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".