Diver City

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

Albums

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

AIR Awards

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

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

  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