Compiled by 'transient ambient' group Worlds Only, featuring 24 tracks of post-genre experimentation with debut collaborations, one-off matchups, spin-offs, and rarities.
‘Community’ in experimental music is a nebulous thing. Online, it is sprawling and vaporous; on ground, it can be covert and often short-lived. Tenuous though it may be, a strong and active community is critical for our sustained interest and sustained practice, and is often the balm we need to steady our anxious minds.
As we consider what community means in the common era, we turn to Worlds Only, an itinerant group of artists who celebrate collective creative action. Their presence may seem nascent, but their connections to New Weird Australia stretch back to our genesis, fifteen years ago. Their extended family, represented here, likewise features label community old and new.
This compilation, the 31st in our canon, represents longevity and resilience as much as variation and vigour - delivering the requisite yin/yang for a healthy community, one that exists today and persists tomorrow.
Released June 14, 2024
Compiled by Worlds Only
Mastered by T. Morimoto
Artwork by Alexander Tanazefti
Worlds Only is:
Alister Hill
Darren Lesaguis
Jenny Trinh (Wytchings)
Justin Tam (Tzekin)
Reginald Harris
Thomas William Smith (T. Morimoto)