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Celebrating the release of his new album Open Heart Story - out now - we chat to Howard about orchestras, scoring films and his new record..
The Australian composer and pianist will release his new album Open Heart Story through Mercury KX on May 25..
"Audiences seem to be more open to the creative process which by default involves a fair amount of expecting the unexpected."
"Freedom is the engine of creativity, and with this new label we want to offer them a platform without genre restrictions."
50 artists announced.
Ben Frost took it to the next level in Melbourne
10 December selections from our resident intern - Liam Apter.. Liam Apter is the current editorial intern at the Pilerats office in Perth. I've previously worked at adamNOTeve, Music Feeds, The Brag and I run my own blog which the Guardian picked up last year and chose as blog of the week. I've also covered some of Australia's biggest festivals including Laneway, Listen Out and Splendour In The Grass at the ripe age of eighteen. I've got a keen passion for just about anything except hardcore and dubstep. 1. Young Fathers (pictured) - Soon Come Soon Young Fathers came to my attention at the beginning of the year through Elizabeth Rose posting about their then new album Dead which went onto later win the Mercury Prize in the UK. Live these guys are a powerhouse, with their drummer snapping sticks throughout the show and denting them cymbals from his force. And that's before you get to the energy of the rest of the group, it's hypnotic. And while Soon Come Soon isn't the vicious sonic ho
Super chilled, super beautiful new music outta Melbourne.. Luke Howard is a composer/pianist from Melbourne who last year released his first solo album, Sun, Cloud. Filled with beautiful compositions of the ivory-key kind, he's following it up with a remix EP called Night, Cloud. Today he's released the Kyson remix of his track August, which preceeds a massive pack featuring re-works from Tim Shiel, Brambles, Jimmy Saunders, Paul Evans, Mike Katz, Elisabeth Carlsson and personal fave of ours, Japanese Wallpaper. Take a listen to August (Kyson Remix) below, and head along to Luke's BANDCAMP to pre-order the release, which is due April 17 for a measly $5.