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ONTOUR BASSNECTAR [UK], ZEDS DEAD [CAN], DOV [USA] Wednesday January 25, The Hi-Fi MATTHEW DEAR [USA] Wednesday January 25, Prince Bandroom ITAL [CHI] Wednesday January 25, Buffalo Club FREEMASONS [UK] Wednesday January 25, The Palace HARBOURSIDE: LAIDBACK LUKE [NED], DERRICK CARTER [USA] + MORE Thursday January 26, Shed 14 MARCEL WOODS [NED], KYAU AND ALBERT [GER] Thursday January 26, Prince Bandroom RAINBOW SERPENT: OTT [UK], ILL.GATES [CAN], JAMES MUNRO [UK], TALPA [SRB] + MORE Friday January 27 - 31, Beaufort PLUMP DJS [UK] Friday January 27, Brown Alley PRINS THOMAS [NOR] Friday January 27, Mercat Basement MISS KITTIN [FRA] Saturday January 28, Pretty Please MILLION STYLEZ [SWE] Saturday January 28, Laundry BIG DAY OUT: ROYKSOPP [NOR], GIRL TALK [USA], OFWGKTA [USA] + MORE Sunday January 29, Flemington Racecourse DAS RACIST [USA] Monday January 30, The Corner Hotel KANYE WEST [USA] Tuesday January 31, Sidney Myer Music Bowl GIRL TALK [USA] Tuesday January 31, The Palace OFWGKTA [USA] Wednesday February 1, The Hi-Fi ROYKSOPP [NOR] Thursday February 2, The Palace MARTIN EYERER [GER], DAVID K [FRA], MARKUS HOMM [ROU] Friday February 3, Brown Alley JOHN TALABOT [ESP] Saturday February 4, Mercat Basement ROGERSEVENTYTWO [NED] Saturday February 4, Brown Alley HUNEE [GER] Friday February 10, Mercat Basement SPACE DIMENSION CONTROLLER [IRL] Friday February 10, Buffalo Club JOHN DIGWEED [UK] Friday February 10, Billboard RONSKI SPEED [GER] Friday February 10, Prince Bandroom DJ NITA [USA] Friday February 10, Roxanne Parlour DELTA HEAVY [UK] Saturday February 11, Miss Libertine THOMAS GOLD [GER] Saturday February 11, Seven BUTCH [GER] Sunday February 12, Revolver INFECTED MUSHROOM [ISR] Friday February 17, Palace Theatre DJ QBERT [USA] Friday February 17, Brown Alley ERYKAH BADU [USA] Wednesday February 22, The Palais GAPPY RANKS [UK] Friday February 24, Laundry CUT CHEMIST [USA] Friday February 24, The Corner Hotel SOUL II SOUL [UK] Friday February 24, Trak Lounge Bar DANNY DAZE [USA] Friday February 24, New Guernica THE ORB [UK], BOMB THE BASS [UK] Friday February 24, Roxanne Parlour HUDSON MOHAWKE [UK], RUSTIE [UK], BALAM ACAB [USA] Friday February 24, Roxanne Parlour NEW ORDER [UK] Thursday March 1, Festival Hall STEVE BUG [GER] Friday March 2, Brown Alley LEE BURRIDGE [UK], DAMIAN LAZARUS [GER], ART DEPARTMENT [CAN] + MORE Friday March 2, The Bottom End PLAYGROUND WEEKENDER: THE ORB [UK], BONOBO [UK], UNKLE [UK] + MORE Friday March 2 – 4, Del Rio Riverside Resort, Wisemans Ferry AC SLATER [USA] Saturday March 3, Brown Alley BONOBO [UK] Monday March 5, Corner Hotel Thursday March 8, Corner Hotel THE RAPTURE [USA], AZARI & III [CAN] Tuesday March 6, The Forum JESSIE J [UK], PROFESSOR GREEN [UK] Wednesday March 7, Festival Hall FATBOY SLIM [UK] Wednesday March 7, The Palace TINIE TEMPAH [UK], CHASE & STATUS [UK] Thursday March 8, Festival Hall MAD PROFESSOR [USA] Friday March 9, The Espy ROOTS MANUVA [UK] Saturday March 10, Prince Bandroom GOLDEN PLAINS: CHIC [USA], ROOTS MANUVA [UK] + MORE Saturday March 10 – 12, Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL: SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA [SWE], FATBOY SLIM [UK], PAUL VAN DYK [GER] Sunday March 11, Flemington Racecourse RICK WILHITE [USA] Thursday April 5, Mercat Basement CREAMFIELDS: DAVID GUETTA [USA], ABOVE & BEYOND [UK] + MORE Saturday April 28, Melbourne Showgrounds
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Sometimes you’ve got nothing better to do than kick back with a six pack and watch that strange phobias episode of Maury Povich over and over. It’s when this becomes a weekly occurrence that you should feel a little unnerved. But, that said, there’s something about watching a woman with an unrivalled fear of poultry being scared half to death by a man in a chicken suit chasing her with a drumstick that fits in so well with my Sunday routine. Move over 60 Minutes, you’ve got some real competition now. Tyson Wray
After news of New Order, The Rapture, Azari & III, Tinie Tempah, Chase & Status and more all announcing sideshows for Future Music Festival, here comes the latest from the festival that just keeps on giving – Norman Cook, the man behind Fatboy Slim, is following suit adding an extra Melbourne date to his duties as one of Future’s headline acts. A genuinely forward-thinking act credited with kicking off the big-beat movement, Fatboy Slim’s place in the upper reaches of dance music history is incontrovertible, with albums such as Better Living Through Chemistry and You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby arguably two of the most successful dance music albums to be released. Catch him kicking out old-school jams including Everybody Needs A 303, The Rockafeller Skank and Praise You when he claims his rightful place as Future Music’s weapon of choice at The Palace on Wednesday March 7.
Rapturous: Beside The Future
The stunning stream of Future Music Festival sideshows just keeps on delivering, with giants of dance-punk The Rapture joining forces with Azari & III for a massive club show. The Rapture have maintained relevance since emerging at the crest of the dance punk explosion in the mid-‘00s, winning continual acclaim with the release of In Grace Of Your Love last year. Canadian dance-disco quartet Azari & III have also been electrifying crowds the world over, and are set to back up their Future Music duties with what’s set to be one hell of a dance jam. The Rapture and Azari & III perform at The Forum on Tuesday March 6.
Double Ds: Dazed And Confused
Miami’s techno and electro young-gun Danny Daze is proud to proclaim his lack of tan, despite living in what could arguably be called the USA’s home of partying – preferring to spend his time in the studio experimenting with the underground sounds of house and techno instead of posturing and being photographed, unlike a number of fellow big-name producers we won’t name here. A DJ since the age of 13 and a graduate of sound engineering at SAE, Danny Daze’s breakout in 2011 demanded the attention of the international scene as single Your Everything soundtracking the 2011 Miami Music Week, hammered out by Seth Troxler, Jamie Jones and Art Department while its flipside got some serious airplay on BBC Radio One. With 2012 already looking seriously busy for this fresh new face on the scene, we highly recommend you check him out when he makes his Australian debut next month – catch Danny Daze at New Guernica on Friday February 24.
These days, most of those raver kids from the ‘90s are more frequently found wearing business attire and sitting in offices as opposed to wearing fluoro and getting their gurn-faces on in warehouses across the city – but hey, rave ain’t dead yet – not if Rebelrave have anything to do with it. Thanks to Resident Advisor’s 2011 label of the year Crosstown Rebels, The Bottom End will be playing host to the likes of Damian Lazarus and Art Department, Amirali and Brohn, with a special appearance from Lee Burridge and an as-yetunnamed international guest, this might just be the gig to inspire you to embrace the spirit of PLUR again. Lee Burridge, Damian Lazarus, Art Department and more play The Bottom End on Friday March 2.
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AC Slater: The Yoda Of Soda
AC Slater has understood the appeal of having thousands of people letting loose to your sounds since the tender age of 14 when he discovered his dad’s music collection and began recording his own mixtapes on a TDK D-C60, suddenly finding himself the coolest kid in school for his ability to shred up those good old high school parties. Rather pleased with this turn of events, he decided to take his taste for hip hop beats and old-school rave tunes to the clubs – soon finding himself asked to remix everyone from Boys Noize, Moby, and Laidback Luke, and asked to mix for Annie Nightingale, Kiss FM and pretty much every club that’s worth partying in across the globe. A favourite of Australians in particular, he’s heading down again soon – and you catch him at Club Soda on Saturday March 3.
