Ned Collette & Wirewalker have been carving their name deep into the musical landscape of Australia over the course of two albums and ‘Networking In Purgatory’, their third, is the most sumptuous and accomplished yet.

Co-produced by Collette and his Wirewalker partner Joe Talia, ‘Networking In Purgatory’s natural full-bodied sounds befit the easy stride that Collette and his band have hit.

Originally from Melbourne, Ned has resided in Berlin for the last four years and this album was recorded in both cities. Fittingly, the album cover is a photo taken of Berlin from a plane as Ned returned home to finish the record and sums up the outsider in Ned’s music. However, there’s beauty born out of displacement. As a Brisbane daily paper wrote recently, “Collette makes music that gently suffuses into the bloodstream. Which is the opposite of how the music industry works now.”

Despite the album’s own clearly distinct voice it still manages to evoke suggestions of Pink Floyd, Kevin Ayers, Brian Eno, Kraftwerk and even Joni Mitchell or Paul Giovanni. Sparse acoustic songs such as ‘Across The Frozen Bridge’ are joined by the driving minimalist electronica of ‘Vanitas Quack’, the instantaneous ‘Bird’ and the melancholic and luscious-sounding opening track ‘At The Piano’.

“Sublime… gleaming, plaintive, airily arranged” – Mojo

“It has a sort of grandness about it, like all the best and most intricate pop” – Drowned in Sound