News: Golden Plains LineUp Completes. More Tickets Available.

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An Oslo Davis illustration of a gum tree, mushrooms and glowing festoon lighting.

Something special in the soil this season. In the water, in the manna gum, in the air, the ether, the atmosphere, the troposphere. And it has all landed right here, in a Wonderland designed and refined over 30‑odd years for the sole purpose of hosting Something Truly Remarkable.

PJ Harvey. Fontaines D.C.. 2manydjs. Wet Kiss. Durand Jones & The Indications. Magdalena Bay. Osees. Kneecap. Thelma Plum. Grace Cummings. Bahamadia. Sofia Kourtesis. Hermanos Gutiérrez. Robin S. Ela Minus. Bonny Light Horseman. Adriana. Mulga Bore Hard Rock. CCL. Teether & Kuya Neil. Skeleten. Zjoso. Jada Weazel. Elliot & Vincent. R.M.F.C. Reptant. Acopia. Storytelling with Uncle Barry. Sun Ra Arkestra.

Right size, same shape, ample time, abundant space.

Still independent, with no commercial sponsors, one stage fits all, and BYO everywhere.

And welcoming…

Heading: Sofia Kourtesis. A photo of Sofia Kourtesis, crouched on a cliff face by the sea in a long black gown. The scene is dark, but she is bathed in warm red light.

From Peru, via Berlin. One of the most magnetic producers in dance music today, and a name on many notes in Aunty’s suggestion box in recent years.

Golden’s lustre grows with Sofia Kourtesis.

Her debut album, Madres, is a shimmery collection of emotive house, protest chants, club rhythms, and sunlit synths that testifies to dance music’s spiritual nourishment. Dedicated not only to her mother but also to the neurosurgeon who performed life-saving cancer surgery on her. As a token of her gratitude, Kourtesis named the track Vajkoczyfor him, and took him to Berghain.

She’s remixed Polachek and has a new song coming with Caribou.

In DJ mode, Saturday night. Right after fellow South American savant, Ela Minus.

Gonna be a Perla.

Rock Music Fan Club. Rock Music Fantastic Convulsions. Rock Music Final Comment. Rock Music Freak Club. Rock Music Football Club.

Whatever it stands for, R.M.F.C. is the brainchild of Buz Clatworthy, from the coastal town of Ulladulla, NSW. Buz started the project in 2018 when he released his first cassette, Hive, Vol. 1, in September 2018, made by Buz playing all the instruments in his bedroom. He soon put a band together and, after some more EPs & singles, they unleashed a ripping LP in Club Hits. One of the finest discs of Rock Music in recent times – with a live show to match the buzz.

Raring to go. Sunday.

Acopia usher you into a hazy dreamworld. Sultry vocals, pensive synthesis, and smouldering basslines. Breathy whispers on the winds of trip-hop, shoegaze, dream pop, and downtempo.

Kate Durman, Lachlan McGeehan and Morgan Wright comprise the Naarm-based trio. Two albums in, they have honed their intimate charm and slow burn anthems, letting them glimmer and grow. Catching ears from local imprint Companion, to Palms Trax’s CWPT, and sporting remixes from JD Twitch and Daniel Avery.

Sink in, Sunday morning.

The Lizard of Oz.

Beaming down from Planet X’trapolis, it’s the Master of the Acidic and Champion of the Lacertilia, Reptant. The local producer, human name Lucas J. Hatzisavas, uses drum machines and synthesisers to make exquisite electro. His sound layers complex drum grooves, future-funk baselines, and sci-fi squelches, building worlds of Lizard lore and seeing releases on labels from Kalahari Oyster Cult to his own LKR Records.

Reptant Live, closing Saturday night.

GPXVII: March Of The Repazoids.

So, one more time:

We guarantee that we will continue to listen, fix things if they don’t work, not fix them if they do, and Keep On Making Golden gleam.

Each ticket helps regional organisations do great things in the district. We are grateful to the wonderful people of the region, who so graciously help host Golden Plains.

We want everyone to enjoy their stay in The Sup’.
Accessibility information can be found here.

I’m open to ideas, practical, fanciful and imaginal…

Ask me anything.