Hello everyone, it’s your host Oliver from DULAXI, and today I’m delighted to be joined by Lyndo Jaco, the singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist behind the Lyndo Jaco solo project from Adelaide, South Australia. Working across rock, electric guitar-based music, and an AOR-influenced full-band sound, Lyndo brings a hands-on approach to his music, creating his songs independently from his home studio in Happy Valley. His latest release, the three-track EP 3, arrived on September 4, 2026.
Before we begin our conversation with Lyndo Jaco, here’s what you need to know about today’s featured project.
About Lyndo Jaco
Lyndo Jaco is a solo singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Happy Valley, South Australia, whose approach to rock music is built around storytelling, experimentation, and the freedom of working independently. Rather than relying on a traditional full studio setup, Lyndo develops his music from his home studio overlooking his garden, moving between guitar, bass, drums, vocals, and the various stages of recording as each song takes shape.
His latest EP, 3, continues that hands-on approach while reflecting a more structured and measured stage in his songwriting. Released on September 4, 2026, the three-track project combines rock instrumentation with stories drawn from everyday situations, personal observations, and unusual ways of looking at life. Across the release, Lyndo explores the experience of following a struggling sporting team, the circumstances surrounding someone driven toward theft by financial desperation, and a more surreal reflection on existence through the image of life being viewed from inside a sandpit.
The stories are central to the identity of 3. Lyndo’s musical influences reach back to Southern and hard rock from earlier eras, particularly the character-driven quality of songs that used music as another way of helping a story come alive. Rather than attempting to recreate those influences, he uses the storytelling tradition as part of his own musical language, allowing guitar-driven ideas to lead him toward characters and situations.
The recording process was equally personal. Lyndo began songs with acoustic guitar to establish a sense of time and feel, before developing a basic rock groove with electric guitar and building the bass and drums around it. From there, he would continue adding colour according to the direction the music naturally took. New bass and guitar amps helped give the recordings a more distinct sound, while additional plug-ins for Pro Tools provided greater control over tonal quality and contributed to the warmer character of the finished material.
At the heart of 3 is Lyndo’s interest in ordinary people and situations. The story of a sporting team’s supporters comes from observing fans who continue showing up for struggling Australian Football League teams in search of an elusive win. The story of desperation and theft draws from Lyndo’s experiences of working low-end jobs, playing in pubs, and meeting people who have faced difficult circumstances despite being good people. Meanwhile, the sandpit image reaches back to childhood and becomes a way of questioning whether life is preplanned when viewed from an adult perspective.
Having this brief introduction to today’s featured project, I’m sure both new listeners and longtime fans are curious to hear directly from Lyndo about the stories, sounds, and creative decisions behind 3. So, without further ado, let’s begin today’s interview.
INTERVIEW SESSION
Oliver:
You describe Lyndo Jaco as a solo project where you take on the roles of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. What was it about working alone across the different instruments and stages of the recording process that appealed to you, and how has that independence shaped the way you make music?
Lyndo Jaco:
The idea of working alone is that can I fit in writing and playing whenever it suits, no waiting on anybody else. Also helps with going over parts that I feel need some extra work.
Oliver:
There is something quite intimate about creating rock music from a home studio, especially when you are able to move between guitar, bass, drums, and vocals yourself. What does that private setting overlooking your garden give you creatively that you might not get from working in a traditional studio environment?
Lyndo Jaco:
Easier to zone out and get into a vibe.
Oliver:
Your music draws from Southern and hard rock influences from earlier eras. What are the particular qualities of that period of rock that continue to speak to you, and how do you bring those influences into your own songwriting without simply trying to recreate the past?
Lyndo Jaco:
The songs were more character driven in the day, story like the music helped get a picture across
Oliver:
The EP is called 3, which is also a very simple and open title. What does the number mean to you in relation to these songs, and how did you decide that it was the right name for the project?
Lyndo Jaco:
Relates back to Nicola Tesla and his beliefs in Universe
Oliver:
You describe 3 as a collection of storytelling set against a rock background. When you began writing these songs, did the stories come first and the music follow, or did the guitar-driven ideas help you discover the characters and situations you wanted to write about?
Lyndo Jaco:
Guitar driven ideas leads me to characters
Oliver:
One of the ideas behind the EP involves supporting a sporting team through its rough patches while holding on to the hope of finally getting that winning feeling. What interested you about using the experience of following a team as a way of exploring disappointment, persistence, and hope?
Lyndo Jaco:
That was watching bottom teams in Afl comp here in Australia, how their fans show up week after week looking for that elusive win.
Oliver:
Another story centres on someone who is desperate for money and becomes involved in a bungling attempt at theft. What attracted you to telling a story from that perspective, and how did you approach making the character feel believable rather than simply turning the situation into a joke?
