Melbourne icons Skydiver Records and NEUW Denim are teaming up for a free summer series featuring GiGi, Nice Girl and Courtney Bailey.
Summer’s here and Skydiver is doing what it does best: bringing excellent international selectors to Smith Street for free. The Collingwood record store and wine bar has teamed up with NEUW Denim for a three-part Summer Sessions series running from November through January.
NEUW Denim will be putting on complimentary drinks early at each session. The Melbourne and Stockholm-founded brand has long drawn inspiration from contemporary music and art, making this partnership a natural fit. Summer starts at Skydiver.
Skydiver x Neuw Summer Sessions
- 21 November: GiGi (USA)
- 12 December: Nice Girl (NZ)
- 16 January: Courtney Bailey (JPN)
- Skydiver, 358 Smith Street, Collingwood
- Free entry
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GiGi
Skydiver x Neuw Summer Sessions kicks off on 21 November with Texan producer GiGi. Described as a “Texan bliss spiller”, the artist crafts introspective ambient soundscapes and trip-hop-laced downtempo that draws comparisons to The Orb and Boards of Canada. With releases on Good Morning Tapes, INDEX:Records and Quiet Time, GiGi’s music creates cinematic, spiritual textures through patchwork sampling, conjuring everything from 90s shoegaze to dubbed-out balearic warmth.
Nice Girl
December brings Nice Girl to Smith Street. Real name Ruby Kerkhofs, the New Zealand-born, Melbourne-based producer has established herself as one of the most unpredictable selectors around, taking dancefloor tropes and making them weird without losing sight of what makes them danceable. Her releases on Munich label Public Possession, including debut album Ipsum and follow-up Upp, traverse everything from trippy psychedelic electronics to bouncy vocal house and soothing trip hop. She’s also featured in New Zealand’s first Boiler Room broadcast and has gained fans in the likes of Bell Towers and Jennifer Cardini.
Courtney Bailey
Closing out the series in January is Tokyo-born, Berlin-based Courtney Bailey. The DJ, producer and party organiser founded the underground rave NOCOMPLY in the warehouse district of Shinkiba and gained international attention with her 2023 debut EP Soleil on Hole and Holland.
Her upcoming debut album In Dream, out via Second Circle in October, unfolds as a lush soundscape of digital synth pads, Fairlight-esque stabs and vibrant acid bass lines inspired by Japanese artist Dream Dolphin and time spent in Australia’s natural landscapes. She’s played at venues including Womb in Tokyo and Fuji Rock Festival.
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This article was made in partnership with NEUW Denim.
