Mildlife Live from South Channel Island

On March 10th, 2021, Mildlife travelled by boat to South Channel Island to perform a live concert. This was filmed and recorded resulting in the motion picture Mildlife Live at South Channel Island and the 2 disc set you see here. The artificial Island hosts a long abandoned 19th century fort, a labyrinth of underground concrete tunnels and an important breeding ground for the white-faced storm-petrel. Along with Mildlife, other visitors to the island include Abalone poachers, fairy penguins, black-faced cormorants and fur seals.

Before the island existed, the Boonwurrung people of the Greater Kulin Nation have lived on the land and waterways this performance was held on. Mildlife pays respect to their elders past, present and emerging and recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded.

Mildlife are Adam Halliwell, Kevin McDowell, Jim Rindfleish & Tom Shanahan
Percussion by Craig Shanahan
Director: Ryan Sauer
Producers: Benny Rausa & Will Evans
Camera Operators: Ryan Sauer, Daniel De Silva, Harry Charnock
Equipment supplied by: Cloakroom Media
Drone: Davor Breznik @ Flying Dragon
Editor: Ryan Sauer
Colourist: Abe Wynen @ Crayon
Audio Engineering & Mixed by Nao Anzai
Assistant Engineer Andy Robinson
Mastered by Joe Carra at Crystal Mastering
Titles by Confetti Studio
P & C Mildlife & Heavenly Recordings & Inertia Music 2021

Special Thanks
James Ware, Travers Chesney, Tom Ross, Linus ‘Lenny’ Ross, Research Records, Parks Victoria, Mornington Peninsula National Park.

[ouchkibbibbles]

Bassist is tireless, funky AF, and at the same time so wholesome that he could play at the symphony or the darkest club and fit in both places

[laluneodyssee]

"Live at Pompeii" vibes, awesome!!!

[calebsansom]

Automatic 🤤 giving me some Alan parsons vibes. Incredible

[aydenbrown]

Filmed so perfectly, this is fucking sick

[AlessandroCardano]

This is the Pompeii of our generation.

=One Love=

–A

[Nickerer]

Probably the sickest live sesh I’ve ever seen.

[TikeRike]

You guys deserve so much more attention. So happy you're supporting Parcels, King Gizz and Khruangbin this year.

[seanjohnson]

Centuries ago this island majestically stood tall above a canyon filled with gold and diamonds, until a time traveler changed everything, serving the stage for this performance.this is 🔥

[Buya]

00:00 Rare air
7:17 Rare Air outro jam?
10:07 Vapour
15:44 Im blau
26:30 Citations
35:20 The Magnificent Moon
44:55 Transition to Zwango Zop
53:07 Automatic

[ouchkibbibbles]

My comment about the bassist aside, the guitarist is mesmerizingly good and imo the star of the show. He is so darn smooth man. Kudos to the wild synths that can move you anyplace they want, in concert with the percussionist acting with the reliable consistency of the laws of physics and energetic creative simultaneously. I've been listening to this song show exclusively for a week at least. It's like the first time you heard any one of Pink Floyd albums.

[mamatthewjvaughan]

best new band I've heard in 2024. see you later this year in Boston, boys!

[rolopolo]

Fair to say I’ve been having a Mildlife crisis since I head first found this band in March. Great stuff.

[tristanpina]

How does this not have millions of views

[Alpha-iuny]

Here’s the doors/Pink Floyd … in our time ! With futuristic sounds !

[dsp]

There are so many good things about this. It's like Lotus meets Pink Floyd, meets 70's funk and so many other things I can't even.... I'm just blown away. Easily the best thing I've ever heard. Cheers from a small town Pennsylvania.

[danielsuas]

funkk... that bass, puff nice, great band, thanks

[joelanderson]

Bassist has gotta be the sexiest guy I’ve ever seen. I don’t think I’m gay. But man this guy makes me question

[raffi]

the fact that they transitioned from a 4/4 to a 3/4 from rare air to vapour smoothly just blew my mind

[djonotv]

Ash Ra Tempel vibe from Mildlife. Nice. Cheers from Mx.

[ouchkibbibbles]

50:33-51:06 = bassist killing it / chills from the build … into 51:07 for the 🤯ing shred session. This guitarist is godlike.