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Danny Barwick, Melbourne's acclaimed producer and singer-songwriter, has released his highly anticipated debut album, ILUKA. The album is a vivid cinematic and textural masterpiece, drawing inspiration from the luscious natural surroundings of a tiny fishing village in Northern NSW.
ILUKA is a musical, literary, and cinematic experience that combines neoclassical and folk influences with narrative storytelling. Drawing inspiration from musical heroes including Aldous Harding, Leonard Cohen, Nils Frahm, Bill Callahan, and Nick Cave, the album explores long form narrative storytelling set to gentle piano playing, atmospheric guitar textures, rich string arrangements, and warm woodwinds.
Danny moved to ILUKA in 2019 and spent a year in the village writing music. The ocean and rainforest provided a peaceful and soothing backdrop for his writing. He allowed influences from films and books to enter his music, resulting in longer and more narratively driven songs. "I moved from Melbourne to a tiny fishing village in northern NSW. It's a spot where 1700 people are nestled between a long, windswept coastline and a rainforest that runs right up to the shoreline. I got a job driving the shuttle bus at the local bowls club and wrote music almost daily. I soon saw that having the ocean and forest to myself allowed a gentler, soothing sound to come through. I've been as inspired by films and books as I have been by music, and the more I wrote in Iluka, the more I allowed these influences to come in as well. The songs became longer, more narrative, and as much of a literary and cinematic experience as a musical one. Two years later, I returned to Melbourne to record the music with several of my childhood musical heroes. Then I took these recordings with me as I backpacked around Latin America for a year, finishing material on planes, trains, and buses around the continent," says Danny.
We are thrilled to be working with Danny on ILUKA, which is set to be a breakthrough album for his unique combination of soothing soundscapes and compelling lyrical storytelling set to captivate audiences worldwide.