Anjunadeep Melbourne arrives at PICA on 5 December, with the London label promising a full-venue takeover and no lineup yet.
Anjunadeep Melbourne is heading to PICA on 5 December, and the London label is bringing its own production with it.
The pitch is a complete takeover rather than a guest slot: PICA’s Port Melbourne shell gets rebuilt around Anjunadeep’s touring rig for the night, which is the same approach the label has used at London’s Printworks and New York’s Brooklyn Mirage. What it hasn’t done yet is tell anyone who’s playing. The lineup remains unannounced, which puts a fair amount of weight on the logo doing the heavy lifting for now.
Anjunadeep Melbourne is one half of a two-city visit, and the two events are pitched as opposites. Sydney gets Anjunadeep Open Air at Tumbalong Park on 28 November – an outdoor afternoon in the middle of Darling Harbour, with the city skyline sitting behind the stage. Melbourne gets the version with a roof, a concrete floor and no natural light.
Anjunadeep Australia
- 28 November – Tumbalong Park, Sydney (Anjunadeep Open Air)
- 5 December – PICA, Port Melbourne
Stay up to date with what’s happening in and around Melbourne here.
For anyone who’s only encountered the name via a playlist algorithm, Anjunadeep was founded in 2005 by Above & Beyond and their manager James Grant, initially as a home for material that didn’t fit the trance-leaning Anjunabeats. It has since passed 600 releases across melodic house, electronic, ambient and techno, and has built an audience that follows the label itself rather than any single artist on it.
The roster reads as a decent chunk of the last decade of melodic dance music. Lane 8, Yotto and Dusky all came through the label, and it has released albums from Tinlicker, Ben Böhmer, Eli & Fur, Moon Boots and Qrion. Remix credits stretch further out again, taking in CamelPhat, DJ Koze, Tale Of Us, Maya Jane Coles, Boris Brejcha, TSHA, Kenny Dope, NERO and Gerd Janson.
Anjunadeep’s events arm has grown alongside it, with shows staged in 15 countries across five continents and a destination festival of its own in Albania. Its reputation at those events leans less on headliner names and more on atmosphere, which might explain the confidence in announcing a date before a bill. Pre-sale registration opened on 14 July, and the full lineup is expected in the coming weeks.
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