Hibabes 🚀💥

Ready to get warped through time?

Something wild is happening. Welcome to the Hibass Experience — a cosmic voyage through space, time, and next level phat bass right here at Edi Castle, Melbourne. 🛸 — where we’re not just partying, we’re completely transforming the space to take you on a bass-fuelled journey through time. ⚡

This isn’t a "show up and go with the flow" kind of party. Oh no. We’re transforming the entire space ourselves. Every corner of Edi Castle garden will be remade to take you on a trip through time. Expect handmade decor that’s going to blow your mind and completely reimagine the space. It’s like we’re building our own world, and you’re all invited to come explore it. 🔨🎨

The Time Hole is open, and we’re just getting started. We’ve got live performances, crazy light shows, and the sickest bass selectors that’ll make you feel like you’re floating through another dimension. And trust us — this isn’t just a party, it’s an experience. We’re not just throwing a rave; we’re taking you on a journey. 🚀 The Hibass has a way of leading you into unexpected realms. ✨

With Slack sound systems monster rig, the sensational Lickweed and MC Dyslexic, and the whole crew locked in, we’re about to take you on a timewarp that you won’t forget. 

This is just the beginning. After this one, the Time Hole will open up again, and we’ll jump to a new space, a new time. Where will we go next? No idea — it’s going to be off its tits. 🎧💥

We're all about good vibes, connection, and healthy energy! 🌱 So, here’s the deal — bring a punnet of fruit to share with your fellow ravers. fuel each other and make bonds over fresh fruit- it feels right! 🍓🍇 This isn’t about getting off your head; it’s about coming together and vibing as one.

So grab your ticket before they’re gone. 200 tickets available. And once they’re gone, they’re gone — the Time Hole doesn’t wait for anyone. ⏳

Get ready for an adventure. We’re making this space our own. and we want you to be part of it. 

See you at Edi Castle — let’s warp through time and make this day legendary. ⚡💥

- Your HiBass Crew

Hugh McGinlay is a singer songwriter and author based in Australia.

As a musician, he is known for his poetic lyrics and varied styles. A reputation that has increased with his long term collaboration with the Recessive Genes, made up of Adam Chiodo (Laughing Sam’s Dice), Phil Cadman (Fine Motor Skills, Desperately Not Yoko) and Ryan Vermeulen (Fine Motor Skills, Desperately Not Yoko).

Hugh has four albums out: Skeleton Leaves (2019 - with the Recessive Genes), Bliss (2015 - with the Recessive Genes) Elsewhere (2009) and Second Guess (2006) available on itunes (see link at the bottom of the page). Over the years he has toured extensively around the globe and has performed with the likes of Robyn Hitchcock, the Proclaimers, Billy Bragg and Badly Drawn Boy.

The single, I'll be fine was released by Hugh McGinlay and the Recessive Genes in October 2017.

As an author, Hugh is known for the novels Jinx and Pachyderm, the first two in a series about a hard living milliner called Catherine, who lives in Brunswick and solves crimes in her spare time. With

Pachyderm was long listed for the Ned Kelly awards 2018. Which in Australian crime fiction terms means he was nominated for an Oscar.

These books are currently out of print, as Threekookaburras Publishing house are no longer in business. Fear not folks, in August 2020 Hugh signed with Clan Destine Publishing house and both books, as well as a third novel Bodysurfing will be available in 2021.

Hugh is often erroneously credited with works of theology, which were written by his father, who was called Hugh McGinlay long before he was.

Hugh is the brother of Australian TV personality and comedian Danny McGinlay

Rosario De Marco is a gifted musician and composer. A master guitarist who also has the capacity to compose. His music captures the warmth and passion of the Southern European lands, taking elements from jazz, classical, folk and popular music.

Mediterranean Sound with No Borders Solo guitar music, original composition,

Rosario has performed live as well as for national TV and radio. He has released a number of CDs, including “Light and Shadows”,“Roots” and “Intuition”.

Successful performances include as support act for Omara Portuendo (Buena Vista Social Club), and Ladysmith Black Mambazo at the Melbourne Concert Hall

Singer-songwriter & composer Nir Tsfaty brings to the stage music from his broad creative work.
With his bands, Noria and Bell Always, he has released three studio albums and toured across
Israel, having played twice at InDNegev festival.

Now based in Melbourne, Nir plays solo shows regularly, composes for screen and produces for
local artists in his studio.

