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SPOKE

February 29th 2012 07:08
In 2012 SPOKE is bigger and better!

Running for five days, from March 13 -17, at Shimmering West, located at the front of AC Arts, Light Square.

SPOKE
Word Festival 2012





SPOKE 2012 offers showcases, forums and workshops from 13 - 17 February 2011.

Date Event Stream Time Location


13 March 2012 Talk to your inner Child 11am - 1.00 pm S.West
13 March 2012 Aboriginal Artists 3.00 - 5.00 pm S.West
13 March 2012 SPOKE $lam W'$hop 6.30 - 8.00 pm S.West
13 March 2012 *makes improetry! 8.30 - 10 pm S.West

14 March 2012 WTF*! 6.00 - 7.00 pm SAWC
14 March 2012 SCALA Showcase 8 - 10:30 pm S.West

15 March 2012 Think to Ink 10,11:30am & 1pm AC Arts
15 March 2012 Love Letter W'shop 4.00 - 6.00 pm S.West
15 March 2012 SPOKE Gives it up! 7.00 - 8.00 pm S.West
15 March 2012 Mosaic (Im)Process 6.00 - 7.00 pm DK Studio
15 March 2012 Words'n'action 8.00 - 10.30 pm AC Arts Library

16 March 2012 F'd Flash Theatre 2.00 - 5.00 pm AC Arts

16 March 2012 Mosaic Presentation 6pm - 7pm AC Arts
16 March 2012 SPOKE Gives it up! 7.00 - 8.00 pm S.West
16 March 2012 Book Launch Party 8.00 - 9.00 pm S.West

17 March 2012 Cross Genre W/S 9.30am - 11am S.West
17 March 2012 Indigo Eli - Process 6 - 7 pm S.West
17 March 2012 Multicultural Day 11:am - 8.30 pm S.West
17 March 2012 Cross Genre Perf 8.30pm -10pm S.West

S.West = Shimmering West, 39 Light Square, Adelaide


Tuesday, March 13


13 March 2012 Talk to your inner Child 11am - 1.00 pm S.West
13 March 2012 Aboriginal Artists 3.00 - 5.00 pm S.West
13 March 2012 SPOKE $lam W'$hop 6.30 - 8.00 pm S.West
13 March 2012 *makes improetry! 8.30 - 10 pm S.West

Talk to your Inner Child
@Shimmering West
Tuesday, March 13, from 11am - 1:00pm

Write and make a picture book in two hours! A hands-on workshop to make your dream come true! Gold coin donation to cover cost of materials. To book call Sue Fleming: (08) 8207 8615 or email: susan.fleming@tafesa.edu.au - limited to 10 places



Spoke on Parade
Improetry Slam Workshop
@X Space (AC Arts 39 Light Square)
Tuesday, March 13 from 6:30 pm until 8 pm

THIS is a journey
you can't afford to miss!

So you think you can write / rap / perform / act / speak / slam? Spoke throws down the gauntlet for ALL-comers. Step up and step OUT of your safety zone in this ninety minute workshop on poetry improvisation, "Improetry"

You'll be taken on a twisted journey through strange time zones where one minute can seem like an eternity and words such as 'cauliflower' can morph into anything your imagination fancies. Guided by two incredible forces of nature: Teri Louise Kelly, a five book author and survivor (and guest artist), of several UK Poetry Improvisation Slams; and Daniel Watson, Paroxysm Press publisher and MC of the SA Poetry Slams, you'll be taught how to think on your feet and slam out magnificent musings on random offerings from your peers, or at least to ramble on incoherently for forty seconds while your mind does backflips as the audience cries!

SPOKE 2012 Improetry Slam
@Shimmering West

Tuesday, March 13 from 8:30pm until 11:30pm

So do you think you can rap/write/perform/act/speak/s lam? SPOKE throws down the gauntlet for ALL comers. Step up and step OUT of your safety zone. What will you do when yoiu are asked to fill between forty seconds and two minutes talking about cauliflowers? Come along to the Improv Poetry Slam and put yourself to the test. No paper, no time for practice, this one is for the fast-shooters of the poetry / rap / perfporming / acting / slam scenes.


Wednesday, March 14


14 March 2012 WTF*! 6.00 - 7.00 pm SAWC
14 March 2012 SCALA Showcase 8 - 10:30 pm S.West


WTF#?: What the Font R U?

@ SA Writers' Centre, Rundle Street
Wednesday, March 14, from 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Are you a hound? A bit light? Plastic? An archer drawing your bow across the line? Go on, what type are you? What kind of character/s do you send out in to the world? Come and hear an atypeical panel 'font'le & 'textese' you on how our engagement with reading and writing is affected by the chosen font & characters of this silicon age. There's bound to be a font of knowledge on display!

Panellists: Suzie Keen - Writer, Reviewer and EDitor of the 'Views and Reviews" section for INDAILY - South Australia's independent online daily news publication.

Dr Nenagh Kemp - Lecturer in the School of Psychology at University of Tasmania. Research centres on the acquisition, development, and use of spoken and written language.

Scott Carslake - Principal and Creative Director of "Voice Designs" a South Australian company. "Voice" has received many prestigious national and international awards including the New York Type Directors' Club Certificate of Typographic Excellence. Voice's typographical history includes the development of typefaces Globale and Klogirl (distributed by Letraset) and ITC, Day project 21 hR, Griffine, Roxane and Maclennan.

Vicki Reynolds - Head of Printmaking at TAFE SAs Adelaide College of the Arts and professional practitioner.

SCALA Showcase Live @ Shimmering West

Wednesday, March 14, from 8 pm until 10:30 pm

Self Preservation Society
Local singer/songwriters Emily Davis, Don Morrison and Andy & Marta will all be performing at Shimmering West as part of the SPOKE Festival's SCALA Showcase evening in March; a fabulous free concert in the park.

Come and enjoy Adelaide's SCALA - Songwriters, Composers And Lyricists Association Inc. at this FREE showcase where SPOKE presents five of their home grown acts. Relax in the gloriously deported Shimmering West and enjoy a collection of performers who write their own words and music to tell their stories of love, lust and life.

SCALA (Songwriters, Composers And Lyricists Association Inc.) is a non-profit, voluntary, incorporated association which officially formed on 22nd November 1987 in Adelaide, South Australia.

SCALA's objectives are to: Encourage the activity of Song writing, Composing and Lyric or Libretto writing. Provide information and support to Songwriters, Composers and Lyric or Libretto writers by way of workshops, seminars, regular meetings and other activities which eventuate as SCALA evolves.

Encourage the playing and recording of innovative and original music and the use of innovative and original music in commercial applications.

Provide a service enabling Songwriters, Composers and Lyricists or Librettists to collaborate on innovative music projects and, in particular, to enable (non lyric) Composers to collaborate with Lyricists. Encourage and assist in the employment of Songwriters, Composers and Lyricists or Libretto writers in appropriate situations within the community.

Thursday 15th March

15 March 2012 Think to Ink 10am, 11:30am & 1pm AC Arts
15 March 2012 Love Letter W'shop 4.00 - 6.00 pm S.West
15 March 2012 SPOKE Gives it up! 7.00 - 8.00 pm S.West
15 March 2012 Mosaic (Im)Process 6.00 - 7.00 pm DK Studio
15 March 2012 Words'n'action 8.00 - 10.30 pm AC Arts Library

Think to Ink Writing Workshop

Adelaide Fringe Youth Engagement Program
Available Thursday 15th March 10am, 11:30am and 1:30pm
@ Shimmering West [Other times on this day by arrangement]

Spoke is proud to offer a valuable workshop to your students free of charge, including a comprehensive Education Pack. This is the perfect workshop with a well-seasoned writer who has worked in all aspects of the theatre industry, from intimate theatre to arena theatre, interactive contemporary theatre and classic black-box productions. David Jobling dramatist, director and dramaturge offers a free sixty minute interactive workshop with groups of up to sixteen students providing key elements into original script development, script analysis and construction; suitable for students of Drama, Theatre Studies and English seeking to write their own monologue, play script or simply seeking to find inroads into script analysis.

His extensive CV includes a stint as the Senior Writers' Tutor at the Australian Theatre for Young People, Artistic Coordinator of Griffin Theatre Company and Writing Tutor for Sydney's Darlinghurst Theatre and the Sydney Talent Company. Suitable for Years 10, 11 and 12

To book call Sue Fleming: (08) 8207 8615 or email: susan.fleming@tafesa.edu.au

SPOKE gives it up! ACTIVATE!




Mosaic Physical Theatre (Im)Process FREE from 6.00 - 7.00 pm join host David Jobling and his guest students and tutor Jen Havelberg from AC Arts' 3rd Year of the Acting course as they discuss and present a little show and tell in the DK Studio - the process of putting together a Dance/Theatre work 'MOSAIC' last year gave them an insight into a process they'll be able to use as actors out in the real world.



Thursday, March 15 champions activism.
Times 6:00pm until 8:00pm.
Shimmering West @ AC Arts , 39 Light Square, Adelaide, Australia

Description SPOKE gives it up! Welcomes wordsmiths along to present their ideas in three minutes or less, SPOKE's popular open mic session is happening over three evenings, each with their own theme. So poets and writers come along and take a turn at the microphone between 7 - 8pm let us hear your wit, wisdom or whimsy. Magnificent MC, Jeanne Hurrell, will take your registrations from 6pm on the night.

Love Letters

Available Thursday 15th March from 4 pm - 6 pm @ Shimmering West

Calling wild hearts and lovers of language and writing! Love letters don't have to be a 19th century anachronism. Right here at Shimmering West in March 2012, you can give form to your feelings for your paramour. For free!

Words'n'action Forum hosted by David Jobling

Thursday, March 15 at 8:00pm
@ AC Arts Library

A fun interactive forum for people who want to know more about activating the community: Should writers really be seen and not heard or herded by the unseen? If the personal is political does that mean everything you write is a political act? Is there any such thing as freedom of speech? Is talk still cheap? Who makes the decisions when it comes to censorship? What is the distance between what people say and what they do? Is physics activism? If the universe really is expanding, why are the minds of humans getting smaller? How many queers does it take to carry a protest banner? Why should a multinational mining company have the right to blot out a whole spicies without the species being informed? Is no news really good news (or) bad news better news than no news? Just who do you think you are anyway? So prove it! Broadcaster and social commentator David Jobling hosts a collection of very special guests as they explore current trends in activism.

Involve
Multitask
Participate
Activate
Collaborate
Talk
= IMPACT

Friday, March 16


16 March 2012 F'd Flash Theatre 2.00 - 5.00 pm AC Arts
16 March 2012 Mosaic Presentation 6pm - 7pm AC Arts
16 March 2012 SPOKE Gives it up! 7.00 - 8.00 pm S.West
16 March 2012 Book Launch Party 8.00 - 9.00 pm S.West


Flash Theatre Forward

Friday, March 16 from 2 pm until 5 pm
@ DK Dance Studio (AC Arts 39 Light Square)

SPOKE aims to create its own theatrical CERN ( or 'big bang simulator') - an underground lab to test theatrical hypotheses, cause performing particles to collide and capture the results of potentially new theatrical forms through discerning a project! Specialist practitioners in the fields of flashmobs, devised theatre, gaming & public/site installation performance will challenge and trigger teams of workshop participants to create a paradigm-shifting theatre concept to pitch to the panel of ground breakers for the chance to win $500 spark funding for their idea! Register for this workshop to create a paradigm-shifting theatre concept by emailing micsia@internode.on.net by 2 March 2012. Max 16 participants. (First come first serve basis) Panelists: Daisy Brown - devised theatre practitioner, Ryan Davidson - computer game writer/creator, Nick Morris - flashmob organiser

Register for this workshop to create a paradigm-shifting theatre concept to pitch to the panel of 'ground breakers' for $500 'spark' funding to the one judged the 'best'!

SPOKE gives it up! SPEAK!

Friday, March 16 is all about talk.
7:00pm until 8:00pm
@Shimmering West
SPOKE gives it up!



Welcomes wordsmiths along to present their ideas in three minutes or less, SPOKEs popular open mic session is happening over three evenings, each with their own theme. So poets and writers come along and take a turn at the microphone between 6pm and 7pm let us hear your wit, wisdom or whimsy. Magnificent MC, Jeanne Hurrell, will take your registrations from 5pm on the night.



16 March at Shimmering West, YOU are invited to a Book Launch Party from 8 - 9.00 pm. Come celebrate with three fine writers as they launch their books: Jenny Toune, Swamp Siren's Burlesque Bible poetry e-book

Amelia Walker, Sound and Bundy verse novel by Amelia Walker

Sound and Bundy ebook
IpozSB

Vikki Wakefield, All I ever Wanted, YA novel
Author links - Jenny Toune:
Jenny Toune

Swamp Sirens Burlesque Bible

Blog: Red Uncensored Blogspot


Goodreads.com

Twitter Jenny Toune




Saturday, March 17

17 March 2012 Cross Genre W/S 9.30am - 11am S.West
17 March 2012 Indigo Eli - Process 6 - 7 pm S.West
17 March 2012 Multicultural Day 11:am - 8.30 pm S.West
17 March 2012 Cross Genre Perf 8.30pm -10pm S.West


17th March SPOKE Multicultural Day @ Shimmering West

Multicultural Day is run by Writing Australia in conjunction with the SA Writers' Centre and the SPOKE 2012 Crew.

