Free download: FABULOUS/ARABIA

Fabulous/Arabia is the new collaborative project for New Zealand prodigies Mike Fabulous (The Black Seeds) and James Milne (Lawrence Arabia). The duo's debut album Unlimited Buffet was written over two years between Fabulous' home in Dunedin and Milne's parents house in Christchurch.

Album track 'The Ballad of State Highway 1' is available for free download here:

Free download: DREAM KIT

Melbourne beatmaker Dream Kit (aka Declan Kelly) returns with his latest EP Dune Kit. The title track features on the EP, along with remixes by Geoffrey O'Connor, Rambl and David Evans. Free download here:

Dream Kit will be performing at ACMI in Melbourne on 15 December 2011 as part of the Galactic Nights series.

Free download: PEARLS

I recently saw Melbourne group Pearls play at The Old Bar. The tiny venue was packed early for their set and they pretty much blew me away with their reverb drenched guitars and dark, intense vocals. Get yourself a free download of the title track of their debut 7" release At Home With You here:

Stream: TA-KU

Prolific Perth-based producer and beatmaker Ta-Ku returns with his latest release, the nine track EP NYCLATE. The EP documents Ta-Ku's time spent in New York in early 2011 and features collaborations with fellow beatmakers Chet Faker and Roughsoul. NYCLATE was made in preparation of Ta-Ku's forthcoming album release, which will be out in February 2012 on Paperchain Records.

Stream / purchase Ta-Ku's LATENYC here:

Free download: LOWER SPECTRUM

Lower Spectrum are Melbourne duo Ned Beckley and Patrick Dunn. Their debut EP HHHH "fuses intricate, lush and cinematic instrumental compositions". A free download of the EP is available here: