Tornado Wallace

About

Melbourne, Australia's Lewis Day records deep, disco/boogie-influenced house tracks under the name Tornado Wallace. He initially began releasing tracks as Lewie Day during the mid-2000s before adopting the Tornado Wallace moniker by the end of the decade. He began releasing 12" singles of lush, summery grooves on labels such as <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Delusions+of+Grandeur%22">Delusions of Grandeur</a> and <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Sleazy+Beats%22">Sleazy Beats</a>, and by 2011 he had developed a rigorous touring schedule, spending much of his time in London and Berlin as well as Australia. He remixed tracks by <a href="spotify:artist:4EENT7N7rCBwrddM3s0vFS">Cut Copy</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2GLf7iaOOujAem5R87xwto">Matthew Dear</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:2klQbxaAVeQMof4GsPFH5S">Recloose</a>, in addition to releasing further original productions on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22ESP+Institute%22">ESP Institute</a> and <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Beats+in+Space%22">Beats in Space</a>. He also formed Coober Pedy University Band, a "Krautback" duo influenced by indigenous music as well as Berlin School cosmic electronics, with Tom Moore (aka Otologic). The title track to their 2013 debut, Moon Plain, featured vocals by a then-obscure <a href="spotify:artist:2Q0MyH5YMI5HPQjFjlq5g3">Nick Murphy</a> (<a href="spotify:artist:6UcJxoeHWWWyT5HZP064om">Chet Faker</a>). Gradually, Wallace's records became trippier, spacier, and more unusual, moving away from his earlier disco-house style to a more exotic, Balearic/Fourth World-type sound. The 2016 EP Falling Sun was released by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Music+from+Memory%22">Music from Memory</a> sister label Second Circle, and the full-length Lonely Planet, Wallace's most ambitious outing to date, arrived on <a href="spotify:artist:4jLpm91Tyk2TRgv43bMfZO">Gerd Janson</a>'s <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Running+Back%22">Running Back</a> label in 2017. EP for Animals Dancing followed later in the year. ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi