
CUT COPY PRESENTS ‘OCEANS APART’ – DOCUMENTARY FILM
The ‘partner experience’ to the Oceans Apart DJ mix is a documentary short film directed and shot by Thomas Pollard, which further examines the current musical landscape and climate behind the compilation. Exploring the stories of 4 artists and groups; Andras Fox, NO ZU, Sleep-D and Animals Dancing, the 12-minute documentary provides a rare, fascinating...

OCEANS APART > ARTIST OF THE DAY 7 – SLEEP D
Melbourne house fixtures Sleep D come from beyond the Frankston train line, an area in the city’s southern fringes that is certainly not synonymous with challenging electronic music. The duo’s Corey Kikos and Maryos Syawish tailor performances heavily to each show but have laid down more permanent cerebrations across 3 EPs. Helming deep party series...

LISTEN > OCEANS APART – STREAMING NOW ON PITCHFORK ADVANCE
Just letting y’all know that the full stream of the DJ-Mix compilation Cut Copy presents: Oceans Apart – A glimpse of Melbourne dance culture is up now via Pitchfork Advance. So wait no longer! you can check out the stream here. If you want to skip this all together, you can also pre order the...

OCEANS APART > ARTIST OF THE DAY 4 – FANTASTIC MAN
Absorbing a wide periphery of techno, house, disco and out there sound, Fantastic Man aka Mic Newman’s considered tracks are dense with ideas and authenticity. With a hulking discography, he is one of the most proactive makers on the scene. Internationally championed with a string of sold out EPs on New York’s Let’s Play House...

OCEANS APART > ARTIST OF THE DAY 3 – ANDRAS & OSCAR
Number 3 in our Artist of the day series are the infinitely talented Andras Fox and Oscar Key Sung. Andras lays down his light-footed outdoor groove and flotation tank funk while Oscar ad-libs his sensual vocal takes to worn tape. Their smooth collaborative EPs; Embassy Café and the newly-released Café Romantica reference two late night...

OCEANS APART > ARTIST OF THE DAY 2 – BELL TOWERS
Bell Towers’ distinctive productions toy with techno, early house paranoia, italo disco and j-pop. First committing menacing tracks to Hole In The Sky, he’s since dropped 4 releases on Munich’s excellent Public Possession and another for Prins Thomas’ Internasjonal, backed with remixes from The Idjut Boys, Samo DJ and Ruf Dug. Having recently relocated to...

OCEANS APART > ARTIST OF THE DAY 1 – WORLDS END PRESS
For those of you less familiar with some of the names on the forthcoming Oceans Apart compilation, we’ve decided to start an Artist Of The Day series in the leadup to the release to give a short taste of what each artist is about. Hopefully many of you will make some surprising discoveries along the...

OCEANS APART x MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK
Earlier this week we announced Oceans Apart, a compilation record featuring the best of Melbourne’s current live artists who are defining dance music and club culture in our home city. And now you have an opportunity to see a showcase selection of the artists from the compilation performing live at our Oceans Apart event at...

OCEANS APART – A GLIMPSE OF MELBOURNE DANCE CULTURE
It’s been a busy year of performing, travel and insomnia, but as globetrotting Melbourne ambassadors we’ve also been busy putting together Oceans Apart, a 19-track snapshot of our hometown’s thriving underground dance music scene and club culture. The exciting project is the product of our observations between long bouts of international touring, where it became...