Beyond the Lake

Beyond the Lake

Beyond the Lake are an ambient duo consisting of
Nick Delaney (guitar) and Anita Quayle (Cello).

25/11/2023

We’re very much looking forward to being part of this years
This show is particularly suited to those who love taking in a late morning session - so bring the kids and the grandparents and prepare to be calmly and blissfully serenaded! 😇🎶

Posted • DEC 6
Beyond The Lake
morning show - crybaby session 11.30am
$20 general admission ticket includes 1 child - additional children $10
Beyond the Lake weave mesmerising soundscapes that transport listeners to tranquil realms. Their use of various effects and live looping techniques creates a captivating tapestry of textures, offering a soothing ambiance ideal for sleep, meditation, yoga, reading, and restless minds.

Beyond the Lake, a dynamic duo hailing from Melbourne, Australia, showcases the exceptional talents of Anita Quayle and Nick Delaney. Drawing from their extensive musical backgrounds, the pair brings a unique blend of electric cello, looping, effects, electric guitar, bass, and live looping to their ethereal compositions.

08/11/2023

Love a good wedding, don’t you?!!
had the most divine time yesterday afternoon serenading wedding guests at
The sun was definitely smiling, what a day for a wedding, indeed! 👌

22/10/2023

🤯🤯🤯…. are just so overjoyed for Mark and all the success this short film is generating… it’s reached LA baby!!! 👊💥🎶

Posted • Alright, LA. I’m coming for ya! I’m extremely proud to announce The Guest has been selected for the LA International Horror Film Festival! It’s a dream to think my first short film has made it around the world and now lands in LA, the home of Western cinema. Many amazing genre filmmakers have called LA home, so I’m humbled to be screened in their neighbourhood.

The Guest stars .arcy in the lead and features a score from Melbourne ambient music duo, . Big thanks to for his ACing. The Guest was shot in Melbourne on Canon R5 and Canon R6 cameras using an .global Ninja V monitor/recorder. Editing, grading and mixing was performed in DaVinci Resolve Studio, and foley was recorded using equipment. I’m proud to support Australian companies (the latter three) in the making of this short.

21/10/2023

This wonderful email from a lovely human who recently discovered us on SBS chill, popped up in ‘s inbox yesterday, and it just made our day and melted our hearts! 🥰🎶
A huge thank you to SBS Chill, for continuing to play music from our album ‘Coming Home’, more than a year after it was released. 🤯❤️
It’s indeed a rare thing for an independent artist to have a song of theirs played on air more than once (usually with an underlying intent of promoting an album or an upcoming show).
So to be given this kind of ongoing exposure is a real gift and one that we very humbly appreciate and are incredibly thankful for! 🙏😇

20/10/2023

And the hits just keep on comin for ‘The Guest’… 1 year later this little short film is still smashing the accolades and getting the recognition it so rightly deserves… were so pleased to create the score for this! 🎶

Posted • I’m extremely proud to announce The Guest has made official selection for Night of the Horror Film Festival! It’s an honour to be shown alongside many other awesome films at this horror film festival, in Belgium, especially in the lead up to the most sacred of all horror fans’ evenings, All Hallows’ Eve!

The Guest stars .arcy in the lead and features a score from Melbourne ambient music duo, . Big thanks to for his ACing. The Guest was shot in Melbourne on Canon R5 and Canon R6 mirrorless cameras using an .global Ninja V monitor/recorder. Editing, grading and mixing was performed in DaVinci Resolve Studio, and foley was recorded using equipment. I’m proud to support Australian companies (the latter three) in the making of this short.

Photos from Beyond the Lake's post 15/10/2023

had such a lovely time serenading guests in this glorious room recently!
Thanks to for this most delightful and very dignified opportunity.
We even got to meet the governor of a Victoria! 🎶

31/08/2023

vinyl for ‘Transience’ has now arrived!! Woohoo!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks so much to Travis and the team at for looking after us and doing such an amazing job, we couldn’t be happier with how they’ve turned out…. it sounds bloody incredible! 😇💎🎶

Thanks so much to everyone who has already pre ordered your copy, we appreciate your support so much and we’ll be sending those out to you immediately!! 💎🙏

For those who are keen to own their very own copy, then we reckon the perfect time to do so is tomorrow (Friday) from 5pm until 5pm on Saturday, as it’s
This is a 24 hour window of time on the first Friday of every month where every dollar you spend on merch on Bandcamp, goes directly into the artist’s pocket! Thanks , you’re an amazing bunch of legends!🙏

Thanks also again to the wonderfully creative and generous souls who appeared on this very special album
.k .music
and to the team at , .noy.547 and
to for the beautifully written forward for the album (it’s a deeply moving reflection of what we wanted to achieve with this record, and you absolutely nailed it Mark 😇🙏!)

