We are cultural and creative leaders within the Australian dance music landscape. We are dedicated to uncovering the breadth and scope of global underground talent, striving to bring world-class artists to our community. We champion creatives from across the globe, and have a deep passion for music, culture, & the arts. We are key contributors to Australia’s legacy of innovative and immersive dance music experiences. We push the boundaries, always offering an all-encompassing experience. We are Novel.
With over 15 years of music industry experience, we work alongside the most established electronic music artists & imprints in the world, connecting them with the Australasian territory. Holding a focus on touring, events, music curation, immersive experience, and artist management, we are Australia’s premier curators of music events.
Welcoming hundreds of thousands of faces through our event gates over the past 15 years, we have collaborated and worked alongside Australia's most prestigious festivals including Laneway, Golden Plains, Beyond The Valley, Meredith Music Festival, Splendour In The Grass, Parklife, Harbourlife, Field Day, 121 Festival, Rainbow Serpent Festival, Melbourne Music Week, Origin and more. On a global scale, we have worked with Circoloco, Fabric London, Red Bull Music + more, consistently delivering experiences that fuse the many facets of music, and art.
As industry tastemakers, we have created and developed esteemed music festivals and events such as A3, LTECNYD, Pitch Music & Arts, B3, Living Room Festival, Days Like This Festival, and event series such as smalltown, Nights Like This, React, Friends Of Friends, Goodroom, Other People, X Disco, Darklove, Classics, Hyper Hype + more.
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Brisbane ex-pat and full-time Berliner Jad & The gifts us an hour of blissfully sweet listening. Alongside being a regular producing contributor to labels like Toy Tonics, Axe On Wax, Down By The Lake, 2MR and FINA record labels, he also co-runs the imprint Beats Of No Nation which has featured guest collaborations from heavyweights Seb Wildblood, Folamour, Urulu, and Fouk. Fresh from a spicy guest mix at the notorious Red Light Radio Amsterdam institution, and a brand new EP released on Slo...
Based in Melbourne, Greetings is the moniker of Jack Grazie. When he is not playing in the cities best venues, he works full time in music production and running record labels. After label managing the high flying house imprint clipp.art, his attention is now focused on a brand new project, the Boots n Legs record label which will focus on 80s synth-pop and Italo gems. The new label’s first release will drop on the 15th of May, and they will also have a launch party on the 29th of June at Whiteh...
Jake Hughes is a mover & shaker, the kind of guy that makes things happen in the background without breaking a sweat. His fun yet no-frills brand of electronic music has seen him play at venues including Brown Alley, Revolver Upstairs, Pawn & Co, Prince of Wales, Railway Hotel Brunswick, My Aeon, and Glamorama, supporting the likes of Andhim, Butch, Dubfire, Eagles & Butterflies, Kolsch, Kolombo, Michael Mayer, Oliver Koletzki, Niko Schwind, and Laura Jones. He also co-runs Forgery, ...
Most Days is a twenty-year-old Melbourne local who loves Italo music and all its strains. His penchant for cosmic disco and house have seen him play in Melbourne’s best venues from Revolver to XE54 to Gasometer, and he has supported international acts like Daniel Avery and Hammer. For a feel of his production finesse check out his bumping cut ‘Anthony’, released on Melbourne-based imprint @clip_art. And for a feel of what he does in a club press play on this mix… @mostdays ======================...
U-Khan is an Australian based DJ and co-founder of the party outfit Charades, which, since its inception in 2012, has played host to some of the most influential electronic artists in the world. A selector by nature, his passion in both creating and performing sets is evident to anyone that properly listens, and as a DJ it’s evident that he puts as much effort preparing and curating his sets as he does in front of the decks performing them. To date, his musical prowess has seen him billed on sup...
