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“CoQ RoQ” Mr Thom, Joybot
Thursday 17th
“Free Range Funk”
Wednesday 16th
“Cosmic Pizza”
presented by NHJ & Guests Thursday 17th
“Tigerfunk (live)”
Dj Who, Lewis Cancut, Agent 86
Dave Pham
Friday 18th
Friday 18th
“Panorama” Thom Meagher, Mr George, Matt Rad
Saturday 19th
“Textile” DOWNSTAIRS
Jean-Paul, Jay Reading, Pak Man
“Juicy”
TBC
Saturday 19th
“Hot Step”
Adam Askew, Hey Sam, Clipping
UPSTAIRS
Kodiak Kid, Mr Moonshine, DJ B-two
Sunday 20th
“South Side Hustle” Adam Askew, Rambl (Ricard Campbell), Booshank
Monday 21st
“Struggle” Tiger Funk
Tuesday 22nd
“Cosmic Pizzas” NHJ, HISTERIC ( MothBall/Bordello A Parici)
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Sunday 20th
“The Sundae Shake” Phato Amano, Agent 86, Tigerfunk Monday 21st
“iBimbo” Tuesday 22nd
“Curious Tales” Matt Radovich Lewis CanCut
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ONTOUR ROBERT BABICZ [GER], LUSINE [USA], NADJA LIND [GER], KLARTRAUM [GER] Friday May 18, Brown Alley SAN SODA [BEL] Friday May 18, Revolver AJAPAI [JPN] Friday May 18, Brown Alley BILL BREWSTER [UK] Friday May 18, New Guernica DANNY BROWN [USA], M.E.D [USA] Thursday May 24, Prince Bandroom LAPALUX [UK], oOoOO [USA] + MORE Friday May 25, Revolt Artspace TREE OF LIFE: DICK TREVOR [UK], GREEN NUNS OF THE REVOLUTION [UK], MINDWAVE [ISR] + MORE Friday May 25 – Sunday May 27, TBA SHOWTEK [NED] Friday May 25, Chasers Nightclub LEVON VINCENT [USA] Friday June 1, The Liberty Social DJ CRAZE [USA], CODES [USA] Friday June 1, Prince Bandroom DESYN MASIELLO [UK], TOM MORGAN [SCO] + MORE Friday June 1, Onesixone LIGHT ASYLUM [USA] + NICKY DA B [USA] Friday June 1, Phoenix Public House ISOLEE [GER] Saturday June 2, The Liberty Social AMON TOBIN [BRA] Tuesday June 5, The Palace Theatre GUY J [ISR] Friday June 8, New Guernica TOM TRAGO [NED] + JACQUES RENAULT [USA] Friday June 8, Mercat Basement GHOSTFACE KILLAH [USA], DOOM [USA], CHINO XL [USA] Saturday June 9, The Forum CHRIS LIEBLING [GER] Sunday June 10, Brown Alley DEEPCHILD [GER] Sunday June 10, Revolver FRANCOIS K [USA] Sunday June 10, Pretty Please BLOKE4D [UK], PROLIX [UK], AEPH [UK] + MORE Sunday June 10, Prince of Wales SWITCH [UK] Sunday June 10, Melbourne Hotel HYPE WILLIAMS [UK] Friday June 22, The Liberty Social GRAEME PARK [UK] + TOM MIDDLETON [UK] Friday KJune 22, Onesixone ANGY KORE [ITA], PERFECT STRANGER [ISR], VIBE TRIBE [ISR], SESTO SENTO [ISR] Royal Melbourne Hotel, Friday June 22 JEHST [UK] Friday June 29, Prince Bandroom LADYHAWKE [NZ] Tuesday July 17, Billboard VAKULA [UKR] Friday July 27, The Mercat MIIKE SNOW [SWE] Tuesday July 31, Palace Theatre ALVIN RISK [USA] Saturday August 4, Prince Bandroom
Robyn: Tweet Tweet
Keen-eyed fans of Swedish electro-pop goddess Robyn, or those beyond addicted to social media, may have caught wind of something very exciting in the works a couple of days ago. With a resume that boasts impressive accolates such as works with everyone from The Knife, Royksopp, Snoop Dogg and more, a recent tour with Katy Perry, nominations for the Grammy Awards and more hit singles than I can count, it’s been far too long since Robyn has made her way down to Australia for touring duties. But, as she let slip on Twitter a couple of days ago, looks like 2012 is the year Australians will get to hear what Robyn’s sayin’ with her Body Talk. Details are yet to be announced - keep an eye out here!
REAL TALK
Did you know that if you text multiple people the same message and they all have iPhones it now comes up as a group discussion with all names/numbers? Yeah, well on Friday night a pal sent out a booty call message to five different girls. Guess who all had iPhones? Amazing. Technology is out to get us. Tyson Wray
Alvin Risk: Risky Business
A singer and producer, up-and-coming Washington resident Alvin Risk’s talents have earned him an unprecedented amount of support despite the short length of time in which he’s been operating. One of Steve Aoki’s young-guns on the equally feared and respected purveyor of party-starting ridiculousness Dim Mak, Alvin Risk’s relatively-small amount of aggressively upbeat output has already been snapped up by Mad Decent, Black Sun Empire, and Skrillex’s OWLSA, spun on BBC Radio One numerous times, and props from Kaskade, Nero, Designer Drugs, Chuckie and Pendulum, too. Impressive. Heading out for his first excursion to Australia soon, you can catch him at the Prince Bandroom on Saturday August 4.
In the two years since their chance meeting at a less-than-spectacular house party, the duo that is Parachute Youth, made up of two wayward Australian boys with a fondness for good times have certainly jumped into the deeper end of dance music. Recruiting Sweat it Out labelmate Ajax and Sam La More to help them put together their debut single Can’t Get Better Than This, their appeal has since spread worldwide - played on triple J and hyped by Empire of the Sun, the duo’s celebratory vibes and hypnotic drama is one that’s hard to pass up. Catch them at the Prince Bandroom on Saturday June 23.
Isolee: Desolate Sounds
With a career spanning over 15 years to date, Isolee’s youthful experiments with a synthesiser and a drum machine were the beginnings of a life-long love affair with dance music that’s skipped across every single part of electronica’s colourful spectrum of sounds - bringing the sounds of minimal house to the mainstream and popularising a pared-back and intelligent approach to the dancefloor. The label on which he’s based, Pampa, was voted RA’s 12th best label of 2011. No mean feat, but well-deserved given the label’s propensity for daring, unexpected and entirely immersive records that break down the barriers between house, techno and beyond a mission that Isolee takes to heart. Now widely regarded as one of Hamburg’s main players in the club scene, Isolee’s live show is unmistakably him - catch him at the Liberty Social on Saturday June 2.
ebb&flo: Getting Down
Formed through a shared passion for both similar and divergent artists, labels and genres, ebb&flo is a triumvirate consisting of Jon Beta, Lister Cooray and Nikko. With a shared interest in the realms of forwardthinking, underground electronica, the three have recently taken up residency at Melbourne hotspot Loop and are back for their fourth session this year, with Dean Millson set to be a guest on the evening. The man behind the now-infamous Melbourne club night Private Function at the equally-notorious Salt Nightclub, Millson’s role in nurturing some of the city’s finest talent including Phil K, Luke Chable, Rollin Connection and plenty of others is one we should all be very thankful for. Private Function can also claim responsibility for introducing Melbunians to a host of stellar acts from beyond our borders - Steve Porter, Habersham, Matthey Dekay and many a good long night in. A much-respected DJ in his own right with a fondness for forward-thinking progressive house and breaks, he’s supported Sasha, John Digweed, Lee Burridge, Luke Fair, Dave Seaman and Paul Van Dyk in clubs and festivals across the country. Dean Millson and residents will be tearing up the dancefloor at Loop on Saturday June 9.
