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Straight Up: Bringing The Beats FOR MORE UP TO DATE NEWS GO TO BEAT.COM.AU

FEBRUARY

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 DIESELBOY [USA] Friday March 2, Brown Alley DJ KRUSH [JPN] Saturday March 3, The Espy 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 APHEX TWIN [USA] Tuesday March 6, Palace Theatre DIE ANTWOORD [RSA] Wednesday March 7, Prince Bandroom 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], ZANE LOWE [UK] Thursday March 8, Festival Hall MAD PROFESSOR [USA] Friday March 9, The Espy ARIL BRIKHA [SWE] Friday March 9, Brown Alley MAITREYA: LIQUID SOUL [SWI], ACE VENTURA [ISR], ELECTRIC UNIVERSE [GER] + MORE Friday March 9 – 12, Carlsbrook 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 LUKE ABBOTT [UK], FAIRMONT [CAN], AVUS [UK] Friday March 23, Brown Alley PROSUMER [GER] Friday March 23, Mercat Basement YELAWOLF [USA] Friday March 30, Prince Bandroom HEADMAN [GER] Saturday March 31, The Liberty Social

UPCOMING

HUNEE [GER] Friday February 10, Mercat Basement JOHN DIGWEED [UK] Friday February 10, Billboard RUDE BOY [UK] Friday February 10, Laundry Bar RONSKI SPEED [GER] Friday February 10, Prince Bandroom DJ NITA [USA] Friday February 10, Roxanne Parlour DELTA HEAVY [UK] Saturday February 11, Miss Libertine ROBERT RICH [USA] Saturday February 11, Northcote Uniting Church 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 SPACE DIMENSION CONTROLLER [IRL] Friday February 17, Buffalo Club BLIP FESTIVAL: BIT SHIFTER [USA], NULLSLEEP [USA], TRASH80 [USA] + MORE Friday February 17 – 18, The Evelyn 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 GREG WILSON [UK] Friday February 24, Buffalo Club KIDD KAOS [UK] Friday February 24, CBD Nightclub DANNY DAZE [USA] Friday February 24, New Guernica THE ORB [UK], BOMB THE BASS [UK] Friday February 24, The Hi-Fi HUDSON MOHAWKE [UK], RUSTIE [UK], BALAM ACAB [USA] Friday February 24, Roxanne Parlour DROP OUT ORCHESTRA [SWE] Sunday February 26, Circus MAYER HAWTHORNE [USA] Wednesday February 29, The Corner Hotel

MARCH

ONTOUR

RICK WILHITE [USA] Thursday April 5, Mercat Basement PEDRO [USA] Friday April 6, The Espy MOODYMANN [USA], MARTIN BUTTRICH, [USA] TINI [GER], ROMAN FLUGEL [GER] Sunday April 8, Brown Alley CREAMFIELDS: DAVID GUETTA [USA], ABOVE & BEYOND [UK] + MORE Saturday April 28, Melbourne Showgrounds

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REAL TALK

So you may or not remember (who I am kidding, no you won’t), that in the #1288 issue of 100% with Marco V on the cover, I made a pledge to get a British Shorthair before the end of 2011. Well, that didn’t happen. But, only one month into our final year on earth I got myself a lil’ Paddington. Needless to say, life is now x100 better. Now to get him immersed within the sounds of Detroit. What’s a good starting point for a feline, Marcellus Pittman? Alright, let’s try that.

Tyson Wray

Those Perth kids sure know how to write a beat, it seems. Home to a thriving dance music scene and some of Australia’s most successful producers, it’s a veritable hotbed for forward-thinking, seriously compelling dance. Too poor to afford a plane ticket over for the weekend? No problems, the dudes at Straight Up are bringing the best of Perth to us. Perth favourite Phetsta has steadily built himself a tremendous reputation both within Australia and internationally as a prime producer of dark and deep dubstep and drum and bass, his extensive back catalogue including gems that have torn up the Beatport charts, and impressive collaborative efforts and remixes alongside everyone from Metrik, Camo & Krooked, ShockOne & Reija Lee. Joining him are Ekko & Sidetrack and Mercenary, no strangers to the eastern side of the country – not bad, hey! Join them when they tear up Geddes Lounge on Saturday February 25.

Delicious Bass: Of A Different Kind

As cult indie cinema superstar Napoleon Dynamite once sagely stated, “Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills.” Looks like old mate Pedro, last seen celebrating his newfound status as class president, has been expanding his skillset of late. No, seriously – we’re not joking. Turns out he’s heading this way for a full DJ tour spanning Perth, Sydney and Melbourne after hitting all manner of “packed out clubs and festivals” across America, the perfect outlet for his “passion for electronic dance music.” With news of the cult film spawning a spin-off television series currently in the works, seems like there’s no better time to catch the quietly-spoken transfer student ripping it up in our clubs. Is this real life? It gives a new meaning to the enduring quote, “I caught you a delicious bass,” that’s for sure. Catch Pedro doin’ his thing at The Espy on Friday April 6.

araabMUZIK: Spies And Highs At Roxanne

Dieselboy: Lighting Up the Night

We got a letter from the Government the other day – opened and read it, it said they were suckers. No, we haven’t been drafted into the army, but given the Baillieu Government’s plans for amendments to liquor licensing laws that could have devastating impacts on the live music and club scene in Melbourne, the news is looking pretty grim. The Liquor Control Reform Further Amendment Bill 2011 is making its way through Parliament right now, aiming to tighten amenity standards to an almost intolerable degree – making it even easier for your favourite venues to be forced into having their liquor licensing reviewed on an even more arbitrary and indiscriminate basis. Read up on the proposed amendments a little more and get in touch with your local member of Parliament, or the Minister for Consumer Affairs, the Honourable Michael O’Brien.

Visit nightclubownersforum.com for more information.

Fresh off the Rainbow Serpent lineup, the party don’t stop for our much-adored Melbourne favourite Opiuo – prodigious producer of glitchy, funked-out beats to get any party bouncing. Originally hailing from the New Zealand countryside, Opiuo now represents the northern suburbs of Melbourne, where he’s been busy developing a solid international reputation for his vibe-ridden party-rocking tunes.

Having supported the likes of Z-Trip to Bassnectar, KraftyKuts and Tipper on tour, playing major festivals across the globe and kicking it in original style across Melbourne, there’s no doubt the city can’t get enough of him. Whether you’ve experienced the Opiuo live show before or you’re a newcomer to his musical world is no matter; there’s no doubt his upcoming hometown show will be a huge one. Catch Opiuo at The Hi-Fi on Friday March 16.

Headman: Blowing Your Mind

Swiss-born and Berlin-based Headman (alias of Robi Insinna) is one of those names you’re likely to hear when the topic of nu-disco comes up. Kicking off his career in the early ‘00s as a pioneer in the punkedout, funky disco vibes that every trendy headphonewearing kid is talking about these days. A killer DJ and producer, as well as founder of Relish Records back in 2001, plenty of other big names in the industry have sought out his magic touch over the past few years – everybody from Roxy Music, The Gossip and Franz Ferdinand wanting in on his pulsing dancefloor sounds, not to mention some productive partnerships with Soulwax and The Rapture. It’s been awhile since we’ve last seen him down, but fortunately, he’s just locked in a series of dates across the country. Melbourne has their turn with Headman at the Liberty Social on Saturday March 31.

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EDITORIALDEADLINE - 2PM FRIDAYS NO EXCEPTIONS UP TO DATE

Signed by Eminem to the revered label Shady Records after an impressive track record on the mixture circuit, Alabama’s Yelawolf dropped his debut album in late 2011 to much praise. A childhood spent bouncing between the realities of white America’s trailer parks and the ghettos of the south as well as spending the first few years of his adult life pursuing a career in skateboarding living everywhere between California to New York on couches and park benches (before an injury left him unable to continue) provided Yelawolf with fertile ground for the unique lyrics he’s notorious for spitting these days. Working with producers like him along with Jim Jonsin, Travis Barker and Diplo, Yelawolf has support from heavyweights in the industry, and it was no surprise his debut effort Radioactive blew up as soon as it was released. With a tour of Australia on its way, we highly recommend you check out what all the fuss is about. Yelawolf plays the Prince Bandroom on Friday March 30.

