Wild Mountains Songs 2022

Songwriters

Ben Ely is a founding member of the Aria award winning band Regurgitator and worked on many other projects including film and tv, Dance, Circus and theatre receiving an AFI and Australian Screen Film award for his work on the feature film Somersault. In recent years he has been a member of the Gold Coast based Dance company known as The Farm working on shows such as TIDE, The Ninth Wave and a show collaborating with Kate Harman called Depthless. His career spans 20 plus years working as a music producer, live performer and visual artist.

Camilla is a Melbourne based singer songwriter who makes up one half of alternative rock duo A Rioting Mind. The band released their first EP Perfect As Strangers in 2017 and 2019 saw the band release their self-recorded and produced debut album Aerial Shot. With a deep love for narrative driven lyrics that paint both big landscapes and intimate reflective moments Camilla spent 2021 recording music for her solo project which she hopes to release singles for in late 2022.

Founder of Wild Mountains Songs, and celebrated songwriter and environmental activist from Brisbane who is a self described “garage-folk” artist. A fluid femininity underpins her one-of-the-boys security blanket vocal punchiness, supported by cleverly angled melodies and re-invented rhythms that lands the listener in a nostalgic jukebox flutter, ready and willing for the next hook. With plenty of songs, gongs, spins and wins under her belt, she keeps life interesting by continually reshaping her work and mixing with new collaborators.

Emmy is best known as the fearless front woman of Brisbane pub-rock, indie-punk band The Cutaways. Emmy has grounded herself in her craft and her classic song writing style for some years now. Her sound teeters between the melodies and hooks of a classic rock tune one minute, but will leave you hanging from the rusty chains of a gritty minor-chord-croon the next. Soulful, and honest to the core.

Emerging from the shadows of Brisbane's northern suburbs comes singer-songwriter, producer, mou. His tracks layer rich emotional vocals and hypnotic guitar melodies that speak to the ebbs and flows of bittersweet nostalgia. For mou music is a way to cope with and find beauty in times of darkness. A way to make peace with the past and find a sense of self in the present. He draws on the beauty and organic warmth of electronic post-indie folk and is likened to artists such as Haux, RY X, Vallis Alps, LANKS and Vancouver Sleep Clinic. Currently working on an array of collaborative projects whilst beginning to showcase his much anticipated live show.

Karen Law is an award-winning, independent folk songwriter from the Sunshine Coast. Beginning her songwriting journey as a traveling musician in the late 1990s she became known on the Australian festival circuit for her well-crafted songs and stories of nomadic life on the road. She took a break to raise three very musical children, but she never stopped writing

Re-launching her music career in 2014, Karen now performs and records with all her children, creating thought-provoking and uplifting songs that bring hope. She was awarded the Alistair Hulett Songwriting Trophy in 2020 for her song Wildflower Woman which features on her recently released fourth album Let the Light Back In.

Matt Somers is an accomplished Brisbane based songwriter known for combining dark themes with catchy and light melodies. Over the past 15 years, he has collaborated with such artists as Andy Gill (Gang of Four), Ben Ely (Regurgitator), Luke Henery (Violent Soho), Simon Ridley (DZ Deathrays), and many more. He has also had a co-written song "Shakeytown" reach number 1 on the 4zzz Hot 100. In 2012 he released a solo album and subsequently toured with Future Islands. These days it's all about jamming and collaborating with like minded artists, having formed 5 new projects in the past 4 years.

Menaka’s music explores the fusion of Indian music with influences from all over the world. While hailing from a musical family deeply rooted in South Indian (Carnatic) music, her unique sound is an intersection of traditional and contemporary, East and West.

Lap slide guitarist and roots troubadour Pat Tierney brings an eclectic and captivating musical experience to everything he touches. Taking influence from the likes of Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, and Ben Harper, Pat's music dances between folk, blues, roots, and soul. A true songwriter and poet, Pat brings an old school approach with modern tales of love, loss, hope, and social justice.

Rohin Jones is a Brisbane based composer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who’s instinctual creativity is inspired by the ever evolving landscape of the human condition. His ability to capture the complexity of our emotional experience and reveal the subtle nuance of the natural world using melody, texture and tone gives his work a sensitivity and authenticity that’s rooted in how it feels to be a person.

Beginning his career as a songwriter and musical director for The Middle East while studying a Bachelor of Music Composition Rohin crafted a body a work that garnered national and International recognition resulting in an ARIA nomination for best album an APRA professional development award and QMA’s best artist award. Beyond that, Rohin focused his attention on writing scores for film and television producing works for The American Ballet Theatre, Dulux and Rapha among others. In 2015 he delivered a feature length score for the documentary Cast from the Storm and continues to produce works currently.

Alongside that role Rohin is deeply invested in developing and producing up and coming artists as a part of Rainbow Valley Records and is scheduled to begin recording new original works early 2022 for the label.

Neighbour is the moniker of singer/songwriter Brisbanite, Ryan Nebauer. Blending the worlds of folk, pop, ambient electronica and pop, he pulls sounds together that can ultimately be stripped back to simple strong acoustic songs that could be played around the campfire. Having released two ep's and an album and only just feeling warmed up, Ryan is playing the long game. He'll be releasing songs until people are using his records as toilet paper - but take note - this will be the best toilet paper people will ever use.

JERM is a wholly independent Australian group that draws inspiration from industrial, gothic, and electronic music to create a sound that is dark and captivatingly beautiful - JERM melds a powerful, unique voice with rich soundscapes and inventive beats to mold an immersive musical experience. While completing the recording and mixing process of their debut record in their home studio, JERM fleshed out their songs with a four-piece band of talented local musicians, creating a huge live sound, already garnering praise and excitement in Brisbane's local music scene.

Sound Engineer 

Darek Mudge is an audio engineer, music producer and studio and electronics technician currently based out of Plutonium Studios in Brisbane. Darek is currently in-house engineer at The Music Farm (Byron Bay) and Plutonium Studios. He has recorded or assisted with albums from Tired Lion, Great Gable, Emma Bosworth, The Flangipanis, Glasshouse, Isabella Merced, McDermot and North, The Cutaways, Matt Corby, Violent Soho and more. He also works alongside producers Wayne Connelly (You Am I, The Vines), Scott Horscroft, Bryce Moorhead, Alex Henriksson and Magoo. 

Video & Photography

Jen seeks out honest, vulnerable moments painted by light. Self described as a fly on the wall, Jen is at the core a candid photographer: letting things play out naturally, she’ll observe and capture an interpretation of these authentic moments. She’s drawn to celebrating all things arts and has been working at cultural festivals around South East Queensland (Woodford Folk Festival, Bluesfest and Yonder Festival). Leading with a calm, gentle approach Jen captures unguarded moments into images that connect with viewers. With a deep appreciation for all things musical, natural and beautiful, a slice of life shines through her images and she’s honoured to share them with you.

Eddie (Evil Eddie) Jacobson is a Brisbane based musician, graphic designer and filmmaker. Best known as the front man for multiple Aria nominated act Butterfingers and has also run his own Graphic Design business (Hairbrain Creative) for the last 5 years providing all design related services from photography, illustration, web design to film, editing and special fx.