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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

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

All girl acoustic trio performing unique renditions of your favourite hits from the 50s, 60s and 70s including classic early rock 'n' roll, disco hits and what’s hot on the radio now.

Harlow and Hart’s three part harmonies and fun personalities on stage will create a fabulous vibe at your next event.

Past performances include weddings, presentations nights, corporate events, The Big Gay Out, several residencies and shows at Crown Palladium Complex.

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Harlow & Hart - Billie Jean cover (Soundcloud)

Harlow & Hart highlight reel (YouTube)

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.

Watch/listen

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 Hough and Sam Cashman are a couple of east coast boys trying to make their way through the trials and tribulations of the music industry, whilst setting up a home base in the creatively inspiring city that is Melbourne.

They had both grown up in small beach towns that were only an hour’s drive away from each other in New South Wales, but Sam and Loki had never crossed paths. That is, until they both decided to further their musical careers in the wondrous city of Melbourne. The duo united one fateful day as their kindred spirits aligned and from that day, the jams have been plentiful and the tunes have been oh, so tasty.

Covering a range of genres from folk to funk and rock to rap, Sam and Loki add their personal flare to every song they perform, and even throw in a few originals to spice things up. Focusing on Sam’s slick riffs and licks on the guitar and Loki’s soothing, yet powerful vocals, the duo create a blend that is undoubtedly pleasant on the ears. With a few twists and turns along the way, these two young musicians will provide the audience with a set that they won’t forget.

The duo focuses on acoustic guitar and vocals, with the addition of shakers and loop pedals.

Some of the songs that Loki and Sam perform include:

• Stuck in The Middle - Stealers Wheel
• Weathered - Jack Garratt
• Redbone - Childish Gambino
• Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson
• Hey Ya - Outkast
• Hard Sun - Eddie Vedder
• Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
• Going Up The Country - Canned Heat

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Loki & Sam on Instagram

Loki & Sam sing Hey Ya by Outkast (YouTube)

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.

Combining bombastic, groove-laden rhythms, colourful textured guitar work and soaring vocal harmonies, Party On My Darling offers a stylish hybrid of progressive pop and ambient groove.

Formed in Melbourne in the Summer of 2016, the Melbourne-based group is a collaboration between vocalists Aidan Rolfe and Kate Beckwith, guitarist Jeremy Carew, bassist Jeremy Xuereb and drummer Jack Shiels.

Party On My Darling has captured live-music lovers with their passionate and emotive twin vocals, intricate rhythms and memorable hooks. The group offers high-energy performances that take its listeners on a journey from fragile and vulnerable to super-charged. Its melodic and rhythmic assault will have you singing and dancing, or at least dancing on the inside vigorously.

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Party On My Darling on Spotify

Multi-instrumentalists Thomas Kendall and Jeremy Marcotte combine forces to create music that comes from each of their unique backgrounds and a shared love of early country and bluegrass music. The Blue Creek Boys' style varies between slow, mournful ballads, ripping fast fiddle tunes, powerful close two-part harmonies with mandolin and guitar, and lightning fast danceable clawhammer banjo and guitar pieces.

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New album out now!

thebluecreekboys.bandcamp.com

Psych rock rascals, Washed Up Wizards are a 4-piece based in Melbourne. Step into the Wizards’ cave and stare deeply into the cauldron for a brew of hard-hitting riffs, hypnotic oscillations and saturated seas of fuzz, they are one not to be missed!

The group formed in 2019 and has hit the ground running, bringing their all original set to venues all around Melbourne and Geelong such as The Evelyn Hotel, Old bar, Last Chance Rock and Roll Bar and The Barwon Club.

Washed Up Wizards draw influence from bands such as All The Witches, Sleep, Black Sabbath, Earth and Neu!

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Washed Up Wizards on Facebook

Washed Up Wizards on Instagram

Washed Up Wizards on YouTube

Washed Up Wizards on SoundCloud