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Mo'Ju's new era Mar 17, 2023

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Mo’Ju is a shapeshifting artist. Over more than a decade, they’ve explored different sounds, stories and scenes… forever disrupting our expectations. Their new album is Oro, Plata, Mata. It’s a concept record based in cycles, and very much rooted in Mo’Ju’s sense of self and where they’re headed.

A week out from it’s release, Mo’Ju joined me to Take 5 and explore this new era. Take 5 sings when my guest embraces the theme. And Mo’Ju did that, lacing in some extraordinary pieces of music with the fabric of where their head has been at, in making something new. From Tyler the Creator to Ngaiire to Nessun Dorma, this is an invitation into Mo’ju’s musical heart.

Tyler The Creator - Igor’s Theme
Milan Ring - Keep Me Safe
Giacomo Puccini (Pavarotti recording) - Nessun Dorma
Ngaiire – Him
Gabriel Garzón-Montano - The Game

Angel Olsen's full spectrum Mar 10, 2023

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If you know the music of Angel Olsen, you know she feels and communicates emotion deeply. Across six albums, we’ve heard her lay it all on the line. Or at least, we thought we had. Big Time is Angel’s most raw and personal record to date. And with good reason. It was recorded in a time of great love, grief, and change for Angel. At 34, she met a new partner and came out as queer to her parents. Days later, her father died. A few weeks later, her mother also passed. Three weeks after that funeral, Angel Olsen went in to record Big Time.

Five years ago, Angel joined me to Take 5 with songs that kept her grounded. This time, we met with a world of change between us. And with that gamut of emotion, and the very stripped back sounds of her new record, I wanted to hear songs that for her captured the full spectrum. From Chris Bell to Laurie Anderson to John Cale, this is a gorgeous meditation on what it means to be human.

Beverly Glenn-Copeland - La Vita
Chris Bell - I Am The Cosmos
Brian Eno - The Big Ship
Laurie Anderson - Coolsville
John Cale - Andalucia

Wet Leg's wild year Mar 03, 2023

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It was less than a year ago that Wet Leg released their debut album. A little more than that, when we first met them with Chaise Longue. In that time they’ve blown up; hit #1 on the album charts, won 2 Grammy’s, 2 Brits, and fans all over the world… including Harry Styles.

Back in Australia supporting Harry in his stadium shows, I invited Rhian and Hester to Take 5. I wanted to hear, from the sources themselves, about their wild year. From the headspin of the Grammy Awards, to discovering an Aussie favourite in a London recording studio, this is one very unique diary from one of the best surprises of the last year.

CMAT - I Don’t Really Care For You
The Lazy Eyes - Fuzz Jam
Piri & Tommy - Soft Spot
Katy J Pearson - Fix Me Up
Faux Real – Kindred Spirit

HAAi's pride songs Feb 24, 2023

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It’s a big World Pride celebration for Take 5, as the party comes to Australia for the first time and on the same weekend at Mardi Gras. Music (and dance music in particular) came from queer culture, and queer clubs are some of the most welcoming and magical spaces in the world.

So it’s fitting to have a woman who has found herself in the clubs, Take 5. HAAi was born and raised in Australia, but has made her name in music in London, where over the past decade she’s been dj-ing and refining her sound. Last year she released her debut, it was a soaring, dense, otherworldly, and beautiful record that was one of 2022’s best.

HAAi is back in Australia to play the Mardi Gras afterparty, and so I invited her to Take 5 with pride. Her embrace of this scene, and her invitation for us to travel inside these clubs will have you gripped till the end… I loved this conversation, it felt like I was hanging out with a mate. And from Skatt Bros to Sylvester, this chat will have you strut dancing too.

Skatt Bros - 'Walk The Night (Cratebug edit)'
Felix Da Housecat vs. Pop Tarts - 'Money, Success, Fame, Glamour'
Bizarre Inc - 'Playing With Knives (Quadrant mix)'
N-Joi – 'Anthem'
Sylvester - 'You Make Me Feel'

Urthboy's songs to savour Feb 17, 2023

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For more than twenty years, Urthboy has been part of the Australian hip-hop scene. From his early days with The Herd, to setting up the Elefant Traks record label, he’s made a name as a solo artist, with now seven albums under his belt.

His latest is called Savour, it’s Urthy’s exploration of masculinity, of vulnerability, and of capturing and enjoying life while you can. And ahead of it’s release, he joined me to Take 5. This is a heartfelt convo where his love of the scene is on full display, and his reflections on his own story are front of mind.

