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Yahtzel lays down five things he's looking forward to at the epic tropic festival.. Your Paradise is a new festival for 2014, and one not like any other in the country. Taking place over three nights on the delightfully tropical Plantation Island in Fiji this November 19-22, it not only features a world-class line-up of international and Australia DJs/producers, but a raft of activities and events for a four-day music/cultural experience we've never seen before. How huge is the line-up? Well check the flyer below (and click on it to head to the website), before scoping five things Yahtzel is looking foward to for that most epic-looking weekend. 5 THINGS w/ YAHTZEL: 1. Seeing LDRU in form every day; I'm going to follow him around after 11pm and make sure he doesn't flake out and go to bed early this time. I want to see some sunrises this year. 2. Soaking up some rays and shaking this radical studio moon-tan. 3. There's a few sports matches going down so I'm gunna go get real with some

Time to start keeping an ear on Sydney's Ribongia.. Following some props from the likely Indian Summer lads over at STONEY ROADS, and Dom Alessio jumping on board this week, it's definitely time to get acquainted with Sydney producer Ribongia. He's been making music for a couple of years now, but it feels like in 2014 he's really starting to flex his muscle. First was the release of Slave Trade about a month ago (listen HERE), and now this weird tropical banger take on Andy Bull's Talk Too Much. It might take you a second to get your head around the intro, but once it gets into its kinda-Jersey kinda something-else-entirely rhythm, it feels fresh, and you can't help but tap your feet. Weird name, weird tunes, good stuff - can't wait for more. Follow Ribongia: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD

Get to know our projectionist, Shadow Data.. For Part 2 of our creative journey we catch up with Kye Howard. For those of you that don’t know, Kye is the Perth-based member of the UK-based Shadow Data collective. Shadow Data is a projection-mapping and digital creative team born in Cambridge, UK with members Ben Tenison-Smith and Pete Boatfield still living in London. Kye, however has made the move out to Australia for a few sunny months, and has been teaming up with fellow projectionist Combs and working on a few personal projects. Shadow Data creates projection mapping, motion graphics, CGI, films, music videos, interactive media, Animation, 3D modelling, web design, touring Shows, VJ, video streaming and event design. The guys have been involved in some rather interesting bits and pieces. Having worked with Warning (UK's longest running D&B night) for some time they recently decided that they wanted to bend a few thousand peoples' minds by handing out 3D glasses to ravers and mappin

Just some personal experience worth sharing on a day we're all thinking about it..

Some more sexy disco from the Melbourne duo.. As I've SAID BEFORE about Client Liaison, if you're going to do cheesy - back yourself, do it 110%, and do it well. Melbourne duo Client Liaison, with their pastel pastiche and emotive '80s disco vibes, do it incredibly well, and their new single Queen keeps the good vibes going. It's off their upcoming six-track self-titled EP release, due September 5 via Dot Dash/Remote Control (pre-order HERE), and you can check out the typically retro video clip for it below, along with a heap of EP tour dates: TOUR DATES: Friday 29 August - 170 Russel Street, Melbourne Saturday 30 August - Oxford Art Factory, Sydney Friday 05 September - Crown & Anchor, Adelaide Saturday 06 September - The Bakery, Perth Thursday 11 September - Bigsound 2014, Brisbane Friday 12 September - Rad, Wollongong Saturday 13 September - Transit Bar, Canberra Saturday 20 September - Republic Bar, Hobart Sunday 21 September - Secret Location, Gold Coast Follow Client Liaison: FA

A peak behind the process of the #JDFutureLegends Sable/Kele collab.. Last week we were finally able to announce our contribution towards Jack Daniel's Australia's #JDFutureLegends project, with Pilerats Records golden child Sable working with none other than Bloc Party frontman and DJ/producer Kele Okereke to produce a new single. You can check out the #JDFutureLegends launch video about Money In Music HERE, or last week's Sable x Kele teaser HERE, but today it's all about behind the scenes, and giving you a chance to hear a little more of the track the guys have produced. Jack Daniel's Australia: WEBSITE // FACEBOOK // TWITTER

Melbourne duo Klo have a slinky new clip, plus announce their first live show.. Melbourne cousin duo Klo first caught our attention back in April with their debut single Make Me Wonder (check it HERE), which resonated with international accolades from BBC Radio 1, Earmilk and Indie Shuffle, to name a few. They've been honing their craft ever since, and they've just released a beautiful first video clip for their new single, False Calls, produced by director Hamish Mitchell and cinematographer David McKinnar: They're playing their first live show at Boney on September 5, click the pic below to grab some tickets: Follow Klo on FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD

The Brissy collective release a perfect lo-fi clip for their lo-fi garage-pop.. Brisbane four-piece Babaganouj - besides having a difficult to type but wonderful to say band name - have been killing it this year. It's no surprise given the group's pedigree, featuring members from celebrated acts like Yves Klein Blue, Go Violents and Inland Sea, and latest single Bluff is keeping the good vibes going. And with the help of Joe Agius of fellow Brissy outfit The Creases, they've just released a clip for the track, perfectly in line with their lo-fi vibes: They're playing a few shows in Melbourne this week, catch 'em if you can: Sat 16 August | The Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne VIC w/ I, a Man, Split Seconds Sun 17 August | The Catfish, Melbourne VIC Mon 18 August | The Old Bar, Melbourne VIC w/ Dark Fair Follow Babaganouj on FACEBOOK // BANDCAMP

Mako Miyamoto imagines the wookiee as just like you and me.. With Star Wars hyperdriving back into the collective concious faster than the Maltese Falcon, we're looking forward to more and more Star Wars-themed shenanigans up until the new movie's release. Well kind of, Star Wars is one of those things that's never really far away from pop culture, especially not for long. But if it produces more things like this photo series, we're not complaining. Photographer Mako Miyamoto has taken everyone's favourite '80s shaggy rogue space cowboy space breed - wookiees - and thrust them into our world, but maybe a couple of decades ago. I think. I'm not sure, I can't really tell, the variety of Instagram filters thrown onto the photos is visually confusing, but very aesthetically appeasing. I wasn't gonna post these until I saw the one of him swimming underwater. That one got me. So please enjoy, and head to Miyamoto's WEBSITE for more. via.

LP1 is out now, and we excited.. Tahlia Barnett, also known as FKA Twigs, is an experimental R&B musician/dancer hailing from Gloucestershire, UK. Originally known as just Twigs, due to her constantly cracking and popping bones, she was pressured to change her name due to another artist named Twigs, leading to her current moniker FKA (formerly known as) Twigs. Growing up in Gloucestershire with musical parents, she discovered her sweet and airy vocal abilities in her teenage years whilst in the local recording studio with her Jamaican father and local musicians. Moving down to London at the age of 17 to pursue a career in dancing, it didn’t take her long to realise that music was her true calling. Since then, Twigs has released two EPs on the highly acclaimed record label Young Turks, home of artists such as The xx and SBTRKT, and has just released her debut album, LP1: