“Over the last year, whilst I’ve been feeling creatively inspired, I’ve also often been feeling quite overwhelmed by the state of the world. Sometimes those two feelings feel very at odds with each other. Also, as I’ve been touring in different cities, I’ve become fascinated with their different approaches to handle growth, climate change & gentrification.
megacity1000 is a concept dance album that acts as an advertisement for a fictional ultra – modern city that could miraculously solve all these problems.
My partner and I spent two months over summer building a cardboard city from scratch and we shot the visuals for the al bum in this miniature city. We were heavily influenced by Playtime by Jacques Tati (1967) and Metropolis by Fritz Lang (1928) , as well as following along with what’s happening with The Line getting built in Saudi Arabia.
It feels important to me that dance music & djing can exist as an escape from constant overwhelm & negative feelings, but it was also interesting to find a way to bring these concepts into my music as well. ” ~ 1tbsp
Stream: https://bfan.link/megacity1000
Upcoming Shows:(tickets)
Saturday, September 14th-Warehouse 25, Brisbane
Thursday, September 19th–24 Moons, Melbourne
Friday, September 20th-24 Moons, Melbourne
SOLD OUT
Saturday, September 21st-Civic Underground, Sydney
Socials:
https://www.facebook.com/1tbsp.dj
https://www.instagram.com/1tbsp.dj
https://www.tiktok.com/@ma.xwell.b
Credits:
Written &Produced by Maxwell Byrne
Co-Writers include cherry chola, Ninajirachi, Mietze Conte, Beaks, Doug Wright, Reichert Noé
Mixing by Doug Wright
Mastering byRyan Schwabe
Artwork by PaulaGrenouille
Press Photos byJames Caswell
About:
1tbsp is andance/house project from Australian Grammy Award Nominated artist Maxwell Byrne (akaGolden Vessel), which has a sound that can be likened to a mix between MuraMasa, Four Tet,Jamie xx&Rosalia