11am Welcome by the SAWC Chair and introduction of the first Chair for the day, Nick Xenophou

11.10 Nick welcomes attendees & asks them introduce themselves with little about their background and interest in writing. Nick speaks about multiculturalism/importance of telling stories.

11.20 Poetry Performance by Dorre Dari Cultural Foundation (Persian Poets)

11.35 Writing Groups - what do they do and what have they achieved?

Migrant Writers

Multicultural Writers' Group

Dorre Dari Cultural Foundation

Aboriginal Writers' Group

12.50pm Lunch

1.30pm Panel of writers: Where are the Opportunities & How do you Find Them?

Juan Garrido Salgado, Chile

Ranjit Ratnake, Sri Lanka

Prerna Ashok, India

Dylan Coleman, Australia

2.30 Tea Break

3pm SA Writers' Theatre: James Majur (Africa), turning a story into a play.

3.30 Michael Bollen, Wakefield Press - Cultural Books

4pm Chair SAWC: Where to from here?

4.30pm Close & drinks


SPOKE Cross Genre Workshop with Jenny Toune.
Venue: AC Arts Dance Studio, Ac Arts, 39 Light Square Adelaide
Date/Time: Sat 17th March 9.30am - 11.00am
FREE
Open a can of words, empty it into dance/acting & cook up a performance storm. For writers: exploring new ways of working with your poetry/words. For dancers, actors: becoming part of the word performance by collaboration, interpretation, expansion and experimentation. During the workshop we will partner up & explore different interpretive methods, then rehearse & polish each piece up to performance level.

To OFFICIALLY register for this event , please send a message to Red Uncensored toune.jenny@gmail.com stating whether you are registering as a writer, or as an actor or dancer. thanks!

The Amazing Side Shed
Saturday, March 17 from 2 pm - 8pm

@ Shimmering West

The most fascinating and delightful space where a mix of unusually intellectual delights will be available to all dilettantes and perceptive pro's including Poetry in a can, Tarot Poetry, and Man2Man Poetry Massage titillating and engaging you for a modest donation.

Wickedly worldly words exhumed, exposed, exhibited and exactly what you were looking for when you least expected. Poetry Massage a 'hands free' massage; the opportunity to be taken on your own personal journey by a master story-teller with instant insight and sensitivity - like having a great big positive affirmation privately and intimately applied giving you the opportunity to feel that randomly wondrous feeling when someone recognises things in you that you would never imagine or think of for yourself. More than sweet nothing (for adult men)!

Poetry Massage by appointment only Ph: 040 414 8880

SPOKE gives it up! ENTERTAIN!

Saturday, March 17 celebrates entertainment.
Times 6:00pm until 7:00pm
@ Shimmering West



SPOKE gives it up! Welcomes wordsmiths along to present their ideas in three minutes or less, SPOKEs popular open mic session is happening over three evenings, each with their own theme. So poets and writers come along and take a turn at the microphone between 6pm and 7pm let us hear your wit, wisdom or whimsy. Magnificent MC, Jeanne Hurrell, will take your registrations from 5pm on the night.

Indigo Eli - a process in development, a development in process...
Indigo is a contemporary artist gathering the threads of poetry, circus, costume, voice, and movement into new textures of performance.

Her wide-ranging work, spanning from slam poetry to plastic and sticky-tape inflatables, offers voice to the unspoken through the perception that art is the act of bringing the poetically intangible into existence.

How do you play with the language of sound and space?
Is it possible for a poem to perform without words?
Can the poetry of words claim new spaces?
What kinds of spaces could it possibly claim?

Join in on an interviewable showcase of performance poet Indigo. Visit revelations and construct a recount, upon the art that is emerging from Indigo's most recent explorations into the possibilities of poetry in performance.

Facilitated by David Jobling. Pieces of Indigo's multi-art poetic work will be on display during SPOKE.

2011 JUMP mentee, Indigo worked with established artist Margaret Cameron, in conjunction with John Howard and Helen Sharp from the Body Voice Centre in Melbourne.

She is a graduate of AC Arts, co-founding director of 'the nameless project', freelance artist and workshop facilitator.

Speak
Halitus
Interview
Forensic
Tales
Showcase
= SHIFTS

The Nameless Project

Sat 17th 8.30pm - 10.00pm Cross Genre Performance:
Venue: Shimmering West Stage, Light Square Adelaide
Date/Time: FREE
Red Uncensored will present for your drinking pleasure a cocktail of words to entertain, inspire & stimulate, starring SPOKEs workshop participants, interspersed with extra tasty mixers. These cross genre performances will be highlighting words/dance/acting, and our special guests will tickle your taste buds with music, percussion and film.
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The 2012 Laneway Festival

January 27th 2012 00:51
You’ll find a heady mix of artists in this, the 2012 St Jerome’s Laneway Festival line-up announcement. There’s the ground-breaking, the genre-bending, your recent discoveries and your soon-to-be new favourites. But one thing unites them all: they are spine-tinglingly great live. Say that five times.



The 2012 Australian event returns to the five venues that have established Laneway as one of the most unique events in the country. The banks of Melbourne’s Maribyrong river, the historic sandstone buildings of Sydney’s College of the Arts, the tree-lined laneways just minutes from the Brisbane CBD, the lush grounds of the Perth Cultural Centre, and a new, expanded site at University of SA will provide the backdrop for 2012’s most exciting indie line-up.

Laneway continues its ongoing international expansion, returning for events in Auckland and Singapore.

The festival is proud of its continuing association with US based The Windish Agency
and UK promoter Eat Your Own Ears, both of whom return in 2012 to co-curate a stage. This year, Laneway is also thrilled to collaborate with Young Turks, the London label proving to be one of the most exciting on the planet right now. Stay tuned for more details about an extra stage in each city that will boast some of the best cutting-edge electronic acts around.

Over the years, the festival has hosted many still relatively-unknown acts at the start of their careers who have gone on to have major international success shortly after: The Temper Trap, Tame Impala, Feist, Florence The Machine, The XX and Mumford & Sons to name just a few. It’s an impressive record, one we’re determined to uphold.

So here it is: the headliner-free, A-Z, top to bottom awesome list of acts playing at the 2012 Laneway Festival:

ACTIVE CHILD - ANNA CALVI - AUSTRA - BULLION - CHAIRLIFT - CULTS - DZ DEATHRAYS - EMA - FEIST [except Adel**] - GEOFFREY O'CONNOR - GIRLS - GIVERS [Syd Melb] - GLASSER - HUSKY [Bris, Syd, Melb] - JOHN TALABOT - JONTI - LAURA MARLING - M83 - ONEMAN - PAJAMA CLUB (featuring Sharon and Neil Finn) - PORTUGAL THE MAN [Syd Melb] - SBTRKT (Live) - TRIPLE J Unearthed Winners - THE VERY WEST - THE DRUMS - THE HORRORS - THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART - THE PANICS - TORO Y MOI - TOTAL CONTROL - TWIN SHADOW - WASHED OUT - WU LYF - YUCK



ACTIVE CHILD’s heaven-high vocals were honed in school choirs, which kind of makes us wish we listened to our parents. You Are All I See is the assured debut from LA resident Pat Grossi, a synth-y affair that melds danceable hip hop beats and soaring R&B melodies. And harp. There’s lots of harp. It makes for a gorgeous, diverse sound that has seen him tour with the likes of English dubstep producer James Blake and dreamy synth-poppers School of Seven Bells.











ANNA CALVI is on fire. Do a quick Google search and you’ll see adjectives like hot, incendiary, burning and smokin’ thrown round with abandon. Pretty sure it’s metaphorical but listen to her eponymous debut or watch any video of her performing and you’ll see why. The half-Italian, half-British artist’s deliciously dramatic vocals and darkly cinematic instrumentation have won countless plaudits (including a prestigious Mercury Prize nomination) and the praise of Brian Eno who calls her ‘the best thing since Patti Smith’, which is not a compliment you’d throw out of bed.







AUSTRA’s assured debut Feel It Break is a culmination of the leading lady Katie Stelmanis’ years of school choirs (Again! Sorry Mum.), operatic training and her fascination with electronic music. Stelmanis, along with fellow Canadians, drummer Maya Postepski and bassist Dorian Wolf, have crafted a darkly hypnotic album, not quite dance music but made for night-time. Some people call it electro-goth but it’s much warmer than that. triple j and alternative radio have been all over stylish singles ‘The Beat, The Pulse’ and ‘Lose It ’, as they should be. File next to Bat For Lashes, Kate Bush and The Knife.







Nathan Jenkins is BULLION. Three years ago, the West Londoner self-released a 'mash up' album combining music by the Beach Boys with production inspired by J Dilla, called Pet Sounds: In The Key Of Dee and watched it become a viral sensation on the internet within days. The latest offering from the fast-rising, fresh-faced producer is You Drive Me To Plastic, which drops courtesy of Young Turks Records, friends of the festival and the ultra-hip home of Laneway alumni The xx, Holy Fuck, El Guincho and more.







You may remember CHAIRLIFT’s insanely catchy track Bruises from their 2008 debut, Does You Inspire You . Caroline Palochek and Patrick Wimberly are Chairlift and their music pivots around a hazily romantic, fragmented, psychedelic sense of humor and love for pop music. The duo have spent the past year holed up in the spare room of an antique shop producing their forthcoming album, which will be debuted in Australia in live-band form at Laneway. If lead single 'Amanaemonesia' is anything to go by, it’s a massive winner. The clip for said track is directed by Palochek and is fairly mesmerising. Girl can move, too.







Young NYC-by-way-of-San Diego pop duo CULTS burst onto the scene early last year with the irresistible 'Go Outside', a short, sharp burst of hazy bedroom pop steeped in classic girl-group harmonies and Spector-esque production. Little was known about the twosome of Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin, whose almost ungoogleable name and refusal to give interviews befitted their creepy moniker. A couple of months ago, the band decisively stepped out of the shadows, silencing the doubters with their great self-titled LP , a winsome and succinct half-hour set shot through with darker undercurrents that amply delivers on the band’s early promise.







There’s only one word for DZ DEATHRAYS and it’s ‘fucking-awesome’. Fuzzy, scuzzy, wall-of-sound punk of the highest order. The Brisbane duo have been gaining praise from all over the place (a spot in NME’s Top 50 Bands of 2011, Q Mag, Mark Ronson) for their two EPs but it hardly matters when your face is being melted at one of the band’s electrifying live shows.









‘Holy fucking fuck!’ is how NYC’s Village Voice responded to EMA’s former band, the cult outfit Gowns, but it applies equally to her debut Past Life Martyred Saints. South Dakota songwriter Erica M. Anderson’s devastating, poetic, deeply emotional album is nothing short of gut-wrenching. It’s sparse and full of reverb and like all our favourite Nineties girls’ albums rolled into one.











Can’t believe it’s been four years since FEIST ruled Laneway. Time is a fast train, people. Having gone underground for the past few years, Leslie Feist emerges with her new album, Metals, a typically gorgeous, acutely observational collection of tracks ranging from low rumbling and moody ambiences to those more brutal and intense. It’s a worthy follow-up to her already classic, award-winning and much loved albums Let It Die and The Reminder.

In lieu of a festival appearance in Adelaide, Feist will be performing an exclusive, intimate theatre show at the Thebarton Theatre, presented by the Laneway Festival. Fans purchasing tickets to the festival will be able to bundle a Feist side show and Laneway Festival ticket for a special discounted price of $159. That's a $40 saving, so we're basically giving you money! This is a strictly limited offer. The discount is only valid upon purchase of the bundle ticket. Festival and bundled tickets go onsale Wednesday 19 October through lanewayfestival.com.au . Single side show tickets go on sale Friday 21 October through VenueTix.









GEOFFREY O’CONNOR has more or less been releasing one accomplished album a year since the debut of his former, much-adored outfit Crayon Fields in 2006. Not sure what inspired him to lose his Sly Hats moniker for his solo material but his brand new album Vanity is Forever is brimming with sexy swagger that shifts seamlessly between seductive dance hits, suave funk joyrides and modern synthetic power balladry. Proof. Also, his new live show is the bomb, demonstrating a new found confidence that has come with the new throne.











GIRLS (who are not actually girls) have upped the ante with their stunner of an album, Father Son, Holy Ghost, a release marked by classic song-writing and classy production. Critics everywhere have praised the San Fran natives’ follow-up to their 2009 breakout debut: Pitchfork stamping it with a 9.3 and Clash mag proclaiming it a ‘quiet, understated triumph’. Taking cues from the likes of Alex Chilton and Elliott Smith, frontman Christopher Owen’s loverlorn lyrics are perfectly complemented by deft instrumentation and a refusal to get anywhere via just one musical avenue. The album is a slow-burner and, dare we say it, a masterpiece. Spend some time with it and you will be rewarded many times over.







