Dan Webb

Dan Webb (born 13 August 1989) is an Australian musician, composer, songwriter, and producer.

Career Early in his music career, Webb garnered much attention for his energetic and partly improvised live shows. One of Webb's most notable stage antics at the time involved him playing his keyboard behind his back, in a style similar to Jimi Hendrix.

In 2011 he played five shows in a UK tour, played two sets at St Kilda Festival and supported Conway Savage. He headlined a tour of New Zealand in 2012 The first demo to be released, "Departure" featured Auldist on co-vocals and debuted on The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show on BBC Radio 6 Music on 26 January 2013. Webb played seven shows in January and February 2013 on his most extensive Australian tour to date, before announcing an extended leave from live music performance.

In 2015, Webb released the four-track EP Sailing, describing its title track as "detuned psychedelic post-punk disco". It features his first recorded guitar solo, created by manipulating a detuned acoustic guitar in post-production to achieve an electric tone. Unlike his earlier collaborative studio releases, the EP was self-produced, mixed, and recorded largely in isolation in his bedroom, partly direct to analogue tape.

His 2017 avant-rock album Oedipus The King was recorded in the lead up to the 2016 US election and released on the same day as Donald Trump's Inauguration.

In 2019, Webb released Exotic Erotic Concoction, a fully instrumental electronic album whose tracks were named after various medications, with Webb describing it as a tongue-in-cheek thematic antidote to the political intensity of its predecessor.

His fourth album Sunshine/Dialogue was released on 9 June 2023, featuring an electro-jazz spoken-word collaboration with Greg Saunier of Deerhoof. Webb was nominated for Self Producing Artist of the Year at the 2024 Music Producer & Engineers' Guild (MPEG) of Australia Awards.

In 2026, Webb released "Hungry Ghosts", the first single from his fifth album Lion Dance, due for release on 13 November 2026. It was inspired by his 2023 relocation from Melbourne to Singapore, and took its title from Singapore's annual Hungry Ghost Festival. The track features Portishead and Radiohead drummer Clive Deamer, Thundercat keyboardist Dennis Hamm, and Snarky Puppy guitarist Bob Lanzetti. The single was accompanied by a music video created with Webb Warp, an interactive synesthetic browser-based audiovisual art platform developed and launched by Webb earlier in 2026.

Musical style and critical reception Webb's evolving musical style has drawn comparisons to a wide range of artists across his catalogue. His work has progressed from keyboard and vocal-led progressive rock in his early career through experimental post-punk and electro-jazz toward an increasingly expansive and largely instrumental fusion of jazz-rock, electronic music and orchestral textures.

His early songwriting and production style was influenced by the Beatles and Stevie Wonder. By 2015 his sound had shifted toward a more guitar-led psychedelic style, with Webb citing Nick Cave, Blur and Bob Dylan as influences.

His 2017 album Oedipus The King drew critical comparisons to Miles Davis's Bitches Brew and David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy.

His 2023 album Sunshine/Dialogue received widespread critical acclaim and drew comparisons to Bonobo and Oneohtrix Point Never.

Singles from his 2026 album Lion Dance drew comparisons to Radiohead's In Rainbows , the electric period of Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jimi Hendrix and Thundercat , as well as Louis Cole.

Discography

Albums Sandstorm – Misdemeanor Records/MGM Distribution (May 2014) Oedipus The King – Sungenre (January 2017) Exotic Erotic Concoction – Independent (July 2019) Sunshine/Dialogue – Independent (June 2023) Lion Dance – Independent (November 2026)

EPs Capitulation – Independent (March 2009) Hyperspace Clearance – Independent/MGM Distribution (September 2010) Sailing – Misdemeanor Records (October 2015)

Singles Sleep (feat. Ashleigh Cummings) – Misdemeanor Records/MGM Distribution (February 2014) Coming Up Roses – Misdemeanor Records/MGM Distribution (June 2014) Drifter – Independent (February 2023) Europa – Independent (March 2023) A Good Song (feat. Greg Saunier) – Independent (March 2023) Hungry Ghosts (feat. Clive Deamer, Dennis Hamm, Bob Lanzetti) – Independent (June 2026) Things Rise and Fall (feat. Logan Kane) – Independent (August 2026)