Asthmatix at Church Street Studios

“The Asthmatix offer a delightfully zany take on instrumental hip-hop with their blend of jazz, sample-driven electronica and traditional Jewish music.” – Erin Felton (Deaf Ambitions)”

Band members are:

Daniel ‘PlaneFace’ Pliner on keys & melodica.

Micha ‘Morphingaz’ Walter on beats & cuts,

Daniel ‘Weltmachine’ Weltlinger on violin.

Kingston Avenue meets Utica, an instrumental mix of jazz and Jewish melodies combined with heavy grooves, Chassidic children’s vinyl, turntablism and virtuosic playing. The Asthmatix create an irreverent, off-the-wall-anything-goes brand of contemporary electro-acoustic music blending influences borrowed from klezmer, hip hop, East-European folk music and contemporary jazz. The members of the band have collectively recorded and toured with a diverse range of artists including rapper Aphletik, LA  based producer/artist Mocky, Ethiopian singer Dereb Deselegn (Dereb the Ambassador) and German Gypsy guitar legend Lulo Reinhardt amongst many others, which is reflected in the eclectic style of the band in which any and all kinds of sounds and musical influences are included in the mix.

The band released their first EP “Go Team Go” in 2011 to widespread critical acclaim, which included the 7” vinyl “Latke”, and on April 16, 2025 released their long awaited full length album “Abacus Earthling” produced in both Europe and Australia to a packed house at Lazybones Lounge in Marrickville, Sydney. The skies are the limit for this unique band with their unique take on music in which all and any direction of sonic exploration is possible.