Lafayette quintet GIVERS bring their joyful pop to the Sydney and Melbourne events and take the party vibe Up, Up, Up. Their debut ‘In Light’ is as sunny as its title, with requisite handclaps, tropical beats and electronic samples. Sound familiar? It is but Givers’ are possessed of a restless spirit that helps set them apart from the plethora of Vampire Weekend/Animal Collective 2.0 imitators. It’s fun, but not simple. Mad dancing prediction. Get into it.









‘Easy to like’ says Pitchfork of GLASSER, the one-woman orchestra of Cameron Mesirow; ‘easy to love’ say we. On Ring, the L.A. native’s universally praised debut lp, ethereal vocals swirl above an intoxicating mix of tribal percussion, lush electronics and orchestral flourishes. It’s mystical, yes, but without any of the put-on eccentricity or pretension those words sometimes imply. Glasser’s music, like her beguiling, beautifully restrained live shows, is the real deal: generous, direct and free of any gimmickry, all of it built around Mesirow’s formidable pipes.









East London via Southend-On-Sea band THE HORRORS have come a long way since 2005, when they graced the cover of the NME with eye-linered eyes, big hair, an eff-you attitude and barely a single (the spiky ‘Sheena Is A Parasite’) to their name. Their live shows were a riot – often literally – but did what rock n roll is supposed to do: energise, excite, divide and polarise. Three records on, they’re all grown up and the hype has evolved into almost universal respect. Skying is a wide-ranging, shapeshifting album with an overarching pop sensibility (see: unlikely hit single ‘Still Life’). They headlined the Laneway-curated stage at London’s Field Day in July and we guarantee that they’re as thrilling as ever.









Ten bucks says that local newcomers HUSKY grew up listening to Paul Simon, The Doors, Leonard Cohen and The Beach Boys. The Melbourne four-piece make classic pop, and their influences are as undeniable as their talent for rich harmonies, and artful songwriting. The band have had people talking since winning a Triple J Unearthed competition earlier in the year. They’re obviously hard workers, having supported Devandra Banhart, Noah & the Whale and Gotye and recorded their forthcoming debut Forever So (out 21 October).









You may not be familiar with Barcelonian producer JOHN TALABOT, but you should be. He makes pop-inflected house music, fusing driving club-friendly beats and gorgeous soaring melodies. Check out his Young Turks debut, the Families EP, which features Laneway cohort Glasser on the title track. Hypnotic, adventurous and infinitely interesting.













Over the past few years JONTI has been quietly making a name for himself as one of Australia’s most interesting musical exports. Under various guises, the multi-instrumentalist, arranger, producer and vocalist has already worked with Mark Ronson, Santigold, Sean Lennon and the Dap-Kings and producer John Agnello (Sonic Youth). Pretty impressive for someone who is yet to release his debut album. ‘Twirligig’ is out next week via US indie label Stones Throw and it is all summery fun: a breezy, cacophonous album that belies its sophisticated arrangements.











It’s as though LAURA MARLING was born in the wrong decade. Wrong century even. Preternaturally wise beyond her 21 years, Marling inhabits an analogue world where she makes literate, timeless folk music. Previous albums Alas, I Cannot Swim and I Speak Because I Can were both nominated for the Mercury Prize (the latter earning her a 2011 Brit Award and NME Award for Best Solo Artist) but her new album, A Creature I Don’t Know, is perhaps her best yet.







We’re calling it. M83’s new LP Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming is the Album of The Year. It’s an ambitious, sprawling, epic 22-track double album and it’s outstanding. We were massive fans of French electronic dream-pop artist Anthony Gonzales’ last album, Saturdays = Youth, (as was, um, everyone) but this is next level. Buy it, put it on, turn it up. Can’t wait until M83 close out the main stage in February.

We are very privileged to be streaming it exclusively this week. Head over here for a listen.







Wanna dance? Same. Luckily, that’s the modus operandi of ONEMAN. Revered for his incredible mixing skills, this London Dubstep king is among the scene's most important. His RINSE FM shows are some of the stations most popuar and throw in his legendary London Boiler Room sets and we can be assured that ONEMAN will get the party started.









Neil Finn is an international treasure (did you see him at Meredith last year? Bloody hell) and thus, we are thrilled to present PAJAMA CLUB, the new project by Finn and his wife Sharon. Borne out of a post-dinner jam to fill their empty nest, the coolest parents in the history of the world joined forces with friend and neighbour Sean Donnelly to create a mesmerising self-titled album that embraces electronica, krautrock, soul and is positively brimming with chemistry.







Combustible Brooklyn-via-Florida outfit THE DRUMS have packed a lot into their two years: two excellent, mostly self-recorded albums and an EP, line-up changes, internal strife, a couple of world tours. Now a five-piece, The Drums deftly sidestepped the sophomore slump this year with Portamento, an intimate and largely autobiographical LP full of the band’s trademark mix of giddy hooks and singer Jonathon Pierce’s musings on heartbreak, redemption, loss and love. Lest it all get too glum, The Drums keep their arrangements spry and wiry, drawing on the dynamics of 80s British post-punk to turn some decidedly heavy feelings into seriously compelling pop.







It’s not hard to get your head around the appeal of THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART. Belong is their second album and it’s classic indie pop: jangly guitars, sun-soaked melodies, themes of heartbreak, redemption and so on. It’s like they sat down and wrote an album specifically for the Australian summer. Produced by genii Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Flood (PJ Harvey, Smashing Pumpkins, Depeche Mode), Belong is an album that both revels in and transcends its palpable Nineties influences. Also, they have a song called ‘Anne with an E’, which is appealing if you are an Anne of Green Gables fan.







THE PANICS have found a wider audience since their breakout track ‘Don’t Fight It’ from their 2007 J Award-winning album Cruel Guards, and rightly so. The Melbourne-via-Perth band have long been a world-class act and their latest long player, Rain On The Humming Wire, is an accomplished, beautifully evocative work, full of incisive lyrics and expansive soundscapes. One for the canon.









PORTUGAL. THE MAN is not a man. It is a four-piece hailing from the fabled Alaska and settled in Portland, Oregon, though their rock n roll mantra of record, tour, repeat as necessary means that they’re not home all that much. 800 shows and six albums in (In The Mountain In The Cloud is their accomplished latest) Portugal. The Man are on the cusp of breakthrough success, though you suspect they don’t care about that much. They’re a jam band, capable of texturally rich, sprawling opuses and europhic singalongs. Current single ‘Got It All (This Can't Be Living Now)’, for example, wouldn’t be out of place on the Almost Famous bus. Makes for a rollicking good time.
(MEL and SYD)







Don’t let SBTRKT's aversion to vowels put you off. The anonymous producer’s self-titled debut album (released via Young Turks) pulls off a series of impressive feats: it's bursting with fresh ideas, and yet it sounds immediately familiar; it’s warm yet gritty, playful yet seriously powerful. SBTRKT’s nuanced, purposeful production is augmented by the silky smooth guest vocals of Sampha (accompanying SBTRKT at the festival), Roses Gabor, Jessie Ware and Little Dragon. It’s a record that marks SBTRKT as a standout of the pervasive dubstep scene and an artist worthy of a mainstream audience.







This year’s line-up is crowded with over-achieving youngsters and Chaz Bundick, a.k.a TORO Y MOI, is one of them. Hailing from South Carolina, the multi-talented 24 year old musician, designer and photographer this year released the follow-up to his acclaimed 2010 debut Causers of This, which had him in the company of blogger favourites and chillwave proponents Washed Out, Neon Indian and Memory Tapes. A lyrically rich, stylistically diverse album, Underneath The Pine has firmly established Toro as an exciting and ambitious talent, one confident enough to move on from the scene that made him. His recent live shows, meanwhile, have been described as akin to ‘a flashy, sex-fueled 80s rooftop fiesta’, which is to say they require your attendance.







The supremely-titled TOTAL CONTROL epitomise everything great about punk: a restless musical spirit and a deep disdain for social networking. Composed of members from various Melbourne indie outfits (UV Race, Eddy Current Suppression Ring et al), the band’s primitive synth-punk singles and already-legendary live show will see them tour around the US and UK (including an appearance at All Tomorrow’s Parties at the invitation of Les Savy Fav) before returning to tear apart Laneway.







George Lewis Jnr aka TWIN SHADOW’s debut album is as intriguing as his upbringing. The troubled son of a hairdresser and a teacher ‘who lived many lives’ (semi-pro footballer, massage therapist, film maker and other things we’ll tell you about when you’re older), Lewis Jnr was born in the Dominican Republic and grew up in Florida. Forget is the sepia-tinged homage to his childhood, recalling moments from his youth in moods alternately sweet and sinister, but always compelling. Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear) produced the album and he does a fine job of making Forget’’s 80s-tinged electro-pop sound altogether new. Grab a partner and pretend it’s your school formal: Twin Shadow’s slinky tunes and deep, velvety voice are made for this.







If ever there was an evocative title for an artist, it’s WASHED OUT. Ernest Greene’s dreamy, melancholic pop denoted the arrival of a new scene when his first couple of EPs surfaced a few years back. The poster boy for chillwave proves he’s not just a flash in the pan with his highly-anticipated/lauded first full-length (and Sub-Pop debut), Within and Without. Live, it’s less ‘chill’ and more ‘party’ as Greene and his full live band nimbly manoeuvre his multi-layered pop out of the bedroom and onto the stage.













Being ‘fiercely independent’ means nothing if your band is rubbish. Thankfully publicity-shy, record label-averse Mancunian four-piece WU LYF (World Unite Lucifer Youth Foundation) are anything but. The self-described proponents of ‘heavy pop’ released their startling first record Go Forth To The Mountain to far-flung adoration in the middle of the year and it is indeed a corker: the explosive mix of organs, echoed percussion, chiming guitar and one of the most distinctive vocalists of recent years combining to utterly euphoric effect. Believe it.







Multi-national London four-piece (and occasional five-piece) YUCK take us straight back to the golden era of Nineties indie rock, a time where Pavement, Dinosaur Jr, Teenage Fanclub and Yo La Tengo ruled supreme. That the band were infants when this era’s defining records came out is very much to their advantage: instead of reliving lost youth, Yuck instead reinvigorate the fuzzily charming sound of a now bygone era with an energy and verve all their own. Their self-produced, self-titled LP, released early this year, is, as Pitchfork put it, ‘a deeply melodic, casually thrilling coming-of-age album’ for a generation who weren’t around for Slanted and Enchanted and Nevermind. If you can imagine that.















BRISBANE – SATURDAY 28th JANUARY 2012
Alexandria Street, Bowen Hills QLD 4006

Laneway returns to a Saturday! That’s right, no more slinking off early on a Friday afternoon mumbling something about a headache to your boss. The festival returns to weekend frivolity and to its adopted home at the RNA Showground. Just a few minutes walk away from the Fortitude Valley precinct and public transport hub the festival awaits. Due to Brisvegas' January heat we have included more undercover areas and shade to ensure you will have a prime Laneway experience. Get up early as doors are opening at 11.30am.

AUCKLAND - MONDAY 30th JANUARY 2012
Silo Park, Beaumont Street. Auckland

For 2012 Laneway New Zealand takes another step towards the ultimate Auckland experience. The remodelled, revamped, refreshed waterfront site of Silo Park will play host to Laneway with three stages, all those showcase boutique amenities and a truly exciting landscape. Silo Park provides Laneway NZ with its first waters edge location, spectacular views to the Harbour Bridge and the towering restored silos to pinpoint this landmark location.

Silo Park was recently completed as part of the upmarket restoration of the Wynyard Quarter. Laneway is proud to be one of the first ticketed outdoor events to grace this new cosmopolitan heart of Auckland City.

MELBOURNE – SATURDAY 4th FEBRUARY 2012
Footscray Community Arts Centre – 45 Moreland Street, Footscray VIC 3011 (Subject to Council approval)

There couldn’t be a better location for the Melbourne event than the banks of the Maribyrong River. The generous assistance of our friends at the Footscray Community Arts Centre and Maribyrong City Council (and the Boon Wurrung and Wurrundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation on whose grounds the event takes place) enables punters to catch their favourite bands in a spacious, tranquil and idyllic ... but still suitably Laneway-esque, urban site (cue stages on roads, views of a gorgeous city skyline and sweet industrial vistas). The spaces that you loved will all be there but we've given you a little bit more too - there's a brand new stage in leafy Grimes Reserve and the Car Park stage is moving to an even better location further down the all new 'River Promenade'.

In another very important development for 2012, the Laneway Festival in Melbourne is especially honoured to be naming a stage after one of our local music heroes, Dean Turner and proud to be supporting the Yiriman Project in his name. More details can be found here but we ask that you select the donation option when you purchase your ticket to Laneway this year.

We've upped the local content and, along with the always brilliant performance of a winning Very West band, we'll be bringing you more of Footscray's wonderful arts, markets and cuisines as well all your favourites from Laneway last year.

The public transport will still be free and we're currently working on a bike valet for all of you cyclists out there, so getting to and from Laneway in Melbourne this year will be as easy as the line up is good.