01/08/2023

As any DIY artist will tell you, it can be pretty exhausting trying to keep the publicity and marketing momentum going after you’ve released a new album. Its times like these that it’s so important to be kind to yourself, take a break and go and treat yourself to an amazing breakfast and hit that reset button…. as often as you need to!!
P.S. the beetroot eggs Bennie at Northside Broadway in Reservoir really hit the spot! 😇
P.P.S. Nick is going to kill me for posting this photo of him 🤭… not sorry though. That’s one glorious face!! 🥰

24/07/2023

had so much fun at last night chatting with Roger Holdsworth on the Global Village program, about our latest release ‘Transience’ - a collaboration album featuring 9 of Australia’s most creatively diverse musicians and improvisers.
We’re very lucky here in Melbourne to have such a thriving network of community radio programs and programmers that always go above and beyond to make room for the music that (let’s face it) will never end up on commercial radio!
So whether you’re an artist/band or simply a lover of music that defies (and detests!!) the very notion that music must fit inside that cardboard flavoured commercial box in order for it to be valued and given air time, then I strongly encourage you to support your favourite community radio station or program, by becoming a subscriber and/or making an annual donation.
We should all be doing our bit (whenever we can) to keep the veins of community radio pumping loud and proud!!

Photos from Global Village Worldwide Music PBS's post 23/07/2023

Tune in to Global Village Worldwide Music PBS today from 5pm - 7pm.
Beyond the Lake will be chatting to Roger Holdsworth about their new album, ‘Transience’… 🎶😇🎉🎉

Photos from Global Village Worldwide Music PBS's post 23/07/2023

Having a chat on PBS tonight! Tune in and check it out!

21/07/2023

Posted • Introducing 👋⁠
Give their album “Transcience” a listen!⁠

If you're a Music Victoria member you can submit your new releases, gig or livestream for a feature on our socials via the Member Moment portal on our website. ⁠

📸: Mark Gambino Photography⁠

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1) White graphic with a photo of a man and a woman. They are both sitting down wearing black clothing with red neck ties, set against a dark background. The man has a short dark manicured beard with black rimmed glasses and a black hat and is looking at the camera. A red electric guitar is resting in front of him. The woman has blonde hair tied up in a top bun, and is looking side on to the camera. She is holding an electric cello. Photo is in a red/white gradient border of a music player surrounded in stars. "Member moment. Beyond the Lake". Music Victoria logo in the righthand corner. ⁠
2) White graphic with stars in the right-hand corner. "Beyond the Lake, a duo based in Melbourne, Australia, features Anita Quayle on electric cello, looping and effects and Nick Delaney on electric guitar, bass, looping and effects, and together they create ethereal, neoclassical soundscapes to soothe the soul. Their collaboration developed organically during the numerous 2020 Covid lock-downs in Melbourne, where Nick and Anita began live-streaming a series of improvisations called “Music for Sleep”, as a way of helping those struggling with the pandemic."⁠
3) White graphic with an abstract graphic of grey/blue/orange/white colours "Beyond the Lake. Transcience" inside a black border of a music player surrounded in stars. "New album. Transcience. Listen via link in bio"]

Cloud Inertia - Feat. Alon Ilsar (Live sampling & AirSticks) 14/07/2023

Here’s the full length video of the first track ‘Cloud Inertia’ feat. Alon Ilsar from our new album ‘Transience’.
Don’t forget to like and subscribe to our YouTube channel!

Cloud Inertia - Feat. Alon Ilsar (Live sampling & AirSticks) ‘Cloud Inertia’ is a collaboration between Beyond the Lake and drummer/electronic producer and inventor of the AirSticks, Alon Ilsar. The Air Sticks combine ...

09/07/2023

Thanks so much to Dave at Pulse 89.9FM Radio for helping to share the love a little further regarding our latest album release ‘Transience’.
Cloud Inertia is track 1 on the album and features Alon Ilsar and his instrument of choice, the AirSticks!

Coming up on Thursday evening, episode 29 of Discovery. From 7-10pm you get to hear 3hrs of the best new 'undiscovered' Artists from across Australia. As always, I invite you to vote for your chosen favourite(s) by texting the studio (0434 440 553) while the show is on air. The line up is varied, but every track is worthy of greater recognition. There's something for everyone in this list.