Aw, man – who else has got their tickets to Espionage with the likes of Hudson Mohawke, Rustie and Balam Acab at Roxanne Parlour later this month? Regardless of whether you do or don’t, the recently announced news of an extra guest at what will undoubtedly be one of the hottest parties of the year will get your heart beating that little bit faster. DominicanGuatemalan hip hop and beats fiend araabMuzik (also known as the MVP of the MPC), he’s equally as notorious for his warped, decidedly unique bent on the worlds of hip hop and wonky electronica as he is for his insane live shows. Beginning to play the drums at the age of three before picking up a keyboard and getting into music production not too long later, his live show has evolved into something truly spectacular – hammering out beats fierce enough to knock you onto the ground alongside samples warped beyond recognition, traversing all parts of dance music’s spectrum. The perfect dude to round off an already-stellar lineup, this will be huge – catch araabMUZIK, Hudson Mohawke, Rustie and Balam Acab at Roxanne Parlour on Friday February 24.

Ted Baillieu: You Are Boring, Let Us Drink

Opiuo: Hometown Glory

Yelawolf: Hungry For Sounds

It’s been a warm one this summer in Melbourne, and things are only set to get hotter now that All City Bass are back with a typically spectacular lineup with the regular dubstep and drum and bass heavyweights.

Human Imprint founder, undoubtedly one of the United States’ biggest drum and bass producers and most experienced DJs, Dieselboy, is set to headline – and given his legendary reputation as a DJ including accolades such as being the first American to chart in the Drum & Bass Arena Top 10 DJs poll and the first drum and bass artist to have a single chart in the Billboard dance chart, not to mention frequently talked-about sets at everything from Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival SXSW and plenty more – looks like Dieselboy’s more than appropriately qualified to take the city into dark and unpredictable territory.

With support adeptly provided by Monkee, Ouch, Zayler, ctoafn, Reach, and Lickweed, this looks like one fierce night out. Dieselboy ignites Brown Alley on Friday March 2.

Party Profile: Club Soda

It sounds like: A thousand person house party. Every week.

DJs/live acts playing: Feburary has Rogerseventytwo and Hoops, whilst March has AC Slater. Residents include Cauc-Asian DJs, Mike Metro, Dom Dolla, Vedran and friends.

Sell it to us: In 3 months, Club Soda has hosted four international DJs, over 15,000 patrons, and as many hangovers. Not for the faint hearted – we’re a nightclub.

The bit we’ll remember in the AM: How you could have sworn he/she was at least a 9/10. Must have been Soda’s all night drink specials. Stop Facebook stalking babe, it ain’t gonna get any better!

Crowd specs: It don’t matter if you’re black or white (just dress well)!

Wallet damage: $16 guestlist, $20 regular.

Where: Corner Lonsdale & King St, CBD. When: 9.30pm – too late, every Saturday night.

THE BIG MAG FOR CLUB CULTURE

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TINIE TEMPAH

“One thing that I’ve learned, especially from the hip hop genre, is that everybody seems to be saying the same kind of thing with their music. About love or hate, peace or anxiety, frustration and anger.”

PASSING OUT: DISCOVERY RECOVERY Whether you’re a fan of the underground or the mainstream charts – if you haven’t heard Tinie Tempah’s mentioned over the past few years, you clearly haven’t been paying attention. The South-London born and bred rapper, known to his parents as Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu, might only have released his debut single early in 2010, but that hasn’t stopped him from shredding through the music and fashion industries and beyond, managing to find his way to the top of British and American charts with his debut album Disc-Overy, which also managed to sweep up an impressive array of awards including best hip hop act at the Urban Music Awards, Best Single at the Brit Awards and a nomination for the Mercury Prize. Not bad for a guy who’s only recently turned 23, hey. It’s ungodly early in the morning when I get on the phone to Tinie, and to my amusement I’m asked if it’s fine to be called back in five minutes, as he’s just finishing up things in the studio.

A perfect example of Tinie’s unrelenting work ethic – and the voice that comes onto the line afterwards is cool and friendly, equally as professional and self-assured.

Tinie’s youth spent in South London, a hotbed for musical culture and a notoriously curious juxtaposition of middle and upper-class lifestyles with endless flats and council estates, provided him with much material to begin his career with. “It was definitely a very multicultural hub for a lot of different styles of music,” he says, of it. “If you weren’t hearing Bhangra from your neighbour’s house or the corner shop, or rock from some of the more edgier kids, hip hop and garage that was very distinctively British – it definitely had an influence on me. I was from an alright part of South London where you had a bit of the rough and a bit of the smooth, so you could hear everything that was cool and exciting but at the same time you had access to what was out there already – what was popular, what was selling, so I guess I was inspired to try and combine the two to make my own sort of sound – something that was edgy, but had that pop appeal. And that was the beginning of Tinie Tempah!”

And how far he’s come, in such a short space of time. Along with his first album is his record label Disturbing London, established in conjunction with his cousin and manager, Dumi Oburota, established with the aim of nurturing and developing the talents of Okogwu and other like-minded

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artists. Oburota recently explained in an interview that Disturbing London was established out of their desire “to have a platform to put out our music, and there wasn’t any Def Jam or Roc-A-Fella label equivalent in England”, and I’m curious to see how successful Okogwu feels they’ve been in doing so. “I felt like we’ve begun to build a brand that’s becoming very well recognised, especially over here, and that’s nothing but a good thing – some of these companies that you just mentioned have been up and running for years and have lots of history,” he muses. “So hopefully, we’ve set up something that will be around for many years to come and is going to help artists like myself who needed that major ambition but indie support, and that’s exactly what I’ve got from Disturbing London with my cousin of course, just trying to make things happen for ourselves.”

Given his beginnings in the DIY, underground scene, one tends to wonder how such a level of fame has changed him as a person, but Okogwu insists it’s something he’s always aimed for. “When something has always been reality for you, or something that you’ve always wanted to do – I’ve found that I’ve adapted into all of the trappings of my success, and all of the things that came with it quite naturally, especially because I did the whole underground thing for a little while, so I knew what it was like to do a show and have fans, sign autographs and things like that.

Obviously, not at the same level, but it wasn’t completely overwhelming – and my main ethos is you get out whatever you put in. I got to a stage where I realized this and began to work harder than I ever did in my life, and off the back of it, I’d get back to England and realize I could afford certain things, do certain things with my time, or go certain places I wasn’t able to before – I tried to ease myself into that.”

If you’ve listened to his breakout LP Disc-Overy, you’ll have noticed that it features an insane roster of guest artists on it – Kelly Rowland, Ellie Goulding, Labrinth, Swedish House Mafia and Wiz Khalifa all feature on various tracks. It’s hard to imagine how one dude with only one proper single to his name could have recruited such a stellar list of names to work with him on a debut effort – but it all comes down to charm, it seems. “It was mostly just bumping into people at festivals, events, TV

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shows, whatever – where you were on the same bill or something, and expressing your love for a similar thing or having something in common,” Okogwu explains, modestly. “Everybody that I worked with on that album – and this is something I plan to continue – I developed personal relationships with. Whether it was hanging out having a great time with Swedish House Mafia or chilling with Kelly Rowland or Ellie Goulding whenever they come to London, they were all friends before we got into the studio together and I always prefer that, because that’s when you get the most honesty out of the music and it’s not something that’s forced or contrived.

A lot of these people you’ve mentioned, they were around before I came out, and so obviously they’re a lot more experienced and have different techniques and methods, so I just watch and learn in the studio, getting inspired by things, and that’s the difference in the recording process when I’m working with others instead of on my own – I was surrounded by great artists I could watch and be inspired by as opposed to when I’m by myself and doing my own thing, just trying to make it all happen by myself.”

Asked about the process of writing his own material, he’s similarly laid-back, working on things as they come to him.

