Power 50 - #43: Jane Slingo

BACKGROUND CHECK

Jane Slingo has worked in the electronic music sector since 1994, working in various roles as a promoter, publicist, street press editor, booking agent, tour manager and artist manager. She founded the Young Strangers boutique management company in 2006 (Set Mo, Sampology), has been working with Australia’s Electronic Music Conference (EMC) for the last seven years, is currently on the management board for MusicNSW and is also a member of APRA’s Club Music Advisory Group.

THE YEAR THAT WAS

Through her Young Strangers management company, Jane Slingo facilitated Set Mo's innovative album release strategy, which saw the Sydney duo releasing 11 singles last year, and also worked with Sampology in launching his own label: the Middle Name Records imprint. She took the reins as Director of Electronic Music Conference (EMC) for the first time in 2018 as well. Having worked with the former Night Mayor of Amsterdam, Mirik Milan, on Global Cities After Dark (a one-day forum that ran for its second year in 2018), Slingo is an essential voice in discussions around tackling the challenges of NSW's night-time economy. She is also a proud member of the predominantly (70%) female management board for MusicNSW and contributed to the 2018 NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the music and arts economy. 

2018'S CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT?

"I honestly couldn't define one of those moments as the all-time crowning moment."