Spacecadet Lullabies

Thanks for supporting Spacecadet Lullabies this last year. I am taking a little break over Xmas, but looking forward to playing at St Kilda Festival in Feb.

I’ve hunkered down in the studio the last few months, working on the next album, which I’m excited about! It’s sounding quite different to the last, with lots of different instruments and ideas.

I’ll play some new tracks at the St Kilda gig. See you next year!

Spacecadet Lullabies at 303 in Northcote

Big thanks to everyone who came down to the Cambrian Explosion CD Launch on the 5th of June.  The Cambrian Explosion put on an amazing show, and are super nice blokes. You can check them out here.

Review Of Ghost Songs by Mark Knevett

Thanks to Mark at the AU review for the kind words about Ghost Songs. Here is an excerpt from the review from March 1st 2011:

“The sum of Ghost Songs’ individual parts is an album that, while thematically and instrumentally varied from track to track, lives and breathes to its own unique pulse. While the subjects of the individual tracks are entirely ambiguous, the common denominator that binds them is clear as day; Lewin’s influence as both producer and, more importantly, a writer, is as unmistakable as his self-control and his passion. Ghost Songs unravels as an off-kilter mechanical entity that flourishes (and is juxtaposed) by the warmth that only human touch can bring.”

You can read the rest here at the AU Review website.

It took me about three years to write, record and release Ghost Songs. Trying to manage my time between working 9-5 , playing in bands, and general life stuff didn’t leave much spare time for long, focused creative stretches.

So finally, the day after the launch at Loop Bar in September, I woke up around midday, jammed a few kilos of chocolate into my mouth and sank into the couch exhausted.  Serious coffee couldn’t coerce any of my last six neurons to work. I decided to bum around for a few days, relax, and try to re-start my head. After about 20 minutes of catatonically staring into my navel, my buddy Estelle rang to tell me that she had heard my name mentioned  on  the radio and that I had won something. After a bit of scrounging around on the internet, I discovered that I had won a major band prize for subscribing in the Triple R radiothon. The prize was an Implant media voucher that would cover the printing of my next CD. The voucher is valid for a year. Which meant I had to start on a new album pretty much right away. I got off the phone, dragged my flabby bum back into the studio and started writing some new tunes. Looking back, I realised I had about  20 minutes break between finishing the last album and starting the next one. Thanks Triple R, now I won’t have time to start my David Hasselhoff tribute band.

So yep, there is a new Spacecadet Lullabies album on the way and most likely due September /October 2011. I’m really excited about how it is sounding and it is very different from Ghost Songs. More info and sneak peaks coming soon.

Plus, a new project is on the boil. I’m currently writing music for a contemporary dance performance  with sisters Eliza and Abbey Mitchell. More info in the coming weeks!

Check out Eliza’s breaking. I’m really excited about this and no, fortunately for the world, I won’t be busting out any of my bodgy dance moves.

Here is a free download. It is another live recording from the Ghost songs Launch. It is a mix up improvisation of three of the tracks from Ghost Songs. Enjoy.

Oh yeah, and there’s a Spacecadet Lullabies gig coming up soon too……….

It’s been a great week for Spacecadet Lullabies.

A Special Guest………..

Check out the new live footage of special guest Dyl Thomas, free-styling on my track Green Drop at the Ghost songs launch. Dyl Thomas is an one half of the band Polo Club and is easily my favourite Australian MC.

Ragin’…….

It’s pretty funny and weird pretending to grow up.
I remember being a kid and watching Rage on ABC TV. My brother and I would sit transfixed by our favourite video clips. When there was a clip on that we didn’t like, we would fill the time by bashing each other for 3 minutes until the next song came on and then we’d decide whether to continue killing each other or if a truce was in order because a good video was on. We would repeat this weekly ritual, as the count down to the number one song of the week took place. The result either brought furious outbursts of disbelief or fists pumping into the air in victory as our favourite band would ascend to Number One pop glory.

Early last Saturday morning, the clip for Tali Meets Mr Ricketts aired for the first time on Rage. I’m pretty excited and grateful. Thanks heaps to the Rage crew and to K+K+P who made the clip. I wonder if my brother and I were watching this clip 20 years ago, if he’d have me in a headlock…….

Chillin’…..

SBS has a new digital radio station called SBS Chill playing cool down-tempo electronica. Big thanks to Trevor for playing sone of my tracks this month. You can listen to the station right here, and if you’re not chilled and blissing out within 5 minutes, I’ll be really really angry at you.

Hello Buddies!

This photo essay about the Burning Man Festival by Charmaine Robbins aired on ABC’s Art Nation last Sunday, and it features my track, Dalat. Check it out!

Hey all,

Here are some video highlights from the launch.

The night turned out great. I was really lucky to have an amazing crew involved and thanks to everyone who came!

The first tune on the video is a new ditty called The Bear Is Your Friend, and features Tali Gal-on playing guitar. It’s kind of a postcard soundtrack to the time Tali came face to face with a black bear in Yosemite National Park. Tali designed the Ghost Songs CD cover,  and also happens to be my very much better half.

The second tune on the video is Chinderah. It features the phenomenal Nick O’Byrne on Vibraphone. Nick also appears on a couple of tracks on the album. If you like the track, you can download this live version in the blog post below.

The visuals were improvised live by the lovely Eugenia Lim. Thanks Eugenia!

More videos coming soon.

Big thanks to everyone who came down to the Ghost Songs album launch at Loop Bar. We had a great night.

Here is a live recording of Chinderah from the Spacecadet Lullabies album launch. It features the incredible Nick O’Byrne on vibraphone and is yours to download for free. Enjoy!

There will be some video footage and extra bits and bobs appearing on this site over the next few weeks. Stay tuned…..

Ghost songs is now available on iTunes. but for people who like physical copies, you can buy them from this site.

Cheers

Matt

Hey all!
Here is the new clip for “Tali Meets Mr Ricketts”

Big thanks to Chris and Maia from Kick Kick Punch for making it all happen with their spirit fingers.

Ghost songs is now available for pre-sale for cosmonauts who love the sweet smell of digipacks. Otherwise, the album will be available to download on itunes on the 6th of September.

Just over a year ago, I met Melbourne filmmaker Chris Pahlow ( K+K+P ) on the closing night of the Melbourne International Animation Festival. After few meetings over the course of the year, Chris and Maia Tarrell were kind enough to offer to make me a video clip for a track off the new album. The tune is called “Tali Meets Mr Ricketts”.

The clip was shot on the 25th of July. It was an eighteen hour shoot.  Thanks to Jemma Clark from the Helen Gory Galerie, the K+K+P crew and some great buddies of mine ( aka The Blue Steel Extras ).

Stay tuned, you’ll be able to see the clip early September.

Big thanks to Ryan Humphreys for the photos from the shoot.

Nick O'Byrne. The most handsome man in ye olde Melbourne town.