“Making the most of some of the weird things that I think about in my head sometimes, I’ve always thought that was pretty cool. One thing that I’ve learned, especially from the hip hop genre, is that everybody seems to be saying the same kind of thing with their music. About love or hate, peace or anxiety, frustration and anger – we’re all touching upon the same emotions; it’s about how you relay that across to your audience, to people listening to you. And I sort of realised, the whackier or crazier your lines are, the more you could write something that would appeal to people or be relative to them, that they can digest and understand, the more appeal you’re going to have. More references – for example, if I referred to – not saying it would be the coolest thing, but like, Neighbours before I spoke about Australia, the Australian attention would be there just waiting for the line about them, do you know what I mean? That’s basically how I try and put songs together and have a good time. And at the end of the day, I try and make music that I would listen to on the

radio anyway, whether it was me or not, and it’s always fun having that challenge to try and make something that you can objectively listen to without noticing your voice or production ideas are behind it.”

News of a new album has been floating around for awhile, and Okogwu is reticent to discuss it in too much detail, so as not to disappoint fans if things fall through, but he’s happy to give us a general rundown on how things are at the moment. “I’m working on it right now; it’s sounding really good and progressive. I’ve got a title for it, but I haven’t announced it yet – I’m going to wait until I’ve got the whole rough body of work before I do, but I’m really excited about it, as you can imagine. So many things have happened between the point where I was finishing up the first record and starting the second one, so I have tonnes of stuff to talk about, which is always a good thing. Keep your eyes open and your ears peeled, it’s gonna be there before you know it.”

Last seen in Australia for Summadayze 2011, we’re more than overdue for another appearance from Okogwu, and as one of the acts billed for this year’s Future Music Festival, we suggest you head on down to get a glimpse of the hype that surrounds him at the moment. What should we expect from the Tinie Tempah live show, I wonder? “That enthusiasm of being back in Australia – somewhere that’s still relatively new to me,” he says, and laughs. “There’s definitely gonna be a lot of excitement on the stage – you know, weird sounds, that weird outlook and perspective on how music should be performed and showcased. And just an all-out fun time, lots of high-energy, it’s going to be good – seriously, a lot of fun.

We’re not sure whether he’s talking about him or the audience, there – but either way, he’s right on the money.

Miki McLay Tinie Tempah [UK] plays the Future Music Festival alongside Swedish House Mafia [SWE], Fatboy Slim [UK], Paul Van Dyk [GER] and more on Sunday March 11 at the Flemington Racecourse. He’ll also join Chase & Status [UK] and Zane Lowe [UK] for a massive sideshow on Thursday March 8 at Festival Hall.

THE BIG MAG FOR CLUB CULTURE

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RUDEKID

WEDNESDAY8TH 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

MISS LIBERTINE WEDNESDAYS 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. Yes that is right you heard correctly. And don’t forget we will still be bringing you your favourite Miss Libertine pizzas for $5. 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 and 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. Don’t miss Melbourne’s biggest mid-week party night Wednesdays @ Co.! Featuring Premier DJ Petar Tolich and Scotty E spinning all your favourite 90’s to current party anthems!

Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

THURSDAY9TH BIMBO THURSDAYS 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

5pm with DJ Marcus Knight, Mark Pellegrini, Nick Van Wilder & DJ Anferny getting your weekend started right. 5pm til 3am.

CQ, 113 Queen St, Melbourne

DUBSTEP THURSDAYS 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

FREE RANGE FUNK 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

LOVE STORY Featuring 1928 and rotating guests Tranter, Sleeves,Megawuoti, Supremes and TDAH playing everything you love in party/club/techno/indie/disco. Bag Raiders, Andy Murphy and Russ Chimes have already graced our stage. Entry is free every Thursday, DJs from 11:30pm until 5am.

Toff In Town, Lvl 2, 252 Swanston St, Curtin House, Melbourne CBD

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. Yes that is right you heard correctly. And don’t forget we will still be bringing you your favourite Miss Libertine pizzas for $5. 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

PAPPARAZZI Paparazzi Fridays present DJ’s Nikkos, Joe Sofo & Kitty Kat bringing you the biggest anthems & club classics all night long.

Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

FRIDAYS RETRO SEXUAL 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.

SATURDAY

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.

CLUB SODA Taking place each and every Saturday night in Melbourne’s CBD on the corner of Lonsdale St and King St, Club Soda plays host to a fresh, new concept – local/national/ international DJs weekly, un-paralleled entertainment, performances, and disco tomfoolery. Don’t let the bubbly name fool you, Club Soda is your weekend’s thirst quencher – changing people going out for convenience, whilst not leaving the sour taste of an empty wallet on Sunday morning. Our doors open for you every Saturday at 9.30pm, and stay open until you should go home.

Brown Alley, Cnr Lonsdale St and King St, CBD

DESIRE FRIDAYS Hosted by a newly formed premium events team to ensure that your desires are satisfied every week. Situated in the heart of the CBD, make Desire Fridays your party destination every Friday night.

Sub Lounge, 168 Elizabeth St, Melbourne CBD

DISCOTHEQUE Unwind with funkadelic sounds. DJs playing retro tracks and new sounds from 7pm til 3am. Free entry.

Match Bar & Grill, Cnr Swanston St, 249 Lt Lonsdale St, Melbourne CBD

SATURDAY11TH ENVY Jessica Mauboy performs live with an album that is made for the dance floor, this is a night not to be missed at Co.!

With resident DJs Finlo White and Joe Sofo playing all your favourite club classics, dance floor anthems and top 40.

Plus ol skool R&B tunes in the side room.

Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

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 Genetix, Zanna and Oohee rocking til the break of day.

Doors open 10pm with $5 basics til midnight!

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

MOTEL SATURDAYS The newly renovated Motel is fronted by well-known A-list entertainer, Paul Laver on Saturday nights. Being a prominent figure in the city’s nightlife Paulie is shaping this venue to be the hotspot for a top quality party atmosphere usually found in exclusive international social scenes.

The Motel, 172 York St, South Melbourne

REPLAY Don’t miss the pulsating combination of Matty Grant and Matthew Charles that form MGMC, as they bring their upfront dance music style to Fusion. Plus Tate Strauss and Miss Sarah play the best in house, with DJ Nova and Johnny M mixing up your favourite R&B hits in the mezzanine.

Fusion, Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

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

SECRET ROOM

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! With one of the juiciest DJ lineups Melbourne has ever seen dropping all killer no filler ever Friday night, if you want to party and throw your hands in the air like you just don’t care, we got you covered.

Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

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The Secret Room.The space you can’t explain, you can only experience. Socialise in the opulent lounge rooms or indulge your body, mind and ears to dirty deep vocal house

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Abode, 374 St Kilda Road, St Kilda

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

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

ESSENTIALS

TEMPERANCE SATURDAYS DJ Marcus Knight & DJ Xander James drop sexy House, dance and drum and bass all night from 8pm. Free entry.

Temperance Hotel, 426 Chapel St, South Yarra

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

THE HOUSE DEFROST Step into The House de Frost: a weekly Saturday night at The Toff running into the wee hours of Sunday morning, a place where to dance is to live, the home of some of Melbourne’s wildest parties and vogue balls, a place where you can indulge those curiosities you’ve always had but never acknowledged.

Toff In Town, Lvl 2, 252 Swanston St, Curtin House, Melbourne CBD

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Mezzanine gives you the freedom to enjoy the alternativesophisticated-opulence any way you like it. DJ Count X takes you on a unique mix of dirty electro fusion. Dress neat smart and sexy or alternative - (proudly a blue jeans free zone).

Abode, 374 St Kilda Road, St Kilda

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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

Grab a group of friends, come in and relax. The perfect way to kick off your Saturday night! Low lights, funky tunes and amazing drink specials all night! The place to meet!

Libation, 302 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

MEZZANINE

120 JOHNSTON ST, FITZROY 9416 1220 www.120bar.com

SOUNDS OF FUSION

MIXED DRINKS SATURDAYS

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CQ SESSIONS The weekend starts here! Get on down for after work drinks from

After the huge success of the 50/50 launch party featuring Teddy Music last September, the 50/50 crew are back in 2012 and proud to have Rudekid as their second international guest to grace the land down under. Having releases on labels such as no hats no hoods and his own imprint, are you ready music, expect a set full of exclusive dubs and the heaviest grime. With local support from Arctic, Mat Cant, Affiks, Carmex and Smash Bros on mic, trust us this rave is gonna be grimey.

