Album Notes

Introducing the next generation of genius outcast artist: uncompromising, innovative, emotionally charged and just the right side of eccentric. Australian musician-producer-engineer Luke Reichelt is the best-kept secret in the Gold Coast/Brisbane independent music community. With both a live and recording career spanning over a decade, his working credits and collaborations are impressive featuring members of Wolfmother, Operator Please, Jane VS World and more.

Describing his art as 'books on tape' Reichelt is every bit the storyteller and creative visionary—his latest 12-track disc Deep Sea Creatures testament to his understated yet abundant talent and desire to push the boundaries of personal expression and exploration further.

Unfolding like a children's pop-up book that explores the darker side of emotion, the album tracks—performed live with a five piece band (Guy Cooper, Jade O'Regan, Tim Byron, Sammy Griffin and Perry Clegg)—jump off the disc and tug at the heart strings telling a melodramatic tale of relationship struggles. The agony and ecstasy of the thing we call love is captured masterfully yet simply; complex thoughts articulated effortlessly and honestly. Brisbane entertainment magazine Rave declared it “brimming with understated musical goodness”.

With a new album in the works slated to drop late 2010/early 2011 Reichelt looks set to be anything but ignored for his quirky music. He has received critical acclaim in the international arena winning an L.A Music Award for Best Power Pop Single as well as receiving an honorable mention in the Billboard International Songwriting Competition. Reichelt brings a D.I.Y spirit and emotional vulnerability to a music landscape that seems currently on a trajectory of self-obsessed indulgence, materialism and guarded expression. Reichelt evades all the musical tragedies or clichés.