Off The Record

Still haven’t made any plans for New Year’s Eve?

Those champs over at Mad Racket have you covered. Heading their bash to ring in 2016 will be Smallpeople [above]. Comprised of Julius Steinhoff and Just von Ahlefeld (AKA Dionne), the Hamburg duo run their own record store and label, and have featured on imprints such as !K7, Underground Quality, Running Back and Fuck Reality. They’ll be supported by an all-star local lineup featuring Simon Caldwell, Ken Cloud, Jimmi James and Zootie. It’s going down from 10pm on Thursday December 31 at Marrickville Bowling Club.

Feel like rolling the dice, taking a gamble and driving 80 kilometres down to Wollongong? This New Year’s Eve, Young Turks and Siberia Records will be joining forces for a laneway party only several blocks from the beach, featuring a completely unannounced lineup of locals and international artists (not to mention the countless afterparties that will be taking place). It’s going down in Globe Lane from 8pm, and who knows who’ll rock up to ring in 2016? *Cough Jamie xx cough*. Tickets via Moshtix.

The legends over at Astral People have just announced the lineup for their 2016 incarnation of Summer Dance. Over the course of four parties we’ll be seeing visits from top-notch internationals including Nightmares On Wax, Julio Bashmore, Hunee, Lefto, Jeremy Underground, Sadar Bahar and Florian Kupfer, alongside local guns Touch Sensitive, Andras, Mike Who, Lovebombs, Adi Toohey, Ariane, Andy Garvey and EK Collective. The parties will once again take place at the National Art School; see summer-dance.com.au for details on the January, February and March lineups.

Something Else, Anomaly and Trojan Records are joining forces for an all-killer no-filler lineup to kick off 2016 in style. Headlined by Sweden’s Abdulla Rashim (who runs the acclaimed Northern Electronics label), over three levels the Burdekin Hotel will also play host to Jordan Peters, Gareth Psaltis, Amateur Humans, Deepchild, Baron Castle, Dave Stuart, James Petrou, Dan Baartz and Michas Dimitris. Get a heavy dose of brooding and experimental techno on Saturday January 9. Tickets via Pulse Radio.

More international tours to put in the diary: you can catch H.O.S.H at the Greenwood Hotel this Sunday December 20, Doorly at Chinese Laundry on Saturday December 26 and Hot Since 82 at the Greenwood Hotel on Saturday February 13.

Tour rumours: over the next six months you can expect to see visits from the likes of San Proper, Recondite, Sonja Moonear and Robag Wruhme.

Best releases this week: two last-minute additions for your ‘best of 2015’ lists: Nusons’ (AKA Dubsons and Nu Zau) Lovecraft (on Undefined) and Herodot’s Duo (Unanim). Stay tuned for next week’s column when I’ll run you through my definitive favourites from the year that was.

Recommended:

SATURDAY DECEMBER 19

Floating Points @Oxford Art Factory

Petar Dundov @Burdekin Hotel

Worthy, Ardalan @Chinese Laundry

tINI @Café del Mar

SUNDAY DECEMBER 20

Moodymann @Harpoon Harry

H.O.S.H @Greenwood Hotel

SATURDAY DECEMBER 26

DJ T. @Jam Gallery

Doorly @Chinese Laundry