BATTERIE is the brainchild of Jared Underwood; award winning musician, composer, percussionist, experimentalist and graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and AFTRS (Australian Film Radio and Television School)
BATTERIE performs instrumental electronica inspired by IDM, electro, chip tune, experimental rock and post rave music genres. His show combines virtuosic live drums, synthesizers, sampling, looping, and electronics that interact with visual projections in a unique live solo show that pushes the boundaries of what a solo performer can do.
Some highlights have been supporting New York art rock band Gang Gang Dance at the Sydney Opera House, opening for cult Japanese group CIBO MATTO, performing at ART BAR at The Museum Of Contemporary Art and most recently playing SQUARE SOUNDS festival in Melbourne (Australia’s only Chip Tune music festival) and SUBSONIC 2018 (a big outdoor dance music festival)
Over the last few years BATTERIE has been busily composing music for indie games including : OTTTD, One More Dash, PLATO, One More Jump, Thumb Drift and One More Line. The games he has worked on have been downloaded more that 24 Million times ! BATTERIE has presented talks about game music composition industry conferences including: APRA High Score, APRA The Melbourne Sessions and GCAP Melbourne 2017.
As a collaborating musician he has worked with : Daniel Johns (Silverchair), Nick Littlemore (Empire of the Sun), Hugo Race (Nick Cave) Jake Stone (Bluejuice).