Buchanan are an Australian

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band formed in late 2009, the project of English-born Josh Simons in collaboration with friends. They retired on their 10th anniversary.

Career

2009–2012: Early years and ''No Photo - EP''

Originating out of

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, Australia, the band recorded their debut record ''The Safety Beach E.P.'' in April 2010. Featuring production by Tim Cross (former

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collaborator) the collection of demos was released on

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in May 2010. The band were shortly after invited to showcase for several record labels. Deciding to steel themselves and avoid hasty commitment, the band headed back to the studio to develop more material and record the follow-up.

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debuted "Mr Keeperman" on Australian national radio on 19 September 2010. The band would go on to be featured on the

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page and podcast. In November 2010, the band released a single called "Teachers" independently via

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. The single was a

hit, immediately added to high rotation and gained a five out of five star rating from

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and multiple additions to

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. In early 2011, the band played their first full electric shows in

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and Melbourne, playing to sold-out venues with the likes of

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, Georgia Fair and

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. In February 2011 the band won the Triple J Unearthed competition and were invited to play the esteemed

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in Melbourne, playing alongside

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and

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.Thorose, Corin
"New Acts and Tickets For Laneway Festival"
, ''Beat Magazine'', 10 January 2011, accessed 12 March 2011. On 29 April 2011, the band released their first mass-produced record, ''No Photo - EP'', to a strong critical reception. Distributed via Inertia Records, ''

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'' gave the release four stars, comparing the songs to " Phoenix, with the emotional gravitas of

Mumford & Sons Mumford & Sons are a British folk rock band formed in London in 2007. The band consists of Marcus Mumford (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums), Ted Dwane (vocals, double bass, bass guitar), and Ben Lovett (British musician), B ...

and the instrumental dexterity of

Sigur Rós Sigur Rós () is an Icelandic post-rock band that formed in 1994 in Reykjavík. It comprises lead vocalist and guitarist Jónsi, Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson, bassist Georg Hólm, and keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson. Known for their ethereal soun ...

." '' MX'' newspaper gave the release three and a half stars describing the music as "considered indie pop." The band held residency throughout the month of release a
Northcote Social Club
as well as supporting

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to promote the release."New Signing: Buchanan"
, Inertia Music 5 April 2011, accessed 6 April 2011. In June 2011, Buchanan embarked on their first national tour in support of second single "Mr Keeperman", playing shows in

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, Sydney and Melbourne including supports with

Jinja Safari Jinja Safari was a self-produced and self-recorded band based in Sydney, Australia who drew from "afropop rhythms, (and) tumbling island guitar" to create African-inspired "dreamy folk pop, with a melodic richness comparable to acts like Sufjan ...

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and Papa Vs Pretty. To promote the tour, the band appeared live on

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, Star FM, Joy FM, Channel 31 and on

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to perform acoustically. On 23 August 2011 the band's single "Mr Keeperman" debuted at number six on the Australia
AMRAP
community radio charts after being released to air as a single.
AMRAP. 23 August 2011, accessed 27 August 2011.

2012–2014: ''Human Spring''

In March 2012, the band released "Run Faster", a warm-up single for their forthcoming debut album, to positive critical reviews. In May 2012, the song was added to rotation on

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."Playlist Adds May 10"
, Radar Radio 10 May 2012, accessed 11 May 2012. In July 2012, Buchanan won Austereo's Radar Unsigned Find"Radar Unsigned Find Winner Buchanan"
Austereo. 11 October 2012, accessed 13 October 2012. competition, marking the band as the first to be recognised nationally in unsigned competitions from both

and Austereo. In August 2012, the song was added to high rotation on Triple J. The song spent nine consecutive weeks in the

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, reaching number 3 on the 100% Independent Radio Charts and number 12 on the Independent Label Radio Charts. The song was the 99th most played song on Triple J in 2012. In October 2012, the band announced on their social media pages that they were embarking on a national tour of Australia throughout November and December. To coincide with the tour, the band offered a free download of a new

