Michael Atherton - Windshift

Michael Atherton - WindshiftMichael Atherton is a writer, composer and educator from Sydney, Australia. Originally born in Liverpool, England, to Welsh Irish and German parents, his family later migrated to Australia in 1965. Moving to the suburbs in La Perouse, he grew up in a mixed, multicultural community, where he fostered friendships with existing indigenous members and Iberian migrants. His formative migrant experience and his curiosity about vernacular, as well as notated

played in a meditative modal melody

which included Robin Rimbaud (aka Scanner)

Regarding the music

an album where band members and guests were invited to sample moments from their improvisations to make something a bit more coherent and more for the contemporary dance/club scene

) The fast and abrupt swishing sounds were produced by blowing through the flute head only

’Face In The Water’ feels weirdly anthemic with its brash synth chords

Garazi Navas (accordion + voice)

bass guitar and melodica)

Design by Andrea Kearney

improvisations and electronics

basket-head Lewis Prosser handcrafted huge wicker costumes using regional willow basketry techniques

As though Faust