SYDNEY – SUNDAY 5th FEBRUARY 2012
Sydney College of the Arts (SCA) – Balmain Road, Rozelle NSW 2039 (Subject to Council approval)

There will be many and varied developments to the Sydney event in 2012, the most notable being the move of the main stage to the gorgeous Callan Park Ampitheatre and the addition of another stage tucked away in the trees behind the Sydney College of the Arts. Don’t worry - the historic sandstone buildings of the Sydney College of the Arts will still be fully utilised, hosting stages, markets and fine cuisine. Following feedback from punters, we are making significant improvements to the transport options to and, especially, from the event with more frequent bus services running to the city centre. Stay tuned for more news on this closer to the event.

ADELAIDE – FRIDAY 10th FEBRUARY 2012
Fowler's Live and UniSA West Courtyards – 68-70 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000

Adelaide can look forward to major upgrades to the site following extensive consultation with Laneway fans. The bottleneck issue from the last event will be avoided by the addition of two brand new stages and a one way flow system into and out of the Fowler’s Courtyard: The Young Turks stage, in the recently renovated Law Building Courtyard; and a new main stage on Register St, off Hindley St. A big video screen with vision of the Main Stage, additional food and vintage clothes stalls and a bigger main bar will ensure a premium boutique festival experience.

Click here to see festival director, Danny Rogers, walk you through the changes.


PERTH – SATURDAY 11th FEBRUARY 2012
Perth Cultural Centre – Beaufort Street, Perth WA 6000

In 2012, Laneway will again take place in the urban beauty of the Perth Cultural Centre, with a couple of changes to the layout from last year. The magical Museum Stage area under the trees has been expanded while the Francis Street stage will move to the State Library end of the street and the patron entry will move to the Beaufort St end. The market stalls move across to the Urban Orchard. Look out for all the new upgrades around the Cultural Centre precinct, including a neat little kiddies playground outside the Museum. Our fine selection of foods stalls, located around the Urban Orchard and Art Gallery, ensures there’ll be plenty of fine food for you to enjoy.

SINGAPORE - SUNDAY 12th FEBRUARY 2012
Fort Canning, Canning Rise, Singapore

After the legendary inaugural event in 2011, Laneway returns to Fort Canning in 2012. Demonstrating our commitment to building this show into the premiere music festival event in South East Asia, Singaporeans and their regional neighbours can expect some exciting developments, including the addition of a second stage. Fourteen bands (eight up from last year) from around the world will descend on Fort Canning in February, transforming the event into a bona fide festival experience. The confirmed lineup for Laneway Singapore is now to be announced on October 21. Some final amendments are being done to ensure that the lineup for Singapore is unsurpassed.



**FEIST SIDESHOW TICKET OFFER - ADELAIDE

In lieu of a festival appearance in Adelaide, Feist will be performing an exclusive, intimate theatre show at the Thebarton Theatre, presented by the Laneway Festival. Fans purchasing tickets to the festival will be able to bundle a Feist sideshow and Laneway Festival ticket for a special discounted price of $159. That's a $40 saving, so we're basically giving you money! This is a strictly limited offer. The discount is only valid upon purchase of the bundle ticket. Festival and bundled tickets go on sale Wednesday 19 October through lanewayfestival.com.au . Single sideshow tickets go on sale Friday 21 October through Venue Tix.
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Dresden Dolls TOUR

December 7th 2011 04:31
The Dresden Dolls
RETURN TO AUSTRALIA!

Followers of theatrical punk cabaret stars THE DRESDEN DOLLS can rejoice as news breaks of their upcoming reunion tour. The dynamic pair, comprised of Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione, reached infamy through their brand of art house rock, steadily climbing out of the artistic trenches from which they were born.

The Dresden Dolls beguiling breed of stylised Brechtian punk cabaret erupts with theatrics, spontaneity and genuine frivolity. Fans and critics cannot wait to get in on the action once again after their previous tours proved to be such a treat:

“On stage they interact intuitively and naturally, their rapport is palpable. The
best songs are manic, like ants at fairy bread…The songs are visual, they come to life, and seem made out of pieces of goddesses and monsters, troy horses and walking sticks.” – Brag

“From the second Palmer touches the keys and opens her mouth, a scene is
set. It is century old European cabaret and it’s wonderful…Now that’s what I call a show.” – Drum Media

“It’s difficult to imagine anyone else pulling this off so convincingly.” – Rolling
Stone


Whilst Amanda is certainly no stranger to our shores, it has been six years since she and Brian performed here as The Dresden Dolls and in the minds and hearts of their devoted fans, that is truly six years too many.

Amanda and Brian’s live shows have enchanted and enthralled audiences the world over since their formation over a decade ago and their return will no doubt be much celebrated. Be sure to catch them as they grace the nation’s finest theatres this coming January!


Dresden Dolls Australia Tour



JANUARY 2012

Frontier Members pre-sale via www.frontiertouring.com12noon AEDT Thu 17 Nov to 12noon AEDT Fri 18 Nov
General public on sale from 9am local time, Mon 21 Nov

Thu 5 Jan The Tivoli, Brisbane, QLD GA 18plus
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Sat 7 Jan Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW GA & Seating All Ages
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Sun 8 Jan Forum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC GA 18plus
Ticketmaster 1300 111 011 or www.ticketmaster.com.au

Wed 11 Jan The Gov, Adelaide, SA GA All Ages
Venue*Tix (08) 8225 8888 or www.venuetix.com.au

Thu 12 Jan Astor Theatre, Perth, WA GA All Ages
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DUO 2CELLOS

November 25th 2011 21:58
CROATIAN DUO 2CELLOS

CONFIRMED TO PERFORM WITH ELTON JOHN



They are amazing! Their ages combined are younger than anyone in the band. - Elton John


Having spent the European summer touring with Elton John, it’s now Australia’s turn to welcome 2 Cellos to its shores. The handsome Croatian-born duo will be performing live alongside the Rocket Man at each and every date across the country starting this weekend.



2cellos


CLICK HERE FOR 2 CELLOS TAKE ON SMOOTH CRIMINAL AT You Tube.


Gifted cellists Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser arrived this week to continue to tour world-wide with ELTON JOHN and promote their self-titled debut album which is out now through Sony Music Entertainment Australia.



These two young, good looking Croatians are certainly living the dream! Based in a small town in Croatia, the 24-year-old music students posted a self-made music video of them performing Michael Jackson's “Smooth Criminal” on their cellos and posted online. The long-time friends received more attention than they ever expected - within days, the video became a viral sensation and received millions of views. It got the attention of SONY MASTERWORKS who signed them to a record deal.



Concurrently, they received a phone call from legend Elton John who invited them to join him on his European tour this summer. “I feel so blessed that all of this is happening – a record deal with SONY and a tour with Elton John – who would have imagined?!” relays Stjepan Hauser.



Their debut album features Sulic & Hauser’s unique spin on hits by Guns N’ Roses, U2, Coldplay and Kings of Leon among others. “We grew up with Michael Jackson, U2 and Nirvana. The melody and structure of their songs really inspired us to arrange them for 2 cellos. Bands like Coldplay, Kings of Leon and Muse also write songs with those similar melodic qualities – so we had a great time digging in and making them part of this album too,” says Luka Sulic.



Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser have been playing the cello since childhood. Both recently completed their studies – Luka at the acclaimed Royal Academy of Music in London, Stjepan at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Luka has performed throughout the world at renowned venues such as London’s Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Vienna’s Musikverein and Konzerthaus. He has won a series of international prizes including first prize at the 2009 VII Lutoslawski International Cello Competition in Warsaw. Stjepan has performed in numerous European countries, South Africa, New Zealand, Asia and the U.S., with debuts in London’s Wigmore Hall, Royal Albert Hall, South Bank Centre and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw. He was the last pupil of Mstislav Rostropovich. In his short career, Stjepan's accolades include winning twenty-one first prizes in national and international competitions and performing twice for Prince Charles in Buckingham and St. James's Palace.



2CELLOS will no doubt win a legion of Australian fans when they see them on stage with Elton John.



Saturday 26 November

Sunday 27 November

Lyric Theatre, The Star, Sydney

www.ticketmaster.com.au 1300 795 267



Wednesday 30th November

Entertainment Centre, Brisbane

www.ticketek.com.au 132 849



Saturday 3rd December

Sunday 4th December

Hope Estate, Hunter Valley

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Tuesday 6th December

Wednesday 7th December

Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne

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Friday 9th December

A Night At Coopers Amphitheatre

Coopers Brewery, Adelaide

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Sunday 11th December

Burswood Dome, Perth

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Future Music Festival line up

October 10th 2011 02:09
Future Entertainment, Nova, Channel [V], [V] Hits, Street Press Australia, Inthemix.com.au, FasterLouder and Student Edge present…


FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL 2012 FIRST ROUND LINEUP ANNOUNCED!




Next Stop, Las Venus: the Galaxy’s Ultimate Party Destination
This is Future Music Festival 2012. Enjoy Your Stay.

Fresh from a record breaking, sold out national tour, Future Music Festival returns in 2012 with all the endless fun, energy and forward thinking sounds that music fans have come to love and cherish from this world-class festival experience.

Presenting the Future Music Festival 2012, an utterly utopian, orbitally awesome ride through the sweetest music in all of Las Venus… It’s tomorrow’s ultimate swinging party city in the skies - and there’s nothing else like it on Earth!

Using the galactic-bombastic forces of pure sound, dazzling light, and electrifying colour, the galaxy’s ultimate party starts now and Las Venus is where it’s at. More sizzling than a zero gravity strip tease, faster than a speeding aero-taxi in orbit and sexier than sipping cocktails on a comet to Saturn… Get ready for an intergalactic taste of life in the Las Venus fast lane.

The mighty Future Music Festival is not only delivering the biggest acts in the universe, but also the brightest stars of the future. Committed to showcasing the hottest acts and curating a deliciously eclectic array of genres to create a truly unforgettable experience, this award-winning festival prides itself on quality and variety. As you’d expect, Future Music Festival 2012 has something for everyone on its glittering line-up.

Here’s your first taste of what’s in store with more big acts to be announced in coming weeks…

Swedish House Mafia! Fresh from selling out Madison Square Garden in NYC in 10 minutes, the DJ collective consisting of Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso will appear together as they bring their Swedish House Mafia stadium show to Australia for the very FIRST time! Be prepared for THE most anticipated live debut in Future Music Festival history!

A literal legend in his own lifetime, Fatboy Slim (aka Norman Cook) has enjoyed the sort of music career and international stardom that many can only aspire to. When he hits our shores in 2012, expect to be blown away by his biggest and boldest tour of Australia to date, featuring his brand new, huge production based show.

Expect things to get a little crazy when UK chart topper and Brit Award winning Tinie Tempah returns to our shores with his Glastonbury Festival sized live show, whilst fellow Brit Jessie J will also be bringing a galaxy of colour, excitement and powerhouse vocals to our Las Venus!

For those who like their deep beats prepare yourself for drum & bass titans Chase & Status in their first ever live tour and Los Angeles dubstep king himself, Skrillex, debuting his ‘Cell’ show in his inaugural Future Music Festival appearance.

Liverpool’s Indie rock stars The Wombats (who arrive in Australia today for their biggest run of arena shows to date), NYC’s dance-punk band The Rapture (supporting a brand new album) and Auckland’s very own The Naked And Famous are guaranteed to excite all lovers of live music, whilst a Nu Disco/House explosion starring LCD Soundsystem and DFA records own James Murphy and Pat Mahony’s Special Disco Version show. Holy Ghost, Hercules and Love Affair, The Juan Maclean and red-hot Azari & Ill will lay down the quality soundtrack for the perfect disco party.

For techno stalwarts the long wait is finally over as Aphex Twin returns to Australia after years of absence (last here 2004) bringing one hell of a live audio-visual experience. After a run of outstanding performances at European festivals last summer such as the coveted Sonar, don’t miss out on this rare and unique electronic pioneer.

South Africa’s futuristic rap-rave crew Die Antwoord will be bringing their raucous energy and exhilarating live show back to our shores, and with a new album tipped for next year, we haven’t seen nearly enough of them in OZ!

Back for his fourth consecutive year, Future Music Festival ambassador and Cocoon hero Sven Vath returns to lead the charge in the ‘Likes of You Tent’, alongside FMF first timer Jamie Jones - delivering their trademark style of twisted house and mind blowing techno…prepare to party Cocoon style.

Trance followers can look forward to riding every spine-chilling breakdown and build-up as we announce one of the world most successful musicians and a superstar of trance. Paul van Dyk returns to Australia after a 6 year absence - presenting his very own Evolution arena, featuring bespoke staging and production designed by him Berlin. Accompanying van Dyk is Garuda’s Gareth Emery, voted no.7 in the worlds Top 100 DJ’s in 2010; Emery is the youngest DJs ever to crack the top ten. Both these trance music icons are ready to take control of the Future Music Festival odyssey, with more artists in the arena still to be announced.


IMPORTANT TICKET INFO:
In lieu of last year’s quick fire sell-outs and Future Music’s commitment to delivering the best value for the ticket price, there are ticket solutions to make securing a ticket as easy and painless as possible. Future Music is pleased to announce that first release tickets will be available at 2010 prices and fans can now visit futuremusicfestival.com.au and register for pre-sale information to make sure they don’t miss out. Pre-sale tickets go on sale to those registered on October 17th – three full days before the general public get
their chance to purchase October 20th.


