Vision Pres. WHAT SO NOT + Anna Lunoe
Giddy up Canberra! Worldwide electronic superstar What So Not is dropping by with powerhouse support from Anna Lunoe. With festival grade L-Acoustics sound and with full-scale, world‑class production, The Vault will be transformed into a subterranean temple of low-end, lasers and light. Expect precision sonic sorcery across House, Techno, Bass Music and Drum & Bass – tailored for dancefloor immersion and engineered to rattle the concrete.
What So Not
For Chris Emerson, aka What So Not, the past year has been one of rethinking and renewal. Even before the pandemic, the Australian producer decided to scale back touring in 2020 to recentre himself personally and creatively.
“I had to get out of the cycle of the touring artist life where you feel like you’re forever chasing your tail,” says Emerson from Perth. He wanted to step out of his own “machine,” reconnect with what’s emerging, and support younger artists as others once supported him.
Despite more than a billion global streams, an award-winning single (“Beautiful” feat. Winona Oak), and multiple Gold records, Emerson chose to reset. He spent a year at a beach house in Newcastle with a dozen creatives across visual art, design, and music, experimenting with new genres, techniques, and gear while soaking up books, films, performances, and interviews.
The first result is “The Change,” featuring Australian indie rockers DMA’s—an energizing track with roots in ’90s Britpop and electronica, updated with modern breakbeats and production. Co-written with DMA’s Johnny Took, the song fused Took’s band-world sensibilities and love of acts like Underworld and The Chemical Brothers with Emerson’s technical sound design. “Individually we didn’t have the right attributes to get it there,” says Emerson. “Together, it was the perfect combination.”
“The Change” ushers in What So Not’s second decade, following collaborations with Skrillex, RL Grime, Toto, Run the Jewels, and more, plus performances in over 70 countries and major festival slots. With this new phase, Emerson signals another evolution in his ever-shifting sound.
Anna Lunoe
Anna Lunoe knows the power that electronic music wields. It’s our heartbeat, a modern meditation, a portal to freedom. On the dancefloor we move through the difficult, strange and beautiful moments in our lives; find connection and feel reborn.
A prolific producer, DJ, tastemaker and full-time club music obsessive, Lunoe is devoted to nurturing that power in all of us. She is fascinated with the sounds and styles that move, committed to uplifting the people who make them, and dedicated to her going ever deeper into her own craft.