The third annual timeOUT Awards went down with the usual fanfare in Cairns last weekend, with a gala evening at Salt House on the waterfront. Hosted by timeOUT Editor and Open Records label manager and DJ Jesse Kuch, the evening was a huge success, with over 500 turning out for a big night of celebrations, live music and celebrity guests. All the winners are now decided (check them here), and The Cairns Post’s talented video editor...

Austrian techno heavyweight DavidChristoph has included Erphun‘s dark and driving remix of A. Balter – Vintage Lovers Unite in his NYE 2012 chart at Beatport. As one of Austria’s best known names in techno – with releases on labels like SYNDIKAAT Records, Driving Forces Recordings, TK Records , Take More Music Records,  Freitag Limited, Naked Lunch and Planet Rhythm – we are stoked to have David supporting...

Open Records is proud to announce that homegrown label artist FunkForm has topped Open Records’ most played tracks of 2011 with his track Child’s Play. Originally released on Projections Magazine 2010 at Rainbow Serpent Festival, the track was offered as a free download after all issues of the magazine went out, so it’s no suprise it got a bit of support! Other popular tracks this year included A. Balter’s storming...

Open Records are excited to announce that German heavyweight Tocadisco has supported Pow-Low’s new single on Open Records in the final edition of his Tocacabana DJ Mix and radio show. It’s not the first accolade for the release this week (it also hit the Beatport Tech-House Top 100 Release Charts), but proves that our final release for the year was a winner! Big thanks for Tocadisco for the support and thanks to all those who...

Open Records is excited to announce that our last release for 2011 - Pow-Low’s Revolution featuring The Flying Mustards and FunkForm remixes - has hit the Beatport Tech-House Top.100 Release Charts! Big thanks for those who’ve bought the release and helped us move up the charts, it’s definitely a great end to another big year. If you haven’t grabbed a copy of this wicked release yet, please show your support and...

A big happy and safe Christmas and New Year to everyone out there in Open land! Massive thanks to all our fans, supporters, artists and partners for what has been an exciting and busy year for us here at Open, and here’s to another big year in 2012! Next year is also a big year for us, celebrate five years since our inception, along with the total solar eclipse falling directing over our home town of Cairns, bringing with it some...