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from their forthcoming debut album. The track, "When the Sun Comes Round Again", was made available for free from the band's official site."Buchanan Offer Single As Free Download"
''theMusic.com.au''. 26 October 2012, accessed 26 October 2012. In April 2013, the band announced their debut studio album, ''Human Spring'', would go on sale in Australia and New Zealand on 10 May 2013. The album, released under Simons' own labe
Raw Imagination People Expect
was met with extremely positive critical reviews. ''Tone Deaf'' gave the album 9/10 calling it a "tremendous debut" while ''

'' gave the album an 8/10. The album was produced by

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with additional production by frequent collaborator Tim Cross. It was recorded at various studios in Australia and the UK over the past 18 months. Andy Baldwin was hired to mix the record with the band choosing to master the album at

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with Geoff Pesche. The band released the title track, "Human Spring", on 12 April as the second single off the album. Triple J added the single to high rotation immediately. The song reached number 10 on the

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100% Independent Radio Charts where it spent three weeks. In June 2013, the band performed live on Triple J for

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, performing a cover of

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's " Thinkin Bout You". In July, the band released a new single from the album, "Par Avion", to coincide with a national headline tour of Australia. The band was also announced as part of the

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Festival lineup for September 2013. The music video for "Par Avion" premiered on

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following the band's set at BIGSOUND."Exclusive! Australian Indie Rockers Buchanan Premiere Video for ‘Par Avion’"
''Yahoo!''. 24 September 2013, accessed 31 January 2015. In August 2013, both the band's single and album of the same name, "Human Spring", debuted at number 10 on the

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Sub-modern radio charts in North America, peaking at number 8. In April 2014 the band announced the release of the album worldwide, putting out a single from the album every three weeks in the lead up to its release."Buchanan Join 123 Agency Roster"
, ''Tone Deaf''. 23 April 2014, accessed 24 April 2014. "Temperamentally" hit number 30 on the

US Alternative charts following the release of the single's lyric video online. The album was made available for purchase worldwide on 9 July 2014."Human Spring by Buchanan"
''iTunes''. 9 July 2014, accessed 15 July 2014.

2014–2016: ''Pressure in an Empty Space''

The band relocated to

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to commence work on their second studio album with renowned producer Simon Duffy."Buchanan - Coming Down - Raw Imagination People Expect"
''Kings of Spins''. 18 July 2014, accessed 21 July 2014. They released a video on social media for a new single called "Coming Down" on 21 July 2014. The track received firm radio and club support throughout the UK and Ibiza, debuting at No. 29 on the

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Commercial Pop Charts."Chart Pack"
, ''Music Week''. 10 October 2014, accessed 12 October 2014. The song was also nominated as a semi-finalist in the 2014

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. On 26 September 2015 the band headlined the

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conference, which was streamed live worldwide, debuting several tracks from the new album."Get Psyched For All The Ideas At Macquarie University's Fifth TEDx Talk"
''Pedestrian TV''. 24 September 2015, accessed 7 October 2015. On 27 October, Simons' birthday, the band put up a post on social media revealing the album would be called ''Pressure in an Empty Space''."Buchanan"
''Facebook''. 27 October 2015, accessed 30 October 2015. On 16 November 2015 the band released an EP, ''Living a Lie'', which was a precursor to the then upcoming second studio album.
''Tone Deaf''. 16 November 2015, accessed 16 November 2015. A national tour of Australia in support of the release was also announced for February 2016.

