WILLOW BEATS

Sat. 17 Dec, 2016 at 8:00pm AWST
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WILLOW BEATS

Hooch Presents Willow Beats


In the ever-evolving electronic music industry, Willow Beats - the Melbourne-based uncle-niece partnership of Narayana Johnson and Kalyani Mumtaz - have commanded a heap of attention with their distinctive, other-worldly tunes. Mysterious mystics bursting with dreamy beats, singer Kalyani’s heavenly siren call dialogues with Narayana’s dark/light electronica dichotomies to stunning result.


Growing up in the stunning natural forest of the Tweed Valley, the duo spent their childhoods surrounded by nature and wildlife, swimming in creeks and waterfalls; a free-spirited lifestyle that’s always been the cornerstone of their mystical-sounding productions. Willow Beats’ music is rich in fantasy, mystery, and the stories of Hare Krishna folklore.


Winning triple j’s Parklife Festival Unearthed Competition back in 2011 took them from bedroom beatmakers to recognized names, aided by the release of their first self-titled EP in 2012 - listeners really fell in love with the duo’s dreamlike dance beats and Kalyani’s hypnotizing vocals. 2014 saw the duo sign to Pilerats Records, and release a strong sophomore release by way of their Water EP, that received massive triple j radio and media support, with the lyrically captivating lead single Merewif having received a massive 1.5 million plays to date.


With their long hair, barefeet, wild dance moves, exotic get-ups and energetic live presence, Willow Beats quickly became darlings of the live circuit – in 2015 they delighted audiences at festivals Beyond the Valley, Strawberry Fields Festival, Lost Paradise, Wonderland Perth, and The Big Top, as well as nailing a national headline tour in support of their Water EP.


2016 has been spent in the studio, where the duo have been writing new songs, and evolving their music, and live show, to a whole other level. The enigmatic duo have emerged at the tail end of 2016 with a stunning new production, Dvaraka Pt. II (pronounciation: dwah-r-kah) - a melancholic yet uplifting, tropical-house leaning single.  The new single has already received widespread support, and has been added to triple j rotation.


Willow Beats can also share that they’ve finished a new body of work, and have enlisted the mastering skills of Grammy/ARIA-nominated engineer and producer Andrei Eremin, whose worked with Chet Faker, Hiatus Kaiyote, Ta-Ku, Japanese Wallpaper and more. New material witnesses Willow Beats moving towards a more musically complex sound; one that’s rhythmically diverse and harmonically intricate.


The two are currently touring the nation as part of Listen Out Festival, with more shows to follow this summer.


Stream Dvaraka Pt. II now: Apple Music | Spotify | iTunes: 


https://WillowBeats.lnk.to/DvarakaIIEM

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Jimmy's Den 69 James St
Northbridge, WA 6003