In 2021 Nir presented his work About Whales in collaboration with Invictus Quartet. Together they
have played two headline shows - at the Wesley Anne and Melbourne Recital Centre - both sold
out.

Nir’s solo sets are often minimalist and atmospheric, influenced mainly by British and French
alternative rock pop.

That Changes is a Melbourne-based artist duo of Kostas Veligos and Spiros Antoniades. They have been involved with various music bands and projects over the last 30 years. They came together last year to work on an audiovisual project called “9”, comprised of original music and video/photograph projections. Kostas has played bass and guitar in various bands in Greece. Upon moving to Melbourne he undertook formal music studies at the Melbourne Polytechnic. His most recent project was with a Melbourne band, Gale’s Edge. His other passion is exploring colour, people, and landscapes using photographic and video mediums. Spiros was the percussionist of Xylouris Ensemble, a prominent Melbourne band in the ’90s. After George Xylouris moved back to Greece, Spiros became involved with a number of bands performing live and creating film soundtracks (the most known being the multi-award-winning film “One Night the Moon”).

Georgia Rodgers is a young female artist performing a range of diverse original compositions and her own versions of popular songs. This blues/soul influenced song writer performs a raw and engaging set with the accompaniment sound of her telecaster complimenting her raspy vocals. An artist ready to bleed her sounds into the world, Georgia’s performance is one to remember.

Two friends, two guitars, one adventure.
Since a chance meeting on the other side of the globe some seven years ago, Atienne and Mel have developed a long standing musical relationship. They weave traditional americana, modern pop, and twisted originals together to capture a wide ranging emotional palette.

Basement Spaceman is the artistic vehicle for Melbourne Singer Songwriter -Andy Brown.

Brown is an accomplished and prolific songwriter with 4 Basement Spaceman albums released and another underway, he also provides a unique innovative approach to guitar playing that stands out in a solo setting.

The solo shows include an eclectic array of retro drum machine beats interspersed with bizarre collected samples. Somewhere between Yo La Tengo and Neil Young with a hint of New Order.

"a sonically unique experience, sometimes subversive, sometimes pop art, multi-layered and unexpected"

Basement Spaceman is regularly featured on Melbourne’s 3RRR, his single ’Not The Only One’ reached #4 on the Amrap Regional Music charts in 2018 and his music was featured on ABC Radio National. Well known in his homeland (NZ) he tours there on a regular basis and has also performed in Europe and the USA.

Georgia Rodgers is a young female artist performing a range of diverse original compositions and her own versions of popular songs. This blues/soul influenced song writer performs a raw and engaging set with the accompaniment sound of her telecaster complimenting her raspy vocals. An artist ready to bleed her sounds into the world, Georgia’s performance is one to remember.

Led by titular bassist James Lockwood, the JL Trio draws on a diverse selection of music from the Bebop tradition, reflecting Lockwood’s deep love for the music of Bud Powell, John Lewis, Charlie Parker, and Barry Harris. Featuring three of Melbourne’s most singular young musicians in the timeless piano trio format, the JL Trio presents each member as a distinct musical voice within the ensemble, placing an emphasis on spirited improvisations inspired by the best of the Bebop tradition.

Bud Wilkins is back at the Edinburgh Castle, and this time on his own to perform a set of classics reinterpreted for solo jazz guitar. Bud's unique style sets him apart, and his reimagining of the material will feel familiar and fresh at the same time. Guitar lovers come on down.

Lee Jones is a British jazz-rock guitarist and composer, combining influences from modern jazz, fusion, blues, avant-garde and rock styles. Lee has regularly performed throughout the UK and worked alongside Larry Coryell, Martin Taylor and Dennis Rollins. Since graduating from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Jazz Course in 2007, he has released six solo albums with former WEA producer Simon Tittley and in 2019 completed a PhD in music composition at the University of Salford, Manchester. Lee is currently working in Australia as a jazz guitarist and educator/music researcher. Lee has a second eBook and a new solo album, scheduled for release in 2023.

Newly formed Latin/Soul/Jazz instrumental outfit - straight out of Winfield Road, Melbourne.

Indie folk singer songwriter Scott Candlish shares personal stories of his travel and self growth through his acoustic fingerstyle driven songs. After spending almost two and half years in the UK playing and touring Candlish has enjoyed being home in Melbourne playing both solo and with his full band.