Supafest: Searching For A Supastar The Plumps: Check ‘Em Out
Much-loved fixtures of the breakbeat scene and beyond, the Plump DJs have deservedly stuck around since their inception in the late ‘90s. An adrenalinefuelled mixup of broken beats, party-starting electro vibes and impossibly-heavy basslines, it’s understandable that albums such as A Plump Night Out and Earhasm have retained their legendary status throughout the years. With a recently-established label Grand Hotel and a new album keeping them busy over the past year, they’re well overdue for an Australian tour – and finally, they deliver! Catch the Plump DJs at Brown Alley on Friday January 27.
An impressive 70,000 votes later and Supafest’s search for Australia’s next R&B superstar is well on its way, with the top 25 entrants just announced and competing for the top slot – earning them the pleasure of performing onstage alongside Kelly Rowland, Diddy, Rick Ross, Lupe Fiasco, Ice Cube and more. With the second round of voting for the top 12 places opening this week, we would definitely advise you to check out the swag of homegrown talent being shown some much-deserved love, here! Check out supafest.com.au for the list of entrants, and don’t forget to vote!
Session Deluxe: Highgrade Hedonism
Curator of Kling Klong and Session Deluxe’s stellar roster of artists, it comes as no surprise that Martin Eyerer’s skills behind the decks is similarly to-die-for. Spanning minimal techno, deep house and everything else you could possibly think of, Eyerer’s 20 years as a DJ and producer have earned him respect from the likes of mates Gui Boratto, Oliver Koletzki, and Robert Babicz, and guaranteed tunes such as Make My Day (Haunting) and Chopstick (with Zdar and Cassius) will remain in dance music’s canon for a long time. Along for the ride are Highgrade favourites David K and Markus Homm – guaranteeing a night of tunes so deep you’ll struggle to emerge from the depths of the night. Martin Eyerer, David K and Markus Homm play Brown Alley on Friday February 3.
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It hasn’t been long since we last saw dub’s premier experimentalist Mad Professor in Melbourne’s clubs – those who were present when he took over Brown Alley alongside Pantha Du Prince, Move D and Fred P will attest to the floor-shaking, bone-breaking power of Mad Professor’s well-honed instinct for, well, madness. With a wildly successful career that includes highlights such as being commissioned to do a full-length remix album for Massive Attack’s Protection, other collaborations with Sade and The Orb, and a discography that hosts too many releases for me to bother counting, his position as one of dub’s most unique and compelling producers is indisputable. Regardless if you were there or not last time, you’ll be more than pleased to hear he’ll be returning in a matter of weeks for another round; this time, a solo excursion. Best of all? It’s free. You’d be mad to pass this one up. Mad Professor plays The Espy on Friday March 9.
Following on from the tasty announcement of New Order’s Future Music Festival sideshow, alongside The Rapture and Azari & III, another supplementary show featuring a bevy of UK talent has been announced. Critically-adored rapper Tinie Tempah will be headlining the extravaganza, which will also see UK electro/dubstep powerhouse duo Chase & Status taking to the stage. Along for the ride will be revered radio presenter and tastemaker extraordinaire Zane Lowe, performing what’s sure to be an exhilarating DJ set. Tinie Tempah, Chase & Status and Zane Lowe will hit Festival Hall on Thursday March 8.
Boats, Rhymes and Life: Seasick Shenanigans
Boats, Rhymes and Life has the honour of being Melbourne’s first ever block party on a cruise ship. Surely that sells itself, right? Given that we have to fill up this paragraph, we might as well tell you a little more about what’s going down. After gathering the finest in Australian hip hop and beats talent, the Victoria Star is ready to set sail with the likes of headliner Mantra along with his mates Bam Bam and DJ Wasabi, Melbourne’s own block rockin’ Nick Thayer and a slew of other names including DJ Flagrant, Psyde Projects, DJ Perplex, M.A.F.I.A, DJ Prequel, Claymore 74, Zack Rampage. Aaaaaaw yeahhhh. Boats, Rhymes and Life sets sail from Dock Nine, Central Pier on Saturday, March 3.
Sidetracked Music Festival: Formula Fun
Old mates Future Entertainment and the Sound Campaign have joined up with the lads and lasses behind the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix for the return of Sidetracked Music Festival – a winning mixup of the year’s racing alongside the freshest in dance music. With hip hop’s elder statesman and Summadayze fixture Grandmaster Flash leading the charge, and Australian indie-dance favourites Art vs. Science, The Potbelleez, The Stafford Brothers & Timmy Trumpet, Grant Smillie and Ruby Rose all signed up for the trackside party times, this is shaping up to be one of the year’s hottest parties - and did we mention it’s all alongside the spectacle of this year’s Formula One? Word. Sidetracked Music Festival takes place at the 2012 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix on Saturday March 17 and Sunday March 18.
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Named after a girlie mag called Plumpers, it’s no surprise that the Plump DJs have a reputation for dirty, good times. Widely regarded as some of the earliest pioneers in breakbeat, the Plumps have managed to endure in a way that many of their peers in the scene were unable to. Formed in the ‘90s, the London-based production and DJing duo are a force to be reckoned with, a filthy mixup of everything from broken beats to wailing electro synths and fearsome basslines that have featured on four full-length albums to date, a countless number of singles and remixes for the likes of Stanton Warriors, Deadmau5, Orbital and more. No stranger to the Australian dance music scene, it’s been just over a year since we last saw them – and they’ve been up to all sorts since. “We were in Australia last year – we had a blast and some cracking gigs,” mentions Lee Rous, one half of the duo. “Perth’s Breakfest, Field Day in Sydney and many more, too many to mention. Since last year, we have been working primarily on developing and creating some dope club music for our label, and performing on the world circuit. We recently remixed Mark Ronson’s Record Collection and Stanton Warriors’ New York plus a load of new top secret numbers. The chance to add your style to a tune you love is tough to refuse. A great way to get your ideas to new audiences too.” The two met through a rather well-known mutual friend in West London in the late ‘90s, working at a breakbeat label Freskanova as Gardner made music and Rous’ DJing career was beginning to kick off. “We met each other through our best buddy – Freestylers’ Mat Cantor,” he explains. “Mat and I were studying together at university, he introduced me to Andy. Back then they were making music together under the name Strike, of You Sure Do fame. Andy, Mat and I used to go out raving together with our mates, and we started putting on parties in London in 1996 together. The rest is happy history!” After years of working with Finger Lickin’ Records for their own releases, one of their more recent ventures was into the business of owning their own record label. In a day and age such as ours, it seems that almost every artist you speak to is in the business – but at less than a year old and with some impressive releases to it already, the future looks bright for Grand Hotel. “Grand Hotel and the building of this record label has been an education,” says Rous, on its inception. “It’s a challenge we took on to give us more freedom and a platform for our new musical experiments, and those of inspirational artists that we discover on the world stage. We are happy with the reactions worldwide on our label with plays and support in abundance, nothing is taken for granted.” I ask about the biggest changes to the COVER STORY
“12 years on and nothing has changed – we are still just trying to find new ways to make people dance!” way they approach their work within the industry since beginning Grand Hotel, and the answer is an amusingly honest one. “We are more organised with our approach to DJing and production since creating our own label. We have to be as we are looking after us now!” Light Fantastic, one of Grand Hotel’s first releases as well as the most recent of Plump DJs’ venture into production, serves as both an excellent starting point for those unfamiliar with the work of the Plumps as well as a welcome return to form for the more long-term fans of the duo – representative of the trajectory their career has taken over the years, as well as the kind of tune that wouldn’t go astray on massive soundsystems on Friday nights at 2am. Met with much approval from local and international press, the two are pleased with the response to it. “Light Fantastic is a big tune, innovative, emotive and a bit of a beast. I think our new record Gobbstopper illustrates where our heads are at right now, too. I like your idea about Light Fantastic – in a way, it is a journey record. It starts off crisp and modern, and then after an Orbital-inspired synth riff it grabs you by the ear and takes you out of the classroom for being naughty!” In an attempt to formulate some kind of context for the music they’re releasing under their name, as well as through Grand Hotel at the moment, I ask them for a list of artists they’re jamming to at the moment, and receive a wonderfully diverse mix of names in response. “We are currently being very inspired by the musical works of Bart B More, Bonsai Kat, Urchins, Nom De Strip, Blatta and Inesha, Myles Dyson, Mistamen, Waffa, SUBMO, Loops of Fury, Peo De Pitte, the Stanton Warriors, NAPT, Reset!, Budaken, Birdy, Justice and many more.” To those familiar with the extensive back catalogue of Plumps DJs, this answer may not come as much of a surprise considering the way their musical output has consistently managed to evolve and retain its relevance and appeal. “Our taste in music generally is still the same as it’s always been – we have developed as artists throughout our career and continue to do so. If you listen to our first album A Plump Night Out, this spanned nearly two years of production. In that time alone we enjoyed, developed and created over 20 records. Even within this body of music you can hear the transition from, say, our remix of Galaxy by War, to Scram, for instance. 12 years on and nothing has changed – we are still just trying to find new ways to make people dance!” There seems nobody else better qualified to talk about the manner in which the sounds of breakbeat have managed to endure in a colourful variety of different forms. Rous’ take on it is typically laidback. “Nowadays, people have a
