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Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Mansionair Announce New Album ‘Some Kind Of Alchemy', Share ‘Atlas'
Mansionair have revealed their third studio album, Some Kind Of Alchemy. The follow-up to 2022's Happiness, Guaranteed. is set for release on Friday, October 10th via Sony Music Australia. To coincide with the album's announcement, the Sydney-based electronica trio have lifted a second single from it entitled 'Atlas'. The new seven-minute track, which follows on from last month's 'Lose Yourself Again', also serves as Some Kind Of Alchemy's closing number. In a joint press statement, the band noted that their latest single lyrically focused on 'reconnecting to oneself'. ''Atlas' is a song about… find[ing] a sense of place and belonging,' they wrote. 'It's about acknowledging our closest relationships are the ones that help us see ourselves in times of being lost. It's a journey of searching for yourself in new places, only to return home to find that what you were looking for was right beside you all along. It's a seven-minute journey song. [It's] everything we love about our band dialed [up] to 11, and we think it's arguably our best song to date.' Some Kind Of Alchemy was entirely written and produced by Mansionair themselves – the first of their albums to be created in such a way. 'The whole album is based on how we are in relationship to other people [and] other places,' they continued in the press statement. 'We very rarely exist in isolation. It was our search for the balance between holding on and letting go. We made this record with a desire to distill and perfect the very essence of what Mansionair meant to us. [It] was a beautiful challenge that somehow managed to flow between us, and we couldn't be prouder of it.' Next month will see the band head to North America on the Lose Yourself Again tour, which will see them play across the US and Canada from mid-July to early August. Some Kind Of Alchemy, meanwhile, can be pre-ordered and pre-saved on streaming platforms by clicking here. Love Letter To A Record: Mansionair On Daft Punk's 'Discovery' Michael Clifford Enlists Porter Robinson For New Single 'Kill Me For Always' Cut Copy Announce New Album 'Moments', Share 'When This Is Over' The post Mansionair Announce New Album 'Some Kind Of Alchemy', Share 'Atlas' appeared first on Music Feeds.
SBS Australia
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- SBS Australia
Tech Panda x Kenzani: Inside the Minds of Indian Electronica's Most Inventive Duo
When we started making music, we made it because we couldn't hear those sounds anywhere else. It was something that we were missing and our ears were craving. Kenzani (Kedar Santwani), Indian electronica DJ The purpose was to save the roots, to save the Indian culture, and get close to it. A lot of our generation want to restore things, art, music. We are also listening to a lot of genres worldwide to help us. Tech Panda (Rupinder Nanda), Indian electronica DJ SBS Spice is your go-to for South Asian Australian culture, exploring what makes us tick—or ick. Catch us on your favourite podcast platforms: Spotify , Apple Podcasts , YouTube and the SBS Audio app. Or tap the audio player to listen to the full episode. To keep the beat going, have a listen to these chats too: LISTEN TO SBS Audio 29/05/2025 12:54 English LISTEN TO SBS Audio 06/06/2025 06:54 English LISTEN TO SBS Audio 21/05/2025 18:31 English New episodes drop every week. Follow SBS Spice on Instagram @SBSSpice and never miss an update.
Sky News
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sky News
Dance artist Moby on the destructive force of fame - and why he's content being that 'weird old guy'
He is the man behind the biggest-selling electronica record of all time, but the success of Moby's album Play came with some unwanted side effects. His fifth record, the album charted at 33 upon its release in the UK in May 1999, and fell out of the Top 40 after just a week. But despite the lacklustre initial response, Play started to pick up steam, slowly climbing the chart until it reached number one in April 2000. It stayed there for five weeks and remained in the Top 40 until March 2001, re-entering the Top 100 several times over the next few years. While Moby had experienced success with Go, the breakthrough 1991 single from his self-titled debut album, Play was next level. Even if you don't know the album, you'll know at least some of the songs - Porcelain, Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?, Honey, and Natural Blues. The record was ubiquitous and fame hard to escape. "I think fame and fortune are, probably, empirically two of the most destructive forces on the planet," he says, speaking from his home in Los Angeles. "I mean, if fame and fortune fixed things, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse would still be making records. "I guess it's a very easy system to buy into, especially in a place like... in New York, in Los Angeles, in these big cities that are driven by ostentation and consumption and the need for external validation. It's hard to resist those temptations. But then... you look at the consequences of that. "I'd rather try and live a rational life and not necessarily let other people's concerns dictate what my concerns should be." Now sober and with a few years between him and those heady days of peak fame, in recent years Moby has been doing something few established stars in his position would do - giving his compositions away for free. "I have a house, I have a car, I have some hoodies, I have food in the fridge, I don't really need anything more," he insists. "To live and work in a way where I'm not driven by money, why not use that as an opportunity?" Selfless selfishness or selfish selflessness Over a decade ago, the musician came up with the quietly radical idea of making a free music licensing platform, MobyGratis. The idea was simple and rather exciting, he admits - to allow anyone unrestricted access to hundreds of his compositions to use them however they wish. From film scores to remixes, whatever. "It's either selfless selfishness or selfish selflessness, meaning I'm giving these things away but the benefit to me is I get to see what people do with it," he says. "There are a lot of things about the current digital media climate that are terrifying and baffling and confusing, but one of the things I love is the egalitarian nature of it." The idea of giving his music away for free runs somewhat contrary to the AI copyright battle many artists are currently speaking out over, with the likes of Ed Sheeran and Damon Albarn calling for greater protections in law to prevent artificial intelligence software from scraping their work to learn from it. Remix culture and creative processes "I completely appreciate and respect the concerns that other people have," says Moby. "I think they're incredibly valid... but for me personally, I don't know. Maybe it's naive and stupid of me, but I kind of just ignore it. "I put this music out there and you sort of hope for the best, which probably is completely dim-witted of me. Part of remix culture is seeing how people reinterpret your work; sometimes it's mediocre, sometimes it is bad, but sometimes it is so inspired, and I can actually learn a lot from other creative processes." The dance artist also takes issue with how the act of giving and compassion more generally has come to be seen, and references Elon Musk 's comments on Joe Rogan's podcast in April, when the billionaire said: "We've got civilizational suicidal empathy going on." Moby says that while "we live in this world of fear, selfishness, desperation and viciousness", he supports "anything that is a rejection of the manosphere... anything that rejects Elon and the idea that empathy is a weakness and reminds people that life can be simple and decent." He jokes: "I'm definitely becoming like the weird old guy that you'll see in the mountains, sort of like not making eye contact and mumbling about chemtrails or something." This is a man who is aware his approach to fame, fortune and giving stuff away is somewhat out-of-keeping with the times we're living in - but the thing is, Moby doesn't seem to care.
