#angophora

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angophora sap, sydney

Music For Dreams are proud to present the sophomore LP, Together, by ambient geonauts Angophora. How to describe this Australian duo’s (consisting of Max Santilli and Jacob Fugar) sound when the comments on Bandcamp already do such a perfect job? Music for watching waves; music infused sharply with crushed ants and Eucalyptus; like climbing into one of those gaping holes in a big Mountain Ash that a possum has inhabited with a collection of mid-century synths. I could add to the epithets: ‘soundtracks for turning off your iPhone’ or ‘new age John Fahey’ or something like that but I think you get the point. Angophora’s music is deeply in touch with nature and its correlate moods, in inspiration and in evocation. We’ve got nine tracks of ambient pop, at times probing a sort of jazzy post-rock. Departing the electronically premised sound of their debut, Together finds its footing in more acoustic steppes. The two central figures are the acoustic guitar (played by both) and the percussion (Max) but listen closely and you’ll hear piano, electric guitar, synths and other various bits and pieces drifting around. Guitar figures sailing through unspoiled firmaments. Shaded percussion attending reverbed washes so you can feel the wide open spaces configuring around you. Everything ebbs and flows in gentle layers. It’s balmy, meditative, not to mention totally gorgeous.

Cressida Campbell (Australian, 1960), Angophora, 1997. Watercolour on incised woodblock, 63 x 54 cm.

Dwarf Apple (Angophora hispida)，another tree that blooms in hot summer, native to coastal central NSW. It has a woody base (lignotuber) which allows it regenerates quickly after bushfire.  It can flower within a year after being burnt, a very important food source for post-fire bushland. 

Sydney Red Gum (Angophora costata)，they form beautiful forest on Sydney’s sandstone plateau. They are also perfect street and carpark trees in both Sydney and Melbourne. 

A calming ambient slipstream from Ken Oath-signed Sydney duo Angophora.  Part of our 2019 charity Advent Calendar in aid of War Child. Download & Donate: http://bit.ly/Day15_Angophora All money raised through Bandcamp sales goes directly to War Child, so please give generously.