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Deneka
From the bustling Djilang, hails Deneka, bursting back onto the scene with wolfy powerchords, proggy riffs and the inescapable penchant for dainty folk-revival-esque fingerpicking. Paired at indulgent lengths with lyrics of romantic adventure and the allure of mysticism, Deneka plays delicious jams with the intention of everyone within earshot bobbing along.
Inspired by the droney Pink Floyd sound and the raw thrash of Wolfmother and Black Sabbath, not to mention the freakish obsession with the sound of organs of every kind, Deneka bounds from one to the next with the subtlety of a brick on a charcuterie board. Deneka stars Raamii on bass, Matt Barber on guitar and synth, and Milo Emmanuel driving it all home with romping percussion, jamming out to songs written by Jordan Deneka, who plays guitar and sings, that borrow imagery from literary classics and religious iconography.
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raamii
From Geelong’s best busker as a teenage-songwriter, raamii is now an adult expert in sound and art production. Known for their nostalgia-tinged drama-heavy long form works like ‘Wings’ and ‘In the Sun’, the running thread in the 3 studio albums they’ve produced is built on 3 pillars: authenticity, experimentation and improvisation. On nylon and chorus, raamii trailblazes the east coast with their acoustic experimental pop tune set up to all all sorts of stages, from the Melbourne Recital Center to your back yard and beyond.
After signing to Coup de Cloud Recordings in 2025 they produced Deneka’s 3 witches studio album and live oratorio, while working on Translucid’s debut independent album ‘From the Rocks we Watch the Waves’. Now they’re working away on a string of raamii releases starting with ‘Lately I’ve been Breaking Down’. Since raamiis car broke down a week before the oratorio in Djilang, they’ve been sleeping on Tom’s couch on Boonwurrung country, arranging for raamii6, Jessi Forde-Johnston and Coodeez. raamii's current set rocks most ‘chill’ audiences as well as focused audiences keen for a journey of radical authenticity through psychedelic, soulful inquiry.
Milo Emmanuel
Milo Emmanuel (Djilang/Naarm) tunes into the pockets of noise enveloping all of us, boldly exploring their depths in a rooted, necessary way. Scurrying through patchwork pockets of papers, coins and bottle caps, Milo has cocooned an evocative electronic rock sound that tugs the body to move. They aren’t shy of grit, finding rhythmic crunch in a faint clatter of dice, scraping groans in swing-sets, old socks on headstocks or spoons tapping a cracked coffee cup. Synths that glitter in the sun, guitar lines slip’n’slide among rambunctious arrangements. Jangling keys at the door, cymbals that crash then soap up the edges, textures you could reach out and grab, and warm glitches tickling right up against the ear - all are symptoms to Milo Emmanuel's experimental pop.
