<p><span><span><span>- Naarm/Melbourne-based, Indonesian producer </span><strong>Rino Darusman</strong><span> (that’s </span><em>Ree-no</em><span>, if you were wondering), has been hard at work over the last couple of, highly locked down years. Only debuting his first track back in 2020, what began as essentially chillout music or, as he put it, “</span><em>dance floor with close friends, sunny day headphones music</em><span>”, has become steadily bolder, more beat focused and complex.

<p><span><span><span>- I don’t know if you remember the old </span><strong>Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy</strong><span> song, </span><em>Music &amp; Politics</em><span>. It’s </span><strong>Michael Franti </strong><span>all weighed down with the blues of a life lived for activism and music-making, often at the expense of other priorities. It’s not really a surprise to be reminded of that when listening to the new record by Emma Volard.

<p><span><span>- Hi readers, your captain speaking. This is a pre-boarding announcement for the review of local musician and composer Andrew Tuttle’s (Tutts as he is more affectionately known) new album <em>Fleeting Adventure</em>, with service from Meanjin/Brisbane to ‘Cosmic Australiana’ and stopovers in ambient country and experimental folk. I ask that you strap yourself in, open your ears for listening, mind to spirituality and heart to feeling.