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Karnivool have regrettably cancelled all shows outside of Western Australia on their scheduled national tour. The Decade of Sound Awake Tour will be replaced by a ticketed live stream event, with details to be announced soon.
STATEMENT FROM KARNIVOOL:
We are sick to our stomachs to announce all Decade of Sound Awake shows outside of Western Australia have to be cancelled.
When we were forced to move the tour for a second time, we were optimistic that shows would be able to proceed normally, safely and in the way we had envisioned them. With further rounds of border closures, limited capacities and other show restrictions it is clearly, regrettably, no longer viable to put on the events we want and you deserve for holding onto your ticket for all this time!
This album means so much to us and the tour warrants full production, epic visuals and sweaty singalongs, things that just cannot happen in the middle of a pandemic. Believe us, we have looked at more options than an Aldi shopper.
The sold out Fremantle shows can and will happen, albeit in a slightly altered format on March 12 & 13.
In response to cancelling the East Coast shows, we are going to be presenting a live stream event of the Decade of Sound Awake which means folks in the rest of the world will get to see the show as well.
For everyone at the East Coast shows, your ticket agency will be in contact with your refunds.
Live stream tickets will go on sale soon.
Please accept our unreserved and heartfelt apology we could not make this tour possible, we honestly tried everything we could and hope to make it up to everyone in the future
Until then, stay safe and stay well.
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With well received remixes and EPs on Maceo Plex’s Ellum imprint, the artist (aka Mindaugas Lapinskis) has been rising fast on the electronic scene, with solid support from names such as Adam Beyer, Sam Paganini, Stephan Bodzin, Adriatique, B.Traits and Pete Tong. He founded his own label SODAI so he could express himself with no compromises.
‘At one point I felt lost, the world spinning so fast I couldn’t catch it. So, I made a soundtrack for the movie I live in.’
‘The album was started and never finished many times from fear of being misunderstood, but global and personal crises free me from doubt. Now here I am with all my melodies waiting to be heard.’
‘Soundtrack for the End’ is out on February 26th on SODAI.
Buy link: https://bit.ly/3rpkzHk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfY-sFtZe5o
Buy Links – Digital: https://bit.ly/
Tracklist:
- All About NOW (ft. APARDE)
- Point of No Return
- RIVER (Remake)
- Shade of Indecision (ft. MYRIAH TURNER)
- BIRDS
- Color Blind
- Stills (ft. VAARWELL)
- Funeral Techno
- MRNNG
- GHOST (Remake)
ICONIC ROCK BAND THE OFFSPRING RELEASE FIRST NEW MUSIC IN ALMOST A DECADE
SET FOR RELEASE APRIL 16 ON CONCORD RECORDS FIRST SINGLE AVAILABLE NOW
PRE-ORDER LET THE BAD TIMES ROLL HERE
Legends and innovators of the Southern California punk rock scene, The Offspring have sold more than 40 million albums worldwide, won countless awards, and have toured consistently, playing more than 500 shows in the last decade alone. Their music has had a lasting impact across film, television, and video games, but the band turned their focus to a new album release in 2021. The band is comprised of singer Dexter Holland, guitarist Noodles, drummer Pete Parada and new bassist Todd Morse.
The new music was written and recorded over the course of the last several years at various locations including the band’s Huntington Beach, California studio. The album is the band’s third time working in collaboration with legendary rock producer Bob Rock.
True to the irreverence at the core of punk rock music, the band and lyricist Dexter Holland took a view to today’s cultural moments and didn’t shy away from creating topical material in this album. The title track, written in late 2019 and recorded in 2020, reflects the country’s ongoing challenges. Holland said: “I feel like we’re in a unique period in history where instead of our world leaders saying ‘we’re doing our best’ it’s more like they’re saying ‘fuck it’ and its really scary.”
As guitarist Noodles said: “Folks are saying, if it’s all going to Hell, we might as well make the most out of it, or at least go out swinging. ‘Let The Bad Times Roll!’”
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I am currently based in Melbourne Victoria!
I first got into music, as I took piano lessons in primary school! I continued that through to about grade 8, and then very silly me gave it up. I was also that kid that tried every instrument under the sun but I always reverted back to the piano, and as I graduated high school, I knew I wanted to do something within music but wasn’t sure exactly what, so I studied audio engineering this was a good balance for me to rediscover the love I had for music when I was younger and also the technical side behind recording/composing songs.
