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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN TRACKLIST
1. 10SPEED
2. 65 ft. Wire MC & Gamirez
3. CONFIDENT
4. THESE DEVILS
5. ANSWER ft. Parissa Tosif
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World’s most immersive festival – EPIZODE has just launched a record label EPIZODE RECORDS. The imprint will be releasing music on both digital and vinyl formats, featuring emerging artists from around the world. EPIZODE RECORDS will correspond with the festival’s eclectic concept that brings a wide range of electronic music genres, from groovy techno and micro house to atmospheric and experimental sound. The first release is planned for early 2021 with three more releases and collaborations to follow in the same year. All releases will be featuring the sound that matches four Epizode stages: Main Stage, Frisbee, Eggs, and Shell.
EPIZODE RECORDS now invites all artists to send their demos to the email: demo@epizode.asia.
“We started Epizode festival with a vision to unite people from around the world through quality music. Now, five years later, we’re happy that our initial idea got materialized as a label as well. We’re proud to present our brand new platform which will be showcasing various talents and bringing the special sound and vibe Epizode is well known for. We’re looking forward to listening to all your demos and to feature the best ones”, said Epizode team.
EPIZODE5 will be held on Vietnam’s blissful Phu Quoc island, from December 29th 2021 to January 9th 2022. The 11-day cutting-edge festival will be featuring electronic music legends such as RICARDO VILLALOBOS, JAMIE JONES, LOCO DICE, DEBORAH DE LUCA, DUBFIRE, [A:RPIA:R], APOLLONIA, NASTIA, SONJA MOONEAR and MR.C, to name a few. They will be playing alongside the greatest Europe and Asia’s talents including FIDELES, VLADA, MICKEY ZHANG, LOUISE CHEN, OUISSAM, ROUSTAM, SUNJU HARGUN and YAYA. All these artists will bring their grooves to Epizode’s iconic beach dotted by mind-blowing stages and art installations, for an unforgettable NYE extravaganza. Additionally, Epizode’s 24hr program will present exciting wellness experiences and plethora of day activities, all wrapped into colorful sunsets and tropical landscapes.
In a short span of four years, EPIZODE has made an impressive mark internationally by pushing the Asia-Pacific music scene forward. With the vision to unite people from around the globe, the festival has become a top destination to ring in the New Year, gathering music enthusiasts, art lovers, experiential seekers and music industry professionals together. Sunset Sanato beach in Phú Quốc offers an immersive festival experience, surrounded by lush jungles, heavenly food, and awesome people.
More information on the following links.
Epizode Website (www.epizode.asia)
Epizode Facebook (@epizode.official)
Epizode Facebook (@epizode.festival)
Epizode Instagram (@epizode_official)
Epizode Instagram (@epizode.festival)
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Prior to stepping into the spotlight as one of Australian music’s breakout stars of 2020, the 27-year-old Jerome Farah was an APRA-Award winning, ARIA nominated songwriter and a much-sought-after collaborator, having previously worked with Tash Sultana on ‘Willow Tree‘, Baker Boy (‘Marryuna‘, ‘Mr La-Di-Da-Di‘, ‘Meditjin‘), KIAN on ‘Waiting‘, Tkay Maidza‘s ‘You Sad‘, plus Adrian Eagle and Dallas Woods. A stylistic polymath, Jerome’s fusion of neo-soul, R&B and alternative rap threads together styles and influences informed by his multicultural upbringing.
His first two solo singles landed like dynamite across the Australian music landscape, receiving full rotation on triple j, as well as garnering praise from NME Australia, Acclaim, Pilerats, Purple Sneakers and more, Jerome Farah’s debut singles have so far amassed a combined over one million streams worldwide and featured on playlists ranging from RADAR AU & NZ to Alt Rap, Breaking R&B, Fresh Finds and more.
‘Vibrate‘ by Jerome Farah is out now, buy/stream it here.
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The team at Thick as Thieves is synonymous with dance music events in Melbourne. Still, over the past decade, they added another page to their portfolio: organising charity drives for The Fred Hollows Foundation. Despite their efforts raising over $800,000 for the foundation, their current Quick As Thieves campaign might be their most ambitious drive to date. On Saturday, 5 December, a team of 140 music industry creatives will run a half or full marathon (42,2 km) spanning the coastal loop. (Six of those contestants will complete an ultra-marathon which is 63,3 km). Not only has everyone involved pledged to fundraise $1000, but for many, it will be their first time competing in an endurance race.
