Originally from New Zealand but now living in Berlin, Broad Oak studied classical piano from an early age and completed a music degree before deciding the life of a classical musician was not for him.
In the year 2000, after some years wandering the planet, he set up a little label called Monkey Records in Auckland to release an album by his band Dystopia which was a collaboration with a poet and a sitar player. Since then he has recorded and produced multiple albums for the label and his first tracks under the Broad Oak moniker were collaborations with musician from those sessions.
These days, he is more focused on his own work which ranges in style from ambient to minimalist electronica to dream pop. His debut EP, In Love With These Hills, was released in November, 2022 and his second EP, The Universe Is a Strange Place came out in June 2023. His debut album will finally be released early 2024.