The Northern Sound System’s artist development program, N1Records, provides support to original songwriters who are creating music for release. Four artists are annually selected to receive nine-month project support and up to $2,000 project funding to achieve their next career goal. N1 has supported over 50 artists in eight years including George Alice, Tkay Maidza, MANE, Pinkish Blu, TOWNS, Rory Adams, Glowing, Dec, Damon Sparkes and Charli Umami.

N1Records paves the way for the next generations of creative youth. It chips away at the possibilities of creation, production and new methods for fun, connection and social change. N1Records strives to help define artist aesthetic, develop creative techniques, grow local and interstate networks, complete a production and release cycle, identify career goals and tract attention from potential partners: manager, booking agent etc. N1Records delivers productive stories to creative communities in Adelaide paving the way for the next generations of creative youth. It chips away at the possibilities of creation, production and release making possible new methods for fun, connection and social change.