Just when you thought BIGSOUND 2016 couldn’t get much bigger, organisers have gone and added Sonic Youth co-founder and alternative music legend Kim Gordon and Stones Throw luminaries Peanut Butter Wolf and J Rocc to their speakers lineup.
As one of the leading forces behind proto-grunge pioneers Sonic Youth, Kim Gordon is considered one of the most influential musicians in alternative music. Having spent three decades immersed in the worlds of music, art, and literature, her keynote is not one to miss.
Meanwhile, Peanut Butter Wolf is the founder of one of the most critically hailed, influential, and consistently boundary-pushing record labels in any genre. The California-based Stones Throw has influenced everybody from Questlove to Kanye West.
Peanut Butter Wolf will be joined by longtime label-mate J Rocc to celebrate 20 years of Stones Throw by delivering a keynote in which the two reflect on the past two decades of the label and all that it’s achieved in that time.
“It is an absolute honour to welcome these iconic cultural figures to BIGSOUND this year. Kim Gordon has been on our dream list of speakers for years and we’re so excited to hear from such an influential, challenging and still-relevant figure in music and art,” said co-programmer Nick O’Byrne.
“Also on that dream-list has been one of the most important labels in the history of hip hop, Stones Throw. We can’t wait to hear founder Peanut Butter Wolf and long standing label mate J Rocc reflect on the music and people who have made it so seminal.”
Joining them will be all of the previously announced speakers and industry figures, including keynotes from Jaddan Comerford (UNIFIED) and A.B. Original (Briggs & Trials). Check below for all dates and details.
BIGSOUND 2016 INDUSTRY SPEAKERS / BUYERS
Kim Gordon (USA) – Keynote
J Rocc & Peanut Butter Wolf – Stones Throw Records (USA) – Keynote
Jaddan Comerford – UNIFIED (AUS) – Keynote
A.B. Original (Briggs & Trials) (AUS) – Keynote
Lars Murray – Pandora (USA) – Mini Keynote
Brodie Lancaster (AUS) – Mini Keynote
Bruce Tweedie – Music Mill (AUS)
Matt Ash – Raw Power Management (USA)
Alex Becket – Creative Artists Agency (USA)
Alex Black – Big Deal Music (USA)
Alex Bruford – ATC Live (UK)
Andrea Szew – Szew Law Group (USA)
Paul Barclay – ABC (AUS)
Guy Blackman – Chapter Music (AUS)
Jane Blondel – Songs For Children (Hong Kong)
Michelle Brown – 4ZZZ (AUS)
Marcy Bulkeley – Wild Card AV (USA)
Laura Byrne – Made In Katana / The Scouted (AUS)
Christine Cao – The Windish Agency (USA)
Chris Carey – Media Insight Consulting (UK)
Jen Cloher – Milk! Records (AUS)
Claire Collins – Bossy (AUS)
Jon Coombs – Secretly Publishing (USA)
Katie Cunningham – Junkee Media (AUS)
Cam Durnsford – PBS 106.7FM (AUS)
Dana Erickson – Grandstand Media & Management (USA)
Emmy Feldman – Canvasback (USA)
Sebastian Freed – The Bowery Presents (USA)
Melody Forghani – twnty three (AUS)
Stephen Goodhew – FBi (AUS)
Alastair Green – Maker Agency (AUS)
Cath Haridy – Catherine Haridy Management // Support Act (AUS)
Lawson Higgins – The Royalty Network, Inc (USA)
Tim Hollo – Green Music Australia (AUS)
Zac Ives – Goner Records (USA)
Chris Johnson – Amrap (AUS)
Lachlan Kanoniuk – FasterLouder (AUS)
Mitch Knox – TheMusic.com.au (AUS)
Siobhan Kranz – Mushroom Promotions (AUS)
Jessica Krishnaswamy – BBE (AUS)
Jared Kristensen – Ticket Squad (AUS)
Kučka (AUS)
Tom Larkin – SIGNAL Agency Group / The Studios In The City / Homesurgery MGMT (AUS)
Nikita Lavrinenko – Paper and Iron Booking (Germany)
Regan Lethbridge – Lemon Tree (AUS)
Jeremy Maciak – Vagrant Records / BMG (USA)
Stu MacLeod – RTR FM (AUS)
Lindsay McDougall (AUS)
Ivano Maggiulli – Brace Yourself PR (UK)
Tyler McLoughlan – The Sound Pound (AUS)
Dean Ormston – APRA AMCOS (AUS)
Jim Pitt – Conan (USA)
Tim Price – Collision Course (AUS)
Jodie Regan – Spinning Top Music Manager (AUS / USA)
Josh Roth – Superfly (USA)
Katie Rynne – Select Music (AUS)
Jon Salter – ATO Records (USA)
Jonno Seidler (AUS)
Roger Shepherd – Flying Nun (NZ)
Tim Shiel (AUS)
Jackie Shuman – Good Ear Music Supervision (USA)
Jessica Strassman – Columbia Records & StarTime International (USA)
Chris Swanson – Secretly Group (USA)
Marcus Teague (AUS)
Edwin Tehrani – New World Artists (AUS)
Taylor Testa – Universal Music Publishing Group (USA)
Roman Trystram – Creative Artists Agency (UK)
Mark Vaughan – Atomic Soul (Norway)
Marco Walzel – Avocado Booking (GER)
Julia Wilson – Nice Rights / Midnight Choir / Rice Is Nice (AUS)
Tom Wironen – Post Hoc Management (USA)
Nick Yates – UNIFIED (AUS)
Wednesday, 7th September – Friday, 9th September 2016
Fortitude Valley, Brisbane QLD
Tickets: BIGSOUND
