Presented By: It Records
Special Guest: Sarah Mary Chadwick

Ned Collette returns to Melbourne to launch his new album ‘Mixed Light', out in Australia on It Records. Featuring a quintet of his closest collaborators – The Necks' Chris Abrahams on piano, Ben Bourke bass, Leah Senior voice, and Joe Talia on the drums – last seen on our shores as part of the monolithic New Rampant Optimism Roadshow at Rising 2025. This will be a chance to see the band more deeply explore material from ‘Mixed Light' and 2024's ‘Our Other History', as well as numbers dating back to his beloved 2006 debut, ‘Jokes & Trials'.

Collette has long established himself as a songwriter whose literate, evocative songs are paired with music that's both adventurous and eclectic. His albums exist inside a dynamic flux of folk, jazz and avant rock, and his songwriting, combined with his early background in improvised and experimental music, has resulted in eight albums of uncompromising vision, released on a variety of international labels. These are produced mostly out of his studio in Berlin, where he has been based since 2010. He has collaborated and shared stages with artists such as Bonnie Prince Billy (who sings on the new album), Cat Power, Bill Callahan, Joanna Newsom, Kurt Vile, and Deerhoof, and appeared at festivals throughout Europe, Australasia, Japan, South America and the USA.

Ned Collette Band, feat. Chris Abrahams, Ben Bourke, Leah Senior, Joe Talia headline

Special guest on the night will be Sarah Mary Chadwick, fellow traveller of the heartworn byways, and whose new record is also not far off...