broader appreciation of music – there is so much more of it out there! We love our breaks, as we do our house, techno, electro, soul, funk, disco and boogie. These seem to be the main glue to our musical brains. The specialised breaks events are in decline at present, but the genre still exists and its walls have melted somewhat for the better – long live breakbeat and all who enjoy the breaks. We are happy with change, we embrace it, we respect and are inspired by the old and the new. You only live once, eh?” A Plump DJs show is no ordinary mixing session – no surprise given their jam-packed tour schedule which hasn’t relented since their formation in the early ‘90s. The demand is easy to understand once you get a feel for the shape their live show follows – a hectic, electric session of lightningfast mixing and all manner of tricks from the boys ensures that the duo never fail to get bodies moving on the dance floor. Funnily enough, things weren’t always that way. “Good friends of ours, Pete and Jan Seal, saw us on stage at the Sydney Festival four or so years ago in front of over 7,000 people. They commented on the two of us playing back to back and getting pissed on stage – and when we looked back at the images, we were ashamed with our performance. “We have a lot to give and were not doing the best that we could do. Basically, we realised how fortunate we were to be in the game, and decided to pull up our socks. On experimenting in the studio in Soho on the four-deck show, we immediately knew we were onto a good thing. Twelve years of DJing together has given us a unique understanding of each other, it’s uncanny. Like Plump yin and yang, tricks and mad mixes – it’s a real show.” Not sold yet? I find that difficult to believe. Rous is keen for the string of upcoming club dates, referring to Australian tours as the “high point of any year”. Good to know, huh? “Such a special relationship we have with your country and many of its people, who have embraced us and our music with authority and love,” he explains further. “Some now we consider family. That being said, we also have a huge year planned with our new mix album Dirty Weekend coming out in April, US and Canada tours – Miami, Ibiza, the list is expanding. Plus our Grand Hotel Labels parties at XOYO in London to look forward to. It’s going to be big all round in 2012 – shall we say rotund? Plus an exciting announcement in March. Stay tuned!” Sounds big to us. Plump, even. Miki McLay Plump DJs [UK] play Brown Alley on Friday January 27.
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Bassnectar returns for The City Of Lost Children and is joined by bass deviants DOV and Zeds Dead for a night of mayhem. The Hi-Fi, 125 Swanston St, CBD
Sailing sax, veracious vocals and beats for bonking, sound familiar? Tigerfunk brings with him his full band of travelling gypsies, hipsters and middle class executives, all of whom are prepared to deliver the most excitement you can have this side of the weekend. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy
COQ ROQ Rocking Wednesdays at Lucky Coq are rotating DJs Lady Noir, Agent 86, Kiti, Mr Thom, Joybot and guests giving you nothing but the best new wave, punk, brit pop, bong rap and hair metal. Coq Roq takes place every Wednesday from 8pm with free pool downstairs from 9pm as well as drink specials. Roq out! Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor
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MISS LIBERTINE WEDNESDAYS
Funk up your Thursday nights with Free Range Funk at the Windsor favourite Lucky Coq. Grab a couch early and enjoy one (or more) of their famous $4 pizzas from 7-11pm. Meanwhile DJs Who, Agent 86, Lewis CanCut & special guests tempt you into the night with their eclectic bag of treats. Setting the mood early is delightful jazz, deep soul, and funk. Later it’s fruity disco, choice house, and hipster dance drops. Free entry every Thursday. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor
Summer is here and the crew at Miss Libertine have gone mad and are throwing a crazy season long sale. $12 jugs of Boags, $22 jugs of Cocktails all night long and what has got the whole of Melbourne talking 2 4 1 Basic Spirits from 7pm till 10pm. With fun party tunes cranking out all night long, with everything from funk, soul, hip hop, R&B and everything in-between. You know that the only place to be on a Wednesday night is Miss Libertine. Miss Libertine, 34 Franklin St, Melbourne CBD
SOUL ARMY With more flavour than a chocolate pizza, the Wednesday Soul Army throws down raw, uncut funk next to smooth soul grooves, & rare blue jams. Bring that special lady because when the boys lay down the love it could be the difference between ‘we’re just friends’ to ‘let’s get it on’. PBS stalwarts Vince Peach and Miss Goldie accompany Prequel and Black Diamond Kicks weekly. Free. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy
WEDNESDAYS AT CO. Melbourne’s biggest mid-week party! Premier DJ Petar Tolich spins all your favourite 80s & 90s anthems plus a special live set from Australia’s biggest 80s tribute band Stand & Deliver. Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
It’s dubstep, it’s Eurotrash, it’s new, it’s the vibe, it’s Thursdays, it’s weekly and it’s free. So get down to Eurotrash and get your wobble on. Eurotrash Bar, 18 Corrs Lane, Off Chinatown, Melbourne CBD
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FUNHOUSE Melbourne’s hottest Thursday night Funhouse at Co.! Playing all of your favourite Top 40 tunes from the 1990’s and 2000’s featuring DJ Finlo White and MC Kitty Kat. Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
MISS LIBERTINE THURSDAYS Summer is here and the crew at Miss Libertine have gone mad and are throwing a crazy season long sale. $12 jugs of Boags, $22 jugs of Cocktails all night long and what has got the whole of Melbourne talking 2 4 1 Basic Spirits from 7pm till 10pm. With fun party tunes cranking out all night long, with everything from funk, soul, disco, house, hip hop, r&b and everything in-between. You know that the only place to be on a Thursday night is Miss Libertine. Miss Libertine, 34 Franklin St, Melbourne CBD
MIXED NUTS Celebrate this Australia Day Eve with Mixed Nut DJs with attitude! Genetix, Ricky Garra, Zanna, B-Two, Hands Down and Zac De Petro will be cutting up and smashing out all kinds of crazy local banging techno, dance, electro, and funky tech house tracks! First Floor, 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
DNA (Developing New Artistry) brings you genetically modified musical molecules specifically developed to entertain and enhance Melbourne’s dance scene. Every Friday we showcase the next crop of promising DJ/producers handpicked by Lab22’ s mastermind technician Genetix! First Floor, 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
CANT SAY Too Fresh hit Cant Say tonight alongside Animaux, Glass Mirrors, Tranter and Mat Cant. Miss Libertine, 34 Franklin St, Melbourne CBD
SOUNDS OF FUSION Don’t miss Phil Ross bringing an electric style and big house sounds to the dance floor. Whether its belting out fist pumping anthems to a massive crowd or bringing the house vibe to a room full of rockstars, you can count on him getting the job done. Fusion, Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
SATURDAY28TH ENVY Resident DJs Matty G, Dean T & Kitty Kat bringing you all your biggest anthems & club classics all night long. Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
JUICY Friday. Not only a horrible song by a manufactured poptart by the name of Rebecca Black, but a gateway to fun and good times that we know as the weekend. So if you want to forget the 9 to 5, forget the grind, let loose and shake thy rump, it’s time to get Juicy at Bimbo Deluxe! Agent 86, DJ Flagrant, M Phazes, Jesse I, Mike Hunt, Tom Booze, Tom Showtime, Ayna, Kuya, Japeye and guests from 8pm. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy
PANORAMA Start your weekend on a good note with Panorama Fridays at Lucky Coq. DJs Matt Rad, Mr George, Tom Meagher and Phato A Mano transform the upstairs area into one hell of a house party with hip hop, funk, R&B, disco and house. Meanwhile, downstairs gives you a secluded wind down atmosphere with cult films as background visuals and quality cocktails to sip on. Let the new coqtail list wash away a crappy week! Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor
PLUMP DJS Much-loved fixtures of the breakbeat scene and beyond, the Plump DJs have deservedly stuck around since their inception in the late ‘90s. An adrenaline-fuelled mixup of broken beats, party-starting electro vibes and impossibly-heavy basslines, it’s understandable that albums such as A Plump Night Out and Earhasm have retained their legendary status throughout the years. With a recently-established label Grand Hotel and a new album keeping them busy over the past year, they’re well overdue for an Australian tour – and finally, they deliver! Brown Alley, Cnr Lonsdale and Bourke St, CBD
