AUSTRALIA
Despite hopes that Sydney’s choke-hold lockout laws could be removed by the end of the year, yet another beloved venue has fallen victim. The World Bar, an iconic Kings Cross hot-spot for electronic music performers and nightlife in the city, has announced its sudden closure on social media. “We are sad to tell you that we […]
Drug busts have been mistakenly double-counted for the past seven years in the Australian state of New South Wales, with some experts warning the exaggerated data could have been used to justify crackdowns and support bad policy, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Cocaine and ecstasy possession reports to police from the New South Wales Bureau of Crime […]
Mysterious Sydney producer BRUX has dropped second single ‘Paper Boy,’ luring listeners down a twisted sonic tunnel of beats, rhythms and incantations. One of the city’s key electronic players, who has collaborated with Flight Facilities, The Aston Shuffle and more, told Mixmag the project “started as a vehicle for me to explore the darker side of my […]
Italian-Belgian nu-disco king Vito De Luca, aka Aeroplane, has added another country to his bow after moving to Australia and returning with new track ‘Body.’ His latest features vocals from Brazilian-Belgian singer Yves Paquet atop his trademark effervescent, sun-drenched energy, out June 8 on Eskimo Recordings. “‘Body’ started when Yves got in touch with me, wondering […]
Following the release of his transformative hit track ‘Levels’ in July of 2011, Swedish artist Avicii was all-at-once showered with celebrity and catapulted into the hectic lifestyle of an high-demand touring DJ. Starting at just 18 years old, the artist’s meteoric rise to fame was followed by a wildly demanding tour schedule which required him to hastily […]
This has to be up there as one of the biggest festival faux-pas’ in history. A man at Maroochydore Music and Visual Arts Festival in Queensland, Australia has been arrested after a police canine found a baggie with “MDMA, if found call me” written on it. Ridiculously, the guy in question left his actual name […]
Ultra has announced it will make its Australian debut in Melbourne next year, along with exciting expansion news to China, India and an event series in Ibiza. The global industry heavyweight will bring a ‘Road to Ultra’ event to the city in February, before hitting both Melbourne and Sydney with full-blown ‘Ultra Australia’ dates the […]
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