Marking the re-release of Breathing Under Honey (Low Company 2023 / pptt 2026), Naarm/Melbourne-based diy experimentalist Tarquin Manek brings his warped dub-pop project Static Cleaner Lost Reward to life for the first time with a handful of live band shows in EU and UK.
Tarquin has been a major player - and enabler - in the now rightfully revered Naarm underground, with releases under his own name and aliases including LST, Silzedrek and Static Cleaner Lost Reward. His contributions extend through his group projects F Ingers, Kallista Kult and Tarcar, as well as his co-productions on albums by YL Hooi and Carla dal Forno. He has worked with labels including Blackest Ever Black, Low Company, A Colourful Storm, and Kashual Plastik.
SCLR's Breathing Under Honey inhabits a world of hazy aquatic soundscapes, tape-loop decay, murky rhythm mechanics and ghostly songwriting, crafting disoriented yet strangely melodic songs that feel both corroded and dreamlike.