My next guest on Vinyl Tap; Inside The Music Industry is one of my favourite music executives in the world, let alone Australia. Johann Ponniah is the founder of I OH YOU, a record label that has always oozed class and that has a real timeless edge with what it releases. The label itself was spawned from a Melbourne house party in 2009 that was thrown to pay off some utility bills for the share house Johann was living in at the time. That in itself tells you a lot about the man and his modus operandi. Whether it's signing acts from the fringes- DMA's, Confidence Man, Violent Soho, Jack River to name a few- or promoting tours for his favourite OS acts - Pavement, Dry Cleaning, Channel Tres and Alex G- or even managing talent (Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Fazerdaze), there's a sense of a maverick at play every step of the way. Tune in and find out what makes Johann tick!
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