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promoted several promotional videos from the EP on the homepage of its service worldwide. Following the tour, the band released two consequential singles from the album, title track "Pressure in an Empty Space" and "Learn to Love Again", hinting at an April release date during an appearance on

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."THE HOIST: Buchanan IV with Abbey + Becs"
, ''SYN''. 15 March 2016, accessed 7 April 2016. The release date was later confirmed to be 29 April."Buchanan Release “Learn to Love again” Single Ahead of Album Launch"
''Sounds of Oz''. 30 March 2016, accessed 7 April 2016. The title track was later shortlisted in the

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."A bunch of awesome Aussies among finalists for $50,000 songwriting competition"
''Triple J''. 3 October 2016, accessed 22 April 2023. On the week of the album release

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premiered a videoclip for the song "Stop!""Video premiere: Buchanan - 'Stop!'"
''FasterLouder''. 27 April 2016, accessed 29 April 2016. The album debuted at 42 on the

Australia charts and has taken the band past the million units streamed worldwide milestone."Vampr app aims to become the musicians' equivalent to Tinder"
''The Age''. 19 May 2016, accessed 22 May 2016. The album was mastered at

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in West London by John Davis and was met with extremely positive critical reviews."Pressure in an Empty Space by Buchanan"
''iTunes Store''. 29 April 2016, accessed 22 May 2016. The album follows Simons during the compounding experiences of the breakdown of a committed relationship whilst dealing with an obscure form of cancer in 2014, which ''Tone Deaf'' described as "a stunning and incredibly moving piece of work."
''Tone Deaf''. 29 April 2016, accessed 13 July 2016. The band premiered the video for the title track "Pressure in an Empty Space" on a new social-professional network for musicians called

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. Simons developed the app in collaboration with

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' guitarist Barry Palmer, and was released in May 2016. In July 2016 the band were announced as the opening act for

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, hand-picked for the Australian leg of his ripCORD World Tour along with

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."Keith Urban Confirms 'Buchanan' As Opening Act For The 'ripCORD World Tour Australia 2016' With Carrie Underwood"
''Australian Musician Network''. 14 July 2016, accessed 14 July 2016."See Keith Urban and 'Whiplash' Star Miles Teller Duet on 'My Girl'"
''Rolling Stone''. 25 July 2016, accessed 9 August 2016. It was announced in the same month that Simons co-wrote

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winner

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's single "Careless Game" with

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."Alfie Arcuri Releases New Album 'Zenith'"
''Australian Musician Network''. 31 July 2016, accessed 2 August 2016. The release spent 3 weeks on the

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, peaking at number 5."Alfie Arcuri - Zenith"
''australian-charts''. 14 August 2016, accessed 21 February 2022. On 28 October 2016 the band released their first live album, ''Alive'', exclusively on

."Buchanan - The Beep Test"
''Play MPE''. 20 November 2016, accessed 25 November 2016. The album includes 13 tracks recorded during their ''Living a Lie'' tour.

2016–2019: ''The Crayon Collection'', Collaborations and Vampr

Simons has been working on new material in

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with producer Anthony Kilhoffer."For Former Busker Ed Sheeran and for Other Undiscovered/Unsigned Musicians Today, It’s Still About Social Networking & Connecting"
''The Huffington Post''. 3 May 2017, accessed 7 May 2017. The first track from these sessions, "The Beep Test", was released as a single on 25 November 2016."Premiere: Buchanan Dish Out Bouncing Synth Pop With 'The Beep Test'"
, ''Beat Magazine''. 23 November 2016, accessed 25 November 2016. The music video for the single, filmed during the ripCORD World Tour, premiered on theMusic.com.au on 8 February 2017."PREMIERE: Buchanan - The Beep Test"
''theMusic.com.au''. 8 February 2017, accessed 8 February 2017. On 14 December 2016, Buchanan would become the first band in history to perform at the

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as part of the tour."Live Review: Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Buchanan"
''theMusic.com.au''. 15 December 2016, accessed 31 January 2024. Simons and Kilhoffer co-wrote and co-produced the final track of

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's debut album

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released in November 2017. The track "I'm Fine" features

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and the project was executive produced by

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."Cyhi the Prynce - I'm Fine Lyrics"
''Genius''. 17 November 2017, accessed 17 November 2017. The album debuted at 65 on the

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."Top 200 Albums"
''Billboard''. 9 December 2017, accessed 16 December 2017. It peaked at number 30 on

