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

Hot on the heels of Rainbow Serpent Festival in Victoria, Open Records is proud to present an evening with one of the world’s most in-demand producers and live acts, Reshef Harari… better known to the world as Sheff and Captain Hook. Both sets at Rainbow Serpent blew the c

The annual event Earthdance has always been one of the biggest on the Far North Queensland party calendar and this weekend’s looks to be no exception, with one of the fattest line-ups assembled all year. A bumper crew of Open Records talent is on board, including Drewan, Uzi, Wa

We reported a little while back that Beatport had launched its BETA test for a new version of the world’s most popular dance music download site. After about a month of a closed BETA where only select users could get inside, they have finally swung open its doors to the general

Collaborations Festival is an Australian music, arts and culture event located in the gorgeous savannah setting in the “Y” junction of the Palmer & Johnston Riverbed About 2 and 1/2 hours north of Cairns in Far North Queensland from July 22-24. In it’s fifth yea

Our good mates at No Qualms Records return with another fat Island Elements at Fitzroy Island on July 9-10. After the success of the last event two months ago (it was a wicked event), Island Elements #2 features an absolutely HUGE line-up of both Cairns and Australia’s best tale

Beatport has finally delivered its long-awaited upgrade, and we must say we are impressed with the results. Not only in function, but also the way they are rolling it out. Unlike a lot of tech companies, they are showing a lot of respect for their users and labels/artists by rolling o

The epic last ever Somatica Music, Arts and Culture Gathering touches down in Victoria this weekend, bringing with it one of the best events of the year. Taking place over the Easter/Anzac big public holiday marathon, Somatica features an all-star line-up of all-Aussie talent, includ

With Northern Alliance II getting closer and closer by the day, Open Records and No Qualms thought it would be nice to give something back to all the crew who have supported us so far on this new and exciting journey. To celebrate Max Cooper and Tetrameth coming to town, we’re g

One of the UK’s most innovative names in techno, Max Cooper, drops into Cairns next weekend for Northern Alliance II at The Casbah Lounge. Australian online radio Pulse recently caught up with Max on the eve of his Australian tour, to find out what makes the man tick. It really