South Summit - Tuned In

Velvet Trip - Silly Boy

London Topaz - All I Need

Ben Ransom - Partner In Crime

Lady Lyon - Friends In Hell

Joan & The Giants - Sleep Alone

Rosa Bella - Fighting The Devil

Brooke Schubert - Burn Like Summer

Christine Clifford Music - Walking on The Blind Side Of Life

Ian Burns - I'm In For Love

GENES - Flirt

The Long and Short of It - Wake Me up

Polished Pockets - send Me There

Georgia Ray - Regret It

Crystal Cities - Haunted By You

The Lillypillies - Alright In The End

Kaiwyn - The Cut After The First

Left Lane - Butterfly

Jonny Reid - Portaferry

Jay Squire - South Pacific

Fab Manzini Music - The Waters

Simon Sebastian - The Pillars Of Creation

Jeremy Edwards - Ghosts

Michael Prizeman Guitarist & Singer - Peace

Gretta Ray - America Forever

Chitra - In My Opinion

Fletcher Gull - Light Up

Eaglemont - Vodka Pineapple

The Red - No Hard Feelings

The Predicaments Feat Jade MacRae - Walking Again

Southey - Someday

Beyond the Lake - Cloud Inertia

So much talent, so much variety, 100% Australian music, AND IT'S ALL GOOD. Hope you can jon me on Thursday eve, best wishes, Dave

Introducing Neo Classical Ambient Duo Beyond The Lake 07/07/2023

A lovely feature article written about Beyond the Lake, and the new album Transience!
Lots of funny stories unveiled in the process too! 🤭

Introducing Neo Classical Ambient Duo Beyond The Lake Beyond The Lake are a duo from Melbourne, Australia.

Introducing Neo Classical Ambient Duo Beyond The Lake 07/07/2023

Great article on the new album!

Introducing Neo Classical Ambient Duo Beyond The Lake Beyond The Lake are a duo from Melbourne, Australia.

BEYOND THE LAKE’S ’TRANSIENCE’ ALBUM OUT TODAY | Australian Musician Magazine 07/07/2023

A huge shout out to Australian Musician (thanks Greg!!! 💎🎶) for featuring us today in celebration of our brand new release ‘Transience’. 🥰🎶
Links for how to purchase it are at the bottom of the article!!

BEYOND THE LAKE’S ’TRANSIENCE’ ALBUM OUT TODAY | Australian Musician Magazine Beyond the Lake are an instrumental duo, cellist Anita Quayle (Eddie Perfect/Melbourne Amplified Strings/Women of Soul) and bassist/guitarist Nick Delaney (Twelve Tone Diamonds/ToeHider/LABJACD). Together they create ethereal, dreamlike soundscapes to soothe the soul. Australian Musician followers m...

06/07/2023

Well it’s finally release day for ‘s latest album ‘Transience’.
We are over the moon to be able to share this new album with you, all made possible through ….
A literal pipe dream come true, to able to collaborate with some of Australia’s greatest improvising musicians, to create a body of work that celebrates the beauty of connection, and observing the unravelling of that beauty in the moment. What an experiment, and what an outcome!! 🎶😇🥰

Featuring (live sampling & FX) (piano & vocals) (drum set & percussion) (vocals) (sitar, tabla & dilruba) .k (violin) .music (guitar) (synth & FX) (live sampling & FX).

It’s available now on our website or on Bandcamp for digital download, CD & limited edition Vinyl (vinyl due for delivery in September).

We hope you enjoy listening to this body of work as much as this Brady bunch of beautiful humans and us enjoyed making it!

06/07/2023

Tune in with today as we go live to air with on
We’ll be talking all about the new album ‘Transience’ which is being released out into the world tomorrow, friday 7th July!!!

🤯🎉🎉🎶🎶💎💎💎

Jacinta’s program starts at 1:30pm and we’ll be on at 1:45pm!

04/07/2023

Tonight on the AMRAP All Aussie Music Show we open with The Blowfisch Saxophone.

Then into the Regional Top 10 (see image).

After which we will hear from Karen Harding Music, David Garnham & the Reasons to Live, Eilish Gilligan, Christine Clifford Music, Brooke Schubert, Basement Spaceman, Angie, The Seven Ups, Padraig Parkhurst aka Anarchosophist, Valley Road, Rodd Sherwin, Polished Pockets, Littlefair, Laura Frank, The Lillypillies, Dami Im, SENTIA, Awkward Convos, and finishing the night with Beyond the Lake.

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Getting some airplay on Music Sans Frontieres 3cr today! Much excitement!

