Hello and welcome to our fortnightly indie artists column. Head here if you missed the previous instalment, featuring Glass Beams, Floodlights and Tahnee Ollerton. Every fortnight, we’re rounding up the best new Victorian bands and artists making waves online, underground and on the airwaves. For those looking to keep an ear to the ground with the […]
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.’’