The Music MATTador, weekly report, Moods Photography, Greg Dries

Again, The MATTador has astounded me with his introduction to another fabulous artist who without him I/we may never have discovered, hope you enjoy as much as I have...

Cheers Greg

The Music MATTador...............

There is a band that I cant wait to tell you all about but it must wait for just one more week as I have a mission to complete here on my journey down the track known as the slightly obscure.

While my musical tastes have yet to fully embrace the intriguing world of opera I do completely appreciate these people's ability to produce noise that is somewhat unbelievable!

I have recently embraced an artist that resembles what I would call 'as close as it gets' for me when it comes to opera.

'AUSTRA' is a solo project started by Katie Stelmanis (who's middle name is Austra, the 'Latvian Goddess of Light'), that evolved into a three piece (Maya Postepski and Dorian Wolf), the Canadian group formed only last year and released their debut album last week titled 'Feel it break'. The aptly titled LP combines dark and almost dream like melodies warped into soft, subtle beats that create a magical carpet ride of an album.

Katie's voice totally dominates the song that I have chosen and introduces the listener to her incredible gift. This song and the album as a whole, leaves no question that if she had chosen opera no one could have second guessed her decision, luckily for us she didn't. Katie, the song writer of the group has written an album that is quite different to almost anything else I have heard this year and goes some of the way to blur the lines between opera and popular music. After ten years of writing her debut is spectacular and sure to rate highy in many critics top albums of 2011.

To fully appreciate the quality of this song I recommend that you download the song from the link (for free - thankyou Triple J - I Love You) and play it through the best speakers you have available rather than your computer.

Please enjoy....................................................... The Music MATTador.


http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/ - half way down the page on the right hand side you will find the free music header, below that is 'Austra - Lose It' download for free and enjoy forever...