The Electronic Music Conference has announced its full program, announcing 30 more speakers.
Happening across 20 panels, new speakers include Flume, Laneway Festival’s Danny Rogers, The Preset’s manager Will Larnach-Jones and Grammy award-winning producer Cedric Gervais.
EMC will also feature Dutch DJ/producer Laidback Luke, Windish Agency’s Latane Huges, Vicious Boss and DJ John Course, Late Nite Tuff Guy, ARIA nominee Kite String Tangle, US Godfather of dance Donnie Estopinal (SFX/Disco Donnie Presents), Gary Richards (HARD Events/Live Nation), Johnny Shockey (LED Presents), Matt Colon (Deckstar) and one half of What So Not, Sydney DJ/producer Emoh Instead. These acts will be playing at various Darlinghurst venues The Eternity Playhouse, The Beresford Upstairs, Lo-Fi and The Standard Bowl.
The EMC program will also feature a panel with the team behind Flume (Future Classic, Bossy Music, Windish), a panel with the team behind Peking Duk (Ministry of Sound, Sony Music, Konkrete), and a panel titled ‘From Zero to Hero: Sustaining the buzz’ with representatives from Totem Onelove Group, Maker Agency, Astral People and Parallel Management.
The new speakers are in addition to the 80 speakers that have already been announced. (See below)
NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for Tourism and Major Events Troy Grant said: “I encourage everyone to make the most of the fantastic EMC 2014 line up and conference program, which will showcase some of Sydney’s great venues and cement our harbour city’s position as the live performance capital of Australia.
A new two night showcase of emerging artists from a list of over 30 leading electronic music labels and collectives will be performing as part of EMC Play this year.
Full EMC speaker line-up:
Aden Mullens – Head of etcetc, Artist Manager, Kilter, Acaddamy
Al Green – Director, Maker Agency (What So Not, Nina Las Vegas, Golden Features)
Alexander Burnett – Songwriter (Motez ‘Own Up’; Digitalism ‘2 Hearts’; Flight Facilities’ ‘I Didn’t Believe’; George Maple ’Talk Talk’)
Alexander Haeusler – Director, Funf (Jeff Mills & Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
Amba Shepherd – EDM Vocalist & Songwriter (Features for Hardwell, Porter Robinson, Ferry Corsten)
Andrew Jackson – Milton Archer / Artist Manager, Hook n Sling, The Aston Shuffle
Andy Van – Artist/Vicious Recordings
Anthony Colombi – Director, Global PR
Arlo Enmark – Label Manager, Xelon Entertainment
Basenji – Artist
Ben Marshall – Head of Contemporary Music, Sydney Opera House
Ben Munro – General Manager, Hostess Japan
Bobby Runway – Director of Entertainment & Nightlife, SBE / SLS Las Vegas
Briese Abbott – Spark & Opus / Artist Manager, Elizabeth Rose
Callender – Agent at AM Only (What So Not, Baauer, TNGHT)
Cedric Gervais – Artist
Claire Collins – Bossy Music
Dan Rosen – CEO, ARIA
Dan Zilber – Head of Programming, EMC Play
Danny Robson – Manager, RUFUS
Danny Rogers – Managing Director, Lunatic Entertainment / Founder, Laneway Festival
Dominic Furber – Audiopaxx / Artist Manager, Just a Gent, Yahtzel, Carmada, LDRU
Donnie Estopinal – SFX/Disco Donnie Presents
Emoh Instead – Artist
Evan Coghlan – Artist Manager, M4Sonic
Frank Rodi, Deputy Director Writer Services at APRA
GABBY – Artist
Gary Richards – Hard Presents/Live Nation
Grant Smile – Artist
Henry Johnstone – Editor, Pulse Radio
Jane Slingo – Director, Young Strangers, EMC Conference Programmer
Jeff Johnson – Director, Frank Meets Wolf
John Course – Artist/Vicious Recordings
John Ferris – ARIA Club Chart Committee member, Committee Chair APRA Club Music Advisory Group
Johnny Shockey – President & Founding Partner, LED Presents
Just a Gent – Artist
Katie Cunningham – Deputy Editor, inthemix
Kid Kenobi – Artist & Label Owner, Klub Kids
Kilter – Artist
Keiran Dole – Senior Agent, Lucky Entertainment
Kirsty Brown – Executive Officer, Music NSW
Kite String Tangle – Artist
Laidback Luke – Artist
Latane Hughes – Agent at Windish Agency (Flume, Cashmere Cat, Aeroplane)
Late Nite Tuff Guy – Artist
Lorne Padman – VP & Label Manager, Dim Mak Records
Luke Udorovic – Lucky Entetainment / Artist Manager, Will Sparks, Joel Fletcher, Zac Waters
Lynden Gare – Director, Colour Blind (Flume)
Lynne Small – General Manager, PPCA
Mac Clark – Agent, CAA
Matt Nugent – A&R Manager, Onelove Recordings
Nao Kiyota – Director, Sushi Records (Japan)
Nathan McLay – Director at Future Classic / Management for Flume, George Maple, Ta Ku)
Neil Ackland – Founder, EMC & inthemix
Neil Jacobson – EVP, Interscope Records
Neil Terry – Account Director, The Sound Campaign
Nick Jarvis – Editor, inthemix
Nick Thayer – Artist
Nikhil Chinapa – Director, Submerge/VH1 Supersonic India
Olga Heijns – Unmanageable Artists / Artist Manager, Laidback Luke
Paul Brandoli – Writer, Vocal Producer, Producer (The Disco Fries ‘Parachutes’; Angger Dimas ‘Angger Management’; Kronic ‘Fire In The Sky’; Chardy ‘Tomorrow’)
Phil Smart – Artist
Porter Robinson – Artist
Priya Dewan – Agent at Feedback Asia (Flying Lotus, Sampology, Simian Mobile Disco)
Robb Harker – Agent at Super Modified Agency (Will Sparks, Helena, Avicii, Afrojack)
Robby Towns – Founder of NestaMusic & EDMTCC
Rosanna Marks-Smith – Program Officer, Australia Council for the Arts
Sampology – Artist
Scot Crawford – General Manager Australia & New Zealand, Pledge Music
Senthil Chidambaram – CEO, Dancing Astronaut (USA)
Simon Caldwell – Artist
Simon Coyle – Touring Manager, Totem Onelove Group
Simon Moor – Managing Director, Kobalt Music Group
Steve Aoki – Artist
Stuart Watters – Director Licensing & Business Affairs, Nightlife Music
The Kite String Tangle – Artist
Tom Huggett – Artist Manager, Astral People (Wave Racer)
Tom Piper – Artist & Label Owner, Medium Rare Recordings
Vi Hermens – Operations Director, The Motorik Co
Will Larnach-Jones – Parallel Management (The Presets, Nina Las Vegas, Beni, Swick)
Will Sparks – Artist
Yvette Myhil – Executive Director, Association of Artist Managers
Zac Waters – Artist
EMC takes place during ARIA Week from December 2 to 4 in Sydney. Tickets can be purchased here from Moshtix.