Laundry Bar, 50 Johnston Street, Fitzroy

you Melbourne’s best DJs week in week out, residents include Flagrant, Kuya, Agent 86, Eddie Mac, PQM and Huw Joseph plus guests spots from the likes of M Phazes, DJ Who, Jase, Mr Moonshine and more. Believe the hype: there is a reason why this little night has such a big reputation! hip hop, funk, nusoul, dub, disco, bootlegs and beats every week from 9pm til 3am.

George Basement, 127-129 Fitzroy St, St Kilda

STAR SATURDAYS Star Saturdays - smashing it every Saturday! 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 and guests.

Star Bar, 160 Clarendon St, South Melbourne

SURVIVOR! People dancing to DJs with lights. In a venue until recently lost to the ages comes a team committed to restoring the balance de partie to this old dancing towne, Melbourne City. Join us as we commence our journey into the nighttime stratosphere. Part classic space of dance, part hyperrave-festival-in-a-club extravaganza, we place our emphasis on the crazy, the exciting and the quality experience. Ajax, Generik V The Foles, Kris Baha, Jheasy, Mr. Anderson, Fantastic Man, Emmanuel, With Love, Dollars, Booty Quest, Play, Buster Stickup and Zeus. As if this was not enough excitement for one night, from 5am downstairs in The Bottom End they launch The Sunday Morning After Hours with Mike Callander, Andee Frost and Safari.

The Bottom End, 579 Little Collins Street, CBD

SWEAT If hip hop, funk, bootlegs and beats are your thing, then weekly jumpoff Sweat Saturdays is your spot! Bringing

The Late Show every Saturday night at Revolver Upstairs over two rooms from 8pm until 8am. Backroom rolls from 8pm sampling disco, boogie, cutups, afro, house and the rest. Front room gets going from 1am with upfront club and bass sounds. Residents Ransom, Who and Booshank are joined by Spinfx, Danielsan, Hysteric and Julien Love plus Boogs from 6.30am.

Revolver Upstairs, 229 Chapel St, Prahran

SUNDAY12TH MOTEL SUNDAYS Sundays are under the city’s sunny blue skyline on the Melbourne’s sought after spot, the outdoor terrace deck.

The barbeque sizzles, the cocktails are sipped and chic fun lovers revel on the urban playground with live acoustic acts transport you into the evening and as the sky darkens, so does the music. Sunday nights (and Monday mornings consequently) is the perfect concoction to end, or begin your weekend.

The Motel, 172 York St, South Melbourne

SOUTH SIDE HUSTLE 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

SUNDAE SHAKE 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. Phato Amano perfectly sets the mood for an audio-adventure that redefines the dance floor weekly. Our Sunday aficionados Agent 86 and Tigerfunk stir up a full cream shake to the flavour of your liking. Forget everything you thought you knew about losing yourself to the grooves.

Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

MONDAY13TH IBIMBO 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

TUESDAY14TH 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 colorful array of sounds that warm your midweek blues. From 8pm, free.

Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

COSMIC PIZZA 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

NEVER CHEER BEFORE YOU KNOW WHO’S WINNING Join your hosts Mikey Cahill and Kerrie Lovless and tackle Topic Thunder, Melburn Round, Music: Response, Naked Movies, Songlines and Sound Snippets. Win CDs, DVDs, movie passes, meal tickets and the booby prize! Register at nevercheer@revolverupstairs.com.au to book (2-8 people per team) and get bonus questions! 7pm. Free.

Revolver Upstairs, 229 Chapel St, Prahran

Wednesday 8th

“CoQ RoQ”

Wednesday 8th

“Cosmic Pizza” Uli

Mr Moonshine / Agent86

FROM 9PM

Thursday 9th

FROM 11PM

“Free Range Funk”

NHJ

Nikki & Jake / Tiger Funk

Thursday 9th Tigerfunk (live)

Friday 10th

Moonshine

“Panorma” Phato A Mano / Matt Rad / Mr George Saturday 11th

“Textile” DOWNSTAIRS

Grey Skull / Sam McEwin / Chief

FROM 8PM

FROM 10:30PM

Friday 10th

Juicy!

Weekly: AGENT 86 / DJ FLAGRANT / M PHAZES / JESSE I / MIKE HUNT / TOM BOOZE / TOM SHOWTIME / AYNA / KUYA / JAPEYE / EDDIE MAC

UPSTAIRS

Ash-Lee / D’Afro / Dj B-Two Sunday 12th

Saturday 11th Adam Askew FROM 8:30

“Roof Top Partey”

Spacey Space

BAND

Silverfox

MamaKusah

“South Side Hussle” Adam Askew / Golden Fleece / Booshank

FROM 10:30 FROM 12:30

Sunday 12th Agent 86

FROM 5PM ON THE ROOFTOP

Phato-Amano FROM 8PM

Monday 13th

Tigerfunk

“Struggle”

FROM 8:30PM

Tiger Funk / Damon

Monday 13th

Tuesday 14th

“Cosmic pizzas” Lovers Rock - (Valentines Day) Stryka D (Heartical Hi-Fi) NHJ Dj set

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Tuesday 14th Matt Radovich FROM 9PM

DJ Who FROM 11PM

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STAFFORD BROTHERS NON-STOP: PARTY Matt and Chris Stafford want a #1 chart smasher. The sibling party DJ duo have been touring globally over the last year whilst filming season two of their reality TV series The Stafford Brothers which recently premiered on FOX8. Having just landed in Perth, they talk to 100% about their fiery manager, Joey, who just spent a few days at a wellness centre in Thailand while the boys played gigs and wined and dined in Thai heaven.

“I think he just absolutely hated us,” Matt Stafford says.

“We were having the time of our lives. He had to do that for his health. He was quite fat in the first series.” But, it wasn’t all fun and games for the boys. Chris ended up getting a foot infection and Matt almost got smashed by a Muay Thai championship boxer. In an episode of the second series, a Thai ‘doctor’ attempts to help Chris by pouring warm water on his infected foot – an act which did not help the cause. “I’m going to have to say no,” Chris says, laughing, when asked whether he chose to not mix alcohol while on antibiotics for the infection. “I definitely did drink while on antibiotics. To be honest, it was quite painful walking on it.”

The filming for the second series began early last year and the final episode hasn’t been filmed yet.

With roughly a year of footage from so many different countries, Matt says, “Season one has got nothing on season two, that’s for sure.” The goal that is set by the boys at the beginning of the second series is to have a #1 track and the series is centred on that – aside from the distractions of general party behaviour, Joey’s outbursts and Brooke Evers’ (Matt’s girlfriend) media and DJ career. “We auditioned vocalists and we ended up working with a really big Australian producer and we got

an amazing female vocalist,” Matt says, talking of the filmed journey to create a #1 tune. “The track has been building throughout this time and should release on the last episode.”

Although it’s been exciting globetrotting non-stop for the duo, the lads wish they could spend more time in the countries they tour. “We went to Whistler and we only got to do a show there, we didn’t even get to go snowboarding there so that’s something that you always miss out on,” Chris says. “Even in Thailand, every day we’d do a show and then we’d have to fly to another place so for us there’s so many places that I’d like to stay like Canada in the snow and places like Ibiza.”

Touring has also stretched the relationship between Matt and his girlfriend Brooke, who recently moved to Sydney from the Gold Coast. “It’s been really tough and it’s not getting any easier to be honest,” he says. “She just had three weeks off and I’ve seen her two days because I just haven’t been home so it’s just bananas.”

But, both Chris and Matt say their business degrees and background in sport has been handy in their rise to stardom as international DJs. “It does definitely help with alcohol because if you stay fit then you tend to be able to do more of that and you know, we try and train every day so we try and stay healthy and run the hangover out of us,” Matt says.

“I think our performance helps [with fitness]; we jump around a lot so we’re pretty energetic out there I think and as for business degrees – it’s more being out in the field that’s helped us but you know, it was good to get them,” Chris says. “Mum was really happy when we got degrees and that’s the main thing [laughs].”

