Fresh Finds: Class Of 2025 – Aussie Acts To Add To Your Playlist

Cyclone Wehner, Contributor

Cyclone Wehner

Cyclone Wehner is a Melbourne journalist writing about R&B, hip hop, dance music, synth-pop, and film/TV. She's interviewed everyone from Beyoncé to Daft Punk to Jane Campion. Cyclone has also DJed at feted clubs like Revolver. She is obsessed with vampires and, currently, curating concept playlists.

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Groovier Kinda Guy
"I don't wanna go in and be chucked in a room with Rihanna..."
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New Dimensions
“I don’t know or care where I belong. I just like it when I can DJ in a venue and get away with whatever I want to play.”
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Mining The Past
“Eighty per cent of the material you will have never heard. I’ve been working a lot over the last year and decided ‘til the coming spring not to release much."
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Parental Guidance
"The way I feel about music – and the way I like to approach music – is that, if you make music that's good enough, it never dies."
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Fake Names
"I’m going to be trying out some new tracks, which I’m trying to get finished, and just trying to do the best possible sets I can and [trying to] enjoy myself – ‘cause I always have a laugh when I’m down there."
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Oblivious To The Scene
“I’d rather stay completely uninfluenced by anything, especially when I make an album.”
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The First Kuts The Deepest
"It’s not serious music... or it’s [not] too deep. It’s fun, it makes you smile... But it’s not too commercial – it’s just good music. That’s what I’m all about – good times.”
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Hot Stuff, Comin' Through
“It’s my debut album, but I’ve been at this for so long that I wanted to get a lot of my friends involved, so it definitely has some cool collabs.”
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Laissez Four
"I’m totally up for it. I’m open to all sorts of things. But I’m not pursuing stuff like that, ever. I like to just bump into people on my travels and see what happens.”
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The Crossover Guy
“My 11-year-old nephew still thinks that me and Robbie are best pals,” Todd Terje tells Cyclone of his writing credit on Robbie Williams’ single, Candy, “so I’ll be forever cool in his eyes.”
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JFK MSTRKRFT
“I don’t wanna start talking about it, but I was at band practice today – I’ll let you know that. So that’s as ‘on the record’ as I can get about that.”
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House Proud
“For me, moving to Australia and getting married, this is perfect for me to be able to maybe play there once a month and still keep in with the Pacha brand. That’s just really great timing.”
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