Background
Patch Hutley was born and raised in Sydney, Australia.
Patch Hutley was born and raised in Sydney, Australia.
At the same time, he also took piano lessons, but was disinterested. In an interview, he expressed that he regretted not learning earlier. Hutley only began making electronic music after discovering Ableton Live through Midworth.
Cherax Destructor"s music has been compared by Under the Radar to the works of Baths.
In contrast, Hutley refers to helpful kappa as "post-rock", citing Sigur Rós and Explosions in the Sky as his main influences, and refers to ᴅᴀɪᴋᴜ ɪɴᴅᴜsᴛʀɪᴇs as "breakcore / bass music" inspired by Yoko Kanno and Hiroyuki Sawano. In 2013, the track <3 from the album Amity Lincolnshire was described by Under the Radar, a popular American indie music magazine, as "joyful melodies – all chopped up and twisted into one another".
Hutley was also described later that year as "the man who pioneered the "friendship-hop" movement" by BULLSH!T, a partially satirical Australian media outlet. The song <3 was also aired in 2013 on 2SER, an Australian radio station, in a feature entitled The Band Next Door, in which alternative and underground Australian musicians are showcased.
Cherax Destructor was one of the headlining acts of AVCon"s 2015 JOYPAD after-dark party in Adelaide, Australia.
AVCon described Hutley as "a conflicted soul", but said that his music fuses his passions "into something weird and wonderful".
Discography Albums Lost No Longer (Digital - 2013) Amity Lines (Digital - 2013) Gak Attack Vol. 1 (Digital - GAK001 - 2013) Cenotaphs (CD/Digital - MHR032 - 2014) MHR: Vol. 3 (Digital - MHR036 - 2015) Chymes (Digital - 2015)EPs Sweetie Belle: The Remixes (Digital - 2012) Objects in Space EP (Digital - 2012) Phoenix Remixes EP (CD/Digital - 2013) we are spirits now, rejoice (Digital - MHR030 - 2014) Live! from the Ocean Floor (Digital - 2014) america beats (Digital - 2014) astronomy club (Digital - MHR040 - 2015)Singles Cupcake (Digital - 2013) Hymn of the Haunted Hunter (Digital - MHR031 - 2014).
He has also released work under the pseudonyms helpful kappa and ᴅᴀɪᴋᴜ ɪɴᴅᴜsᴛʀɪᴇs, and is a member of the Australian popular rock band Doctor Spaceman.
