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Professionally sensitive, Daphnie is the alter ego of Sydney drummer and producer Alistair Hayes. After ambling through a degree in jazz performance, the self proclaimed “jazz nerd” renounced his education in the name of alternative indie pop. Daphnie produces unusual but fun soundscapes to support his catchy pop melodies and pulls lyrically understated metaphors from his personal relationships. Daphnie has honed his songwriting skills by writing music with and playing drums for artists like Lola Scott, ioakim, LORA, and RIIKI REID. After realising that sitting down and hitting things isn’t the only thing he wants to do on stage, the drummer turned producer started writing his own music and defining his sonic signatures through the covid lockdowns of 2020 and 2021, releasing his first single “Late” in May 2022. Enlisting the help of producers like George Nicholas (Cosmo’s Midnight, Mansionair), Liam Quinn (Peach PRC), and Joel Quartermain (G Flip, Jack River) to lay the finishing touches by mixing his first few singles, Daphnie is set to be consistently pushing his music out into the world, so go get ready for it xx.