RETRO SEXUAL DJ Grandmaster Vicious playing the best ‘80s and ‘90s pop, hip hop, new wave classics and cheese plus dance floor anthems from then to now. One Twenty Bar, 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy
SHUFFLE FRIDAY NIGHTS Shuffle Friday Nights - 3 DJs live on stage with guest DJs each week. 10pm till 3am. Free drinks on arrival for groups of 10 or more in between 9pm and 10pm. Bridie O’Reilly’s Brunswick, Cnr Brunswick Rd, 29 Sydney Rd, Brunswick
EUROTRASH HOUSE PARTY Put your hands in the air with some of Melbourne’s best party DJs, including 1928, Supreme, Tranter and more. Eurotrash Bar, 18 Corrs Lane, Off Chinatown, Melbourne CBD
FIRST FLOOR SATURDAYS It’s house, electro, dub, anthems, disco and funk with guest DJs Agent 86, Moonshine and Phil Smith (Official Tour DJ for Oasis and Noel Gallagher) rocking til the break of day! First Floor, 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
HOT STEP Google Hot Step and you’ll get a bunch of Vietnamese game reviews and Balkanese dances on YouTube. But that’s nothing like what you can expect to find within the confines of Bimbo on a Saturday night. Developing thick and heavy but altogether groovy, enjoy an eclectic mix of fairy floss funk, doom disco and monk movement minimal every week. Free. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy
SATURDAYS AT ONE TWENTY BAR DJ CKass will take you on a musical journey to the retro sounds of the 70s and 80s, followed by Top 40s. One Twenty Bar, 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy
STAR SATURDAYS Star Saturdays - smashing it every Saturday! 3 Rooms and 20 of your favourite DJs. Top 40 Dance, House, Electro, Tech House & Progressive & R&B. Phil Ross, Scotty Erdos, DJ Ontime, LC, Nick James, Dane Gains, Ryan Hamill, Deja, Phil Isa, Nixon, Azza M, Scotty Nix, DJ Ryza, C Dubb, Alex-J, G-Funk, Dylisco, Achos, Az, Shaggz & guests. Star Bar, 160 Clarendon St, South Melbourne
TEXTILE Saturdays at Lucky Coq tick all the boxes so start your night early and stay til close! Famous $4 pizzas from 7-9pm (that’s dinner sorted) then from 9pm spread over two levels with DJs playing Hip Hop, Funk, Disco, House and Electro. Rotating guests on both levels keep the tunes fresh. Free entry. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor
SUNDAY29TH SOUTH SIDE HUSTLE
FRIDAYS RETRO SEXUAL
The perfect Sunday soundtrack with DJs Askew, Peter Baker, Booshank, Paz, Miss Butt, Junji, Disco Harry and guests. They will be laying down Disco, Afro Beat and Deep House til 3am. For lovers of good music - South Side Hustle. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor
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DJ GRANDMASTER VICIOUS PLAYING THE BEST 80S AND 90S POP, HIP HOP, ROCK, NEW WAVE CLASSICS AND CHEESE PLUS DANCE FLOOR ANTHEMS FROM THEN TO NOW.
Our Signature serve. Each and every Sunday we play host to a self professed vinyl junkie caught between the golden years & boogie wonderland. A mouthful? Perhaps. Our Sunday aficionados Agent 86 and Tigerfunk stir up a full cream shake to the flavour of your liking. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy
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NIGHTS DJ CKASS WILL TAKE YOU ON A MUSICAL JOURNEY TO THE RETRO SOUNDS OF THE 70’S & 80’S. FOLLOWED BY TOP 40’S.
MONDAY30TH Have you always wanted to be a DJ but been cruelly cursed with tone deafness and a general inability to version excursion? Well Bimbo Deluxe saves the day once again.. All you need is an iPhone and you’re set. Just download the free ‘remote’ application from the app store, log into the Bimbo DJ wireless network and you choose which song plays next. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy
TUESDAY31ST BIMBO TUESDAYS Bimbo Tuesday’s have long been the discerning DJs midweek breath of fresh air. An opportunity to indulge in, and to each parade their individual takes on music. A night where by the weird and wonderful is not frowned upon but rather celebrated. Resident selectors Matt Radovich, Andras Fox and Henry Who draw from a colourful array of sounds that warm your midweek blues. From 8pm, free. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy
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Doors open at 9.30pm // Outdoor smoking terrace open on Level 3 from 11.00pm –6.00am // For functions and guest list enquiries contact 03 9292 5750 or email fusion@crownmelbourne.com.au // To enhance the safety and welfare of all patrons, we kindly request that all customers submit their drivers licence or other photo identification to be scanned upon entry // Personal information collected by Crown will be handled in accordance with Crown’s privacy policy // Management reserves all rights // Photo ID required + 18 years // Dress standards apply // Crown practises responsible service of alcohol.
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NHJ & friends host every Tuesday night upstairs at Lucky Coq. Playing uneasy listening, freaked out bass jams, romantic comedy disco, tropi-jazz, soundtracks and shit you won’t hear on the other nights. 8pm-3am. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor
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STEVE HILL HARD DANCE: INTO THE WILD Often dubbed Australia’s ‘King Of Euphoric Hard Dance’, Steve Hill reckons it all comes down to being in the right place at the right time. For him, the place was London and the time was the mid‘90s when he first got his big break thanks to a very happy accident. Currently celebrating the new release of the Hard Dance Alliance’s Wild Energy compilation, Hill claims that despite what the haters say, hard dance has never been more alive and well. “We [Hard Dance Alliance] had loads of fun doing this album,” he enthuses. “There are two sides to us as a collective – the first side is catering to that really healthy under-18s scene in Sydney and Melbourne. I mean, in the school holidays, when we put on events, we get like 3000 people rocking up at Luna Park on a Monday night, which is just crazy! These kids love this stuff. A compilation like Wild Energy is great because it also lets us show off the two sides that we have as a collective – one catering to the under-18s, and one which is 18plus, the stuff you hear in the clubs more.” With one disc sounding more commercial and the second disc leaning more towards the underground club scene, Hill claims it hasn’t been an easy task to make everyone happy – but it hasn’t been impossible either. When you’re an expert in your field, there’s nothing that you can’t accomplish when you put your mind to it. “It’s been a challenge but that’s also what makes it extra fun, I guess,” offers Hill. “You’re trying to keep everyone happy, that means both new fans and old. At the end of the day, you have to stand by what you put out and it has your name on it, once it’s out, it’s out there forever. You have to maintain the fanbase that you already have but you also always have to attract new people too.
It was interesting to see the compilation reach number two on the commercial charts – the only thing that was higher than us was the annual Ministry Of Sound compilation!” The second trickiest thing about putting together a compilation like Wild Energy is finding the latest tracks but also being able to predict which ones will still be around a few months from now and which ones will be long forgotten. Given that the selection process requires the inclusion of completely new tracks, Hill reckons it’s enough to keep a DJ on the edge. “It’s a bit of a risk, yeah,” he agrees. “The hard thing is that you’re really starting with a blank piece of paper. The record company wants you to put out a compilation that is very current by the time it gets released, so it’s not delving into a track you’ve been playing for a while and which you know is going to work. A lot of the tracks you’re choosing are coming right up to the last minute mark when they come out. The fun thing is that you get to hear all the stuff that’s coming out from the labels before anyone else does, really. I suppose what makes the whole process a lot easier is the fact that as a collective, we all live out of each other’s pockets because we get on fantastically well as friends and we started doing shows together back in 2009 at the Hard Dance Alliance. We’d be on for three hours at a time so after a while we learned what we each play. We all know each other’s musical influences, we all mix well together, and we know who to combine our sounds so that it sounds cohesive.” Also made up of fellow DJs Suae and Pulsar, the Hard Dance Alliance has been dominating the hard dance clubs for the last three years. Hill has indeed made a legendary name for himself ever
“In the school holidays, when we put on events, we get like 3000 people rocking up at Luna Park on a Monday night, which is just crazy!”
since returning to Australia from the UK, recently even expanding his touring schedule to more exotic locations like Korea. “This year I will be adding more places like Canada and South Africa as well, which is really exciting!” Hill reveals. “One of my highlights of 2011 was getting the chance to play in Seoul, Korea. It was most raw, electric vibe I’d played in a very, very long time! You just don’t know what to expect when you play in a new, strange country, but everybody was bouncing off the walls! It’s crazy because I looked in my diary yesterday and I’m booked every single weekend until May! It’s looking incredibly healthy this year and it get a little better each year, it’s not just always the same
cities. I’ve also got lots of studio time booked in so I can finish my next album, which will be a 100-track affair! We’ve got some tour dates happening for Wild Energy first, though, then it’s off to Europe for me.” Birdie Wild Energy mixed by the Hard Dance Alliance, consisting of Steve Hill, Suae and Pulsar is out now in iTunes and all good record stores.