Australia vs England - Semi Finals // Wednesday 16th August 8pm

On the big screen in the Main Bar & the Dining Room

Come join us cheer on the team!

Toros is a guitar led trio with a strong focus on improvised music-making. Toros performs original compositions drawing inspiration from the Melbourne improvised music scene as well as international artists such as Bill Frisell and Julian Lage. The ensembles play energetic, exciting music that keeps the listener on their toes, not knowing what to expect.

Katankin is the solo moniker of Melbourne-based independent singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Helen Catanchin. Formally trained as a jazz singer, Helen has been performing and recording professionally for over ten years in a wide range of contexts and ensembles, and has a diverse catalogue of releases to her name. 

With a uniquely warm tone that is simultaneously earthy and incredibly pure, along with a true bard's ability to deftly expose the beating heart of every song, Helen's poetic and poignant songwriting style puts an additional unmistakable stamp on Katankin's music. Magical storytelling, despair and hope juxtaposed, and candid confessions of hearts laid bare, are all navigated by Helen's signature vocals amidst lush harmonic beds and addictive hooks and grooves.
 
 “There’s a purity and believability in the voice that should make its mark on the Australian music scene.” – Mal Stanley, ABC’s Jazztrack

Born in an alternative community in the Far North Queensland hinterland, Melbourne singer-songwriter Miguel Rios had a free and lawless childhood. The kids played records late into the night and by day floated down wild rivers, drifting on the currents for hours. But there was another side to this seemingly idyllic upbringing.

These childhood memories have remained with Miguel – following him from the Atherton tablelands to the tin studio on the outskirts of Melbourne where this remarkable record was made.

A gifted guitarist, Miguel has whispered the words of his new album Slaughterhouse Road for years, trying to make sense of his childhood ghosts. Now, with this album, the whispers have transformed into evocative songs that capture the darkness and nature of the landscape, and his place within the barefooted tribe that called it home.

Picking up the guitar at 11 years old, Miguel would often rise at 4.30am to practise. Like most kids, he wanted to play fast and flashy, and penned his first song at 16. But he soon realised narrative song writing is neither fast nor flashy; it is a craft that requires total and painstaking dedication. He set about learning the intricacies of rhythm and the mysteries of song writing with the albums of Delta Blues legends and 60s American and English folk singers as his teachers. His influences include the fingerstyle and rhythm guitar greats, John Fahey, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Skip James, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Leo Kottke, and the writing styles of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Johnny Cash.

Miguel is a beguiling story-telling guitarist, always giving space in his songs to powerful lyrics that speak of closed doors, magic men, replica pistols and the cold spaces that no fire can warm. Slaughterhouse Road has a pared-down grittiness, rich hypnotic timbre and heartbreakingly beautiful interludes of violin and mandolin by collaborators Ash Jones and Matt Stonehouse. Co produced by Miguel and Greg O'Shea who also engineered and mixed the album which was recorded straight to tape in a small tin music studio set among the scrawny eucalyptus of Cottlesbridge during the Capricorn eclipse full moon. “We said we wanted that full moon madness and we certainly got all of that,” says Miguel. “It rained, stormed actually. The dog howled outside, but we kept playing and we got it all.”

Miguel, who carries Mexican and American Indian Yaqui blood, has a stillness in him. A devoted husband and father, he lives on the outskirts of Melbourne with his wife, two wild  children and several tamed animals. Nearby is a dam they swim in, even in winter.

Honing her own unique blend of fingerstyle folk and indie pop, Naarm/ Melbourne based musician Megan Kennedy has crafted an impressive repertoire of songs, each adorned with her signature airy vocals and intricate guitar arrangements. The first of which to be released, is her debut single Time Machines, a sun-drenched ballad that aims to capture the feeling of being caught inside a daydream.

Often described as ‘road songs’ Megan’s lyrics have a knack for transporting the listener, slipping across time and place to recount scenes that are both real and imagined. A mode of enquiry and reflection, her songs muse on the everyday, the existential and things stuck in between.

Having built up and refined a substantial collection of songs over the past few years Megan feels that she is only just now hitting the peak of her songwriting and is looking onwards to the recording and release of an upcoming EP

Led by titular bassist James Lockwood, the JL Trio draws on a diverse selection of music from the
Bebop tradition, reflecting Lockwood’s deep love for the music of Bud Powell, John Lewis, Charlie
Parker, and Barry Harris.

