Summer is now officially over in Australia, but that doesn’t mean the parties have to stop. Next weekend is the annual Maitreya Festival in Victoria, the traditional end of the summer circuit. As always, Open Records has a big showing, with Interpulse, Rex’n'Chappo, Paul A

South East Queensland turns it on for one of the biggest and best alternative outdoor music and lifestyle festivals in February, with the newly expanded Earth Frequency Festival in Jimna from February 17-20. The event that was once known simply as Earth Freq is bigger and better than

Another week, another chart entry for Open Records – this time from South American artist Seph. Seph included his wobbly, deep remix of Sensient’s Tech Message, taken from Depth Perception, in his October Beatport DJ Chart. It adds to the long list of success from Depth Pe

After a week on sale, Open Records is proud to announce that our new compilation Depth Perception – compiled by Solatek and Paul Abad – is racing up the charts at Beatport!!! Currently sitting at No.2 on the overall Minimal release charts (as well as making the general Top

Open Records is proud to present our long-awaited new compilation Depth Perception, compiled by legendary Australian DJs Solatek and Paul Abad. As two of Australia’s most influential DJs and exponents of outdoor festival culture, Solatek and Paul Abad are known far and wide for

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

After a few delays (our longstanding fans will probably see the sarcasm in this!), Solatek and Paul Abad‘s long-awaited compilation Depth Perception is finally mastered and ready to go, with Paul putting the finishing touches on his mix this week. Full news of the compilation wi

Another party with a fat Open Records line-up is Vintage Material II, held in the lush forest surrounds of Northern NSW from March 18-20. Featuring Woodsman, Waltone and Adam Giardina from Cairns and Paul Abad from Brisbane, it’s going to be one fat Sunday session of Open goodne

Summer may have drawn to a close, but the festivals definitely aren’t stopping in Australia with a big March planned in the southern states. This weekend, the mighty Maitreya Festival returns with a suitably big line-up (including New Zealand masters Antix) alongside some fat Op

This Saturday night in Melbourne, Machine presents a storming line-up of world class techno, minimal and electronica at inner-city venue Miss Libertines. Featuring German techno powerhouse Monoloc, alongside exciting Dutch talent SQL and top Australian support from Paul Abad, Simon Sl