And as if that wasn’t enough, a book now pay later option is available for fans who want to secure their ticket and pay it off in regular instalments. The book now ay later purchase option was introduced last year and was widely adopted by those who love to
plan ahead!


With the all-star line-up locked n’ loaded and tickets all set to fly out the door in record pace, the time has come again …

Next stop? Las Venus. See you there …

ARTIST LINEUP
SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA (SWE)
FATBOY SLIM (UK)
PAUL van DYK (GER)
TINIE TEMPAH (UK)
THE WOMBATS (UK/NOR)
CHASE & STATUS – LIVE (UK)
SKRILLEX (US)
JESSIE J (UK)
THE RAPTURE (US)
SVEN VATH (GER)
DIE ANTWOORD (SA)
APHEX TWIN - LIVE (IRE)
THE NAKED AND FAMOUS (NZ)
GARETH EMERY (UK)
JAMIE JONES (UK)
JAMES MURPHY & PAT MAHONY (LCD SOUNDSYSTEM/ DFA) (US)
HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR (US)
AZARI & III (CAN)
FRANK OCEAN (US)
ALEX METRIC (UK)
HOLY GHOST! (US)
THE JUAN MACLEAN (UK)
BENOIT & SERGIO (GER)
HORSE MEAT DISCO (UK)
STAFFORD BROTHERS (AUS)
PLUS MANY MORE!


To view the 2011 highlights clip, click HERE

PRE-SALE TICKETS ON SALE – MONDAY, 17TH OCTOBER 2011, 9AM
AVAILABLE ONLY TO THOSE WHO HAVE REGISTERED AT WWW.FUTUREMUSICFESTIVAL.COM.AU
TICKETS ON SALE – THURSDAY, 20TH OCTOBER 2011, 9AM
TICKETMASTER.COM.AU OR 136 100

Strictly Limited First Release tickets - $135 plus booking fee and service charges
VIP tickets - $190 plus booking fee and service charges
First Class ticket - $290 plus booking fee and service charges*
*Melb & Syd Only

For the cheapest possible price pay cash direct at your nearest Ticketmaster outlet.

National Tour Dates 2011
Brisbane - Saturday 3rd March – Doomben Racecourse
Perth - Sunday 4th March – Arena Joondalup
Sydney - Saturday 10th March – Royal Randwick Racecourse
Melbourne - Sunday 11th March – Flemington Racecourse
Adelaide - Monday 12th March – Ellis Park *new and improved venue*

www.futuremusicfestival.com.au

Swedish House Mafia (SWE)
Comprising the sublime talents of fellow Swedish DJ/Producers and friends, Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso, Swedish House Mafia have risen to become a global House music movement in their own right in just a few short years. While each member of the genre defining, boundary pushing super-group commands their own illustrious solo careers, when combined, the results are nothing short of spectacular. Having recently sold out New York’s Madison Square Garden in less than 10 minutes, the ‘SHM’ as they’re known to a legion of die-hard fans that spans every corner of the planet are responsible for gifts to electronic music like ‘Leave the World Behind’, ‘One (Your Name)’, ‘Miami 2 Ibiza’ and 2011’s monster ‘Save the World’. With one top selling album to their name (ironically titled ‘Until One’) already and the world’s booking agents fighting for their attention, this trio of gifted Swedish maestros is well on its way to complete domination! This December the superstars are set to release a live album entitled ‘One Night Stand’. The album contains a collaboration with Knife Party (a/k/a Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen) and exclusively their Coldplay VS Swedish House Mafia – ‘Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall’.

Fatboy Slim (UK)
A literal legend in his own lifetime, Fatboy Slim (aka Norman Cook) has enjoyed the sort of music career and international stardom that many can only aspire to. A leading figure in carving out the ‘big beat’ genre that took the planet by veritable storm in 1990s, this party-starting demigod rose to notoriety in the midst of the UK’s early 1980s Hip Hop and block party scene and, well, never looked back! Officially adopting the moniker “Fat Boy Slim” in late 1996, his catalogue of hits since boasts iconic tracks like ‘Everybody Needs a 303’, ‘The Rockafeller Skank’ ‘Praise You’ and ‘Weapon of Choice’. In a musical odyssey that has spawned a string of chart-topping albums (including “Better Living Through Chemistry”, “You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby”, “Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars” and “Palookaville”), taken in 12 production pseudonyms, and seen him rock 250,000 people at arguably the most famous gig in dance music history – his Brighton Beach epic – it’s little wonder that many consider Fatboy Slim to be one of the greatest DJ/Producers of all time.

Paul van Dyk (GER)
In the world of Trance, names don’t come any bigger than Germany’s Paul van Dyk – nor do career achievements or accolades, for that matter. The veritable electronic maestro behind classic anthems like ‘For An Angel’, ‘Words’, ‘Another Way’, ‘Beautiful Place’, ‘We Are Alive’ and ‘Forbidden Fruit’, PvD – as he’s known and loved by his army of international die-hard fans – helped shape the Trance genre as we know it today through his sublime production skills and musical sensibilities. From releasing no less than six top-selling studio albums (that have sold in excess of 4.5 million copies) to composing soundtracks for movies like Into The Blue and The Dark Knight, and from featuring in DJ Mag’s Top Ten every year since 1998 to running the world’s leading Trance label (Vandit Records); Paul van Dyk is a DJ/Producer giant amongst DJ/Producers.

Tinie Tempah (UK)
Fresh out of London’s ubiquitous Grime scene, UK rap superstar Tinie Tempah hit the ground running with his monster underground anthem and debut single ‘Wifey’ back in 2006. A cult hero with UK university rap fiends, Indie kids and Grime rollers alike, this high octane MC has the skills to pay the bills, and then some. 2010 and 2011 have seen Tinie rise to global superstardom with his debut album ‘Disc-Overy’ producing the monster hits ‘Pass Out’, ‘Written in the Stars’, Swedish House Mafia collaboration ‘Miami 2 Ibiza’ and ‘Invincible featuring Kelly Rowland’. Tinie is set to go large in 2012 – particularly if his latest single, ‘Till I’m Gone’ featuring Brooklyn rapper Wiz Khalifa is anything to go by. Having already scooped the pool with Best Breakthrough Act and Best Single chimes at the iconic 2011 Brit Awards, and received a nomination for the prestigious Mercury Prize, the sky’s the limit for this relentless hero.

The Wombats (UK/NOR)
Fusing the musical prowess of Matthew Murphy, Dan Haggis and Tord Overland-Knudsen, The Wombats are an established and forward-thinking Indie Rock phenomenon. From first crossing paths while studying at The Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, this musically gifted trio with a well-crafted penchant for the glorious leftfield has gone on to wow the planet with three unique and evocative EPs – “A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation”, “The Wombats” and their latest offering, “This Modern Glitch” – and cache of hit records, including ‘Backfire at the Disco”, ‘Kill The Director’, ‘Let’s Dance to Joy Division’, and ‘Tokyo (Vampires and Wolves)’. Firm favourites with festival crowds at the likes of Glastonbury, T in the Park, the Reading and Leeds Festival and The Voodoo Experience, The Wombats are, quite simply, not to be missed … anytime, anywhere.

Chase & Status (UK)
The recipients of no less than five coveted Drum & Bass Awards and a Q Award to boot, Chase & Status are two producers on a bass-driven mission to make the genre their very own. Comprising the skills of Saul Milton and Will Kennard, this barnstorming duo have been crafting DnB and dubstep bombs and letting them loose on unsuspecting dancefloors since 2003. With two stunning albums to their name (2009’s “More Than A lot” and 2010’s “No More Idols” which is platinum in the UK), an arsenal of tracks which boasts the killer likes of ‘Blind Faith’, ‘Pieces’, ‘Hurt You’, ‘End Credits’, ‘Let You Go’ and ‘Hypest Hype’, and top billing at festivals all over the planet, Chase & Status are at the top of their game.


Skrillex (US)
Hailing from California, former front man for From First To Last, Skrillex (aka Sonny Moore), has been taking Dubstep fans around the world to heaven and back since first embarking on a glittering solo career back in 2007. The genius behind gritty low slingers like ‘Weekends!!!’, ‘Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites’, ‘First of the Year’ and ‘Ruffneck’, and three attention-grabbing EPs (‘My Name is Skrillex’, ‘Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites’ and ‘More Monsters and Sprites’); this talented artist has remixed household names like Snoop Dogg and Lady Gaga and even found time to launch his own label, OWSLA. Fusing Dubstep seamlessly with Electro House and Fidget House, Skrillex is carving a name for himself deep and proud.

Jessie J (UK)
Making a name for herself as a gifted songwriter for artists the ilk of Chris Brown and Miley Cyrus, Jessie J (aka Jessica Cornish) burst onto the world stage in her own right in 2010 with the release of the chart-topping single ‘Do It Like a Dude’. Cementing her status as one of pop music’s most prodigious talents with her debut long player “Who You Are” in 2011 (which spawned hits like ‘Price Tag’, ‘Nobody’s Perfect’ and ‘Who’s Laughing Now’), this spirited songstress took home BBC Radio’s Sound of 2011 Award, not to mention gongs in the Brit Awards, Urban Music Awards and BT Digital Music Awards in the same hectic year. Most recently she also won 4 MOBO Awards included Best UK Act, Best Newcomers, Best Song and Best Album. With an appearance on David Guetta’s latest album and slots on prime time shows like X Factor and The Voice in the UK under her belt to round 2011 out, Jessie J has arrived in a major way. New single Domino, which went straight to #1 most added to radio the week it was released, will be included in the ‘Who You Are’ re-release album which is due out November 4.

The Rapture (US)
If it’s 100% pure Dance Punk you crave, then NYC’s The Rapture have got just what you’re looking for – and a whole lot more. Formed way back in 1998, this groundbreaking, pioneering act kindly given the planet four epic albums (“Mirror”, “Echoes”, “Pieces Of The People We Love” and 2011’s “In The Grace Of Your Love”) and a collection of generation-defining tunes that boasts the likes of ‘House of Jealous Lovers’, ‘Get Myself Into It’, ‘The Chair That Squeaks’, ‘Love Is All’ and ‘Sister Saviour’. Featuring the skills of Luke Jenner, Vito Roccoforte and Gabriel Andruzzi, The Rapture are revered for their innate ability to effortlessly meld their Punk roots with electronic and dance elements to create a sound that’s all their very own. Fresh, distinctive and always brash, this New York trio has got it going on … and on … and on.

Sven Vath (GER)
Germany’s King of Techno, Sven Vath, is a cult-figure within the world’s pulsating EDM underground. As one of the genuine driving forces behind modern electronic music, his seminal albums (including ‘Accident in Paradise and ‘The Harlequin, The Robot, & The Ballet Dancer’) literally paved the way for contemporary Techno, while his Cocoon record label, events and parties are undisputed marks of uber-cool chic and premium quality worldwide. Celebrating his 30th year as a DJ this year and fresh from his 12th massive season with Cocoon at Amnesia in Ibiza (the gems from which are about to be dropped as a compilation), Sven’s appearance at Future music festival 2012 is part of Sven's annual world tour for this mix CD " The Sound Of The 12th Season. Renowned for delivering marathon sets and engaging the crowd with his off-the-wall antics, he’s an inimitable force who continues to break musical ground and reshape EDM as we know it – long live the King!

Die Antwoord (SA)
Featuring the blistering talents of Ninja, Yo Landi Vi$$er and DJ Hi Tek, Die Antwoord are a trio of rap-ravers that know how to get a party started and take it into overdrive. Hailing from Cape Town in South Africa and fuelled by a passion for Hip Hop and Zef, this dynamic trio is the genius behind singles like ‘Beat Boy’, ‘Wat Pomp’, ‘Fishpaste’ and ‘Rich Bitch’. Already veterans of festivals like the Big Day Out and Coachella, and signed to leading global label Interscope Records, Die Antwoord are the fresh new face of a fresh new sound that’s set to blow up in 2012.

Aphex Twin (IRE)
Arguably the most influential electronic artist in the history of contemporary dance music, Aphex Twin (aka Richard James) has been twisting minds and taking dancefloors on epic “Braindance” journeys since the release of his debut EP “Analogue Bubblebath” way back in 1991. Making use of a whopping 14 monikers during his career, as Aphex Twin he is best known and loved for his groundbreaking albums “Selected Ambient Works 85-92”, “Selected Ambient Works Volume 2”, “…I Care Because You Do”, “Richard D. James Album” and “Druqks”), and iconic tunes like ‘Come To Daddy’ and ‘Windowlicker’. Renowned for trawling the sweetest sounds from a range of genres – including Ambient, Acid, Breakbeat, Techno and Noise – and mixing them up to set the world on fire, this veritable genius is a true master, in every sense of the word.

The Naked and Famous (NZ)
Hailing from Auckland, New Zealand, The Naked and Famous are a five piece indie band with serious clout. Featuring the skills of Thom Powers, Alisa Xayalith, Aaron Short, David Beadle and Jesse Wood, this prodigious kiwi quintet has been plying its trade since 2008 and has already tasted success with its debut album, “Passive Me, Aggressive You”. Released in 2010, the album not only put the band on the map, so to speak, but also contained the hit single ‘Young Blood’ which debuted at number one on the New Zealand chart - the first New Zealand artist to do so in three years. Auspiciously nominated for BBC Radio’s ‘Sound of 2011’ poll and no less than six gongs at the 2011 New Zealand Music Awards, The Naked and Famous are well on their way to living up to their catchy name.