At the moment, I have just been having ample time in the studio every day working on new music and future releases for this year for my project with some really great songwriters and vocalists which has been really fun!
My covid experience was a really strange one as I’m sure it was for many people, I was in lockdown in Melbourne for about 6 months, I was going to go back to the Gold Coast [ where originally I am from ] but instead, I decided to stay here and just put my head down and work on music, which was a positive for me to be able to have ample time to just write and work every day and dedicate time to my passion and career. I also definitely learnt a lot in this time.
I wrote Hit You Up in the 2nd lockdown Melbourne had last year, I just wanted to write a fun dance record, at the time I was binge-watching a lot of the disclosure twitch streams that they were doing so I feel like the sound design and the initial old school kind of house vibe was unconsciously influenced by that!
I produced this song at home when I was in my apartment, and I wrote the initial idea with a vocalist from LA and then just produced it up over the last few months of last year.
I use Ableton Live for my DAW of choice, and I also used my Korg Minilogue Synthesizer that I have and I was doing a sound design session randomly one day just having a play around and made these little laser percussive sounds which you will hear in the chorus of the song and they are just subtly being panned left to right, I then just processed them with a few different effects and had them sitting in the back of the mix for some fun little ear candy.
I first got into producing when I was living in Byron Bay, I started studying Audio Engineering and then discovered Ableton Live, and started to learn that program and loved it as your creativity on it is endless! I decided to move to Melbourne in 2018 as I felt there was a lot more opportunity for me here to grow and establish myself as an artist and be able to network, which I have met some amazing people and I love the sense of community we have here within the industry and haven’t looked back since!
I’ve been listening to heaps of music from an artist called Kito recently, a few others I have had on repeat are Lauren Sanderson, Whethan, Olah Bliss, and some old Hudson Mohawke and Machine Drum these are all such great artists that I really value their work.
Outside of the studio, I try to get out into nature as much as possible! It’s so easy to just spend relentless time in the studio, which is amazing but I try to remind myself to get out and spend some time reconnecting outside of the city!
This year is going to be a really busy one for me, I have quite a few releases planned and an ep that I am working towards for the end of the year, which I’m super excited about but we will have to wait and see!
My favorite food by far is Agedashi Tofu, my roommate introduced this to me about a year and a half ago and my life was changed and still, I’m obsessed with it hahaha, we are still in a bet to find the best Agedashi Tofu in Melbourne, so if anyone has any suggestions hit me up!
My favorite place to hangout would be going to some of Melbourne’s dope bars and drinking a cider in the afternoon with some friends after a week of being in the studio, that always hits the spot!
Website – https://www.vynesmusic.com
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/
Spotify – Vynes
Sound Cloud – VYNES
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/
Apple Music – https://music.apple.com/us/
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This is the story of The Woolfman – a British songwriter/producer – inspired by the words of the American film maker Spike Lee. Both are driven by the wish to “Heal the Soul of America”. In 2018 The Woolfman saw Spike Lee on BBC TV saying, “We only have to make America Love again…”. This sentiment reminded him that what happens in America affects us in the UK, in Europe, in Africa, Asia and the whole of the world. That same night – a tune came to him , a tune rooted in gospel music, the music of struggle and of hope. The lyrics emerged all at once, as if from outside himself and a new American Anthem was born.
“We only have to make America love again…” – Spike Lee
At this time in history the message – “Make America Love Again” sets a new path, an aspiration. We do not pretend everything was ever all right in America. Obama says “ –Do we care to match the reality of America to its ideals? I am not yet ready to abandon the possibility of America.”
This is the message of “Make America Love Again” – the possibility of America as a beacon of democracy, hope and justice, leading the way in an increasingly turbulent and unpredictable world. The Woolfman teamed up with UK filmmaker Tone Davies & H28 to make a music video for the track during lockdown 2021. Shot on phones by vocalists Maxine Sparkles and Francesca Confortini – the global pandemic helped shape the video.
“Make America Love Again” has won BEST SONG at the Vegas Movie Awards, BEST MUSIC VIDEO at the Atman Film Festival in Hollywood and is currently #1 in the DMOFF Film Festival Top 10 films.