Featuring three of Melbourne’s most singular young musicians in the timeless piano trio format, the
JL Trio presents each member as a distinct musical voice within the ensemble, placing an emphasis on spirited improvisations inspired by the best of the Bebop tradition.

Ramsay Duo is an acoustic/electric guitar duo with strong roots in folk, jazz and classic pop rock. The repertoire consists of well known pop/rock tunes by artists such as The Beatles, The Beach Boys and Bon Iver. The project takes a contemporary minimalistic approach to playing these tunes, with a strong focus on improvisation. The duo aims to maintain the authenticity and familiarity of the repertoire, whilst drawing upon modern jazz influences such as Bill Frisell, Gregoire Maret and Gilad Hekselman.

Rod Coote is an Australian singer-songwriter newly based in Melbourne and has naturally built a loyal listenership around his dreamy indie folk pop sound through receiving airplay on Triple J, curation on streaming playlists globally and opening for Australian acts including Kyle Lionhart and Chocolate Starfish. 

The Tuesday Night Band is coming to Edinburgh Castle to present a sonic wave of new music inspired by the jazz, folk, and fusion tradition! With the incredible Oscar Phipps on keys, Dom Scott on drums, Darcy Gallagher on bass, and Anthony Probyn on saxophone we journey through our interpretation of our compositions and some standards to warm your winter’s night:)

Eliza Mithen & the Mansplainers deliver fun and heartache.  Supported by Jack and Dan, Eliza & her mansplainers combine multi-instrumental musical prowess with piercing lyricism that has you crying and jigging in quick succession, or maybe even at the same time.

Triplikatz is

Martin Zakharov. Saxes
Rod Wilson. Keys
Gordon Gunn. Double Bass

Retro, jazz, grooves, lounge, fusion, spacey, skatty, bossa, latin

You have heard them before

But not like this

Don Morrison has done gigs from Bridgetown to Byron Bay, from Sydney to San
Antonio, Perth to Penrith and released sixteen albums and CDs of original songs.
Don is currently celebrating the release of his new (double) CD “40x40”, a compilation
of forty songs from forty years of making music. Dubbed the Larrikin Troubadour
Laureate of Adelaide, Don is playing, singing and writing songs better than ever and he’s
not stopping any time soon.
“I’m convinced that Don Morrison really is one of the finest songwriters this country
has produced. Why isn’t he a household name like that Kelly fellow, Don Walker, Mark
Seymour, Deborah Conway, Shane Howard and so many

Rhyley McGrath is a travelling musician, gaining fans around Australia with his
soulful vocals, catchy originals, and a honed skill on guitar.
Specialising in finger-picking blues, and acoustic folk music, Rhyley is always
pursuing new songs, sounds and ideas to continually develop his style. On any given
night, blues standards, Dylan-esque folk, bluegrass influences and funky-grooves
can all be heard.
In 2022, Rhyley and partner Maddie, their dog Bella and the van are hitting the road
again, playing every town they can on their way around Australia. With new music
recorded, CDs from last trip still available, and a new arsenal of creative covers to
enjoy, this is one local gig you shouldn't miss!

Singer-songwriter & composer Nir Tsfaty brings to the stage music from his broad creative work.
With his bands, Noria and Bell Always, he has released three studio albums and toured across Israel, having played twice at InDNegev festival.

Now based in Melbourne, Nir plays solo shows regularly, composes for screen and produces for local artists in his studio.

In 2021 Nir presented his work About Whales in collaboration with Invictus Quartet. Together they have played two headline shows - at the Wesley Anne and Melbourne Recital Centre - both sold out.

Nir's solo sets are often minimalist and atmospheric, influenced mainly by British and French alternative rock pop.

A hot mess on the public transport system of northern Melbourne, Nitida is part of many local acts she is probably best known for being 50% of the girl odyssey on the rise to stardom, Don’t Thank Me, Spank Me!. Her solo project swaps silly for sentimental but is still from the same place of naturally born, intrinsically feminine pop songs. Nitida released her debut album Dust Kickin’ in October 2020 available on all streaming platforms. Come and listen to all her new songs. 2 sets from 4pm. 

Attiche | Neyland | Lackmann

Guitarist Benjamin Attiche joins Oscar Neyland on Double Bass and Hannes Lackmann on Drums for an evening of up and coming Jazz at the Edinburgh Castle in Brunswick.
As progressive musicians throughout Australia and World Wide, the three will show off cultural diversity, virtuosity and their passion for music as an art form.