• Man staring up at the sky surrounded by trees in Sherbrooke Forest

    Twice a year, I take a small group through the basics of sound healing. Aside from the golden rule of crystal bowls (you’re playing too loud. I guarantee it), the other key thing I ask participants to take away with them, is this: don’t listen to anything when

    Published On: 29/01/2026824 words4.2 min readBy
  • IKSRE with Monolina Monochord, with light behind her

    I always assume that you guys all know what IKSRE stands for. And how to say it. But there’s a lot of new people here, so I thought I should explain it to you. It’s also (almost) the 8 year anniversary of me starting to write these ambient

    Published On: 22/01/2026759 words3.9 min readBy
  • Yellow wildflowers against a blue sky in Kakadu National Park

    Happy 2026, my dudes! I know this list is pretty late. But I really wanted to share some of my favourite albums from last year. Some you may already be familiar with, others may be new to you. Either way, I hope you discover (or rediscover) something that

    Published On: 07/01/20261006 words5 min readBy
  • IKSRE on stage with Rhys Newling at Peninsula Hot Springs, behind a movie screen

    we need other people 🫶🏼 Making music on your own can be pretty lonely. Most of the time, I dig it. But sometimes I miss my old days of having bandmates to bounce ideas off. To inspire each other. That’s maybe why last Friday night’s gig at Peninsula

    Published On: 29/12/2025549 words2.8 min readBy
  • Hey ma, I made it into the Augusta Margaret River Times. (listen to the song on Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music Soundcloud - or anywhere else you stream your tunes) xx P  

    Published On: 11/12/202532 words0.2 min readBy
  • IKSRE Expansion (b) North album cover.

    I mean. You release an album called “expansions a” and ya gotta expect that there’s gonna be a part b coming too, right? Correct. The second half of my audio journey around remote, outback Australia is on Bandcamp Preorder, with three songs available now. expansion b (north) is full of my

    Published On: 20/11/2025266 words1.3 min readBy
  • Windmills in a field.

    nostalgia bordertown (nostalgia) is now streaming in all those places you stream stuff. So I thought I’d give some background on the song and where I wrote it. Bordertown is a little town on the border of my home state, Victoria and neighbouring, South Australia. It’s a very

    Published On: 07/11/2025265 words1.3 min readBy
  • Sound bath bowls with mat.

    aka explaining the vagus nerve to kids Yesterday, I was lucky enough to spend half an hour in a roomful of 8 year olds, explaining the nervous system and how sound can influence it. Having just spent a whole weekend teaching adults a similar thing, I spent a

    Published On: 30/10/2025412 words2.1 min readBy
  • Image of a window with rain drops, with tree's in the background.

    looking for signs in the natural world Rain. Soaking the terracotta tiles on the roof, gushing through the downpipes on the side of the house; splashing on the paving in the garden, tickling the leaves of the trees outside my living room window, and creating mini tidal waves

    Published On: 23/10/2025725 words3.6 min readBy
  • IKSRE's Expansion A (South) album cover.

    surprise! written, recorded and produced in our solar powered caravan, during an epic, 20,000km road trip to some of the wildest, most remote places in Australia. More words on it here on my Substack. expansion a (south) is on Bandcamp presale now, with three singles available now. karijini

    Published On: 05/10/2025112 words0.6 min readBy
  • Phoebe Dubar playing a sound bath.

    win a sound bath at your place - anywhere in the world Yep. Anywhere in the world. If you’re in Naarm/Melbourne*, I’ll come to you with my gongs, bowls, chimes, drums and voice and do a 60min sound bath for as many people can comfortably fit into your

    Published On: 20/09/2025143 words0.7 min readBy

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