SYDNEY, Australia — Yes Boone joins the Warner Music Australasia roster, through a partnership with Warner Records in the United States.
The photogenic DJ and producer has been making all the right noises in dance music circles. He was shortlisted for breakthrough independent artist of the year at the 2026 AIR Awards, presented last week in Adelaide, and won by Folk Bitch Trio.
Last year, Yes Boone snagged a top 10 on AIR’s Independent Singles Chart with “All I Really Want,” peaking at No. 9, and crashed ARIA’s Top 20 Australian Singles Chart.
“Been writing music and playing shows all around the world, met so many new friends, made some bloody bangers, very keen to show you,” he writes in a social post this week.
The rising electronic music ace played some of those bangers — including cuts with his own vocals — when he was presented to industry and media guests Thursday night (Aug. 6), for the music giant’s Listen Up showcase event in central Sydney.
“Our latest signing, we’re going to take him to the world,” Dan Rosen, president, Warner Music Australasia and Southeast Asia, told the packed house at The Press, as Yes Boone stepped up to the decks for a set of original works.
Previously known as Boone, the Sydney artist is a regular on the festivals circuit, playing slots at Wildlands and Ability Fest, and sold-out back-to-back sets at Liberty Hall in his hometown and Freo Social with Scott Tweedie.
Yes Boone closed out a night at Listen Up that included performances from Warner Music’s international signings Emei (U.S.), Erin LeCount (U.K.) and ARIA Award-winning homegrown soul artist BOY SODA.
Dance music is sizzling in Australia, and it’s a hotbed of world-class talent, with Dom Dolla, Confidence Man, RÜFÜS DU SOL, VASSY, Ninajirachi, Alison Wonderland and FISHER among the artists leading the way. EDM festivals are the most popular in these parts. On Friday, organizers of the Australian New Year’s Eve rituals that are Beyond The Valley and Lost Paradise announced this year’s respective events are sellouts.