DJ QBERT ROLLING AND SCRATCHING: TURNING THE TABLES Richard Quitevis is still moving forward. Yesterday a famous battle DJ with a score of titles under his belt – today an enterprising man who sits on the cusp of a transformation in music and media. Oh dear. Where to begin? Well, interests in music, media, software, hardware, production, teaching – I mean, the list goes on and on. But let’s talk about what is perhaps his greatest love, the DJ school – and the recent success a local boy has had in taking top honours.

“Well we’re still working on the school and that’s still blowing up – it’s the third year so we’re doing it and it’s tracking really well” tells Quitevis excitedly, “In fact the third valedictorian for the Q-Bert school this year was from Perth – he was the best and he’s got a sponsorship with Native Instruments now – he’s totally amazing!”

Quitevis is also spending some time in the studio where he can, claiming there is some exciting material on its way – amongst a list of other challenging projects. “Right now I’m working on another album and I’ve got Kool Keith emceeing on there; I did a movie a while ago and were doing another animation project so that will be cool as well. Generally, I’m keeping pretty busy with all the touring and school stuff.”

In 2012 though, despite his commitments he is still enjoying travelling the world spreading the music message, adopting a rather spiritual approach to it in more recent times. He does have a fond recollection of the heydays of his distinguished career. Punters probably

just see it as old hack for him now but that’s selling him a little short.

It is kind of same old-same old as it were, but he is still in love. “Every now and again I see that special performance – that’s what I’m looking out for – something that stands apart from the rest.” Back in the day – after being crowned the Technics World DJ Champion for three consecutive years - he was coerced out of his place in the competition, only to be invited back as a guest judge.

These are the sorts of steps taken to keep a competition vibrant and fresh; and to keep other contenders from feeling uneasy about their chances of cleaning house.

After all, spreading the love is what music is all about.

And the evolution in the industry has borne witness the scene branching out in various different directions. “It’s like all these things you can do now with the technology that’s out there; you couldn’t do that back in the day. For me, I have to say that I love scratching; and I still love vinyl because it is still the most accurate. I mean now you have stuff like video scratching, which is out there. But like anything that isn’t vinyl, there is a tiny delay there so it’s not perfect and it can never be as accurate as vinyl.

It’s the same kind of issue you have with analogue versus electric or midi guitar – the acoustic guitar will always be the preferred thing. It’s the same with pianists – they have classical organs, pianos and stuff. You have regular scratching and digital scratching. It’s just a tree that keeps on growing.”

The lads have two singles coming out on Ministry Of Sound as well as their own compilation Season 2: Stafford Brothers Soundtrack amongst others. And, of course, “the big one is [the one] you’ll see on the TV show and that’s our #1 record that we’re trying to get,” Chris says.

And, although at the beginning of season two the lads talk about cracking the Asian dance music market, Matt attests that it isn’t only Asia that the duo are trying to target. “It’s the world,” he says. “We want to crack every market so Asia is one of those stepping stones. We’re doing well in Europe, we’re about to head to America, we’ve just got three year visas so that’s happening. We want to do well in every market but Asia’s just such a big

place and such a big population and it’s developing so much there.”

Annabel Maclean Stafford Brothers [AUS] play Future Music Festival alongside Skrillex [USA], Fatboy Slim [UK], Friendly Fires [UK] and more at Flemington Racecourse on Sunday March 11. They also play Sidetracked alongside Grandmaster Flash [USA] and more which takes place on Saturday March 17 and Sunday March 18 at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix.

“Man, 10 years from now, party people will be scratching with their mind and not even touching an instrument that would be pretty cool! Of course there will still be vinyl scratching, maybe it will be someone thinking of a sound and then putting it in the air and scratching the air,” he says in jest. “I really think music is a healing thing and people will become more enlightened about it. The world is all about healing right now and people are more spiritually healthy which is a really good thing. Music in Indian culture for example was for healing. The idea behind it was that it was about regenerative energy and the way it fixes your mind.”

Yet for Quitevis, the root of it all is scratching; everything stems from that. “If I work with a theatre company or if I’m talking about spirituality or whatever – I’ll learn about stuff that has to do with scratching and how it links back.

In Australia, they have the didgeridoo - it is a healing instrument; it vibrates your body into a state of bliss if you know what I mean? So I’m getting out there with all that knowledge and trying to apply it to music.” Hip hop has always had a conscious slant – and Quitevis is seeing that philosophy through.

Finally, he is excited about getting back to Australia for his 2012 dates. “For the show, I have a new set of pretty crazy music. It’ll feature a range of styles of music from funky, dub step, hip hop, electro bass, b-boy – expect the unexpected! I’ve also got this champion beat boxer coming down with me; he’s like the dub step godfather so it should be a pretty cool gig, I can’t wait to get down there again! I always have a great time in Australia.”

And after all these years, he remains as gifted and relevant as ever. Bring the rewind, DJ. RK DJ Qbert plays alongside K-Lab [NZL], Sticky Buds [CAN] and more at Brown Alley on Friday February 17.

OLIVER HUNTEMANN CRAFTWORK: TECHNOLOGIC LIVING German techno DJ Oliver Huntemann’s sets are revered by techno fans and lauded by other DJs and EDM critics. Many put it down to his ability to innovate while still paying true to the roots of EDM’s oldest genre.

Huntemann’s current live show is renowned for his use of the ‘reactable system’; a clear topped circular table that reacts via cameras positioned at the bottom to different shaped blocks placed on top of it. This concept device was devised by students at the Music Technology Group research lab and Barcelona’s Pompeu Fabra University.

The well-spoken Berlin local is recently home from a weekend playing away from home. His voice is crisp but fatigued as he explains where he was DJing.

“I’ve been to Russia for the whole weekend. I had two gigs – one I was playing close to Moscow – a DJ gig and a live gig. It’s quite cold now in Russia, minus 16 Celsius.”

Having released five albums that many critics regard as changing the face of techno, Huntemann explains that he can basically play what he wants in a set. However, he admits he would be a fool to believe he doesn’t ever have to refine his DJ sets for a particular audience.

“But that doesn’t mean I don’t look for the response on the dance floor to see what is happening. I can offer variety in my sound so sometimes the crowd might be in the mood to get a bit deeper and sometimes I’m more uplifting so each DJ set is different within my kind of music,” he tells.

Like many who rise to the top of an EDM genre, it is what Huntemann brings new to techno that makes him so revered. Huntemann explains that he uses a symbiosis of house, electro and techno to create his style of music.

“I like to say that I play electronic music but that is so wide, and yeah, I think I’m kinda techno. Not really hard

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but not soft. I think I use more housey or slower beats with a techno attitude of the synthesizers and the sounds I use on top.”

On the topic of synthesizers, it is put to Huntemann that it is Germany’s proud history of electro and synth music that has led to artists like him and fellow German producer Alex Ridha [Boys Noize] using classic synthesizers in modern dance. He tackles this proposition carefully: “It’s not that I do it to be German. The vibe of German techno, I mean Boys Noize is doing totally different music than me but maybe there’s a similar vibe in our music? And maybe that’s the German vibe?” There is a muffled silence at the other end of the phone before Huntemann warily agrees, “That’s a tentative yes.”

Huntemann continues along the vein of what has influenced his music explaining his love affair with produced beats has been a long one. “I’ve always been into electronic music since I was a very young boy. My first records were from Kraftwerk and some electro prog, Depeche Mode and soon techno. Nowadays I am more interested in downbeat stuff like Massive Attack and Portishead and these are influencing me too.”

But despite these influences from different styles, techno is where Huntemann’s heart lies. He sounds almost like a proud father as he explains how he has seen techno grow in popularity in Australia. “I was in Australia, last time, two years ago, and dance music is growing. I was on the Future Music Festival lineup six years ago and since then the scene has grown a lot. The techno stages are getting bigger, the clubs are getting bigger, and it just really seems to be taking off there, catching up to the rest of the world.

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“Germany and England were always big with techno but, like Australia, South America is growing a lot and the Eastern countries too. Asia it’s more housey but it changes all the time.”

Closing out the interview, Huntemann waxes lyrical about how pumped he is to be returning to Australia for Future Music Festival.

