Village Sounds Agency

Village Sounds Agency is an Australian booking agency that represents the live touring of Australasian artists.^[1]

Village Sounds Agency

Industry	Talent and Literary Agencies
Founder	Jessica Ducrou
Key people	Evan Davis Andy Gumley Jolie Kelly Sam Perovich Mel Yong
Parent	Secret Sounds
Website	https://villagesounds.com/

Background & Agency Growth

Founded in 1999 by Powderfinger booking agent Jessica Ducrou, the agency has grown to have offices in Byron Bay, Sydney & Melbourne.^[2][3] Ducrou started in the music industry working at Rolling Stone Magazine and later booking the Lansdowne Hotel in Sydney.^[4] Prior to starting Village Sounds Agency, in 1996 Ducrou founded Homebake festival in partnership with International Music Concepts (IMC) with a debut lineup that included Grinspoon, Silverchair, Spiderbait and more.^{[5][better source needed]}

In 2001, Ducrou and Paul Piticco co-founded the annual Byron Bay festival Splendour in the Grass to give Powderfinger a platform to perform on. Village Sounds was the primary presenter of Splendour in the Grass from 2001 to 2016, when the company merged with Secret Sounds.^[6][7]

In 2008, Evan Davis of The Harbour Agency joined Village Sounds Agency and was subsequently named in The Music Network’s 30 Under 30 in 2010.^[8][9]

In 2016, Village Sounds Agency was brought under the umbrella of Secret Sounds which consists of Splendour in the Grass, Falls Music & Arts Festival, Secret Sounds Touring, Secret Service Artist Management, Dew Process, Create/Control, Dew Process Publishing, Secret Sounds Brand Partnerships, Whole Lot of Love, and Secret Service Public Relations.^[10]

In 2016, Jessica Ducrou and Paul Piticco were named #2 in The Music’s annual Power 50, listing the top 50 most powerful people in the Australian Music Industry.^[11]

Artist Roster

As of July 2018, Village Sounds represents the careers of:

• 360
• Airling
• ALTA
• Ara Koufax
• Art vs Science
• The Babe Rainbow
• Bad//Dreems
• Bernard Fanning
• Big Scary
• Birds of Tokyo
• Cameron Avery
• CC:DISCO!
• Christopher Port
• Cloud Control
• Courtney Barnett
• Cub Sport
• The Creases
• DMA’S
• DRELLER
• DRO CAREY
• Dune Rats
• Fascinator
• Fazerdaze
• Fractures
• G Flip
• The Grates
• Green Buzzard
• Gyroscope
• Hatchie
• Hockey Dad
• Illy
• Jarrow
• The Kite String Tangle
• Last Dinosaurs
• The Living End
• Mansionair
• Megan Washington
• The Mess Hall
• Methyl Ethel
• Moohki
• No Mono
• Obscura Hail
• Ocean Grove
• Oh Pep!
• PEZ
• Seekae
• Super Cruel
• Totally Mild
• Touch Sensitive
• Tropical Fuck Storm
• Vallis Alps
• Vance Joy
• Violent Soho
• Wafia
• Ziggy Ramo