NOMINATION: Luminary - Organisation
The Luminary Awards seek to honour organisations who, through sustained contribution (demonstrated over a period 3-5 years prior), have impacted our community on a national scale through visionary leadership, fearless trailblazing, high-level artistic practice, and championing of Australian repertoire.
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Nominee
Lachlan R. Dale (Art as Catharsis & Worlds Within Worlds Records)
Nominated Project/Activity
Founder of labels Art as Catharsis and Worlds Within Worlds
State/Territory
New South Wales
Nominator Statement
I wish to nominate Lachlan for his unwavering support and commitment to the Australian and International music landscape through his labels Art as Catharsis and Worlds Within Worlds. While Lachlan would be sheepish to acknowledge his contributions, his resume of work speaks volumes about his approach to nurturing creative work home and abroad. It would best to simply list his work with the labels and more to showcase his efforts.
Lachlan Dale is a Sydney-born events and label manager currently living in Melbourne. He runs two record labels, Worlds Within Worlds and Art As Catharsis, who release music and promote events featuring Australian and international artists from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds and musical styles.
Lachlan has increasingly engaged in community, charitable and musical projects with Afghan, Iranian, Pakistani and Indian musicians.
Lachlans professional background is in the charity space, where he has delivered digital strategy and marketing projects for organisations such as Amnesty International, Australian Red Cross, Médecins Sans Frontières Australia, Vinnies, Cancer Council NSW, The Hunger Project, Foodbank NSW and many more. He currently freelances for the NGO and music industry.
Art as Catharsis 2011-
Lachlan founded Art As Catharsis, a record label dedicated to promoting progressive, experimental and cinematic music from Australian musicians in 2011. He leads artist relations, digital marketing, press and publicity for the label. Additionally, he manages live performances and events in Sydney and across Austral. To date, Art As Catharsis has more than 175 releases, and has hosted more than 150 events across Australia.
AAC back catalog was included in the The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, and the National Digital Heritage Archive from the National Library of New Zealand.
Worlds Within Worlds 2018-
Founded by Lachlan Dale, Worlds Within Worlds is an independent record label that specialises in classical and contemporary non-Western music from across the globe - with a particular love for instrumental music from India, Afghanistan and Iran.
In Australia, performance opportunities for Eastern classical musicians are few and far between. We are therefore dedicated to providing performance opportunities to diasporic and migrant musicians, and championing Eastern classical music more generally.
For Australia to embrace the many cultural and musical traditions would be to show the respect these individuals deserve, and would represent a victory of inclusion and multiculturalism. This is just a small snapshot of his work, I encourage you to visit both of the labels websites to explore the depth and breadth of work he has presented and its upmost importance in the Australian cultural landscape.
Nominee
Lachlan R. Dale (Art as Catharsis & Worlds Within Worlds Records)
Nominated Project/Activity
Founder of labels Art as Catharsis and Worlds Within Worlds
State/Territory
New South Wales
Lachlan Dale is a Sydney-born events and label manager currently living in Melbourne. He runs two record labels, Worlds Within Worlds and Art As Catharsis, who release music and promote events featuring Australian and international artists from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds and musical styles.
Lachlan has increasingly engaged in community, charitable and musical projects with Afghan, Iranian, Pakistani and Indian musicians.
Lachlans professional background is in the charity space, where he has delivered digital strategy and marketing projects for organisations such as Amnesty International, Australian Red Cross, Médecins Sans Frontières Australia, Vinnies, Cancer Council NSW, The Hunger Project, Foodbank NSW and many more. He currently freelances for the NGO and music industry.
Art as Catharsis 2011-
Lachlan founded Art As Catharsis, a record label dedicated to promoting progressive, experimental and cinematic music from Australian musicians in 2011. He leads artist relations, digital marketing, press and publicity for the label. Additionally, he manages live performances and events in Sydney and across Austral. To date, Art As Catharsis has more than 175 releases, and has hosted more than 150 events across Australia.
AAC back catalog was included in the The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, and the National Digital Heritage Archive from the National Library of New Zealand.
Worlds Within Worlds 2018-
Founded by Lachlan Dale, Worlds Within Worlds is an independent record label that specialises in classical and contemporary non-Western music from across the globe - with a particular love for instrumental music from India, Afghanistan and Iran.
In Australia, performance opportunities for Eastern classical musicians are few and far between. We are therefore dedicated to providing performance opportunities to diasporic and migrant musicians, and championing Eastern classical music more generally.
For Australia to embrace the many cultural and musical traditions would be to show the respect these individuals deserve, and would represent a victory of inclusion and multiculturalism. This is just a small snapshot of his work, I encourage you to visit both of the labels websites to explore the depth and breadth of work he has presented and its upmost importance in the Australian cultural landscape.