Red Bull Music Academy Vivid 2015 Studio Parties

Five parties in ten days? Bring it.
Lucinda Starr
May 18, 2015

Overview

After you've wandered the laneways, marvelled at the MCA facade and Instagrammed every last installation, one of our favourite, favourite parts of Vivid Sydney is making our way to the annual Studio parties taking over the depths of Sydney Opera House. And this year, things have truly gone up a serious notch.

The Studio has been taken over by the expert party purveyors at Red Bull Music Academy for a five-day explosion of the best dance and electronic acts around. That's right, FIVE back-to-back underground parties this year — and one is free.

To kick things off, there's a free opening night party, featuring Onra, Dreems (live debut), The Goods, Sui et Sui and Physique. Sydney beats collective Mad Racket returns the following night, breaking a three-year absence with a nod to their formative roots from their days in the '90s at the Marrickville Bowling Club. Bringing back the crew's first ever international guest Matthew Herbert, expect classic dance tracks and appearances from Jimmi James, Zootie, Ken Cloud and Simon Caldwell.

Goodgod's Minceteria! promises much New York-style voguing as Goodgod Small Club and House of Mince team up with House of Ladosha and Melbourne's funky junk duo Zanzibar Chanel to morph The Studio into a dungeon-like ballroom.

Longtime Studio party throwers Astral People have invited Robert Owens, Amir Alexander, Ben Fester and Preacha to provide the deep house rhythms and dance party anthems. And last but not least, hip-hop/electro-fusion label Elefant Traks have invited Joyride, L-Fresh The LION, Jateehazard, DJ MK-1, Adit and Dggz to round out the RBMA roulette for this year.

RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY VIVID STUDIO PARTIES:

RBMA Free Opening Night Party feat. Onra / Dreems (Live Debut) / The Goods / Sui Et Sui / Physique
22 May, 9pm - Free (with registration)

Mad Racket feat. Herbert (Live) / Zootie / Jimmi James / Ken Cloud / Simon Caldwell
23 May, 9pm - $40

Goodgod Minceteria! feat. House of Ladosha / Zanzibar Chanel / Victoria Kim / Sle Feat. Bhenji R? / Ariane / Kato
29 May, 9pm - $40

Astral People feat. Robert Owens (Fingers, Inc.) / Amir Alexander / Ben Fester / Preacha
30 May, 9pm - $40

Elefant Traks feat. Joyride / L-Fresh The LION / Jayteehazard / DJ MK-1 / Adit / Dggz
31 May, 6pm - $30

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