Nectar

17/06/2023

Joining us tonight on closing duties is local artist and event curator

DJ Paramat musical knowledge runs deep, specialising in a curious range of ambient, dub and downtempo to obscure club and bass. With DJ Paramat you never know exactly what you’re going to get but one thing is for sure, it’s going to be good and it’s going to keep you on your toes, with each set offering a new flavour and a glimpse into just how far reaching his musical knowledge is. As co-founder of events & netlabel Paramat is known for promoting local music makers and hosting some of the most forward-thinking dance events across our city.

Final tix through link in bio 🧚‍♂️

📸 .kneeling

16/06/2023

E Fishpool is a Budawang artist based across Budawang and Walbanja Country. Their work maps processes of unlearning and (re)learning identity through sampling sound, dialect and field recordings.

The compositions of E Fishpool are big, personal, intimate and at the same time warming and welcoming. Their open-ended reflections on time, impermanence and country are rooted in First-Nations experience, their own and that of others. E fishpool swells the heart, ignites the mind and touches the soul.

E Fishpool will be collaborating with ever amazing Kalyani for a very special live set under the newly formed Built Different guise.

Those who were lucky enough to catch their collaborative set at this year’s Inner Varnika know you’re in for a real treat.

Prepare your mind and body 🖤 final tix in b 🔗

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15/06/2023

one last surprise !!! light of our lives hopping on the lineup too cause why not!! 🧚‍♀️ they’ll be warming the floor from 10pm on saturday so get down nice and early.

final release tickets on sale now (link in bio) but email us at [email protected] if you wanna work out something to get u through that door!

still making us cry with this artwork

12/06/2023

Another artist we’re so excited to have in support of Loraine James is the wildly talented and unique Aarti Jadu.

Aarti works closely with the voice and composes cinematic, atmospheric pieces played live through electronic instrumentation.

Pairing classical elements, currently referencing chamber music, baroque and various folk traditions, with timbre of techno flavoured synthesizers, 808 and pop autotune, the work is idiosyncratic and purely based on context, place and state of being.

This is one not to be missed 🖤

Join us this Saturday eve for a lil sonic squeeze ~ we are on final release so run to the link to secure ur spot !!

06/06/2020

Hi everyone,

It’s been awhile since we’ve spoken. Like many other organisations, we have been taking a hiatus through this period, but we wanted to reconnect with you all and use this platform to share some resources that may be beneficial to you, as well as provide some updates.

NECTAR stands in solidarity with those protesting on our home soil and around the world against systemic racism and police brutality against Bla(c)k Lives.

Everything we do takes place on stolen Indigenous land - Gadigal land, Wangal land, Ngunnawal land, Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung land, among many others. The music, art and culture that we celebrate, benefit and profit from is deeply rooted in Black culture and built off the back of Black labour. We acknowledge that we have not yet done enough, and apologise that it has taken us until this moment to put a system in place to address this. We promise to do the hard work necessary to understand our role in upholding systems of white supremacy, so that we can be active in dismantling them.

Becoming active allies requires a lot of self driven learning and reflection. There are a vast amount of resources at our disposal to help us better understand our role in structural racism, and actions that we can take to contribute to dismantling it. We have added a selection of resources that we have found useful to our Linktree. It is not exhaustive, and will be updated. We welcome any additions or amends.

We have also added the links of some organisations and campaigns that we have redistributed funds to, and if you have the means we urge you to read up on these and do the same.

For those of us based in Sydney who are in a position to safely do so, we encourage you to attend the vigil for George Floyd taking place today at 3pm at Town Hall. Please note the vigil has been deemed illegal by the Supreme Court so there will be a heavy police presence. We have added some documents to our Linktree to help you understand your rights and info on how to keep your personal information safe.
Wear a mask, keep your distance and be smart. If you are not Bla(c)k or First Nations, be respectful, be peaceful, do not antagonise the police, yell only when asked to, put your body between police and Bla(c)k and First Nations people. The police are way less likely to harm you. Use your privilege to ensure Bla(c)k lives are safe.

We have ended our professional relationship with merchandise organisation Everpress due to allegations of a recurring and systematic racism within the workplace, and will be moving our future merchandise production to local organisations. We urge others to do the same. You can read more about this via the link in our Linktree below.

Additionally, we have created an outline of steps we are going to take as an organisation moving forward. This can be viewed on our website
www.nectarnectar.net/acknowledgement

Please note that we are not sharing this information from any place of authority, but feel that it would be irresponsible not to use the platform that we have created to circulate this information.

https://linktr.ee/nectarnectar

With love,
NECTAR

28/05/2020

Nat James caught up with Hue & Saturation about the importance of diversity in the music scene, what her hopes are for post-lockdown life and her Noods Radio show, ‘The Go Down’.
PLUS check out the mix to go with - the live recording of Nat’s mind-blowing set from Echo Flats 2019 💕

We relive Sydney selector, Nat James’ rip-roaring set from Echo Flats 2019. Having supported the likes of HTRK, Lena Willikens, DJ Marfox and Nazira, Nat is a resident of Sydney’s Nectar crew, has a monthly slot on Bristol’s Noods Radio and runs Headroom, which has hosted Zuli and Giant Swan s...

01/05/2020

🧚‍♂️ We are live with object blue in 2 hours, set your reminders!!

30/04/2020

We are so delighted to be hosting a livestream for object blue tomorrow night!

🖤 Community connection means the world to us and we have missed sharing spaces and dance floors with all of you ~ we hope you might find the time to log on with us for this one!

🖤 Thanks to Sofiyah Ruqayah for the beautiful artwork and Nina Gibbes for the lovely design ~ what a dream!

🖤 We will be streaming live on Facebook

27/04/2020

Follow the link to find Natalia's latest work for Runway Journal ☁️ an interactive mix exploring 'love'.

"For me, for you is a dual aural love letter that allows listeners to tip the scales of love outside the form, and love within."

15/04/2020

Merph's radio show Apparent Motion is an exploration of bass, jungle, dubstep and everything in between.

You can stream it live on Nomad Radio every second Tuesday, or listen back through SoundCloud where you can catch up on some high energy guest mixes from Rydeen, Anuraag, JANE, & Hei Zhi Ma 黑芝麻 👟💜

Merph || Apparent Motion Movement in music should flow hand-in-hand with culture. Let's stand to be ever-more inclusive, accessible, and safe. Bookings :: [email protected]

21/03/2020

The Bandcamp revenue forfeiture closes today at 6pm ~ for those still perusing the site we've put together a big list of all our favourite releases at the moment! Have a dig + let us know what you're buying in the comments, we wanna see!

A stack of our releases from our favourite artists ~ have a dig, hope you enjoy!