Coda Conduct were an Australian hip hop duo consisting of Sally Coleman (born 1992) and Erica Mallett (born 1993). In addition to performing as Coda Conduct, the two are known as Sally & Erica, who presented the breakfast show program on national radio station

Triple J Triple J is an Australian government-funded national radio station founded in 1975 as a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It aims to appeal to young listeners of alternative music, and plays far more Australian conten ...

from January 2020 to November 2020. Soon after, the band announced on Instagram that they had broken up.

Early lives and career

Both members of Coda Conduct grew up in southern

Canberra Canberra ( ; ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the Federation of Australia, federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's list of cities in Australia, largest in ...

– Coleman in

Garran Garran is a suburb in the Woden district of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory. Garran was named after Sir Robert Garran who made numerous contributions to the development of higher education in Canberra. The streets in Garran are nam ...

, and Mallett in Hughes – but they met while travelling in

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

in 2012. They bonded over a love of hip hop, and formed Coda Conduct a few months after returning to Australia. In 2015 they released their first EP ''Butter Side Up''. Coda Conduct have since released several popular singles including “Usually I’m Cool”, “Love For Me” and "The Monologue", featuring Nyxen. On stage, they have supported the likes of

Thundamentals Thundamentals are an Australian hip hop group originating from the Blue Mountains region bordering the metropolitan area of Sydney. The members are currently Tuka, Jeswon, and Morgs. They have released five studio albums. History Band origin ...

, Horrorshow and

Tkay Maidza Takudzwa Victoria Rosa "Tkay" Maidza ( ; (born 17 December 1995) is a Zimbabwean-born Australian singer-songwriter and hip hop artist from Adelaide, South Australia. She has been nominated for and won many awards, and released two albums: '' Tk ...

, and performed at

Groovin' the Moo Groovin the Moo is an annual music festival that was held primarily in regional centres across Australia. The festival was held during autumn, typically in May of each year. Groovin the Moo was established by Cattleyard Promotions and their f ...

Listen Out Listen Out is an annual Australian music festival held in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane since September 2013. In 2018, an inaugural alternative version of Listen Out, titled Listen In took place in South Australia and New Zealand. The ...

and Spilt Milk. As radio presenters, Coleman and Mallett hosted a weekly hip hop show called ''What’s Good'' on Sydney's

FBi Radio FBi (call sign: 2FBI) station is an independent, not-for-profit community radio in Sydney, Australia. FBi places a heavy emphasis on local emerging music: it has a policy that at least 50 per cent of its music content is to be Australian, of wh ...

from 2015 to 2017. In 2018, Sally & Erica began to host ''Weekend Arvos'' on

. They also regularly filled in as guest presenters for the ''Weekday Breakfast'' and ''Drive'' shows. On 22 October 2019, it was announced the duo would present triple j's ''Breakfast'' in 2020, replacing Ben Harvey and Liam Stapleton. On 17 November 2020, they announced that they would be leaving Triple J to pursue alternative careers.

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

References

Australian Capital Territory musical groups Australian women rappers Australian women radio presenters Australian hip-hop groups Triple J announcers {{Australia-band-stub