Lyndo Jaco:
I have worked many low end jobs, played many pubs small to large and have met plenty people in that situation, Good people dealt rough hands
Oliver:
You also describe one of the stories as a trippy view of life, almost as though everything is taking place inside a sandpit. What does that unusual image represent for you, and what were you trying to explore through that way of looking at life?
Lyndo Jaco:
That represents me as a kid in that sandpit, looking back on it as a adult makes you wander if life is preplanned
Oliver:
Storytelling can sometimes require a different approach to songwriting because the music has to leave room for the narrative to unfold. How did you shape the lyrics, vocal delivery, and instrumental parts of 3 so that the stories remained central to each song?
Lyndo Jaco:
That comes thru playing the bits over and throwing some out to make it fit. Plenty gets rehashed
Oliver:
You have described the songwriting on this EP as more structured than your earlier work. What changed in your approach to writing, and was there a particular point where you realised that the songs were beginning to take a different shape?
Lyndo Jaco:
I now try to give each musical part its own personalilty, then blend together with out overstepping on each other
Oliver:
You have also said that the overall sound is warmer this time around. How did you achieve that warmth, and what did you want the listener to notice about the difference between this release and your previous work?
Lyndo Jaco:
Buying extra plug ins for pro tools, more control on tonal quality
Oliver:
The introduction of new bass and guitar amps gave you a more distinct sound during the recording process. What did those amps bring out in your playing, and did they change the way you approached any of the songs?
Lyndo Jaco:
I think they have helped improve more playing, more confidence in sound helps with zoning off into tune
Oliver:
Your approach involves playing around with different instruments, adding guitar here, bass there, drums, and then vocals. How much of the final arrangement is planned before you begin recording, and how much comes from experimenting until something suddenly feels right?
Lyndo Jaco:
I like to start with accoutic guitar playing just to get a time and feel happening, then a basic rock groove with Electric. Bass and drums to finish basic setup, then colour in from there, whichever way it’s drifting
Oliver:
Working as a multi-instrumentalist means you have to think about the relationship between every part you record yourself. How do you decide when an arrangement has enough in it and when another guitar, bass, drum, or vocal part would simply get in the way of the song?
Lyndo Jaco:
I Listen to mixes after parts go in, soon lets you know if its not right, and dont be to precious
Oliver:
You described the finished sound as more considered, measured, and less cluttered than your earlier work. When you listen back to 3 now, what do you think you have learned about restraint and arrangement that has changed the way you hear your own music?
Lyndo Jaco:
Seems to be subtle changes in instrument feels, more noticable than before
Oliver:
The stories across the EP deal with very different situations, from following a struggling sporting team to desperation and an unusual view of life. What connects these different stories for you, and is there a larger idea about people or everyday life that ties the EP together?
Lyndo Jaco:
For me the connection is they everyday situations for some people that I happened to notice
Oliver:
As someone creating independently from a home studio in Happy Valley, South Australia, what does the local environment and the freedom of working on your own terms contribute to your identity as an artist?
Lyndo Jaco:
No pressure can grow at my lesuire
Oliver:
Now that 3 is out in the world, what have you learned from making this EP that you want to carry into your next project, and where do you see the Lyndo Jaco project heading from here?
Lyndo Jaco:
I have learned more about writing and arranging as well as growing sound. Playing is improving along the way so next project is only going to get better.
“3 finds its character in the space between everyday observation and imaginative storytelling, with Lyndo Jaco using the freedom of a home studio to shape each song around the people, situations, and questions that catch his attention.”
~ Oliver (DULAXI Team)
EDITORIAL PERSPECTIVE
What stands out about 3 is the way Lyndo Jaco allows his stories to guide the music without making the arrangements feel secondary. The three tracks move through very different ideas, yet the project remains connected by his hands-on approach and attention to the personality of each instrumental part. There is also something appealingly human about the process itself: experimenting, removing what does not work, and allowing the songs to develop naturally. The result feels personal, independent, and increasingly confident.
~ Oliver (DULAXI Team)
CLOSING
Our conversation with Lyndo Jaco offers a closer look at the ideas, experiences, and independent creative process behind 3. From the supporters who continue turning up for struggling sporting teams to stories of difficult circumstances and childhood memories transformed into questions about life, the EP draws its material from observations that are both personal and recognisable.
Thank you to Lyndo Jaco for taking the time to speak with DULAXI and for sharing the thoughts behind his latest release. We hope this conversation gives listeners a deeper appreciation of 3 and the creative process that shaped it.
For readers discovering Lyndo Jaco for the first time, 3 offers an opportunity to experience his approach to rock storytelling and his evolving work as a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. We encourage you to spend some time with the release and continue following his journey as he develops his sound and songwriting further.
Thank you for spending time with DULAXI and joining Oliver for this conversation. We look forward to bringing you more conversations with artists and creators from around the world.