River Time EP weekly releases from 8-22 November 2024
A series of 3 live looping performance videos. A call to action to protect our waterways from mining and irresponsible farming practices, and a celebration of feral life. Find out how you can take action: saveoursprings.nz Genre bending combination of hard hitting lyrical juiciness, vocals, guitar, violin, melodica, and synthesized drum and bass sounds, created from scratch. Read the full blog post here Thanks to Matt Coffey for filming these performances and to recording engineer Zacharya Fones. Recorded at SIT Sound, Invercargill. Cover art features a photo by Feraliza, and rat art by Allison Adams-Belle. Songs 100% written and produced by Feraliza of Feraltech Productions, using FL Studio. The songs can be found on all the usual platforms, but the videos on Youtube are recommended for the full experience! Cosmic Train, With Feraliza and The Cosmos Friday, September 9th 2022
Read Full Blog Post here! A remake of the classic Feraliza song Cosmic train, supporting a restoration of passenger rail in the South. Sign the Petition to Save our Trains here! Introducting The Cosmos: Feraliza on Acoustic Guitar and Lead Vocals, Simon Tinielu on Electric Guitar, Christian Dela Cruz on Keys, Zac Butler on Backing Vocals and Bass, Stevie James on Drums. Cover art by Daniel Western Formula for Feral MusicFeraliza's music is diverse and not confined by genre, but there is still a formula of sorts.
It starts with a feeling. Then come the words. The words portray to Feraliza the tempo, rhythm and the vibe of the song, what the chords will be and the rest of the structure. The Rhythmic acoustic guitar can create a whole band vibe, or electronic or sampled elements can be brought in. Feraliza also plays the fiddle and uses a MIDI keyboard to operate digital synthesizers. Many different versions of any song are possible, which express different perspectives on the idea. Every performance of each song will be subtly unique and this is because feral creativity is always expressed in connection with the present moment. |
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Feral Music Through the Ages
The Minstrel Age 1995-2009
This was the time before Feraliza sang into microphones, recorded sounds or plugged anything in. If you heard her music back then, it was a never to be repeated moment on a street corner, at a protest or around a camp fire.
This era lasted from about 1995 until 2009 and there is no recorded evidence of it, but there are still songs written during this time that you can listen to versions of on her various music platforms.
Classic songs from this era include Buy Nothing, Hello's and Goodbyes and Remember You Can Fly.
This era lasted from about 1995 until 2009 and there is no recorded evidence of it, but there are still songs written during this time that you can listen to versions of on her various music platforms.
Classic songs from this era include Buy Nothing, Hello's and Goodbyes and Remember You Can Fly.
Feraliza in Byron Bay, Photo by Dan Oliveira
The Cosmic Age 2009-2017
When she came to Australia and became involved in the outdoor dance music festival community, new opportunities and connections began to appear in Feraliza's path. She snapped up the chance to record an EP called Feral Eyes at Kit 'n' Kaboodle Productions in Uki, NSW in 2013, thanks to Producer Jake Mann.
This piece of Feraliza Herstory had versions of Cosmic Train and Swings and Roundabouts with Jake on Bass, Drums and Keys, Danidoo Butterfly on the Melodica and Marc Karkoszka on lead guitar.
It also contained raw live versions of Buy Nothing and Play Me That Song Again.
This piece of Feraliza Herstory had versions of Cosmic Train and Swings and Roundabouts with Jake on Bass, Drums and Keys, Danidoo Butterfly on the Melodica and Marc Karkoszka on lead guitar.
It also contained raw live versions of Buy Nothing and Play Me That Song Again.
Feraliza's album Happy Thoughts happened at the point where someone asked "why don't you write more happy songs?" and she replied, "fine! I will go and write more F***ing happy songs!" she proceeded directly back to her rickety old housetruck in the Motueka Valley and wrote a whole collection of songs at once, designed to unite people and focus on what we all have in common. Themes involve fire, music, food and community, with a smattering of explicit lyrics and pushed boundaries and a long awaited recording of the infamous Angry Hippy Song, written in Motueka while living in a van down by the river back in around 2007/8.
This live album was recorded in Marahau at Sandy Bay Studio in 2017, in the space of 2 hours, with the help of A.J. Hickling.
The artwork "Feraliza the Cat" was done by her cousin, Charlie Saies Allen.
The Age of Feraltech 2017 - Present Day
The beginning of the Feraltech age happened with the acquisition of a microphone, a computer, a small mixing console and USB interface in a back shed in Stanthorpe. It was launched with the release of the track Call it Pussy Cat (Put it on the Internet) which was Feraliza's first experiment with recording her own sounds. You can read more on the Feraltech blog post called "The Age of Feraltech Dawns".
At this point in herstory Feraliza launched her Patreon Page, which is the best place to find all her new Feraltech music as well as exclusive posts for patrons including lyrics, downloadable high quality audio files and behind the scenes stories and updates.
At this point in herstory Feraliza launched her Patreon Page, which is the best place to find all her new Feraltech music as well as exclusive posts for patrons including lyrics, downloadable high quality audio files and behind the scenes stories and updates.
Have a listen to her Feraltech playlist on Soundcloud, featuring a selection of Feraltech Productions.
In 2019 Feraliza was in Stanthorpe when the Black Summer of catastrophic bushfires hit the East Coast of Australia. This was around the time she had just got home from her mission to take non violent direct action against the new coal mine in North Queensland run by the infamous Adani corporation. The song "Like it or Not" was inspired by this time and this campaign. It was added to a compilation album entitled "Rock 'n' Roll for Blockin' Coal" and is available for your listening on Bandcamp or Spotify. All proceeds from this album go towards Frontline Action on Coal (FLAC). Read the full story about this track here.
In 2021 Feraliza dipped her toes into the academic world, achieving a Certificate in Entertainment and Event Technology. She handed in the track For the Moment for an Audio Production assignment and got an A+ for her efforts! This encouraged her to continue studying to improve her knowledge and skills even further. In 2022 Feraliza is studying her first year of both a Bachelor of Contemporary Music and a Bachelor of Audio Production, simultaneously at SIT in Invercargill.
Her next contribution to musical activism was the latest version of her song Feralist, including a sample of an angry man who screamed at her as she sung it at the Takitimu coal mine blockade in May 2022. Check out the full blog post about this here
In July 2022 she produced her latest track, Too Much Brains, which was written in the winter of 2020, a time with an increasing sense that anything could happen, any time, anywhere. The video shows a window into the everyday life and creative processes. Read the full blog post about this track and video here
Throw Back - Lost and Found release 2015-2017
The Grand Distraction was released when rediscovered and dusted off in 2017 after being recorded in around 2015 in Mt Nebo, Queensland, with the help of "Intents" studio. It contains raw live versions of Feraliza tracks never released before including Let'm In (the refugee song) Dead House, The Grand Distraction and Look Up.