TSUYOSHI SUZUKI RAINBOW: REACHING FROM THE EAST Japan is about as culturally advanced as you could possibly imagine a country to be. Art, music, fashion – it’s all there and it’s always about as unusual and distinctive as you can get. No surprise then, that the man in question hails from the land of the rising run, despite his eventual move to the UK to more closely align himself to the electronic music scene – and it was his upbringing in Japan that essentially rounded him as an artist, producer, entertainer and label boss. Years and years on, he remains the quietly spoken Japanese wunderkind who isn’t big on long answers and creative responses, for he would rather let his music do the talking. He has dedicated his life to the electronic music scene – especially in his native Japan – but with a message he has delivered to virtually all corners of the globe. As a kid in junior high school, he enjoyed Brian Eno, Depeche Mode and Gary Numan and was captivated by it all. It’s not a surprising story of influence but he reminisces about how he managed to successfully allay the suspicions of his parents for quite some time, however they kind of understand now – because his music certainly speaks for itself! And when we talk about music – we mean some badass trance that will rock the socks off grandma in her rocking chair. Other than that, the man is a cultural visionary, being involved in promoting in his native Japan, all manner of various musical affairs. He is also the co-founder of the legendary trance label Matsuri Productions based in London. Moving on, he has spent some time as a resident DJ at the famous Return to the Source in England in 1994 and Twilo in New York in 2000. He has played some of the biggest electronic events
worldwide including the Berlin Love Parade, Sydney’s Mardi Gras and Tribal Gathering to name but a few. And he returns to Australia for what is becoming his annual pilgrimage to play at Rainbow Serpent Festival. The guy also possesses more aliases than a criminal on the run, while he also plays, produces, writes and dreams about rock ‘n’ roll. So Joujouka is his electro rock band, Numanoid is his electro DJ alias and of course Tsuyoshi Suzuki is the original Goa-inspired psy-power DJ and producer. Today, his music is more rounded and has somewhat of a more experienced, welltravelled feel. Either way, expect trance, electro, twisted vocals and some Japanese antics. Check out his Facebook and MySpace pages to get a feel for the vibe and the flavour he is delivering right now – there is plenty of free music to keep even the most hard-headed of you satisfied. And in the meantime, the Japanese don of electronica is prepping his gear for a special outdoor show in country Victoria. Recently, he advises that he has spent some time working on Joujouka. “Yes, I have been really busy producing the rock band Joujouka and have recently started out playing our live set in Tokyo. Also my electro-rock label Madskippers has been keeping me pretty busy as well. Then there is Madskippers, my electro/house/rock label from Tokyo. The organiser of [the] Madskippers event, Matsubara kun, introduced him to a guy called Daisuke Tsutsui three years ago and he has been at our events many times. “And I have heard of him before, but when I heard his demo, I thought his style was totally individual. It has got some heavy electro rock taste in it but
“The things that inspire me – and influence me – also come from when I was really into listening to the old rock sound”
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also J-Pop chords sync in-between. I really liked it! He is a professional guy and great to work with.” So as a sum of a million different experiences, Suzuki admits that he has embraced electronic music in its multiple forms, especially being influenced by the trance and Goa sound. “That’s right,” he describes. “My Goa trance label, Matsuri Productions, started in the UK as I mentioned and it was 100% good timing to get it going really. That’s it! The things that inspire me – and influence me – also come from when I was really into listening to the old rock sound, especially stuff from the ‘80s; but then I also love films and so on. Over the years, you see music change up and it comes and goes around and around. But I have to say the Goa trance scene has come back I guess! “As for the production work, Madskippers has some new material coming out as well as material from some of my other projects. There
are always albums, EPs and remixes that we’re working on so that keeps my sound interesting and changing all the time. As for the tour, all I can say is that as always, I’m really looking forward to coming out to Australia again – I love it there – especially in the summer! I look forward to delivering a lot of the new styles and sound from my recent productions. See you all on the dance floor!” RK Tsuyoshi Suzuki [JPN] plays Rainbow Serpent Festival alongside Protonica [GER], Ott [UK], Secret Cinema [NED] and more which takes place from Friday January 27 – Monday January 30 near Lexton, Western Victoria.
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rnb SUPERCLUB: 10 ANNIVERSARY EDITION
VISIONQUEST YEAR
SONY R&B
THE VENGABOYS
FABRICLIVE 61
THE BEST OF VENGABOYS: AUSTRALIAN TOUR EDITION
FABRIC TECHNO
Starting way back in 2002 rnb Superclub launched the hugely successful series which was based on the very popular Sydney based clubnight. The rnb Superclub clubnights are now running special events anationally and still running strong around the country more than 11 years after its opening. The rnb Superclub album releases are amongst Australia’s highest selling CD series. The 10th anniversary edition of rnb Superclub takes a look back at the hits and sometimes misses of R&B. The big ones are all here from the likes of Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Ian Carey, Jennifer Hudson, Ludacris to current chart kings LMFAO and Jason Derulo. If you are looking for a party starter, your party has not been started until you have this compilation in your hot little hands. You know you want it, so come get it! You will thank yourself that you did! - Christopher Anderson-Peters
Visionquest are the Detroit born, Berlin residing techno label and supergroup. The four players, would each surely have been in Fabric’s phone book before this most recent collaboration, and Fabriclive 61 will not have them deleting it. This is lovely melodic techno, occasionally touching the sides of deep and tech house. Lushly soothing, but always driving forward. For what is essentially a techno mix, Fabriclive 61 is surprisingly vocal, with at least every second track layered with voice. The extra vocals never detract from the journeying nature of the music though, rather gently comforting you on Visionquest’s hypnotic techno steam train. Tin Man’s Wasteland is a perfect entrance into what starts as a gentle, sweeping descent into techno deep, moving through names such as Konrad Black, a slick Cassius remix, and DJ T’s Passion remix, before plunging into the chilling tech-funk of Green Velvet’s Abduction. Visionquest have succeeded in not only creating a highly enjoyable DJ mix, but by perhaps also breaking techno into the Fabriclive stable, when it has largely been confined to co-series Fabric. - Danny Silver
HUSKY FOLK/ POP LIBERATION
FOREVER SO Husky is one of Melbourne’s finest four piece folk outfits winning hearts with their debut album, Forever So, which still hasn’t left my CD player (these thirteen song’s don’t grow old.) Vocalist Husky Gawenda, and pianist Gideon Preiss teamed up to create this organically rich album in the band’s own makeshift studio in a backyard bungalow. You can tell that every song was given time to grow and be perfected, yet the rawness of the sound is it’s true strength. Stand out tracks are first single History’s Door, Dark Sea and spine tingling, Animals and Freaks. You can really tell that Forever So, was made with heart. Having a big year this year supporting artists such as Noah and The Whale and Gotye and just recently playing at Laneway, all I see is really big things for these Melbourne sweethearts. - Eliza Hull
