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Opinions | Jan. 2023

Why I can’t bear to part with my CDs

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Music | Aug. 2021

Strictly Fresh ‘n’ Funky Business: tribute to the Empire Hotel Moon Bar

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Fiction | Feb. 2021

Sights and sounds from ‘The Drop’ launch parties

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When social sport becomes a serious business (The Roar)

Opinions April 24, 2012 Tags: Basketball, The Roar No Comments

The story of the time I got belted with a swinging arm to the jaw playing Tuesday night social basketball in Redfern.

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Memory Man

The Obligatory Blog January 30, 2012 Tags: Life, Music No Comments

If a progressive house producer dies in relative anonymity in Thailand and nobody hears, does it make a sound?

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The Key Master

The Obligatory Blog January 9, 2012 Tags: Life, Redfern 2 Comments

A sweeping saga of loss and the redemptive powers of the Universe set against the epic backdrop of the spiritual home of the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

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RBMA Madrid 2013

Everything’s Connected: Red Bull Music Academy in Madrid (THREE)

Features December 1, 2011 Tags: Madrid, Red Bull Music Academy, THREE Magazine No Comments

If I never again experience a junket as mind-blowing as the Red Bull Music Academy in Madrid, I won’t be too disappointed.

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Asylum Seekers in Lausanne Cover

Take the long way home: Asylum seekers in Lausanne (THREE)

Features November 1, 2011 Tags: Asylum Seekers, Politics, THREE Magazine No Comments

Humbling, eye-opening, infuriating – these are the words that come to mind when recalling visiting the Swiss asylum-seeker centre my father volunteered at in 2011.

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Linklater Slacker

Richard Linklater: 20 years of ‘Slacker’ (THREE)

Features August 1, 2011 Tags: Richard Linklater, Slacker, THREE Magazine No Comments

When we put together the issue plan for the launch of THREE, an Australian-first iPad-only culture magazine, we aimed high.

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ZoukOut 2010

ZoukOut: Slinging in Singapore (3D World)

Travel December 15, 2010 Tags: Music, Singapore, Travel, ZoukOut No Comments

A wild fly-in, fly-out weekender in Singapore courtesy of legendary superclub Zouk’s beach festival.

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Kana Brisbane 2010

Kana: The future of Brisbane clubbing? (Time Off)

Features March 10, 2010 Tags: Kana, Music, Time Off No Comments

my contribution to the best issue of weekly street press Brisbane has ever seen – Time Off taking on the Queensland Government over its draconian lockout legislation.

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About Me

Kris Swales

I’m an Australian writer, editor and lapsed musician, currently based in Sydney after three-and-a-bit years in my adopted second home of Delhi.

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