Asia-Pacific’s leading electronic music industry event, the Electronic Music Conference, has announced a long list of speakers that will be coming Down Under this December.
Pioneer techno DJ Carl Coxhad already been announcedas the keynote speaker earlier this year, and he’ll be joined by the likes of label boss and DJGilles Peterson, local producer Ta-ku, Liz Miller from Beatport, Tigerlily and many more.
This year’s theme has also been announced as ‘connectivity’. EMC founder Neil Ackland said, “More than any other genre of music, electronic music relies on connections both to be created and to be shared. Producers based on opposite sides of the globe collaborate via the Internet and fans use social media and other platforms to discover and share the music they love.”
The first announcement speaker lineup for EMC 2015 is:
Carl Cox (Artist/DJ, UK)
Gilles Peterson (Brownswood Recordings / BBC, UK)
Ta-ku (Artist, AUST)
Liz Miller (Beatport, USA)
Blake Coppelson (Proximity, USA)
Tigerlily (Artist, AUST)
Denise Melanson (AM Only, USA)
Rob Woo (Spin Artist Agency, USA)
Blink (Artist / Head of Programming, Goldfish & Blink / Zouk Club KL, Malaysia)
Anna Fitzgerald (Ministry of Sound, AUST)
Martin Novosel (Purple Sneakers, AUST)
Erin Flanagan (Thinking Loud/Boiler Room, AUST)
Zaran Vachha (The Little Black Book Asia, Hong Kong)
Karen Hamilton (120 Publishing, AUST)
Jessica Krishnaswamy (BBE, AUST)
Reggie Ba-Pe (Sonically Transmitted Disease, China)
Pia Del Mastro (One Plus One Agency, AUST)
Vanessa Picken (Comes With Fries, AUST)
Laura Treacy, (Ministry of Sound, AUST)
Ayudita Hariadi (Ismaya Group, Indonesia)
Kimberley Yao (The Palace Group, Philippines)
Rebecca Florence (Flow & Hustle, AUST)
The 2015 EMC conference will be at theIvy Bar/Lounge on Tuesday December 1 and Wednesday December 2, and you can get tickets here.
