Dear friends and supporters of Dawn Industry, it has been some 3 years since the last DEMUS CD compilation… can you believe it! Well we reckon its time to amaze, assault and astound listeners again, this time will our third release. With submissions due in a little over 2 months time, its time to get your sequencers ripping, your bands jamming and your tracks in before the due date – 1st June 2012. The main feature of this mix will be that only unreleased material will be published. We want the hammer to come down unexpectedly upon your ears, with a diverse slash of music previously unheard! We will be releasing the compilation as a digital download, and distributing...

For many years Cassandra’s Myth has been one of Melbournes most secretive hidden musical gems… a project overflowing with talent, originality and an incredible ability to stun listeners every year with a new release of impeccable quality. High Tide is in stark contrast to previous works of industrial pop oriented electronica, and comes from left field with beautiful accoustic pieces, laid back electronics and a massive spectrum of diversity. Blinding light and uplifting melody, ultra violet chiller electronics, all the way through to a darkness which is not in your face… but lurking, and only exposing itself one small area at a time. There is a lot that we could say about this incredible album… and our good friend...

Some new friends of Dawn Industry are preparing an amazing exhibition as part of the Melbourne State of Design Festival, and we think this is an opportunity not to be missed. SLAMin is presented by Post Industrial Design, a West Footscray gallery space and shopfront which supports a wide range of local artists (many of whom are our friends) focusing on hand made unique intriguing objects born of recycled materials, found objects and much more. The store is definitely worth a visit to appreciate the range of industrial styled and fused pieces on display. The SLAMin exhibition will be even more reason to head there! A range of artists (including Sarah Watt, Jos Van Hulsen, Karenne Rees, Baby Guerilla,...

This year has seen our good friends at Alternate Parallel Reality hosting a fantastic downloadable radio show. Featuring music from the Dawn Industry communities, as well as timeless mixes of international music both old and new, the show is sure to delight just about anyone, and also promise some new audio sensations for its listeners. APR has just released a special End of Financial Year edition, get in and download it from www.alternateparallelreality.com It contains dreamy new ExitCity and work from the rather brilliant Nigel Moore. There’s also classic Jam, some Holy Fuck and something from the Dave Greenfield/JJ Burnel Collaboration (you’d know them better as the keyboardist and bassist from The Stranglers).  

Greetings friends! It is with great joy that we announce the official launch of the Dawn Industry Skateboards site. We have been experimenting with deck building / printing and custom griptape options for months now, so we are glad to make it all a reality. Stay tuned for all kinds of action coming soon, including the arrival of Steam Punk and Crete Spine decks, as well as the release of more products. We want to thank all the Dawn Industry guys for their support of our work both at the blog, and the facebook group. The overwhelming positive vibe was wonderful.

  For many years, our regular underground music events “Enzyme” have been held at Blue Velvet in Melbourne Australia. It is with great sadness that this venue, which has supported us on so many levels, will no longer be available later in the year. For this reason, we are planning one last final celebration of underground local music at Blue Velvet, on the 27th May. Featuring: BasticH, Dead Unit, Single Lens Reflex, Clouds Above Chaos, Dj Infectious Unease, Richard Pilkington, Digital Assassin, Minortide We look forward to working with you to ensure that Enzyme can continue, in a new form, at a new location.