Albert Salt

Artist info

Genre

Dance, Electronic, Hip Hop, Indie

Sounds like

Massive Attack, Radiohead

band members

Albert Salt - Music. Patrick Dower - Lyricist. Lachie Bubb - Live Drums. Jacob Vuk - Artwork

Influences

Radiohead, Massive Attack, Beck

Website

albertsalt.bandcamp.com/

Bio

Albert Salt is a contemporary musician based in the inner suburbs of Melbourne. Hailing from Hamilton, in country Victoria, the classically trained violinist and pianist credits much of his musical development to the strong foundations laid in his childhood and exposure to new alternative music in his adolescence.

Albert was a Triple J Unearthed High finalist in 2011 and performed in the Parklife Festival of the same year. He has toured with Client Liaison and supported a range of artists, including Kele, Boy & Bear, Jinja Safari, Harts, Safia, Cut off Your Hands, Owl Eyes and Julia Stone.

Salt has a unique approach to solo artistry, collaborating closely with lyricist Patrick Dower, drummer Lachie Bubb and visual artist Jacob Vuk throughout the writing and performance process.

Albert recently released ‘Glass Plains’ – the first single off his upcoming EP – at The Toff in Town. The track, along with his previous releases, can be downloaded for free on his Band Camp profile: https://albertsalt.bandcamp.com/track/glass-plains

Featured Artist

2011

Sep

Albert Salt

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Western Victoria, VIC

Talented young Victorian muso Albert Salt was one of our 2011 Unearthed High finalists and now a Parklife Comp winner - catch him on The Atoll stage at Parklife Melbourne, this Saturday 23rd September.

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Tell us about your music. How did you develop your sound?

I was brought up as a classical violinist and pianist in Western Victoria and had no real exposure to any different types of music apart from the occasional song from the charts. When I started high school in Melbourne, I became very interested in Jazz and 'contemporary' music, I started improvising and started composing some really crap stuff. I remember watching Baz Lurhmann's 'Romeo + Juliet' and hearing the song 'Talk show Host' by Radiohead, I was obsessed with the song for so so long. It was Radiohead that really influenced me and made me start singing in my recordings, and I haven't looked back.

You are one of the winners of our PARKLIFE competition and will be playing PARKLIFE in Melbourne – what are you hoping to gain from the experience?

I still find it incredibly hard to believe that I'm playing! Really I'm just hoping for as much exposure as possible and that people will enjoy the show and my music.

What can PARKLIFE punters expect from the Albert Salt live show?

Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, Violin, Drums and a Laptop. It's going to be the first show I'll be playing with more than 2 people on stage. I'm luckily enough to be joined by Annabelle Hayes (Vocals) and Lachie Bubb (Drums) At this rate I might eventually get a band...

You were also an Unearthed High finalist – what a year? What else has been going on behind the scenes for you this year?

Yeah, I was just talking to a friend today how if someone told me that this was all going to happen this time last year, I wouldn't have believed them. This years main focus was releasing my album 'Dearest Stranger' back in May. It took about a year to finish so I'm glad that it's finally out there. Annabelle and me just got back from the 'Kingdom of Little Empires' gig up in Brisbane where we played with Snakadaktal, Danika Smith and Stonefield, was such a fantastic day and heard some really impressive live music.

What’s coming up for you in the rest of 2011 and looking to 2012?

Well I'm currently working on EP to follow up 'Dearest Stranger' and I'm going to release that at the start of next year, and I'm also working with film maker James Vinson by doing some film scoring on his short films coming up 'Cold Showers' and 'Abraxas' and then a web series thats going to be done next year which I get to make a little cameo in!

Australian music is…?

...undiscovered.

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