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ONTOUR TOM TRAGO [NED], JACQUES RENAULT [USA] Friday June 8, The Mercat Basement DAVID DALLAS [NZ] Friday June 8, The Espy TONY TOUCH [USA] Friday June 8, The Espy DIRTYLOUD [BRA] Friday June 8, Royal Melbourne Hotel JAMIE 3:26 [USA] Friday June 8, The Croft Institute YOUNGSTA [UK], TOAST [UK] Friday June 8, Brown Alley GHOSTFACE KILLAH [USA], DOOM [USA], CHINO XL [USA] Saturday June 9, The Forum MEAT KATIE [UK] Saturday June 9, New Guernica GUY J [ISR] Sunday June 10, New Guernica 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] Sunday June 10, Prince Bandroom SWITCH [UK] Sunday June 10, Melbourne Hotel MARK RAE [UK] Friday June 15, The Croft Institute HYPE WILLIAMS [UK] Friday June 22, The Liberty Social GRAEME PARK [UK], TOM MIDDLETON [UK] Friday June 22, Onesixone ANGY KORE [ITA], PERFECT STRANGER [ISR], VIBE TRIBE [ISR], SESTO SENTO [ISR] Friday June 22, Royal Melbourne Hotel CARL COX [UK] Friday June 22, Trak Lounge MARK DE CLIVE-LOWE [USA] Saturday June 23, The Croft Institute JEHST [UK] Friday June 29, Prince Bandroom DJ STEPHANIE [ITA] Friday June 29, Brown Alley HUXLEY [UK] Friday June 29, The Mercat Basement SURKIN [FRA] Saturday June 30, The Bottom End DIRTYPHONICS [USA] Friday July 6, Brown Alley ENEI [RUS] Friday July 6, Brown Alley ALEX KENJI [ITA] Saturday July 7, Club Soda BROOKES BROTHERS [UK] Friday July 13, Brown Alley RICHARD DURAND [NED] Saturday July 14, Room680 DR. OCTAGON [USA] Saturday July 14, The Espy LADYHAWKE [NZ] Tuesday July 17, Billboard CHEZ DAMIER [USA] Friday July 20, Brown Alley SVEN WEISEMANN [GER], BASIC SOUL UNIT [CAN] Friday July 20, The Liberty Social VAKULA [UKR] Friday July 27, The Mercat Basement MIIKE SNOW [SWE] Tuesday July 31, Palace Theatre BRAWTHER [FRA] Friday August 3, The Mercat Basement ALVIN RISK [USA] Saturday August 4, Prince Bandroom RED RACK ‘EM [UK] Friday September 7, The Croft Institute RICK WADE [USA] Friday September 28, The Croft Institute PARKLIFE: TBA Saturday October 6, Sidney Myer Music Bowl
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Now is the winter of our discotheque. Seriously - whilst the ice maiden visits Australia the festivals quieten and it’s time to gear up and get into the clubs. That said, Parklife has just announced its return - meaning that festival season is already kicking back into gear? Oh man, this city never stops. Tyson Wray
Brawther: Brothers in Arms
Already drawing praise from the likes of purists including Anton Zap, Delano Smith and Giles Smith, Paris-based Brawther is one of the most forthright talents to emerge onto the French electronic scene of late. Strongly influenced by the sound of Warp and ambient electronica emerging from Germany and England, the Frenchman’s first productions began emerging at the youthful age of 15. Nowadays, he’s an accomplished DJ and producer equally as inspired by experimental sounds as well as the happenings of now emerging from garage and deep house, all across the world. Already a favourite of Balance Music alongside other fearlessly unique and talented contemporaries including Will Saul and James Holden, Brawther’s limited discography thus far is telling of a talent that doesn’t come around too often - on-trend and forward-thinking, yet undeniably timeless. Catch him at the Mercat on Friday August 3.
Alex Kenji: Italy’s Finest
Alex Kenji’s multiplicity of aliases span names including Yoshie Chandler, Combo, Green Sugar, HouseLovers, and the one thing in common? The Italian’s take on tech-house is singularly unique, and one that’s earned him praise from all across the board. With tracks making regular appearances on the DMC House Chart and BBC Radio, as well as in the crates of fellow producers and DJs Pete Tong, Justice, Sasha and John Digweed, as well as co-owning successful record labels Hotfingers and 303Lovers along with Manuel De La Mare and Marshall. Catch him at Club Soda on Saturday July 7.
