Our Mission

Airlock Records aims to develop young artists, and help the artist create a great team around them for future world domination.

Airlock Records is a small (non genre specific) label run by Ian Haug (Airlock Studios Owner).

Airlock has facilitated many recordings and mentored fledgling bands for over 15 years.

History

Ian has a long lasting love affair with music.

His mum wass a piano teacher. His older brothers both were acomplished guitarists, and his father had an extensive JAZZ record collection and was a DJ at dance events.

Ian formed his first bands in early high school, and was playing in venues around Brisbane from the age of 14.

“Powderfinger” was formed in the Christmas break straight after school…..and went on to do some pretty good things for over 20 years until calling it a day in 2010.

Ian has also had several collaborations over the years including THEFAROUTCORPORATION, THE PREDATORS and numerous other guest spots.

Since 2013 Ian has been in legendary Australian band The Church, and he has made 4 albums with them and toured the world extensively.

Ian had been running Airlock Studios for a long while before dabbling in starting a small label - AIRLOCK RECORDS.

has produced many of the records that have appeared on the label over the years, and he is always looking for great projects to commit to.

Send in your demos. to ian@airlockstudios.com

Have a play through our Spotify!

Our Artists

  • Shag Rock

    Born in the depths of the high school band room, Brisbane’s Shag Rock have managed - through sheer determination, skill and plenty of shenanigans - to sell out multiple national and international tours and amass over 40 million streams worldwide.

    Since the release of their debut full-length album Barefoot (2017), the indie surf-poppers have toured the USA, embarked on multiple sold-out headline tours locally and across the ditch, and toured with the likes of Ocean Alley, Lime Cordiale and The Rubens. With over 16 million streams alone on their single ‘Sunbleached Girl’ they’ve collected a passionately loyal fan-base.

  • The Bluebottles

    The Bluebottles are a Brisbane-based, Far North Queensland-born band, comprised of childhood mates Connor Wright, Oliver Haug, Dean Williams and Noah Gillespie. Since forming in mid-2019, the boys have released five singles – and amassed over 50,000 Spotify streams. The band’s speedy start to live performances recently found them playing their first headline show to a sold-out crowd at The Brightside. The boys also just hit the road for the first time in support of Shag Rock's "Double Overhead Tour".

    With continued shows popping up around Brisbane and QLD in 2021, keep an eye out as the lads prepare to drop their debut EP in early October!

  • C.C. McKenzie

    Like a bear coming out of hibernation so does C.C. McKenzie seem to at times appear without warning bearing songs filled with deep dark beautiful secrets he has gathered on his travels and in his life. Isolation, beauty, love and demons dominate his writing and take you to distant places to explore the boundaries of emotions.

    From playing guitar in the London Acid Jazz scene in the 90’s to playing guitar for Powderfinger on two tours in the 2000’s to many years of film and tv composing , C.C. has a depth of musical knowledge few attain in one lifetime.

  • Milk Buttons

    Milk Buttons is the Melbourne/Brisbane songwriting duo of parts Cameron Bower and Jackson Muir. Their sound brings together psych guitar, lush string arrangements and shimmering analogue synths.

    Wearing their influences such as The War On Drugs on their sleeve, the duo caught the attention of media outlets such as Rolling Stone AU, Music Feeds, theMusic and many others with their debut EP ‘Songs For My Butcher Bird’ (released June 2017)

  • Litters

    Jack Littman aka “Litters” is a Brisbane based, roots singer songwriter taking inspiration from artists like Jack Johnson and Jeff Buckley. With creative, and metaphorically relatable lyrics, coupled with a euphoric, rhythmic and sometimes hypnotic acoustic guitar, Litters finds a unique and addictive way to express different facets of life that can drive you to tap your foot or contemplate life.

  • Michael David Thomas

    Michael David Thomas has been described as a cross between wordsmiths Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, with an honest vocal style reminiscent of the classic folk songwriters like James Taylor and Paul Simon. He belongs to a rare class of songwriters whose songs can simultaneously reach the head and the heart, make you laugh and cry, and reference the old while still providing a completely unique perspective.

  • The Predators

    The Predators is formed by the three founding members of Powderfinger, with Haug on guitar, John Collins on bass, and Bishop on drums and vocals. During a Powderfinger hiatus in 2004, the original three regrouped and wrote and recorded an EP and started to do gigs. Since then they've played annual shows, but it's taken them 16 years to produce the debut record that they’ve always wished to create. The wait has been worth it.

  • Suicide Country Hour

    Suicide Country Hour (SCH)areanalternative-country band from Brisbane, Queensland. SCH is known for balancing lyrical melodrama with comedic banter,spawning a turbulent and entertaining experience of melancholic songs. SCH spawned from early morning ciders in a Brisbane share-house back in 2013. Fast forward a decade, several recruitments, three albums and a hundred hazy shows, the band has evolved to an alternative country mainstay in the Meanjin/Brisbane scene. . This 2023 release INJUNE is collection of songs deal with a range of issues from hangovers to homophobia, love to loss, all culminating in a unique emotional and sonic experience. SuicideCountryHour currently are:Simmo (vocals/guitar), Coxy(vocals/guitar), Simon (DoubleBass/vocals), Chris (Fiddle), Damon (Mandolin), Hik (drums), Sarah (Accordion/ Piano/vocals