Fresh off the again of unveiling their first spherical of performing artists, SXSW Sydney has detailed the primary wave of music audio system for its 2025 occasion.
Happening in Sydney from October 13-19, the third outing of the Australian occasion will function “among the world’s greatest thinkers, consumers and culture-makers,” as per a press launch.
Main the cost of their first speaker announcement is the Emmy Award-nominated Jen Malone, who’s best-known as one in every of Hollywood’s most in-demand music supervisors because of her credit equivalent to Euphoria, Wednesday, Mr & Mrs Smith and extra.
Malone is joined by Dr. Marcus Collins, who’s famend as an Award-winning advertising and marketing professor, cultural translator and best-selling creator, having additionally beforehand served as the previous director of digital technique for Beyoncé.
Various worldwide figures have been confirmed for the primary spherical of audio system, together with Senior Director of A&R at All Flowers worldwide label Group, Alex Berenson; Rareform’s Hallie Anderson; tech entrepreneur Andrew Batey; and Brian Hobbs, the Director of Music Competition Programming at SXSW.
Different worldwide names added to the primary spherical embrace Founding father of Hong Kong’s Clockenflap Competition Justin Sweeting (Hong Kong); Apodaca Group and Pal Norte Competition’s Macarena González (Mexico); Meng Ru Kuok CEO of Caldecott Music Group (Singapore); Sally Dunstone, Agent/Accomplice from Major Expertise (UK); and Lucy Atkinson, Senior Agent at ATC Dwell (MØ, Erika De Casier) (UK).
A robust contingent of native names are additionally on the schedule for this yr, together with John Watson, President of Eleven Music and John Watson Administration; music business advisor Jono Harrison; and host of Airing Your Soiled Laundry podcast, Daphne Berry.
“SXSW Sydney is about massive concepts, daring conversations and sudden connections,” mentioned SXSW Sydney’s Head of Music, Claire Collins. “It’s an opportunity to listen to instantly from the individuals who open doorways — the consumers, curators and deal-makers — and to higher perceive the best way to minimize via, keep unbiased, or scale globally.
“Whether or not you’re constructing a group, exploring how AI can help your artistic and enterprise targets, or simply in search of inspiration from different artistic industries, that is the place the conversations begin.
“We’re proud to deliver this expertise to Sydney, and to attach them with the broader SXSW Sydney group,” Collins added. “It’s per week full of enjoyable, discovery, and alternatives to attach, collaborate, and picture what’s subsequent for music in our area and all over the world.”
The primary spherical of music audio system joins a stable number of performers which have already been confirmed for the 2025 version of SXSW Sydney, together with Australian acts equivalent to Swapmeet, RICEWINE, and Jamaica Moana, alongside names from Eire, Thailand, Japan, New Zealand, and the U.Ok.
Additional audio system and performers are anticipated to be introduced within the coming months, with greater than 300 worldwide and home artist performances set to function on the ultimate schedule.