Mark de Clive-Lowe: The Renegade
Hotly tipped by Tiesto to be the next big thing in trance a couple of years ago, Dutch DJ and producer Richard Durand has certainly exceeded expectations, doing his fans and fellow industry big-names proud in the few years he’s been operating - and when Black Hole Recordings announced at the start of 2010 that there would be a new figurehead of their legendary ‘In Search Of Sunrise’ series of CDs previously fronted by Tiesto, there proved to be just one obvious successor to the throne - Richard Durand. Championing a devastating mix of trance, techno and hard-edged electro, Durand’s many accomplishments include a successful radio show, remixes for Gareth Emery, Armin van Buuren, The Crystal Method, and his own muchlauded mixes and productions. He’ll be heading down soon to keep you Wide Awake - catch him at Room680 on Saturday July 14.
With over twenty years of experience, one of Detroit’s best-kept secrets Rick Wade knows every facet of the music industry inside-out. Growing up an hour away from Chicago and finding his way into the beginnings of Chicago house and Detroit techno through college radio and DJing houseparties - synthesising the best parts of each scene into something utterly unique and intoxicatingly good. Since then, he’s been responsible for one of house’s seminal imprints Harmonie Park, released his groundbreaking material on labels including Trackmode, Moods and Grooves, and Out Of The Box, and playing a fundamental role in bringing the sounds of Chicago house to the rest of the world. Promising a three-hour set for Melbourne, we suggest you get in on the good, the bad and the deep - Rick Wade plays the Croft Institute on Friday September 28.
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Party Profile: God Save The Queen
It sounds like: A royally good show and night out for all. DJs/live acts playing: Strange Talk DJs, Chardy, Aaron James and Maz and Sultana. Three records that’ll rock the floor: God Is A DJ, Save The Last Dance For Me, Dancing Queen. And one that you’d rather die than play: Anything by Cat Stevens. Sell it to us: This event is produced by the students of William Angliss Institute and featuring a dance performance by Spectrum Dance School –everybody rocks! The bit we’ll remember in the AM: The performance for the Queen at 10pm. Crowd specs: Young, hip and ready. Wallet damage: $15 presale, $20 on the door. Where: The Order Of Melbourne When: Thursday June 7, from 8pm.
FREE SHIT Rap City Launching in 2010, Rap City brought DJ Premier, The Beatnuts, Masta Ace and Edo G to Melbourne, and it’s returning in 2012 bigger than ever! Jesus Christ, talk about a comeback. Featuring an all-class lineup of rap royalty, this year’s headline slots have been claimed by none other than Wu-Tang’s Ghostface Killah, alongside East Coast hip hop king DOOM, Bronx native Chino XL and Killah Priest. Clear your motherfucking diaries. It all goes down at the Forum on Saturday June 9 and we’ve got a Rap City prize pack including a double pass, t-shirt and tour poster.
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Welcome to winter, friends. Get your coats and your boots out, it’s gonna be a long one - well, not for me, as I plan on hibernating throughout the whole freezing, miserable affair, but for those of you with real-world obligations to attend to, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel! Parklife has just announced dates for the 2012 edition, and after last year’s sunsplashed affair featuring the likes of Death From Above 1979, Simian Mobile Disco, The Gossip, DUck Sauce and plenty more, we’ve already cleared our diaries for the weekend of its return. Not only that, but we’ve managed to catch a couple of names already beginning to leak for this year’s bash - British dubstep-rockers Modestep have all but confirmed their attendance via Facebook, as has fellow Brit and drum and bass superstar DJ Fresh. And finally, in a turn of events none of us expected, Cosmopolitan Magazine managed to break the news that singer-songwriter and Tinie Tempah collaborator Labrinth will also be heading down for the festival. Bring it on! Parklife lands at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Saturday October 6.
Seems fair to say that Mark de Clive-Lowe is a bit of a jetsetter - originally from New Zealand, spending ten years in London, then settling down in Los Angeles, the broken beats, nu-jazz and dance music pioneer has a discography that’s equally as eclectic and well-travelled as he is. To call the pianist, producer, DJ and live performer prolific would be an understatement, having contributed to over 250 releases and collaborating with a wide range of artists includng Jill Scott, Jody Watley, Leon Ware, Dame Shirley Bassey - and still managing to make significant contributions to music under his own name, including last year’s stellar effort Renegades. Catch him at the Croft Institute on Saturday June 23.
Rick Wade: The Good, the Bad and the Deep Richard Durand: Wide Awake
Parklife: The Jubilee
DMC World Championships: The Mixdown
Now encroaching on 29 years of existence, the DMC World Championships have spawned a generaton of leading turntablists within the world of DJing, with names such as DJ QBert, A-Trak, the Scratch Perverts, DJ Craze, and plenty more all kicking off their massive careeres after claiming the much-coveted title. Wanna join the legacy of artists who’ve scratched, mixed and jammed their way to the top? That’s good to hear, because you can get a piece of the action when the Victorian heats take place at Laundry Bar on Friday June 22. Get your mix on!
