ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONFERENCE EXPANDS 2017 SPEAKER LINE-UP

Electronic Music Conference (EMC) today announce further speakers descending upon Sydney in 2017, uniting Asia-Pacific’s electronic music community for two days of collaborative music discovery and electronic music culture celebration. The already high calibre lineup of guests including Andrew Weatherall, Ngaiire and Alexander Nut (Eglo) expands as more than 80 speakers embark on a series of panels, workshops, talks and masterclasses at the sixth edition of EMC, taking place from November 29 - November 30, 2017.
 
EMC will provide thought-provoking, original conference programming at Redfern’s Giant Dwarf and Cake Wines Cellar Door, when respected industry leaders and insiders contribute combined knowledge and expertise in navigating today’s musical climate. Adding to specialised sessions such as: Kicking Goals In Your Own Backyard, Festivals; Our New Favourite Import?, When Beats Just Don’t Match; Mental Health in Electronic Music, Conscious/Unconscious Gender Bias, are panels like Breaking Down Blockchain, Hit The Power Button: How Tech is Supersizing Events; Fabric: A Case Study and much more.
 
EMC welcomes some of the brightest in their field for the Breaking Down Blockchain panel, that sees APRA’s Frank Rodi, Jaxsta’s Jacqui Louez Schoorl and Gazecoin’s Jonny Peters in a motivated discussion on how the industry can forecast blockchain’s potential disruption. Meanwhile, the Off Limits; Defining Artist Boundaries in the Age of Social Media panel explores the cost of artist accessibility, both emotionally and financially in a perpetually socially connected age, with KLP, Touch Sensitive, Mary Hoang of The Indigo Project, Vanessa Picken of Comes With Fries, facilitated by James Mathison.
 
Joining the EMC programming, is Fabric: A Case Study - a panel designated to the role of clubs in night time culture and their representation to a wider community, involving Fabric’s programmer and Promotions Manager Judy Griffith, Global Drug Survey UK’s Dr Adam Winstock and Night Mayor Amsterdam, Mirik Milan as facilitator.
 
EMC will look at how cutting-edge technology is changing the game for the event industry in Australia, with Hit the Power Button; How Tech is Supersizing Events, seeing industry leaders like Eventbrite’s Chris McDonnell, Rhythm & Vines Festival’s Hamish Pinkham and Novatech’s Leko Novakovic come together to highlight its pioneering use. EMC introduces an ala carte ticket purchase option in 2017. Purchasers can choose between buying individual session tickets starting at $25 ex gst, or full two-day conference passes starting at $219 ex gst. Tickets are onsale now at electronicmusicconference.com.
 
EMC will also welcome the return of EMCPlay in 2017, with a special series of showcases and parties dedicated to unearthing some of Australia’s brightest new artists and future stars. Leading the way is Sydney clubbing institution S.A.S.H, who welcome deep house legend Fred P to the Inner West’s Sly Fox Hotel on Tuesday November 28 for an EMCPlay night of soul-driven house as the perfect warm up to the week. Tickets to this event are available now through Eventbrite. Applications for artists to showcase at EMCPlay are now closed, with the full list of nominated parties to be announced shortly.
 
More than 80 speakers will contribute to EMC, this year held in Redfern for the first time at Giant Dwarf and Cake Wines Cellar Door, while EMCPlay will see labels, curators and party throwers take over select venues across Redfern, Chippendale and Broadway, and Musica Copa close out the week on Friday December 1 at the KIKOFF Soccer Centre in Marrickville.
 
EMC 2017
November 29 – November 30
Giant Dwarf & Cake Wines Cellar Door, Redfern