All India Radio
Album Review: ‘Premonition K’ is another luminescent chapter in the mystical, fantastical world of Kilbey/Kennedy (Steve Kilbey from The Church and Martin Kennedy from All India Radio).
When you put together the incredible musical skills of songwriter/multi instrumentalist and producer Martin Kennedy and the vivid and unbounded imagination of the legendary Steve Kilbey, you get something far greater than the constituent parts in Kilbey/Kennedy. Seemingly forming part of a triptych with earlier collaborations ‘Jupiter 13’ and ‘The Strange Life of Persephone Nimbus’ …
Meet: We chat to Martin Kennedy (All India Radio, Kilbey/Kennedy, Observers) about recording, heavy metal, and collaborating with Steve Kilbey (The Church)
Martin Kennedy has a had a long and impressive career in music. He was given a guitar with four strings at the age of fourteen, made up his own chords and eventually formed Melbourne band Pray TV, releasing 5 albums and touring the US, before forming All India Radio and collaborating with other musicians such …
Album Review: Gareth Koch and Martin Kennedy (All India Radio) unveil ‘Music In The Afterlife’: a contemplative journey into an ethereal universe.
Both Martin Kennedy and Gareth Koch have created some stunning collaborations separately with The Church’s Steve Kilbey in the past years, and it is not surprising that the two Hobart residents have leaned over the garden fence in the southern capital with a cup of sugar and some music files to work together. The result …
Album Review: Steve Kilbey (The Church) and Martin Kennedy (All India Radio) are Kilbey/Kennedy and they combine forces again to weave their aesthetically jaw-dropping sci-fi sonic magic.
Steve Kilbey (The Church) and Martin Kennedy (All India Radio) separately produce some of the most stunning music coming out of Australia in their various guises. Kilbey – so prolific in 2021 – has been relatively quiet recording-wise this year while touring extensively, both solo and with The Church as well as finalising the new …
Premiere: The magical All India Radio unveils shimmering new instrumental ‘Beginning Part 1’ along with news of nineteenth album ‘The Generator of All Infinity’.
The world of Martin Kennedy’s All India Radio is one of mystical sounds and visions that reflect a retro sci-fi world; rich, lush, shimmering sonic architecture that transports you to another universe, another dimension. The astonishing layered nuanced sounds are accompanied by videos and graphics that evoke this strange and alien metaverse. We are therefore …
Premiere: Ambient magician All India Radio broadcasts another elegant slice of magnetic electronica in ‘Longevity’, featuring MANNERISMS and Emily Hopkins
We are absolutely over the moon to premiere for Backseat Mafia today the new slice of ambient magic from Martin Kennedy ‘s celestial All India Radio. The single, ‘Longevity’, showcases Kennedy’s capacity to collaborate with some of the most exciting musicians around (witness his collaboration with The Church’s Steve Kilbey ‘Jupiter 13‘ which in my …
Track: All India Radio emits another bright ray of sunshine with the shimmering atmospheric track ‘El Cielo’
Martin Kennedy’s All India Radio released the magnificent album ‘Afterworld’ earlier this year and it still resonates with a shimmering and haunting aura – read my effusive review here. All India Radio has now released a new single from this epic album, ‘El Cielo’, with maestro Gareth Koch on board. Gareth Koch is a multi-talented …
Album Review: All India Radio emanates waves of glorious, glittering signals with the immersive ‘Afterworld’
There is a mesmerising aura to All India Radio‘s absolutely magnificent album ‘Afterworld’ that spills forth a series of incredible beautiful moments that glitter and shine. This is an album that immediately send you into a blissful reverie with its quiet, ambient movements that are emotional and affecting. The album is a connecting whole – …
Track: All India Radio unveils the mesmerising single ‘Deep Blue (ft Sasquin)’ and announces new album ‘Afterworld’
All India Radio‘s Martin Kennedy is the musical genius behind the magnificent Kilbey/Kennedy album ‘Jupiter 13’ reviewed by me last month. Already a strong contender for album of the year from me. While responsible for the shimmering instrumentation behind Steve Kilbey’s evocative vocals in this release, Kennedy’s main day job is in All India Radio …