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    It’s a pretty damn exciting time for the Australian beats scene at the moment, where such a wealth of talent seems to be pushing all the right MPC buttons.

    Cats like Jonti & Ta-ku have been making waves overseas with their beats for a minute now and as a result renowned international labels such as Stones Throw, HW&W & Brownswood are taking notice.

    It’s not as if there’s ever been a shortage of exciting beat makers in Australia but more often than not a lot of them are held back or at least limited from world domination as a result of working with local emcees, which let’s be honest to a global audience isn’t the most appealing of accents to grasp.

    This new breed have ditched the guest rappers (read: their stoner mates) and instead kept things instrumental or enlisted the services of other local artists like vocalist Chet Faker who is no stranger to international praise himself and started making Australian beats that hold their own on a global stage.

    There’s probably no one that’s creating a bigger buzz in this new musical landscape than 20 year old wonder kid from Sydney - Flume and his atmospheric beats.

    He first popped up on a lot of peoples radars thanks to his remix work for acts such as Hermitude (who probably should have got a mention earlier in the article), The Aston Shuffle and fellow beat maker Ta-Ku. Since then he’s gone on to play all the important festivals and as I type this he’s on a plane to America for shows in NYC & LA before heading back here for more summer Festival action including the run of Laneway shows.

    I guess with all the hype surrounding him there comes a concern that it might be a bit hard to live up to when it comes album release time BUT if the teaser below is anything to go by I’m pretty confident we’re in for an absolute treat on November 9 when this thing drops.

    You can pre-order the record on iTunes already and for your troubles be instantly rewarded with the bangin’ Holdin On album cut to tide you over until release day.
     

    The album is out on the aptly titled Future Classic label.

     

    -Maccy

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It’s a pretty damn exciting time for the Australian beats scene at the moment, where such a wealth of talent seems to be pushing all the right MPC buttons.

Cats like Jonti & Ta-ku have been making waves overseas with their beats for a minute now and as a result renowned international labels such as Stones Throw, HW&W & Brownswood are taking notice.

It’s not as if there’s ever been a shortage of exciting beat makers in Australia but more often than not a lot of them are held back or at least limited from world domination as a result of working with local emcees, which let’s be honest to a global audience isn’t the most appealing of accents to grasp.

This new breed have ditched the guest rappers (read: their stoner mates) and instead kept things instrumental or enlisted the services of other local artists like vocalist Chet Faker who is no stranger to international praise himself and started making Australian beats that hold their own on a global stage.

There’s probably no one that’s creating a bigger buzz in this new musical landscape than 20 year old wonder kid from Sydney - Flume and his atmospheric beats.

He first popped up on a lot of peoples radars thanks to his remix work for acts such as Hermitude (who probably should have got a mention earlier in the article), The Aston Shuffle and fellow beat maker Ta-Ku. Since then he’s gone on to play all the important festivals and as I type this he’s on a plane to America for shows in NYC & LA before heading back here for more summer Festival action including the run of Laneway shows.

I guess with all the hype surrounding him there comes a concern that it might be a bit hard to live up to when it comes album release time BUT if the teaser below is anything to go by I’m pretty confident we’re in for an absolute treat on November 9 when this thing drops.




You can pre-order the record on iTunes already and for your troubles be instantly rewarded with the bangin’ Holdin On album cut to tide you over until release day.

 



The album is out on the aptly titled Future Classic label.



 

-Maccy

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