FunkForm‘s Magnetics EP continues to have an impact this week, with the second track No Rest For The Wicked featured on Secret Cinema and SQL‘s selection for music blog 22tracks. The 22tracks concept is simple. According to their website: “22tracks.com is all about c

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

The annual extravaganza that is Strawberry Fields Festival in Australia is back again with us next weekend, bringing with it one of the biggest line-ups of the year of electronic music in Australia. From international techno and house giants like Minilogue, Channel X, Egbert, Max Coop

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 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

In anticipation of his gig headlining Northern Alliance with New Zealand artist Grouch this weekend, timeOUT Magazine in Cairns (as part of The Cairns Post) has run a half page interview with Dutch artist SQL. On his last weekend in Australia, SQL talks about his times Down Under, car

If you haven’t noticed, SQL has been in Australia on holidays over the summer, finding his way onto the line-up of Rainbow Serpent Festival, Earth Freq and heaps more. This weekend is his last weekend in Australia and after playing in Cairns, he will make his way to Melbourne un

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

Tranceducer & Tekka are getting together this Friday night at Bar Soma in Brisbane to present the first installment of ELEMENTS for the year, also doubling as the Earth Freq After Party! If you want a double dose of some of the fattest action from last week at Earth Freq, ELEMENTS

Open Records is joining forces with our good friends and fellow Cairns label No Qualms next Friday night to deliver our first indoor night of tunes for 2011. Returning to our old stomping ground of Casbah (aka Fabric, Cadence, Soho, Club 59, Johnno’s Blues Bar…) to present