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14/06/2023

Beyond the Lake are soon to release their latest album ‘Transience', on Friday 7th July!!
Featuring collaborations with some of Australia’s most creatively diverse and musical minds and funded through Creative Victoria, this album is a testament to the power of collaboration and improvisation, and the beauty that resides there.
Track 3 on the album ‘Three As One’ features one of Australia’s best, drummer and percussionist extraordinaire David Jones. 💎😇
Recorded at Empire Studios, it was a day of pure magic, the best kind of music making of leaving expectation at the door to just be present in the moment, to respond to the sounds that were being made around us.

Pre orders for the album (with limited edition vinyl) are now available, you’ll find the link in the comments below.

Stay tuned as we continue to unveil plenty more info and sound bites about the album over the next 3 weeks!!

11/05/2023

Bravo to and everyone involved in the making of this short film ‘The Guest.’
Music/score by

Posted • WINNER WINNER!
I’m proud to announce The Guest won Best Thriller Short at the Prague Underground Film Festival! I am immensely humbled by the love my first short film has received and to know people in the city of Prague are enjoying it brings me great joy. Hurá!

The Guest stars .arcy in the lead and features a score from Melbourne ambient music duo, . Big thanks to for his ACing. The Guest was shot in Melbourne on Canon R5 and Canon R6 cameras using an .global Ninja V monitor/recorder. Editing, grading and mixing was performed in DaVinci Resolve Studio, and foley was recorded using equipment. I’m proud to support Australian companies (the latter three) in the making of this short.

20/04/2023

…. And the hits just keep on coming for ‘The Guest’. A short film by featuring .arcy and scored by
Posted • I’m extremely proud to announce The Guest has been nominated as a semi-finalist at the Prague Underground Film Festival! The city of Prague, along with the Czech people, have a culture rich history of folklore and custom. Many Western popular mythologies and genre productions have drawn inspiration from this region of the world, so being considered for a place in this festival is a true honour.

The Guest stars .arcy in the lead and features a score from Melbourne ambient music duo, . Big thanks to for his ACing. The Guest was shot in Melbourne on Canon R5 and Canon R6 mirrorless cameras using an .global Ninja V monitor/recorder. Editing, grading and mixing was performed in DaVinci Resolve Studio, and foley was recorded using equipment. I’m proud to support Australian companies (the latter three) in the making of this short.

07/04/2023

Lovers of great homegrown independent talent, this post is for you!!…
As you may know, the good folk at are waving their revenue fees until 5pm today, which means 100% of all merch sales go straight into the artist’s pocket!
Here’s just a handful of some brand new releases we’ve been listening to lately from our eclectic bunch of Melbourne legends to get you started!!
You simply must check them out, and buy a copy of their latest album or a T-shirt or both!!! k

06/03/2023

For those who don’t have any work commitments tomorrow morning, then slide on by Melbourne Recital Centre and Beyond the Lake will serenade you! Performance starts at 11am until 11:45am. There’s a short Q&A to follow. Tickets are only $10 and can be purchased via the link in the comments section below! 😇🎶

21/02/2023

Beyond the Lake are getting legit and all grown up…. announcing the offical launch of our very own website!!!
😱🥳💥🎶😇
A huge thank you to Candice at .studio for doing such an amazing job at putting this together for us. We’re so very grateful for your time, patience and energy 🙏😇!!
Link to visit our website is in our bio!
This marks a very exciting time
for us as we embrace the final stages of completing our next album, funded with thanks to
You can find out all about it, along with the incredible array of artists who featured on it, by visiting the ‘Journal’ section of our website. This is a space for the curious to uncover the many thoughts and musings, along with behind the scenes photos and video footage, of the making of this album. An album of completely improvised music made with a bunch of absolute creative legends, many of whom we’d never played with before! 😱🤯
Many thanks also to for documenting the many beautiful moments that occurred during the recording process! 📸
Hours upon hours of majestic and dreamy music was created during these sessions, and most of it won’t make it onto the album 😱🥺😭!!!
But fear not, we’ve come up with a plan to honour the rest of this beautiful music too, so if your ears want to hear it, then you’ll definitely want to come and be a part of the BTL community, and you can don this by simply subscribing to our monthly newsletter! Because here is where the good stuff, the secret tracks, the upcoming gigs, and all the members only stuff will happen!!! Just leave your email address in the space provided on the bottom of the homepage of our website. Too easy! 😇
We look forward to sharing all of this extra special stuff with you throughout 2023 and beyond! 😇💥🎶

10/02/2023

Beyond the Lake are thrilled to be a part of the ‘relaxed performance’ series at this year.
This is a beautifully curated program that caters to humans (both young and old) that may be a little more sensitive to abrupt sounds or changes in stage lighting, or simply find that going out to a concert in the evening is a challenge.
If this resonates with you or members of your family/loved ones, then this is perfectly designed and meant for you!
Beyond the Lake will be performing on Tuesday 7th March, at 11am.
It will be a 45 minute performance with a Q & A to follow.
Tickets are just $10 and can be purchased directly from MRC’s website.