FIRE & ICE
ONELOVE / SONY HOUSE
Like it or not, the Vengabus is making a come back! With a string of sold out shows (including three at the Corner Hotel?!) the Vengaboys are back and promoting their obligatory Best Of album. Complete with remixes of their extraordinarily diverse hit singles: Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!, We Like to Party! And who could possibly forget We’re Going to Ibizia. Also along for the ride is their incredibly intricate new hit Rocket to Uranus, which really needs no further explanation. More infectious than the Plague, these songs will bore into your skull and stick around long after the joke is over. What McDonald’s is to food, the Vengaboys are to music, simple, cheap, consistent and not demanding a whole lot. Regardless if you dig them or not, having reached #1 on the singles chart in over 20 countries, perhaps some sort of respect is in order...? I’ll leave that up for you to decide. Either way, get on board or get out the way! - Christopher J. Stenton
The latest opus from Ryan Raddon is an awesome doublealbum with a twist. The concept is two discs of the same songs, with the upbeat and dance-friendly ‘fire’ versions on disc one, and the chilled and down-tempo ‘ice’ remixes on the other. Fire kicks off with the gorgeous vocal house cut Eyes, while Skrillex lends a hand on the surging, bass-heavy Lick It. Waste Love is a definite highlight, a collaboration with Danish duo Quadron that oozes soulful house vibes, and saving the best for last, the album closes with Room For Happiness which utilises the angelic vocals of Skylar Grey. The disc of Ice remixes is a great album in its own right. Highlights include Eyes, which gets completely transformed into a haunting piano-driven delicacy, and the funky, disco, instrumental re-work of Lessons In Love. The exquisite deep vibes of How Long make it the standout track for me. All up, a varied, engaging and consistent album that proves Kaskade is one of the world’s finest dance music producers. - Ed Montano
ELOQUOR
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OBESE HIPHOP
BLACK HOLE RECORDINGS / 405 RECORDINGS TRANCE
KRIAN MUSIC GROUP / SHOCK INDIE
Eloquor has been getting around the traps for a minute now, but from the opening drum kick of this EP you know he means business, the Hattori Hanzo drums knock, Slap 618 kills the cuts whilst Eloquor spits the live that he’s led to now on the aptly named I Know. Who Cares sees a pitched vocal sample leading you into more restrained drums, that manage to retain their toughness, whilst only three tracks in at this stage you already have a clear vision of the release, Eloquor raging against the global power brokers and the continued shifting of blame by world leaders. It’s a fresh take from an Australian artist and has the potential to be massive in the current world climate that saw Occupy taking up space worldwide and many questioning exactly who is pulling the strings. Eloquor clearly has friends in the right places to garnering beats from Simplex and Suffa as well as a guest 16 from Pegz, giving the release a polished sound many so called artists wish they had. Eloquor is far better than the average local hip hop release. - Shane Scott
With such a stellar career behind them, it seems unlikely that this is only the 5th studio album between the duo Nic Chagall and Bossi. The only issue is that it takes an incredible effort to keep up such a high level of quality, timeless tunes. Sadly, it feels that they may have lost some of the flair that took them to the top, with distinctive tunes like Firewire, The Drums, Exploration of Space and Should’ve Known hard to find of this album. Instead, this feels like they have followed into the trend of slower, more beige Trance mould. It’s not all bad, highlights include the singles off Wake Your Mind, Barra and a remake of Jurgen Vries The Theme, which is nearly identical to the DuMonde remix, but slower and with an added stabbing synth which doesn’t suit the song. In saying that, it did become number one on the Beatport Trance Chart, so maybe this is what the masses want?! - Kelvin Colling
So VHS Or Beta have finally returned with their latest LP Diamonds and Death. It’s been a long wait for fans; the last LP was released back in 2007. VHS Or Beta have definitely evolved their new wave-inspired sound, producing tracks with more length that’s reminiscent of their debut album Night On Fire. The sound is a lot more club-friendly than it’s ever been though, with tracks like Everybody & Jellybean providing good beats to dance to. That unmistakable Craig Pfunder vocal is still as great as ever, providing great sing-along vocal hooks for the listener. I’d say these guys are somewhere in between The Cure & Cut Copy, they definitely have their own sound, and it’s one that will uplift you no doubt. Standout tracks would be Diamonds and Death & All Summer In A Day, these songs just have those killer choruses that VHS Or Beta fans would know and love, providing just the right amount of melodramatic feeling needed. A great outing by the band. - Sebastian Martinez
HUMAN CONDITION
WAKE YOUR MIND
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Without a shadow of a doubt, Take Care is one of the best hip hop tracks you’ll hear in a very long time. Drake completely blew the hip hop scene apart in 2010 and 2012 seems like it will bare the same fruits. Not surprising when you’re pumping out music of this quality.
Melbourne underground duo DJ Cubist & MC Scotty Hinds team up for yet another misadventure. This time the Melbourne based duo spit out the scorching Dubstep/ Hip Hop inspired Blow Torch. Yes that was a terrible pun, but unlike that pun Blow Torch is no fading candle and will literally burn into your brain.
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Inspector Norse TODD TERJE Timebomb (VIP remix) JOHN TEJADA Street of Fire SYMMETRY ft RUTH RADELET In the Middle (I Met You There) MATTHEW DEAR & JONNY PIERCE I Want To Ride D’MARC CANTU Disco Theme DMX KREW Brazil (Etienne Jaumet remix) LUKE ABBOTT Opal BYETONE The E’s Have It LADY BLACKTRONICA For You ( Part 2) SHLOHMO
High Demand SINDEN FT JESSE BOYKINS III Well Wishers JULIO BASHMORE Key to the City LARGE PROFESSOR The Graystone Ballroom EP TIMELINE Lions of Judah EMANATIVE & AHMED ABDULLAH Move Love ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT FT KING Virtual Boy LP cuts VIRTUAL BOY Dance for Me SPECTR It’s the Arps EP TODD TERJE Prelude (Lapalux Remix) BONOBO
Wild Ones FLO RIDA FEAT. SIA Set It Off TIMOMATIC Young, Wild & Free SNOOP DOGG & WIZ KHALIFA FEAT. BRUNO MARS Good Feeling FLO RIDA Hangover TAIO CRUZ FEAT. FLO RIDA Dedication To My Ex (Miss That) LLOYD FEAT. ANDRE 3000 & LIL WAYNE Take Care DRAKE FEAT. RIHANNA I Love It HILLTOP HOODS FEAT. SIA We Found Love RIHANNA FEAT. CALVIN HARRIS Breathing JASON DERULO
Don’t Hold Back STARKILLERS & DMITRY KO In My Mind IVAN GOUGH & FEENIXPAWL FE GEORGE KAY Roxy ROBBIE RIVERA Blow FUNKERMAN Can’t Stop AFROJACK FE SHERMANOLOGY You’re Not Alone JARED DIETCH FE KELLI SAE Ignorance Is Bliss Claude VON STROKE & EATS EVERYTHING We Gonna Rock QUINTINO Night Like This TRENT CANTRELLE Save Me ULTRA NATE
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DIAMONDS AND DEATH
DRAKE FEAT RIHANNA TAKE CARE
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KASKADE
MICKEY (CHU FU FIX) The only question you’ll probably ask yourself is why?
COMMON FEAT NAS
GHETTO DREAMS Common brings the hood back to the table, and the intensity gets dialled up a notch when Nas jumps on the mike. For me - Ghetto Dreams is the stand out track from Commons new release The Dreamer, The Believer.
