The weather lately in Australia has been a little on the hectic side, as for the past few weeks we've had a large amount of bushfires hit close to home & with the thought of it not entirely being Summer quite yet it has got us all feeling a little nervous.
Last week it got as close to the bushland area that's near Sydney Metropolitan, which had everyone in my office glued to the TV as last Wednesday they upped the fire levels to Catastrophic. (scary stuff) What's even scarier is it still hasn't completely been defeated & the firies/volunteers are all still hard at work.
If you felt like you wanted to contribute/donate or help in some way to whats been happening & just wasn't sure where best to go I've found a link that gives you many different organisations who are doing their best to make things easier here
It's crazy to believe that also in the next few weeks Summer will soon start but Spring has still been a strange one, the past few weeks it's been hot, but strangely with a cool breeze. We've also been experiencing some pretty amazing sunsets where the sun is basically a big red or big bright orange coloured fireball in the sky.
With Summer also coming up there's been a few new songs that have been released to go along nicely with the warmer weather. So this week's track is another hot one especially when I heard that these two artists were collaborating on not just one but a few tracks in a collective EP (I did a little dance on the spot!) Check it out below:
This week's track felt appropriate to me as I have always seen Australia as "Paradise". With harsh weather conditions, droughts, flooding, scary insects & deadly animals across our land but despite all of those things the land we share is a great thing of beauty.
Paradise is the first track off collaborated EP Raka created by The Presets & Golden Features. Raka has now fully released as of last Friday 15th November. But Paradise hit the airwaves sneakily as of early October.
I've been a fan as long as I can remember of the Presets, they formed in 2003 & are part of one of my favourite record labels Modular Records. Both Julian Hamilton on vocals & Kim Moyes on drums/keyboard are a pair of leading electronic dance legends who partially are responsible for the dance scene we have today in Australia. Golden Features equally has contributed to the dance scene we have today, but coincidently gained influence from The Presets when he was 17. The collab began organically as one of Golden Features first Eps was a remix of The Presets No Fun. Golden Features was totally stoked when The Preset became in contact with him a few months ago to collaborate musically.
The tracks on the RAKA Ep are;
1. RAKA 2. PARADISE 3. CONTROL 4. THE END
What is interesting about the above track is that both The Presets & Golden Features have contributed to the musical journey of Australian Dance music & this song perfects that vision. What a dreamy collaboration & what a banger! Hope you like it as much as I do!
Have a great week!
Cheers
Amy