Meet The Artists of Dragon Dreaming

with Max Stettner, Dragon Dreaming co-Director

“4-day festival passes are in high demand. A ticket means not only your participation; it’s a contribution to the festival’s vibrant atmosphere. Keep creating art, and we look forward to being inspired by your work.” >> Available here.

“Regardless of your background or gender, being a working artist is harder than ever. Living is increasingly expensive, and options to play, perform or exhibit your art are evaporating.

In the unhealthy environment of heightened compliance and regulation, pandemic restrictions and economic instability, many festivals have ceased over the past two years, and with them go the many opportunities for all arts.

This has compounded the existing inequities in the representation of diversity. Standing strong and shifting this paradigm by intentionally booking gender-diverse established artists is Dragon Dreaming, who are “super excited to be bringing to Australia the world’s pioneer, earth-shaking, EDM/D&B/bass music producers/DJs.”

Let’s get to know them a bit better, shall we?

dela Moon

dela Moon is a resident and organizer of the Moontribe Collective, whose legendary full moon gatherings have long been at the core of Southern California’s underground electronic music scene.

Her fiery sets under the full moon birthed a new generation of dnb-lovers and cemented her place in SoCal’s dnb scene. She is renowned for her mutli-genre range which bridges the dnb, bass music, techno, and festival scenes.

Drawing these progressive influences into each environment she faces, her sets are infused with energy and raw emotion that surpasses the thresholds of any single genre.

JUMAN

The super talented soulful Australian producer/singer-songwriter & producer JUMAN, crafts compelling compositions that speak of love, and the nuances of being human. Her music is a textural amalgamation of lo fi, electronic, R&B and neo/future soul, leading with her powerful vocals.

After dropping a series of non chronological releases, her latest album Love is All was featured on Band Camps ‘Best of Soul releases June 2022’. JUMAN has been playing her way around the festival circuit of Australia, performing shows at Splendour In The Grass and Strawberry Fields, to name a couple, and recently played as support act for Peaches and Ladi6.

Paige Julia

Says Paige Julia, of her recent Anathema EP release: “It’s four slices of my jungle aesthetic aimed firmly for the dancefloor sound system, engineered to vibrate skin.”

The talented queen wields many-a genre, giving her the upper hand in musical creativity, honing her focus on the ever-evolving bass scene, with dancefloor devastating results. This musical aptitude has caught the eye (and ear) of tastemakers such as giants UKF, Deep, Dark, and Dangerous, and 1985 Music. Her music has reached the masses and her following has spread like wildfire.

Eager to continually kinder the flame she’s sparked, Julia’s returned to 1985 Music for her jungle-heavy artist debut, Anathema, her set at Dragon is set to blaze.

In more nurturing news, 2024 marks the inaugural Dragon Dreaming The Hatchling Artist Competition – which aims to platform future careers in the arts. With an epic 330 submissions and over 9000 community votes, the pool of prizes for winners include:

A set of Audio-Technica headphones
A paid set/exhibition at the 2024 Dragon Dreaming Festival
One photo package + three short reel videos of your set/art at the festival from a pro photographer
Mentorship with a professional in your field post event : Producer/DJ- Pspiralife, Performer – Karina Flow, Visual Art – Visionary Art by Messiah, Photography Mikey Hearson, Art Install – Amigo and Amigo
A 3m x 6m covered stall space for 3 winners to share/run space together (hand-made jewellers only)