ACTS OF VOLITION
Volition Records, Independent Marketing and the promotion of Australian Techno-Pop
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/prbt.v2i3.28777Keywords:
Volition Records, music industryAbstract
Ross Harley's article provides a detailed study of the Australian independent record label Volition, and its role in nurturing the development of techno-dance music. In covering this topic, his study emphasises how the local can be enabled by - or even predicated on - the support of international agencies when its local industry is resistant to the development of new genres
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