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The Kids Next Door

A quirk filled, four-piece, alternative indie-rock band, The Kids Next Door blend a wide range of influences into a delicious sonic concoction. Originally from the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, now residing in Melbourne, their sound moves from crooning country ballads to fast-paced, fuzzed out rock riffs. Their harmonies will tug on those tender heart strings, whilst their air-tight dynamics will get your heart rate racing and your head banging.

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Oscar (Guitar) Vinny (Vocals
Guitar) Jack (Bass) Nicholas (Drums)

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Agung Mango

AGUNG MANGO is an artist born in Rome, Italy but grew up in the Western suburbs of Melbourne. He spent the majority of his life playing basketball from a young age, but later turned to music as his newfound passion. The 22 year old rapper draws upon influences from experimental Hip Hop, alternative RnB, Punk, Jazz & Spoken Word – as well as his background of Balinese and Italian cultures.

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Lord Apex

Shaeem Santino Wright (born 12 July 1996) known as Lord Apex, is a British MC who grew up in White City, London, United Kingdom. His music crosses multiple styles of rap, including UK hip-hop, alternative hip hop, and lo-fi hip hop.

Apex's stage name was inspired by hip-hop producer Madlib's alter ego, Quasimoto aka Lord Quas.

Apex frequently states that he doesn't like to be put into any one genre with his music. Journalists, and Apex himself, often reference lo-fi, 90s US hip hop acts like J Dilla and MF Doom as influences. He often also talks about his love for anime and vintage clothing, both of which have inspired the visuals for his music and his general aesthetic.

Since releasing his first track in 2014, Apex has seen over 7 million views on his YouTube channel, with 50,000 subscribers as of February 2021. Apex also appeared on the popular German music YouTube channel COLORS, where he performed his track Vintage Garms.

He has also featured in promotions, and released his own radio segment, for the US hip hop affiliated workwear brand Carhartt.

In 2020 he released a studio album with New York-based producer V-Don called Supply and Demand. Reviewers noted Apex's "swaggering and ominous" vocal delivery and "off-kilter flow" throughout the Supply and Demand project. The album featured several other prominent American rappers, such as Murs of Rhymesayers Entertainment and CJ Fly of the Pro Era collective. Another feature on the record was from New York's Westside Gunn, formerly of Shady Records, on the deluxe version track London Fog.

As well as his collaboration with Carhartt, he was also part of a promotional campaign for musical equipment maker Novation Digital Music Systems, featuring a live performance of his track Miyagi Blueprint using their Launchpad X.

In 2020 Lord Apex was nominated for a UK Music Video Award in the Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video Newcomer category, for his video with Kam-Bu entitled Different. In January 2021, he featured on Complex's 21 UK Rappers to Watch in 2021 list, in which they said he is "perfectly positioned to rise to the top."

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RVG

Melbourne’s RVG return with their highly anticipated second album, Feral.
Following their beloved 2017 debut ‘A Quality of Mercy’, RVG perform the tricky alchemy of combining rock’s urgency, punk’s anarchy, and pop’s empathy to create a record that feels vital: Feral is a catharsis, a call to arms, and a forthright indictment of contemporary complacency. ‘Feral’ was recorded at Head Gap Studios, Melbourne, with producer Victor Van Vugt (PJ Harvey, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Beth Orton). Internationally renowned, Van Vugt currently resides in Berlin, Germany and travelled to Melbourne to work with RVG. One of the producer’s key tenets is a sense of spontaneity, of capturing the essence of a song’s live performance, a concern that RVG prize above all else when recording

The band recorded the album’s instrumentals live to track, allowing their playing to be infused with the kind of electricity that has seen the band’s live show lauded across Australia and internationally.

‘Feral’ is RVG’s first full-length release in three years and marks the beginning of an exhilarating new era for the band. Both a cry for help and a call to action, this is an album that demands your attention.
RVG is Romy Vager, Reuben Bloxham and Marc Nolte. ‘Feral’ is out now on Fire Records and Our Golden Friend.

