Writer Crissy Collins speaks with the co-founder of Naarm’s Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio, and its unlikely origin story.

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.

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.

Naarm/Melbourne’s most experimental festival says farewell to a short life, but a long legacy this weekend.

The Gadigal Land/Sydney-born producer, DJ and Moonshoe label head is Mixmag ANZ’s first Cover Artist for 2026.

The label, mix series and promoter celebrates a decade across two venues on April 19.

The push comes as Australia's government looks to establish laws which would force streaming services to preference more local content.

The event, focused on stepping outside familiar club frameworks, takes a different approach to intentional listening.