Formed in 2010, Audego had the makings of something special right from the beginning. As one of Australia’s most versatile and accomplished producers, Paso Bionic aka Shehab Tariq had performed at many of the country’s biggest stages including BDO, Falls Festival and Pyramid Rock with supports for the likes of Kool Keith, Atmosphere, Black Eyed Peas, Peaches, Spearhead and De La Soul. As one of Australia’s finest female vocalists, Big Fella aka Carolyn Tariq also brings a wealth of experience and talent to the fold. Having released her solo album The Longest Winter in 2009, she has toured across the states and also performed at a number of big events including Fringe Festival and Sustainable Living Festival. The result of the combined force of Paso Bionic and Big Fella is a pretty yet gritty mix of silky vocals, smudged samples, blurred synths and crooked percussion. Constructed over the course of a year in their home studio, Abominable Galaxy is a melting pot of soft synths, found sounds and layers of vocal harmonies. They launch the record at The Workers Club on Sunday June 10. We’ve got a few double passes and copies of the album to give away. Head to beat.com.au/freeshit for your chance to win.
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GUY J
“To establish yourself you always need to be patient. Always try to learn new stuff. Be open to new music. Good music is good music!”
1000 WORDS: TELLING STORIES Some people find their calling at an early age. Guy J counts himself among them; his career in music production began at the tender age of 14. Cloistering himself in his bedroom, turning down his homework for drum machines and synthesisers, our young hero (then just Guy Judah) was completely immersed in a world of beats and bass lines. “I was very focused,” he remembers. “I spent all my time in my
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It’s funny just how many talented producers and superstar DJs will readily admit to being “complete geeks”. Today’s near-absence of analogue synths and drum machines in electronic music production have made nerd skills a must. Spending hours hunched in front of a computer screen in a dimly-lit basement was once a pastime enjoyed only by hackers and programmers; now, the next generation of musical prodigies have joined them, plugged into Logic or Ableton tweaking synths or getting the compression on that kick drum “just right” well into the wee hours of the morning. “I feel a bit old saying this,” says Guy with a laugh, “but back in the day... 13, 14 years ago, to create a sound you really liked and were happy with, it took a lot of time. It’s not like that today. You have everything that makes it easy.” Despite his nostalgia for the good old days of analog, Guy is by no means a technical Luddite. He’s currently working on a set of synths for Brighton-based sound design label Loopmasters. “That’s something new for me. The idea is to share, to give new tools to up-and-coming or established producers. I hope I will give it my maximum!” Giving things his maximum is nothing new for Guy. He worked hard on his music throughout his teens, before releasing his first track at the age of 21. But it wasn’t until 2007 that he caught his big break. His track Save Me, an emotive track with glistening strings and tight grooves, caught the eye (or rather, ear) of progressive house legend and Bedrock Records co-manager John Digweed. Guy was rapt. “John had always been a legend to me. I grew up on Bedrock releases, on his DJ mixes. Even now, when something is happening with Bedrock, I still find it very exciting. It’s not something I’ve just got used to. To be part of Bedrock, it’s a dream.” Save Me was one of the tracks on Guy’s debut album Esperanza, which came out on Bedrock the following year. A collection of diverse genres, with prog and tech house sitting side by side, sprinkled with touches of trance and spaced out with gentle ambient tracks, the album was wellreceived by critics. Resident Advisor gave it four stars, called it “inspiring and truly immersive”. Since then, Guy has honed his production skills and showed his range, dropping massive tracks such as 2007’s lush, rhythmic Lamur, released on Bedrock alongside a stomping, bass-heavy remix from label-mate Henry Saiz. 2009’s Shaman was an interesting foray into tech house and was equally suited to headphone listening as it was winding up dance floors with its left-of-centre rhythms and whirling oscillations. It wasn’t until last year that Guy dropped his second album, 1000 Words, also through Bedrock. “With this album, I was trying to deliver something more mature. I’m learning new stuff all the time,” says Guy. Our interview is at this point interrupted with the ringing