(Glitch, Downtempo, Experimental, IDM) Spoonbill - Tinkerbox - 2015, MP3, 320 kbps

Spoonbill is Jim Moynihan. Is your typical happy-go-lucky musician; a humble bloke kicking along, enjoying what he does and copping his due props along the way. “I started being influenced by my brother who played in bands as a kid,” he says. “My brother was five years older than me. We lived in the country, a little past Hurtsbridge. He rehearsed with his band and I was around the scene with those sorts of musicians from a young age.” It was the drums that seemed to capture his attention though and Jim developed a sort of liking for drums and rhythm. “So then I went to play in a few bands myself and then moved into using samplers with more traditional band formats,” he explains.

Spoonbill’s latest album is like nothing he has done before - yet it also seems like a natural evolution of his signature quirky glitch-funk, genre-defying style. The album glides from beat-less sound art, to dub infused rhythms, exotic melodia and downbeat grooves. Pretty and uplifting jazz inspired crescendos are juxtaposed with quirky idiosyncrasies but also spiked with a smattering of dark moments. As the name suggests, this is a collection of tracks that he has been tinkering with for many years, recording artists as he has toured extensively, weaving and manipulating the vast array of recorded tones into refreshing new compositions. At times the music pulls back to reveal a cinematic sensibility, reflective at time, often playful and endlessly inventive.