Melbourne-based trio Dumbhead bring "Didn’t Make the Part" to Live at Phoenix, in a film directed by Khushi Patil.

Formed by Maayan Barnatan (guitar, vocals), Billie Raffety (vocals) and Zach Salmon (FX, beats, keyboards), Dumbhead are joined by trumpeter Henry Rawling for the performance. Working across trip-hop, experimental electronica and post-punk, the group build layered soundscapes around Raffety’s jazz-trained vocals.

Their music offers a way to sit with difficult experiences, giving shape to feelings that might otherwise remain unspoken. For the trio, music is less about dwelling in heaviness than finding a way through it — an outlet for uncertainty, change and the anxieties of the wider world.

Director: Khushi Patil
Live at Phoenix Producers: Soie An, Josh Milch and Mary Ventura
Associate Producer: Chelsea Wittleton
Cintematographer: Diamond Tat
Camera Operator: Evelyn Wong
Lighting Operator: Chloe on Lights
Gaffer: Lucky Chen
Recording Engineer: Michael Wickens
Mix Engineer: Nathan Moas
Supervising Producer: Angus Hunt Executive Producer: Dr Judith Neilson AM