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Scene Magazine in Brisbane interviews Jesse Kuch ahead of Elements

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Open Records’ Jesse Kuch was lucky enough to be interviewed by Scene Magazine in Brisbane this week, ahead of his gig at Elements at Barsoma alongside SunControlSpecies on March 24. If you’re wondering why Jesse dropped his old moniker Suspekt, all is revealed! Big thanks
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Help SunControlSpecies save the Lions, Tigers and Bears

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SunControlSpecies has offered up a long-awaited download of his Retroset recorded live at Somatica Music, Arts and Lifestyle Festival after much pressing from his legions of fans across the globe. All he’s asking is that you donate some money to panthera.org, an organisation de
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Earth Frequency Festival – February 17-20 in South East Queensland + set times

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
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Interpulse – Buckle Up (SunControlSpecies Remix) on Open Records features on timeOUT Awards 2011 video

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
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Strawberry Fields Festival nearly here – huge line-up of Open Records artists and DJs

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
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Interpulse – Buckle Up featuring remixes by SunControlSpecies & Rhythm Nectar out at Beatport now

Open Records is proud to present the first single from Eye On A Sphere, the debut album from talented Australian producer Richard Hinkson, aka Interpulse. No stranger to the Australian dance scene, Richard formed one half of successful live pschedelic duo Mantrix before switching his
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Somatica this weekend!

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
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10 years of SunControlSpecies at Somatica

Our good friend and long term collaborator SunControlSpecies (also known under his Wombat moniker on Open Records) is clocking up a big 10 years of his highly successful project in 2011 and to celebrate, is putting together a special, one-off set of the absolute best of his music at S
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Ed Motive live debut @ Somatica

It’s with great joy that we can announce that longstanding Open Records DJ and artist Ed Motive is playing his first ever live set at Somatica Music, Arts and Culture Gathering in Victoria in April. Privy to the sounds coming out of the Motive studios in the past few months we c
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Rainbow Serpent Festival

If you’re in Australia, you’ll know doubt be aware that the four day epicness that is Rainbow Serpent Festival is nearly upon us. Located just outside Beaufort in country Victoria (around 2.5 hours out of Melbourne), Rainbow Serpent is perhaps the most anticipated event on
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