of a doorbell. Almost immediately follows an outburst of loud barking, seemingly inches away from Guy’s laptop microphone. I nearly fall out of my chair. “That was just Nala,” explains Guy, returning a minute later. “She is the guardian angel of the house.” What a lovely name! I ask if it means something in Hebrew. “Ehhh... no. It’s from the King of Lion.” Right. Of course. Guy left Israel several years ago and now resides in Antwerp, Belgium. It seems like a quiet little town for a globetrotting DJ. I ask Guy what first attracted him about the place. “Well, I met my lady here. So... it’s in the name of love!”, he laughs. “For now we are staying here. It’s a cool spot. It’s quiet, but it still has a good dance scene. I play here quite often. It’s also very easy to travel around Europe because it’s very central. You can easily get to Amsterdam or London just on the train.” So what else does Guy get up to when he’s not touring or making music? “I’m with my lady. Just chillin’, you know. Or
doin’ stuff, you know. I also love photography. It’s a hobby I would like to take to the next level one day.” I ask if Guy’s interest in photography has anything to do with the title of 1000 Words. “Nope, no. Sorry!” We laugh a little. I ask about the club scene in Tel Aviv, where Guy grew up. “It’s amazing,” Guy enthuses. “I wish it were like that everywhere. It’s a proper 24/7 city, especially in the summer. In winter it’s not so hardcore, but even then you can go out every day and find house music, pop music, whatever you want.” And how about psytrance? With big names like Infected Mushroom, Skazi and Astrix, as well as a new generation of progressive producers such as Perfect Stranger, Israel is one of the world’s biggest psy exporters. “Yeah, Israel is known for it,” agrees Guy. “But you can find everything there. Whatever you want to find you can find in Israel!” “I’m mainly into house music. But I had a time when I used to love a lot of hard techno. For me, that’s the proper techno. Adam Beyer, Chris Liebing, stuff from ten years ago. At the time there were more differences between genres. But in every genre you could find something you would be connected to.” “I still play a lot at Cat & Dog, in Tel Aviv. For me it’s the perfect club! The vibe is just amazing. But there are a lot of clubs there, it can be hard to follow all the new ones.” I quiz Guy on his touring setup. Like an ever-increasing number of DJs, he’s ditched carrying around fat wallets of CDs for a stripped-down digital setup. “When I DJ now, I use Ableton with an RME Fireface 400 soundcard and an Evolution UC33 MIDI controller. It’s a very simple setup. But I love trying to make the most of it.” Although Guy does like to work a lot of his own productions into his sets when he DJs, he has no immediate plans to develop a live set. “I think to do a live set you really need to bring instruments. If you do it live, do it proper. But it looks a bit crazy to do, with all the keyboards and other equipment. I enjoy what I do now. Maybe in the future I will play live once in a while, but it’s crazy stressful the way I see it.” In June, Guy J will be back to do a few shows around Australia. “I love it there! I always have a good time. Always, man! The parties are always amazing, and the vibe too. People are just there to enjoy. I have family in Sydney I visit as well. I really enjoy it every time in Australia.” As for the rest of the year? “I have a release coming out on Cocoon in June as part of L [the latest release in their alphabetised compilation series]. I don’t focus on producing for just one genre, so being on Cocoon I hope to get exposed to a different crowd. It’s something new, I’m really looking forward to see how it will influence my career. It’s a big step.” I ask Guy if he has any parting words of wisdom for aspiring DJs and producers trying to get noticed. “Yeah: being patient. It’s not easy to get your name out there. Today it might be easier to make the first step, because of the internet. But to establish yourself you always need to be patient. Always try to learn new stuff. Be open to new music. Good music is good music! You don’t have to say, ‘I love only this, I listen only to that’. And always try to upgrade yourself! It’s not about buying new stuff, it’s about trying new stuff, learning, listening to other people’s technical advice, all of that. But being patient is the biggest thing.” It’s certainly helped Guy to get where he is today. “And I love it. Just working on music, man. I’m happy doing what I’ve been doing for the last 14 years: travelling, making music and living from it. I hope I will stay doing it!” And so do we, Guy! Morgan Richards Guy J [ISR] plays New Guernica on Sunday June 10.