Since 2015, we’ve had a small team doing an annual charity drive by entering various fitness events like Coastrek,’ explains Mike Toner, the Thick as Thieves Director. ‘We’ve probably run, cycled and swam over 1,500km so far – all in the name of charity.’ This year, when Toner cast the net to assemble a team, he was blown away by the interest. One hundred and forty willing participants came forward, eager to take on the challenge of fundraise $1k each by completing a half or full marathon. ‘It was an incredible response, and a lot of the interest came from the music industry sector’. Marathon fit DJs? Prepare yourself for early morning DJs training for a marathon instead of leaving Revolver. ‘Ha, all the team members are very excited. We started a wholesome WhatsApp group where everyone is highly supportive of each other’s efforts.’
The interest has indeed come from very surprising quarters. Included in this year’s race is Benson, Melbourne’s festival conquering and the self-confessed bad boy who ‘your parents love to hate’, global club chart-topping producer Torren Foot, and Thick as Thieves family members Jacob Malmo and Mike Callander. Information about the campaign even reached Sydney, bolstering local creatives to join the cause. This lead to many early morning runs amongst industry insiders Ming Gan, Scott Robertson, Paul Stix, Graham Cordery and Ben Ashton.
However, due to COVID uncertainty, the Sydney chapter completed their marathon on 22 September. ‘None of us had ever done a full marathon before,’ recalls Fuzzy
However, as Mike explains, the charity drive’s most famous supporter hails from Frankston. ‘I started jogging with a good friend Chris Coe who happens to be a studio engineer working with Carl Cox. When he told Carl about the project, the legend was immediately interested in helping out. So we asked Carl if he would be up for delivering the prizes on the day which he agreed to.’ Further fundraising motivation comes in the form of technology brand Pioneer. The DJ industry global leader will award the biggest fundraiser with a brand new V10 mixer valued at $6,000.
Current estimates have this year’s event set to raise over $250,000 of which 100% of proceeds will go to the Fred Hollows Foundation. Aside from raising money for such a great cause, Mike notes that a by-product of past runs has been the significant benefits to mental health and physical well being for participants. ‘Especially during COVID, this run has given many participants something to focus on.’
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For the Boston born rapper, relocating to Australia was a decision made to find himself both emotionally and musically. Inspired by his uncles, key members of Boston’s small hip hop scene, Raj Mahal began rapping as a teenager, but his primary focus was on pursuing a career in football. Before long, with his family’s influence and an unsuspecting introduction to a producer several oceans away, Mahal put football on the backburner and took the plunge. No longer holding back with his drone laced blows, Mahal hopes to craft a lane for hip hop’s formidable storytelling origins to return to the local spotlight.
Reflecting on his journey with the release of this EP, Raj Mahal shares: “RAW DAWG was a self care mechanism that helped get me out of a dark place this year. It made me remember who I am and what I’m about to do and I don’t plan on forgetting that ever again.”
RAW DAWG is Raj’s first major release since 2017’s, Neva Safe, following on from a string of standalone singles that has seen his stock skyrocket in his adopted country’s hip-hop scene. In between then releases Mahal has collaborated with Triple One, Nerve, Dro Carey, Yibby and more, has performed as one quarter of Savour the Rations, his group with Gibrillah and Domba, and has opened for Wiley, YG and Smokepurpp on their Australian tours. Now with RAW DAWG, Mahal arrives with guts and soul-baring faith, in an exercise of zero restraint.
RAW DAWG EP is out now, buy/stream it here.
TRACKLIST
GET THAT
GUARANTEE
2DOECOO
CARTRIDGE
KAPPA (FT. DANTÉ KNOWS)
BRAKES
GLIMPSE (FT. DANTÉ KNOWS)
GET ME FROM
PASTRANAK
EZAQLEE
DUCHOVNY
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Lastlings today reveal their lush twelve track debut album First Contact (out now via Liberation Records). With anticipation heightening from one single to the next over the past year, siblings Josh and Amy Dowdle have finally revealed the LP in its entirety. First Contact explores the senses and emotions that arise when encountering experiences for the first time.
Coinciding with the release of the album, the duo also unveil the epic live performance film for their latest single ‘Out Of Touch’. Shot on location at a series of stunning landscapes throughout South Australia and Queensland, and working alongside Sydney-based director and creative Dylan Duclos, the video sees Josh and Amy exploring an otherworldly realm.
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Photo credit: Jos Eastwood
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Where are you currently based?
I currently live in the Gold Coast.
I’ve literally been playing for my whole life. My family was really involved in Country music competitions when I was growing up, and I started competing when I was 3. My mum is a music teacher, so I was pretty lucky that I got to grow up learning how to play different instruments and always being surrounded by music.
