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Ta-ku
Regan Mathews, better known by his stage name Ta-ku, is an Australian musician, producer and photographer. Life and career Mathews was born and raised in the Australian city of Perth. He is half-Filipino, half-Māori. Mathews attended high school at John Curtin High School. Before he decided to focus on music, Mathews held a sales job at Medibank for five years. Mathews' stage name "Ta-ku" is a nod to his Māori heritage. In 2008, an invite to the prestigious Red Bull Music Academy in Barcelona, taking counsel from the likes of DJ Toomp, Chuck D, Bun B, Omas Keith and Dennis Coffey. The trip was a breakthrough moment for Ta-ku as he channeled his experience and new found motivation to liberate a slew of free beat tapes within months of his return. Shortly after flooding the internet with a diverse array of releases, his output was rewarded with subsequent collaborations involving CyHi Da Prynce (G.O.O.D music), John Robinson, Raashan Ahmad (Paper Chain labelmate), Joe Scudd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wafia
Wafia Al-Rikabi (born 4 August 1993), known professionally as Wafia, is an Australian singer-songwriter of Iraqi-Syrian origin. Originally studying biomedicine at university, she began to write songs to escape its monotony. Her breakthrough hit was a cover of Mario's " Let Me Love You", which garnered almost 5 million plays on SoundCloud. Career Al-Rikabi has since signed to indie record label Future Classic, releasing her debut EP ''XXIX'' in November 2015. The EP's lead single "Heartburn", produced by Ta-ku, received praise from producer Pharrell Williams being played during his Beats 1 radio show. In March 2016, she released the single "Window Seat" in collaboration with the New Zealand artist Thomston. Later in August 2016, she collaborated again with the Australian producer Ta-ku, releasing the EP '. The EP features a story about compromise in relationships, which both Wafia and Ta-ku experienced independently in of each other in their lives. Wafia released a new single, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future Classic
Future Classic is an Australian independent record label, artist management team, touring agency, and music publisher that was founded in 2004. The label's current roster includes Flume, Flight Facilities, Ta-ku, Jagwar Ma, Seekae, Panama, Hayden James, Basenji, Jonti, Wafia, Touch Sensitive, Bus Vipers, and more. Current artists * Basenji * Buzzy Lee * Christopher Port * Classixx * Ebhoni * Ela Minus * Eric J * Flight Facilities * Flume * G Flip * Hayden James * Jagwar Ma * Jonti * Panama * Seekae * Sycco * Ta-ku * Thrupence * Touch Sensitive * Wafia Touring artists See also * List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bingola1011b.jpg Lists of record labels cover record labels, brands or trademarks associated with marketing of music recordings and music videos. The lists are organized alphabetically, b ... References {{Authority control Record labels established in 2004 Australian independent r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curtin High School
John Curtin College of the Arts, originally John Curtin High School, is an independent, public co-educational, partially selective high school, located in East Street, , a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The school provides a general and specialist education to students from the greater Fremantle area, and intake for gifted and talented arts and soccer programmes from across Western Australia. Currently, John Curtin College of the Arts has gifted and talented programmes in the following disciplines: visual arts, media arts (television and film studies), music, contemporary dance, ballet, drama (acting studies) and musical theatre. As of Semester 1, 2022 the school had 1,817 students. School historical context The school was named to commemorate John Curtin, the late local federal MP and 14th Prime Minister of Australia. It was built at an estimated cost of £430,000 to amalgamate the overcrowded Fremantle Boys' and Princess May Girls' schools, the two state secondary s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soulection
Soulection is a Los Angeles-based music collective that serves as a platform and community for artists, musicians, and fans from across the world. DJ Joe Kay and artists Guillame '96' Bonte and Andre Power collaborated to establish the brand in 2011. Today, Soulection exists as an Apple Music 1 radio show on Beats1 Radio, an independent music label, festival, world-touring concert and clothing line. The brand defines itself as uniting a "borderless, genre-bending musical movement". Founders Joe Kay Joe Kay is a Southern California native. He is a co-founder and current CEO and Head of Artists and Repertoire of Soulection. Kay started a musical compilation podcast out of his grandmother's basement known as "Illvibes" in the summer of 2007. Joe Kay transferred to California State University, Long Beach in 2011. A meeting with the program director and general manager of the university's radio station, KBeach Radio, secured Kay radio time that very same day. Andre Power Andre Power i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listen Out (festival)
