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Ange & Dave are a Melbourne based guitar/vocal duo bringing a unique twist to classic and contemporary soul, jazz and blues tunes.

Both are studying their final semester of the Bachelor of Music Performance Degree at Victoria University and have played respectively at venues across Melbourne for groups Le Fleur and Soul Sparks. Now they are excited to explore music in a more intimate duo setting showcasing Angela's rich lustrous vocals on an extensive set list that includes songs by Amy Winehouse, Norah Jones, Carol King, Sam Cooke, Nina Simone and Stevie Wonder.

Set list

• Tennessee whiskey - Chris Stapleton
• What I’m doing here - Lake Street Dive
• Masterpiece - Jasmine Sullivan
• It’s too late - Carol King
• Stand by Me
• Lessons - Sinead Harnett
• Alice Smith - Fool For You
• Redbone - Childish Gambino
• Rehab - Amy Winehouse
• Black velvet - Alannah Myles
• Sunday - Tori Kelly
• Change is gonna come - Sam Cooke
• Don’t Know Why - Norah Jones
• Girl from Ipanema
• Make you feel my love - Bob Dylan (Adele)
• What’s Going On - Marvin Gaye
• At Last - Etta James
• Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
• Grandmas Hands - Bill Withers
• Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis
• Natural Women - Aretha Franklin
• Cheating on me - Madison Ward
• I Put a Spell on You - Nina Simone
• No One - Alicia Keys

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Ange & Dave on Soundcloud

Dayzed are a five-piece band influenced by dream pop, psychedelia and shoegaze.

Dayzed blends their own lo-fi coastal sound with harmless melodies, an insatiable appetite for reverb and the combination of hazy guitar and dreamy synth sounds.

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Dayzed on Bandcamp

Dayzed on Soundcloud

Eclectic and esoteric, Diimpa is an avant-garde composer, soundscape weaver and sonic wizard. He is a proud mixed Kabi Kabi autistic queer man who works with keyboard instruments like analogue synthesisers, music box, glockenspiel or accordion to create worlds of effortless magic and sound journey.

Diimpa draws on vast ranges of experimental influences, from composers Terry Riley, Pauline Oliveros and Julius Eastman, to contemporaries like Zoe Keating and Nils Frahm. Through these experiences and elements he carves out his own brand of unique contemporary Australian minimalism. Filled with electric pulses or ambient textures, Diimpa’s music is, at its heart, transcendent.

With an impressive output of three EPs, albums ‘Metamorphica’ and ‘Spectrum’, and a range of sound pieces under his belt, Diimpa has been performing with a cunning vivacity suffused with masterful improvisation since 2012.

Diimpa has been called “hypnotic” by CBC Radio and had work featured in local independent film and theatre works. His keen interest in durational pieces has seen 8-hour improvisations as part of Yirramboi Festival, Blakheart Festival, and ‘Sustenance’ at Arts Centre Melbourne for Fringe Festival 2016. The last year saw Diimpa as a Music Victoria ‘Best Experimental/Avant-garde Act’ nominee, and appearances at Meredith Music Festival and the Melbourne International Arts Festival.

He is currently working on ‘Wasteland’, a record about the lack of government initiative to tackle climate change.

“Feels like moving back in time, like walking through the halls of your memory palace to find that piece of information you need to survive. Not just now, but into the future” (CBC Radio)

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Diimpa on Facebook

Diimpa on Bandcamp

Formed in the summer of 2018, Gabrielle (vocals) and Jose (guitar, vocals) are a dynamic duo from Melbourne. With a repertoire ranging from jazz standards to modern soul, they aspire to bring their own interpretation to classic tunes.

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Gabrielle and Jose on Instagram

Glass House is the collaborative alternative-electronic pop project of Joel Batchelor and Paula Maki.

The duo work harmoniously to create emotive and thought-provoking lyrics, paired with ever-so-powerful-yet-dreamy vocals and delectable synthetic beats, inspired by various independent and big-label artists across decades.

The pair’s musical connection began in a high school band. They continued to work together in various bands, before ultimately deciding to manifest their joint forces into the pop power-duo known as ‘Glass House’.

Saxophonist Jess, Brandon on upright bass, Fergus on drums and keyboardist Adriano make up this exciting young jazz quartet. Playing original instrumental compositions and new age infused arrangements of traditional standards, The Jess Mahler Quartet is here to satisfy all your Jazz moods from sultry summer afternoon to wintery late nights and every season in between. The Quartet can play sets from 30 minutes to four hours long.

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The Jess Mahler Quartet on Dropbox (.wav music (audio) file, 3.55 mins, no text transcript)

Laura Kate has loved music from an early age. The 1939 MGM musical The Wizard of Oz captured her heart at the age of 10 and she became enraptured by classic movie musicals of the 1930s through to the 1960s and inspired by entertainers such as Judy Garland, Doris Day, Fred Astaire and Al Jolson. Laura has also been influenced by the music of the 50’s and 60’s, listening to artists such as Brenda Lee, Bobby Rydell, Rick Nelson, Connie Francis and Elvis Presley.

