Research Background: Led by singer-songwriter, Paddy Mann, of revered alt-folk group Grand Salvo, and composer/trumpeter/sound artist Peter Knight (trumpet and electronics) along with highly regarded Australian contemporary classical/jazz musicians Joe Talia (drums & Revox B77 tape machine) Erik Griswold (toy piano & prepared piano), Vanessa Tomlinson (junk percussion, marimba & vibraphone) and Andrew Brooks (saxophone), Daughter's Fever spins haunted folk, ambient pop and free improvised textures into an other-worldly place similarly inhabited by David Sylvian, Mark Hollis and Dean Roberts.

This work was funded by the Australia Council for the Arts, released on HellosQuare label. The Author is co-composer (with all 6 band members), performer and recording artist on this album.

Research Contribution: This work significantly contributes to the field of experimental music, examining the fringes of jazz, pop, improvisation and experimental musics. All works on the album were created collaboratively, using songs by Paddy Mann and ideas of Knight as a starting point. With all works collectively attributed to all band members, the individual creative contributions are fully acknowledged. This working methodology sits between improvisation and composition.

Research Significance: This work was funded through the Australian Council for the Arts, released on HellosQuare label, premiered at the Canberra International Jazz Festival with a further performance at the Melbourne Recital Centre. It contributes 60 minutes of new Australian music, bringing together a new creative team. Since this time the team have taken on board ambitious new artistic projects using the working methodology of Daughter’s Fever as a starting point. This work has been reviewed extensively. This album was long listed for Australian Music Prize 2015 and named in The Quietus half-year round up.