FRONT BAR / Free entry

Mike started 90s experimental noise, punk art-rock outfit Ray of Creation in the early 90s and went on to form krautrock duo Imperial Leatherman in 2000 with Stevie Richards.

the Man from Atlantis is an extension of ideas formed in these previous bands but utilising the acoustic and Weissenborn guitars. The sound is a mix of American Primitive finger-style guitar in the John Fahey/ Robbie Basho idiom drawing on and raga, blues and folk.

Free entry

The Retreat Hotel would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which The Retreat now stands, and pay our respects to all elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded and that our venue operates on stolen land.