Saddleback is the solo project for producer Tony Dupe. Since the release of Saddleback's acclaimed 2004 debut Everything's A Love Letter, Tony has found increasing demand for his touch behind the recording desk, most notably with Sydney's Holly Throsby. Tony's recording desk is housed in his Kangaroo Valley residence on the south coast of New South Wales. The remote surroundings tell heavily on the sounds he creates for Saddleback, and as its title suggests, Night Maps has a darker sense of beauty than its predecessor. The uncanny atmospheres of Night Maps are the result of contrasting feels at play. Sounds push and pull against each other, then unite into a mysterious force that is by turns desolate, fragile, visceral and translucent. These abstracted orchestrations featuring guitar, strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion and electronic textures work in the cracks between jazz, folk, post-rock and classical, claiming a space between dark and light, both shimmering and haunting.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Pushing Upsteam
2. Hanging At Picnic Rock
3. Rain In Sea
4. Dance Card
5. For Crying Out Loud
6. So Low Now
7. Shot Through
8. Singing Scribbles