Miike Snow: Animals
July and August are shaping up to be a marathon of musical madness, as the Splendour sideshows continue to roll in. This time, it’s Swedish indie-pop outfit Miike Snow who’ve just announced a whirlwind number of dates to follow their slot at the renowned festival on the tail of this year’s sophomore LP, Happy to You. Following in the footsteps of their self-titled breakout debut, it’s the perfect halfway point between catchy indie grooves and bubbly electropop. Delicious. The group also have some serious crossgenre credibility to them, cemented by work with artists such as Madonna, Kylie and Kelis, as well as a Grammy for recording Britney Spears’ Toxic. Mad skills. Catch them when they play the Palace Theatre on Tuesday July 31.
Grounded: Party Down
What are you doing this weekend? Probably something shit compared to Grounded 2012 – a weekend of psychedelic music, arts and entertainment. Located at a yet-to-be-disclosed venue (it will be only one hour out of Melbourne), Grounded 2012 will feature psychedelic artworks and installations, lights, lasers and visual artists, some killer music including a nice local lineup and special guests, a cinema area, and kids area on Sunday. It’s on from Saturday May 19 at 1pm to Sunday May 20. Check out their Facebook event page for more information!
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Parachute Youth: Touchdown
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Francois K: House Royalty
Francois K needs to introduction. One of the undisputed forefathers of dance music, the French DJ of Armenian heritage has spent nigh on 30 years helping to shape the landscape of house music on a global scale. Starting his career in now-legendary clubs Paradise Garage and Studio 54, Francois K’s credentials as a DJ, producer and remixer are dizzyingly impressive – tours with Derrick May under the name Cosmic Twins, playing any club worth knowing across the world, his own highly successful label Wave Music, remixes for Moloko, Yoko Ono, Cesária Évora, Nina Simone – we could be here all day. Suffice to say the dudes who inducted him into the Dance Music Hall of Fame knew what they were doing. Go get an education when Francois K plays Pretty Please on Sunday June 10.
Deepchild: Getting Down
When Stereo-Heaven (the biggest record store in Essen, Germany) found that their biggest selling tech-house record was one that happened to be written in a tiny share-house studio in the far-off city of Sydney, Australia , it seemed that something special was beginning. The emergence of Australian ex-pat Deepchild, now residing in Germany, is one that surprised many at first, but catch a snippet of the man’s floor-shaking beats and you’ll understand all the fuss. A core member of the Trapez artist roster, Deepchild’s aesthetics tend towards the exploratory and the experimental - a modern and unique reinterpretation of Detroit’s thriving techno scheme. Inspired by the low-slung basslines and the insistent thump of techno’s beats, Deepchild’s approach is one that sits comfortably among heroes of the genre such as Stacey Pullen, Justin Martin, Ivan Smagghe and Matthias Tanzman. Catch him at Revolver on Sunday June 10.
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DICK TREVOR
“There’s always a great spirit in the parties in Oz, which feels like the old days of rave or dance when people would just really let go.”
CULTIVATING: TREE OF LIFE “Who the hell is Dick Trevor?” If that was the first thought which hit your brain after reading the headline, you can probably be excused. Excepting maybe Raja Ram or Simon Posford, psy-trance legends don’t get much bigger. Problem is, the Englishman has only released a single record under his own name. For the past two decades, he’s lurked
behind some 20 or more aliases, writing tunes both alone and with partners. Some of his more famous projects include Dickster, Trickster, AMD, The Bumbling Loons and Green Nuns Of The Revolution. If you’re a psy aficionado, there can be little doubt you’ve encountered something from his discography, even if you don’t know it.
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Like most legends, Trevor’s career is nothing short of extensive. Circa 1990, when the acid house revolution was sweeping the UK, he was finishing school in the countryside just west of London. At first, he says, electronic music seemed repetitive and boring. But that quickly changed when he began to hit clubs, discovering the wealth of genres exploding at the time. Initially, techno and trance piqued his interest; labels like Harthouse and R&S. And he wanted to be a commercial sound engineer, to which end he spent a year making tea for “work experience”. “Then, someone took me to the Pagan and TIP parties in London,” he says, “this was before TIP was a label.” Like punk and rock, the sheer power of the sounds grabbed him, and his feet were placed upon the path he still treads today. “I wanted to work on all styles of music, but then when I started writing my own stuff on the trance tip, I just kept going from there,” he says. Produced with Matt Coldrick, a blistering 12-inch titled Conflict/Cor was the result of these studio experiments, and came out under a particularly quirky banner: Green Nuns Of The Revolution. “It was the name of Muammar Gaddafi’s elite female bodyguard,” Trevor says. “It just seemed such a silly name, so we took it. Matt heard it on the news one night and couldn’t stop laughing about it.” Despite the wonky name, the duo’s music got the respect it deserved, leading to several more records. Sadly, the classic project ended in 1998. Spanning just four years, the duo’s discography is short and sweet, including an album for Flying Rhino and singles on TIP, Dragonfly and Triumph. Today, Trevor’s sound has shifted somewhat from the more Goa-leaning escapades of his past. But, he says, “I think I still make something with an old school flavour now. I can’t seem to get away from it. And over the last three or four years there has been a bit of a resurgence for the old ‘Goa’ sound within the scene.” He mentions a group of Israeli promoters who force DJs to sign contracts agreeing they won’t play anything made after the year 2000. “When we all got into writing this music originally,” he says, “there were no real rules. Everyone’s music sounded a bit more varied then as we all had different equipment from each other in our studios. But now, everyone uses the same software and presets.” That’s not all that’s changed, Trevor says. Though he’s “never bought into it”, he loves the spritualistic or mystical vibe which is part of psy-trance’s heritage. But he admits it has diminished somewhat over the years. “It made things a lot more colourful, and you did used to meet a certain kind of person at these parties, and still do,” he says. “But it was and still is a very global community which brings together a lot of people from a lot of different cultures from all round the world, rather than some scenes which can be insular to their particular country. I think this has been one of the best things about it.” Accordingly, he remembers multiple occasions where he’s seen nervous first-timers at festivals. Nearly always, they end leaving exhausted but smiling, with one exception: a guy he saw in Switzerland, who walked up a hill to a portaloo and went in, only for the loo to topple over and slide 100 metres down the hill, door side down. “He was ok...after a shower,”
Trevor says. When it comes to Australia, many visitors enthuse that the aforementioned old-school vibe still persists. “Maybe that’s true,” Trevor says. “There’s always a great spirit in the parties in Oz, which feels like the old days of rave or dance when people would just really let go.” Elsewhere, he says, things fluctuate. “Brazil is still busy but not at all like it used to be, and Japan is very non-trance at the moment. Other parts of South America are beginning to kick off now, like Chile. And I’m off to play in Peru very soon, which I’m really intrigued with.” But ironically enough, he cites India as the most rapidly emerging destination. Despite a non-stop trance presence in Goa, it’s only recently that the sound has begun to move inland and gain popularity in country’s sprawling cities. Of course, in the case of psy-trance, Trevor’s home base in the UK has always been a force. “Back in the ‘90s there were less producers around and I guess a good core of them were releasing in the UK, even if they weren’t from here,” he says. “So the UK had a strong role. Now, there are so many more people writing and releasing their music in different coutries that we’re just a part of the whole picture. I think we’ve got a good team though, all doing their own things – Twisted, Liquid, Nano, Wild Things, Bom Shanka, to name a few.” Despite this influx of new talent, the scene is still relatively small, he says. “I think that promoters check on who’s popular with things like Beatport so that’s why you see the same names cropping up, the DJs who appear at festivals often are the ones who appear on the charts a lot.” Perhaps this is why Trevor’s own touring schedule is so packed. Whether appearing solo or in a group, he’s a frequent presence in Beatport’s charts. More often than not, however, his career has been studded with partnerships. “I get bored quite quickly on my own in the studio,” he says. “Dance music should be a fun experience, as you have to translate that to the dance floor.” In other words, he prefers to share ideas, in the name of a better vibe. Besides, “If I write on my own I take ages to finish anything; you never know when to stop. That’s the art.” Over the years, this preference for collab has seen him working with the best of the best. Simon Posford, Tristan, Aphid Moon, John “Phantasm” Ford and his son, Eskimo. He even did a vocal house track with Danny Howells. “I’d love to write more styles,” Trevor says, “that’s why it was great to meet Danny and branch off with him, but there isn’t enough time in between writing the trance.” He’s making time though, it seems. His most recent project is with another veteran psy-trancer, James Monro, and focuses on tech-house: “I’ve found it really refreshing, I’d love to do more of that.” Clearly, Dick Trevor has much to offer the world yet. Icon Dick Trevor [UK] plays Tree Of Life Australian Launch Event alongside Symbolic [ISR], Mindwave [ISR] and more at a yet to be announced venue in the great outdoors of Victoria which takes place from Friday May 25 until Sunday May 27.
