Cassette Kids are a Sydney

Sydney

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 based band formed in 2007. They won the Unearthed Sydney 2008 Big Day Out competition and were nominated for a 2008 Unearthed J Award

J Award

The J Award is an award given by influential Australian youth radio station Triple J to Australian Album of the Year. It is judged by a panel of members of the music industry, led by Richard Kingsmill...

. Their song "You Take It" was a Triple J

Triple J

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's Ausmusic Month featured track and had a video made for it which has appeared on Channel V

Channel V Australia

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, MTV

MTV Australia

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 and rage

Rage (TV program)

Rage is a popular all-night Australian music video program broadcast on ABC1 on Friday nights, Saturday mornings and Saturday nights. It was first screened on the weekend of Friday, 17 April 1987. With Soul Train no longer being produced, it is the oldest music television program currently still...

. Another song, "Acrobat", was on high rotation on Triple J

Triple J

triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

. In October 2008 they released their debut mini album We Are. The band have toured nationally with The Presets

The Presets

The Presets are an Australian electronic duo formed in 2003, consisting of Julian Hamilton on vocals and keyboards, and Kim Moyes on drums and keyboards. They released their debut album Beams in 2005 to positive critical response. Their 2008 release Apocalypso debuted at number-one on the ARIA...

, as well as British pop singer Lily Allen

Lily Allen

Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper , better known as Lily Allen, is an English recording artist and fashion designer. She is the daughter of actor and musician Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. In her teenage years, her musical tastes evolved from glam rock to alternative...

, The Fratellis

The Fratellis

The Fratellis were an indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. The band consisted of lead vocalist and guitarist Jon Fratelli , bass guitarist Barry Fratelli , and drummer and backing vocalist Mince Fratelli .The band released 2 albums during their career, Costello Music in 2006 and Here We Stand in...

, Ben Lee

Ben Lee

Benjamin Michael "Ben" Lee is an ARIA Award winning musician and actor. Lee began his career as a musician at the age of 14 with the Sydney band Noise Addict, but focused on his solo career when the band broke up in 1995. He appeared as the protagonist in the Australian film The Rage in Placid Lake...

, Bluejuice

Bluejuice

Bluejuice is a rock band based in Sydney, Australia. The group consists of Jake Stone, Stavros Yiannoukas, Jamie Cibej, Jerry Craib and James Hauptmann.They have released three studio albums; Problems, Head of the Hawk and Company....

, The Music and New Young Pony Club

New Young Pony Club

New Young Pony Club are an English electronic band from London, consisting of members from London, Hereford, Cambridge and Bromley. Their influences are prominently from post-punk and New Wave....

. In October 2009, Cassette Kids released the single Lying Around which appears on their debut album “Nothing On TV”, released on April 16, 2010.

Background

Previously named Casa Del Disco, the band changed their name to Cassette Kids because every member of the band was born in the 80's and could all remember the first cassette they ever got, but couldn't remember their first CD.

Members

• Daniel Schober : Guitar
• Jacob Read-Harber : Drums
• Daniel Deitz : Bass
• Katrina Noorbergen : Vocals

Singles

• 'Acrobat' - (2008)
• 'You Take It' - (2008)
• 'Anywhere But Home' - (2008)
• 'Lying Around' - (2009)
• 'Spin' (2010)

External links

• three d world Cassette Kids - Tape It To The Limit
• Scene Magazine The kids are huge
• Time Off Play and record