“I’m really excited to see what Jamie Jones will be playing. Jamie Jones just won the vote of Resident Advisor Top 100 DJs. He’s such a good DJ, I recently played with him in Budapest and I met him at Sonar; I really like his remix of Azari & III’s Hungry For Power, it has a really good dance floor sensibility to it. Also, I heard Skrillex is playing which I am very curious about

because I have never seen him. Even if it’s not my music I still find it interesting to see if they are a good DJ or to see how they respond to the crowd,” explains the chuffed and intrigued techno genius.

Dan Watt Oliver Huntemann [GER] plays the Future Music Festival alongside The Rapture [USA], Skrillex [USA], Aphex Twin [UK] and more at the Flemington Racecourse on Sunday March 11.

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SURKIN USA

FWRKS/MARBLE ELECTRO POP USA is a sizzling long player that finds Surkin working his usual electro house magic and paying homage to American pioneers of electro, house and techno. Recruiting Kevin’s wife Ann Saunderson to sing on the instantly classic Lose Yourself, Surkin nostalgically evokes the late eighties and the sounds of Inner City as they influentially morphed disco into house. The American underground from Detroit and Chicago was always funkier than their European counterparts and this gives Surkin the opportunity to work ghetto house and booty tech into a bump and grind that brings to mind the once almighty Underground Resistance. Meanwhile the futuristic reach of Silver Island and White Knight Two slips into Model 500 sci fi territory. One time Club Noveau member, Kevin Irving sings on the forward thinking R&B of Never Let Go which rides like a roller coaster. The intense neon stars and stripes of Surkin’s musical inspiration are inevitably mixed up with his usual French touch production style. Brimming with tunes that will burn up any dance floor, USA is a blast.

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CHASE & STATUS

DAVID GUETTA

SPANK ROCK

RAM/UNIVERSAL DRUM AND BASS/DUBSTEP/HIPHOP

EMI ELECTRO HOUSE

POD HIP HOP / DANCE

If you didn’t grab Chase and Status’ first album when it was released in 2008, the re-release of More Than Alot (NE), with three extra tracks, should be the only motivation you need. More Than Alot was a defining point in drum and bass bred albums, and still stands up strongly after nearly 3 years of heavy play. Tunes like Smash TV (biggest drum and bass drop ever?), Pieces, and Eastern Jam, are still wall shakingly awesome. The three additional tracks are not exactly new either, but they are great and deserve to be presented with the rest of More than Alot. Saxon and Heartbeat are both monumental dubstep anthems that decimated crowds during Chase and Status’ recent world tour (was anyone else at Good Vibes 2010? - wow!).

In Love, featuring drum and bass queen, Jenna G, is a summery piece of soulful, liquid dnb which has already found its way into many a DJ set. Now the album really is More Than Alot.

- Danny Silver

David Guetta has returned with another instalment in the FMIF! Compilation series. Cleverly titled “Ibiza Mix 2011”, this CD captures all the excitement of what you’d hear from a David Guetta set live while on the famous party island. Featuring remixes of well known songs such as Beautiful People by Chris Brown & awesome tracks such as club romper stomper Little Bad Girl & Duel

by Third Party. This CD is non-stop party, and Guetta, although getting a bad rap from all his mainstream work, he is a talented DJ, that knows how to mix & select tunes for the right moment. There are some big tunes on here, for the mainstream crowd, but it is balanced out with some underground numbers that house & progressive fans would appreciate, so don’t completely right this one off when you see it. And the photography is done

by David LaChapelle, an interesting side note for all you art lovers out there.

- Sebastian Martinez

Call me what you will, but I still haven’t heard Spank Rock’s 2006 debut LP YoYoYoYoYo. What I do know is that it scored rave reviews (Thom Yorke named it his album of the year) and earned Naeem Juwan (AKA Spank Rock) a whole bunch of killer support slots...Hence I got a little excited about reviewing his newie Everything is Boring & Everyone is a Fucking Liar. Where Ta Da kicks it off nicely enough, creeping up on you in a stripped back, low-fi manner. Nasty quickly changes all that and we are taken on a ride through some pretty average work.

Without wanting to get all down, there are some nice bits of sound at work here, it’s just that when coupled with lyrics that just aren’t going anywhere, it’s hard to tap in and appreciate, let alone respect. Whether it’s promises of “making you famous” or requests for white girls to “shake it ’til my dick turn racist” I just couldn’t bite, even if sometimes the hook was appealing.

- Christopher J. Stenton

MORE THAN ALOT (NEW EDITION)

F*** ME I’M FAMOUS! – IBIZA MIX 2011

EVERYTHING IS BORING & EVERYONE IS A FUCKING LIAR

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RRR STYLIN’ SPECTRUM

ARIA TOP CLUB TUNES

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Avalon (Lindstrom & Prins Thomas version) ROXY MUSIC Carina (Original Dream) A SAGITTARIUM Easy (Infinity Ways) K-X-P Tell Me Why (Brennan Green remix) ART DEPARTMENT Maximiliano JOHN TEJADA New France ORBITAL ft ZOLA JESUS Big Mouth SANTIGOLD Elephant Island (Ossie remix) LUCKY PAUL 7 in 24 GIFTED & BLESSED As Young As Yesterday KORRALLREVEN ft VICTORIA BERGSMAN

Look Around the Corner QUANTIC & ALICE RUSSELL Child of the Sun REGGIE DOKES Sweat Mode GHOST MUTT Rhythms of 77 LORD ECHO & JENNIFER B Serenade ALEXANDER ROBOTNICK Smoke Choke BEN HOUGHTON & MIKE KAY Diablo NOVALIMA Let it Go HERMITUDE Things We Never Meant to Say LP cuts CRACKPOT Song A RONDENION

Everybody get up (Bombs Away mix) JAM XPRESS & SEANY Levels AVICII Rattle BINGO PLAYERS Paradise (Fedde Le Grand mix) COLDPLAY Turn me on (Sidney Samson mix) DAVID GUETTA FEAT. NICKI MINAJ Hotel party (The Mane Thing mix) TOO FRESH FEAT. MARVELL Toulouse NICKY ROMERO Sundown (Laidback Luke mix) CHRIS LAKE Antidote SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA VS. KNIFE PARTY In my mind IVAN GOUGH & FEENIXPAWL FEAT. GEORGI KAY

Arty Rebound MAT ZO Love Trip (David Jones Remix) OLIVER TWITZ & DAVID JONES House Of Gypsies (DiMarr’s Remix) TODD TERRY Fisher The Last Time THE THRILLSEEKERS Cascade TOMMY TRASH Nightvision PLUS & MINUS So Lonely dBRIDGE Love Comes Again (Hardwell Rework) TIESTO FEAT. BT Feenixpawl In My Mind IVAN GOUGH, FEAT GEORGI KAY Sundown CHRIS LAKE

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KHOKOLAT KOATED

Reggae at E55 every Wednesday night. Resident selectors play strictly vinyl. Free entry. 8pm.

E55, 55 Elizabeth St, Melbourne CBD

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

THURSDAY9TH 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

FRIDAY10TH

REDLOVE SATURDAYS RedLove Saturdays is all about solid classics from the ‘80s and ‘90s and into the Double Oh’s! Dropping beats of retro pop, disco classics, old skool funk, and certainly some a that old skool R&B and house to kick! RedLove Resident DJs Phil, HB Bear and Da Gato bringing down the house every Saturday night. If you’re looking for quality service, music to rock, sumptuous drinks and just a cold hard good time; look no further! One word – RedLove!

RedLove, Level 1, 401 Swanston Street Melbourne

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

LIGHT The buzz is Light at RedLove every Friday from 4pm for after work drinks, hitting out that R&B flava of old, new and everything in between! RedLove Resident DJs Stel, Harvey Yeah, TMC and Ripz on the wheels of steel from 6.30pm. If you don’t know, now you know! Check it! Where else but RedLove!