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ENVY
WEDNESDAY16TH 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
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 at 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
WEDNESDAYS AT LOUNGE Enter the middle of the week; for some it’s the beginning of the weekend, for others it’s a break from study, for those of us who are travelling, it probably has no real significance (unless you’re wanting to party with the hot European girls from the hostel...because any day is simply another day when you’re travelling). Your midweek stomping ground, featuring DJs Danny Silver, Manchild & Mu-Gen. Free entry. From 10pm. Lounge, 243 Swanston Street, Melbourne
WEDNESDAYS AT THE ORDER Deep, dark, minimal dubstep and drum and bass. The Order of Melbourne, 2/401 Swanston Street, Melbourne
THURSDAY17TH 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
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
FIRST FLOOR FRIDAYS A journey of international music from all over the world; past, present and future rhythms incorporating afro, soul, funk, world and deep house elements! First Floor, 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
FREEDOM PASS Start your weekend with Brian McFadden making a celebrity guest appearance, hit the DJ decks and spinning his top 10 tunes. The Freedom Pass will also give you a choice of 5 huge rooms of entertainment and 4 different styles of music. Featuring Joe Sofo, Kitty Kat, Nikkos and MC Brodie Young. Fusion, Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
NEO NEO is the focus of a new underground movement fussing aspects of alternative cultures in bringing to life the newly formed sub-culture known as Fetigoth Abode, 374 St Kilda Rd (cnr Martin St), St Kilda
PANORAMA
FRIDAY18TH CQ FRIDAYS The weekend starts here! Get on down for after work drinks from 5pm with DJs Marcus Knight, Mark Pellegrini, Nick Van Wilder & DJ Anferny getting your weekend started right. 5pm til 3am. CQ, 113 Queen St, Melbourne
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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
STAR BAR SUNDAYS The original and still the best Sunday in Melbourne. Star Bar, 160 Clarendon St, South Melbourne
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
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EUROTRASH HOUSE PARTY Put your hands in the air with some of Melbourne’s best party DJs, including including Mu-Gen, Lace em’ Tight and more. Eurotrash Bar, 18 Corrs Lane, Off Chinatown, Melbourne CBD
EY:EM
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
TUESDAY22TH BIMBO TUESDAYS
EY:EM at Lounge features residents Boogs & Who, and will host Melbourne’s top purveyors of club music, showcasing both local and international DJs playing the most upfront club music. This week’s special guests are Inkswel, & Sleep D. Expect nothing but excellent house music all night long. And remember, clubbing happens in the EYEM. $10 from 12pm. Lounge, 243 Swanston Street, Melbourne
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
RETRO SEXUAL FRIDAY
FIRST FLOOR SATURDAYS
COSMIC PIZZA
DJ Grandmaster Vicious spins Fitzroy’s finest mix of ‘80s and ‘90s pop, rock, new wave, hip hop, disco classics and cheese to please plus dance floor anthems from then to now. One Twenty Bar, 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy
It’s house, electro, dub, anthems, disco and funk with guest DJs Genetix, B-Two and Oohee rocking til the break of day. Doors open 10pm with $5 basics til midnight! First Floor, 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
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
SATURDAY19TH
NHJ and 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. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor
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
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PRINCES OF THE NIGHT This Saturday at Fusion bring you the ultimate sounds from Femme with Lady Lauryn who will definitely ensure you have a brilliant weekend. Along with top DJs Tate Strauss, Miss Sarah, DJ Nova and Johnny M, and not forgetting the entertainment for the night. 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
SLOW HOUSE THURSDAYS
Fate, karma, the yin and the yang, the balance between chaos and order or divine intervention? A new spiritual high has emerged from the cosmic energies of the universe and it’s called Wonderlust! As luck would have it you can come and experience the effects of this strange new phenomena every Thursday night at The Carlton! Carlton Club, 193 Bourke Street, Melbourne
SOUTH SIDE HUSTLE
IBIMBO
Super funky party with Melbourne radio’s finest! Including RRR’s Ennio Styles (Stylin’), PBS’s Manchild (Breakdown) & Zack Rampage (Rampage) and Guy Geezey (Wax Museums). Rekerdz, jams and dope times! Leave your attitude at the door! $10 from Midnight. Lounge, 243 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Paparazzi Fridays present DJs Nikkos, Joe Sofo and Kitty Kat bringing you the biggest anthems and club classics all night long. Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
WONDERLUST
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SUNDAE SHAKE
FRIDAYS AT LOUNGE
PAPPARAZZI
The Black Pancake Club is where disc-jockeys bring in their treasured record collections to share with yaw’ll. Expect undiscovered nuggets, lost gems, far out there covers, moog inspired themes, and a host of other eclectic delicacies and toppings for your black pancakes! Free entry. From 10pm. Lounge, 243 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Stunning new venue in the heart of the city – one BIG Party! We bring you the best Top 40 dance, house & R&B in a state of the art venue you have to see! Eden, 163 Russell St, CBD
Kitty Schmidt couldn’t find quality dance music in Fitzroy so she’s decided to open up her bedroom doors. Living above Melbourne’s stalwart lesbian/ gay Libation Bar, she’s now throwing a monthly party in her boudoir. Come into her renovated upstairs loft, cocktail bar, dance floor and smoking terrace. With quirky house, deep disco and erotic electronica being spun by Marvin Roland, Mr. Pyz and Kitty Schmidt DJs. Libation, 302 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
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 and 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
THURSDAYS AT LOUNGE
EDEN SATURDAYS
FRIDAY NIGHT LOFT PARTY
FREE RANGE FUNK
Slow House Thursdays is just what Brunswick has been missing. Get down to the latest Thursday spot at Noise Bar, find a space with your bros and get into the as DJs Same O, David Bass and James Hurt spin bass laced tunes ‘til the early hours of the morning. Noise Bar, 291 Albert Street, Brunswick
Head to Co. this Saturday night for nonstop dance music that will electrify the dance floor, with resident DJs Matty G, Dean T and Joe Sofo, with Marcus Knight and his old skool beats in the side room. Arrive, be seen and be talked about for the rest of the week. Envy much? Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
STAR SATURDAYS HOMECOMING In the grand tradition of past Saturday nights at the Prince of Wales, it will regain it’s rightful place on the pantheon of Australian dance music playing host to the best and most exciting EDM locally, nationally and internationally. Local residents include Generik, Oskar, Swick, Tranter, M.A.F.I.A., Streetparty DJs and Clip Art, and scheduled guests The Aston Shuffle, Tonite Only, The Swiss, Luke Million, Parachute Youth, Louis La Roche, Alvin Risk and more. In addition, Homecoming has prepared a veritable roster of exciting drinks and cocktails to fuel the fun, including Fresh coconut cocktails, Dr. Pepper, Electric Lemonade, Tecate, Thai-style Buckets and Bubble Cup cocktails. Prince Bandroom, 29 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda
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 King & Lonsdale St, CBD ESSENTIALS
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
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
WEEKEND The brain child of the creative kids at 360 Agency and Seven Nightclub. The Weekend is here to put a smile on your dial every Saturday night. We want you to join the family. Dancing from 10pm weekly. Seven, 52 Albert Rd, South Melbourne
It sounds like: A Sunday hangover convincing itself that it’s a product of its own imagination. . DJs/live acts playing: John Course, Seany B, Simon Wright Band and DJ 2P. Sell it to us: Celebrating 10 Years of Veludo with a slice of slice of soul-(birthday)-cake in the mockcream-bakery haven that is St Kilda. Featuring Melbourne’s legendary man of turntable dexterity John Course for a two hour set of bangers and mash. Veludo has been hosting the finest Melbourne bands and DJs seven nights a week, pouring exceptional coffee’s and filling many a tummy with superb fare, it’s time to celebrate. The bit we’ll remember in the AM: The drum solo and those two songs mashed together sounded sick. Crowd specs: St Kilda peeps, live music lovers. Wallet damage: Can potentially complete any damage incurred on Saturday night, and can have a healthy go at anything fresh, though member discounts will leave you plenty for kebabs and taxis, and the quality and service will keep you smiling at least until Wednesday. Where:
