About

1tbsp is a side-project by Australian Grammy Award Nominated artist Maxwell Byrne, which has a sound that can be likened to a mix between Fred Again, Daphni and Four Tet.

In 2021 he gave us his debut four-track ep titled “kanashi” which was released via Sumoclic; a label owned & operated by Maxwell and his friend Connor Grant (aka Akurei). That ep was met with much praise and attention from fans and music curators around the world and has since collected over 2.2 million streams on Spotify alone.

Feeling excited and inspired by the reception to that ep, Maxwell continued to create more music for this fun new project. Later that year he released two double-singles – “Dhollandia // Circles” & “Stay Up // Rest” – and also started expanding his DJ performances into playing festivals and events, while also supporting the likes of Young Franco, BAYNK and daste. on their Australian tours.

Throughout 2022 Maxwell gave us a collection of new 1tbsp singles which saw him collaborating with the likes of Nick Ward, Allan McConnell (of Close Counters), Squidgenini and Sampology, resulting in a captivating four-track ep titled “Joan” which was released in December.

Maxwell is showing no signs of slowing down any time soon. On June 15th, he gave us another new single titled ‘Sleeves Touch My Elbows’, which features a vocal sample from a song called ‘Gran remera’ by Argentinian project Mora y los metegoles. That single also came with the announcement of a debut album called “Mosquito Love” that he has planned for release in August 2023.

On the touring front, 1tbsp has just finished up a nine-date Australian tour which included a spot on Groovin’ The Moo festival on the Sunshine Coast as well as his own Sold Out ep launch party in Brisbane called “It’s Very Loud”.

Maxwell has also announced that 1tbsp will be playing the Listen Out touring festival this September which will be taking place in Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne & Sydney, and that he’s been selected to showcase at the BIGSOUND music conference in Brisbane (also in September) as well the first ever SXSW Sydney this coming October.