Golden Vessel is an artists from Brisbane, Australia, who crafts a unique blend of electronic music with hip-hop, R&B and alternative pop influences, resulting in a sound that can be likened to a mix between Mount Kimbie, Toro y Moi and Arcade Fire.

“I want to convey in my music everything I love about music. Whether it’s incorporating different genres into one song, or different processes and homages to different times” – Max Byrne

Since 2016 Maxwell Byrne, aka Golden Vessel, has given us two independently released eps – Before Sleep (2016) & Right/Side (2018) – plus two albums – SLOWSHINE which was released in 2019 via Exist Recordings (ANZ) and Ultra Music (ROW), and colt that was released in 2020 via sumoclic which he co-owns with his good friend and long-time collaborator, Akurei.

There has also been a collection of stand-alone singles – Control, Borrowed Time & Cant Stay – as well as a song titled Hesitate which features one of his regular collaborators Emerson Leif, and has become one of his most successful releases to-date with over 25 million streams on Spotify alone.

Golden Vessel has completed three Australian headline tours as well as supporting the likes of Willow Beats, The Kite String Tangle, Jai Wolf and Sofi Tukker across Australia. He was also the main support for BAYNK on a 13-date North American tour in February 2019, he performed five showcases at SXSW 2019 and then embarked on his own 21-date North American headline tour in July 2019.