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BILL BREWSTER REWRITING: DJ HISTORY He may not be as famous as Richie Hawtin, Sven Väth, or any other of dance music’s legendary artists, but 52-year-old Bill Brewster has contributed his fare share to the culture. With fellow Englishman Frank Broughton, he authored ‘99’s Last Night A DJ Saved My Life. Tracing the history of DJing from day one, the book delves heavily into the invention of hip hop, house and other genres. Until then, no one had ever tackled the history so deeply or accurately. It shows in the figures. At last count, the book had been translated into a dozen languages or so, and sold 150,000 copies across America and the UK. Apart from this monumental achievement, Brewster has also counted himself a journalist, promoter, DJ, producer and label owner. And maybe, at a stretch, historian. “I think of historians as being slightly fusty men who smoke pipes and know a lot about Greek history,” Brewster quips. “The whole point about documenting the things that I have is precisely because no one else was interested. So, I’m kind of a default historian, I guess.” Can you blame him? Since his adolescence in the ‘70s, everything has changed about music. The way it’s made, delivered and consumed. “When I was a kid, music wasn’t all around you in the way that it is now,” he says. “We used to have a thing called ‘Dial-a-Disc’. You used to put two pence into a public telephone, and then you could choose a tune from the Top 40. We’d all stand in a public telephone booth, and then we’d cradle the telephone to our collective ears.” When it came to buying 7-inch singles, the teenage Brewster used to number them as they entered his collection. “I don’t think I ever got above about 25,” he says, later explaining how costly the mini-size vinyls were. Of course, with the rise of the internet and computers, things are much different nowadays. “I think music has become
more of a commodity, and less simply about art and music for itself,” Brewster says. Despite this, he’s pleased with the openness of the younger generation, and describes them as knowledgeable. “I find I never have any problem playing music to a slightly younger audience,” he says. “They’re certainly a lot more receptive than a lot of 40-year-old people who’ve only grown up knowing house music.” Seemingly, this sentiment has shaped Brewster’s life dramatically. He’s a determined educator, whether through print or via his eclectic DJ sets. The latter, he says, are about playing people something new, whether it’s from the ‘80s or last week. Or in his words: “For every one nerdy trainspotter person like me, there’s 99 people who don’t care, who just want to listen to what’s on Top Of The Pops. Maybe that’s just how society is. You’ve only got a 1 percent of nerds, and they’re the ones that go out and find the good tunes for the 99 percent that don’t give a shit.” Typically, his thirst for spontaneity means even Brewster is largely in the dark about what his sets will entail. “I don’t generally look at my records beforehand,” he says. “What I might do is choose a tune that I’m going to start with, even then I wouldn’t select that until an hour, half an hour before I play. And it still might change.” He has quite a bit to say about the craft, actually. Another of his books – yes, he’s written several – is titled How to DJ Properly. People’s biggest mistake, Brewster says, is mixing. “They think mixing is really important, and it’s not. It’s part of the tools of being a DJ, but it’s by no means the most essential part,” he says. “The most essential part is track selection, and how you put music together. For me, that beats mixing any day.” And you can bet Brewster knows a thing or two about selection. At home, he’s got over 12,000 records stashed, a surprisingly
low number compared to some other DJs his age. “I know it sort of sounds ridiculous, but it doesn’t seem excessive to me,” he says. “And actually, I often look at it and I can see huge gaps of things that I think should be in there, but aren’t. I know that sounds utterly absurd, and a little bit nuts, but that’s how I feel.” Then there’s his 30 plus years of clubbing, in which he claims to have seen “most things”, some of them “semi-unprintable”. “Someone doing a poo on the dance floor, because he was so off his head; all kinds of things,” he says. At one gig, a drunk punter actually pissed into Frank Broughton’s record box, destroying the covers of several treasured bits of wax. Despite such misadventures, and demoralisation by the realities of the
because there wasn’t a lot to tell. I always have a feeling that artists like Neil Young or Jack White or Daft Punk – fair enough, they should be regaling the world with stories of their recording process. But for an artist on their first album, it still seems a little bit presumptuous...because there’s a quantifiable demand for that information from me that now I’m saying, ‘Well fuck it, I’ll give it to you because I give very little else, especially online’.” But Bainbridge’s reluctance to give too much of himself too early is understandable when you take into consideration artists like XL Recordings’ Jai Paul, who is being hounded by the indie music press, despite only having released two singles. “Well, that’s the thing. There’s no way you can win in that situation because you have the NME last year who wanted to run an article about myself and Jai Paul and another guy, King Cruel, guys who are deliberately obscure about themselves.” Bainbridge has mixed feelings about doing interviews, still to this day, even though he comes across as perfectly charming and friendly in conversation. “I’m conflicted because there’s a lot of potential to explain myself and there’s a lot of potential to misexplain myself because I’d rather have everything that comes as straightforward and genuine and sincere, but you cant help but going on weird tangents.” World, You Need A Change Of Mind is a genre-bending pastiche of house, disco, funk, pop and electro, and is the kind of thing that induces music journalists to make up dumb new genres such as “no-fi electro-funk pop”, “elastic funk with a sunny disposition”, “hazy minimalist pop” and “slinky disco punk”. A lot of the songs have been kicking around for a few years
now. “Two of them have been around since the mid-‘80s,” laughs Bainbridge, referring to the two cover songs on the album, Swingin’ Party by The Replacements and Anyone Can Fall In Love, which is a cover of the theme to Eastenders. Yes, as in the UK soapie, although both songs are almost unrecognisable compared to their original counterparts. Adam had never met Phillipe Zdar before starting work on the album. Zdar is well known as one half of French indie house duo Cassius, and has worked as a producer with the likes of Phoenix, The Rapture, Kanye West and the Beastie Boys. “His legacy in music and his production work is really attractive to a debut artist who wants to nail the vision they had in mind. I always had a vision of recording in a fairly traditional studio with lots of instruments and lots of gear and a mixing desk and he has all that and he’s always using it.” Although he’s a solo artist, when Kindness comes down under to perform at Vivid Live in Sydney and a Modular party in Melbourne, he’ll travel with a band of six people. “I never imagined we could have that many musicians and do so much of the album live on-stage.” Although he’s been writing and recording music for a few years, Adam has relatively little experience in actually performing live as Kindness. Apart from a few random gigs before the release of the album he’d never played much and in fact as I speak to him on the phone has still only clocked up 12 or 13 shows. “It’s quite new and it’s quite chaotic but we’re having a good time...We want everyone to bare with us during the whirlwind of crazy. We get quite tired – it’s a really physical album to play live.” His main interests in coming to Australia are not what you expect. “Australian MasterChef, I’m a huge fan of MasterChef. Although your MasterChef Juniour in Australia is a little more dry than the British version. The British version is great because they’re really sassy. I don’t know, you’ve been bringing up your kids too well, they’re a bit boring on TV. I would like a little more spark from your eight-year-olds in future please.”
