Ministry of Sound Australia Pty Ltd is the Australian subsidiary label of Ministry of Sound

Ministry of Sound

Ministry of Sound London, commonly referred to as simply Ministry of Sound or MoS, is a nightclub based in London, United Kingdom and an associated record label. It was ranked fourth in the 2010 DJ Magazine top 100 clubs poll 2010. As well as the nightclub in London, there is another in Egypt and...

 Recordings Ltd. It is Australia's largest independent Dance label as well as one of Australia's largest independent labels overall. Despite being a wholly owned subsidiary of Ministry of Sound Recordings, it has full independence over its operations in Australia.

Ministry of Sound Australia runs its own sub-labels which have signed a lot of the most popular House producers from Australia and overseas. Ministry of Sound Australia's Albums, particularly The Annual

The Annual

The Annual is a series of compilation albums currently published annually by London-based electronic dance music brand Ministry of Sound. Described as Ministry of Sound's "flagship" series, the popular albums feature house, big beat and trance tracks popular in nightclubs, especially those in the...

 & Clubbers Guide tend to be of far higher quality than its UK counterparts as MoSA give the DJs near to complete control over what tracks are included in their compilations and are subject to very favourable reviews and is one of the main reasons why Ministry of Sound Australia is extremely popular in Australia today. Every MoSA compilation released since the mid 2000s have held No.1 chart positions on the ARIA

Aria

An aria in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. The term is now used almost exclusively to describe a self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment...

 compilation, club and dance charts and continue to be in the top 10 for weeks and months after their initial release.

From 1999-2007 Ministry of Sound Australia CDs were distributed by EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

 Music Group Australia. From 2008 onwards Ministry of Sound Australia is distributed by Universal Music Australia.

Notable DJs who have mixed MoSA albums over the years include Tall Paul, Groove Terminator

Groove Terminator

Simon Lewicki, also known as Groove Terminator, is an Australian electronic music artist.Originally a hip-hop DJ, he eventually began spinning house music...

, Mark Dynamix

Mark Dynamix

Mark Dynamix is an internationally known, Sydney based Australian DJ who is seen as a significant figure within the Australian dance music scene. He began working as a professional DJ prior to 1993, and has published 26 mix CDs and four original music releases...

, Kid Kenobi

Kid Kenobi

Kid Kenobi is an Australian DJ who won People's Choice NSW DJ of the Year in 2001 at the Australian Dance Music Awards, and Technics Australian DJ of the Year in 2001-2005. He took out first place three years running in the annual DJ poll. He has been featured in FHM, Rolling Stone, Ralph and URB...

, John Course, Axwell

Axwell

Axwell is a DJ, remixer, record producer and record label owner from Sweden. He is part of a three person group dubbed the Swedish House Mafia along with Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello...

, Goodwill, Sean Quinn, DJ Brendon, The Aston Shuffle

The Aston Shuffle

The Aston Shuffle are a house music duo from Canberra, Australia. They are made up of Disc jockey and electronic music producers Mikah Freeman and Vance Musgrove...

, MYNC, Steve Aoki

Steve Aoki

Steve Aoki is an American electro house musician, record producer and the founder of Dim Mak Records.-Early life:...

, Stafford Brothers

Stafford Brothers

Stafford Brothers are the house music DJ and Production duo of Matt Stafford and Chris Stafford based on the Gold Coast, Australia. They are the first Australian DJ’s to get their own reality TV show on a major network. Both brothers perform at all DJ shows and are sometimes accompanied by...

, Tommy Trash and The Bloody Beetroots

The Bloody Beetroots

The Bloody Beetroots is an Italian electronica and dance music project. The Bloody Beetroots were formed in late 2006 by producer Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo . In 2008, their EP Cornelius was in the Top 100 International iTunes downloads. This album was a complete art project composed of music, videos,...

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History

Ministry of Sound UK had been doing tours previous to Ministry of Sound Australia's establishment in late 1999, conducting national tours in 1997 and 1998. Both events had an album released in Australia titled Ministry of Sound: Australian Tour '97 and Ministry of Sound: Australian Tour '98 which collected the best house anthems from 1996 to 1998 and were released by Festival Mushroom Records which is now owned by Warner Chappell Music Australia. The popularity of these tours and the CD's prompted Ministry of Sound UK to establish itself in Australia in 1999 and released its first compilation, Clubber's Guide to... Australia.

Ministry of Sound Australia was founded in 1999 by Sydney DJ Tim McGee and executives from Ministry of Sound UK, while McGee was an employee of Central Station Records. Ministry of Sound Australia was then known as Ministry of Sound (UK) Pty Ltd and ran the basic operations of the Australian subsidiary as well as Tim McGee's Hussle Recordings which he incorporated into Ministry of Sound (UK) at its founding and began a distribution agreement with EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

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In 2000, Ministry of Sound Australia produced its first compilation Album: Club Nation 2000, which was mixed by Mark Dynamix

Mark Dynamix

Mark Dynamix is an internationally known, Sydney based Australian DJ who is seen as a significant figure within the Australian dance music scene. He began working as a professional DJ prior to 1993, and has published 26 mix CDs and four original music releases...

 & Groove Terminator

Groove Terminator

Simon Lewicki, also known as Groove Terminator, is an Australian electronic music artist.Originally a hip-hop DJ, he eventually began spinning house music...

. Clubber's Guide to... Australia and The Summer Annual - Summer 2000 were produced by Ministry UK. In late 2000, Tim McGee left Central Station to head up Ministry of Sound Australia full time.

In 2011, Ministry of Sound Australia celebrated 10 years of The Annual in Australia and released The Annual: 10 Years which was mixed by John Course & Mark Dynamix

Mark Dynamix

Mark Dynamix is an internationally known, Sydney based Australian DJ who is seen as a significant figure within the Australian dance music scene. He began working as a professional DJ prior to 1993, and has published 26 mix CDs and four original music releases...

and continues to chart in the ARIA Compilation charts.

Clothing

Ministry of Sound Australia released its own clothing line which was very successful, however currently there are no plans to continue this in the near future.

Labels

Ministry of Sound Australia own the following labels and also release music as Ministry of Sound Australia.

• Hussle Recordings
• etcetc
• Deluxe
• Hed Kandi Australia
• Downright Music
• Astrx (Formerly Asterix)