Honestly Covid has been pretty lonely! I was definitely lucky because I never lost my job and I wasn’t as hugely impacted as I know a lot of other people have been so I am grateful for that, but I had only just moved to the Gold Coast about 2 months before everywhere started to shut down. I didn’t know anyone here before I moved, so when the restrictions started being implemented I spent a lot of time by myself, which was pretty tough. Recently though, things have been going really well! I’ve started gigging more which has been awesome, and I’ve been able to spend a lot more time working on my music as well which I’m loving. And with more restrictions being lifted all the time, it’s been really great finally being able to see more of the Gold Coast.
I feel like the emotion behind the song is what influenced the sound. I was writing about a really dark and heavy period of my life, and I think the track is very reflective of that; it gives off this kind of sinister and unstable vibe, which is definitely how I was feeling during the time that I was writing about.
It was actually kind of a hard song to start. My co-writer/producer (Parker Rose) and I were playing around with a couple of different ideas when I randomly said that I needed to cut my nails, and we kind of just decided it would be a cool lyric and then sat on it for a while before we decided to run with it. It was such a fun song to write though – super experimental which is always exciting, and it was also just really therapeutic. I feel like once we got in the zone, the whole song came together really easily as far as writing it goes.
Cut My Nails was Written and Produced at Parkers old studio on the Gold Coast.
Please tell us about your connection to the LGBTQI community:
After I came out and had to move out of home, I didn’t feel like there were a lot of people in my life that I could really connect with about what I was going through, which was really isolating. Being apart of the LGBTQI community and meeting people with similar experiences to me and being able to celebrate who I am and my sexuality instead of wishing I could change it was so important. Going to Pride festivals and drag shows and meeting people who knew what I was going through and had come out the other side played such a huge role in me accepting myself and getting myself through one of the darkest periods of my life. I really feel so lucky to be apart of such an amazing community that celebrates love and individuality and self expression so intensely. What’s planned for the remainder of 2020 going into 2021? I just finished my third single as Cut My Nails was being released so that will be coming out soon! I’m also working on releasing an EP in 2021 so that’s something pretty exciting to look forward to!
Who are you listening to at the moment?
I have a few of my all time favourites like Billie Eilish, Benee and Jessie Reyez. Right now though, I really love Alexander 23, FLETCHER and G Flip.
What do you like to do away from music?
I love dancing (although I’m really not very good at it, but I don’t mind). I also really like cooking, and I love hanging out with my friends.
What’s planned for the remainder of 2020 going into 2021?
I just finished my third single as Cut My Nails was being released so that will be coming out soon! I’m also working on releasing an EP in 2021 so that’s something pretty exciting to look forward to!
Favourite food and place to hangout?
I absolutely love sushi, it’s easily one of my favourite foods. Either that or strawberry pierogi. My stepmum used to make them for me when I was younger, I’m obsessed with them! As for my favourite place to hangout, I love taking my dog to the beach or going out somewhere with live music.
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Where are you currently based?
I am living/working in Melbourne, whereas Thijs has moved back to Utrecht in the Netherlands!
How did you first start playing music?
My dad plays guitar, and so I had always taken an interest in watching him play music when I was a child. I think when my friends started playing guitar in about year 7 or 8 (Age 13-14?) that really motivated me to pick it up and try to play though! At one point I started learning from a book to read proper music notation etc, but then guitar tabs appeared that let me learn to play ‘Scar Tissue’ from RHCP, and then I was done with learning properly! Sort of regrettable in hindsight not to learn more music theory, but once I could play the songs I loved I just couldn’t be bothered learning the ‘proper’ way. I do often think that my lack of formal musical knowledge allows me to think outside the box a bit though in terms of song writing, without being bounded by what ‘should’ follow a certain chord etc. But it also limits me, which is why working with a classically trained musician (Thijs) worked so well for our songs, I could have the crazy idea, and then he would be able to add really clever additions to the chords/progressions to tie it all together! ☺
What’s been happening recently and how has your Covid experience been?
I have been super busy with my work in science and also promoting our album! My Covid experience has been very fortunate compared to a lot of people, as I have maintained my employment throughout the entire lockdown in Melbourne. I was able to work from home for many weeks and then get back into the lab occasionally as well because medical research is an essential service. Although working from home was great for a while, I think being able to go back into the workplace was really good for me, and I feel very lucky for it. It was tough not being able to see my parents for around 6 months, as they were outside the ‘ring of steel’, but we have seen each other again now and it was just awesome to get back and say G’day! ☺
Your new album ‘Yours to Lend’ is out now, what influenced the sound and songwriting?
