Aurelia & Deutsch Duke Face Off For “Battleground II”

Aurelia and Deutsch Duke are two exciting Australian acts making waves overseas. When you put two such talented people together, magic is bound to happen. And so it does with their brand new single “Battleground II.”

As the name suggests, this isn’t your average three-minute pop song. It’s an epic, cinematic, atmospheric piece that really needs to be heard rather than read about. Listen in.

“There was a lot of crazy things going on in the world at the time, there still are I guess, and we just felt really compelled to write about how it’s so common to be living in fight mode and how desperately we need to choose peace and kindness,” Aurelia explained.

These guys have teamed up several times for other people’s projects. It’s thrilling hearing them now making their own beautiful music together.

Image used with permission from Beehive PR

Aurelia Releases Long-Awaited Second Single

I really respect artists who take the time to ensure their musical output is quality. Aurelia hasn’t released anything since “Are We Losing” last May, but she’s finally ready to unleash her follow-up, “Chest.” And boy is it worth the wait.

This is such a strong track, an emotional, lush, powerful piece of indie-pop, with smoky vocals and poetic lyrics.

“I got to produce this track with one of my fave partners in crime ‘Thrones’. We had some of the most unbelievable musicians, Matt Laug (Drums – Jagged Little Pill), Paul Bushnell (Bass – The Commitments), Dave Levita (Guitar – Lana Del Rey) come in and lay down their parts, and got to work in a few really incredible studios with the most amazing engineer Tom Weir (Blondie, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin),” Aurelia says of recording the track in Los Angeles. “The process was really quite humbling and magical, and the whole thing came together seamlessly to create a sonic fabric that I’m so proud of and super excited to set free”.

Aurelia is home to launch the single at Melbourne’s Wesley Anne on February 17.

Aurelia Kicks Butt With “Are We Losing”

Most singers rely on musicians to support their vocals. But not Aurelia, who uses the sound of her own martial arts practice as the background for her new single “Are We Losing.” It’s a fitting way to combine the passions of this musical songstress who competes in martial arts at an international level.

Listening to the track, it’s so easy to forget that the background music is a woman working out. It’s unique, sure, but it sounds far more beautiful than anything I’ve heard in a gym! Aurelia’s layered the sound of her training with her own vocal samples to create a really wonderful soundscape. I also love Aurelia’s voice. It has such a special, hypnotic tone which also helps set this song apart.

“Recording the Are We Losing demo was a pivotal experience for me of how magical I think making music should feel,” she explained. “This, and the fact that Are We Losing is essentially about freedom and abandon, lead me to the realisation that I’m free to release whatever I want, so I am.”

After discovering such an original single from Aurelia, I can’t wait to hear what she surprises us with next!