Listen Out is an annual Australian music festival that is held in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. Listen Out was established by 'Fuzzy' who also run events including; Harbourlife, Field Day, Curveball and Touch Bass. They previously ran Parklife Music Festival. Their first festival was held on Saturday September 28, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. The 2020 and 2021 festivals were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic and is scheduled to return in 2022. Artist line-ups by years 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 * 24kGoldn (USA) * AJ Tracey (UK) * Barkaa * bbno$ (CAN) * Blanke * Bru-C (UK) * Central Cee (UK) * Chris Lake (UK) * Culture Shock (UK) * Dameeeela * Dave Winnel * Disclosure (UK) * Doechii (USA) * Electric Fields * James Hype (UK) * JID (USA) * JessB (NZ) Melbourne and Perth only * The Jungle Giants * Kito * Louis the Child (USA) * LP Giobbi (USA) * Meduza (ITA) * Memphis LK * Miiesha * Nia Archives (UK) * Pania * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outasight
Richard Andrew (born February 17, 1983), better known by his stage name Outasight, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer born and raised in Yonkers, New York. Though he is considered a pop artist, he is influenced by other genres such as hip hop, rock music and soul music. His debut album, "''Nights Like These"'' (2012), featured the platinum-selling "Tonight Is The Night". He spent the next few years on the road performing at festivals such as Lollapalooza, Governors Ball, and Vans Warped Tour. His follow up album, Big Trouble, was released in October 2015, which produced the singles "The Wild Life" and "The Boogie". On August 18, 2017, He released his third studio album "''Richie"'', With his fourth studio album, "''Future Vintage Soul"'', coming on October 19, 2018. Biography Richard Andrew was born in Yonkers, New York on February 17, 1983. At the age of 9, his father gave him a guitar, it sparked his interest in becoming a musician. He began writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilated Peoples
Dilated Peoples is an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California. They have had little mainstream success in the US, with the exception of the song " This Way", a 2004 collaboration with Kanye West. Better known in the UK, they reached the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart with two tracks, "This Way" and "Worst Comes to Worst." Members include DJ Babu (producer/DJ), Evidence (MC/producer) and Rakaa (MC). Their songs were featured in the 2003 video games '' Need for Speed: Underground'' and ''NBA Street Vol. 2''. History Dilated Peoples began when DJ Babu (from the DJ crew Beat Junkies), Evidence, and Rakaa joined together in 1992 and released "Third Degree" (1997) on ABB Records, developing their material in the underground hip hop community. They had previously recorded an album titled ''Imagery, Battle Hymns & Political Poetry'' (1995) that was never released, although many fans still have it on bootlegged tapes. The group eventually signed with Capitol Records and releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) which was formed in 1956. It oversees the collection, administration and distribution of music licenses and royalties. The association has more than 100 members, including small labels typically run by one to five people, medium size organisations and very large companies with international affiliates. ARIA is administered by a Board of Directors comprising senior executives from record companies, both large and small. History In 1956, the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) was formed by Australia's major record companies. It was replaced in the 1970s by the Australian Recording Industry Association, which was established by the six major record companies operati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boiler Room (music Project)
Boiler Room, a division of DICE (ticketing company), DICE, is an online music broadcasting and promotional platform based in London, UK. They commission and stream music sessions around the world. Founded in London in 2010, Boiler Room has now hosted shows in around 100 cities worldwide. It has regular operations in London, Amsterdam, New York City, Berlin, Lisbon, São Paulo, Mexico City, Tokyo, Sydney, Lima and Los Angeles and produces about 30 to 35 new shows each month. Its music programming originally focused on electronic music such as UK garage, garage, House music, house, techno, Dub music, dub but eventually expanded to include Grime (music), grime, Hip hop music, hip hop, classical, and jazz. According to ''The Guardian'', by 2015 Boiler Room had streamed over 3.5 billion minutes of music, with audiences of up to 400,000 watching. Boiler Room increased in presence significantly between 2017 and 2018 due to a number of marketing communications and new initiatives includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