amongst dubstep enthusiasts. Is it getting harder to promote his sound with so many people understanding dubstep as Skrillex now though? “Not really. As much as I dislike that type of music, and as much as I think it’s not dubstep in any way, shape or form, at least that exposure has put the term dubstep out there. So if people do want to dig deeper and find out what it’s truly about, they can, and if they don’t then their loss really. I just try my best to ignore all that stuff exists!” The whole scene and popularity of dubstep has changed since 2005. How has that affected his production? “I guess when I first started out I was just trying to replicate guys like Noisia, Konflict, Teebee that kinda stuff. Then my skills developed enough to start pursuing my own sound, which over the years has changed from a more dance floor approach to something in between that and more detailed sound for home listening. I’m always pushing myself to learn and use different techniques so I don’t get bogged down in a routine either, that keeps me interested.” Butler is no stranger to Melbourne and he’s looking forward to returning: “Melbourne is definitely my favourite place to play in Australia. I think compared to Sydney there’s just so much more going on in regards to the type of dubstep I’m trying to push. I’ve also got a few producer mates that live down there so it’s always good to catch up, talk shop and work on tunes.” Butler’s reference to feeling down about the direction of dubstep in Sydney was a point of view he aired online last year, to much debate. Has much changed in the intervening time? “Yes and no. There have been a few regular nights that have popped up that are trying to bring back that sense of community, which is a great thing. “I still think there’s a lot lacking in regards to supporting local
producers on a regular basis, and unfortunately the more commercial side of things still determines the direction Sydney’s heading in for the most part. Since then I’ve come to terms with the fact that Australia really isn’t the greatest place for me to make some semblance of a career, for that I’d have to move to Europe. It’s not going to happen due to family commitments but I do like being isolated, with less influence on me I feel like I can really explore my own take on the sound.” Plans are in place to tour overseas though: “I’m looking at getting over to Europe around September next year for some shows and to hook up some beats with mates over there. I really
KINDNESS MASTERCHEF: OF GENRE-BENDING As music folklore would have it, just 30 of them were pressed. They were individually wrapped and sent to music tastemakers. The 12-inch record was emblazoned with a black and white image of a young man with a mop of long, dank looking hair and inside a brief amount of release information and some contact details. Instead of a bio or a press release was a 16 page newspaper containing black and white photos of a recording studio and a brief message from a man called Adam Bainbridge. “It struck me that the people you choose to work with, to surround yourself with in life and those you choose to love – these people say as much about you as you could ever hope to express in your own words.” Up until that point, that is all anyone knew about Bainbridge, or his musical alter ego, Kindness. I caught up with Bainbridge in an effort to peel back some of the layers and reveal the inner workings of this enigmatic new figure, talk about his debut album World, You Need A Change Of Mind, and Australian tour, with some surprises – including an obsession with Australian MasterChef. Kindness has created an air of mystique around himself, through the unmarked packages, a refusal to do interviews in the early days and the fact that he has no presence at all on Facebook and Twitter and his website is just a giant blown up picture of his album artwork with no links or information. The only thing that represents him is a MySpace that was opened in 2007 with no pictures of himself and a few early demos. “It’s not really a deliberate conceit. It’s something that was important at a moment in time because it seemed inappropriate. It was important to keep myself to myself and say very little
music industry, his spirit is still alive and well. “I don’t think you can continue for so long if you’re really cynical,” he says. “I’ve been going out clubbing since the late ‘70s, but I still really get a kick when I walk into a club and I can hear the bass.” And apparently, age has no impact on this at all. “I think the most important thing is to keep staying in touch with what’s going on,” Brewster says. “I think as long as you’ve got enthusiasm for new music, there’s no reason why you can’t continue.” Icon Bill Brewster [UK] plays New Guernica on Friday May 18.
So what does he expect in this fine land of ours? “Fine dining, mild winters, fantastic musically-educated audiences and perhaps a barbecue? If there could be an eight-year-old cooking the barbecue that would be fantastic.” Rose Callaghan Kindness [UK] plays with Tom Vek [UK] and Jonathan Boulet [AUS] at The Hi-Fi on Thursday May 24.
BOOT COLDER NOW: REAL DUBSTEP Sydney’s Tim Butler, aka Boot, has been one of Australia’s most active dubstep producers and DJs over the last few years. Hailing from Sydney, the 29-year-old producer has been making music for around five years now. Throughout that time he has constantly been working on and refining his sound. Boot’s tunes are a convergence of dark dance floor dubstep, techstep, drum and bass, funky techno, tech house and punk attitude. He brings his love of dark, brooding futuristic, hyperfunk to his music which results in a dance floor friendly tech dubstep sound, without shying away from deeper end of the spectrum. Butler is on his way to Melbourne next month to play with UK dubstep legend Youngsta. His sound fits perfectly with Youngsta’s and being one of the support acts is an honour that he is looking forward to. It must be the culmination of a dream. “Absolutely! Just when I started getting a bit down about the direction dubstep was headed in, I got onto listening to his Rinse FM show religiously and it’s had a big influence on the way I approach writing now. So to be able to showcase what I have to offer with him there is an awesome opportunity!” Butler has been making music for a long time and it feels like it’s something he is driven to do. “I’ve been playing and writing music for most of my life. I started using Cubase in 2000, but only seriously started focusing on my production around 2005.” The evolution of his own sound took time. “Initially I was writing drum and bass, and then at the start of 2008 I wrote my first dubstep tune. I just felt I had so more much freedom writing dubstep, and still do to this day! There’s still swathes of ground that haven’t been covered in dubstep yet and that’s what I’m trying to explore.” That freedom and broad scope that Butler talks about is common
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would like to get on the Outlook bill while I’m there as well!” This year is bringing some exciting things for Butler on the release front. “I’ve got my Colder Now EP coming out [through] Paradise Lost on 12” and digital, and my tune Reeducation on Aquatic Lab which will be out with a killer remix by Seven on the flip.” Simon Hampson Boot [AUS] plays with Youngsta [UK] and more at Brown Alley on Friday June 8.