Youngn Lipz - Broken Home
Stormzy - Bad Blood (ft Nao)
Elsy Wameyo - River Nile
Dallas Woods feat. Miiesha - Heaven of My Own
Khi'leb - Tempt Me

Julia Jacklin's changes Feb 10, 2023

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This Take 5 is something of a reunion. It’s been six years since Julia Jacklin first joined me and picked the music. Since then, she’s released two more brilliant albums, made a name for herself across the world, and shared her stories in every way. Julia has always had a knack for knocking us out with her incredibly personal songs. And in giving so much of her own experiences in her art, we’ve been witness to the many changes she’s experienced as she’s grown up.

Change is a constant in all of our lives; it’s the one thing we can be absolutely certain of. So for her Take 5 I asked Julia to pick five songs of change. And man, she embraced the theme, and then some. From Fiona Apple to Leonard Cohen to Love, this is a beautiful, honest, and enlightening conversation. You won’t hear her music in the same way, again.

Miriam Makeba – Willow Song
Fiona Apple – Not About Love
Edith Piaf – Milord
Leonard Cohen – Memories
Love – Alone Again Or

Fontaines D.C.'s verse Feb 03, 2023

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Irish band Fontaine’s D.C. formed over a shared love of poetry. In the early days, the band would meet at the pub, write verse, and recite it to one another. And that’s carried through to the music they make; across three albums they’ve created a compelling mood punctuated by some brilliant lyrics.

It’s why I gave them the theme of verse, and from Sinead O’Connor to A$AP Ferg, to The Pogues, this is, itself, a poetic conversation about the power of verse.

Velvet Underground - Stephanie Says
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Stranger than Kindness
Sinead O Connor – Troy
A$AP Ferg - Psycho
The Pogues - Sea Shanty

Class of 2002 Jan 27, 2023

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Every year, while our sister station counts down the Hottest 100, on Double J we relive the countdown from 20 years ago.

It’s a wild trip down memory lane, and a reminder of the music that has stood the test of time, and the songs you’d completely forgotten about (sometimes, for good reason).

As we readied to live in the 2002 countdown once again, I thought it’d be fun to invite some of triple j’s most beloved presenters from that time. And people who – just like us listeners – were getting their start at their first jobs. Wil Anderson, Myf Warhurst, Charlie Pickering, Rosie Beaton, and Adam Spencer.

From wild nights out turning into mornings on air, to scratch n’ sniff triple j tees, dive into some iconic memories from these absolute legends, and the singular workplace many of them got their start.

Adam Spencer: Salmon Hater - 6.66
Myf Warhurst: Missy Elliott – Work It
Charlie Pickering: The Streets – Don’t Mug Yourself
Rosie Beaton: Silverchair – The Greatest View
Wil Anderson: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Whatever Happened to My Rock N Roll?

Jon Hopkins' songs that transcend Dec 16, 2022

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It’s the finale of Take 5 for 2022 and honestly, I couldn’t think of a more perfect guest to see us into the summer break.

Jon Hopkins has been one of my favourite artists for many years. His music has soundtracked the highs and lows of my life, it’s kept me grounded when I needed it most and it’s helped my transcend when life has boxed me in.

Whether crafting beats, or composing music for psychedelic therapy, Jon makes everything feel lighter, everything connected – which is why he’s seeing us out of 2022.

I asked him to share the five songs that transcend for him, and he brought in some beautiful pieces of music… songs that were a revelation to me and, I hope, are for you as well.

Nana Adjoa – Throw Stones [Mattheis Remix]
Fort Romeau – Heaven & Earth
Elkka – Harmonic Frequencies
Nosaj Thing – Blue Hour [Ft. Julianna Barwick]
Vagabon – Home Soon

Press Club's lightning songs Dec 09, 2022

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Melbourne band Press Club have only played together for a handful of years, but in that time they’ve made a name for themselves; their live gigs are the stuff of legend, with frontwoman Natalie Foster throwing herself around the stage while belting out pitch perfect indie rock.

Press Club have always recorded their albums with the same kinetic energy - short, sharp bursts in the studio that capture the essence of who they are. Their latest album was done a little differently… the pandemic killed plans to record overseas, and with plenty of quarantine time on their hands, they stretched out. Remarkably, they still managed to capture that lightning in a bottle, and so when Nat joined me to Take 5, I asked her to share the songs that captured that energy in the same way.

Tracy Chapman - Behind The Wall
Blink 182 - I Miss You
Vasco Era - Kingswood
Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend
Bad//Dreems - Cuffed & Collared

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