FEATURE May 13th, 2013

Label Spotlight – Bird’s Robe Records

What’s in a name? Why is your label called what you’re called? “Birds of a feather flock together” would be the poetic response. Actually, my friend Alex Tulett came up with the name a while ago – I don’t know the exact reasoning behind it, but he always says it was to have something to put on our…
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FEATURE May 6th, 2013

Label Spotlight – Wantok Music

What’s in a name? Why is your label called what you’re called? Our label is called Wantok, which comes from a Tok Pisin word in PNG [Papua New Guinea] that means “One Talk” as a way of expressing a relationship with someone from your same village. However, it has a wider connotation of meaning an…
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FEATURE VIDEO May 17th, 2013

The Cat Empire – Steal The Light

The premise behind The Cat Empire’s new record is pretty simple. Trumpet player, songwriter and occasional vocalist Harry Angus said “In many ways this record is a return to our original aesthetic… the music is for dancing and feeling good; and that the beat of the record belongs to all nations”.  Their new single and film…
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NEWS March 5th, 2013

JOIN US AT INDIE WEEK 2013

  INDIE WEEK 2013 – CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Sounds Australia, AIR and the PPCA are now seeking expressions of interest from Australian independent labels to take part in an Australian delegation to the American Association of Independent Music’s (A2IM’s) Indie Week 2013 in New York City this June. Indie Week 2013 is an…
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NEWS March 1st, 2013

Vale DJ AJAX

In heartbreaking news for Australian dance music and the wider music community in general, Adrian Thomas (aka. DJ Ajax) was killed when hit by a truck on Thursday night in Melbourne. Ajax was an integral part of Australia’s vibrant and internationally renowned dance music community. Incredibly popular and outrageously talented. He was named by In…
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