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DANCE MUSIC RUBBER RECORDS DANCE, ROCK Well now this is an odd ball of a release, not the straight up electronic based dance music here. It all starts out relatively peachy, a standard rock affair that harks back to a 1990’s flashback that is done well, before morphing into dance music in it’s most basic form. The press release roughly labels this as ‘club based guitar music’, which isn’t a bad summation, seeing as T-Rek does the majority of the vocal, guitar, programming and drumming duties himself. The first five tracks, including Money, New Strange & Nowhere Else To Be, point the album in one direction, before introducing what sounds like a basic drum machine with a guitar and some creepy vocals. Dance Music almost seems tailored specifically towards a live setting, there being no surprise with the creation of ‘The T-Rek Band’, bringing a little Rock n’ Roll to the dancefloor. - Kelvin Colling
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NIGEL HAYES
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With his latest long player Chasm continues making massive strides forward as the most versatile and potentially the best producer in Australia. From start to end on This Is How We Never Die he creates waves of sound to suit to the note his impressive array of guest emcees. From smooth as fuck tracks like I Am Legend with the genius pairing of AG & Delta and Highs & Lows featuring a well matched trio, Fawshan, Solo & David Dallas – incidentally first track with a NZ emcee I’ve liked in years- through to party rockers like The Truth. The Tongue rips his opening verse to shreds whilst there is something about Hau’s track presence that screams swag. Later on things take on a reggae tinge not to dissimilar to his collaboration with Veda Sunshyne, the standout being Dreamin. Other standouts include Intergalactic which sees Dialect alongside Vast Aire, Ruthless which sees Guilty Simpson and Brad Strut pair and King Pin Shottas. One of the years best releases. - Shane Scott
There is something engaging about the persona of Nicki Minaj. Sure Gaga has done the wigs and outrageous dresses before her but unlike the Gag, she doesn’t have that agitating hype that is unjustified like Gaga. Nicki feels and sounds like she is genuinely bonkers. Speaking of Minaj, she has just dropped her second sophomore album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. The sound is electric, fun and bursting with personality. There is so much to like about what can be best described as a filler-free album! The first single Starships is the perfect example why Nicki is on top of her game - energetic europop that jumps at you the moment the chorus kicks in! Second single with Chris Brown, Right By My Side is playful pop music perfection, whilst Whip It is set to be a club smash with its mesmerising euro-dance beat!Like the lady herself, this album is packed with fun and colour moments! So get wiggy with it like Nicki and dance up a storm to her new album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded! - Christopher Anderson-Peters
INTELLIGENT AUDIO HOUSE Comprising of just 4 tracks, it would be totally acceptable if just one base sound was being hunted, but the Northern Lights EP tries desperately to cover an all too wide spectrum of house music sub-genres, leaving a gaping chasm between concept and execution.Nigel Hayes has clocked in over 70 releases with this EP, and with the quality on offer it’s not hard to see how he has built such a large personal catalogue. Both the straight up house sounds of D-Tek and the deeper thump of Raise the Bridge contain really only half of the material their track length suggests, while the ‘funky’ synthetic guitars and drums-ina-can on Wallfield feel as if they were produced on a tram journey with little more than an iphone. Elektricity does have a pleasantly hypnotic feel to it, but at 9 minutes long it spends far too much of its journey on a round-a-bout. More quality, less quantity please. - Danny Silver
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BELLE AND SEBASTIAN Do you feel like culturally in we’re in this epoch of ‘hippy version II’? Everyone dresses like they’re a refugee from J.M. Barrie’s Neverneverland, young guys are growing beards and everyone is open minded about their sexuality. It’s that last point that brings us to Belle And Sebastian’s 25 song mixtape LateNightTales (sic). Okay so your having a really modern and open minded dinner party with your similarly modern and open minded friends and you really want everyone to get their pants off in the spa… play this album. Deeply rooted in the sixties (pun intended) this album is drenched in the sexuality of Jimi Hendrix and five babe’n groupies as opposed to the sleaze of a swinger’s party. One delicious three song progression begins with Belle And Sebastian’s cover of The Primitives sixties’ classic Crash, that goes into Roland Vincent’s subtly sexual L.S.D. Partie with this song sliding into Toro Y Moi’s Still Sound. Relax, we’re all friends here. - Dan Watt
TRANCE ANTHEMS TOP 100 Featuring artists such as Armin van Buuren, Chicane & ATB Trance Anthems Top 100 is by far the biggest compilation I’ve heard so far in 2012. Three discs choc-full of trance anthems that’ll be taking you back to the glory days or having you raise your hands, but most likely, you’ll probably be doing both. This compilation relies heavily on the classics, featuring tracks that once destroyed dance floors across the globe, and some still do to this day, whether they’re played in their original form or updated, remixed form. Trance Anthems Top 100 features over 230 minutes of pure trance “europhia”, including such classics as Going Wrong by Armin van Buuren & DJ Shah, Rain by Markus Schulz, Serenity, Waiting by Dash Berlin, Cosmic Gate’s remix of Vincent de Moor’s Fly Away, Rank 1’s Airwave, Dark Side of the Moon and such many more classics that will take you back to your favourite dance floor. Trance Anthems Top 100 is the biggest collection of euphoric tracks you’ll find. - Sebastian Martinez
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LOOSE LIPS / MODULAR ELECTRO POP Toronto’s Azari & III are the hottest thing on almost every hipster’s lips at the moment. Despite all the hype the quartet has delivered one of this years most satisfying dance albums. Kicking off with irrepressible party starters Into The Night and Reckless (With Your Love), what surprises the most is that the band have deployed the sound pallet of classic late eighties and early nineties house to brilliant effect. The irresistible Manic best exemplifies this approach. Moving beyond formula and templates Azari & III inject so much personality into the proceedings that they have produced a slick contemporary electro pop album that recalls the past without necessarily paying homage to it. House and Techno slumped into the somewhat dreary impasse of deep and minimal but Azari & III take inspiration from early incarnations and provide a way forward. While there is plenty here to get your body jackin’, there is also a lot of depth as the band experiment and take us on unexpected tangents as diverse as indie and IDM. - The Sideman
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It’s grimy, it’s dirty, it’s everything you’d expect from something that’s had the Filthy Collins remix touch added to it.
The most romantic munters on the dance scene have returned with another heart fuckable album full of synth driven love songs that’ll fill any dance floor. Night and Day is an excitable taste of what’s in store in their forthcoming album In Our Heads.
CHILD (FILTH COLLINS REMIX)
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DAVID GUETTA FEAT. CHRIS BROWN & LIL WAYNE I CAN ONLY IMAGINE
At this point it’s become fairly redundant to review any further releases off Nothing But The Beat as the man is a fucking genius and anything he touches turns to instant gold, nuff said!
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ANJUNABEATS VOLUME 9 BALANCE / EMI TRANCE Yet again the A&B boys deliver another awesome double-disc label showcase of gorgeous trance. Disc one kicks off in subtle, melodic fashion, A&B’s own chilled instrumental Tokyo flowing gently into the lush progressive textures of Parker & Hanson’s Afterthought. Highlights include the gear change of Cramp’s synth-driven RU116, the sweeping emotion of Andrew Bayer’s In and Out of Phase, the bass-heavy, tech-infused layers of Maor Levi & Bluestone’s On Our Own, and Ost & Meyer’s shimmering Britanica. The second disc pushes the boundaries a little more, bouncing around a variety of sounds, with a groove-soaked, techheavy, house vibe running through the first couple of tasty Mat Zo cuts. The sensuous A&B vocal track Every Little Beat undergoes a beautiful re-work courtesy of Myon & Shane 54, while there’s an intriguing undercurrent of subtle funk to Jaytech’s glistening New Vibe. Andrew Bayer tears up the vocal-trance rulebook with Keep Your Secrets, and Arty delivers the big-room moment with his euphoric Kate. This is simply an essential purchase for any trance fan. - Ed Montan
PROFESSOR GREEN FEAT. RUTH ANNE REMEDY
The Professor has the ailment for your troubled ears peeps, and this time he’s brought Nurse Ruth Anne along for the ride. Remedy has been given a re-work and to be honest it’s a massive improvement...I’m no convert yet, but I’m getting there.