In her early teens, Laura commenced singing lessons with opera star Barbara Zavros, who won the prestigious Herald Sun Aria in 2011. Laura has also received classical training on the violin for over 10 years and has had experience playing in a Celtic Band, a Bluegrass Band and a Pop/Country Duo. She looks up to violinists such as Itzhak Perlman, Hilary Hahn and Andre Rieu.

Laura Kate specialises in performing classic songs from the 20th Century at public and private functions such as parties, ceremonies, weddings, festivals and concerts.

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Laura Kate - Runaway (YouTube)

Laura Kate - The Black Hills of Dakota (YouTube)

Set list

Laura Kate - singing & violin repertoire

Lil Groom hails from Esfahn in Iran. He started making music at seven years of age and by fifteen was composing songs with lyrics protesting against the Iranian Government.

Scared of retaliation, recording studios in his native city refused to record his music, so Lil Groom sang into his phone and shared the protest songs via WhatsApp. He quickly became an underground sensation in his city, but when he was sold out to the authorities by an ex-lover he wound up in prison.

After his release Lil Groom applied for a student visa to study for a Bachelor of Music at Victoria University in Melbourne. Just in time his visa came though allowing him to flee the country and avoid more jail time.

Now based in Melbourne, Lil Groom's song 'The Reason' has over 20,000 plays on Soundcloud and features a trans-continental collaboration with US Rapper Glasses Malone (Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Tyga and Akon).

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Lil Groom - The Reason (feat. Glasses Malone)

Loki’s music is an homage to his upbringing in the small Australian coastal town of Byron Bay surrounded by beaches, fields and forests. His music and lyrics relate largely to his connection to the natural elements, while exploring the relationships between nature, mind and spirit. Loki creates powerful imagery and a dreamlike soundscape that the audience will be able to lose themselves in.

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Find Loki Hough on Spotify

Hailing from southwest Victoria, Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Maddie Jackway has been captivating audiences with her vocal prowess for many years.

Lyrically, her original compositions are emotionally charged and explore the multiple and varied facets of what it is to be human in the 21st century.

Drawing influence from a range of musicians, including Adele, JoJo, Meg Mac, John Mayer, Joni Mitchell, Hannah Cameron and Susanne Sundfor, Maddie refuses to be boxed into playing and creating one genre of music.

Her acoustic set-up (voice and piano/keyboard) seamlessly interweave original pieces with re-imagined covers of some of your favourite tunes, making certain that throughout the listening experience, you feel all of the feels.

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• instagram.com/maddiejackwaymusic
• soundcloud.com/maddie-jackway

Meraki Minds are a five-piece Indie Pop band from Ballarat.

Their name is derived from the Greek word ‘Meraki’, meaning the act of leaving a piece of yourself and your soul in your work. Described as 'power pop meets contemporary Indie Rock', with melodious guitars, groovy bass and drums behind female vocalists, Meraki Minds emerged from their high school band room with a set of sophisticated original tunes. Today they appear on the stages of Victorian Festivals and Melbourne’s live music scene.

Meraki Minds scored a place in the Sonika Youth Regional Battle of the Bands Final in 2018 and now with a growing fan base, the band are on a mission to bring that Meraki sound to a wider audience.

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Meraki Minds on Facebook.

Hailing from the western suburbs of Melbourne and formed in Yarraville at Victoria University in 2016, Silence To Break is a high-energy Pop Punk band with an unapologetic 'hit you in the face' sound matched with soothing cool female vocals.

With songs and riffs inspired by bands like Neck Deep, Green Day and Parkway Drive, and lyrics telling of violence, heartbreak, power and escape, STB delivers unique songs that are sure to stay in your head for days.

Playing mostly originals and a few special covers, the band members are:

• Angela Gewargis (vocals)
• Caleb Roksandic (guitar)
• Michael Stawiarski (bass)
• Jesse Johns (drums)

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Silence To Break on Soundcloud

Citizen of Earth by Neck Deep - cover by Silence To Break (YouTube)

I will admit it - I am not your typical Singer-Songwriter. I may sing and play an acoustic guitar, but by using my loop pedal to combine Folk chord progressions with Beatboxing loops, I create music that has a style that is genuinely me. It is a unique combination anywhere, but in Melbourne, Australia, it is comfortable and familiar while still being distinct, original, and different.

Understandably, I have a broad range of musical influences that include Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Beck, Jack Johnson, Drake, and Post Malone. Take a listen to my original tracks and you will hear elements of Blues, Folk, Hip-Hop, and Electronica, as well as character-filled vocal deliveries ranging from that of a mellow Singer-Songwriter to an energetic and outspoken Rapper.

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Theodore Kidd Official Website

Listen to Theodore Kidd on Bandcamp