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WEDNESDAY6TH 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 have lectures tomorrow? Need a break from writing that last-minute assignment? Or simply just celebrating the end of hump day? Don’t miss Melbourne’s biggest mid-week party night – Wednesdays @ Co.! With free entry and discounted drinks for students all night long! Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
WEDNESDAYS AT THE ORDER Deep, dark, minimal dubstep and drum and bass. The Order of Melbourne, 2/401 Swanston Street, Melbourne
THURSDAY7TH 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
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 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
FUN HOUSE Celebrate Thursday night at Co. with club classics and dance floor anthems. Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN After 11 years at the helm of the Entertainment Operations program at William Angliss Institute, Peter Lotis Abram is finally moving on, and finishing up with one last student event, produced by the semester one 2012 graduating students. The event, ‘God Save The Queen’, features very special guests Strange Talk DJs, Chardy, Maz and Sultana. 2011 graduate DJ Aaron James will also be performing. Doors open at 8pm, and at 10pm the Spectrum Dance School will be performing a tribute to her majesty. The Order of Melbourne, 2/401 Swanston Street Melbourne
SLOW HOUSE THURSDAYS 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
WONDERLUST 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
and everything in between – with Brazillian partystarters Dirtyloud sure to push the sound levels into the red alongside a slew of local talent. The duo are no strangers to competing with and consistently managing to outrank big-name contemporaries including Deadmau5 and Skrillex in the charts and out on the stage with a heady combination of slamming dubstep, jacking electro house and stadium-sized drum and bass. And with fans that include the likes of David Guetta and Porter Robinson, it comes as no surprise that Mixmag UK singled them out as their VIP act for 2012. Who wants to get down? Royal Melbourne Hotel, 629 Bourke Street, Melbourne
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 Friday’s at Freedom with 2 premier clubs, 5 huge rooms, 10+ local and international DJs blending their unique sets across countless styles of tunes – vocal house, smooth R&B, electro and commercial top 40. Throw in a few sexy podium dancers, a world-class lights show and drink specials, the Freedom Pass is your personal ticket to a night you won’t soon forget! Fusion, Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
FRIDAY NIGHT LOFT PARTY 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
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 FRIDAY 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
YOUNGSTA + TOAST
FRIDAY8TH DIRTYLOUD Throwing five of Melbourne’s most diabolical promoters into one of the city’s most well-worn and adored venues, then chuck in some headliners all notorious for pushing the boundaries of good taste when it comes to dubstep, electro, drum and bass,
It’s been almost 6 months since Heavy Innit’s last party, but they’re back, and what better way to reunite the Heavy Innit massive than with a DJ/MC duo widely recognised as being at the forefront of the progressive dubstep sound. For the first time ever, Rinse FM’s Youngsta and Toast will be hitting our shores, and are set to shake the foundations of Heavy Innit with a set full of deep, tech’d out dubstep with devastating bass weight. Brown Alley Cnr, Bourke and Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
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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 40. One Twenty Bar, 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy
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
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
SUNDAY10TH GUY J J’s music sits comfortably alongside Bedrock labelmates such as Nic Fanciulli, Luke Fair, and plenty of other legends, with its idiosyncratic and inventive take on sounds pulled from house, techno, ambient and beyond, and it seems fair to say that the Israeli producer is at the forefront of the country’s burgeoning dance music scene, drawing praise for his tight, driving beats, shimmering, warm synths and expansive arrangements. This year’s already off to a killer start, with releases featuring on a recent John Digweed compilation, as well as on Cocoon and Tiga’s own Turbo Records - a real testament to his adaptable and wide-ranging sounds. New Guernica, 2/322 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
SOUTH SIDE HUSTLE
Get ready for the mega sounds at Empire, Melbourne’s epic new Saturday club night with 5 places to party! Mega sounds from top acts Helena, Brooke Evers, Yo Mafia and Tuini plus resident DJs Tate Strauss, Miss Sarah, Nova, Johnny M, Matty G, Dean T, Joe Sofo, Marcus Knight, Dinesh, Chris Ostrom, B-Boogie and Sarah Roberts Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
The perfect Sunday soundtrack with DJs Askew, Peter Baker, Booshank, Paz, Miss Butt, Junji, Disco Harry and guests. They will be laying down disco, afro beat and deep house til 3am. For lovers of good music - South Side Hustle. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor
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Our Signature serve. Each and every Sunday we play host to a self professed vinyl junkie caught between the golden years and 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
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
FIRST FLOOR SATURDAYS 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
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
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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Having kicked it at some seriously lengthy sessions with Darkbeat and Rock Like This in the past, Melburnians would hardly need a reintroduction to Meat Katie. An impressive resume that includes mixes commissioned by Bedrock, FabricLive and Ministry of Sound all showcase an eclectic and innovative approach to techno, tribal, electro, breaks that continues to demonstrate the irrelevance of genres when it comes to making people dance. He’s also been asked for remixes by Mogwai, James Zabiela, UNKLE and Deep Dish, played with the likes of the Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx, Soulwax and Sasha & Digweed – not to mention running his record label Lot49, home to artists including Elite Force, Lee Coombs, and his own work as well. Busy guy. Melbourne is lucky to have found a place in the DJ veteran’s heart, huh! New Guernica, 2/322 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
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MONDAY11TH 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
TUESDAY12TH 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 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
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DIRTYLOUD FILTHY BEATS: ELECTRONIC MADNESS Brazilian duo Dirtyloud have made a resounding impact on the current musical landscape with their hard-hitting style which encompasses everything from dubstep, electro house and drum and bass. Before they hit Melbourne for the very first time, we sit down for a chat with one half of the dirty duo Marcus Vinícius G. Campos to talk about conquering the world, and what the future projects we can expect from Dirtyloud.
