Monday 8th September, 2025
Aarti Jadu joins NM with new single ‘op.1 ādam’ following ensemble appearance at Soft Centre festival
In conjunction with last week’s incendiary ensemble performance at Eora/Sydney’s acclaimed Soft Centre festival program alongside Klein, Team Rolfes, Robin, Fox, Ryoji Ikeda, Malibu and more, we’re pleased to announce Aarti Jadu will release her second full length ‘SICFWYLF’ album on NM in 2026.
This is marked by the release of ‘SICFWYLF’s first single later this month, entitled ‘op.1 ādam‘ and features contributions from Mildlife’s Adam Halliwell, Emma Ovenden and Aviva Endean.
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Monday 8th September, 2025
Simon J Karis releases new album ‘Smashed Platitudes...’ and continues national gig run with Bonnie Mercer
Last week, we announced this drastic left turn released 24th September, jammed up with writing, utterance and yes even some singing from NM label head Simon J Karis following some notable 2024 output, including collaborative projects with Actress (UK) and Andrew Chalk (UK).
Karis this time flings us the first documentation of his ongoing live performance project ‘Smashed Platitudes’, a rough-hewn collage of recordings on stages and in hotel rooms across Australia - a constant work in progress, auditing itself in real time in front of intimate audiences.
His creative process in these takes is indeed a collage approach in itself; a fractured and intuitive rearranging of concrète recordings captured in travelogue, some particularly jagged synthesis and lashings of noise interruptions to break up this constant jawing; because most notably, Karis’ voice is the constant thread throughout; we hear him speaking clearly and closely, sometimes wilfully obscured and surprisingly, often singing. His words are chosen immediately before us in the workspaces we’re let into, through automatic writing, both as pen on paper and incanted into the air.
See poster below for his visit to Hobart/Nipaluna this week with touring partner Bonnie Mercer, DM/email us for location detais.
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Monday 8th September, 2025
Tina Stefanou plays Soft Centre festival following the release of ‘You Can’t See Speed’ & ACCA exhibit, vinyl manufacturing delays
After an incredible weekend at Soft Centre in which we saw a stunning A/V collaboration with Kirby Casiili and Eek, plus her landmark main exhibit at ACCA earlier in the year, Stefanou is having a huge year in 2025.
Thanks for your patience on the significant maanufacturing delays for the gatefold LP edition of ‘You Can’t See Speed’, which you can hear in full below exclusively at Bandcamp and Nina Protocol (no major services for this release). The current updated ETA is late October/early November 2025.
‘You Can’t See Speed’ is the highly affecting, often commanding audio recordings used in the films and installations presented at Stefanou’s ACCA exhibit.
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Thursday 10th July, 2025
Following Stefanou's main exhibit run at ACCA which wrapped up in June, with an unforgettable performance to celebrate, the arresting audio taken from 'You Can't See Speed' is now widely available.
Please note that there has been a significant delay with vinyl shipping from the manufacturer and we will now begin shipping orders on this item from late August, if not earlier.
In the meantime, listen to this bandcamp exclusive release of sung experience, scarily dedicated to its internal crypticisms and commanding vocal performance. A truly spectacular act of mercurial cross-pollination between people and platforms.
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Friday 6th June, 2025
Please join us at 3pm, Saturday 7th June at ACCA Melbourne for a special one off performance, to both conclude Stefanou's main exhibit run, whilst celebrating the announcement of this deluxe gatefold vinyl LP release of arresting audio taken from 'You Can't See Speed'.
Joining Stefanou for tomorrow's performance are vocalist and multiinstrumentalist Lisa Salvo, bassist and composer Joseph Franklin and horn ensemble Brass Commons, comprised of Callum G'Froerer, Tristan Rebien, Tristram Williams, Sarah Henderson and Sophie Spencer.
Register for free entry to this event via the ACCA Melbourne website to secure your entry.
Preview and preorder the album release here.