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FALLING FOR JOSEPH ASHWORTH

FALLING FOR JOSEPH ASHWORTH

Versatile London DJ/Producer Joseph Ashworth just released a new EP Falling for Lee Burridge’s Get Weird Label. It’s a quick follow up from his three track Radio Silence EP released on Anjunadeep in early August which had an almost...

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AMELIE LENS IN SILENCE

AMELIE LENS IN SILENCE

Photograph: Massimo Lo Bianco In late August, Swedish techno label Drumcode released their sixth instalment of their A-side series. The opening track, the dark and intense ‘In Silence’ from Antwerp DJ/Producer Amelie Lens is beguiling in its myriad of effects...

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SON OF SOUND’S LOVE UP BEAT DOWN

SON OF SOUND’S LOVE UP BEAT DOWN

A couple of months back veteran NYC DJ/Producer Henry Maldonado, aka Son Of Sound, re-released an EP that was originally put out on his District 30 label earlier in the year. It came in the form of a three...

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ANJA SCHNEIDER DROPS POWERFUL NEW EP

ANJA SCHNEIDER DROPS POWERFUL NEW EP

Berlin based DJ/Producer Anja Schneider dropped her powerful Twisty EP a couple of weeks back. The title track is a work of art in dance music terms as it veers of in a myriad of directions without distracting from...

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BALTRA’S SHORT TERM GOALS

BALTRA’S SHORT TERM GOALS

This deep, dark and emotive dose of house comes from New York based producer Baltra. ‘Dis Aura’ is the closing track from his new four track EP Short Term Goals set for release June 12 on Tape Throb Records....

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RADIO SLAVE IN ANOTHER CLUB

RADIO SLAVE IN ANOTHER CLUB

Last month Radio Slave, the moniker of Berlin based veteran techno DJ/Producer Matt Edwards, released his latest rave thumper, ‘Another Club’ a lesson in relentless minimalism which features an expertly camped up sample of Lady Gaga banging on about...

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ISOLÉE RELEASES NEW EP, MANGROOVE

ISOLÉE RELEASES NEW EP, MANGROOVE

Last month, veteran German DJ/Producer Rajko Müller, aka Isolée, released a new EP Mangroove, through Berlin based label Maeve Records. The first cut from it is the propulsive and funked up ‘Pisco’, a work of layered percussive genius. Listen...

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Indie30 is a globally focused independent music blog run by a very small band of music tragic's from Adelaide in Australia. We believe passionately in posting about and promoting new independent music from a diverse range of genres and styles.

While many have retreated from using the term indie, it's proudly been our primary name from the beginning. Contrary to how it is often used, the term does not describe a particular music genre or style. Indie is simply short for independent label.

Used correctly, it describes music created and released independently of the three big music labels owned by multi-national entertainment conglomerates, Universal Music Group (Vivendi Corporation - France), Warner Music (Access Industries - Russia) and Sony Music (Sony Corporation - Japan) along with the 500+ subsidiaries and sub-labels they have between them.

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