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COMPRESSION SESSION Reggae at E55 every Wednesday night. Resident selectors play strictly vinyl. Free entry. 8pm. E55, 55 Elizabeth St, Melbourne CBD
RNB SUPERCLUB 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY & CD LAUNCH PARTY The massive 10 Year Anniversary and CD Launch party takes place on Australia Day Eve, featuring Marvin Priest, DJ G Wizard, MC Jayson and many more. Level 3 Crown Entertainment Complex, Melbourne CBD
THURSDAY26TH RHYTHM-AL-ISM Start the weekend early with Fusion’s Resident DJs. Music for your funkin’ soul. Special guests every week! Fusion, Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
FRIDAY27TH FAKTORY This is it. Faktory Fridays are open for business at Melbourne’s home of R&B, Khokolat Bar. Where else? Damion De Silva, Ken Walker, Durmy, K Dee, Simon Sez, Yaths and Jacqui Dusk spinning all night long. Khokolat Bar, Basement, 43 Hardware La, Melbourne
LIKE FRIDAYS Like Fridays at La Di Da serves up RnB and Electro House across two rooms giving you a fun filled end to your week. DJs Dinesh, Dir-X, Sef, NYD, Shaun D, Shaggz, Broz and more. 10pm-5am La Di Da, 577 Little Bourke St, Melbourne
SWEET NOTHING FRIDAYS DJ Marcus Knight and DJ Xander James spin Hip Hop, R&B and House tunes all night from 8pm. Free entry and early drink specials. Temperance Hotel, 426 Chapel St, South Yarra
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KHOKOLAT KOATED All new experience, same great location with a fresh koat of Khokolat. Restless Entertainment reloads your favourite Saturday night party. Damion De Silva, K Dee, Jay Sin and weekly guests playing RnB & Ol’Skool sounds strictly for the urban elite. Khokolat Bar, Basement, 43 Hardware La, Melbourne
MILLION STYLEZ Hailing from Stockholm Sweden, Million Stylez is one of the hottest reggae and dancehall artists coming out of Europe today. Backed by DJ Peril from San Diego’s Tribe Of Kings Soundsystem, and supported by Sista Itations, Jesse I, Heartical D and Andy Ites. Laundry Bar, 48-50 Johnston street, Fitzroy
MONDAY30TH DAS RACIST Das Racist is a hip hop group, formed in 2008 and based in Brooklyn, New York, comprised of Queens-born Himanshu Suri, San Francisco-born Victor Vazquez and hype man Ashok Kondabolu. Known for their use of humour, obscure references, and unconventional style, Das Racist has been both dismissed as joke rap and hailed as an urgent new voice in rap. Spin magazine picked Das Racist as one of 50 acts to watch at the 2010 SXSW festival, and in April 2010, MTV’s Iggy selected Das Racist as one of the “25 Best New Bands in the World”. Corner Hotel, 57 Swan St, Richmond
TUESDAY26TH KANYE WEST One of the most controversial and prolific names in contemporary music, Kanye West has announced a Melbourne sideshow to follow his appearance at the 2012 Big Day Out. Victorian fans have been holding their breath for a headline visit from Mr. West. Following a one-off appearance at this year’s Splendour In The Grass. Sidney Myer Music Bowl, 21 Linlithgow Avenue CBD
MILLION STYLEZ SWEDISH STYLE: FAT OF THE LAND The musical and cultural lines between reggae and hip hop are not that far separated. For Kenshin Iryo (aka Million Stylez), it sews the fabric of his career. Born and raised in Stockholm, he is son to Japanese and French immigrants. He has gone on to make a big splash not only in his homeland but also in the birthplace of reggae, Jamaica. From Europe to the Caribbean and now heading to Oz for the first time, Million Stylez is doing big things. As we compute all of that info let’s go back to the origins, or to employ that over-used word, roots. “I actually started out rapping in Swedish at the age of nine and I would have to say Yo! MTV Raps was the biggest reason,” Iryo shares with boundless energy from the land of Ikea. “I was obsessed with hip hop at the time and when I was old enough to get into the clubs you could see me grabbing the mic at every jam I could possibly get into”. Like many, he found solace and identity in hip hop’s rugged beats and rhymes before entering the nurturing arms of reggae culture. Translating his developing lyrical style to another form, he says he began experimenting with reggae and dancehall vibes at the age of 18. “I noticed that the crowd reacted differently from when I was just rapping so I’ve been doing it from ever since.” A musical citizen of many lands, he grew up around a melting pot of influences and cultures, from Middle Eastern and Balkan to Latin and African. “A funny thing is that Swedish music doesn’t move me at all,” the international singer chuckles with irony. While the reggae movement in Sweden is still in development stages, he says reggae is hugely popular across Europe. “It’s still growing in Sweden, Babylon is working hard trying to hold it back but reggae music is a movement that can’t be stopped,” he declares in almost song lyric form. Believe it or not, it is the home of Oktoberfest that holds the honour of being Europe’s home of reggae. “I would have to say that Germany is the leading country in Europe when it comes to reggae very much because [of] their dedication, obsession and love for the music. They also got the most organised promoters in the world according to me,” Iryo laughs. Best known for the dance floor blazing anthem Miss Fatty, the music of Million Stylez very much represents his many influences. His debut album From A Far was bubbling with energy, showcasing his smooth crooning-meets-patois vocal style. Whether he’s lacing a sweat-filled dancehall cut or a more traditional reggae slow jam, he says that it all flows naturally in the studio. “I’ve reached a stage in my career where I just get
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into the booth and improvise and whatever comes out of my mouth is what’s supposed to come out.” You could call it divine intervention from the most high. “In that way every song feels like an anthem for me personally. People always come up to me telling me their favourite track and it’s always different tunes. When I’m on stage it’s a different thing again. I love to perform so much and I think it shows. It feels like I was born to do this.” As such an early bloomer, it very much seems that his whole life has been building towards his current mission as verbaliser of the reggae world. Iryo is pumped to now be spreading the gospel in Australia, where he’s making his first ever trip. “I’m really looking forward to doing this tour,” he exclaims with obvious enthusiasm. “Not only from all the nice things I’ve heard about Oz but also the fact that it’s the only continent I haven’t performed in…yet.” Reflecting the variations in his recordings he says fans can expect pure energy from his live show. “My set is kind of mixed with roots and dancehall, also some hip hop influences. There are different segments in my show, some parts where I go conscious with slow roots, making people just skank slow and easy. The next part is where I hype up the crowd with up-tempo dancehall, making them jump and dance like crazy. It depends a lot on the crowd so if Oz is ready for me I will mash up the place.” While his trip down under could prove to be a big milestone there is one gig that stands out in his mind so far. “Every show is of course different but if I have to mention a specific show it would have to be when I performed in Sofia, Bulgaria in front of more than 60,000 people. Everybody was singing along to Miss Fatty acapella. It was the beginning of my career so that just felt huge for me right there.” Never believing his own hype, he’s quick to count his blessings. “First and foremost I give thanks to the almighty father.” Along with more globetrotting, Million Stylez is cooking up other plans, including two new albums, “one dancehall and one roots.” They are soon finished. He also has an EP titled Songs About You, which is slated to drop in February. Above all else he’ll keep pumping those good vibrations. “I will just keep on doing what I know which is good music with emotions, vibes and a positive message.” Andrew ‘Hazard’ Hickey Million Stylez [SWE] plays Laundry Bar with DJ Peril [USA] on Saturday January 28.
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WHERE TO NEXT?
Gypsy Bar 334 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 0548
The Retreat Hotel 280 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9380 4090
HiFi 125 Swanston St, Melb, 1300 843 4434
Revolt Elizabeth St, Kensington, 03 9376 2115
Highlander 11a Highlander Lane, Melb, 9620 2227
Revolver Upstairs 229 Chapel St, Prahran, 9521 5985
Hoo Haa 105 Chapel St, Windsor, 9529 6900
Rochester Castle Hotel 202 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9415 7555
Horse Bazaar 397 Little Lonsdale St, Melb, 9670 2329
Rooftop Cider Bar, Cnr Swanston & Flinders St, Melbourne, 9650 3884
Iddy Biddy 47 Blessington St, St Kilda, 9534 4484
Room 680 Level 1, 680 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, 9818 0680
