Breathe In has some of the expected tropes of an Australian producer (read, “the Australian sound”™) including obligatory female feature vocalist delivering whispy vocal part but it’s probably not so far played out as to be problematic, especially since it’s actually a rather lovely vocal part indeed. He’s had a few musical moments over the past year that weren’t entirely his own including his rather excellent Godwolf remix from midway through the year but this one finally sees the Japanese Wallpaper moniker riding solo atop a repeat played soundcloud player for the first time this year. It’s a effort of extreme restraint that doesn’t allow itself a pavlovian drop where plenty of other Australian laptop-jockeys give in. A work of measure and metered patience, rich with atmospherics and blended organic/inorganic sounds.

 

So, in the same week that the a cashed up, major label distributee won the indie label award, that a (probably just as cashed up) Flume cleansed the indie beatguy award and that I discovered that my stomach doesn’t get on well with wasabi peas, try this: the unassuming but finely crafted handiwork of an up and coming Melbourne sort. He also gets extreme bonus points for cottoning me onto this not Australian but no less brilliant track below.

 

via Tommy Faith @ Sound Doctrine Australian Music Blog