Surprise Chef

Melbourne’s cinematic soul journeymen push moody shades of instrumental jazz-funk with a DIY mentality. Their output reflects a meticulous education of 70s soul, drawing on the legacies of David Axelrod and Isaac Hayes with cues taken from the catalogues of Daptone and Truth & Soul. Their debut LP All News Is Good News, released worldwide via Mr. Bongo in 2020, slipped rapidly into the collective consciousness of underground music lovers around the world.