There are a huge amount of different influences on this album, as is demonstrated by the range of different sounds within the 10 tracks. The sounds on our album range through rock music like ‘Storm’ to piano ballads like ‘Dork’ and acoustic guitar/harmonica sounds like ‘Rory’. The influences behind all those sounds are so varied it’s hard to describe, but I guess for me personally, my strongest influences are probably as follows: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Incubus (I love the percussive vocal lines in both of these bands, and I often try to include percussive vocal sections in our songs), Ben Harper, Neil Young, and basically anything that makes me feel emotions! I think I can speak on Thijs’s behalf to say his largest influence as a pianist/keyboard player is definitely Supertramp.
How did you go about writing the music?
For 9 out of the 10 tracks I had lyrics/chord structures written already in an acoustic form, and I would bring these ideas in to work with me where we would find a quiet room and start putting piano lines to them. But as the songs developed the piano would quickly become the driving force behind the songs, and I would then really reduce the amount of guitar I was playing to a minimal amount to leave room for Thijs’s beautiful piano lines ☺ As a guitarist who has played in guitar heavy punk/rock bands before, it was a really fun experience actually to play in a very minimalistic way, just trying to compliment the piano and vocals. For the song ‘Storm’ our roles were switched…Thijs came in with the whole chord structure on piano and initial lyrics, and we jammed to it, I added some guitar and played around with the lyrics/vocal style until we had what you hear on the album ☺
Where and when did you record/produce?
We recorded the whole album with Steve Vertigan at Soggy Dog Recording Studios in Upwey. I have worked with Steve before on some other recordings and I knew he has a great ear for mixing, and vast musical knowledge to draw from during the recording process. The bulk of the recording was done across 2 days in March 2019, where the session musicians Jason Vorherr and Peter Maslen were present to record the bass and drums. Once the ‘skeleton’ of the tracks were down, we raced to get Thijs’s piano/harmonica and backing vocals down before he had to leave for the Netherlands in about May! After that, I basically went back into the studio once a month or so to add in my parts and work on the mixing with Steve. I also had around 7 weeks overseas in the middle of 2019 where I could listen back to the mixes and come back with fresh ears. The final mixes were sent off for mastering with Ross Cockle from Sing Sing Studios in about March 2020, so it really was an album recorded across an entire year! ☺ Although an unusual process, I love writing/recording and it was really great to have a creative project going along on the side whilst I continued working in science.
How did you approach the recording process?
I like to approach recording with an open mind to the fact that the songs might take on completely new forms during recording. It’s actually what I love most…the spontaneous things that arise in the studio, whether it’s a little guitar line or a particular take of the vocals, I just love it when you can drive away from the studio listening back to something that didn’t even exist when you drove there in the morning! ☺
What programs/equipment did you use?
I have no idea! (Steve?)
What did you find most challenging and rewarding during the creation of the album?
Most challenging was probably holding back from rushing the recording. After almost a year of recording/mixing there’s a real desire to get the music out and show it to people, but I really tried to hold on until the music was absolutely finished and mastered before I showed it to most people. I really wanted an end product that I was completely happy with, and it was totally worth the wait in the end, so I guess that is the most rewarding part…there really isn’t anything on the album that I listen to and go ‘Oh no! What were we thinking! Why didn’t we change that bit?’ Which has always been my previous experience with more rushed recordings.
Who are you listening to at the moment?
Spotify tells me that recently I’ve been switching mainly between Thundercat, Bad Mother Nature, Jackson Browne, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Incubus, John Frusciante, Karnivool and Queens Of The Stone Age.
What do you like to do away from music?
I’m a mad scientist in most of my hours away from music. I actually really enjoy my work and particularly microscopy. I get to make time-lapse microscopy images of immune cells attacking their target cells and it’s just an incredible thing to visualise. I have a lot of fun and pour a lot of my creativity into trying to develop new techniques of visualising these events more clearly so that we can learn more about them ☺
What’s planned for the remainder of 2020 going into 2021?
I think like most people I just want to get through 2020 and then have an awesome 2021! It’s actually been pretty handy getting all of the album out this year, so that hopefully if gigs are allowed in the new year, I can start to focus on remembering how to play guitar and get a band together to perform Dutch Monks songs at live gigs! I’m actually really excited about that, can’t wait to perform these songs!
Favourite food and place to hangout?