What’s the dynamic like in the studio between you guys? We start choosing our drum samples until we build the drum as we like it. After that, we make some bass lines and the rest just come as the creative part of the process. The energy between us two is really good. We are more than partners, we became really close friends and having this good vibe around us, the work just flow.
How are you feeling about returning to Australia? It feels really good. We’ve been to Australia before, August 2011, but in Melbourne it’s our first time. We’re very excited about it!
Do you need any special ingredients in the studio when it comes to recording? How does a track like Needle come together? Not necessarily. In our studio we have everything we need to make a track. But what defines the track or what was it going to sound like, is the feeling we have for that, the energy of the day and we always think on crowd reaction – which is the most important thing to build a track.
What’s one of the craziest shows or cities you’ve done before? On our last tour in USA we played in Denver at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, incredible place, very beautiful, and it was insane! Also Pretoria and Cape Town in South Africa were amazing, with great energy coming from the crowd. Is there a different energy with Australian audiences, do you see differences in the crowd depending on the country? Definitely. Each country has its own scene, the crowd likes different kind of music and reacts differently. The audience in Australia is really receptive and warm. The response has always been amazing! How does the music translate from the studio to the live stage? It’s pretty much the same, as we make the tracks always thinking on crowd reaction.
Your music is full of energy and it gets your attention, is that what happens when you grow up in Brazil, does your heritage play a part in your sound? Yes, for sure. We both had a great influence from our parents and relatives. We grew up listening to good quality music like rock and roll, blues, progressive rock, soul and jazz. So I think that our tracks are directly influenced by these music styles and also have some beats and moves from all of them.
has parties happening all the time, so everyone gets the opportunity to play and show their music and work, even if it’s a big or small event.
There seems to be new DJs coming out every minute, do you find dance music very competitive? A lot in the beginning. But once the work gets more solid, and the tracks begin to follow your own style and the public starts recognizing your music. Also the market is really big and I think it fits everyone. Every and each place
What projects are you guys working on now, anything we should look out for, maybe a full album? We released a dubstep remix of Sharam’s Our Love at the end of March. In April went out a remix for Deadmau5 Hey Baby for Play Records, and a new original Dae Gaetta on Surfer Rosa Records. We made a remix for Porter Robinson’s
MEAT KATIE MUSIC NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD: FULL BLOODED For a man whose stage name originated in a film of pornographic origin, Mark Pember is quite the timid and pleasant fellow. He admits to stealing the name from a film but while the connotations have long worn off, the name itself has stuck. And in 2012, he is taking all of it to the next level – he’s back in the studio, the label is going great guns – and he has secured a residency at Berlin’s famous Tresor club to boot. First things first though, he gives us the low down: “we’ve had a bit of a restructure at the label. Previously, we had a decent studio but what we did was built another studio - and decided to kind of push forward with the label and develop it. We built an office and thought about getting our working environment really well thought out. Dylan Rhymes - the guy I share my office with and my label partner at Lot 49 - decided it was a good move so we did it.” Now, the other office is inhabited by another legend, Alex Metric. Yet with the new investments in the studio, Mark is again focused on his greatest love – music. “It was unfortunate, because the music took a bit of a back seat while we were doing all of that,” he explains. “In the last year, we’ve been pretty tied up with it all and it chewed through a far bit in the way of our finances. But we got going again, so right at the moment it’s full steam ahead.”
Studio wise, Mark claims he’s sitting on a few releases which he plans on releasing over the next few weeks including some bits and pieces he’s doing for friends. “There’s a few things coming up,” he chimes. “I’ve done a mix called Hey Kids which I’m pretty happy with and I’m also about nine tracks into a down tempo album,” he says, breaking into laughter. “I just needed a bit of a break and I thought I’d do some stuff which was more electronica rather than what I’m specifically known for.” Likewise, over the last decade, Mark has been privy to significant changes in the industry – forgetting about genres altogether, so much else has happened, one needs to be adaptable and willing to change, even before you get to twiddling knobs in the studio. But he has managed to navigate those murky waters rather successfully, coming out at the other end, suitably accomplished and still highly motivated. “You know, music is forever developing! The music around now for example, I kind of found a lot of bass line techno type stuff was working for me so that’s sort of what I’ve been pursuing in my beats. But in the same breath, the next few singles I have coming up are breaks with a techno feel. I’ve never really been big on the trendy genres anyway. Like dubstep for example; there is this bandwagon for people to hate on it, so while I admit it really isn’t for me, I’m
Vandalism, which is going to be release by OWSLA, but we don’t have a due date for this release. We’re also working on a new EP with six to eight tracks including remixes and originals. And we have tours already confirmed in Europe in August and USA again in September. Andrew ‘Hazard’ Hickey Dirtyloud [BRA] hit the Royal Melbourne Hotel this Friday June 8.
