13 Must-Sees At EMC Play

One act per showcase over two hectic nights.. Header photo by Declan Lee Photography for Trapped The 2014 Electronic Music Conference is taking over Sydney in a couple of weeks, featuring more than 80 artists and industry leaders speaking over 20 panels to be held across The Eternity Playhouse, The Beresford Upstairs, Lo-Fi and The Standard Bowl in Sydney's Darlinghurst from December 2-4. Along with the daytime conferences, there's also the recently announced (and enormous) EMC Play lineup, blending the days into nights with 120 artists and 16 showcases over four venues and two nights. For a more comprehensive rundown head HERE, but for the purpose today's article we've picked one act across the different showcases (with multiple artists - sorry Halfwaycrooks, Purple Sneakers and the TBA Onelove showcases!) we're excited to get down with. So here goes nothin': WED 3 DEC KINGS CROSS HOTEL PLASTIC WORLD: 8PM-12.30AM / LEVEL 2 GL GL have very quickly risen to the national eye with the rel

THUR 4 DEC

KINGS CROSS HOTEL

SELECT MUSIC/UNDR CTRL/FBI CLICK: 8PM-1AM / LEVEL 2 & 3

JUST A GENT

Another huge lineup for this one, and a whole bunch of legends including, well, the whole damn lineup, but we're pretty excited to see Just A Gent, basically because we missed him on his trips to the west this year, and the kid is riding a tsunami of hype at the moment that is pretty unstoppable.

AUDIOPAXX (PIONEER 20TH ANNIVERSARY): 6PM-12AM / ROOFTOP

CARMADA

Yes those handsome gents in the header photo. We're yet to see the Carmada Express in its combined form, and we're very interested to see how Yahtzel and LDRU pull off separate DJ sets, then play another set as Carmada all on the same night.

SOHO

KONKRETE: 8PM-2AM

DIDIER COHEN

Confession - Konkrete's big room sounds aren't realluy our bag, but Didier Cohen appears to be legitimately pushing a producer/DJ career following being on that Apprentice show that time and being a male model and we wanna see if he can back up those sexy eyes with the bangers.

WORLD BAR

SWEAT IT OUT! (#JD FUTURELEGENDS PRESENTS): 8PM-2AM / DOWNSTAIRS

DOM DOLLA

Again another big bunch of legends you'll be hard-pressed to find, and Sweat It Out's roster is unqestionable. We're throwing this one to Dom Dolla 'cause he's never been to the west before, and it's almost criminal how much his remixes have been appearing in our DJ sets, so we're pumped to feel that deep bass in the flesh.

OCTOBER RECORDS: 9PM-1AM / UPSTAIRS

RIBONGIA

Can't go past Ribongia on this one, who just released his debut EP (which we scored the Aus' premiere for - listen HERE), and comes packing an impressive live setup full of originals and remixes.

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FUTURE CLASSIC: 8.30PM-1AM

GOLDIELOCKS

Future Classic round out the showcases with a huge night featuring their heaviest hitters, so we're picking the minnow amongst the big fish in Goldielocks, who's track Moonbeam we fell in love with a few months ago.

This is about 10% of what's actually on offer over these two upcoming magical days in December, so head HERE to see who you're excited to catch and grab a ticket.