Oh gee, anyone that knows me knows that I love most food! (a little too much tbh). But I think my favourite would have to be home-made pasties that my Mum makes ☺ As for a place to hangout, this year it’s probably been the research laboratory that I work in at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre! Other years it would be a quiet place in the bush though…as a kid who grew up in the country the city is far too busy for me, I like to get away from it and gather my thoughts ☺
Website
https://dutchmonks.com/
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/DutchMonks
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/dutch_monks/
Twitter
https://twitter.com/DutchMonks
YouTube
http://bit.ly/DutchMonks_YouTube
Spotify
http://bit.ly/DutchMonks_Spotify
Apple Music
https://music.apple.com/au/artist/dutch-monks/1522421212
Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/user-305369583
Triple j Unearthed
https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/dutch-monks
Bandcamp
https://dutchmonks.bandcamp.com/releases
The event will take place on Sunday 22nd November in the Sant Llorenç mountains.
The streaming will broadcast on her Facebook page and will be supported by more than 40 international channels.
Anna Tur’s creativity keeps opening new horizons. She announced “On Air with Anna Tur”, her new radio adventure, a few months ago and now the DJ and producer announces the celebration of the most special live streaming of her career.
The chosen location is Ibiza. But not the most well-known and commercial Ibiza, but the Ibiza she carries in her blood, the Ibiza she is passionately in love with. On Sunday 22nd, November, Anna Tur will be heading to Sant Llorenç, the island’s highest mountain, because that is where Ibiza’s broadcasting center is located. To explain both the importance of this place and the streaming, there’s no one better than Anna Tur herself:
“It’s difficult to express my feelings when all you can probably see and imagine is a load of iron, frequencies and radiation. Behind this cold yet mind blowing place, is where my beginnings in radio can be felt. Not only my experience, but a family story.
This place that I perceive as sacred, is the temple of my journey, of my beginnings, of repeatedly going as a little girl with my father to turn the power back on when we had broadcasting issues. There was no working remotely, no alarms… I saw him drive up at any time of day or night to turn on his radio, the radio that never stopped playing. A place that scared me not only because of its impressive structure, but because I knew that when there was a storm or lightning, I interpreted that life was at stake, there could even be a hurricane, but his stubbornness always made its success, the radio could not be stopped.
In the last few years, I have been here many of times. For technical issues and sometimes alone to meditate and feel memories, because here I still have my place, where I can come to listen to the sound of filters, exciters, transmitters or the murmur of electrical tension… sounds that have always made me have so many feelings.
I am a radio woman, because it runs through my veins. That is why today, in this very special place where it all began, I want to dedicate this set to all of you who have been part of my journey and to those who are with me now and hopefully in the future. But above all, I want to pay a tribute to you, after 2 years that you have gone. My angel… Juan Tur.
Welcome to this musical and emotive experience, from the highest mountain in Ibiza.”
More than 40 channels will be in charge of broadcasting this event, including Amnesia Ibiza, Egg London and Dreambeach Festival. On top of that, important international media such as Mixmag will support the broadcast. For more information visit https://www.facebook.com/
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“Fool was written as a continuation from Pure, I loved working with Laure to create the imagery for the first single and knew we could further develop something really sincere, powerful and vulnerable for Fool. Our main focus was to do something really stripped back that made the song the star.” – Paige Valentine
Written with collaborator Dylan Ollivierre, mixed by Myles Wootton and mastered by Greg Calbi, as a metaphor, ‘Fool’s tale of ascending from heartache and desperation is fitting of the world into which it is born. While the rest of the planet is still in lockdown, Paige’s home of Western Australia has already emerged on the other side of the tunnel, more or less unscathed. Live music has returned and with it, people are again able to bask in the electricity of being in an audience. As much as ‘Pure’ was Paige’s bookmark for isolation and lockdown, ‘Fool’ is the anthem of her emancipation from it and Paige is now preparing for her upcoming run of WA shows and her performance at Nannup Music Festival in 2021.
‘Fool’ Single Tour Dates
Friday 4 December
Harvest Moon Festival Esperance
Free Entry
Friday 11 December
Assembly Yard Fremantle
With Riley Pearce
7pm
Tickets via Moshtix
Friday 20 December
Clancys Dunsborough
Free Entry
Saturday 21 December
The Quill Collective Vasse – SOLD OUT
Other Upcoming Shows
Nannup Music Festival, WA
26 February – 1 March 2021
Tickets via Nannup Music Festival website
‘Fool’ is out now via AWAL
Spotify / iTunes / Apple Music / Bandcamp
‘Fool’ Video Credits:
Directed/Produced by Luna Laure
DOP – David Le May ACS
1st AC – Ben Berkhout
Grip – Ollie Lo Monaco
Prod. Assist – Thomas Wilkinson
HMUA – Bee Rizzi
Flowers – Rose & Bud
Photographer – Westerly
Edit & Colour – Luna Laure
