This week s feature album is the debut release from Alex Albrecht
Campfire Stories. The ten-track release features collaborations with label and production partner Sean La Brooy, Allysha Joy (30/70), Thomas Gray, Ziggy Zeitgeist (ZFEX) and Carla Oliver (Badskin).
Since 2014 Alex Albrecht has been working with Sean La Brooy as Albrecht La Brooy, releasing an array of material across various labels. Their music is deep, hypnotic and straddles the emotive side of house, techno and ambient.
On
Campfire Stories, Albrecht explores dreams, the unconscious and the intertwining of feelings and memory. Interspersed field recordings lend to the fragmented way people recall experiences. It is a narrative in which the listener is encouraged to attach their own thoughts and impressions to the soundscapes.’’
Meet The Brunswick Ballroom, Melbourne’s dazzling new live music venue Venue owner Andrew Kay and Tim Rogers - image by Nicole Cleary
Words by Riley Barber
The new performance space will be launched later this month.
Melbourne is getting a new live music venue later this month. The Brunswick Ballroom will take the place of popular live music venue The Spotted Mallard in the old Metropolis House on Sydney Road.
What you need to know
The new live music venue will open on Sydney Road
The Brunswick Ballroom will be located where The Spotted Mallard used to be located
Brunswick Ballroom takes over the venue formerly known as Spotted Mallard.
The venue is run by Andrew Kay and Will Ewing with Melbourne Music Hall of Famer Mary Mihelakos looking after music bookings and Emma Calverley handling comedy events.
“After a year of doom, gloom and significant hardship for many in our live performance industry, we are thrilled to have been able create a dynamic new home for our performing artists and audiences to enjoy. The BRUNSWICK BALLROOM will be a venue which celebrates the best of live music, cabaret and comedy plus of course, wonderful food and wine. This distinctive venue will present the best Melbourne, Australia and the world has to offer across the full range of live performance genres. Whether it is a live band, a comedian, a classical pianist or a major cabaret star they will all find a new home at the BRUNSWICK BALLROOM,” said Andrew Kay.