Surfacing Series

05/05/2023

This Saturday
SS5: Megan Alice Clune and ilex

7pm Doors
7:30pm ilex
8:15pm Megan Alice Clune

BYO
Card payment preferred (or $18 exact)

Tickets: https://bit.ly/3oZrKd8

Photo: Zoe Baumgartner

21/10/2022

Listen back to our interview with Nic Warnock, owner of Repressed Records, ahead of the store's first of two 20th birthday shows this Saturday night at The Red Rattler Theatre (more details below).

🗓 20 years of Repressed Records: The Native Cats, Troth, Honey 2 Honey & Blue Divers
🗓 20 years of Repressed Records: Faceless Burial, Xilch, Histamine & Demolition

Repressed Records has achieved icon status across the country for its ever-reliable multi-genre collection of left-of-centre releases. The owner, Nic Warnock, joined Luke and Mara on Surfacing to talk through label’s role in championing Australian music.

11/10/2022

Tonight we're celebrating the 6-month anniversary of our show with just a few of our many favourite 2022 releases (so far). The playlist features HTRK, Flavien Berger, Lupa J, The Weather Station, Keeley Forsyth, Alex Zhang Hungtai and Pierrer Guerineau, and more. Tune in from 11pm on FBi Radio 94.5FM or listen live online: bit.ly/3ubVfZq

Hosted by Luke M de Zilva and Mara Schwerdtfeger.

Image description: Nigel and Jonnine from HTRK standing side-by-side behind a black equipment case.

Photo: Christopher Arblaster

06/09/2022

Tonight's program theme is leads and solos. We'll hear a collection of tracks defined by stand-out and focal point vocals, whistling, piano, percussion, woodwinds, string and guitar parts. We'll also run our In Motion segment and listen to film music tied to the theme. The playlist features Jack Prest, Arca, Meredith Monk, Molly Lewis, J.P. Shilo, Liars and more.

Tune in from 11pm on FBi Radio 94.5FM or listen live online: bit.ly/3ubVfZq

Hosted by Luke M de Zilva minus Mara Schwerdtfeger who is away.

Photo: Anna Kucera

31/08/2022

Last night's playlist of collaborations is below. Listen back on FBi Radio: bit.ly/3ubVfZq

Hosted by Luke M de Zilva minus Mara Schwerdtfeger who is away.

Moondog, London Saxophonic – Bird’s Lament (1997)
Pavel Milyakov / buttechno, Yana Pavlova – Midnight Blues (2021)
Josin, Ólafur Arnalds – We Could Stay (2022)
Jarboe, Thor Harris – LATHE (2020)
Joanne Robertson, Dean Blunt – X (2017)
Kcin, Tilman Robinson – Requiem for the Holocene (2022)
Chris Stiles, Anthony Talorico – Talk to Me (2022)
Cate Von Csoke, Crimen – Heart of Darkness (2021)
Yves Tumor, Croatian Amor – Economy of Freedom (2018)
Acopia – Chances (2022)
Down Under – Joanna (2022)
Mess Esque – Big Old Blue (2021)
Mindy Meng Wang Music, Tim Shiel – Hidden Qi 隐.气 (2021)
Andrew Tuttle, Luke Schneider, Darren "D.C" Cross – New Breakfast Habit (2022)
Vega Trails – Love Your Grace (2022)
The Dead Texan – Aegina Airlines (2004)
Jesse Draxler, Chelsea Wolfe, Ben Chisholm – Valerian (2020)
Loren Connors, Sergio Sorrentino – Shadow Pt. 1 (2022)
Marissa Nadler, Simon Raymonde – From V***r to Stardust (2021)
MONO (Japan), A.A. Williams – Exit in Darkness (2019)
Boris, Sunn O))) – The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep) (2006)
Buzzy Lee, Julia Holter – Strange Town – Julia Holter Edit (2021)
Springtime – The Names Of The Plague (2022)

Please support these artists directly via Bandcamp, their websites or social media accounts.

Image description: The EP artwork for Night Raver by Springtime.

30/08/2022

Tonight's program theme is collaborations – new and old perfect matches, unexpected pairings and more. The playlist features Mindy Meng Wang Music and Tim Shiel, Down Under, Yves Tumor and Croatian Amor, Joanne Robertson and Dean Blunt, and Marissa Nadler and Simon Raymonde. Tune in from 11pm on FBi Radio 94.5FM or listen live online: bit.ly/3ubVfZq

Hosted by Luke M de Zilva minus Mara Schwerdtfeger who is away.