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Cool Out Sun

Melbourne band Cool Out Sun make Afro roots music, peppered with hip hop goodness and a sunny disposition. The supergroup is a cross-cultural enterprise that sees vocalist N’fa Jones (1200 Techniques), percussionist Nui Moon (Digital Afrika) and drummer/producer Sensible J (REMI, Sampa The Great) teaming up to create sultry beats and poetic commentary on a variety of social issues.

Jones is an established solo artist whose career dates back to the late-‘90s. Cool Out Sun is a refinement of his musical vision that invites contributions from various prominent musicians, such as vocalist/percussionist Lamine Sonko of the African Intelligence.

Late last year, Cool Out Sun recorded a special session which has only recently been broadcast on MUUZOstream(link is external), Channel 31’s live music program. For our next Studio 5 presentation, we offer you the chance to hear this fabulous set in its entirety on Boogie Beat Suite.

Tune in from 11am on July 12 while MzRizk brightens up your Tuesday morning with the ever cool and poignant music of Cool Out Sun.

Studio 5 Live is proudly brought to you by our mates at Mountain Goat(link is external).

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The New Monos

With their roots in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Melbourne-based band The New Monos combine inspiration from their South American heritage and diverse musical experience with the flavor of contemporary Buenos Aires, mixing Reggae, Folklore, Cumbia, Rock, Rumba, Hip-hop and Latin beats, all expressed with the passion of the Tango.

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The Pirateska Rebellion

Comprising of talent from all over the globe, The Pirate Ska Rebellion fuses Ska, dub, Reggae, hip hop and Latin influences to create a forcefully spirited musical experience. This eclectic outfit is newly formed with members from Chile, Italy, Scotland, Brazil and Australia combining their individual styles, musical inspirations and poetic lyricism. The sound can be punchy and uplifting and at times vigorous and heartening. The Pirate Ska Rebellion is an exhilarating force that will have the dance floor thrumming.

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Tyson Yoshi

Ben Cheng Tsun Yin (Chinese: 程浚彥; born 17 July 1994), better known by his stage name Tyson Yoshi, is a Hong Kong independent singer, songwriter, and MV director. He made his debut in 2018 with his single To My Queen.

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Tyson Yoshi attended Sedbergh School in the United Kingdom and later studied interior architecture at the University of Brighton. In 2018, he started producing music in Taiwan and debuted with the single, To My Queen. In July 2019, he became famous with Christy, a song written to his girlfriend. Christy went on to accumulate more than one million views on YouTube, the first of his songs to do so.

The name "Tyson Yoshi" derives from his first name's initialism, "T.Y". "Tyson" was one of his middle-school nicknames, and "Yoshi" is from Yoshinoya, a food chain found widely across Hong Kong.

Tyson Yoshi started as an independent singer in 2018. His first album, 1st, was released in 2019. He is one of Hong Kong's best-known hip hop artists and rappers, with over two million streams on Spotify in more than 100 countries in 2019. In 2021, his popularity surged again after his performance in Music is Live with Terence Lam, Keung To and Jer Lau. As of 2022, Christy has garnered more than 20 million views on YouTube.

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M1llionz

Miguel Rahiece Cunningham (born 6 February 1998),[citation needed] known professionally as M1llionz, is a British rapper from Birmingham, West Midlands.

Born in Handsworth, M1llionz spent some of his childhood in Birmingham but returned to his home area, where he developed his sound with influence from his Jamaican roots. This included the dancehall music which his parents played when he was growing up. He landed a top 40 single, "B1llionz", in 2020, his first song to chart in the UK. His breakthrough single was "North-West", released at the end of 2019 and he also made an impact with his drill anthem "Y Pree" in 2020. His debut mixtape Provisional License was released on 17 September 2021, with features from Headie One, AJ Tracey, Lotto Ash, and Jevon.

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