Gareth Emery (UK)
Since first capturing the attention of the likes of Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell and Pete Tong with his white label remix of The Shrinks’ ‘Nervous Breakdown’ back in 2002, UK DJ/Producer Gareth Emery has quickly risen to become one of Trance music’s brightest stars and most prodigious talents. From delivering forward-thinking anthems like ‘Mistral’, ‘Psiclone’ and ‘Flood Control’ to regularly appearing at the world’s most revered clubs (including Godskitchen, Slinky and The Gallery) and hosting one of the most popular, decorated and downloaded podcasts on the web; Gareth proudly sits at #7 in the coveted DJ Mag Top 100 and is widely tipped to reach even greater heights in 2012. With his own label, Garuda, hosting sell-out club nights in the UK and releasing chart-topping tracks from both himself and stars like M.I.K.E, Beltek and Ben Preston, Gareth Emery’s meteoric rise to the top is showing no signs of slowing down any time soon. Fresh, original and innovative: Gareth Emery is the undisputed future of Trance.

Jamie Jones (UK)
Jamie Jones has achieved in the space of a few short years what many producers try for a lifetime. Turning his hand to a variety of styles while still maintaining a strong signature sound, Jones has created an admired musical identity and a loyal global following. One of techno’s rising stars, he’s part of a new guard of house and techno DJs who resonate as artists, party people, DJs and live acts. A regular feature at Ibiza’s biggest nights and London’s biggest clubs, his productions have graced iconic imprints including Coccon, Get Physical and Poker Flat to name just a few, while his debut long player “You Don’t Remember the Future” was released on Crosstown Rebels to critical acclaim in 2009. Innovative, talented and driven by the love of a good party, Jamie Jones is flying the international Techno flag with distinction and aplomb. Catch him on the up …

James Murphy & Pat Mahony (LCD Soundsystem/ DFA) (US)
As cutting-edge purveyors of punk-dance-rock anthems laden with dirty sounds and fat, nasty grooves, LCD Soundsystem have enjoyed cult status since bursting onto the scene in 2002 and have been sending main stage festival crowds completely bonkers ever since. The Grammy-nominated brainchild of DFA Records founder and electronic punk music luminary James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem have amassed six top-selling compilations, released a deluge of eclectic hits (including ‘All My Friends’ and ‘Daft Punk Is Playing At My Place’) and had their music snapped up for inclusion in a wealth of video games (including ‘FIFA 06’), high profile TV shows (including ‘The O.C’) and premium advertising campaigns (including one for Nike which featured Murphy’s infamous ’45:33’). Always full of great lyrics, smart themes, sarcastic insults and good jokes, the music of LCD Soundsystem is in a league of its own. Their live shows are always hot, but their DJ sets are even hotter as Murphy takes his crowd on a journey through a DFA-infused land of rare cuts, exclusive edits, unreleased reworks and LCD-inspired bootlegs.

Hercules & Love Affair (US)
Straight of out of NYC, Hercules & Love Affair is the brainchild and prodigious musical project of DJ Andy Butler. Supported by Kim Ann Foxman, Mark Pistel, Aerea Negrot and Shaun Wright, this funk-up, soul-fused, House-driven silky soul explosion is the proponent of floor-friendly tunes like ‘Classique #2’, ‘Blind’, ‘You Belong’, ‘My House’ and ‘Painted Eyes’, and two massive albums – 2008’s “Hercules & Love Affair” and 2011’s “Blue Songs”. Taking the joys of hot nights in cool discoteques to the world with a cutting-edge take on House music’s classic forms, Hercules & Love Affair have made the world fall in love with Disco, all over again.

Azari & Ill (CAN)
In their ever festival performance after captivating the Vivid audience at Sydney opera House earlier this year Azari & III are set to blow Australian audiences away again!
Hitting the world between the eyes with singles like ‘Hungry For The Power’ and ‘Reckless (With Your Love)’ at the start of their stunning musical adventure, Azari & Ill have since been a much-loved mainstay of the planet’s finest clubs and biggest festival stages. Blessed with a rare ability to transcend genres and scenes, their high profile fans range from Annie Mac and Grizzly Bear to Boys Noize and Broken Social Scene, while their list of remix duties takes in the eclectic likes of Robyn, Cut Copy, Booka Shade, Creep (Romy of the XX) and LA’s noise darlings Health. Tirelessly building a bridge between the worlds of dance and rock, Azari & Ill features the talents of Alixander, Dinamo Azari, Starving Yet Full and Fritz Hedler, and are the real deal for anyone who likes music, proper.

Frank Ocean (US)
New Orleans born Christopher “Lonny” Breaux has name for himself in the music industry as one of the most talented songwriters to emerge in the past few years; co-writing tracks with Justin Bieber, John Legend, Brandy, Nas and Beyonce on her latest album ‘4’.
Member of the Los Angeles based hip hop collective OFWGKTA, the outspoken singer and songwriter released his own solo mixtape in 2011. “Nostalgia Ultra” immediately became a critical acclaim and set Frank Ocean as a name to be closely watched. Featured on two tracks from Jay Z and Kanye West album ‘Watch The Throne’ and a new album due for release in early 2012 through Def Jam Frank Ocean is certainly one to watch!

Alex Metric (UK)
Making a name for himself as a heavyweight NuSkool Breaks producer, Alex Metric (aka Alex Durry) has since evolved into one of the world’s hottest House and Electro House DJ/Producers. Called upon to remix musical royalty like N*E*R*D, Depeche Mode, Gorillaz and Bloc Party, his sublime studio skills have also seen him lend his production talents to the eclectic likes of Adam Freeland, The Infadels and Charlie XCX. A veteran of nine EPs since 2007, Metric topped the dancefloor charts in collaboration with Steve Angello and Ian Brown on ‘Open Your Eyes’ in 2011 and has rocked thousands of fans at festivals near and far. With an ear for great tunes that’s flexible, considered and rare, Alex Metric is leading the charge of hot new House icons on a global scale – do not miss him in his first ever Australian Festival tour!

Holy Ghost! (US)
Featuring the combined talents of long time pals Nick Millhiser and Alex Frankel, Holy Ghost! are an Electropop duo who have a knack for tearing roofs off. With their roots firmly embedded in early Hip Hop culture and a penchant for melodic bliss, this winning combination has spawned massive tunes like ‘Hold On’ and ‘I Will Come Back’ and seen the pair remix the likes of Moby Cut Copy and MGMT. Signed to DFA and often found touring with LCD Soundystem, Holy Ghost! are nothing to be afraid of if you dig good times and great electronic music.

The Juan MacLean (UK)
Responsible for massive singles like ‘By The Time I Get To Venus’ and ‘Happy House’, UK musical maestro Juan Maclean is well on his way to self-decreed global domination. In the last handful of years alone he’s skilfully remixed the lofty likes of Daft Punk, Air, David Gahan and Matthew Dear, and has released a stunning trio of full-length artist albums (‘Less Than Human’, ‘Visitations’ and ‘The Future Will Come’) – and this speaks nothing of he and project partner in crime Nancy Whang’s regular jaunts around the world to grace the biggest clubs, festivals and events. A cult figure amongst fans of the DFA sound, The Juan Maclean’s synth-infused pop classics have inspired a legion of followers and continue to provide the soundtrack for big nights out and heaving parties from Brasilia to Berlin and everywhere in between.

Benoit & Sergio (GER)
There are few artists making seriously great music while not taking themselves too seriously; that difficult feat is one rarely attempted and even less often successfully carried out. Benoit & Sergio grew up thousands of miles apart, in Paris and Iowa respectively. In 2008, they met at a party in Washington DC and began making dance tracks in the long winter of 2009. Right from the start, they had an insatiable artistic chemistry that kept them in the studio for ten to twelve hours at a time, riffing on each other’s ideas until they had created something even more epic than they had anticipated. They have recently released the "Principles" EP on DFA and "Let Me Count The Ways" for Spectral in May and June 2011.

Horse Meat Disco (UK)
Now into their seventh year, Horse Meat Disco have continued to lead the way with packed residencies at their HQ at The Eagle in London’s Vauxhall, Lux in Lisbon and Tape in Berlin. Inspired by the music and inclusive ethos of New York’s club scene during the ‘70s and ‘80s, the collective have garnered a unique reputation for amazing parties and unmatchable sets, the quartet of DJs each mixing their own quality blend of disco juice. During 2011, as well as playing their annual UK festival dates at Glastonbury and Lovebox, they will be spreading the love to some of the world’s leading festivals including Vivid in Sydney, Electric Elephant, Bestival and San Francisco’s Pride.

Stafford Brothers (AUS)
If there’s a bigger name in Australian House music than the Stafford Brothers right now, then, hey, we’d like to know about it! Featuring the talents of Queensland siblings Chris and Matt Stafford, this dynamic duo are an Aussie musical tour de force that’s well on the way to genuine global superstardom. Cutting their teeth in the far north’s bubbling club scene earlier this decade, it didn’t take long before “The Staffords” established themselves as special guests and headliners at the nation’s biggest and best dance venues, music festivals and clubbing special events. Renowned for their trademark big room House sounds, as DJs they’ve toured extensively throughout New Zealand, Canada, Brazil, Asia, Europe and the UK, and flown the flag for Australian EDM with sheer aplomb. Meanwhile, as producers, they’ve torn up dancefloors and charts with huge tunes like “Give Love”, “I Can See”, and “More Than A Feeling”. 2011 marked the start of an epic year for The Stafford Brothers as they got to make their very own reality TV show on Foxtel and took home the coveted #1 spot at the 2011 In the Mix Awards!

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Adelaide Fringe 2012 Artist Registrations NOW OPEN

August 3rd 2011 04:10
Artist registrations now open for the


Tour of the Unexpected
Adelaide Fringe 2012

Registrations are now open to artists, designers, presenters, film makers, puppeteers, performers of circus and physical theatre, musicians, comedians; in fact anyone who has an act, vision or idea to participate in the largest arts event in the Southern Hemisphere - Adelaide Fringe 2012


Artists can register their events online from 3 August to 12 October at

The Adelaide Fringe theme for 2012 is "Tour of the Unexpected". We invite artists to be surrounded by audiences of over 1.4 million and be amongst a wealth of artists, presenters, producers and industry folk from across the globe.

"Artists from all over the world are invited to pack their smalls, book those tickets and journey to Adelaide Fringe 2012 for the adventure of their life. The Artist Services team - Michelle, Andrew and Eugene - are ready to answer all questions about how to register a show and find a venue," says Adelaide Fringe Director, Greg Clarke.

Over 24 hot summer days and nights, artists will not only run their own shows, exhibitions and events, but also have opportunities to join the masses in the Opening Night Parade and to strut their stuff on the Adelaide Fringe Caravan Showcase Stage in the centre of the city in Rundle Mall.

To register an event, artists can head to the Adelaide Fringe website or contact the Artist Services team for more information via email: 088100 2022


Artist registrations are open from Wednesday 3 August and close on Friday 12 October 2011.

Adelaide Fringe 2012 will be held from 24 February to 18 March.

For more information: Belinda Redman - Acting Director and Chief Executive, Adelaide Fringe 0413154 720
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MIAMI HORROR - SUMMERSUN TOUR

July 4th 2011 02:26
THE SUMMERSUN TOUR - BRISBANE AND SYDNEY SOLD OUT!


Both the Sydney and Brisbane dates on MIAMI HORROR's Summersun national Tour have sold out! The tour kicks off this week, with tickets to Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Beateau Bay still available. Straight off the back of a highly successful world tour, the Summersun Tour will be the band's last Australian shows for 2011. Come August, the indie-electronic adventurers will re-locate to L.A for a busy Northern hemisphere summer spent performing and writing new material.

The Summersun Tour ends a snowballing run of shows across the globe. Including standout showcase performances at South By South West in Austin, Texas, where they played to crowds who jammed themselves into clubs so tightly that fire marshals had to eject some punters due to overcrowding.

The crazed tour has seen MIAMI HORROR gather in-store airplay at H&M throughout Europe, a #1 airplay song in Denmark, radio and music TV play in Switzerland, and sell-out shows in New York, Los Angeles and Mexico City and Rio.

With Ballarat's Gold Fields in stride, the tour launches MIAMI HORROR's fifth single Summersun from their acclaimed full-length, Illumination.

Illumination delivered on two years of teeth-cutting live shows and an ever-escalating wave of buzz that's made the group one of the most daring dance acts. The roots of the record stretch back to a synthesizer-obsessed Benjamin Plant huddled in his bedroom studio. Initially brought to light by a bunch of thoroughly blogged remixes, his latest, a remake of Gorillaz Empire Ants sat at No1 on the Hype Machine for weeks.

Illumination has spawned 4 club hit singles so far with Sometimes (peaked ARIA #2), Moon Theory (peaked ARIA #15), I Look To You (peaked ARIA #20) and Holidays (peaked ARIA #36).

