SunControlSpecies’ stunning progressive stormer Sleeve has just hit Beatport, and our good friends over at Radio79 in India are giving it a bashing courtesy of their monthly feature spotlight. The show airs at 3pm on Friday Delhi time (that’s about 7pm in Australia) and goes for 2 hours, including an hour featuring the new EP and fresh gear from Open and the other hour a mix from DJ Eegor. The EP has been getting some terrific...

timeOUT Day In The Park rocked over 9000 fans in Cairns on the weekend, and Open Records’ own Suspekt got to do his thing on the big stage alongside some of the biggest names in Aussie music including Bliss N Eso, The Butterfly Effect, Art vs Science, Lisa Mitchell, Gyroscope, Bag Raiders, Minx and more. The Cairns Post got heaps of footage including a few interviews Jesse conducted with Bliss N Eso and Art vs Science, as well as a...

Open Records has been getting a fair bit of press in Australia this week associated with the release of Expansion Pack. timeOUT in Cairns gave A. Balter a great interview on page 5 last week, you can check it out by clicking here. In Melbourne, both Beat Magazine (in their 100% section) and Inpress (in their Zebra section) have interviewed Ian Woodsman a bit about the background of the label and why we do what we do. It’s a nice...

Open Records are familiar faces on the Australian alternative and underground festival circuit, but it seems that in 2010, we are starting to make our presence known on the more commercial side of festivals too. Not only is Suspekt playing on the mainstage at Cairns’ biggest live music event timeOUT Day In The Park in August, but Paul Abad is rocking it at the massive Splendour In The Grass at the end of the month as well! We can only...

Following their stunning Beatport chart success that was First There Was Sound, Open Records returns in quick succession with another wicked release, this time with a slightly more international flavour. The First Circuit EP is the third release from R.E.Z. on Open, following the  Sunderland EP last September, which found its way onto the playlists of some of the biggest in the business including Oliver Klein, Jody Wisternoff, Eelke...