The Presets @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl

Performers

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  The Presets

  The Presets are Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes. After signing with Modular Recordings in late 2003, the band released two EPs and an album Beams (2005). In 2008 The Presets released the chart topping album Apocalypso, selling in excess of Triple Platinum sales in Australia and featuring four hit singles, including ‘My People’ – which became the longest charting single in Australian history. The Presets went on to win 5 ARIA awards (and 2 ARIA Artisan Awards) for the album in 2008, including Album of the Year, as well as the J Award and FBI SMAC Award for Album of The Year. They also shared the coveted Songwriter of The Year Award at the 2009 APRA Awards. Pacifica was released in 2012, featuring Rolling Stone Magazine’s Song Of The Year, ‘Ghosts’. The Presets returned in 2018 with HI VIZ, which debuted at #1 on the iTunes album chart within hours of its release and was nominated for two ARIA Awards as well as the prestigious Australian Music Prize. The record spawned triple j Hottest 100 favourites “Do What You Want” and “Martini”, with the latter nominated for Best Song at the FBi SMAC Awards in 2019. Recently, the band released their expansive RAKA EP – a collaborative record with Golden Features, led by the euphoric single ‘Paradise’. The song became triple j’s most played song shortly after its release, and also charted in the Hottest 100 of 2019.
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  Cut Copy

  Cut Copy, the GRAMMY®-nominated, ARIA Award-winning pioneers of Australian electronic music, return in 2025 with their first new single in five years: Solid. Produced by Dan Whitford and mixed by Christoffer Berg (The Knife, Fever Ray), it was completed at Gothenburg’s Svenska Grammofon Studion on a legendary Neve console used by Bowie, Eno, Queen, and the Stones. An anthem of resilience, Solid urges: keep going, chase the dream — we’ll be solid. Formed in Melbourne in 2001 by Dan Whitford, Cut Copy evolved into a full band with Tim Hoey, Mitchell Scott, and Ben Browning. Their debut Bright Like Neon Love (2004) helped define a new era of electro-pop. In Ghost Colours (2008) hit #1 in Australia and charted globally. Zonoscope (2011) earned two ARIA Awards and a GRAMMY® nomination. They’ve since released Free Your Mind (2013), Haiku From Zero (2017), and Freeze, Melt (2020), while soundtracking everything from FIFA to Netflix. With over 1,000 sold-out shows and appearances at Coachella, Primavera, and more, their live shows are iconic. From cult DJ mixes to ambient deep cuts, Cut Copy continue to expand the edges of electronic music. With Solid, a bold new chapter begins — still evolving, still essential, still solid.
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  Bag Raiders

  Bag Raiders are icons of the Australian dance scene. After dropping cult underground cuts (Fun Punch, Turbo Love, Big Fun), Jack Glass and Chris Stracey signed to Modular Records and released their game-changing, self-titled debut album in 2010. The LP featured hit singles Way Back Home, Sunlight, Snake Charmer, and the now-legendary Shooting Stars and debuted at No. 7 on the ARIA Album Chart, earning nominations from ARIA, triple j and APRA. Shooting Stars has since become a global phenomenon, racking up over 4 billion streams, 40+ Platinum and 7 Gold certifications, 18 million Shazam’s and peaked at No. 11 on Billboard’s Dance chart.

  Bag Raiders followed with acclaimed EPs (Waterfalls, Checkmate, Friend Inside) and teamed up with Mayer Hawthorne on Beat Me to the Punch. Their second LP Horizons arrived in 2019 featuring the hits How Long and Lightning and in 2022 they launched their own label Broken Head Records dropping club bangers including Love Me Back, Right Here and Saliba.

  In 2023, Troye Sivan sampled Shooting Stars on his Grammy-nominated single Got Me Started and received the Bag Raiders remix treatment. The duo then collaborated with Boston Bun (SAVE ME) and Panama (Flowers) via Future Classic and released house anthem Hold Me, via UK label The Cross Records.

  Bag Raiders kick off 2026 with another monster club cut Out of My Mind, an extensive global tour and a relentless release schedule of club weapons to keep you groovin’ all year long.

• Fukhed