Jett Black 177 Greville St, Prahran
Roxanne Parlour Lvl 3, 2 Coverlid Pl, Melb
John Curtin Hotel 29 Lygon St, Melb, 9663 6350
Royal Derby 446 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 2321
Khokolat Bar 43 Hardware Lane, Melbourne, 039642 1142
Roal Melbourne Hotel 629 Bourke St, 9629 2400
La Di Da 577 Lt Bourke St, Melb, 9670 7680
Ruby’s Lounge 1648 Burwood Hwy, Belgrave, 9754 7445
Labour In Vain 197A Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 5955
Saint Hotel 54 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9593 8333
Lomond Hotel 225 Nicholson St, East Brunswick
Sandbelt Live Cnr South & Bignell Rd, Moorabbin, 9555 6899
Longroom 162 Collins St, Melbourne, 9663 9226
Scarlett Lounge 174 Burnley St, Richmond, 9428 0230
Loop 23 Meyers Pl, Melb, 9654 0500
Seven Nightclub 52 Albert Rd, South Melb, 9690 7877
Lounge 243 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 2916
Spensers Live 419 Spencer St, West Melb, 03 9329 8821
The Lounge Pit 386-388 Brunswick St, Fitzroy 9415 6142
Spot 133 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9388 0222
29th Apartment 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9078 8922
Corner Hotel 57 Swan St, Richmond, 9427 9198
Love Machine Cnr Lt Chapel & Malvern Rd, Prahran, 9533 8837
Standard Hotel 293 Fitzroy St, Fitzroy, 9419 4793
303 303 High Street, Northcote
Cornish Arms 163 Sydney Rd, Brunswick
Lucky Coq 179 Chapel St, Windsor, 9525 1288
Star Bar 160 Clarendon St, South Melb, 9810 0054
Abode 374 St.Kilda Rd, St.Kilda
CQ 113 Queen St, Melb, 8601 2738
The LuWOW 62-70 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 5447
Station 59 59 Church St, Richmond, 9427 8797
Albert Park Hotel Cnr Montague & Dundas Pl, Albert Park, 9690 5459
Croft Institute 21 Croft Alley, Melb, 9671 4399
Mercat Cross Lvl 1, 456 Queen St, Melb, 9348 9998
Stolberg Beer Café 197 Plenty Rd, Preston, 9495 1444
Alia Lvl 1, 83-87 Smith St, Fitzroy, 9486 0999
Cruzao Arepa Bar 365 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 7871
Mink 2 Acland St, St Kilda, 9536 1199
Sub Lounge & Restaurant 168 Elizabeth St Melb, 0411 800 198
Alumbra Shed 9, Central Pier, 161 Harbour Espl, Docklands, 8623 9666
Cushion 99 Fitzroy St, St.Kilda, 9534 7575
Miss Libertine 34 Franklin St, Melb, 9663 6855
Sugar Bar (Hotel Urban) 35 Fitztroy St, St Kilda, 8530 8888
Back Bar 67 Green St, Windsor, 9529 7899
Damask 1/347 Burnswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 4578
Misty 3-5 Hosier Ln, Melb, 9663 9202
Temperance Hotel 426 Chapel St, South Yarra, 9827 7401
Bar Open 317 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9415 9601
The Drunken Poet 65 Peel Street, West Melbourne, 9348 9797
Mockingbird Bar 129 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9534 0000
Thornbury Theatre 859 High St, Thornbury, 9484 9813
Baroq House 9-13 Drewery Ln, Melb, 8080 5680
Der Raum 438 Church St, Richmond, 9428 0055
Musicland 1359A Sydney Rd, Fawkner, 9359 0006
Tiki Lounge 327 Swan St, Richmond, 9428 4336
Bendigo Hotel 125 Johnston St, Collingwood 9417 3415
Ding Dong Lounge Lvl 1, 18 Market Ln, Melb, 9662 1020
Neverland 32-48 Johnson St, South Melb, 9646 5544
Toff In Town Lvl 2, 252 Swanston St, Melb, 9639 8770
Bertha Brown 562 Flinders Street, 9629 1207
Dizzy’s Jazz Club 381 Burnley St, Richmond, 9428 1233
New Guernica Lvl 2, Hub Arcade, 318-322 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9650 4464
Tony Starr’s Kitten Club 267 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9650 2448
Big Mouth 168 Acland St, St.Kilda, 9534 4611
Double Happiness 21 Liverpool St, Melb, 9650 4488
Night Cat 141 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 0090
The Tote Hotel 67 Johnson St, Collingwood, 9419 5320
Billboard 170 Russell St, Melb, 9639 4000
E:55 55 Elizabeth St, Melb, 9620 3899
Night Cat 279 Flinders Ln, Melb, 9654 0444
Town Hall Hotel 33 Errol St, North Melbourne, 9328 1983
Bimbo Deluxe 376 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 8600
East Brunswick Club 280 Lygon St, East Brunswick, 9388 2777
Noise Bar 291 Albert St, Brunswick, 9380 1493
Trak Lounge 445 Toorak Rd, Toorak, 9826 9000
Birmingham Hotel Cnr Smith & Johnston St, Fitzroy
Edinburgh Castle 681 Sydney Rd, Brunswick
Northcote Social Club 301 High St, Northcote, 9489 3917
Tramp 20 King St, Melb
Black Cat 252 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 6230
Electric Ladyland Lvl 1, 265 Chapel St, Prahran, 9521 5757
Old Bar 74 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 4155
Transport Hotel Federation Square, Melb, 9654 8808
Blue Bar 330 Chapel St, Prahran, 9529 6499
Elwood Lounge 49-51 Glenhuntly Rd, Elwood, 9525 6788
One Twenty Bar 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy
Trunk 275 Exhibition St, Melbourne, 9663 7994
Blue Tile Lounge 95 Smith St, Fitzroy
Empress 714 Nicholson St, Nth Fitzroy, 9489 8605
Onesixone 161 High St, Prahran, 9533 8433
Tyranny Of Distance 147 Union St, Windsor, 9525 1005
Boutique 134 Greville St, Prahran, 9525 2322
Espy 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda, 9534 0211
Order Of Melbourne level 2, 401 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 6707
Two of Hearts 149 Commercial Road, Prahran
Brown Alley King Street, Melb,9670 8599
Eurotrash 18 Corrs Ln, Melb, 9654 4411
Palace Hotel 893 Burke Rd, Camberwell
Union Hotel Brunswick 109 Union St, Brunswick, 9388 2235
Brunswick Hotel 140 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9387 6637
Eve 334 City Rd, Southbank, 9696 7388
Palace Theatre 20-30 Bourke St, Melb, 9650 0180
Veludo 175 Acland St, St Kilda, 9534 4456
Builders Arms 211 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
Evelyn 351 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 5500
Palais 111 Main Rd, Hepburn Springs, 5348 4849
Victoria Hotel 380 Victoria St, Brunswick, 9388 0830
Cabinet Bar 11 Rainbow Alley, Melbourne, 9654 0915
Ferntree Gully Hotel 1130 Burwood Hwy, Ferntree Gully, 9758 6544
Palais Theatre Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, 9525 3240
Wah Wah Lounge Lvl 1, 185 Lonsdale St, Melb
Caravan Music Club 95 Drummond St, Oakleigh
Festival Hall 300 Dudley St, West Melbourne, 9329 9699
Papa Goose 91 Flinders Ln, Melbourne, 9663 2800
Wesley Anne 250 High St, Northcote, 9482 1333
Caseys Nightclub 660A Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, 9810 0030
First Floor 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 6380
Penny Black 420 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9380 8667
Westernport Hotel 161 Marine Pde, San Remo, 5678 5205
Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets 80 Smith St, Collingwood, 9415 8876
Forum Theatre 154 Flinders St, Melb, 9299 9800
Pier Live Hotel 508 Nepean Hwy, Frankston, 9783 9800
Willow Bar 222 High Street, Northcote, 9481 1222
CBD Club 12-14 McKillop St, Melb, 9670 3638
The Fox Hotel 351 Wellington Street, Collingwood, 9416 4957
Pony 68-70 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9662 1026
Windsor Castle 89 Albert St, Windsor, 9525 0239
Chaise Lounge Basement, 105 Queen St, Melb, 9670 6120
Fusion Lvl 3, Crown Complex, Southbank, 9292 5750
Portland Hotel Cnr Lt Collins & Russell St, Melb, 9810 0064
Workers Club 51 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9415 8889
Chandelier Room 91 Cochranes Rd, Moorabbin, 9532 2288
The Gallery Room 1/510 Flinders St, Melbourne, 9629 1350
The Prague Hotel, 911 High St, Northcote, 9495 0000
Workshop Lvl 1, 413 Elizabeth St, Melb, 9326 4365
Chelsea Heights Hotel Cnr Springvale & Wells Rd,
Gem Bar & Dining 289 Wellingston St, Collingwood, 9419 5170
Pretty Please 61c Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9534 4484
Yah Yah’s 99 Smith St, Fitzroy, 9419 4920
Chelsea Heights, 9773 4453
George Basement, 127 Fitzroy St, 9534 8822
Prince Bandroom 29 Fitztory St, St Kilda, 9536 1168
The Vine 59 Wellington St, Collingwood, 9417 2434
Cherry Bar AC/DC Ln, Melb, 9639 8122
Gertrude’s Brown Couch 30 Gertrude St, Fitzroy, 9417 6420
Prince Of Wales 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9536 1168
Chi Lounge 195 Lt Bourke St, Melbourne, 9662 2688
Grace Darling Hotel 114 Smith St, Collingwood, 9416 0055
Public Bar 238 Victoria St, North Melb, 9329 6522
Co. Lvl 3, Crown Complex, 9292 5750
Grandview Hotel Cnr Heidelberg Rd & Station St, Fairfield, 9489 8061
Railway Hotel 280 Ferrars St, South Melb, 9690 5092
Colonial Hotel (Brown Alley) Cnr King & Lonsdale St, Melb, 9670 8599
Great Britain Hotel 447 Church St, Richmond, 9429 5066
Red Bennies 371 Chapel St, South Yarra, 9826 2689
Commercial Club Hotel 344 Nicholson St, Fitzroy, 9419 1522
Grind N Groove 274 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville
Red Love Lvl 1, 401 Swanston St, Melb, 9639 3722
Cookie Lvl 1, 252 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 7660
Grumpy’s Green 125 Smith St, Collingwood, 9416 1944
Retreat Hotel 226 Nicholson St, Abbotsford, 9417 2693
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