Since the early 2000's Ivan Bullock has been an active recording artist and proponent for Australian arts and experimental / underground music. A classically trained violinist and multi-instrumentalist, his modern musical journey began in Tokyo. The first project Mystral Tide signed to Brisbane’s Zeitgeist Records and performed in Japan, Europe and Australia.

Returning to Australia in 2003, he founded a decade-long concert series in Melbourne titled Enzyme, to showcase and expose dozens of Australian emerging and genre-crossing musicians. These events were furthered by the release of numerous compilation albums, such as the Infectious Unease Radio Compilation I, which received extensive reviews by prominent music journalist Mick Mercer. He also founded Darkstereo, originally a music distribution platform, and now a home to underground music interviews, plus several community-forming websites prior to the prevalence of today’s social media platforms.

In 2010 he commenced recording, self-publishing and performing as Minorarc, the music entering a journey into the lands of progressive metal and post-rock. Between 2020 and 2023 Minorarc returned to release three albums, "Untold" following a successful Kickstarter campaign, followed shortly after by "Overburden", and in 2023 the instrumental album "Inclusions".

In 2024 Ivan joined ex-Ikon vocalist Michael Aliani, in Melbourne’s gothic band Chiron as a guitarist. In addition, the earlier project Mystral Tide’s first official album in 2001, Whirlpool of Souls, is planned for re-release as a 25th Anniversary Edition by Minorarc in 2026.


Source: minorarc.net