Cousin: music without a mirror The Gadigal Land/Sydney-born producer, DJ and Moonshoe label head is Mixmag ANZ’s Cover Artist for 2026.
FEATURES Label Spotlight: Butter Sessions A pillar of Naarm/Melbourne's underground & one of Australia's most revered labels celebrates its 15th year this weekend.
INTERVIEWS More Than Management: Hasvat Informant & Jordan Borg The pair have become one of Australian techno’s most recognisable power duos, working in total tandem to benefit not only their own careers, but the broader scene as a whole.
CULTURE Venue Spotlight: Carriageworks One of Gadigal Land/Sydney’s most iconic spots, Carriageworks has long been a supporter of music, art and culture a little left of the zeitgeist, to great effect.
SCENE REPORTS Melbourne to Mexico, Animalia connects two underground worlds Writer Hugo Hodge finds a slice of Naarm/Melbourne in Mexico City, as Kia's beloved label sees the two cities converging over two weekends.
INTERVIEWS Dean Turnley breaks down 'Actin' Tough' This Summer, the Naarm/Melbourne-based producer's track has been about as viral as it gets.
FEATURES Nicole Skeltys on rebooting B(if)tek & Artificial In the wake of an exciting reissue of ‘Sub-Vocal Theme Park’, B(if)tek’s first record, Nicole Skeltys talks about touring again, her solo project Artificial, and reintegrating into a new DIY scene nearly three decades on.
COMMENT Skynet in the age of AI: Hear My Eyes' Terminator 2 The rework of James Cameron's action classic by Peter Van Hoesen, Robin Fox & others was a celebration of creativity in a world increasingly devoid of it.
NEWS Why won't the Australian music industry talk about Daniel Ek's "private" meetings? Following the Spotify co-founder and Ai military start-up Helsing chairman's "lunch with music industry bosses", little has been said publicly.
INTERVIEWS The state of Australian Drum & Bass, According to Luude Ahead of his first Australian tour in three years, we sat down with Australian DnB’s most modern success story.
FEATURES Faithless & the enduring echoes of the 90s The iconic UK group visits Australia for the first time in 15 years this weekend.
NEWS RISING 2026: The Naarm festival launches inaugural Australian Dance Biennale The Naarm/Melbourne festival takes 'dance-focused' to a new level with its 2026 announcement.
NEWS Vivid shares its extensive 2026 lineup Gadigal Land/Sydney's largest collection of art and music returns with a bang in 2026.
INTERVIEWS A mind behind MESS: Meet Robin Fox Writer Crissy Collins speaks with the co-founder of Naarm’s Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio, and its unlikely origin story.
NEWS Lobbying Campaign Preceded Visa Failure for Palestinian DJ Sama’ Abdulhadi The artist was the subject of a call to ban her from a performance at this year’s WOMADelaide, shortly following the fallout of Adelaide Festival’s removal of Palestinian writer Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah.
INTERVIEWS Eris Drew & Octo Octa: “Dancing is participatory, not spectacle.” Ahead of the duo’s appearance at this weekend’s final Summer Dance of the season, we caught up on why making a global culture feel local has never been more important.
SCENE REPORTS The beauty if finality: vale ABSORB(ED) Naarm/Melbourne’s most experimental festival says farewell to a short life, but a long legacy this weekend.
COVER STARS Cousin: music without a mirror The Gadigal Land/Sydney-born producer, DJ and Moonshoe label head is Mixmag ANZ’s first Cover Artist for 2026.
NEWS 10 Years of Moonshoe, the Gadigal Land/Sydney label marks a major milestone The label, mix series and promoter celebrates a decade across two venues on April 19.
NEWS Daniel Ek in Australia: $200,000 for The Push amid Spotify’s lobbying campaign The push comes as Australia's government looks to establish laws which would force streaming services to preference more local content.
CULTURE murmurations: sonic entrainment & mutual tuning The event, focused on stepping outside familiar club frameworks, takes a different approach to intentional listening.
NEWS Moniker 2026 Expands to Four Days, New Location and 42-Artist Lineup The Victorian festival welcomes international acts and offers over 80 hours of programming this Easter long weekend.
INTERVIEWS Resettling the score: Hear My Eyes is a new lens on classic film Naarm/Melbourne's beloved multi-media "hybrid artform" launches again this week with Peter Van Hoesen's take on Terminator 2. Its founder & artistic director shared some words on its journey so far.
INTERVIEWS trickpony & the art of coming together The downtempo supergroup made up of Roza Terenzi, Mike Midnight & emkay (aka Maria Korkeila) speak on their latest record, '24/7 Heaven'.
NEWS Outsider shares international-heavy 2026 lineup The festival, set just a few hours north of Gadigal Land/Sydney, appears to have plenty in store for its fifth year.
INTERVIEWS Distance turned to devotion: Traumer returns to Australia The French selector & producer returns to Australia this weekend, after almost 10 years of annual visits.
FEATURES More 'place' than 'piece' on Climes' 'Water & Music' The Gadigal Land/Sydney producer's debut album, paired alongside a full-length album visualiser by Naarm/Melbourne filmmaker Jordan James Kaye, is an ode to humanity when we've never needed it more.
NEWS Casey Wasserman to sell talent agency due to Epstein files fallout In a memo sent to staff, the Wasserman Group CEO wrote: "I have become a distraction ... That is why I have begun the process of selling the company".
NEWS Anyma announces return to Gadigal Land/Sydney in 2026 One of global EDM's largest names returns to tour his brand new "immersive live concept", ÆDEN.
