2020. There is something simultaneously both brand-new and retro about 'All News Is Good News', the debut album from Melbourne's instrumental soul group Surprise Chef. It sounds like something dreamt up by lo-fi cou..

2022. Big Crown presents the first 7" offering from Surprise Chef. Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, these guys bring a funky blend of jazz, hip hop, and soul with a shade of David Axelrod which all comes out ..

2023. Surprise Chef's 'Friendship' is a six-song EP that picks up where the last album left off and pushes their sound in new directions. This EP will bridge the gap while they write and record their next album due..

2023. Following up on the worldwide success of their album 'Education & Recreation', Surprise Chef drops a 7" for collectors and DJs.

2022. Surprise Chef's music is based on evoking mood; their vivid arrangements utilize time and space to build soundscapes that invite the listener into their world. The quintet's distinct sound pulls from 70's film..

2022. Surprise Chef's music is based on evoking mood; their vivid arrangements utilize time and space to build soundscapes that invite the listener into their world. The quintet's distinct sound pulls from 70's film..

2022. Surprise Chef's music is based on evoking mood; their vivid arrangements utilize time and space to build soundscapes that invite the listener into their world. The quintet's distinct sound pulls from 70's film..

2023. Surprise Chef's 'Friendship' is a six-song EP that picks up where the last album left off and pushes their sound in new directions. This EP will bridge the gap while they write and record their next album due..

2022. Surprise Chef cover of this breaks-laden, funk rarity, featuring a 7" edit of the original Japanese classic on the B-side.

2020. There is something simultaneously both brand-new and retro about 'All News Is Good News', the debut album from Melbourne's instrumental soul group Surprise Chef. It sounds like something dreamt up by lo-fi cou..

2020. 'Daylight Savings' is the follow-up to the group's debut album 'All News Is Good News. Recorded in their own home studio in Melbourne, the production approach for 'Daylight Savings' is a big step up from their..

2020. 'Daylight Savings' is the follow-up to the group's debut album 'All News Is Good News. Recorded in their own home studio in Melbourne, the production approach for 'Daylight Savings' is a big step up from their..

2023. Energetic, dynamic and atmoshperic instrumental mixture of Afrobeat, jazz and funk. For fans of Antibalas, Budos Band, Black Flower, Surprise Chef or Fela Kuti.

2024. Les Imprimés lends his production prowess to a remix for 'Come On In' and Surprise Chef takes 'Under The Sun' to give it an unorthodox jazz/funk treatment.

2023. Dune Castle Records presents 'For Private Use Only' by Cantrips, two heaving psychedelic funk pieces composed by Cantrips' Patrick Ryan and recorded over one day by a studio band including members of Surprise ..

2022. Helmed by drummer Hudson Whitlock (Karate Boogaloo, Surprise Chef), this studio project Pro-Teens involves an interchangeable collective of incognito instrumentalists playing under outlandish pseudonyms. This ..

2021. Let Your Hair Down is a seven-piece instrumental soul group from Melbourne, Australia featuring members from Karate Boogaloo, Surprise Chef and Saskwatch. Produced by Henry Jenkins (Karate Boogaloo, Mo'Ju), 'W..

2021. On-Ly is the solo and collaborative moniker of pianist and producer Joshua Smeltink. Here he teams up with this second line-up for his own On-Ly band: Carl Lindeberg (Surprise Chef) on bass, Henry Hicks (Horat..