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Artist
Andrew Tuttle
12+ albums
electronicinstrumentalaustraliaexperimentalambient country
about
Andrew Tuttle of Brisbane, Australia creates an instrumental sonic convergence of folk and ambient where the five-string banjo and the six-string acoustic guitar sit serenely and purposefully with shimmering waves of decay, reverberation and processed electronics. Like time-lapse photography, it unfolds its colours and textures with an astonishing gracefulness and wonderment. Tuttle grew up in Alexandra Hills, a quiet slice of rural life in Redlands, a city which lies 20km or so from Brisbane. The rambling road that led to Alexandra was paved with musical activities for Tuttle; he released his third, self-titled album on Someone Good/Room40 in 2018, toured with Steve Gunn, Calexico and Ryley Walker in Australia and Europe, and made a cameo performance with Matmos at Unsound Festival (from which the guitar tuning of Matmos's 'Sun On 5 At 152' provided the inspiration and a tip of the cap towards Alexandra's opener 'Sun at 5 in 4161'). Tuttle has previously toured with artists such as Julia Holter, Forest Swords, Daniel Bachman, Deradoorian, Blank Realm and HTRK. As a child, Tuttle became obsessed with two things: cricket and playing guitar, however it was the latter of those two hobbies which eventually stuck, in spite of an initial indifference. Despite his eventual career path, that other childhood passion has stuck with him and there's nothing that Tuttle enjoys more than taking in a game of cricket at the Allan Border Field, a beautiful small ground about 3km from his hous