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and reached number 1 on iTunes in the US for Hip-Hop/Rap."R&B/Hip-Hop Albums"
''Billboard''. 9 December 2017, accessed 13 December 2017. In December 2017 Simons' app,

, was featured by

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in their "Best of 2017" roundup."Best of 2017 - App Store"
''Apple Inc''. 7 December 2017, accessed 3 January 2018. In January 2018 Simons co-produced and mixed

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single "Blue Eyes White Dragon Flow", which premiered on

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."Premiere: Tre Capital Shares Video for New Single "Blue Eyes White Dragon Flow""
''Complex''. 25 January 2018, accessed 12 June 2018. The track was the lead single for Tre Capital's third studio album, ''Hero'', released 29 June 2018, where Simons was executive producer and co-produced nine tracks which included notable contributions from Kilhoffer and

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. In May 2018

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's single "All Night" premiered on Hypebeast which Simons co-wrote with Kilhoffer."Allan Kingdom's "All Night" Might Be His Next Major Hit"
''Complex''. 19 May 2018, accessed 12 June 2018. The release was the lead single for his ''Peanut Butter Prince'' album released on 15 June 2018 where Simons co-wrote the tracks "Don't Wait", "Fall For You" and "All Night"."Josh Simons on Twitter"
''Twitter''. 15 June 2018, accessed 15 June 2018. In June 2018 Simons contributed a vocal and piano performance for "Stand By You", a charity single b
EveryOneBand
The project is the biggest band and largest interactive recording project in history, raising funds for Australian charit
Support Act
"Members"
''EveryOneBand''. 1 June 2018, accessed 12 June 2018. The single debuted at number 1 on the

Singles Chart."Charts"
''AIR''. 12 June 2018, accessed 12 June 2018. September 2018 saw the release of ''Songs From the Ashes, Pt. 2'', an EP from singer-songwriter

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whose opening track "Church of the Lonely" was co-written by Simons."Cobi Expands Sound"
''Billboard''. 20 September June 2018, accessed 21 September 2018. In October 201
King IV
released her single "Basic" which was produced and co-written by Simons. Buchanan would release their first single in two years on 23 November 2018."Buchanan Return"
''Art News Portal''. 23 November 2018, accessed 23 November 2018. Titled "Breathe" the song features guest vocal performances by

and Georgia Mae. In press surrounding the release Simons indicated he's "starting to think about an album". On 11 January 2019 the band announced their retirement with a final mixtape called ''The Crayon Collection'' to be released on 25 January 2019."PREMIERE: Buchanan – The Crayon Collection"
''theMusic.com.au''. 20 January 2019, accessed 20 January 2019. The release included recently completed songs from each era and production team of the band's ten-year history. The announcement was accompanied by lead single "An Uncommon Experience" and a retrospective video chronicling the band's career highlights. The mixtape debuted at 79 on the iTunes Australia charts with over half a million streams as of the week of release."Buchanan – Home"
''Facebook''. 24 January 2019, accessed 24 January 2019. The March 2019 release of

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's album ''Baby It Was Real and We Were the Best'' on

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included the single "Medicine" co-written by Simons."Baby It Was Real and We Were the Best - Jenny Queen"
''AllMusic''. 22 March 2019, accessed 12 January 2021. Simons wrote the

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for the July 2019 documentary ''Latter Day Jew'' starring

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, which was accepted into eight film festivals."News"
''Latter Day Jew''. 26 February 2020, accessed 16 January 2021.