Avoiding the limitations that have been stereotyped by dance acts, Benjamin rewired MIAMI HORROR's genetic makeup, deploying the talents of Josh Moriarty, Aaron Shanahan and Daniel Whitechurch back in 2009 to form the live band which has taken them to some of the world's best stages. See below for dates and ticketing details.

Tickets on sale now!

triple j, Video Hits, inthemix, Channel [V], SPA and UNFD present

MIAMI HORROR - SUMMERSUN TOUR
- With Gold Fields -


THURSDAY 7 JULY VILLA, PERTH WA

Tickets available from moshtix.com.au (1300 GET TIX) & Moshtix Outlets

FRIDAY 8 JULY - THE GOV, ADELAIDE SA

Tickets available from moshtix.com.au (1300 GET TIX) & Moshtix Outlets

SATURDAY 9 JULY - THE FORUM, MELBOURNE VIC

Tickets available from ticketmaster.com.au (136 100) & Ticketmaster outlets

THURSDAY 14 JULY - ENTRANCE LEAGUES CLUB, BATEAU BAY NSW

Tickets available from Oztix.com.au & 1300 762 545

SATURDAY 16 JULY - METRO, SYDNEY NSW [SOLD OUT]



Tickets available from metrotheatre.com.au or at the Metro Theatre Box Office
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Slava Grigoryan 2012 Adelaide International Guitar Festival

April 6th 2011 07:18
Slava Grigoryan announced as Artistic Director for
2012 Adelaide International Guitar Festival

Adelaide Festival Centre CEO and Artistic Director, Douglas Gautier has announced Slava Grigoryan as the Artistic Director for the Festival Centre’s 2012 Adelaide International Guitar Festival which will be held from 9-12 August, 2012.

“Slava Grigoryan, one of Australia’s most significant cultural ambassadors, directed the very successful 2010 Adelaide International Guitar Festival and took the event to a whole new level so we are delighted that he will be directing the 2012 Festival. We are really looking forward to continuing to work with him,” Douglas said.

“Slava drew from his enormous musical expertise and international connections as one of Australia’s finest musicians to deliver a Festival that audiences well and truly embraced. It is testament to his great work that 13% of all tickets for the 2010 Festival were bought by interstate or overseas patrons,” he said.

“Following the incredible experience of last year’s Festival and the feedback from artists and audiences, I’m very excited to be working on a second Festival,” said Slava Grigoryan.

“There are so many extraordinary guitarists doing very exciting things with the instrument around the world and I’m really looking forward to bringing some of them together in Adelaide in 2012.”

The Adelaide International Guitar Festival continues to garner a reputation for presenting some of the finest musicians from around the world and Australia. Reviews and feedback from audience members and performing artists prove that the Festival is becoming an unmissable event:


“Organisers pulled off an impressive coup this time in securing Australia’s own internationally acclaimed virtuoso Slava Grigoryan as the festival’s artistic director. The classical guitarist has certainly put his stamp on the event, using his network and knowledge to attract some truly world class acts to Australia”
Chris Johnson, Canberra Times

“his (Manuel Barrueco) playing makes me want to get on a plane and fly to Adelaide. Lucky audiences there.”
Margaret Throsby, Classic FM

“It was great to be back at the Adelaide International Guitar Festival, just like the first time I performed in the Festival, audiences proved that they know how to rock!” Mason Rack, Australia

Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts, the Hon John Hill congratulated the Adelaide Festival Centre for again appointing such a distinguished classical guitarist as Artistic Director of the Adelaide International Guitar Festival.

“Slava put together a diverse and engaging program which was widely acclaimed and I am sure that the 2012 program will be just as amazing,” Minister Hill said.

Slava Grigoryan has forged a prolific reputation as an international classical guitar virtuoso. Born in Kazakhstan, he immigrated with his family to Australia in 1981 and began studying the guitar at the age of six. By the time he was 17 he was signed to the Sony Classical Label. His relationship with Sony Classical, ABC Classics in Australia, and now his own label Which Way Music has led to the release of more than 20 solo and collaborative albums spanning a vast range of musical genres.

His first tour, at the young age of 18 was with guitar legends Paco Pena and Leo Kottke. Since then he’s travelled the world as a soloist in recitals and with orchestras in Europe, Asia and North America, and has performed at dozens of national and international arts festivals and guitar festivals. He has won ARIA awards for Best Classical Album and performs regularly as a soloist with all of Australia’s major orchestras. Internationally, his performances have taken him to many of the world’s leading concert halls and festivals.

Collaborations have played a huge part in Grigoryan’s career, most notably the guitar duo with his brother Leonard Grigoryan. Their touring has seen them perform throughout Europe, America, Asia, Russia and the Middle-East. Other collaborations have been with ensembles such as Goldner, Flinders and Australian String Quartets in Australia, the Endellion, Skampa and Chillingirian quartets in Europe, the Southern Cross Soloists, pianist Michael Kieren-Harvey and baritone Jose Carbo and Grigoryan was a founding member of Saffire, the Australian guitar quartet. He has also collaborated with numerous composers and premiered many new works, significantly with composers William Lovelady, Nigel Westlake and Shaun Rigney.

Grigoryan has also had long term collaborations with MGT - a guitar trio featuring jazz icons Ralph Towner and Wolfgang Muthspiel, and a duo with Austrian electric bassist Al Slavik. A more recent project has been Band of Brothers, featuring Leonard Grigoryan and brothers, Joseph and James Tawadros, in a fusion of contemporary jazz, classical and middle-eastern music.

The New York Times describes Slava as “A guitar player of uncommon originality and authority. Musicality, expressivity and daring …a singular talent.”

Slava Grigoryan was born in 1976 in Kazakhstan and immigrated with his family to Australia in 1981. As a major prizewinner at the Tokyo International Classical Guitar Competition, Slava was signed by Sony Music Entertainment Australia under the Sony Classical Label in 1995 and has since released four solo albums.
Slava Grigoryan was born in 1976 in Kazakhstan and immigrated with his family to Australia in 1981. As a major prizewinner at the Tokyo International Classical Guitar Competition, Slava was signed by Sony Music Entertainment Australia under the Sony Classical Label in 1995 and has since released four solo albums.

Slava Grigoryan has performed at many national and international Festivals such as the Brighton International Festival, the Harrogate International Arts Festival, Dresden Misikfestpiel, the Newbury Festival in the UK, the Guitar Festival of Great Britain, the Darwin International Guitar Festival, the GFA Festival in La Jolla, California, the Wirral International Guitar Festival, the AL Bustan Festival in Beirut, the New Zealand Arts Festival and the Sydney Festival.

He has appeared with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the London Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Northern Sinfonia, Israel Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Radio Orchestra and more recently the Klagenfurt Symphony Orchestra in Austria and the Halle Orchestra in Manchester, UK.

In 1998 Slava was named Young Australian of the Year for the Arts and in September 2000 he appeared as soloist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra as part of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Arts Festival.

In January 2001, he was soloist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in their annual “Symphony in the Domain” concert before an audience in excess of 100,000. Later that year, he toured extensively for Musica Viva Australia with the Australian pianist, Simon Tedeschi and appeared for Andrew McKinnon Concert Presentations in recital at Angel Place. Other 2001 performances included appearances with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The City of London Festival, the Australian String Quartet and a tour to Japan in September.

In 2002, Slava appeared as soloist with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Youth Orchestra and toured for Musica Viva with his brother, Leonard Grigoryan. Slava Grigoryan was appointed Artist in Residence at the Victorian College of the Arts, and received the ‘Mo Award’ for Instrumentalist of the Year.

His debut classical album for ABC Classics – Sonatas and Fantasies - was released in March 2002 and was awarded Best Classical Album at the 2002 ARIA Awards. 2003 saw the release of two new albums on the ABC Classics label – Play (with Leonard Grigoryan) and Saffire (The Australian Guitar Quartet), which went on to win the 2003 Best Classical Album ARIA.

2003 engagements included solo appearances with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and for the Queensland Biennial of Music, national tours with his brother Leonard and with Saffire, extensive appearances for Musica Viva and performances in Japan with baritone José Carbó. Slava also collaborated with many colleagues in Slava and Friends for Carnivale in Sydney.

In 2004, Slava appeared as a soloist with the Melbourne and West Australian Symphony orchestras, Orchestra Victoria and toured extensively for Musica Viva. He also recorded and released a new CD with Saffire and performed extensively with the guitar quartet, including a concert at the Brisbane Festival and regional tours. His album release Brazil (with flautist Jane Rutter) went straight to No. 1 on the ARIA classical charts.

2005 saw Slava Grigoryan appear as a soloist with some of Australia’s leading orchestras, complete a Guest-Artist residency at Geelong Grammar in Victoria, where he performed concerts and workshops, undertake a tour to the United Arab Emirates and South Africa and record a new CD with his brother, Leonard Grigoryan, through ABC Classics, of the Rodrigo Concerto for two guitars with the Queensland Orchestra.

In the latter half of 2005, he undertook major tours to Europe and the USA both as a solo artist and with Saffire – The Australian Guitar Quartet. In 2006, Slava toured New Zealand, the UK, Russia, Japan and South-East-Asia including a major recital with Leonard at Wigmore Hall, London.

In 2007, brothers Slava and Leonard toured as a duo throughout Australia, Asia and the Baltic States as well as recording with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Slava also appeared as a soloist with The Queensland Orchestra, the Song Company and with Leonard for the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and at the Queensland Music Festival.

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MAVIS STAPLES

March 16th 2011 02:08
BLUESFEST TOURING PRESENTS
Best of Bluesfest 2011
Mavis Staples


VH1 named her as one of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll, and Rolling Stone listed her as one of the 100 Greatest Singers of all time.

MAVIS STAPLES is a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, and a National Heritage Fellowship Award recipient. In her 60 year career - from her ground breaking family band - THE STAPLES SINGERS - through her solo career - it is now that her star is shining brightest. With her new album, You Are Not Alone, this legendary vocalist adds a remarkable new chapter to her historic career, delivering wall-to-wall joy and mixing traditional gospel numbers with two new songs, penned by producer Jeff Tweedy of Wilco fame, and including her unique interpretation of songs by her father Pops Staples, Randy Newman, Allen Toussaint, John Fogerty, Rev. Gary Davis and Little Milton.

"I wanted to make an album where every song had meaning," she says, "where every song told a story and would lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning. And I know it's going to feel really good singing these songs on stage." And it's gonna feel real good watching and listening to Mavis Staples when she visits Australia for Bluesfest and sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne.


Irma Thomas & The Professionals

The Soul Queen of New Orleans is coming for her FIRST EVER Australian tour!
 She remains one of America's most distinctive and classic singers, a treasure from the golden age of soul music who remains as compelling and powerful as ever... and responsible for recording some of the finest ever soul music in the history of New Orelans music including Time Is On My Side later recorded by the Rolling Stones, and Ruler Of My Heart which was changed to Pain In My Heart and recorded by Otis Redding! Celebrating over 50 years as a recording artiste, Irma Thomas has many a story to tell.

Those 50 years have not been an easy ride - by the age of 19 she had been married twice and had three children: she endured recording contracts where, frustratingly for fans and Irma alike, her recordings were buried and mostly went unreleased and, despite constant touring she was unable to garner the crossover success of her contemporaries . Irma's luck changed when she met her present husband and manager, Emile Jackson, and returned to Louisiana to settle and open their own club - The Lion's Den.

Finally she was recognised with a Grammy nomination in 1991. Fate hadn't finished with Irma and dealt her another terrible blow when Hurricane Katrina destroyed her house, her nightclub and all her possessions. For a while it was thought she was lost in the floods as well, but luckily it turned out she was playing a show in Austin, Texas - and was safe and sound.

Not only has Irma Thomas rebuilt her house - but she has rebuilt her career and is enjoying a huge upswing in popularity. In 2006 there was finally Grammy success for Best Contemporary Blues Album for After The Rain (as well as a Blues Music Award for Soul-Blues Album Of The Year and many other accolades). She has performed with Stevie Wonder, collaborated with Bluesfest favourites, Galactic and, in 2009, was inducted into the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame
The unrivalled Soul Queen of New Orleans is back ... bigger than ever ... and ready to thrill Australian crowds with her "sadly, sweet voice of a fallen angel..."


Bluesfest
http://www.bluesfest.com.au

MAVIS STAPLES

Fri 15th April - Adelaide - The Governor Hindmarsh
Moshtix, Venuetix and The Gov (08) 8340 0744

Sun 17th April - Perth - West Coast Blues & Roots Festival

Sat 23rd April – BLUESFEST, Byron Bay

Sun 24th April – BLUESFEST, Byron Bay (02) 6685 8310


For more information about Bluesfest
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Summadayze

January 2nd 2011 11:16
Summadayze 2010

Sumadayze kick started the new year in Adelaide in ways I couldn’t even begin to predict. As I arrived at Rymill Park on the East end of Adelaide I was feeling quite flushed as I’d done the right thing and used my bicycle to get there. A stinking hot day on New Years Eve had left the streets pretty quiet for new years morning around my place so I set off from home, arrived in good time, locked up the bike and collected my ticket. My plus one was unable to attend, so I was collecting my ticket and doing the whole gig solo. Easy enough, I thought, to wander quietly and soak in the atmosphere. Listen up for the music that drew me towards it.