not going to hate on it. I’ve listened to some of the best dubstep DJs in the world and I’ve been impressed with their ability, but it just isn’t something that does it for me.” And over the years, his experience and insight has convinced him of one other important thing – music and going out is about one thing: delivering a good time. “I used to get really upset when people weren’t getting where I was coming from. Now I’m longer in the tooth and see it like this: you either dance or you don’t dance. If you don’t like what someone is playing don’t sit there and analyse it, just enjoy yourself! I don’t want to be one of those DJs who claims he’s ‘educating an audience.’ What sort of a person says that?” “I’ve always played broad sets of music, but I like that tough, jacking, techno breaks sound and I like that little bit of dark funk. For a while there, I was finding breaks a little cheesy and thought to myself, why don’t I mix in something that’s a little cooler? So as things have changed up a bit, there is another divide again. I’m doing about 70 percent of my work in America now. The west coast has really embraced my music, which is a nice feeling - but it is a lot of travelling. I’ve got a label, kids and a life nowadays, so you have to be realistic about it all. The UK has been a bit quiet for some reason and a lot of the promoters and things aren’t doing much over here at the moment. That is the economics of the music industry I guess. For now, I’m getting ready for my gigs in Australia and I’m going to tear shit up basically – there’s no game plan other than that!” RK Meat Katie [UK] performs at New Guernica on Saturday June 9.
JAMIE 3:26 GIVE ME YOUR LOVE: ROMANCE IN THE AIR The south-side suburb Beverley has the greatest number of Irish pubs in Chicago, so it seems a little incongruent that house DJ and disco aficionado Jamie 3:26 hails from such an area. To the man himself, however, all of that fades into obscurity given the specifics of his childhood. “Growing up in Chi-Town,” he says, “I was exposed to lots of different kinds of music. I come from a fairly musical family, so there were always records spinning. One minute there’d be jazz, then some blues and then someone else would get home and start playing some deep soul. Ever since I was a kid, I knew that was the real education.” Jamie’s family, both immediate members and those somewhat on the fringes, had a formative influence on the diversity his music requires. “I remember my mother being really into disco culture, even to the extent where she’d throw disco splash parties at the house!” he laughs. “I guess it’s natural that I ended up the way I did: as a kid I preferred records over toys as gifts. Mum kept me in good supply with that.” But the kick towards broadening his scope came from a couple of tricksters in the bunch. “I had a cousin and an uncle who were teenagers in the 1970’s, and one of them dug funk and rock, and the other was into disco and soul. They’d spend hours over at the house arguing back and forth about which was better. I decided to chose both sides, and then some more,” he deadpans. His household may have pushed him towards the masters - “James Brown and George Clinton taught me everything about timing,” he says, and it wasn’t long before he started looking further afield. “I started mixing around 1985, but I really didn’t take it seriously until 1988. I spent a solid three years dancing my ass off at parties and getting girls’ phone numbers, but the whole time I noticed that
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the jocks had control of the room,” he says. “They had this amazing power: I’d see ‘em drop a jam just right and the place would erupt. I wanted to know how to do that, so I spent years studying until I figured out that it was all about timing. You gotta know exactly when to switch the groove and create the moods.” Part of Jamie’s education was being mentored by some of the kings of the Chicago house scene. He’s collaborated with Boo Williams on a number of tracks, but it’s his friendship with Dust Traxx Records’ head honcho Paul Williams that facilitated rapid development for a then fresh Jamie. “I was coming up with ideas and Paul would just make them happen. I mean, the brother is a bad dude and a good cat. In the late 1990s, he taught me how to use a DR4 recorder to make digital edits, which was important because it showed me how to knock shit out and move on to the piece of production. Get this: way before he became world famous I remember going around to his mum’s house and he had this full studio set-up, in her kitchen. Don’t think she was too pleased,” he cackles. Things have changed a lot for both artists, with kitchen studios seemingly a thing of the past. Jamie now enjoys a devoted following throughout Europe and Japan, and makes sure that he continues evolving within the defined elements of his sound. “I really enjoy spending time in Europe,” he says, “because it means I get exposed to other musical worlds and can seek out fresh sounds. The more you tour the more you realise that every scene around the world does things their own way. The trick is to be open to inspiration so you can add your own flavour at the right time. I’m thankful for the opportunities I’ve been given, because if I wasn’t able to travel I would probably be a FEATURES
local DJ and going mad as shit.” Jamie’s quick to state that his lifestyle has changed over time due to the variety of audiences he has entertained. “I used to think that I had to change my live set-up based on where I was, but now I just do what I am known to do - play good music and rock the party. I discovered that catering to folks too much keeps you in a pretty stagnated place, because a lot of this work is about the element of surprise. When folks know you for one thing, and you hit ‘em with something completely different shit, it always fucks folks up. And I enjoy fucking folks up!” he laughs. With the upcoming Australian tour his first trip to our shores, the Illinois native is “very excited to partying down south, and you know I’m going to give folks an experience.
