Nabii Wins Blueprint Project 2025

Nabii is the winner of the inaugural Blueprint Project 2025, a nationwide hunt for the next standout in electronic music.

An initiative of Amanda Blue’s independent agency Blue Music Services, The Blueprint Project is a career leg-up, a development package combining PR and marketing, mentorship, A&R, visual identity support, and live performance opportunities.

The Blueprint Project received an “overwhelming response” with well over 100 entries from across the spectrum of electronic music talent, house, techno, breaks, experimental club, pop, ambient, and more.

Hailing from Naarm/Melbourne, nabii draws inspiration from hyperpop, trance, trip-hop and experimental club music, for a sound that can’t be pigeonholed.

“Her work is impossible to box in – she’s a DJ, producer, vocalist, instrumentalist, and multidisciplinary artist,” explains Amanda Blue. “What really struck us was how she channels storytelling and catharsis through her performance. With nabii, it’s not just about the sound – it’s about the emotional connection.”

To celebrate victory, nabii drops a second EP temporary bliss, a six-pack collection that explores themes of escapism, healing, and emotional release in the digital age.

Temporary bliss “is a personal journey of figuring myself out and trying to find where I fit in the world,” explains the artist. “Each track taps into a different part of that process — whether it’s being stuck in my own head, going through heartbreak, learning to love myself again, or channelling anger into attitude. It’s honest, vulnerable, and a little bratty at times. This EP really shows the different sides of me, both emotionally and sonically.”

With The Blueprint Project and her new EP tucked away, nabii will embark on a series of live and DJ performances.

Away from the stage, nabii is a community builder and advocate for creating safer and music inclusive spaces in the electronic music scene.

She’s founder of AngelFM; has performed at Naarm venues Max Watts, Miscellania, and Howler; shared the stage with DJ Heartstring, CAIVA and others; had her music played on Rinse FM (Steel City Dance Discs Takeover), Hanoi Community Radio, Triple R’s Mooncake, triple j’s Mix Up, and was recently featured in Mixmag Asia’s Artists Exciting Us Spotlight.

All submissions were assessed by a panel of music industry professionals including Tom Cameron (Ableton), Kailyn Crabbe (triple j), Jane Slingo (EMC), Jack Colquhoun (Mixmag), and Jess Phillips (Untitled Group).

The Blueprint Project is supported by Sennheiser, Cloak Entertainment, Golden Hour, Josh Hart-Vrijkotte, Luude, Anna Lunoe, and Untitled Group, with a mission to discover and develop the next generation of Australian electronic artists.

Electronic music continues to beat a path in Australia, and homegrown artists are flexing their considerable clout abroad, a field that includes Dom Dolla, Confidence Man, and FISHER.

The most recent IMS Business Report found that Australia is the third largest market in the world for electronic music, trailing only the US and Germany. Australians stream, on average, more of the genre than any other nations, the publication’s authors explain.

According to data from Spotify, based on the volume of the streamers following dance music, Australia ranks at No. 3.

Electronic dance music is king in a live sense, too, accounting for almost one in four music festivals in Australia (23%), the Soundcheck report found.