Jordan Ireland has been played on NTS in shows including Sui Zhen, featured first on 28 March 2022. Songs played include friend.

Jordan Ireland is a songwriter and composer from North Queensland. He has released music with The Middle East and Stolen Violin, and toured widely throughout Australia and internationally. The Purple Orchestra is a loose dream folk collective, drifting easily into chamber pop, spiritual jazz and kaleidoscopic hymnody.

Their eponymous debut was released in 2017 through Spunk Records. The album came as the result of two years spent recording in Melbourne. The process saw Ireland methodically build layer upon layer of intricate detail, each piece still founded on his deftly endearing songwriting. The result is nine enchanting, densely airy songs. Each piece, a different weave of drifting strings, African echoes, arhythmic strumming, the warm tolling of the hammer dulcimer, the deep creaky breaths of the pedal organ, muted piano and flute, and distant female voices constantly drifting in and out. It is a deep, considered cacophony which sees Ireland’s muffled voice rarely come to the fore. It truly is a different album on every listen.