Halloween Hi-Fi
Halloween Hi-Fi is a zine by Wayne Davidson, published in Victoria, Australia, in 2022.
- Issue 1: Australia and New Zealand. Suggestions for a seasonal mixtape Created for the Australia zine makers event - Hallozeen 2022 - Halloween Hi-Fi (16-pages, size A5) is curated playlist information of music from Australia and New Zealand suitable for your Halloween soundtrack.
Halloween in Australia and New Zealand has only been recognised in the past few decades, Halloween Hi-Fi attempts to address that imbalance in pop culture exploring Halloween appropriate music from these two antipodean cultures where no-one was doing 'The Monster Mash'. Artists included are Dead Can Dance, B[if]tek, Dave Graney, The Cannanes, Lisa Gerrard, Split Enz, Nick Cave, Clouds, The Chills, LadyhawkeThe Church, The Reels, Laughing Clowns, Single Gun Theory and more.
Each track includes release details and a written description that's sometimes factual, sometimes personal.