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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music Entertainment |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Australia |
| Parent | Ministry of Sound Recordings Ltd |
| Website | Official website |
Ministry of Sound Australia is the Australian subsidiary label of Ministry of Sound Recordings Ltd, currently operating out of the offices of Sony Music Entertainment Australia.
In its previous separate incarnation known as Ministry of Sound (UK) Pty Ltd and then Ministry of Sound Australia Pty Ltd, it was Australia's largest dance music label as well as one of Australia's largest independent labels overall, being spun off into a separate independent company with exclusive licence to the Ministry of Sound trademarks in Australia & New Zealand in 2004. In 2016, after the announcement that the Ministry of Sound Group had sold Ministry of Sound Recordings to Sony Music Entertainment UK, Ministry of Sound Australia Managing Director Tim McGee announced that as a result the Australian operations would be forced to rebrand as TMRW Music Group, with all Ministry of Sound recordings-related IP in Australia to be handled by Sony Music Entertainment Australia as of July 2017. TMRW Music Group retains the licence for all Ministry of Sound-branded music events and touring, including operating Ministry of Sound's Australian nightclub based in Sydney on behalf of Ministry of Sound Group.
MoSA also owns Central Station Records, rescuing it from financial collapse in 2009. Ministry of Sound Australia also runs its own sub-labels which have signed many popular artists from Australia and overseas over the years and have been instrumental in helping launch the successful careers of Australian House DJ/Producers e.g. Tommy Trash, Hook N Sling, Stafford Brothers, The Aston Shuffle & Tonite Only.
Every MoSA compilation released since 2001 have held No.1 chart positions on the ARIA compilation, club and dance charts.[1]
From 1999 to 2007 Ministry of Sound Australia CDs were distributed by EMI Music Group Australia. From 2008 onwards Ministry of Sound Australia is distributed by Universal Music Australia.
Notable DJs who have mixed MoSA compilations over the years include Tall Paul, Oski, Hydraulix, Groove Terminator, Mark Dynamix, Hook N Sling, Kid Kenobi, John Course, Axwell, Goodwill, Sean Quinn, DJ Brendon, The Aston Shuffle, MYNC, Steve Aoki, Stafford Brothers, Tommy Trash and The Bloody Beetroots.
On 19 June 2017 MoSA announced that it would rebrand itself as TMRW Music. All future Ministry of Sound compilations will be released through Sony Music, while TMRW will continue to distribute its Hussle, Downright and Astrx sublabels. The company's touring and events businesses, Ministry of Sound Club and other MoS-branded events and tours will not be rebranded.[2]
- ^ "Australian Record Industry Association". Aria.com.au. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ "Ministry of Sound Australia's Recordings rebranded as TMRW Music". Theindustryobserver.thebrag.com. 20 June 2017.