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Professionally sensitive, Daphnie is the alter ego of Sydney drummer and producer Alistair Hayes. After finishing a degree in jazz performance, the self proclaimed “jazz nerd” renounced his education in the name of alternative pop, starting his solo project and starring as half of the duo youproblem. Daphnie produces unusual but fun soundscapes to support catchy pop melodies, pulling lyrically understated metaphors from his personal relationships.

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Daphnie has honed his songwriting skills by writing music with and playing drums for artists such as flowerkid, RIIKI REID, LORA, Lola Scott, ioakim, Stellie, Sammi Constantine, Holly Hebe, and Ivoris. After realising that being behind the drums isn’t the only thing he wants to do on stage, the drummer turned producer/songwriter started writing his own music, defining his sonic signatures through the covid lockdowns of 2020 and 2021.

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Daphnie’s first singles have received love from Spotify playlists Pop n’ Fresh, The Picnic List, New Music Friday AU & NZ, Fresh Finds AU & NZ, and The Local List among others, as well as radio airplay on Triple J Radio, Triple J Unearthed, with music videos landing on RAGE and MTV. Daphnie is consistently pushing his music out into the world, so go get it xx.

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“Confessions To An Ex is an autobiographical journey of an entire romantic relationship start to finish. The opening starts with the end of a previous relationship and the crushing feeling of that, before being distracted by someone you see on the street. It flows through the romance and excitement at the start, into desperation and denial of that relationship coming to a close, the acceptance of the end and dealing with the after effects of the breakup, having those weird on again off again moments until finally reaching acceptance and forgiveness at the last song”

“This mixtape is my entire growth in the last two years. From when I started writing and producing matching the earlier love songs, into finding my stride musically as my last relationship came to an end. This is everything Daphnie has been since the beginning and is the final installment of this opening chapter, filling in some of the gaps not fully explored by the singles”

“This is the first body of work I’ve ever released, and I’m so so proud of it. I’m proud of what it’s saying, how I’ve said it, and I’m proud of myself for how honest I’ve been in every song regardless of how flattering it is. I’ve done my absolute best to write melodies I love, lyrics that I mean, and push sonic boundaries with weird soundscapes and just straight up wild noises. This is pop music in unusual clothing but it’s as Daphnie as it gets”

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Follow DAPHNIE
Website – Instagram – Facebook
Twitter – Soundcloud

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AMNPLIFY – ML