Avoidance Arrives!!!

 

"The tracks often skirt the baroque, usually to lean back into a casual register. There’s a lot of space in the songs, making the record a low-key listening luxury." 

Philip Brophy - The Wire Oct 2021 

 

 

 

THE ROAD TO AVOIDANCE

 

Soft Records · The Letdown

Soft Records · Thank You For Your Help - by Geoff Kevin

In Transit arrives!

The beautiful, new, album by Purdy, In Transit, has made it back from the presses.
This is Purdy's sixth album, which continues his outbound trajectory of sonic discovery.
With this album Purdy has utilized a live organic, intuitive approach, as he did with 2012's Illumination, but here there is stronger form and brighter colours. Six wonderful journeys with Purdy's classic cinematic and progxotic style.
Purdy has used comparatively few record samples for this release, with his field recordings being a prominent part of the samplogical extravaganza. 
All the instruments are played by him, except for those played by his extra special guests, Jim Denley - sax and flute, Simon Ferenci - trumpet, Amanda Stewart - voice and Peter Hollo - cello. Additional vocals Matt Leigh and John Kent, as well as a great many critters.
Mastering by William Bowden and Layout by Dale Harrison.

Order the CD and Download  through MGM Dist. or at your favorite funky retailer and downloader.


We are launching In Transit on the 5th of October at Radio Free Alice 
With it's official release on the 6th of October through MGM Distribution 

The Story So Far

Body Variations is off to a lovely start. 
The album has received some beautiful reviews, as well many radio features, including: Tim Ritchie's 'Sound Quality', on ABC RN and Andre Calman's 
'The Space Inbetween' on 2SER, Presenting the album in full. 
There were also special features on 'The Art of Bleep' on 3PBS and Jonathon Alley's 'Under the Sun' on 3RRR.

3RRR's current Top 10  

Body Variations arrives!

At last! the new Purdy LP 'Body Variations' has arrived.

Body Variations is a suite, a single work, a song cycle with a reoccurring theme.

A luscious soundtrack to your own private cerebral cinema.

Purdy takes his own progxotic sound techniques to even greater heights with this beauty.

The listener is taken, over the 40 and a bit minute journey to lands of calm, exhilaration, 

beauty, darkness, rocking shapes and signatures bathed in many colors.

This good lookin', chunky, loud, limited edition LP is all yours to have and hold.
It sounds amazing too!

You can buy it through Bandcamp, as well as Title (around the country), Pigeon Ground, Egg Records, Revolve and Red Eye in Sydney. In Melbourne you'll find it at Title and Round and Round Records.

Body Variations is also available as a download through Bandcamp, iTunes and so on.

Australian artist Purdy has just made his 5th solo album entitled 'Body Variations', and it is a song cycle without lyrics. Beguiling and straight forward, it is in the actual time it takes to listen to the whole piece that you find the complexity and treats that make it really worthwhile.

Tim Ritchie ABC RN

Soft Records · Gravity - by Purdy

New Purdy track on New Weird Australia Broadcast Four

The wonderful folks at New Weird Australia (formerly of FBi FM fame) and Feral Media have released the 4th release in their radio broadcast series.
This latest mix includes a 'live on the radio' version of the track "First Light Through Mist" by Kevin Purdy, from the 'Illumination' LP.
You can download the album for free at Bandcamp

August Update

Things have been moving along nicely for our latest release Illumination by Kevin Purdy.

It's been getting some lovely exposure by fine folks such as: Tim Ritchie (Sound Quality Radio National), Paul Gough (Quiet Space Radio National), Peter Hollo (Utility Fog FBi), Evan Carr (Art of Bleep PBS), Stu Buchanan (NWA FBi), Adrian Meade (4ZZZ) and Dr Strange Dub (Echo Chamber KFAI Minneapolis US). Most of these presenters have put up podcasts of their programs.

Check the reviews section for additional niceness.

As mentioned before, lots of new projects on the way.

We've put this track up for free for a while - Enjoy