Open Records is proud to announce the second full length EP from hometown hero Maddy Hughes, aka FunkForm. Featuring three original deep house tracks – Magnetics, No Rest For The Wicked and Even Elevens – the release has already attracted the attention of some of the world

Australian artist FunkForm is getting ready to drop his second full-length EP on Open Records, with Magnetics touching down on March 26 at Beatport. The first taste from the release, Even Elevens, is currently causing a bit of a stir on our favourite social audio hosting site Soundclo

Open Records has just hit 4000 followers on Soundcloud! The  cloud audio platform is by far our favourite way to discover new music and host our own online and has been enjoying the biggest growth out of any of our social networks of late. Big thanks to everyone who is following us a

December 9 is the day that the global techno movement celebrates World Techno Day and as always, we are in on the celebrations with a big bumper playlist of techno tunes taken from right here on Open Records. All of the tracks (bar FunkForm‘s remix of Pow-Low) are out now, so we

One of Open Records’ favourite festivals of the year is on again this weekend, thanks to our good friends at Subsonic Music. Subsonic Music Festival boasts one of the biggest, best and most diverse line-ups of the year, featuring everyone from techno and house greats like Appara

After being one of the most successful festivals in Queensland in 2010, Manifest returns for a second installment next weekend with a cracking line-up of both Australian and international talent. It’ a special weekend for Open Records too, launching our new compilation Depth Per

Fresh from the release of REX’N'CHAPPO‘s stunning Hurdy Gurdy EP, Open Records keeps it firing with another stunning release, this time by French masters SOLEAD. Featuring four lush tracks, including two originals – the crazy carnivale of Havana and the smooth, sophi

Ever dreamed of an affordable electronic music production school with hands on instruction from some of the Australia’s foremost electronic music producers? That dream is now a reality, with the Electronic Music Academy launching in Melbourne. This new school offers very afforda

Google has unveiled its snazzy new social media experiment the Google+ Project and we must say we quite like what it offers. It’s pretty similar to Facebook in its presentation, but the devil is in the detail – and we think the Circles feature is a great way to make sure y

After a release on prestigious Berlin label Varianz, Open Records is proud to present our first release from Rex’n’Chappo – a new project from two of Australia’s most talented musicians, composers and producers, Ian Chaplin and Philip Rex. Ian and Phillip’s pedigree is nothi