RedLove Level 1, 401 Swanston Street 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

UPCOMING CUT CHEMIST He’s a founding member of the legendary west coast hip hop crew Jurassic 5 and the hugely successful world/Latin/beats posse Ozomatli. Cut Chemist also collaborated with DJ Shadow on two of the most indemand remix CDs ever and is regarded by all as a virtuoso of decks, cuts and loops. Now the turntable extraordinaire brings his envelope-pushing live show to Australia for his cut n’ scratch audio-visual blowout.

This is Cut Chemist at the peak of his powers, a master craftsman, creating some of the wildest slabs of music you have ever heard using turntables, a mixer, a loop pedal and all original vinyl pressings. Accompanying Cut Chemist is a long-time visual collaborator, Tom Fitzgerald, the virtual founding father of LA’s Cinefamily and king of disintegrating digital video deconstructions; a guy who is able to manipulate, warp and destroy clips in ways like no other.

Friday February 24, Corner Hotel, 57 Swan St, Richmond

GAPPY RANKS Pushing his way into international fame with 2009’s huge hits Heaven In Her Eyes, Put The Stereo On and Mountain Top, Gappy Ranks has enjoyed a

good few years of late, with two studio albums under his belt and the praise of the international scene in his wake. Having worked with American rapper Twista, UK MC Lethal B, producers Kray Twinz and dancehall collective Suncycle, his fresh take on UK dancehall and reggae is a surefire winner – and with support from Chant Down Sound, Armagideon Time, Al Good, Jumpdread and Apprentice, this will be one wicked night.

Friday February 24, Laundry Bar, 50 Johnston Street, Fitzroy

Australia’s biggest R&B festival is returning in 2012 with undoubtedly their biggest line up yet. After a gargantuan 2011 with Snoop Dogg, Nelly, Taio Cruz, Bow Wow and more, Supafest has once again raised the bar. Headlining the 2012 proceedings will be none other than Mr. P. Diddy, who will be joined on stage by the likes of Ice Cube, Rick Ross, Trey Songz, Kelly Rowland and Lupe Fiasco.

Saturday April 21, TBA

SOUL II SOUL Grammy Award winning pioneers Soul II Soul are returning to Australian shores in what will be only their second visit to Australia. Original members Jazzie B and Caron Wheeler will be performing their greatest hits in an exclusive show at Melbourne’s Trak Lounge Bar. Soul II Soul rose to fame with 1989’s worldwide chart-topping hit Back To Life (However Do You Want Me). In addition to their subsequent platinum albums, Jazzie B has since continued a legendary career as producer, DJ and remixer, working with the likes of James Brown, Public Enemy, Isaac Hayes, Nas and Destiny’s Child to name a few. In 2008, Jazzie B received an OBE from the Prince of Wales for services to music, which is okay I guess.

Friday February 24, Trak Lounge Bar, 445 Toorak Rd, Toorak

BOATS, RHYMES AND LIFE 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 and Zack Rampage.

Aaaaaaw yeahhhh.

Saturday March 3, Dock Nine, Central Pier

ROOTS MANUVA After announcing that Golden Plains Sixxx will be witnessing the fitness, highly influential British rapper Roots Manuva will be bringing his proto-grime style to a Melbourne sideshow. Roots will be bringing his full live band for the Australian tour, and is set to perform landmark dubsteppreceding hits such as Witness (One Hope), as well as a serving of recent critically acclaimed material - much of which has yet to be performed in the live setting. Support on the night comes from Polo Club, Dizz1 and more.

Saturday March 10, Prince Bandroom, 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda

URBAN

DJ PROFILE: M.A.F.I.A. What was the first ever tune you bought?

McFadden And Whitehead - Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us What’s the most played tune in ya’ box? That’s a bit personal init…my box?! Ha! At the moment Wale - Slight Work (Re-Drums Refix).

Which toy or game best describes you and why?

Guess Who. Cos’ I’m shit at names, but good at faces.

What’s the cheekiest thing you’ve done behind the console? My cheeks are huge. There are too many to mention.

What’s the biggest myth about DJs? That DJing ain’t a real job.

What do you dislike the most about DJing? I love it all, c’mon! I wouldn’t be doin’ it if I disliked anything that much, but since you asked - Shit club equipment. ...and like the most? All of it. I’m fortunate enough to do this for a living.

Your ultimate DJing gig would be? Any Vanity Fair party. Mark my words it will happen.

Favourite DJ’s and influences? So many of my Melbourne peeps that I’ve come up with (Flagrant by far though!) plus A-Trak, Jazzy Jeff, Skratch Bastid and Platurn.

In your opinion, what is the worst dance track ever produced and why? Wow, at this moment there are so many, but I think there’s a general consensus when you mention anything by LMFAO. Two years from now, where do you wanna be? Fit, fabulous and 40! Not long now yo!

Upcoming gigs?

Residencies include: Thursday – Hoochie Mama at Alia, Fridays – Thank George It’s Friday at The George, Saturday – Vintage Saturdays at Jettblack and Sundays Notorious at Robarta. Plus the Boats, Rhymes and Life boat party on the Victoria Star on Saturday March 3.

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WHERE TO NEXT?

Highlander 11a Highlander Lane, Melb, 9620 2227

Revolt Elizabeth St, Kensington, 03 9376 2115

Hoo Haa 105 Chapel St, Windsor, 9529 6900

Revolver Upstairs 229 Chapel St, Prahran, 9521 5985

Horse Bazaar 397 Little Lonsdale St, Melb, 9670 2329

Rochester Castle Hotel 202 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9415 7555

Iddy Biddy 47 Blessington St, St Kilda, 9534 4484

Rooftop Cider Bar, Cnr Swanston & Flinders St, Melbourne, 9650 3884

Jett Black 177 Greville St, Prahran

Room 680 Level 1, 680 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, 9818 0680

John Curtin Hotel 29 Lygon St, Melb, 9663 6350

Roxanne Parlour Lvl 3, 2 Coverlid Pl, Melb

Khokolat Bar 43 Hardware Lane, Melbourne, 039642 1142

Royal Derby 446 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 2321

La Di Da 577 Lt Bourke St, Melb, 9670 7680

Roal Melbourne Hotel 629 Bourke St, 9629 2400

Labour In Vain 197A Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 5955

Ruby’s Lounge 1648 Burwood Hwy, Belgrave, 9754 7445

Lomond Hotel 225 Nicholson St, East Brunswick

Saint Hotel 54 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9593 8333

Longroom 162 Collins St, Melbourne, 9663 9226

Sandbelt Live Cnr South & Bignell Rd, Moorabbin, 9555 6899

Loop 23 Meyers Pl, Melb, 9654 0500

Scarlett Lounge 174 Burnley St, Richmond, 9428 0230

Lounge 243 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 2916

Seven Nightclub 52 Albert Rd, South Melb, 9690 7877

The Lounge Pit 386-388 Brunswick St, Fitzroy 9415 6142

Spensers Live 419 Spencer St, West Melb, 03 9329 8821

29th Apartment 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9078 8922

Cornish Arms 163 Sydney Rd, Brunswick

Love Machine Cnr Lt Chapel & Malvern Rd, Prahran, 9533 8837

Spot 133 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9388 0222

303 303 High Street, Northcote

CQ 113 Queen St, Melb, 8601 2738

Lucky Coq 179 Chapel St, Windsor, 9525 1288

Standard Hotel 293 Fitzroy St, Fitzroy, 9419 4793

Abode 374 St.Kilda Rd, St.Kilda

Croft Institute 21 Croft Alley, Melb, 9671 4399

The LuWOW 62-70 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 5447

Star Bar 160 Clarendon St, South Melb, 9810 0054

Albert Park Hotel Cnr Montague & Dundas Pl, Albert Park, 9690 5459

Cruzao Arepa Bar 365 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 7871

Mercat Cross Lvl 1, 456 Queen St, Melb, 9348 9998

Station 59 59 Church St, Richmond, 9427 8797

Alia Lvl 1, 83-87 Smith St, Fitzroy, 9486 0999

Cushion 99 Fitzroy St, St.Kilda, 9534 7575

Mink 2 Acland St, St Kilda, 9536 1199

Stolberg Beer Café 197 Plenty Rd, Preston, 9495 1444

Alumbra Shed 9, Central Pier, 161 Harbour Espl, Docklands, 8623 9666

Damask 1/347 Burnswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 4578

Miss Libertine 34 Franklin St, Melb, 9663 6855

Sub Lounge & Restaurant 168 Elizabeth St Melb, 0411 800 198

Back Bar 67 Green St, Windsor, 9529 7899

The Drunken Poet 65 Peel Street, West Melbourne, 9348 9797

Misty 3-5 Hosier Ln, Melb, 9663 9202

Sugar Bar (Hotel Urban) 35 Fitztroy St, St Kilda, 8530 8888

Bar Open 317 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9415 9601

Der Raum 438 Church St, Richmond, 9428 0055

Mockingbird Bar 129 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9534 0000

