{"id":2177395,"date":"2025-11-26T06:26:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T06:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2177395"},"modified":"2025-11-26T06:26:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T06:26:02","slug":"speed-awarded-52000-as-part-of-the-new-south-wales-music-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/speed-awarded-52000-as-part-of-the-new-south-wales-music-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"SPEED Awarded $52,000 As Part Of The New South Wales Music Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Australian hardcore band <strong>Speed<\/strong> \u2013 the band that really blew up when they had a sick flute solo on their track &#8220;The First Test&#8221; \u2013 is a little richer now because they made good music. <strong>Speed<\/strong> was awarded $80,000 AUD (roughly $52,000 USD) as a part of the New South Wales Music Prize.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speed<\/strong> accepted the award on November 24 at the Museum Of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia, stating during their speed: &#8220;Respectfully, our culture has never been a game nor a competition. But we are honoured to receive this recognition and see this as acknowledgment of the values cultivated by the passionate souls around us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They continued: &#8220;In 2025, we have a whole new generation of amazing kids all over the country making Sydney and Australian hardcore the sickest it&#8217;s ever been. With that being said, this award belongs to them \u2013 the people around us who make it what it is \u2013 and we&#8217;ll take some time to think about the best way we can pay that forward to keep growing this the right way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speed<\/strong> was up against <strong>DJ Ninajirachi<\/strong>, <strong>R\u00fcf\u00fcs Du Sol<\/strong>, <strong>3%<\/strong>, <strong>Barkaa<\/strong>, <strong>Kobie Dee<\/strong>, <strong>Onefour<\/strong>, <strong>Party Dozen<\/strong>, <strong>Shady Nasty<\/strong>, and rapper <strong>Vv Pete<\/strong> with collaborator <strong>Utility<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the New South Wales&#8217; government website, the NSW Music Prize is a new annual prize delivered by Sound NSW, celebrating the rich creativity and contribution of NSW artists to the contemporary music sector.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPEED - THE FIRST TEST (OFFICIAL MOVIE)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OO4TZcWDUO0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"zox-post-body left zoxrel zox100\">\n\t\t<strong style=\"display: block;margin: 0 auto;max-width: 660px;font-size: 1.625rem;\">Want More Metal? Subscribe To Our Daily Newsletter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enter your information below to get a daily update with all of our headlines and receive The Orchard Metal newsletter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source metalinjection.net \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian hardcore band Speed \u2013 the band that really blew up when they had a sick flute solo on their track &#8220;The First Test&#8221; \u2013 is a little richer now because they made good music. Speed was awarded $80,000 AUD (roughly $52,000 USD) as a part of the New South Wales Music Prize. 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