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Kill For Love CHROMATICS The Best of Good Love Gone 24 CARAT BLACK Don’t Turn Away ( From My Love) LOVELOCK Disparate Youth SANTIGOLD The Lord’s Graffiti ACTRESS Let It Go SOUL CLAP feat ROLDY CEZAIRE The Spirit Rides Again PAS LES STACHE Valley of Paradise ( Rayko remix) PSYCHEMAGIK Gabriel (Soulwax rmx) JOE GODDARD Inconsequent Pussy PEPE BRADOCK
Red Bull Beat Suite TAMIL ROGEON ORCHESTRA Tell Me MIDNIGHT RUNNERS Ayesama EBO TAYLOR Unknown Journey II DREXCIYA Indigo Mechanix (3D) JIMMY EDGAR No Reason AMIN PAYNE Rise Up TYRONE EVANS Get Up Off It (Dexter Remix) ARTTU FT JERRY THE CAT Snaster (Gerd Remix) RUSH Waves THE TREATMENT
Allein PRYDA I Rave You BASTO Up NARI AND MILANI & MAURIZIO GUBELLINI Ankamassa MENINI AND VIANI Fire Inside GEMINI Redline WOLFGANG GARTNER The Veldt DEADMAU5 FE CHRIS JAMES Aname Remixes INTRUDER (MURK) FE JEI The Real Thing WEHBBA & ANTONIO EUDI I Don’t Like You EVA SIMMONS
The night out MARTIN SOLVEIG In my mind IVAN GOUGH & FEENIXPAWL FEAT. GEORGI KAY L.G.F.U. TOM PIPER & DANIEL FARLEY Delicious DANNY T FEAT. OH SNAP!! Se7en NICKY ROMERO The real thing I AM SAM FEAT. SARAH MCLEOD Molly CEDERIC GERVAIS Eyes wide open DIRTY SOUTH & THOMAS GOLD FEAT. KATE ELSWORTH Sassafras TIMMY TRUMPET & CHARDY Toulouse NICKY ROMERO
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WEDNESDAY16TH COMPRESSION SESSION Reggae at E55 every Wednesday night. Resident selectors play strictly vinyl. Free entry. 8pm. E55, 55 Elizabeth St, Melbourne CBD
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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
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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
count of both spiritual anguish and everyday life, Simmons has contributed an untold number of chart-topping singles and no less than six wildly successful full-length albums and there is little doubt that upcoming release Undisputed will be similarly successful upon its release in a matter of months, featuring the likes of Busta Rhymes, Tyrese, Jennifer Hudson, and production from Deezle, and Swizz Beatz. Friday June 29, Trak, 445 Toorak Road, Toorak
SATURDAY19TH 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 R&B & ol’ skool sounds strictly for the urban elite. Khokolat Bar, Basement, 43 Hardware La, 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
THE NICE UP Tom Showtime presents The Nice Up. All flavours of hip hop, ghetto funk and reggae niceness provided. Sailor Jerry nice up the cocktails, Dos Blockos nice up the $5 beers. Fridays done proper. George Lane Bar, 1 George Lane, St Kilda
This is it. Faktory Fridays are open for business at Melbourne’s home of R&B, Khokolat Bar. Where else?
MAGGOT MOUF
PANOPTICS SHOULDERS GIANTS EP LAUNCH
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Conspiracy Entertainment is proud to present newly formed, PanOptics, which unites Melbourne hip hop artists Julez, Manix & DJ Sizzle. All successful artists in their own right, the trio have joined forces to create the first PanOptics EP Shoulders Of Giants. Supported by some of the Melbourne’s finest including MoneyKat feat. Candice Monique & Chad Blaster, Able8 feat. Alex VellaHorne, DJ Jumps, DJ MzRizk, apeX and VJ Big Baby Justin. Doors open at 8pm and this will be a free night of hip hop crossed with glitch, dubstep, exciting back and forth lyrical delivery and random stage antics. Laundry Bar, 50 Johnston Street, Fitzroy
UPCOMING DANNY BROWN AND M.E.D
AUSSIE: GOLDEN BOY
Bubbling up for years before last year’s XXX, Danny Brown caught much of the hip hop world’s attention with his LP The Hybrid but had previously appeared on records with as diverse a bunch of characters as fellow Motor City bad man Guilty Simpson and G Unit’s Tony Yayo. M.E.D triumphantly returned in 2011 with his second LP Classic, flanked by the single Where I’m From with Aloe Blacc. An emcee adored by producers like Just Blaze, J Dilla and Madlib, M.E.D has appeared alongside the aforementioned as well as Oh No, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Odd Future member Hodgy Beats, Kurupt, Karriem Riggins, Talib Kweli and many many more. Thursday May 24, Prince Bandroom, 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda
DMX Divine master of the unknown, the multi-platinum award winning Earl Simmons - better known through his stage name DMX, has emerged as one of hardcore rap’s reigning kings. Toeing the line between the sacred and the profane, Simmons’ narratives present a compelling ac-
Album two is where it’s at for the man with the Maggot Mouf. It’s like the golden era of our local scene that keeps on going. Like the Christmas gift that keeps on giving, Maggot describes things as good and healthy right now. “Aussie hip hop is most definitely still in its element.” Last time we spoke, he described the “music coming out of the drivers in local studios as the best it has been”. Little is changing, it seems, and Aussie hip hop is still doing us proud and standing on the global stage – well and truly – on its own two feet. First time around, we spoke about Mag’s first full-length release, a bit of a collaborative effort. “I wanted the first album to be a personal kind of vibe; the lyrics and rhymes were more about topical type stuff. It was really about my personal life but there were twists of humour in there as well.” This time – album two – things are different, but only subtly. So the new album is titled Runnin’ With Scissors and Mag explains where he was going with the whole thing: “I tried to keep the same vibe with this album for the most part; a lot of the reason for that was because the vibe worked for me last time. This time, it’s different in a way because of the choice of concepts. I tried to do things I hadn’t done before. I did stuff like tracks with off-time beats and stuff; it was partly about keeping it fresh but it was also partly me trying to challenge myself a little as well.” Wanting to continue too, the move away from the traditional to-be-expected hip hop that is around the place, he makes no apologies for not following trends. “I like the raw and driving direction in the music I’m making right now. There is a lot of grime around; Iast time I had my boys Sammy Scissors, Must and Ciecmate doing the honours on the production – and the beats were sort of up and down – different but with the same sort of feel if you know what I mean?” And he isn’t negative on it, rather descriptive. “Pretty much after I wrapped up that last album, I started getting some new beats; I kept hassling my man and we decided we were going to really move forward on the next album. We were just doing crazy numbers of beats – like there were 50 and 100 beats there. All of the guys from the crew gel really well and we’d start on a song and
Party Profile: The Nice Up
It sounds like: All flavours of hip hop, reggae and ghetto funk. DJs/live acts playing: Tom Showtime and guests Three records that’ll rock the floor: A Little Samba Ugly Duckling, Good Thymes Remix - Opiuo, Bigger Than Jamrock - DJ Shepdog And one that you’d rather die than play: No haters here. Sell it to us: It’s Friday night done proper with tunes tastier than watermelon and Sailor Jerry cocktails. Surrounded by comfy furniture and street art, you can party down or just enjoy a few drinks. The bit we’ll remember in the AM: ‘Purveyors of good times’. Crowd specs: People who like to get down. Wallet damage: Free entry. Where: George Lane Bar When: Every Friday night.
slowly it would come together to make an album. It’s nice having the luxury of being able do choose from a whole bunch of tracks when you’re writing, you know?” Indeed, lyrically the evolution of style and substance has been relatively subtle as well. “I did have a certain vibe last time but there were ideas and concepts there that I’ve kind of developed and changed up a little bit. This time it was more about thinking on certain situations. The ‘thief on the hunt’ – these are the things I wanted to rap about. It’s still the day-to-day stuff mixed with some humour but the songs have a different and more random kind of feel to them. There were a lot of tracks that ended up being started on an afternoon that turned into allnight studio sessions. Last time, these didn’t last – they didn’t make it. But this time it felt right.” “So for me, the music out now is definitely getting better from when I started hearing it on radio. Back in the day, people were doing some cool stuff, but it was simple rhyming. The old cats got older and the new cats came up and their new stuff is getting played now. Sure there’s stuff out there that I don’t like as well, but I reckon if you haven’t got anything positive to say, then why say anything at all?” Fair enough too, when you consider the industry is definitely becoming more saturated and the challenge is standing out from the crowd. “That’s all I’m trying to do. I sort of came up in the golden era of hip hop around the early ‘90s and it’s much harder to dig out the good stuff now, for sure. There is a lot more cheese and you don’t feel as comfortable picking up and buying a CD if you don’t know anything about it. You don’t want the stuff that’s the same-same.” Finally, the Maggot Mouf show is hitting a stage near you in the near future. “Yeah, I’m really looking forward to hitting the stage with my man and delivering some of the same energy we always do. We’re just going to get down and party.” RK Maggot Mouf’s [AUS] Runnin’ With Scissors is available now through Broken Tooth Entertainment.
