Help Us Make a Bigger MESS
Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio is moving to Fed Square and needs your support to raise $60K by August
by Jason Allen

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Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio is on the move and needs your support.
You have probably heard the incredibly exciting news that MESS have secured a new home. It’s in the beating heart of the cultural conversation at Fed Square.
Now MESS needs your support to make sure the new MESS reaches it’s full potential.
MESS needs to raise $60K by August to:
Open its collection to more people than ever before
Subsidise education offerings
Support artist development
Preserve electronic music culture and heritage
Nurture a national community of soundmakers
This game-changing move to the centre of Melbourne’s cultural life puts MESS on the precipice of exponential growth and it needs your help to get there.
Help MESS maximise this once in a lifetime opportunity. Every little bit helps, whether it’s $5 or $5,000, and will go towards artists and programs that enrich all lives through music.
Help MESS realise its vision of empowering all people to build a creative life through music. All donations over $2 are tax deductible and as a MESS donor, you’ll be keeping the electronic sound story unfolding for Australia and the rest of the world for years to come.

Since 2016, MESS has:
Commissioned 20 landmark multichannel sound works
Hosted over 22,000 artists, workshop attendees and synth-curious audiences across their programs and shows
Held over 1,300 classes in their workshops, courses and talks
Hosted dozens of local, national and international residents
Grown to become the largest publicly-available collection of it’s kind in the southern hemisphere
Become a vital connector in the national electronic music and sound culture.
Now MESS has the opportunity to amplify that impact so much more in our public-facing new home.

Support MESS
MESS is an artist-led, not-for-profit organisation and every dollar they raise via donations goes straight back into keeping MESS running as an incredible resource for everyone to use and increasing programs and opportunities for artists and the community.
Help MESS realise our vision of empowering all people to build a creative life through music. All donations over $2 are tax deductible and as a MESS donor, you’ll be keeping the electronic sound story unfolding for Australia and the rest of the world for years to come.