Temperance Hotel 426 Chapel St, South Yarra, 9827 7401

Baroq House 9-13 Drewery Ln, Melb, 8080 5680

Ding Dong Lounge Lvl 1, 18 Market Ln, Melb, 9662 1020

Musicland 1359A Sydney Rd, Fawkner, 9359 0006

Thornbury Theatre 859 High St, Thornbury, 9484 9813

Bendigo Hotel 125 Johnston St, Collingwood 9417 3415

Dizzy’s Jazz Club 381 Burnley St, Richmond, 9428 1233

Neverland 32-48 Johnson St, South Melb, 9646 5544

Tiki Lounge 327 Swan St, Richmond, 9428 4336

Bertha Brown 562 Flinders Street, 9629 1207

Double Happiness 21 Liverpool St, Melb, 9650 4488

New Guernica Lvl 2, Hub Arcade, 318-322 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9650 4464

Toff In Town Lvl 2, 252 Swanston St, Melb, 9639 8770

Big Mouth 168 Acland St, St.Kilda, 9534 4611

E:55 55 Elizabeth St, Melb, 9620 3899

Night Cat 141 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 0090

Tony Starr’s Kitten Club 267 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9650 2448

Billboard 170 Russell St, Melb, 9639 4000

East Brunswick Club 280 Lygon St, East Brunswick, 9388 2777

Night Cat 279 Flinders Ln, Melb, 9654 0444

The Tote Hotel 67 Johnson St, Collingwood, 9419 5320

Bimbo Deluxe 376 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 8600

Edinburgh Castle 681 Sydney Rd, Brunswick

Noise Bar 291 Albert St, Brunswick, 9380 1493

Town Hall Hotel 33 Errol St, North Melbourne, 9328 1983

Birmingham Hotel Cnr Smith & Johnston St, Fitzroy

Electric Ladyland Lvl 1, 265 Chapel St, Prahran, 9521 5757

Northcote Social Club 301 High St, Northcote, 9489 3917

Trak Lounge 445 Toorak Rd, Toorak, 9826 9000

Black Cat 252 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 6230

Elwood Lounge 49-51 Glenhuntly Rd, Elwood, 9525 6788

Old Bar 74 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 4155

Tramp 20 King St, Melb

Blue Bar 330 Chapel St, Prahran, 9529 6499

Empress 714 Nicholson St, Nth Fitzroy, 9489 8605

One Twenty Bar 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy

Transport Hotel Federation Square, Melb, 9654 8808

Blue Tile Lounge 95 Smith St, Fitzroy

Espy 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda, 9534 0211

Onesixone 161 High St, Prahran, 9533 8433

Trunk 275 Exhibition St, Melbourne, 9663 7994

Boutique 134 Greville St, Prahran, 9525 2322

Eurotrash 18 Corrs Ln, Melb, 9654 4411

Order Of Melbourne level 2, 401 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 6707

Tyranny Of Distance 147 Union St, Windsor, 9525 1005

Brown Alley King Street, Melb,9670 8599

Eve 334 City Rd, Southbank, 9696 7388

Palace Hotel 893 Burke Rd, Camberwell

Two of Hearts 149 Commercial Road, Prahran

Brunswick Hotel 140 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9387 6637

Evelyn 351 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 5500

Palace Theatre 20-30 Bourke St, Melb, 9650 0180

Union Hotel Brunswick 109 Union St, Brunswick, 9388 2235

Builders Arms 211 Gertrude St, Fitzroy

Ferntree Gully Hotel 1130 Burwood Hwy, Ferntree Gully, 9758 6544

Palais 111 Main Rd, Hepburn Springs, 5348 4849

Veludo 175 Acland St, St Kilda, 9534 4456

Cabinet Bar 11 Rainbow Alley, Melbourne, 9654 0915

Festival Hall 300 Dudley St, West Melbourne, 9329 9699

Palais Theatre Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, 9525 3240

Victoria Hotel 380 Victoria St, Brunswick, 9388 0830

Caravan Music Club 95 Drummond St, Oakleigh

First Floor 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 6380

Papa Goose 91 Flinders Ln, Melbourne, 9663 2800

Wah Wah Lounge Lvl 1, 185 Lonsdale St, Melb

Caseys Nightclub 660A Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, 9810 0030

Forum Theatre 154 Flinders St, Melb, 9299 9800

Penny Black 420 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9380 8667

Wesley Anne 250 High St, Northcote, 9482 1333

Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets 80 Smith St, Collingwood, 9415 8876

The Fox Hotel 351 Wellington Street, Collingwood, 9416 4957

Pier Live Hotel 508 Nepean Hwy, Frankston, 9783 9800

Westernport Hotel 161 Marine Pde, San Remo, 5678 5205

CBD Club 12-14 McKillop St, Melb, 9670 3638

Fusion Lvl 3, Crown Complex, Southbank, 9292 5750

Pony 68-70 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9662 1026

Willow Bar 222 High Street, Northcote, 9481 1222

Chaise Lounge Basement, 105 Queen St, Melb, 9670 6120

The Gallery Room 1/510 Flinders St, Melbourne, 9629 1350

Portland Hotel Cnr Lt Collins & Russell St, Melb, 9810 0064

Windsor Castle 89 Albert St, Windsor, 9525 0239

Chandelier Room 91 Cochranes Rd, Moorabbin, 9532 2288

Gem Bar & Dining 289 Wellingston St, Collingwood, 9419 5170

The Prague Hotel, 911 High St, Northcote, 9495 0000

Workers Club 51 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9415 8889

Chelsea Heights Hotel Cnr Springvale & Wells Rd,

George Basement, 127 Fitzroy St, 9534 8822

Pretty Please 61c Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9534 4484

Workshop Lvl 1, 413 Elizabeth St, Melb, 9326 4365

Chelsea Heights, 9773 4453

Gertrude’s Brown Couch 30 Gertrude St, Fitzroy, 9417 6420

Prince Bandroom 29 Fitztory St, St Kilda, 9536 1168

Yah Yah’s 99 Smith St, Fitzroy, 9419 4920

Cherry Bar AC/DC Ln, Melb, 9639 8122

Grace Darling Hotel 114 Smith St, Collingwood, 9416 0055

Prince Of Wales 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9536 1168

The Vine 59 Wellington St, Collingwood, 9417 2434

Chi Lounge 195 Lt Bourke St, Melbourne, 9662 2688

Grandview Hotel Cnr Heidelberg Rd & Station St, Fairfield, 9489 8061

Public Bar 238 Victoria St, North Melb, 9329 6522

Co. Lvl 3, Crown Complex, 9292 5750

Great Britain Hotel 447 Church St, Richmond, 9429 5066

Railway Hotel 280 Ferrars St, South Melb, 9690 5092

Colonial Hotel (Brown Alley) Cnr King & Lonsdale St, Melb, 9670 8599

Grind N Groove 274 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville

Red Bennies 371 Chapel St, South Yarra, 9826 2689

Commercial Club Hotel 344 Nicholson St, Fitzroy, 9419 1522

Grumpy’s Green 125 Smith St, Collingwood, 9416 1944

Red Love Lvl 1, 401 Swanston St, Melb, 9639 3722

Cookie Lvl 1, 252 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 7660

Gypsy Bar 334 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 0548

Retreat Hotel 226 Nicholson St, Abbotsford, 9417 2693

Corner Hotel 57 Swan St, Richmond, 9427 9198

HiFi 125 Swanston St, Melb, 1300 843 4434

The Retreat Hotel 280 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9380 4090

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