Pjenné

Naarm / Melbourne

Pjenné is a direct line to the underground. The local DJ, radio broadcaster, curator and label manager is a gateway to leftfield ambient, dance and electronica from her home and around the world.

While her musical style takes many forms, the psychedelic sounds from the expanses of the southern bush influence and inject themselves into elements of her mixes. Trance, progressive, mesmerising, and hypnotic selections have landed her multiple bookings at iconic local and international clubs & festivals.

She feeds this curiosity through her weekly community radio show and her label, Companion — co-managed with Milly Davison aka Millú. Companion is an exploration in ethereal 90s electronica, psychedelic IDM, and meditative leftfield sounds. Pjenné’s weekly Passing Notes show is where she can further explore sonic oddities and seek refuge from today’s highly curated music industry. Passing Notes is a raw, live, sonic journal that acts as a platform serving and highlighting the diversity of electronic music makers and the underground community that supports it. A holistic approach motivates Pjenné’s work. It’s all about the context of sound: The intricacies and projections that come with outdoor performances and how rhythm, texture and atmospherics create tension. How they fill and create space for human connection, to drift away or to dance.