Sound Summit is an annual independent conference / festival focusing on exploratory and innovative independent music that takes place in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia as part of the annual This Is Not Art Festival. It was founded in 2000 by Sebastian Chan, Kenny Sabir and Marcus Westbury and evolved in part from the involvement of musicians in the Electrofringe festival that took place in Newcastle at that time.

Sound Summit exists to support the development of independent in Australia. It typically consists of a series of artist development workshops examining production techniques, mastering, and sound manipulation and a focus on business development covering licensing, royalties, label management, and promotion focusing specifically on the needs of independent labels and independent artists.

Sound Summit

Artists and labels that appeared at Sound Summit

Kevin Blechdom

Sage Francis

Caribou

Concord Dawn

Mad Professor

Anticon

Fat Cat Records

b(if)tek

Curse Ov Dialect

Little Nobody

The Herd

Ducktails

Hrvatski

Nasenbluten

Pumice

Lucky Dragons

TZU

See also

List of electronic music festivals

External links

Sound Summit website

Music festivals established in 2000

Electronic music festivals in Australia

Music festivals in New South Wales

Sound Summit