Old School Australian Electronica

The early nineties was the period in which electronica exploded into the Australian scene. This was a fresh time in Oz music, a lot of proto-electronica bands were experimenting with digital sampling and arranging tracks on computer, they traded in their guitars for Virtual Analogue synths, the synths that made classic-ish synth sounds so much more affordable. Bands like Falling Joys, Single Gun Theory, Severed Heads and Underground Lovers are the bands that stick in my mind from that period.



Oz music had been dominated by traditional rock band setups for ages and the groundbreaking forays that these bands made into an audience not yet accustomed to these kinds of sounds was simply pioneering and inspired. Have a listen to Single Gun Theory's Fall - a fitting entry to a genre of Australian music whose merits have been largely unsung but not forgotten.