Elefant Traks
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Elefant Traks is an Australian hip hop
record label
based in Sydney
, Australia
. Elefant Traks are distributed nationally through Inertia Distribution
.
to create a mix-tape as a going-away present for a friend of the artists. They then released an official compilation album, Cursive Writing, followed by another, Food to Eat Music By.
The Herd, an Australian hip hop group, is composed of the original founders of the label. The label has signed six artists/groups and released over 25 albums.
A number of Elefant artists have been nominated for awards, including The Herd
's album The Sun Never Sets at the 2006 AIR Chart
Awards, Urthboy's album The Signal which was nominated for the 2007 AIR Charts Awards and was also nominated for the 2007 J Award
, and Unkle Ho's album, Circus Maximus, at the 2007 Limelight Awards ('Best World Music Achievement').
The label was nominated for 'Best Independent Label' at the 2006 Australian Dance Music Awards.
Elefant Traks released their first DVD in August 2009. The DVD is a showcase of live performances from the Elefant Traks 10th Anniversary Party in late 2008.
Australian hip hop
Australian hip hop music began in the early 1980s; originally it was primarily influenced by hip hop music and culture imported via radio and television from the United States of America. However, since the 1990s, a distinctive local style has developed. Australian hip hop is an underground music...
record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
based in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Elefant Traks are distributed nationally through Inertia Distribution
Inertia Distribution
Inertia is an independent record company based in Sydney, Australia. It was established in March 2000 by Ashley Sellers. Inertia releases exclusively the music from many of the world’s most prominent independent labels...
.
History
Elefant Traks was started in 19981998 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998.-Events:*January 28 – "Weird Al" Yankovic gets LASIK surgery to cure his myopia...
to create a mix-tape as a going-away present for a friend of the artists. They then released an official compilation album, Cursive Writing, followed by another, Food to Eat Music By.
The Herd, an Australian hip hop group, is composed of the original founders of the label. The label has signed six artists/groups and released over 25 albums.
A number of Elefant artists have been nominated for awards, including The Herd
The Herd
The Herd may be:* The Herd , the 1960s UK band that launched Peter Frampton's career* The Herd , a hip-hop outfit from the suburbs of Sydney, Australia* The Herd , a 1978 Turkish film...
's album The Sun Never Sets at the 2006 AIR Chart
AIR Charts
The AIR Charts are the official sales charts for Australian independent music released by Australian owned, independent record labels. Presented by AIR, the Australian Independent Record Labels Association, the charts are calculated according to official sales figures provided by the ARIA Charts,...
Awards, Urthboy's album The Signal which was nominated for the 2007 AIR Charts Awards and was also nominated for the 2007 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...
, and Unkle Ho's album, Circus Maximus, at the 2007 Limelight Awards ('Best World Music Achievement').
The label was nominated for 'Best Independent Label' at the 2006 Australian Dance Music Awards.
Elefant Traks released their first DVD in August 2009. The DVD is a showcase of live performances from the Elefant Traks 10th Anniversary Party in late 2008.
Philosophy
The 'Elefant Crew' believes in creating "challenging yet adventurous" music which blends hip-hop and reggae in an attempt to appeal to and alter a rock dominated musical landscape in Australia.Artists
- Astronomy ClassAstronomy ClassAstronomy Class are an Australian hip-hop / reggae group from Sydney. The group comprises Ozi Batla , Sir Robbo and Chasm ....
- Combat Wombat (Victoria)Victoria (Australia)Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
- The Herd (New South Wales)
- HermitudeHermitudeHermitude are an Australian hip hop group, originating from the Blue Mountains, New South Wales.- Biography :The two multi-instrumentalists Luke Dubber and Angus Stuart have been in bands together since 1994, at the ages of 16 and 11 respectively...
(New South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
) - Joelistics (of TZUTZUFor the ancient chinese military strategist and author, see Sun Tzu.TZU are an Australian hip hop group, originating from Melbourne, Victoria. They are known for live shows with significant crowd involvement, at festivals such as Big Day Out, Falls Festival, MS Fest and the Meredith Music Festival,...
) - HorrorshowHorrorshow (band)Horrorshow are a two-piece hip-hop group from Sydney, Australia, comprising Nick Bryant-Smith as emcee and Adit Gauchan providing the beats as DJ. Both members grew up in the inner-west suburbs of Sydney, attending Fort Street High School...
(New South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
) - The Last KinectionThe Last KinectionThe Last Kinection are an Indigenous hip-hop group from Newcastle, New South Wales.They were formed in 2006 Joel Wenitong and DJ Jay Tee from Local Knowledge and Naomi Wenitong from Shakaya. They first came to attention with their reworking of the Peter Allen tune "I Still Call Australia Home"...
- Mista SavonaMista SavonaMista Savona is a Reggae, Dancehall and Hip-hop producer and keyboardist based in Melbourne, Australia. He is best known for his third self-produced album Melbourne Meets Kingston released on Elefant Traks in 2007...
- Pasobionic (of TZUTZUFor the ancient chinese military strategist and author, see Sun Tzu.TZU are an Australian hip hop group, originating from Melbourne, Victoria. They are known for live shows with significant crowd involvement, at festivals such as Big Day Out, Falls Festival, MS Fest and the Meredith Music Festival,...
) - Sietta
- The TongueThe TongueThe Tongue is a Sydney music artist signed to Australian independent label Elefant Traks. He has recorded with Dudley Perkins, Ozi Batla, DJ Diaz, Urthboy, Bertie Blackman, The Bag Raiders, Gift Of Gab , Katalyst, Braintax, Georgia Anne Muldrow, and Muph & Plutonic.He has released an EP , two LPs...
- Unkle Ho (of The Herd)
- Urthboy (of The Herd)
Compilation releases
- Cursive Writing (1998)
- Food to Eat Music By (1999)
- Elefant Collection Vol. 1 (2004)
- Trampled - The Elefant Traks Remix AlbumTrampled - The Elefant Traks Remix AlbumTrampled - The Elefant Traks Remix Album is the first compilation remix album by Australian hip hop label, Elefant Traks and was released in August 2006....
(2006)
External links
- Official website
- Elefant Traks at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...