Not many can lay claim to have done more for Melbourne’s techno community than Adrian Bell. His Bunker brand has been responsible for bringing the global scene’s most credible and niche acts to Australia, and his inspired bookings regularly see him tap into Melbourne’s very deep DJ pool. It's fair to say that he has given many local unknown DJs their first club call-up and the opportunity to perform alongside international artists. His own DJ skills are very renowned, and his knack for techno ha...
Dusky is easily one of Australia’s favourite international DJ acts, obliging us every year with comprehensive tours. It is not just Down Under where they thrive, and their banging, anthemic productions have seen them become headliners across the planet. Their record label 17 Steps features a roster of forward-thinking house and techno signings which is quickly turning the platform into a tastemaker imprint of note. On their recent Australian tour, where they played at Pitch Music & Arts Fest...
Cassettes For Kids hails from Melbourne and is best known for excursions into his deep crates filled with the sunniest cuts, deepest house and most joyous disco. Over the last two years the producer has seen his stocks rise via a manifesto which easily gets his message across: Forget about shit and just dance. You can find his love songs on labels including Finer Things, Bon Appetit, clipp.art, La Dune, Nerang, Tiger Tapes, Piff Records, Unit Two Records, Slothboogie, Handle and probably another...
Skelesys hails from Argentina but now finds himself in the creative hub of Berlin. He draws upon his rich musical background of hard rock, punk and synth pop, alongside his love for science fiction and horror movies, to deliver a neat mixture of minimalism with techno. Alongside other artists which include acts like Curses, Rigopolar, Theus Mago and more, the Argentinean pushes a sound which sounds organic and raw, yet stands firmly inside the camp of electronic music. You can find his music on ...
Tom Trago has long been one of the leading lights of the Dutch electronic music underground; a globe-trotting DJ, producer, live performer and label owner who enjoys nothing more than championing both overlooked gems and fresh sounds from his own country. He once claimed that he felt a physical need to make music every day, and it’s hard to think of anyone whose immersion in music is quite as complete. Although now widely considered to be among the top tier of European DJs, capable of working bi...
The Made in Paris sound finds inspiration from techno and tech house with roots firmly planted in deeper shades of electronic music. After years of hard work, she is finally being recognised by media and industry tastemakers as one of country’s top underground DJ’s and producers, and her label Upon Access is slowly building the sort of discography that any label owner aspires too. 2018 has been a big year for the Sydneysider: A DJ tour of the USA; a booking as the official warm-up DJ for Leftfie...
Constantly swimming in aural pleasures, you’ll either find Adi Toohey controlling the dancefloor from a Sydney DJ booth, presenting Saturday Sunset on FBi Radio, working in record stores or hosting parties with her Rimbombo crew. Now a graduate headliner, Toohey carved a name opening for the likes of Hunee, Young Marco, Bicep and The Black Madonna, playing Dark Mofo, Subsonic and Splendour in the Grass festivals and for interstate crews Club Coco, Lucid and A Love Supreme. With a musical CV like...
If you ask dance music enthusiasts around Melbourne who is one of the city’s most favourite DJs, you can bet on it that the name of Retza would pop up consistently. Not only is he great DJ, but he is a damn fine producer whose rap sheet includes international labels like All Day I Dream and Watergate. Earlier this year, he once again lit up the decks at Pitch Music & Arts festival with a set that many said was one of their favourites from the festival. If you missed it then don’t sweat it, R...
For the last three years the Traj Brothers have made a name for themselves crafting mixes that span from techno to house and more. They are a dependable booking who can easily adapt to any scenario, happy to warm up a main floor as they are closing the night. The Traj Brothers are another example of just how deep the talent pool in Melbourne is...
We begin the Novel podcast series with a mix from one of the main driving forces behind Novel, Monty McGaw. For those that have seen him in action can attest to the fact that he is easily one of Melbourne’s most dependable selectors, favouring full-rounded sets that can traverse everything from house to techno to beats. Finding a McGaw set online is as rare as a stylish mullet, so strap yourself in for this engaging 2 hour set recorded live from his bi-weekly Revolver residency (Sunday mornings ...
