YL Hooi (Live / DJ)
YL Hooi is the project of Valya Ying-Li Hooi, inhabiting a subtle and mysterious realm of furtive, dubbed-out song, sparse electronic percussion, and distant winds. Active in the Melbourne underground scene since 2017, Hooi is a member of Kallista Kult (with Sam Karmel and Tarquin Manek) and has recorded and performed with artists including Jonnine Standish (HTRK), Jarrod Zlatic (Fabulous Diamonds) and Rohan Rebeiro (My Disco). Her debut album Untitled (first released on cassette by Altered States Tapes in 2019 and reissued on LP by Efficient Space in 2021) was widely praised, finding a spot on many year end of year lists including the number 1 spot on Boomkat’s Discoveries list and being described by Boomkat as an immaculately frayed conception of dubwise dream-pop’.
Moving seamlessly from angelic song to gritty tape gunk, Hooi’s work opens onto a multitude of genres and directions while retaining a distinctly personal stamp through her obsessively zoned-out dub production tactics. ‘These are songs that seem to emerge in plumes of smoke, magician’s tricks conjured from the ether’ (World of Echo).
Both live and in the studio, Hooi’s work is produced in close collaboration with Tarquin Manek (known for his eponymous solo work on Blackest Ever Black, as well as a swathe of aliases including LST and Static Cleaner Lost Reward, and membership of groups including Kallista Kult and F ingers). In the live setting, the pair use voice, trumpet, bass clarinet, guitar, bass, drum machines and synths to reimagine the carefully produced studio material anew for each performance, keenly aware of improvisational possibilities and the vicissitudes of audience, venue, and acoustic space.
Touching on the fringes of many genres and traditions – post-punk, minimal synth, dub, krautrock, Hooi’s protean music is haunted and seductive, her voice trailing off into an echoed infinity anchored to body-shaking foundations.
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For nearly a decade, Naarm (Melbourne)-based label Paper-Cuts has specialised in low-slung house, downtempo and ambient techno, counting Kia, Roza Terenzi and CS + Kreme among its affiliates. The outlet’s first release of 2025, Blips & Bleeps, comes from founder Dylan Batelic, AKA Radart. The LP is a breezy journey for anyone who enjoys melodic loops, lush pads and minimal breaks.
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Radart, the alias of Australian producer Dylan Batelic, makes his long-playing debut with an eclectic collection of electronic music. Compiled from works created between 2022 and 2024, it reveals an artist comfortable shifting between ambient textures, downtempo grooves and broken beats. The album opens with the atmospheric washes of 'Prelude' before moving into the driving rhythms of 'Attack'. 'Trip Planet' lives up to its name, a cosmic swirl of synths and beats. Elsewhere, '301' and 'Soil Test' delve into more experimental territory, while tracks like 'Welcome' and 'Wish' offer moments of unexpected melodic beauty. Navigating a range of electronic genres with confidence and flair, this is a strong statement of intent from an artist clearly comfortable exploring the outer reaches of electronic music.
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/radart-blips-bleeps-vinyl/1064775-01
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Paper-Cuts 10th release is a collection of tracks by its own founder Radart. An 8-track collection of ambient, downtempo, breaks and more, taken from a selection of works he produced between 2022-2024.
'Flying Fox Colony' is, maybe, one of the most beautiful songs we’ve heard this year.
https://mixmag.net.au/feature/mixmag-anzs-favourite-eps-albums-of-2025-thus-far
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Millu takes a deep dive into the creative mind of Radart (Dylan Batelic), working track by track through his debut LP 'Blips & Bleeps'. The two discuss production processes, producing within your means, and the art of creating a sonic nostalgia.
https://www.rrr.org.au/on-demand/segments/full-circle-synthesising-nostalgia-with-radart
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Enter the chill-out zone with the forthcoming album from Radart, a new Naarm-based solo project, brought to you by the Paper-Cuts label. Featuring works composed by the creative mind behind the label from 2022-2024, Blips & Bleeps wanders toward blissful ambient, downtempo, and breaks in style.
Over the last decade, the Paper Cuts imprint has accumulated a run of off-kilter electronic and deep cuts and a series of parties around Australia and Berlin. A consistent champion of local underground talent, the label has evolved to be a driving force behind ‘un:send’, an intimate festival located in the Australian bush curated in collaboration with Animalia’s label head Kia, Temporal Cast’s Kasun, and outstanding Naarm live act OK EG.
As the label returns to physical format for its tenth outing, The Blips & Bleeps feature-length album marks the debut of Radart, the debut solo project of label boss Dylan Batelic. This new endeavor follows his earlier collaboration, Sunflower Aquarium, with close friend Furious Frank, born during Melbourne's mammoth lockdowns in 2020.
Premiere pick Flying Fox Colony typifies the resurgence of turn-of-the-century chill-out music coming out of Naarm in recent years. Capturing the setting sun, Radart’s balearic-inspired breaks, drifting acid, and trip-hop nostalgia come into focus.
https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-radart---flying-fox-colony
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Marking their tenth release, Melbourne-based record label Paper-Cuts gear up to issue the highly anticipated ‘Blips & Bleeps‘ album from label boss Dylan Batelic, better known as Radart.
Previously known as Sunflower Aquarium, Batelic presents his debut album ‘Blips & Bleeps‘, a pilgrimage through uncharted auditory landscapes, painting a vivid portrait of post-party reveries and sunlit introspection. Consisting of 8-tracks, ‘Blips & Bleeps’ defies categorisation, stitching together cinematic chuggers, ethereal ambient textures and acid-drenched downtempo grooves into a seamless patchwork.
Among the standouts is ‘Attack’, a trip-hop anthem steeped in dubby resonance and bass-heavy kinetics. Like a mothership descending on tranquil waters, it bombards the senses with space-echoed drum patterns, gut-punching basslines and skewed trance frequencies that flicker like neon reflections in midnight puddles. The track sounds like a mind-altering prance, equal parts meditative and subversive, poised to ignite synapses and plunge the audience in a deep dive into the uncanny depths of the cortex.
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Home to some of the finest names in the Australian underground music scene, Melbourne label Paper-Cuts return to Globus for the penultimate edition of Büro Siebzig. Celebrating the debut feature-length album from ‘Radart’ aka Dylan Batelic (Paper-Cuts, Sunflower Aquarium). The live project typifies the resurgence of turn-of-the-century chill-out music coming out of Melbourne/Naarm in recent years.
https://tresorberlin.com/event/20250814-globus-buro-siebzig-paper-cuts
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The second-to-last edition was hosted by Australian label Paper-Cuts, a key name in Melbourne’s underground. The night celebrated the release of Radart’s (Dylan Batelic) debut album, a project capturing the revival of early 2000s chill-out music currently flourishing in Melbourne/Naarm. The evening made it clear that Büro Siebzig is not just a showcase for local talent, but also an open window to global scenes.
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This month, Globus is hosting bands from a different label every Thursday at Tresor for the Büro Siebzig series. For this edition, the series will feature Melbourne-based underground label Paper-Cuts, which will include the live European debut of electronic artist Radart, alongside performances from DJs deep creep and Mike Midnight.
https://www.the-berliner.com/berlin/what-to-do-in-august-best-events
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Australia-based imprint Paper-Cuts returns to physical in 2025 with their 10th release on the label from Radart with his debut album, 'Blips & Bleeps'.
Featuring an 8-track collection of ambient, downtempo, breaks and more, 'Blips & Bleeps' comprises selected works made between 2022 and 2024.
