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The Wreckery

THE WRECKERY are a Melbourne based formed by Hugo Race and Ed Clayton-Jones on their return home from tenure with Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds in Europe and the U.S.A. Robin Casinader joined on drums having played with Hugo and Ed in the art punk outfit Plays with Marionettes. Nick Barker and Charles Todd finished the line up on bass and sax respectively. THE WRECKERY were a big hit on the live circuit and had a large and loyal following.

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Dan England

In 2007, 2008 and through to February 2009, Dan England's national tour saw him play a record number of live shows... Reaching all states and territories of OZ, including sold out large auditoriums to intimate acoustic shows… The Dan England “A year on the Road tour,” ironically lasted 15 months because of its success. Dan England’s self-titled, independent debut single was used as a part of the 2007 RAAF promotions campaign. Hitting number five on the Itunes charts. Early 2007 Dan toured with Chris Murphy (fourth place getter in 2006 Australian Idol) locally in SE Queensland.

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Cleptoclectics

Cleptoclectics, aka Tom Smith, samples things, plays various instruments, and extrapolates via granular synthesis to create dense, idiosyncratic music. Warm textures, a distinctive tonal range, and staggered rhythms develop into a subtle form of reverie. Cleptoclectics has released music on assorted labels and compilations, remixed various artists, and has performed alongside Mark Pritchard, Peter Hollo, Laurens Pike, Underlapper, Seekae, Kusum Normoyle, Naked on the Vague, Flying Lotus...

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Hawks of Alba

Hawks of Alba are a vibrant rock trio focused on sweet harmony, fuzzy guitars and a few sounds you may not have heard before. After spending the last 2 years living and playing music in Glasgow, Scotland under the name “Running with Horses”, Sarah and Aidan returned to Australia ready to build on their successes overseas. In 2008 the band enjoyed radio play on BBC Radio One and BBC Radio Scotland, appeared at T in the Park 08 (Kinross, Scotland), and were included on various podcasts all over the world.

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DJ Peril

DJ Peril is a name synonymous with the Australian Hip Hop Scene. Peril has contributed to the Development of Australian Hip Hop through Break dancing, Graffiti & Hip Hop Music since its earliest days. From his first group The Island Boys right through to 1200 Techniques he has been at for front of pushing and developing Australian Hip Hop. DJ Peril has been the driving force behind Australia most recognised Hip Hop group 1200 Techniques but beyond the group Perils passion lies in his Production, DJ-ing & Graffiti.

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The Statics

Forming in 2008, the Statics wasted no time getting things started - writing, recording and releasing a debut album by mid 2008 (CandyPants Records), which was then followed by hundreds of hours in a 12 seater van playing every pub, club, radio station, school, dive, all ages festival and house party possible. “We didn’t want to play it safe. We didn’t just wanna be another ‘myspace’ or ‘weekend’ band. We figured fuck it! Lets record an album, get in the van and sell some discs and if we’re lucky a t-shirt or two!” bassist Pat McKenna explains.

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Bugdust

The latest band to impact onto the Australian rock scene – BUGDUST - step up and into the ring with no holds barred. In a music climate enjoying the long awaited re-emergence of rock, the BUGDUST blend of dynamic crunching guitar rock, relentless driving rhythms and killer three part vocal harmonies is set to take a serious grip on the rock fans wrestling with the challenge of finding music of the ‘Sweaty Honest Rock belt classification’.

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