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In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp collections. While hearing new music played out by your favourite selectors has been put on hold as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s never been easier, or more important, to support the artists and imprints releasing tracks, albums, EPs and comps in the midst of all the madness. In lieu of opportunities to discover new records on the dancefloor, Selections will give you the chance to nab sounds from the crates of tastemakers, and support the people behind them while you’re at it. Win-win, right?
 There were 341 noise complaints last October and 216 in November, according to Air Services Australia. The most susceptible suburbs appear to be Ascot, Clayfield, Bardon, Hawthorne and Balmoral, say the complaints. Interestingly, the closest home to the new runway is 6km, unlike Melbourne and Sydney, where they are within two kilometres.   Soccer writer Bonita Mersiades has issued a public apology to Football Queensland executives Ben Richardson and Robert Cavallucci as part of a defamation settlement over a story she published on her website. It has been brought to my attention that some people may have interpreted the article to mean that Mr Ben Richardson and Mr Robert Cavallucci were corrupt, dishonest, acted disreputedly and were in dereliction of their duties owed to Football Queensland in their respective positions as chairman and director, the apology said.
Yuko Araki channels noisy psychedelia for ‘Moonstroke in the Mountain’
Daisy Dickinson lends an acid-laced visual response to Araki’s euphoric cacophony.
Yuko Araki is at the forefront of an emerging scene of young female artists from Japan shedding new light on noise, experimental electronics and post-industrial techno. Drawing inspiration from ’70s prog-rock and free jazz, Araki’s approach to her cacophonous compositions is expansive and fluid, oscillating between tension and release, euphoria and dysphoria, abandon and restraint.
‘Moonstroke in the Mountain’ is taken from End Of Trilogy, Araki’s forthcoming album for Room40, which is described by label head Lawrence English as “not merely a conclusion, but rather an interrogation of what comes next.” Shifting between melodic drifts of polychromatic synthesis and buzzing ruptures of harsh electronics, the tracks sees Yuko Araki tempering esoteric noise with playful brightness.
Ana Roxanne drifts through an ethereal performance of ‘Venus’, live at Ambient Church
A suitably ecstatic dedication to the healing properties of water.
The team behind Ambient Church describe themselves as “a nomadic experiential event series dedicated to working with artists to bring new ecologies to architecturally unique spaces through transcendent audio and visual performance”.
Taking place across various spaces throughout the US, Ambient Church has hosted a variety of Fact favourites, including Huerco S., Visible Cloaks, Steve Hauschildt, Juliana Barwick, Lawrence English, Yaeji, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Felicia Atkinson, Ellen Arkbro, Christina Vantzou, Suzanne Ciani, Sarah Davachi, Kara-Lis Coverdale and Kelly Moran.