Hells yeah, have been waiting for this one for a while!!!

“Open Records are proud to present our long awaited third CD compilation Expansion Pack, compiled by label boss and pioneering force in the Australian underground dance music culture, Ian Woodsman.

Anyone who knows the man himself, knows that Woodsman doesn’t do anything in halves. So when it came to the task of putting together his own compilation at the start of the year, one disc alone was never going to cut it.

After months in the lab, he is finally ready to give us Expansion Pack, a 2-disc collection of deep, intelligent, genre-mashing dance music, held together with Ian’s distinctly staunch, epic sound that has earned him the title of one of Australia’s favourite open-air DJs.

From international heavyweights like Matador, Erphun, Boris Brejcha, Pow-Low, Fiord, SQL, Ndsa, Weekend Heroes, Perfect Stranger, Astronivo, Sheff, MUTe, Grouch, Alexander Madness and A. Balter, through to home grown Aussie favourites like SunControlSpecies, Sensient, One Tasty Morsel, Waltone, Blinky, Def Digital and Algenon, the music of Expansion Pack sits at the point where techno, progressive and minimal meet and is proof that quantity and quality can co-exist without compromise.

Representing a significant step forward for Open Records on the international stage, Expansion Pack is one of the ‘must buy’ CD releases of 2010, for both the DJ or listener alike.”

Nuff said

Grab a copy here

http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/opn/opn2cd003.html

This has to be one of the more interesting emails that I’ve received from an outlet recently. Juno (who have just acquired the recently insolvent DJ Download) are working with discogs.com to rejuvenate what I have always seen as one of the biggest downsides of digital – white labels.

Dear Supplier

Juno Download has partnered with Discogs.com, the worldÂ’s 5th largest music website*, to launch Discogs Digital, a white-label version of the Juno Download store. » More: Juno to launch white-label store with Discogs.com

I have to say I’m  really excited about this release. Fiord a.k.a Antix are one of NZ’s most quality exports so going into it I knew alot of the entries to this competition were going to sound tasty so suffice to say I’m stoked to be included on the release and so far feedback has been great.

Open records are without doubt one of Australia’s best up and coming underground progressive labels so if you’re that way inclined make sure you add them to your labels when you check out the release on Beatport because they put out nothing but quality…

 

The festival season is firmly in swing, Christmas is nearly here and it’s the beginning of the massive summer festivus season.

It is in this party spirit that Open Records is giving our fans both at home and abroad a special Christmas treat in the shape of Fiord’s Keen String Remixes EP, featuring 7 top tracks including four winners from our remix competition earlier this year.

The end result was almost overwhelming and with over 200 entries from all corners of the globe, we decided the standard was so high to declare four equal winners in a variety of styles to join Open Records artists Fiord, GMJ and Eegor on our final release for 2009.

Canadian-born, Melbourne-based producer Timothy Allan immediately impressed with his sophisticated melodic progressive house interpretation, while another Melbourne producer, Blinky, also proved he is a name to watch with a driving progressive techno bomb.

Mexico’s Interactive Noise caught our ear with a big outdoor festival stormer, while New Zealand act Opiuo rounds the EP off in spectacular style with a glitchy, bass-heavy broken beat monster that has been tried and tested at events all over the globe.

Open Records are proud to work with these exciting artists and thanks everyone for their efforts in the Keen String Remix Competition.

Tracklist:
1. Fiord – Keen String (Original Mix)
2. Fiord – Keen String (GMJ String Theory Remix)
3. Fiord – Keen String (Timothy Allan Remix)
4. Fiord – Keen String (Blinky Remix)
5. Fiord – Keen String (Interactive Noise Remix)
6. Fiord – Keen String (Eegor Remix)
7. Fiord – Keen String (Opiuo Formula One Remix)

CHECK IT HERE : https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/…&a486-index=15
Contact: info@open-records.net http://www.open-records.net
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Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/openrecordsaustralia

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I’ve recently taken about 3 months off gigging to focus on writing more music and getting some releases out there and I thought I’d share a few tips for getting you music signed to other labels and more importantly finding the right labels to be sending your music to.

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