TASH SULTANA is an explosive global producer and artist who has commanded attention worldwide since homemade videos went viral on YouTube. ‘Tash’ was soon selling out major arenas, a string of sold out world tours and headlining the world’s biggest festivals – no mean feat for an artist who just a year before was recording songs on a go pro in a bedroom back in 2016.

Since Tash’s grandfather gifted a guitar at the age of three, the artist developed a love for self-teaching an array of different instruments around the guitar knowledge which they had been taught as a young kid during primary school. Quickly developing a unique style that has seen Tash breaking record attendances around the world.

Tash plays over 12 instruments (guitar, bass, drums/ percussion, piano/ keyboard/ synth/ Oud, trumpet, saxophone, flutes, Pan pipes, Sitar, harmonica, beat production) with guitar as their main love, a self-trained vocal that reaches over a 7 key range and a live show that needs to be seen to be believed. The one-person powerhouse started out playing open mic nights at age 13 with the help of a fake ID. Soon to finish school with the reluctance to get a ‘real’ job, took to the streets to busk every day of the week on Melbourne’s famous Bourke St back in 2009-2015. That was the beginning of the local traction following Tash. Soon to reach a worldwide global scale in the years following to present.

Recent accolades include over 1 Billion combined streams, an ARIA award for Blues and Roots Album of The Year with ‘Flow State’, smash single ‘Jungle’ coming in at #3 in triple j’s Hottest 100, achieving multi-platinum sales for the Notion EP, double platinum sales for ‘Jungle’ and platinum sales for ‘Notion’ along with numerous gold certified singles and a certified gold debut album. All self-produced, self-composed, and self-arranged. Tash was the only artist to sell out 3 Brixton Academy shows before their debut album along with selling another 500,000 tickets worldwide which recently culminated in a sold out performance at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the Greek Amphitheatre, with noted stand out sets at Coachella & Lollapalooza. Tash is currently writing album number 2- TERRA FIRMA The third release “BEYOND THE PINE” is available NOW.

Originally from Australia’s Mornington Peninsula, Tones and I journeyed to Byron Bay in early 2018 to take a chance at busking. On the first day she had crowds spilling onto the street, so Tones quit her retail job and decided to make Byron her new home where she lived out of her van for the year.

In 2019, Tones and I made chart history when she became the first artist to spend 24 weeks at #1 on the ARIA singles chart with her global smash ‘Dance Monkey’.

Since its release in May 2019, the hit single has reached #1 in 30 countries; including a record- breaking run of 11 weeks at #1 in the UK. Has amassed over 7 billion streams, held the #1 spot for the most streamed song globally for over 4 months, earned 3 x platinum certification in the US, while reaching multiplatinum or diamond certification in fifteen other countries, including 11 x platinum in Australia. Become the most Shazamed song of all time, is now officially one of the highest-streamed songs ever on Spotify. And reached the top 5 in the USA Billboard Hot 100, making it the first top five Hot 100 hit solely written by a woman in over eight years.

Having recently won the 2020 International Songwriting Competition (ISC), Tones and I has continued her winning streak taking home the coveted “Song of the Year” and “Breakthrough Songwriter” awards at the 2020 Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Music Awards. As well as achieving gold status for her debut EP ‘The Kids Are Coming’, and standalone track ‘Bad Child’.

Tones and I has showcased her staggering voice across performances of her breakout global hit ‘Dance Monkey’ and ‘Never Seen The Rain’ appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Voice and NBC’s Today show.

Tones and I’s new single ‘Ur So F**kInG cOoL’ is available now worldwide:

An introspective singer-songwriter, Riley Pearce often writes about his difficulty coping with change and his love-hate relationship with nostalgia. With family spread across the globe and his own stretches of living in a number of different cities, Riley’s lyrics reflect that all too human need for connection. His honest songwriting, and relatable storytelling has resonated both in Australia and overseas, with over 60 million streams to date. An in-demand live touring artist, Riley has sold out headline shows around the world and supported the likes of The Paper Kites, Lord Huron, Tash Sultana, Lifehouse and Lucy Rose.

For his forthcoming EP Love and All That Stuff, Riley steps out of his comfort zone and showcases a different style with a 5-track collection of love songs. ‘This EP is all about journeying through life alongside someone you love, the ups and downs of a relationship, constantly trying to improve yourself for them, planning a future together and letting someone eat the last chip because you know they’d appreciate it.’

After a long lockdown in Melbourne, Riley moved back to his hometown of Perth with his long-term girlfriend and their new puppy. Exploring the theme of love properly for the first time was a big step for Riley. “I hope people really connect with the EP, and that they don’t cry too much. And if this EP puts me in the good books with my partner, well that would be a nice bonus.”

For years now twin brothers Jack and Patrick Pierce’s high energy duo Pierce Brothers has been a staple of the Australian indie- folk/ blues & roots scene, captivating festival goers and headlining sold out venues the world over. Exploding onto the world stage in 2014, the brothers started their journey as buskers on Bourke street (alongside other incredible busking acts Tash Sultana and Tones and I), and soon became a must-see act selling out 3 Corner Hotels with the release of their breakout EP The Night Tree in 2014.

Shortly after, on the back of the success of The Night Tree, the pair played their first European set at Lowlands Festival in 2014. Soon the Melbourne duo began a steady journey building audiences and selling out shows all over the world, supporting artists the likes of The Cat Empire, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Tones and I, and Tash Sultana just to name a few.

Having established themselves as an integral part of the music scene in Australia and abroad, the brothers have toured relentlessly – honing their craft and gaining fans across the globe as they go. The band’s music has grown with them over the years and has seen them release a top 15 ARIA debut album (Atlas Shoulders, coming in at #13) and two Top 10 ARIA EPs (The Records Were Ours and Into The Dirt), and have received over 30 million global streams, as well as over 2 million YouTube views.

The pair recently lived out their dream of headlining a maxed-out Forum Theatre in their hometown of Melbourne, before taking on a massive world tour, headlining venues all over the globe, playing arenas supporting Tash Sultana, as well as massive AAA festivals in North America, Europe, and Australia.
During the 2020 lockdown the boys retreated into the studio for 6 weeks and created their most ambitious record yet, completing their as yet untitled sophomore album entirely self-funded and releasing 100% independently early 2021.

In early 2020 they contributed to the bushfires relief fund by presenting their own benefits at Corner Hotel and 170 Russell in Melbourne, both of which sold out in 24 hours and raising over $90,000, as well as performing an impromptu show at Wilson’s Promontory, raising another $6700.

In 2021 they will be appearing at Bluesfest Byron Bay shortly after the release of Into The Great Unknown, before setting forth on their biggest Australian regional tour to date. Returning to venues in all 7 states & territories after spending 2020 in lockdown and most of 2019 touring North America and Europe.

The second single from the album, DENTIST, is available worldwide September 25, 2020.

Maddy Jane is an independent singer-songwriter from the small island town of Bruny Island, Tasmania.

Telling it like it is since 2017; Maddy’s honest lyrics and captivating song writing have earned her a regular spot on triple j’s airways and a place on huge arena tours supporting the likes of Harry Styles and Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

With millions of streams for breakout tracks ‘Thank You and Sorry’ and ‘No Other Way’, Maddy’s ironic and direct storytelling is resonating across the globe.

After two years of heavy touring and sold out shows, Maddy bunked down in the studio and released her debut full-length album, ‘Not All Bad Or Good’ on May 1. The record scored triple j’s feature album and saw Maddy perform hit single ‘Perfection’s a Thing and You’re It’ for triple j’s Like a Version.

“sleek electro-pop creates a stunning backdrop for her four-octave vocal range”
Tone Deaf

“glittery…glitchy pop goddess…raw emotion”
Project U

“soulful tenderness”
Rolling Stone

“nostalgic vocal tone with a rapper’s lyrical charisma”
AAA-Backstage

“haven’t been able to stop listening”
The AU Review

Georgia Mae is a fiercely switched-on songwriter and producer. The Brisbane local wrote her first song at age four, where she developed a love of music and passion for song writing.

Since graduating with a scholarship from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music with a degree in Music Technology, Georgia has released six singles, played multiple shows across Australia and has been nominated for Queensland’s ‘Most Promising Female Songwriter’ and ‘Best Female Pop Artist’ at the Queensland Music Awards. Georgia’s aptitude for music, sound and instrumentation has taken her across the world to San Francisco and Los Angeles; from working in sound design at the esteemed Skywalker Sound, to working as a writer and recording artist for US TV Shows like ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’, and most recently at Warner Bros. Studios.

Georgia’s emotional and empowering pop sound stems from warm experiences, fond memories and overcoming adversity, laced with a curiosity for adventure and obsession with surrealism. Georgia takes pride in storytelling, by creating a space for human connection, joy, reverie and escapism. Georgia’s singles ‘Time With You’, ‘Girl Next Door’ and ‘Fools’ have amassed over 1.5 million worldwide streams and upon release were added to nationwide commercial radios, triple j and Spotify’s viral charts as well as playlists Spotify NMF USA and locally curated Pop n’ Fresh.

In 2019, Georgia signed a record deal with Lemon Tree Records via Sony Music Entertainment Australia. ‘Soul Like This’, the highly anticipated upcoming release, written and co-produced by Georgia, sees her revisiting her roots.

She explains “It’s a bold one…I feel a bit naked putting it out into the world but I wouldn’t want it any other way. After a string a bad relationship choices, it felt time to do some much needed introspection…’Soul Like This’ is a testament to finding yourself, just as much as it is to finding your ‘soulmate’.

Musically, I let my gut instincts kick in and take over…playing guitar on my bed is something I’ve done almost every day since I was about 10 years old, so I wanted the song to capture that sort of authentic intimate experience, while also developing into something larger than life to represent how far I’ve come, personally. The instrumentation feels very pure to me right now…it’s comforting, especially during such universally unsettling times.

Above all, it just feels really good to sing from the heart again.”

