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Diver City

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Diver City
GenresChildren's
LabelsABC Kids
MembersKLP
Matt Okine
Websitehttps://www.divercity.com.au/

Diver City are an Australian children's music duo made up of KLP and Matt Okine.[1] They have been nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album in 2020 for Welcome to Diver City[2] and in 2021 for Dance Silly.[3]

In 2019 Okine and KLP, colleagues at Triple J, had separately become parents within a week. Soon after they got together to work on an album of music aimed at young children, with much of the work done during COVID lockdown.[4]

Discography

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Albums

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List of albums, with selected details
Title Details
Welcome to Diver City
  • Released: 28 August 2020
  • Format: digital
  • Label: ABC Music
Dance Silly
  • Released: 27 August 2021
  • Format: digital
  • Label: ABC Music

Awards and nominations

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AIR Awards

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The Australian Independent Record Awards (known colloquially as the AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2021 Welcome to Diver City Best Independent Children's Album or EP Nominated
2022 Dance Silly Nominated

ARIA Awards

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The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2020 Welcome to Diver City Best Children's Album Nominated
2021 Dance Silly Nominated

References

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  1. ^ Reid, Imogen (27 August 2021), "Silly sounds ideal in Diver City follow-up", The Australian
  2. ^ Leeson, Josh (19 August 2021), "KLP explains why pumping out Diver City children's records is anything but silly", Newcastle Herald
  3. ^ Moran, Robert (20 October 2021), "'A changing of the guard': Local hip-hop and R&B dominate ARIA nominations", The Sydney Morning Herald
  4. ^ Naughton, Julia (5 September 2020), "Matt Okine: 'I had such a naive image of being a new dad'", The Sydney Morning Herald