In the 8th and final episode of season 1 of UNPACKED, Jaguar Jonze explains how three years and many iterations went into the track ‘Astronaut’ and why it’s not just about technical skill when it comes to pulling off a musical vision. 

Jaguar Jonze is a force to be reckoned with. With talents in design as well as music, Deena Lynch has crafted the project, Jaguar Jonze, with a unique and captivating aesthetic that permeates through both her music and art. Deena Lynch has also been instrumental in the Australian music industry’s #metoo movement, speaking on The Project amongst other platforms to raise awareness and advocate for safety, inclusion and equality. 

One of her most recent singles ‘WHO DIED AND MADE YOU KING’ is a powerful bridge between Jaguar Jonze’s advocacy and artistry, and samples former Sony Music Australia chief executive Denis Handlin. 

To listen to more of Jaguar Jonze’s work and find out more about her shows you can visit www.jaguarjonze.com. 

In the seventh episode of UNPACKED, Eilish Gilligan breaks down her track ‘October, December’. Eilish and Tess talk about the production process behind the track, as well as the liberation that Eilish felt when finally claiming her production skillset, and then releasing a fully self produced EP. Eilish also notes that no ‘production police’ are going to come along if you start calling yourself a producer, there are no set criteria. 

Eilish Gilligan is a songwriter, producer and feelings-feeler from Melbourne. From 2017 to 2019 she released a series of singles which gained huge praise from Triple J and much of Melbourne’s music scene, namely 2018’s ‘S.M.F.Y.’ and 2019’s ‘The Pull’. Since then she has been hard at work on her craft with the release of her EP ‘Hospital’ in 2020 and most recently, ‘First One to Leave the Party’ in 2021. An avid TikToker and weapon on social media platforms such as Twitch, Elish has also been recently featured on The Project. In this episode she discusses her work on Twitch and how this has translated to a live audience. 

To listen to more of Eilish Gilligan’s work and find out more about her shows you can visit www.eilishgilligan.com. 

In the sixth episode of UNPACKED, Alice Skye dives into her track ‘Grand Ideas’ and chats with Tess Guthrie about her collaboration with Jen Cloher and the evolution of different demos into the final track. She also discusses the relationship between personal processes and the emergence of a song and the importance of representing diverse perspectives across different areas of the music industry and up through chains of power, not just on stage. 

The Naarm-based Wergaia/Wemba Wemba songwriter has been steadily gaining a reputation as one of Australia’s most exciting new talents since releasing her debut single “You Are The Mountains” in 2015, followed with the release of her acclaimed debut album Friends With Feelings, which gained immediate playlisting on many of the country’s radio stations and has since accumulated over one million streams on Spotify.

Alice took home the Emerging Artist Award at the 2019 Australian Women in Music Awards and in March 2018 she was awarded the inaugural First Peoples Emerging Artist Award. She was selected by Triple J as their featured artist for the 2019 Naidoc Week and was a finalist in the 2019 NIMA Awards.

To listen to more of Alice Skye’s work and find out more about her shows you can visit her instagram @aliceskye