No sooner had I stepped into line, when a beautiful black police dog came and wedged its nose into my butt cheeks. For a moment there I thought I was being greeted in that way doggies say ‘hello’, and I was in a way, but this doggie was saying ‘you smell like pot’. So the police took me aside and went through all the proceedings in a polite and not overly dramatic or threatening way. I was completely astonished. I did not have any drugs on me, and was not there to score any or hook any up, ‘I’m reviewing the music, it’s not really a day off, I’m here with the purpose to remain sober so I can observe and reflect,’ I explained.

After giving my details, being searched, having my pockets examined, all of that, I was set free to wander inside; I had an apology and an explanation about the process. Evidently I could have sat somewhere and been exposed to marijuana, and I wondered how long it had been since I’d sat in any number of places where there may have been residue of bong water or pot. It’s difficult to really know under the circumstances, but because they were polite about it and I was quite clearly innocent – sure I look like an old hippy, but I also look like a wizard and a monk, a rock star, and the serial killer ‘Bob’ from ‘Twin Peaks’ but that doesn’t make me any of those things. I went and settled on the lawn by the Almost Famous stage and chilled for a while. Ajax, Miguel Migs and Lisa Shaw kept the spirits up. Singing live at these gigs must be a challenge. Dust, grass seed, dry breeze, humid, all sorts of reasons why singing could be awkward. Lisa Shaw came out with her magically smooth vocal styling and hit the nail on the head. Lisa presented with her beautiful personality, warm smiling face and a truly great strength in her voice. After a few songs from her and some dubious rain starting to drop I moved around for a little walk. The rain didn’t develop as the clouds moved over and sun shone.

On the Mainstage as the crowds gathered Riva Starr was really thumping things along. I find one needs the crowd in the main area to absorb the sound. The bass was a little heavy for me while there were so few people. Later in the day it would be so packed around the area I would only observe from the bleachers. I was ultimately attracted to some of the fine rapping and the groove end of the scale. There was so much room to dance under the trippy HQ tower, I couldn’t help myself, and that’s where things started to spin out a little.

I’ve done Future Music Festival, St Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Big Day Out, Blues Fest, Parklife and plenty of live gigs. I guess I don’t think too much about what part of the country I’m in when I start to actually enjoy the music and dance. Here in Adelaide I guess I also stick out in a crowd like this given I’m 50 this year, and the main age of other punters seems to be around 20-something. I have long grey hair – so plenty of the youngsters get a laugh or a shock when I pass them in the crowd. I hear comments like ‘it’s my grand-dad’ (seriously). This year, 2011, it seems the hi5 has really come home to roost in Adelaide. I was meeting them all over. And once, in Sydney, we used to laugh at the Japanese tourists who jumped off a bus to photograph a tourist attraction without seeming to actually experience it beyond the potential postcard it was being captured in. As my day progressed I discovered that young folk are really keen to jump up next to you and grab a photograph of themselves with you. It’s the phone camera thing. All of a sudden I’m surrounded by some crew – didn’t even see them coming, they’ve all grouped around me, some young woman is taking a shot. They move on... what a great new friendship that was... not. The first few times it happened I thought it was a bit odd, but by the time I had danced my little old hundred year old feet off I (each foot is fifty this year) had been captured in more shots than I could possibly count, and I didn’t meet most of them – however I did meet a few, and had a dance with actual people not just my shadow.

The overall groove was wild as the day moved into night. The late sunset here due to daylight saving paid off, and dusk in Rymill Park is a magical time. Sumadayze is probably the most amazing place for any music enthusiast to be on New Years Day inside the South Australian borders.
The type of music enthusiast you would be is one who enjoys a beat and a bit of space to dance. A touch of rock and funk jazzed up with very groovy dance beats and some trippy dub. I didn’t notice any big trouble, no fights, not bad vibes.

Horrorshow, Urthboy, Madcap, Tinnie Tempah were all as feisty as get up with slick rhymes busting out. The giant purple mushrooms on either side of the stage were fun to glimpse every so often under the leafy shade. Food stalls and body art market area didn’t really pull me, but others seemed involved. I didn’t drink but for the free water fountain in the park. There were a great deal of people drinking, but I didn’t notice any growling at bars or line-up’s out of control.

What I did notice was a fresh and fun respectful group of people who mingled and enjoyed some ground-shakingly-good music presented by some of the most hip acts you could hope for. Quite the triumph on behalf of the team who put it all together.

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National Tour Dates

Summanights - Sydney - Thursday December 31st New Years Eve

Summadayze - Melbourne - Friday January 1st New Years Day

Summadayze - Adelaide - Friday January 1st New Years Day

Summadayze - Perth - Sunday 3rd

Summafieldayze - Gold Coast - Saturday January 9th

*Artist line up will vary in each state. See website for line up information in your city.

United by the spirit of summer and a universal love of dance, for the last 11 years tens of thousands have made the pilgrimage to this sacred festival's sites around the nation to share in this one, very special day.



Now, for the first time ever, Australia's premier dance music experience Summadayze is coming to Adelaide's Rymill Park on January 1, 2010 for an historic News Years' Day celebration - the likes of which the city of churches has never seen before



Adelaide, prepare to revel in the glory, colour and sheer excitement of this world-famous party and get ready to start 2010 in the biggest and best way possible.



Featuring a truly epic selection of the world's biggest DJs, including headliners Carl Cox, Infected Mushroom, and Deep Dish's Sharam, this will be a Summadayze like no other.



For House lovers, Tom Novy, Klaas, The Ian Carey Project, The Shapeshifters and Mark Knight are all on board, while Eddie Haliwell is guaranteed to take Trance fans above and beyond. Tech-House, Techno and Progressive fans can ride the hypnotic sounds of Sebastian Leger. Last but not least : Don Diablo will reach deep into his bag of Electro tricks and keep mash up and Indie Disco fans screaming for more! Fans of hip hop won't be left out with the Groove stage providing the sounds of seminal west coast outfit Dilated Peoples and festival favourites Ugly Duckling.



So join us for the party of your lifetime. The one, the only Summadayze 2010 is coming, Adelaide




Summadayze First Artist Line Up Announcement



Carl Cox, Sharam (Deep Dish), Roger Sanchez

Eddie Halliwell, Infected Mushroom (Live)

Tom Novy, Mark Knight, Sebastien Leger

Dilated Peoples (live), The Shapeshifters,

The Ian Carey Project, Don Diablo,

Ugly Duckling, Klaas

And more to be announced!



Tickets On Now!!



Stay tuned to www.summadayze.com or www.futureentertainment.com.au for further announcements.







Summadayze 2010 - First Announcement Artist Bios



Carl Cox - UK

Arguably the most recognised name in EDM, legendary UK DJ/Producer, Carl Cox, is an artist who requires little introduction. A pioneer of the early rave sound, since the 1980s he's been at the forefront of underground dance music culture and has blown hundreds of thousands of party-goers around the globe away with his inimitable sounds and infamous multi-deck wizardry. From his seminal 'F.A.C.T' Techno compilations and stunning artist albums to his top-shelf 'Intec Records' imprint, and from the success of his ongoing legendary 'Carl Cox & Friends' residency at Space in Ibiza to his universally acclaimed 'Global' radio show (which boasts 4 million listeners and is syndicated to over 20 nations); it's little wonder Carl Cox is widely acknowledged as one of dance music's true and undisputed legends.



Sharam (Deep Dish) - USA

As one half of the all-conquering Deep Dish duo alongside Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia, Sharam Tayebi has reached heights that few DJ/Producers can only dream of. An artist of rare and exceptional talent, his DJ sets are famed for captivating club crowds from Miami to Ibiza, while his solo productions (including 2006's monster hit 'P.A.T.T (Party Al The Time) continue to break new ground and consistently find their way into the CD wallets and record crates of the world's DJing elite. From his acclaimed Global Underground compilation 'Duba' and his highly anticipated forthcoming artist album 'Get Wild', to his daily duties looking after a trio of coveted co-owned labels with Ali (Yoshitoshi Recordings, Deep Dish Records and Shinichi Recordings); Sharam is a revered electronic music trendsetter that has stood the test of time and forges the future with every studio session he completes and every upfront tune he drops.



Roger Sanchez - USA

Where you know him as 'the S-Man' or 'Roger S', Grammy Award-winning producer and iconic DJ, Roger Sanchez, is without question one of the biggest and most influential names in the history of House music. In a groundbreaking career that spans nearly 30 years, the native New Yorker has wowed crowds in every corner of the globe with his trademark thumping, sexy and soulful brand of House, and, in turn, has helped define the tag of superstar DJ for generations to come. From his legendary performances at the world's most exclusive events to his chart-topping hits (including 'Turn On The Music' and 'Another Chance'), and from his seminal label 'Stealth' to his award-winning radio show and acclaimed compilation and party series 'Release Yourself'; Roger Sanchez is a true master, pioneer and innovator of the global EDM domain.



The Ian Carey Project - USA

Having sold over one million records worldwide and having toured the planet a number of times over playing DJ gigs and live PA sets, in 2009 American-born electronic musician Ian Carey is a global House music phenomenon. An established and highly successful Producer since the late 1990s, his catalogue of hits include summertime anthems like 'Lose Control', 'Say What You Want' and last year's chart-destroying 'Get Shaky' (under his current guise 'The Ian Carey Project'), while his self-run record label 'GFAB Records' is regarded as one of the best in the business and has peddled the musical wares of key industry icons and House music heavyweights including Mark Knight, Paul Rincon and Soul Avengerz. Always funky, always fresh and always up for raising and rocking a party, The Ian Carey Project is an explosion of 100% pure House music that moves the body, ignites the mind and soothes the soul. It's time to get shaky with it.




Don Diablo - NED

As a prolific and successful producer, insanely popular globetrotting DJ, intrepid label boss and the most Googled man in Holland in 2008; four-deck wizard and all-around dude, Don Diablo, is a gifted musician who's clearly on the path to greatness. Renowned for writing tunes that top charts and get snaffled up by TV shows like 'CSI: NY' (and ad campaigns for films like 'Snakes On A Plane'), and lauded for remixing enormous artists like Public Enemy, Kraak & Smaak and Laidback Luke; this flying Dutchman is currently producing part of UK rapper Example's new album in between rocking gigs all over the planet and concentrating on his next album for Sony/BMG worldwide. Fresh, bold and spontaneous, Don Diablo's DJ sets are famed for comprising a barrage of exclusive edits and bootlegs, and further championed for their frenetic energy, technical mastery and spur of the moment insanity.



Klaas - GER

Cologne-based DJ/Producer Klaas is a bonafide powerhouse of the global Electro House scene. In just a few short years his distinctively energetic style has seen him remix the likes of Eddie Thoneick, Aston Martinez, Michael Mind and Global Deejays - while his original productions (including the hugely successful floor-filled 'The Way') have earned him legions of new fans and stormed dance charts around the world. Nominated by Beatport as one of the Top 10 Best Electro House Artists in the world in 2008, Klaas has recently rocked DJ tours in North America, Australia and beyond, and is well on his way to being one of EDM's brightest shining lights.



Ugly Duckling - USA

Blurring the boundaries of Hip Hop and Funk to create a sound that's all their own, this trio of fiercely independent musical ideologists have taken the planet by storm. Comprising the prodigious talents of Andy, Dizzy and Young Einstein, Ugly Duckling have been delivering knock-out blows with their humorous style and piping hot live show since 1997. Leaving a trail of revered releases in their wake (including the infamous 'Fresh Mode' and 'The Leftovers' EPs, and the truly audacious 'Taste The Secret', 'Bang For The Buck' and 'Audacity' LPs), this triply talented team's motto of 'no management companies, no major labels, no media powers and no marketing budgets' has proven to be an intoxicating and refreshing recipe for global music industry success. Big, bold and full of soul, Ugly Duckling's beats and rhymes are truly the sound of now.



Dilated Peoples - USA

Dilated Peoples energized the rap underground in similar fashion to fellow West Coast crew Jurassic 5. The duo of Evidence and Rakaa came together in the mid-'90s, when they met at many of the same hip-hop shows; after deciding to start making tracks together, they formed Dilated Peoples. Once they added to the fold an excellent turntablist, DJ Babu of the Beat Junkies, Dilated Peoples recorded the singles "Third Degree" and "Work the Angles" for ABB Records. The latter became an underground hit via hip-hop radio and club play, prompting Dilated Peoples' signing to Capitol. The Platform followed in May 2000. The group's follow-up for Capitol, The Expansion Team, was released with rave reviews as well as a Top 40 placing, and the group hit the road touring with the film Scratch, a documentary about hip-hop DJs and turntablists. Now are set for their first ever tour down under.



National Tour Dates

Summanights - Sydney - Thursday December 31st New Years Eve

Summadayze - Melbourne - Friday January 1st New Years Day

Summadayze - Adelaide - Friday January 1st New Years Day

Summadayze - Perth - Sunday 3rd

Summafieldayze - Gold Coast - Saturday January 9th

*Artist line up will vary in each state. See website for line up information in your city.



Tickets

On Sale 9am Wednesday September 16 2009

FIRST RELEASE $99 BF and service charges

SECOND RELEASE $115 BF and service charges

www.ticketmaster.com.au




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