Episode 197: Winter McQuinn (Sunfruits, Jade Imagine)

A reality revealed, 90s Manchester psychedelic stuff mixed with folk music, and dreaming of driving around Echo Park. Winter McQuinn (Winter McQuinn, Sunfruits, Jade Imagine) Making Of 'Move To The Trees'- https://www.youtube.com/watch THE MAKING OF SUNFRUITS 'ONE DEGREE'- https://www.youtube.com/watch "Winter McQuinn is a musician who plays extensively around Melbourne/Naarm, Australia as well as Europe and the UK with Sunfruits, jade imagine and as a solo artist. Winter also works as a freelance publicist at Third Eye Stimuli Records and co founded environmental music organisation Green Your Noise. Green Your Noise is a carbon offset calculator and environmental tool aimed at musicians and creative workers who want to lower their environmental impact. Winter holds a Bachelor of Music from Box Hill and Bachelor of Music Interactive Composition Honours from Melbourne University. Winter has appeared at stages and festivals including Falls Festival, St Kilda Festival, Bigsound Festival, Brunswick Music Festival, The Forum, The Tivoli, Manchester Psych Festival (UK), Misty Fields Festival (NL), Sideral Festival (FR) and more, touring regularly for the past 5 years. Through his practice, Winter has worked with producers such as Tim Harvey (Aldous Harding), Jim Rindlefish (Mildlife), Jesse Williams (Grace Cummings, Leah Senior) Malcolm Besley (North East Party House) as well as organisations including Green Music Australia. Winter has also been nominated for two Music Victoria Awards with band Sunfruits and the Environmental Music Prize in 2023. Winter is passionate about creating a more equitable and regenerative music industry. Recent soundworks include sound design for Stories in the Wall animation project for Arts Centre Melbourne, and multichannel sound piece Drums in Motion for the Signal Sound commissions." Excerpt from https://www.wintermcquinn.com Winter McQuinn: Bandcamp: https://winter-mcquinn.bandcamp.com/music Instagram: @_wintagram_ Website: https://www.wintermcquinn.com Merch: https://winter-mcquinn.bandcamp.com/merch Records: https://www.thirdeyestimuli.com/winter-mcquinn SunFruits: Bandcamp: https://sunfruits.bandcamp.com Instagram: @sunfruitsband Website: https://www.sunfruitsband.com Merch: https://sunfruits.bandcamp.com/merch Records: https://www.thirdeyestimuli.com/sunfruits Jade Imagine: Bandcamp: https://jadeimagine.bandcamp.com/music Instagram: @jadeimaginemusic Website: https://www.jadeimagine.com Merch: https://jadeimagine.bandcamp.com/merch The Vineyard: Instagram: @thevineyardpodcast Website: https://www.thevineyardpodcast.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thevineyardpodcast