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Gilles Peterson talks Australian music, Brexit and ‘earning your stripes’ in the record biz

Gilles Peterson is the man with the golden ears. Over a decades-long career, the British-based DJ has mined gems and selected tunes for the airwaves,...

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EMC 2018 – Bali: The Ibiza of the Asia Pacific

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Part of Electronic Music Conference‘s 2018 focus has been the asian music market.

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Six60 dominate 2018 NZ Music Awards

By John Ferguson

“These boys are so awesome I’m surprised Australia haven’t claimed them already”, quipped Stan Walker when presenting Six60 with one of the five Tuis the group picked at the Vodafone NZ Music Awards.

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Ariana Grande’s ‘thank u, next’ breaks another Spotify streaming record

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Ariana Grande’s latest single has made Spotify history, becoming the fastest song to surpass 100 million streams.

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NSW Government releases its music inquiry findings

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The NSW Government has today released its findings from a year-long inquiry into the music and arts economy in New South Wales.

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Sasha talks John Digweed, depression and electronic music’s ‘bright future’ at EMC 2018 keynote

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The seventh annual EMC started with a banger Wednesday as master turntablist Sasha delivered a rare keynote presentation.

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Auckland joins UNESCO creative cities network

By John Ferguson

Auckland, the newest UNESCO City of Music, is keen to develop new partnerships with its Australasian counterparts under the United Nations program.

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Alison Wonderland inks global deal with BMG [Exclusive]

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Off the back of TIO‘s announcement yesterday that BMG had signed local hip hop act Illy, the publishing giant has now inked chart-topping Australian producer, DJ, writer and singer Alison Wonderland to a worldwide publishing deal.

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Prince’s estate has won a $4m lawsuit against posthumous EP producer

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The estate of late rocker Prince has emerged victorious is a lengthy court battle over an unauthorised posthumous EP.

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Screen composer Caitlin Yeo: “It felt like no body had been talking about the lack of women represented”

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Just listen to multi-award winning screen composer Caitlin Yeo speak about her work and you’ll understand all her accolades.

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BMG inks exclusive global deal with Illy [Exclusive]

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The world’s fourth biggest music publisher continues to earn its stripes.