“Make America Love Again” is released worldwide through W Recordings – available on all digital platforms from Friday 26th February 2021.
You can view the music video here:-
https://www.dmoffest.com/post/make-america-love-again
You can presave the track here:-
“We are all looking at life through a screen right now” – Tone Davies
(Co Director & Editor)
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Soothsayer are thrilled to announce the second instalment of CC:DISCO!’s First Light compilation series, to be released as a limited transparent orange double LP and digitally (with an additional 12 tracks) on Friday 7 May. Today, CC:DISCO! shares the first two tracks from the highly anticipated release; ‘VGF (DUB)’ from Donald’s House & Lipelis and Hidden Spheres’ ‘Laamore’.
‘VGF (DUB)’ is an 80s flecked Italo-Disco track by Melbourne brothers, Donald’s House (Permanent Vacation, Touch From A Distance) – an act that CC:DISCO! says has been on her radar since the very start of their career, and Moscow-based producer Lipelis (Animals Dancing, Public Possession), a scene stalwart who wowed local crowd’s at 2018’s Dark Mofo.
CC:DISCO!: “’VGF (DUB)’ is a Balearic core shaker I’ve always needed in my life, that guitar part just takes me to Ibiza and back again. Donald’s House and Lipelis, talk about a collaboration of my dreams!”
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UNIFIED Music Group is proud to celebrate its 10 year company anniversary in 2021 as it moves towards a milestone 20 years in the music business next year.
From its bedroom beginnings as Boomtown Records to its stake as one of Australia’s largest independent music companies, UNIFIED now offers a full suite of artist and music services from its offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Los Angeles and London.
Over the last decade UNIFIED has sought to constantly grow, evolve and innovate. 2021 now finds the company with an extensive range of core business offerings (including Recorded Music, Artist Management, Merchandise and Events), while continuing to expand into new areas through partnerships in and around the industry with thought leaders and visionaries.
Click here to check out an interactive website breaking down UNIFIED’s growth over the last 10 years & detailing its company pillars in depth.
On the anniversary of both his principal company’s decade and close to 20 years since beginning in the music business, UNIFIED Founding CEO Jaddan Comerford shares that though the company has certainly innovated and evolved into its current state over the years, not a lot has changed in terms of it its driving “why”:
“In 2011, we created our mission statement that reads: ‘UNIFIED is the soundtrack of good people working together to achieve extraordinary results’. Although this didn’t exist in the very beginning, it really is what has driven us all along,” he shares, adding:
“UNIFIED is a company that aims to serve people. This includes artists, team members and the broader public and 2021 is a year where we will continue to build on this mission, our vision to innovate and improve, and ultimately dream of a world where we are celebrating in 2031, 2041….”
On navigating a year in business like never before in 2020, Jaddan shares that the forced time to slow down and reflect prompted both clarity and further innovation.
“Personally, I spent most of the last 5+ years on the road, either living in the US and travelling the globe for meetings or to see our artists play shows. Stopping made me take a look at the business and see what we were doing well and also assess what else we could be doing to evolve and adapt for business in 2021 and beyond.”
He adds that one of the most exciting elements of the 2021 milestone year is that it marks 10 years since the launch of the UNFD (pronounced U-N-F-D) record label brand.
“Although I think a lot of people still confuse UNFD and UNIFIED, UNFD is in fact our heavy music label, which is essentially what Boomtown morphed into back in 2011,” he says. “So even though Boomtown is still resting on the shelf, the spirit lives on through UNFD which is now a global label, an idea that wouldn’t have even crossed my mind in 2002, other than in a dream.”
Stay tuned as UNFD announce plans to celebrate a decade of releasing music from some of the world’s most inspiring heavy and alternative artists soon.
Reflecting on nearly two decades in music and 10 years since launching the UNIFIED Music Group brand, Jaddan reiterates the importance of the company’s people as a key element to its success.
“UNIFIED is a business that invests in good people with good ideas. We build careers and we do work with people we love doing it with. We aren’t always perfect and we don’t always get it right, but looking back at where we’ve come from, and the people who have been on the journey, it definitely makes you stop to smell the roses.”