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HiFi 125 Swanston St, Melb, 1300 843 4434
The Retreat Hotel 280 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9380 4090
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
Corner Hotel 57 Swan St, Richmond, 9427 9198
Love Machine Cnr Lt Chapel & Malvern Rd, Prahran, 9533 8837
Spot 133 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9388 0222
303 303 High Street, Northcote
Cornish Arms 163 Sydney Rd, Brunswick
Lucky Coq 179 Chapel St, Windsor, 9525 1288
Standard Hotel 293 Fitzroy St, Fitzroy, 9419 4793
Abode 374 St.Kilda Rd, St.Kilda
CQ 113 Queen St, Melb, 8601 2738
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
Croft Institute 21 Croft Alley, Melb, 9671 4399
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
Cruzao Arepa Bar 365 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 7871
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
Cushion 99 Fitzroy St, St.Kilda, 9534 7575
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
Damask 1/347 Burnswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 4578
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
The Drunken Poet 65 Peel Street, West Melbourne, 9348 9797
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
Der Raum 438 Church St, Richmond, 9428 0055
Musicland 1359A Sydney Rd, Fawkner, 9359 0006
Thornbury Theatre 859 High St, Thornbury, 9484 9813
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
Tiki Lounge 327 Swan St, Richmond, 9428 4336
Bennetts Jazz Club 25 Bennetts Ln, Melb, 9663 2856
Dizzy’s Jazz Club 381 Burnley St, Richmond, 9428 1233
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
Bertha Brown 562 Flinders Street, 9629 1207
Double Happiness 21 Liverpool St, Melb, 9650 4488
Night Cat 141 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 0090
Tony Starr’s Kitten Club 267 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9650 2448
Big Mouth 168 Acland St, St.Kilda, 9534 4611
E:55 55 Elizabeth St, Melb, 9620 3899
Night Cat 279 Flinders Ln, Melb, 9654 0444
The Tote Hotel 67 Johnson St, Collingwood, 9419 5320
Billboard 170 Russell St, Melb, 9639 4000
East Brunswick Club 280 Lygon St, East Brunswick, 9388 2777
Noise Bar 291 Albert St, Brunswick, 9380 1493
Town Hall Hotel 33 Errol St, North Melbourne, 9328 1983
Bimbo Deluxe 376 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 8600
Edinburgh Castle 681 Sydney Rd, Brunswick
Northcote Social Club 301 High St, Northcote, 9489 3917
Trak Lounge 445 Toorak Rd, Toorak, 9826 9000
Birmingham Hotel Cnr Smith & Johnston St, Fitzroy
Electric Ladyland Lvl 1, 265 Chapel St, Prahran, 9521 5757
Old Bar 74 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 4155
Tramp 20 King St, Melb
Black Cat 252 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 6230
Elwood Lounge 49-51 Glenhuntly Rd, Elwood, 9525 6788
One Twenty Bar 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy
Transport Hotel Federation Square, Melb, 9654 8808
Blue Bar 330 Chapel St, Prahran, 9529 6499
Empress 714 Nicholson St, Nth Fitzroy, 9489 8605
Onesixone 161 High St, Prahran, 9533 8433
Trunk 275 Exhibition St, Melbourne, 9663 7994
Blue Tile Lounge 95 Smith St, Fitzroy
Espy 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda, 9534 0211
Order Of Melbourne level 2, 401 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 6707
Tyranny Of Distance 147 Union St, Windsor, 9525 1005
Boutique 134 Greville St, Prahran, 9525 2322
Eurotrash 18 Corrs Ln, Melb, 9654 4411
Palace Hotel 893 Burke Rd, Camberwell
Two of Hearts 149 Commercial Road, Prahran
Brown Alley King Street, Melb,9670 8599
Eve 334 City Rd, Southbank, 9696 7388
Palace Theatre 20-30 Bourke St, Melb, 9650 0180
Union Hotel Brunswick 109 Union St, Brunswick, 9388 2235
Brunswick Hotel 140 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9387 6637
Evelyn 351 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 5500
Palais 111 Main Rd, Hepburn Springs, 5348 4849
Veludo 175 Acland St, St Kilda, 9534 4456
Builders Arms 211 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
Ferntree Gully Hotel 1130 Burwood Hwy, Ferntree Gully, 9758 6544
Palais Theatre Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, 9525 3240
Victoria Hotel 380 Victoria St, Brunswick, 9388 0830
Cabinet Bar 11 Rainbow Alley, Melbourne, 9654 0915
Festival Hall 300 Dudley St, West Melbourne, 9329 9699
Papa Goose 91 Flinders Ln, Melbourne, 9663 2800
Wah Wah Lounge Lvl 1, 185 Lonsdale St, Melb
Caravan Music Club 95 Drummond St, Oakleigh
First Floor 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 6380
Penny Black 420 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9380 8667
Wesley Anne 250 High St, Northcote, 9482 1333
Caseys Nightclub 660A Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, 9810 0030
Forum Theatre 154 Flinders St, Melb, 9299 9800
Pier Live Hotel 508 Nepean Hwy, Frankston, 9783 9800
Westernport Hotel 161 Marine Pde, San Remo, 5678 5205
Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets 80 Smith St, Collingwood, 9415 8876
The Fox Hotel 351 Wellington Street, Collingwood, 9416 4957
Pony 68-70 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9662 1026
Willow Bar 222 High Street, Northcote, 9481 1222
CBD Club 12-14 McKillop St, Melb, 9670 3638
Fusion Lvl 3, Crown Complex, Southbank, 9292 5750
Portland Hotel Cnr Lt Collins & Russell St, Melb, 9810 0064
Windsor Castle 89 Albert St, Windsor, 9525 0239
Chaise Lounge Basement, 105 Queen St, Melb, 9670 6120
The Gallery Room 1/510 Flinders St, Melbourne, 9629 1350
The Prague Hotel, 911 High St, Northcote, 9495 0000
Workers Club 51 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9415 8889
Chandelier Room 91 Cochranes Rd, Moorabbin, 9532 2288
Gem Bar & Dining 289 Wellingston St, Collingwood, 9419 5170
Pretty Please 61c Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9534 4484
Workshop Lvl 1, 413 Elizabeth St, Melb, 9326 4365
Chelsea Heights Hotel Cnr Springvale & Wells Rd,
George Basement, 127 Fitzroy St, 9534 8822
Prince Bandroom 29 Fitztory St, St Kilda, 9536 1168
Yah Yah’s 99 Smith St, Fitzroy, 9419 4920
Chelsea Heights, 9773 4453
Gertrude’s Brown Couch 30 Gertrude St, Fitzroy, 9417 6420
Prince Of Wales 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9536 1168
The Vine 59 Wellington St, Collingwood, 9417 2434
Cherry Bar AC/DC Ln, Melb, 9639 8122
Grace Darling Hotel 114 Smith St, Collingwood, 9416 0055
Public Bar 238 Victoria St, North Melb, 9329 6522
Chi Lounge 195 Lt Bourke St, Melbourne, 9662 2688
Grandview Hotel Cnr Heidelberg Rd & Station St, Fairfield, 9489 8061
Purple Emerald Lounge Bar 349 High St, Northcote, 9482 7007
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
RedLove 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
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