STAR/TIME

The 7 piece improvisational collective owes as much to electric-period Miles as the garage punk its players came from. Appropriately taking their name from both a James Brown record and a Sun Ra record, STAR/TIME has evolved to its current state merging free psych sonics with no wave, prog jams, funk and fusion to create a vibe alternately hypnotic and disturbing.

https://startime.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Startimesonics

TRANSLUCID

A collective of improvising musicians and composers formed in eastern Naarm (Melbourne) in 2019, their poly-stylistic approach to "spontaneous composition" gives rise to adventurous music with a distinctly human quality, and their skills in multi-instrumentalism and live electronic processing help shape a unique sound.

https://translucid.ju.mp/

https://www.facebook.com/people/Translucid/100025530344648/

THE CHOPS

The Chops is an expansive instrumental band from the hills of Melbourne, serving up fully improvised mix of rare groove, psych, krautrock, space rock, garage jazz and home-brew inspired jam odysseys. An epic telepathic sonic conversation that’s being going for a decade and never stops…

https://thechops.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/thechopsband