Indie Dance Labels Sweat It Out and Central Station Records Expand Teams

Australian independent dance labels Sweat It Out and Central Station Records have announced seven new hires and three key promotions, expanding their team to 15.

The promotions:

• After five years with the labels, Evie Preston is promoted to Head of Marketing & Communications.

• She will oversee global output across both labels and their various imprints.

• Matt Nugent’s role is expanded to Chief Operating Officer & A&R, now leading the A&R department for Central Station Records.

• He boasts two decades of executive, marketing and A&R experience with roles at Sony Music, onelove and Central Station, and is one-half of DJ duo Avon Stringer.

• Ben Miller’s role grows to A&R & Club Promotions Manager, and he will take on the management of events across Sweat It Out.

The new hires:

• Elfira Vania Suginawan joins as Marketing Manager, having spent four-and-a-half years at music specialist agency The Annex Creative.

• Charlie Shell assumes the role of A&R at Central Station Records, while Claire Rayner is appointed Publishing A&R.

• Mell Hall joins as Media & Communications Coordinator.

• New Zealand-based Claudia Riley joins as Design & Creative Manager to lead the visual style and original art concepts for upcoming releases.

• Lee McDermott and Chloe Azzam join the Legal and Business Affairs team.

What they said:

• Jamie Raeburn, Managing Director at Sweat It Out and Central Station Records: “Australian dance culture is completely one-of-a-kind, and that’s why our scene has seen so much success both at home and overseas. Our team is built from the ground up with people who live and breathe this music. Bringing in people from the community, like Mell Hall and Charlie Shell, who is out there DJing every weekend, gives us the real-time intuition we need to drive the genre forward and achieve more for our artists.”