Have You Heard: NovaLaya

Name: Josh Bennett 

When did you start making music and why? My parents were musicians, and I learned to speak music at the same time I learned to speak English. I've been performing since I was about 15. It's the best way I know to communicate.

Sum up your musical sound in four words: Genre-less expression of thought.

If you could support any band in the world - past or present - who would it be? Pink Floyd in the mid '70s I reckon. What an epic stage! An interesting bunch to tour with too.

If you could only listen to one album forevermore, what would it be and why? The White Album by The Beatles. It pretty much has every musical idea covered in some form or other. Having said that, I'd still go insane in a fortnight. Water boarding for musicians.

Greatest rock 'n' roll moment of your career to date? Touring with The Bombay Royale, we rented a giant 16th century chalet for a week in a tiny cobblestone town in South France, jammed all day, and partied all night, and blacklisted our manager's Airbnb account in the process.

Why should people come and see your band? Because you'll hear great musicians have a spontaneous musical conversation that has never have been heard before and won't again.

When and where for your next gig? As part of Multicultural Arts Victoria's Mapping Melbourne 2015 festival, 8pm Thursday 29 Nov at Wonderland Spiegeltent in Docklands.

Website link for more info? multiculturalarts.com.au/event/mm-novalaya