Surprise Chef

Melbourne’s cinematic soul journeymen push moody shades of instrumental jazz-funk with a DIY mentality. Their output reflects a meticulous education of 70s soul, drawing on the legacies of David Axelrod and Isaac Hayes with cues taken from the catalogues of Daptone and Truth & Soul. Their debut LP All News Is Good News, released worldwide via Mr. Bongo in 2020, slipped rapidly into the collective consciousness of underground music lovers around the world. Their uplifting follow up, Daylight Savings, picked up where they left off channelling the style and panache of Melbourne’s thriving future jazz scene. Their live show is an odyssey through dark landscapes of analogue synth-laden funk and left-field library music-esque scenes – a flowing, linear puzzle of vivid minor-key expressions. This is a 18+ event.