EP.14 April 28, 2025.
Raul and Triana curate their final Sonic Dialog together featuring songs from Daphnie, Bathe, Tamara & The Dreams...
episode 5 with JOY 94.9 Radio
LA based DJ and KCRW radio presenter Raul Campos is joined by Triana Butler (she/they) who is a Radio Trainer at JOY Academy and JOY 94.9 Presenter/Producer of The Sound of Now in the fourth of five episodes of Sonic Dialog.
Raul and Triana, curate their final episode on Sonic Dialog together closing out the fifth and final episode in collaboration with Melbourne's JOY 94.9, sharing songs from the US and Australia featuring songs from Daphnie, Poolside + Satin Jackets, Nat Luna, Bathe, Tamara & The Dreams and Momma.
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Daphnie
Professionally sensitive, Daphnie is the alter ego of Sydney drummer and producer Alistair Hayes.
After finishing a degree in jazz performance, the self proclaimed “jazz nerd” renounced his education in the name of alternative pop, starting his solo project and starring as half of the duo youproblem.
Poolside + Satin Jackets
Poolside is the recording project of producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jeffrey Paradise. Poolside began in a converted Los Angeles backyard pool house in early 2011 when Paradise set out on a low-stakes journey to produce appropriately chill music for summer soirees, a light but danceable kind of music with sunny vibes and liquid rhythm that he dubbed "Daytime Disco".
Since then, Poolside has released five acclaimed albums – Pacific Standard Time (2012), Heat (2017), Low Season (2020), High Season (2021), and Blame It All On Love (2023) – remixed countless high-profile acts such as Billy Idol, Jack Johnson & Milky Chance, Miami Horror, Rhye, L'impératrice and more, and toured the world over for nearly a decade as a formidable five-piece live band, performing at major stages across the globe including Coachella, Outside Lands, Primavera and Corona Capital and supporting marquee artists like LCD Soundsystem, Kacey Musgraves and Tycho.
Satin Jackets, the brainchild of German producer Tim Bernhardt, has been a shining star in the music scene since its inception in 2012. Drawing inspiration from the polished productions of icons like Chic and studio genius Trevor Horn, Tim embarked on a mission to bring back the glamour and sheen of the modern disco era.
Nat Luna
Praised for her magical lyricism and vocal finesse, multi-hyphenate singer, songwriter and producer, Nat Luna stands as a magnetic force.
Born and raised in Adelaide, Australia, her passion for music ignited from a young age, evolving into a love for R&B in her teenage years. A true creative visionary, she transcends and shatters boundaries of the conventional, crafting tracks that speak directly to the soul.
As an artist with a physical disability, Luna's bold and empowering depictions challenge stereotypes and redefine the narrative, offering a powerful and unique perspective in the music landscape. Paired with her sheer honesty and alluring sensuality, Nat makes it hard to look away.
Bathe
On the surface, Bathe’s radiant R&B is as inviting as the waves lapping the shoreline at a five-star tropical resort. But listen closer, and there are shadowy depths within.
Singer-songwriter Devin Hobdy and guitarist-producer Corey Smith-West, who formed Bathe eight years ago while attending the University of Pennsylvania, make music that sounds like a balm for the anxieties of modern life.
This flowing sense of ease contributed to their 2021 debut album Bicoastal drawing in more than 30 millions streams on Spotify. Amid that record’s unhurried grooves, though, were pangs of yearning and desperation that complicated Bathe’s placement in so many chill vibes playlists.
Tamara & The Dreams
Described as ‘Some of Australia’s wittiest lyrics this side of ‘Avant Gardener’ with a Swiftian ability for emotionally gripping storytelling’ by NME, Tamara & the Dreams is the rock star dream of Melbourne’s beloved Tamara Reichman. Born in bedrooms and grown in bandrooms amongst the city’s vibrant music community, Tamara brings effervescent, vulnerable, zeitgeist capturing guitar songs to life through indie rock, jangle pop & alt-folk.
‘Successful Bisexual’ is a song about finally feeling and being yourself, wanting to experience everything, and the anxiety of running out of time. Written on a ferry to a Greek island, a whole life philosophy is contained in the song, about living to the fullest, tasting every flavour youth has to offer. Just as the song was due for release, Tamara was backpacking when her life was upended - her mum suddenly passed away from a brain aneurysm. "So now I have this song about being scared of aging, but now I’m not scared at all anymore".
Momma
Momma is the musical project of Allegra Weingarten and Etta Friedman.
After moving to New York from Los Angeles, the two brought on bassist and producer Aron Kobayashi Ritch, and drummer Preston Fulks, to flesh out their sound.
Produced by Kobayashi Ritch, Momma's new album, Welcome to My Blue Sky, lays bare all of the precious and all of the ugly experiences of falling in and out of love, and the art of keeping secrets.