Today is the worldwide release of the Ben Lee album that Appleonia and Ben wrote and produced together. The album is available now on itunes and record shops. Cover art by artist Ione Skye Lee.

Appleonia will be performing her New York debut on Thursday the 16th of May at 11pm at The Living Room. She will premiere material from her latest collaboration with Canadian musician Adam Van Wielingen. Together they have written a collection of songs called “The Shattering”, a sparse, dark, punk project inspired by mysterious cosmic forces. Poster art by New York based artist Matt Huynh.

Appleonia will be opening for and performing with Ben Lee for his Los Angeles and New York shows. These shows are the very first performances debuting the record Ben and Appleonia wrote together called “Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work”, an exciting experimental new album due out in the US on 14th May 2013. Click below for tickets:

LA show 7th May 2013

NY show 18th May 2013

Today is the official Australain release of Appleonia and Ben Lee’s collaboration, “Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work”. Below is a trailer about the album and how it came to be.

Appleonia will be performing an intimate set at the Absolute Photography Studio in Sydney.

When: Thursday 7^th March

Time: night starts at 7.30pm

Where: Absolute Photography Studio, 66 Bondi Rd, Bondi

Nic Cassey will be on beforehand.

$10 at the door

Tickets on sale now for Australian shows for Ben Lee, Appleonia and more. Appleonia will be the support act and also performing with Ben all the songs from the upcoming record that they wrote together, “Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work”.

RollingStone premieres a song written by Ben Lee and Appleonia off the upcoming Ben Lee record “Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work”.  Read about their collaboration and listen to the track here. The song is titled  “Welcome to the House of Mystical Death”, and is a tune built on multiple breath tracks, choral chanting and cacophony.

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Appleonia is excited to be supporting the amazingly talented Sally Seltmann at the Vanguard in Sydney on the 21st of March. You can buy tickets here.

Appleonia will be performing a solo set, as well as singing alongside Ben Lee for his forthcoming Australian east coast tour. The shows will celebrate the  launch of Ben’s new record, “Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work”, which was co-created by Ben and Jessica, with Appleonia featuring as
the female vocals on the record. Tickets on sale Feb 19th.

Fri, 5 April – BYRON BAY
Byron Bay Community Centre
w/Darpan and Friends, Appleonia,
Avasa & MattyLove, Nadav
Tickets $35 + bf
on-­‐sale 19 February
Buy here:
http://www.spiritfestival.com.au/benlee

Sat, 6 April – BYRON BAY
Byron Bay Community Centre
w/Darpan and Friends, Appleonia,
Avasa & Matty Love, Nadav
Tickets $35 + bf
on-­‐sale 19 February
Buy here:
http://www.spiritfestival.com.au/benlee

Thurs, 11 April – SYDNEY
Paddington Uniting Church
w/Darpan and Friends, Appleonia,
Avasa & Matty Love, Nadav
and a talk by Juan Ruiz Naupari
Tickets $35 + bf
on-­‐sale 19 February
Buy here:
http://www.myheartspace.com.au/

Watch Appleonia sing to snake powers in her latest dreamy video.

You can buy Appleonia’s latest single by clicking here!

Look and listen to this cute, sweet, delightful cover of “She is the Sun” by the talented Malena Aballay, Matias Cardozo and Alana Roque.

The new music video for “She is the Sun” is out today! Watch Appleonia and Craig Nicholls slow dance in this spontaneous one-shot past life dream.

Appleonia’s new single, “She is the Sun” featuring Craig Nicholls, is out digitally worldwide today! If you want to hear some cosmic heartache, buy it here! Music video to follow 19th October 2012.

Appleonia and musician Nadav Kahn have written two pop tunes for two short plays that are part of the the True West season of “A view from Moving Windows”. Specifically written for True West, the production is a collection of pieces by nine dynamic Sydney playwrights, each inspired by train travel. Directed by Augusta Supple, “A View from Moving Windows” opens October 18th 2012 at the Riverside Theatre in Parramatta. If you are in Sydney, come check it out. The cast will be singing the songs to you! Find out more by clicking here.

Sneak preview! Listen to Appleonia and Craig Nicholls from ‘The Vines’ cry out to the cosmos in unison. Music video to follow.

Today Ben Lee and Appleonia had a conversation about their collaboration, process and inspiration behind the making of his upcoming album, “Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work”. Click here to watch.

Earlier this year, Appleonia & Ben Lee began a conversation about a record they both wanted to make together. Before they knew it, these conversations turned into soundscapes, sounds and songs that they wrote and recorded simultaneously and often spontaneously in Lee’s home studio. This collection is what is now Ben Lee’s upcoming album: “Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work”. Click here to see a video explaining a little more about what inspired the record, and/or pledge your support by pre-ordering the album.

Check out Appleonia’s trippy new music video for the song “My Wanderer”, an English translation of the Hindi Bollywood 1950′s hit song “Ghar Aaya Mera Pardesi”.

Join Appleonia at the Australian premiere of the film “Despite the Gods” at the 2012 Sydney Film Festival. The film will screen for the first time in Australia on June 9th. Score by Jessica Chapnik Kahn and Nadav Kahn, featuring Appleonia. Buy tickets here!

The film “Despite the Gods” had it’s world premiere today in Canada, and to celebrate, Appleonia’s single from the film is out today on itunes.  Translated from Hindi to English, “My Wanderer” is a cover of a famous 1950′s Bollywood song called “Ghar Aaya Mera Pardesi”, which featured in the cult classic Hindi hit “Awara”, directed by Raj Kapoor. You can get Appleonia’s new single on itunes here.

Appleonia and Nadav Kahn have been busy composing the score for the Jennifer Lynch biopic “Despite the Gods”. Today the film was announced as part of the official selection of Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival! This will be the film’s world premiere. The documentary is beautifully directed by Penny Vozniak. For more info on the festival: www.hotdocs.ca

Appleonia will be performing a short set at the Absolute Photography gallery for their monthly soiree.
When: Thursday 1st of March at 7.30pm
Where: Absolute Photography, 66 Bondi Road, Bondi, Sydney
Other musicians will be performing on the night.
$10 at the door.

Appleonia has released her latest music video to the song “God”. You can watch it here!:

Appleonia will be performing a few of songs at The Conscious Club.
When: Wednesday 22nd of February at 6pm
Where: Bondi Pavillion Theatre in Sydney
Will be a lovely night with guest speakers and more. Book tickets at www.theconsciousclub.com

Appleonia and musician Nadav Kahn are writing the score for the upcoming documentary “Despite the Gods”, a bio pic about Hollywood’s prodigal daughter Jennifer Lynch (daughter of cult director David Lynch). The film covers Lynch’s 8 month odyssey in India directing a creature feature about the vengeful snake goddess Nagin. In the world of Bollywood Hollywood movie making, chaos is the process…more to come.

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