DUNE CASTLE
Independent Record Label — Melbourne, Australia
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RELEASES
Evening News - Cupid’s Plan
Evening News are a Melbourne/Naarm-based human-powered electronic band featuring Dan Rock, Winton Findlay, Christy Wositzky- Jones and Miles Henry. Drawing on the members’ backgrounds across live music and DJing, the group creates instrumental dance music that brings house, nu-jazz, jungle, 2-step and IDM into a live-band setting.
Tony Soprano Band - Downtempo 1
Tony Soprano Band is an instrumental project recorded and released via Dune Castle Records, centred around live improvisation, collaboration, and the studio as an instrument. Operating as a rotating cast of musicians, the project is shaped within the Dune Castle environment.
Blademasters
Blademasters is a new Melbourne instrumental project formed by Patrick Ryan (Cantrips) and Lachlan Stuckey (Surprise Chef).
Robbie Belchamber
A reflective suite of nylon-string meditations, shaped by Melbourne’s waterways and changing seasons.
Evening News
An ethereal and driving suite of instrumental electronica, crafted for restless dance floors and reflective nights.
Dune Castle
A break-heavy acid western soundtrack to an imaginary martial arts epic - psychedelic, cinematic, and bombastic.
Cantrips
Two heaving, psychedelic funk odysseys - raw, explosive, and cut live in a single day.
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DCAS009
This is a pre-order. The record is released and will ship on Friday 6th November
Evening News return with Cupid’s Plan, a new EP shaped by two years of live shows, improvisation and the band’s growing fascination with electronic music.
Moving further into the synth-heavy world hinted at on their first release, Cupid’s Plan draws on breakbeats, evolving synths, retro game soundtracks and the energy of the dancefloor. The songs began as live jams and developed through performances in Melbourne and on the band’s first international tour of Japan, before being recorded at Dune Castle and expanded through layers of electronic production.
Balancing the immediacy of a live four-piece with the possibilities of electronic production, Cupid’s Plan captures Evening News at their strangest, most playful and dancefloor-focused yet.
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Includes: Digital download
Edition: Limited to 300 copies
DCASMERCH006
The official Blademasters tee.
Printed on a Heavyweight Pepper Comfort Colours Tee
100% Cotton, soft and breathable
Standard fit, true to size
DCAS008
Tony Soprano Band is an instrumental project recorded and released via Dune Castle Records, centred around live improvisation, collaboration, and the studio as an instrument. Operating as a rotating cast of musicians, the project is shaped within the Dune Castle environment.
Downtempo 1 sits at the intersection of live band interplay and downtempo electronic music. Drawing from the language of breaks, sampling and loop-based composition, every sound on the record originates from live performance. Drums, bass, synthesizers and hardware elements were performed simultaneously, with no fixed arrangements or predetermined outcomes.
Format: 12-inch vinyl
Includes: Digital download
Edition: Limited to 150 copies
Cantrips
A solitary and cinematic suite of psychedelic soul, recorded in exile and shaped by the rain.