Josh Simons (2020–present)

In April 2020 Simons was named in

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's ''Thirty Under 30 Awards'' in addition to being voted ''Reader's Choice'' in a public poll."TMN 30 Under 30: Vampr founder Josh Simons wins Reader’s Choice"
''The Music Network''. 16 April 2020, accessed 16 April 2020. Simons was quoted acknowledging the awards by saying, "I’m going to celebrate with a quarantini," in reference to the

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. In 2021

was nominated for a

award in the Music Consumer Innovation category, and would be nominated a second time in 2022, alongside

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and

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."Vampr passes one million users and confirms Q4 funding round"
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inducted Vampr into their ''Most Innovative Companies'' list."The 10 most innovative music companies of 2022"
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would spotlight the company in their Top 150 apps in the

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. In February 2023, Simons was invited to be a guest lecturer at

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to discuss music industry entrepreneurship. Later that month it was announced that Vampr had been acquired by the then

-headquartered music credits database,

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. In June 2023, following completion of the deal, Simons was appointed CEO of the company. The ASX listed company was later rebranded as

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In January 2024, Vampr signed Emmanuel Kelly directly to their distribution and publishing service ahead of the release of his single, "My Sky", which Simons co-produced and would see its live premiere at the

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on 23 January 2024. "My Sky" was named by

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as one of the top 30 most streamed songs by an Australian artist in 2024. Kelly's subsequent ''No Zodiac'' EP, was released by Vampr on 30 October 2024, and was executive produced by Simons, Kelly and

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. Simons also played guest guitar in Kelly's band during the Australian leg of

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,"Josh Simons , Fun fact as we hit the halfway mark of the Australian leg of the tour: @Coldplay were the first band I saw live."
''Instagram''. 4 November 2024, accessed 14 November 2024. a record breaking run which included new attendance records at Melbourne’s

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with 227,000 fans over four shows, and Sydney's Accor Stadium with 338,776 fans over four shows. In October 2024,

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announced Simons as a winner of their ''Melbourne Young Entrepreneur Awards'' in the Digital Disrupter category. The following month, Simons was subsequently recognised nationally as a winner of the ''Australian Young Entrepreneur of the Year'' in the same category. Throughout 2024, Simons has, as

CEO, acquired

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, Funkified Entertainment and Serenade, while raising over $15 million in new funds for the company. Since then, and into 2025, Simons raised a further A$10 million and acquired digital city guide publisher Concrete Playground.

Discography

Studio albums

*''Human Spring'' (2013)"Human Spring by Buchanan"
''iTunes Store''. 10 May 2013, accessed 7 May 2017. #Act Natural #Par Avion #The Punch #Temptation #For Tonight We Rest (Leaves) #Run Faster #Human Spring #Temperamentally #Sit It Out #The Few #An All Clear? *''Pressure in an Empty Space'' (2016) #Only Us #Learn to Love Again #Coming Down #Stop! #Pressure in an Empty Space #I Don't Want to Die #All That Remains #Pleasure #Uncuff Me

Mixtapes

*''The Crayon Collection'' (2019) #Breathe #Hold Off #An Uncommon Experience #The Beep Test

Live albums

*''Alive'' (2016) #Only Us (Live) #Learn to Love Again (Live) #Run Faster (Live) #Temperamentally/Teachers (Live) #Mr Keeperman (Live) #Aisles (Live) #Safety Beach (Live) #When the Sun Comes Round Again (Live) #Pressure in an Empty Space (Live) #Human Spring (Live) #Living a Lie (Live) #All That Remains (Live) #Coming Down (Live)

EPs

*''The Safety Beach E.P.'' (2010) #Mr Keeperman #Waiting #Safety Beach #Son *''No Photo - EP'' (2011) #Moon #Mr Keeperman #Waiting #Teachers #Aisles #Waiting on a Sound (Bonus Track) *''Living a Lie'' (2015) #Living a Lie #Galileo #Coming Down (Acoustic)

Singles

Awards and nominations

, - , 2011 , "Teachers" , Triple J Unearthed Competition , , - , 2012 , "Run Faster" , Austereo's Radar Unsigned Find Competition , , - , 2014 , "Coming Down" ,

, , - , 2016 , "Pressure in an Empty Space" ,

, , -

Solo credits

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References

External links

Buchanan Official Website

Josh Simons Official Website

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