Originally from Canada, Byron Bay local singer-songwriter & producer Garrett Kato creates out of his personal studio and utilizes it as an ever-evolving canvas.

Garrett went from busking and living out of a backpack to tallying over 46 million worldwide streams and performing sold-out shows alongside Damien Rice and Ziggy Alberts.

He landed a sync in Hollywood blockbuster ‘Bad Moms’ and his single ‘Take It Slowly’ has surpassed 13 million Spotify streams. His 2019 EP, ‘Distant Land’ and 2020 EPs, ‘s. hemisphere’ and ‘n. hemisphere’, earned the endorsement of Triple J, Rolling Stone and Beatroute Magazine.

At the same time, he cemented himself as an in-demand, platinum-award winning producer. In 2020 triple j dubbed him as the “Producer and musician behind some of the most prominent sounds coming out the Byron Bay’s booming buskers scene”.

He worked with Ziggy Alberts on his 2016 EP ‘Four Feet in the Forest’ (certified Platinum in Aus) and his 2018 album ‘Laps Around the Sun’ (certified Platinum in Aus) and has also worked with Julia Stone, Pete Murray, Kyle Lionhart, Riley Pearce, Pierce Brothers, Jack Botts and more.

2020 has seen Garrett release a pair of EPs; ‘s. hemisphere’ and ‘n. hemisphere’ – both available everywhere now.

“I most definitely look at these songs as paintings,” he affirms. “It’s totally a mad scientist situation. I blend sounds together in order to aesthetically serve the song. The writing, engineering, and producing are all married. I’ll tinker with a track for two months. I look at it, walk away, and come back as if I were leaving a painting on a canvas. The chords, melodies, and moods are like images to me. I don’t use instruments for genre, but rather for frequencies, tones, and cadences. Getting the chance to see different parts of the world and hear so many stories inspired some of the insights and colours I wanted to use.”

Hailing from Perth’s coastal suburbia, indie outfit Death by Denim emerged from the melting pot of talent and taste that is Palle Mazzulla, Nikolas Ilidias, George Gunson and Hamish Macarthur.

After breakout single ‘Wiggy’ hit number 3 on the triple j most played charts in 2019, Death by Denim signed on with Four Tone Artists for bookings in Australia/New Zealand and inked a global management deal with Lemon Tree Music. Three national tours and a heap of sold out shows later, the band recorded their debut album, Sleepless and Sunkissed.

2020 album singles ‘Homemade’, ‘Out of Habit’ and ‘Caged’ were all added to high rotation on triple j and paved the way for signings to Paradigm Talent Agency under Tom Taaffe (UK/Europe) and Rob Zifarelli (North America). With three sold out tours of WA this year and an appearance as part of the BIGSOUND50 showcase, the band are excited to hit the international stage for the first time in 2021.

‘Sleepless and Sunkissed’ is out now, with over 2 million streams to date.

For 18-year-old artist Budjerah Slabb, making music was an inevitability.

Raised in a home full of instruments by a family whose time was split between playing in family bands and leading worship services in the local church, Budjerah has crafted a sound that melds the formative elements of gospel and soul, with contemporary pop and R’n’B references.

“I grew up singing Sam Cooke and listening to gospel singers like The Clark Sisters. That’s the kind of music that has been around since I was little.”

He found kinship with ARIA and J Award-winning artist Matt Corby, who produced his upcoming debut EP. Corby’s studio is located close to Budjerah’s home in Fingal Head – traditionally the land of Bundjalung people, from which Budjerah is descended – and the two clocked countless hours comparing notes and crafting the sound that would introduce the world to what Budjerah can do.

“I’m pushing the limits too far, I’m way out of my lane. When will my patience run out? Not everyone will break the same way,”

Budjerah sings on Missing You. A melancholic and sophisticated R’n’B track that melds longing lyrics with a sparse sonic palette, the single taps into the sense of isolation Budjerah knows he isn’t alone in experiencing.

We might still be in the first chapter, but it’s clear Budjerah’s tales will bring listeners closer together.

“When people listen to my music, they’ll hear my experience. A song like Missing You is honest, and I hope it brings them comfort and shows they’re not alone.”

Jan Skubiszewski is a multi-award-winning producer, composer, songwriter and sound engineer from Melbourne, Australia. He is also a professional multi-instrumentalist. His work as a record producer and composer for film and television has resulted in numerous gold and No1 records, won critical acclaim and a raft of awards and nominations at ARIA, APRA, AIR, Film Critics Circle of Australia, Logie Awards, Screen Music Awards, National Indigenous Music Awards and others. Throughout his career, Jan has worked with some of the country’s most prolific music acts, including Dan Sultan, John Butler Trio, ILLY, Ella Hooper, Owl Eyes, The Cat Empire and Daniel Merriweather, AB Original and Meg Mac. Jan is defined by his unique ability to transform a promising concept into a hit song or record – an achievement repeated across genres and generations. He’s equally adept at composing and recording music for film and television, with award-winning projects including Picnic at Hanging Rock, Red Dog, Two Hands, Little J and Big Cuz, Bran Nue Dae and Serangoon Road.