Image description: Mindy Meng Wang and Tim Shiel standing together in tall grass in front of trees.

24/08/2022

See last night's playlist below from our program of songs seven minutes and longer, or twice the average length of new music in 2022 which has decreased by almost 30 seconds in the past few years. Listen back on FBi Radio: bit.ly/3ubVfZq

Hosted by Luke M de Zilva minus Mara Schwerdtfeger who is away.

Please note that there was a technical error with the on-demand copy of this program, so please skip to the 20-minute mark for programming to resume.

Roy Montgomery – Cowboy Mouth (For Sam Shepard) (2021)
Happy Axe – Seven Sounds (2018)
Caterina Barbieri, Walter Zanetti – Fantas for Electric Guitar (2021)
Hatis Noit ハチスノイト – Inori (2022)
caroline – Skydiving onto the library roof (2022)
King Woman – Hierophant (2017)
MONO (Japan) – Burial at Sea (2009, remastered 2019)
Simon J Karis – Moon (2017)
Sarah Davachi – Alas, Departing (2022)
Set Fire To Flames – Vienna Arcweld / Fu**ed Gamelan / Rigid Tracking (2001)
Aidan Baker – Gauge (2022)
Monica Brooks – Much Bigger Boxes (2020)

Please support these artists directly via Bandcamp, their websites or social media accounts.

Image description: A crop of the album artwork for Island of Lost Souls by Roy Montgomery.

23/08/2022

Tonight's theme is 7-and-up. The average song length today is around 3 minutes, 30 seconds – or 20 seconds less than just a few years ago, but we're making space in tonight's program for music that's double that, to celebrate the journey of longer music and because there simply aren't so many places to have longer music heard. The playlist features caroline, Sarah Davachi, Simon J Karis, Hatis Noit ハチスノイト, Aidan Baker and more.

Tune in from 11pm on FBi Radio 94.5FM or listen live online: bit.ly/3ubVfZq

Hosted by Luke M de Zilva minus Mara Schwerdtfeger who is away. ☹️

Image description: The eight members of caroline in a row, outdoors in front of blue draping over a fence.

Photo: Tom Whitson

17/08/2022

Last night's playlist is below from a show made up entirely of instrumentals. Listen back on FBi Radio: bit.ly/3ubVfZq

Hosted by Luke M de Zilva and Mara Schwerdtfeger.

Beach Boys – Pet Sounds (1966)
Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra – Eat The World - Instrumental Version (2022)
Arthur Russell – ”Instrumentals” Volume 1 – Part 4 (2002)
Nina Simone – You’ll Never Walk Alone - Single Version (2018)
Astrid Sonne – Stuck in Pause (2021)
Julie Byrne – Interlude (2017)
Bluetung – Under the Power Lines (2022)
Emily Kostos – Shadows on Grass (2018)
Clayton Thomas – All Things to All People (2022)
Perfume Genius – Scherzo (2022)
Current Joys – No Words (2018)
Dirty Three – Sea Above, Sky Below (1998)
Set Fire To Flames – Steal Compass / Drive North / Disappear (2001)
Florist – Instrumental 3 (2017)
Yasunori Mitsuda – Corridors of Time (1995)
Mount Eerie – Organs (From the Place Lives) (2013)
The Microphones – Instrumental (2001)
Yasuaki Shimizu – Kakashi (1982)
Milkffish – Urduja in Cyberspace (2019)
Julia Reidy – Imminently (2018)
Björk – Glora (Instrumental)(1993)
Félicia Atkinson – La Brume (2022)
A Winged Victory For The Sullen – Our Lord Debussy (2019)
Norman Westberg, Jacek Mazurkiewicz – What Is Good For The Goose (2021)

Please support these artists directly via Bandcamp, their websites or social media accounts.

Image description: The album artwork for First Man in the Moon by Norman Westberg and Jacek Mazurkiewicz.

16/08/2022

Tonight we're playing all instrumental music, from longer meditative pieces to sharper solo works to instrumental edits. The playlist features Astrid Sonne, Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra, Julie Byrne, Current Joys, A Winged Victory For The Sullen and more. Tune in from 11pm on FBi Radio 94.5FM or listen live online: bit.ly/3ubVfZq

Hosted by Luke M de Zilva and Mara Schwerdtfeger.

Image description: Astrid Sonne wearing a pinstriped blue blazer, body turned but looking at the camera.

Photo: Fryd Frydendahl