25/01/2023

‘The Guest’ has been nominated as a semi-finalist in the winter season of the Tokyo Shorts Festival!
Congratulations to !!! What an amazing achievement, Beyond the Lake are so proud to have been able to work alongside you on this amazing project!! 🎶

The Guest stars .arcy in the lead and features a score from Melbourne ambient music duo, . Big thanks to for his ACing. The Guest was shot in Melbourne on Canon R5 and Canon R6 mirrorless cameras using an .global Ninja V monitor/recorder. Editing, grading and mixing was performed in DaVinci Resolve Studio, and foley was recorded using equipment. I’m proud to support Australian companies (the latter three) in the making of this short.
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21/01/2023

Not a bad view for our first show at a Handpan Festival! Big thanks to for the invitation into this blissful world. 🙏❤️

01/01/2023

Very happy to be included on the Chillest 100 from SBS Chill!

Tracks 60 to 51 🎧 featuring aMess, Beyond the Lake, Sebastien Tellier, Lemon Jelly, Liminal Drifter, Kid Loco, LeBuc, Osaki, Bonobo, Morcheeba Band

06/12/2022

were thrilled to hear the news today that Mark Gambino] has taken out the Gold at for his short film ‘The Guest’. 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
This is Mark’s first ever attempt at making a short film, let alone entering into short film festivals all over the world! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
We had so much fun creating the score for this film (which is something Nick and I have never attempted together before either 🤯🎶)
A big congrats to the star of this film .arcy for playing this role to absolute perfection! 😇
Congratulations Mark Gambino] !!!! 🥳

26/10/2022

Here’s another little window into the day of recording at Cross Street, featuring Beyond the Lake with guest collaborator Carl Pannuzzo
engineered by Phil Noy. Photography by Mark Gambino Photography
With the greatest of thanks to Creative Victoria for making this new album possible! 🙏😇🎶
We invite you to keep dropping by as there’s lots more to share ahead in the making of this new (and completely improvised) album!
I wonder who’s featuring next 🤷‍♀️….. stay tuned to find out!!!! 😉

05/10/2022

Last week Beyond the Lake had the ecstatic pleasure of recording with Carl Pannuzzo, one of our industry’s finest multi instrumentalist improvisers (and one of the nicest souls you’ll ever meet!), as part of the next album we’re currently embarking upon, with the greatest of thanks and support from
We spent the day recording at the newly renovated Cross Street Band Hall with the legendary .noy.547 at the helm (fun fact… we’re actually the first project to record in this newly finished space! 🎶💥)
The sounds we created together were nothing short of blissful. We look forward to sharing some sound bites with you in the coming days ahead, along with some other exciting news to share!
📸

Photos from Global Village Worldwide Music PBS's post 21/11/2021

A huge shout out to at PBS for giving our new single ‘Towards Hope’ it’s first spin on the airwaves tonight on his Global Village program! It’s a stellar line up of fabulous artists, so do tune in and treat your ears. Feeling humbled to be in amongst such fine company! 😇❤️

Watch this reel by beyondthelake_ on Instagram 21/11/2021

Hope is like a purple balloon, floating in the breeze. Occasionally hope moves towards you and hits you in the face….. 💥👊
Beyond the Lake’s got a new single out, it’s called ‘Towards Hope’ and is available on all your fave streaming platforms, or of you want it for keeps you can buy it on

https://beyondthelake.bandcamp.com/track/towards-hope-2

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16/11/2021

Exciting moment!!!!
The new album artwork for Beyond the Lake has just arrived in the mail!!
Painted by the divinely talented (who also happens to be Nick’s Mum!!)
Ahhh it’s definitely got us thinking of beautiful and far off places drenched in calm and tranquility! 😇
Question…. Where in the world do you visit to capture a little peace and tranquility??
(bonus points if it includes a lake or body of water)

Photos from Beyond the Lake's post 10/11/2021

Which shot do you prefer? Colour or B&W?

09/11/2021

We’re very excited to announce that our first single “Towards Hope” from the album “Coming Home” will be released on all major streaming platforms on Thursday 18th of November! That’s like next week!
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