State Library Victoria - Mouthful Of Dust

Music | Sound Design | Audio Post Production

State Library
Victoria -
Mouthful Of Dust

SOUND DESIGN, AUDIO POST PRODUCTION, MUSIC

Mouthful of Dust is a cinematic web experience that brings diverse new perspectives on Ned Kelly, Australia’s most notorious bushranger. High-resolution 3D scans of Kelly’s armour, boot, rifle, death mask and ‘Jerilderie Letter’ accompany new commissions by five remarkable Australian writers, providing female, First Nations, migrant and refugee perspectives, accompanied by immersive sound design and sound scapes by Kane Ikin.

Web Experience → slv.vic.gov.au/mouthful-of-dust/ ↗

Project Credits:
Creative Leads & Curators - Mike Daly and Kate Rhodes
Sound Designer & Composer - Kane Ikin
Audio Post-Production - Kane Ikin
Writers: Grace Chan • Wesley Enoch • Sarah Krasnostein • Nam Le • Cameron Hurst
Project Manager - Cathy Bryceland
Lead Developer - Nick Paustian

Mouthful Of Dust - Screen capture of Sarah Krasnosteins 'Rifle' reading.

Headphones recommended.

Awards:
European Museum Academy - Heritage in Motion Award ↗
Good Design Award - Winner 2025 ↗
AGDA Awards 2025 - Digital + Pinnicle ↗
C2A Awards 2025 - Online Experiences Winner ↗
Victorian Premiers Design Awards 2025 - Finalist ↗
Horizon Interactive Awards - Winner - Arts / Activism / Culture ↗
Awwwards - Site of the day Feb 1st 2026 ↗

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American Tourister - Bring Back More

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Music | Sound Design | Audio Post Production

State Library Victoria - Mouthful Of Dust
Music composition, Sound Design, Audio Post Production

Mouthful of Dust is a cinematic web experience that brings diverse new perspectives on Ned Kelly, Australia’s most notorious bushranger. High-resolution 3D scans of Kelly’s armour, boot, rifle, death mask and ‘Jerilderie Letter’ accompany new commissions by five remarkable Australian writers, providing female, First Nations, migrant and refugee perspectives, accompanied by immersive sound design and sound scapes by Kane Ikin.

Web Experience → slv.vic.gov.au/mouthful-of-dust/ ↗

Awards:
European Museum Academy - Heritage in Motion Award 2025 ↗
Good Design Award Winner 2025 ↗
AGDA Awards 2025 - Digital + Pinnicle ↗
C2A Awards 2025 - Online Experiences Winner ↗
Victorian Premiers Design Awards 2025 - Finalist ↗
Horizon Interactive Awards - Winner - Arts / Activism / Culture ↗
Awwwards - Site of the day - Feb 1st 2026 ↗

Credits:
Creative Leads & Curators - Mike Daly and Kate Rhodes
Sound Designer & Composer - Kane Ikin
Audio Post-Production - Kane Ikin
Writers:
Grace Chan
Wesley Enoch
Sarah Krasnostein
Nam Le
Cameron Hurst
Project Manager - Cathy Bryceland
Lead Developer - Nick Paustian

SELECTED WORKS

La Mér - Night Recovery Concentrate

Music / Sound Design

Advertising

Bobbi Brown - Foundation

Music

Advertising

Calvin Klein - Secret Obsession

Music

Advertising

Victoria Police - Made For More

Music

Advertising

Melbourne Metro - More Ways To Move

Music

Advertising

Storm Bird - Feature FIlm

Music / Sound Design / Audio Post-Production

Film

Chadstone - A Life Less Ordinary

Music

Advertising

ICC at COP30: See the climate challenge differently

Music / Sound Design

Advertising

Basalt Crush - Kane Ikin

Music

Film

La Mér - Skincolor De La Mér

Music

Advertising

TSMC Automotive - Unleash Innovation

Sound Design / Audio Post-Production

Advertising

Armoured Core 4 - Sound RE-Design

Sound Design

Film / Creative

Miss Ink - Documentary Series

Sound Design / Audio Post-Production

Film / Documentary

Chadstone - Christmas 2024 + 2025

Music

Advertising

Bottega Veneta - Art of Collaboration

Music

Advertising / Film / Documentary

Ode Hotels Sydney - A stay to remember

Music / Sound Design

Advertising

The ICC Advertising and Marketing Communications Code

Music / Sound Design / Audio Post-Production

Advertising

Bobbi Brown - Luxe Lips

Music

Advertising

Bobbi Brown - Remedies

Music / Sound Design

Advertising

Superficial.studio - Untethering Dreams

Music

Creative

Reya Kim - Boundary of Melancholy

Music

Film

Sydney Writers Festival

Music / Sound Design

Advertising

BMW x Melbourne Marathon

Music

Advertising

Extremes Podcast Theme - Vice

Music

Theme / Podcast

Melbourne Airport

Music / Sound Design

3D Visualisation / Advertising

American Tourister - Bring Back More

Music

Advertising

Square Kilometre Array

Music / Sound Design

3D Visualisation

Tap Tap Collapse - Kane Ikin

Music

Film

Marine Traffic - Data Visualisation

Music / Sound Design

3D Visualisation

Some/Things Magazine - The Story of Paper

Music

Film / Documentary

Melbourne | Australia: 07:28:21.93
air.above.mountains.studio@gmail.com ↗

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the unceded lands of the
Eastern Kulin Nation and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

Music / Sound

Got a project in mind? Lets talk
get in touch via the form or email
air.above.mountains.studio@gmail.com
✌︎

Got a project in mind? Lets talk.
get in touch via the form or email
air.above.mountains.studio@gmail.com
✌︎

ABOUT

Air Above Mountains is a music and sound design studio led by Kane Ikin ↗ Based in Naarm / Melbourne

Combining creative exploration with practiced experience to develop distinctive, considered audio ranging from bespoke composition and sound design through to full audio direction.

Warmly Immersive, gripingly widescreen
100% Human

SERVICES

MUSIC + SOUND
SOUND DESIGN
MUSIC COMPOSITION
MIXING + MASTERING

AUDIO POST-PRODUCTION
DIALOGUE + SOUND EDITING
SFX + BACKGROUNDS
RE-RECORD MIXING

BRAND + DIRECTION
SONIC BRANDING
MUSICAL DIRECTION
CREATIVE CONSULTATION

SELECTED CLIENTS

LA MER
CALVIN KLEIN
MELBOURNE METRO
BOTTEGA VENETA
VICTORIA POLICE
BOBBI BROWN
STATE LIBRARY VICTORIA
TSMC
CHADSTONE
SYDNEY WRITERS FESTIVAL
American Tourister
VICE
BMW x MELBOURNE MARATHON
AURECON

ABOUT

SERVICES

MUSIC + SOUND
SOUND DESIGN
MUSIC COMPOSITION
MIXING + MASTERING

AUDIO POST-PRODUCTION
DIALOGUE + SOUND EDITING
SFX + BACKGROUNDS
RE-RECORD MIXING

BRAND + DIRECTION
SONIC BRANDING
MUSICAL DIRECTION
CREATIVE CONSULTATION