicadas 03:27	buy track

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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 & Bridget Small continuing to dig through the music of the geographically isolating and maverick landscapes of Australia & New Zealand

As with the first iteration, Left Ear continues to excavate 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. Buchanan Holbrook 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.

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released November 14, 2022

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