Yamaha Music Australia announces 2025 Main Stage Grant recipients Beryl, Dylan Atlantis, and Moss
Each artist set to receive $5,000 cash + Yamaha gear
Yamaha Music Australia today announces the 2025 recipients of their brand new initiative, the Main Stage Grant.
Designed to provide real support to the next generation of Australian musicians, the grant offers $5,000 cash, plus $5,000 worth of Yamaha instruments, to one artist from each of three categories: bands, singer-songwriters, and producers. Recipients were selected from a high volume of applications in collaboration with Yamaha Music Australia and a panel of representatives from APRA AMCOS, MPEG, and UNIFIED, plus individual experts and tastemakers from across the industry.
Sydney art-folk / indie rock duo Beryl has been awarded the grant in the band category, producer and multi-instrumentalist Dylan Atlantis in the songwriter category, and rising First Nations electronic artist Moss in the producer category.
“For the first year of Main Stage we had an overwhelming response, it really showed how strong Australian music is right now. The talent coming through is next level and I’m incredibly proud of every artist who submitted their work. Picking recipients wasn’t easy at all, but it ended up being one of the most rewarding projects I’ve worked on. I’m proud we get to back these artists doing such great work.”
– Mitch Kelly, Yamaha Music Australia
Beryl have established a reputation as one of the city’s most unique acts, known for their captivating live performances and distinct melding of indie-rock and art-folk across their prolific discography (17 releases to date). The band’s songwriting is both blunt and vulnerable, and coupled with intricate instrumental arrangements, Beryl’s cathartic sound has amassed a cult following and critical acclaim throughout the local music community, with their 2023 LP Dry Peel Crack nominated for Album of the Year at the FBi Radio SMAC Awards. Having just released their sophomore LP Body Break on October 10, Beryl launched the album with a string of shows on the east coast, including showcase performances at SXSW Sydney. Body Break has already received great praise, having earned the band their second Album of the Week feature at FBi Radio on release.
“We’re really grateful to be receiving the Yamaha Main Stage Grant, as it will give us a huge help in independently funding our third album in the new year,” the band says.“We’re also super excited to expand our live setup with Yamaha gear!”
Connect with Beryl:
Instagram | Bandcamp | Facebook | Spotify | Apple Music
Dylan Atlantis (she/her) is a singer, songwriter and producer. Drawing inspiration from the Odd Future internet era, swag style of the early 2010s, Myspace scene kid playlists of 2007 and the feeling of a summer breeze grazing your skin on the first day after a fresh heartbreak, Dylan manages to craft emotionally raw yet sonically smooth songs that serve as diary entries, dance floor anthems and late night drive soundtracks, described by many as “hard-soft music”.
“Receiving the Yamaha Main Stage Grant is a huge honour and very affirming to my creative vision,” Dylan says. “It is a huge boost that will help me expand my artillery as a songwriter and producer which is extremely exciting. The Yamaha products I am most excited to bring into my setup would be a Yamaha SG1820 and a Reface CS synth. Thank you again Yamaha!”
Connect with Dylan Atlantis:
Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | Spotify | Soundcloud | Apple Music
From the initial unveiling of his debut single ‘Lullabye’ feat. Akacia that welcomed over 200,000 plays in its first month, Moss has begun cementing his bass-driven footprint in his motherland of Australia and beyond. With a production foundation that has seen the likes of Marshmallow, Yellow Claw, Jauz and more drop fully-fledged support, the October Records producer has positioned himself as a producer capable of rubbing shoulders with some of the world’s best.
Moss has collaborated with the likes of multi-award nominated artist Genesis Owusu (on ‘SABRE TEETH’) and UK rap giant Example (on ‘Strictly 4 Tha’), as well as an impactful reimagining of the ever-powerful hit record ‘Solid Rock’ alongside collaborators Goanna, Tasman Keith and William Barton. Not shy of leaving the studio and taking to the festival stage, 2024 and 2025 has seen Moss featured on prominent bills including Rabbits Eat Lettuce, Wildlands, Ability Fest & more, all the while devoting his anomalous vision to breaking boundaries across the electronic scene.
“Yamaha gear has been a foundational part of my workflow for years and this is a huge step forward in expanding the quality and precision of my setup. I’m such a fan of the HS8 monitors when I’ve come across them in studios and that excited to bring this kind of accuracy into my home studio to experiment with some new tech! It isn’t just about the equipment though — it’s about feeling backed in my artistic journey and I’m just so grateful to receive this. I cannot wait to dive into new creative possibilities to keep growing, experimenting and level up how I’m sharing my music.” – Moss
Connect with Moss:
Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | X | Spotify | Apple Music
The Main Stage Grant joins Yamaha Music Australia’s existing initiatives as they continue their mission to empower artists across all stages of their music journey to “Make Waves”. From their current Share Your Moment competition encouraging artists to share the stories that have shaped their music journey, to their Great Start Grant offering schools the opportunity to create a vibrant culture of music education, Yamaha Music Australia has a strong track record of supporting Australian musicians.
Spanning first instruments to global stages, Yamaha’s 130-year legacy of innovation at the intersection of music and technology has established the brand as a cornerstone of music production, education, and performance worldwide. Find out more at www.au.yamaha.com.
