Shoeb Ahmad – Watch / Illuminate CD

"If it’s raining where you are, it’s about to getting more beautiful with the sounds of Shoeb Ahmad” Lauren Laverne, BBC 6Music

A hero of the burgeoning alternative Australian music scene, Canberra born singer and producer Shoeb Ahmad’s debut solo album, ‘Watch/Illuminate’ is a masterpiece of ambient drone and gorgeous minimal melodicism. This record finds a perfect balance between space-y, cinematic soundscapes and delicate, chiming chill wave pop.

“Delightful smoked-out pop music, distilled into a romantic, original vision” Bleep.com

Drawing influence from past masters of ambient song-writing such as Talk Talk and shoegaze legends Slowdive as well as contemporary electronica producers including James Blake and Toro Y Moi, ‘Watch/Illuminate’ is a fascinating synergy of old and new, a hinterland crossroads of the ever-shifting face of contemporary pop music. Produced at home in Canberra and on the road throughout the south-eastern territories of Oz, NZ and Asia, ‘Watch/Illuminate’ is a document of one man’s travels across seas and oceans, deserts and savannah. Guest performers include Lucrecia Dalt, Lawrence English, Adrian Lim-Klumpes and Evan Dorrian from Tangents.

“…the kind of understand, bedroom-spun vocal that slips down a treat – and a knack for delicately wrought, sampladelic soundscapes to compliment it” FACT Magazine