There’ll be good times, and even better music because for me it’s a spiritual and a personal thing. I love what I do, but won’t force my tastes on you. So I got no doubt that we’ll all be in the middle of the party and some lyric will come floating across to you, or the music will reach out and transport you back to when you first heard it, maybe even take you to tears. But not too many tears, because we’re mainly going to be dancing!” Benjamin Cooper Jamie 3:26 [USA] plays the Croft Institute on Friday June 8.
BOOSHANK of the night. It takes balls to drop the tempo from 120BPM to 80BPM with a full dance-floor and some venues are too precious about their music policies to permit it. Venues need to trust their DJs. The venues I respect the most are those that book a DJ as an artist, and trust their vision.” An interesting philosophy no doubt, but one that is sound and unfortunately, rather lacking in the mash of commercial mediocrity evident in the industry at present. Yet Graham struggles to identify who has influenced him in terms of the music he loves: “you always get told ‘oh you sound like so-and-so’, but I don’t think any artist or group of artists really satisfy as influences. Every day I’m listening to something different, and I don’t really reference other people’s work too heavily when I’m writing music or being a DJ. For example, it’s interesting connecting the dots between the different sounds that have come out of cities like New York, New Jersey, Detroit and Philadelphia. The sounds found in those cities have been the focus of much of my attention for a while. Researching these scenes has taught me a lot about humanity and what makes me who I am.” Which brings us, naturally, to his approach to his productions.
“I generally only write music during the day, stone-cold sober,” he proudly confesses. “If I can’t see what’s going on outside my window, things tend to get a bit too involved. I have an EP coming up on the Firecracker (UK) sub-label and hopefully some more stuff through the local Haul Music imprint with whom I did a single with in May. There’s more stuff on the horizon, but I best be quiet about it for now! My running buddy Adam Askew and I have been tossing around the idea of starting a label to release our own material too, so watch this space!” Otherwise, Graham has been slowly putting material together for an album, but claims it’s too early to think about releasing it at this stage. “I’ve always liked albums that work as a whole and I’d love to do something like that. I loosely describe most of what I produce as ‘house music’ and then follow that with a lecture about what I think house music is! I guess house music to me is a structure that many different ideas can exist within. That structure involves expectations and limitations, and I enjoy following some conventions while stepping around others. I usually have some idea of what I want to do as a track, but am always open to changing or abandoning an idea if it’s not working. As an estimate I’d say I finish five percent of the tracks I start. Lately I’ve been producing much slower, moodier tracks. Perhaps it’s the weather?” Finally, this brings us to the topic of the conversation - South Side Hustle. “It’s always a highlight of the weekend for me,” exclaims Graham. “And this one falling on a public holiday weekend means I can really indulge in the night. I won’t really plan any set to play as such. South Side Hustle is predominantly a house and disco affair, so you’ll be hearing lots of that. Quality music, delivered with due respect, in an inclusive, comfortable
Few adjectives remain. But his need to stay inspired and driven remains something close to his heart. “You just come up with your own music by yourself - so my biggest influence is my immediate environment. Whatever comes out comes out. It could be a radio show from 20 years ago, it could be a new record by a producer you’ve never heard of before, it could be your mood. Sometimes it’s hard to work out where it comes from, but that’s half the fun, just coming up with ideas.” Indeed, the crossover of genres over the years has further blurred the lines of what is driving his-own production efforts – not to mention those of his DJ performances. Enjoying his time in the studio too, Adam claims he is all about making original music at the moment: “it’s music I make for me,” he explains. “It’s kind of straight to the point - I’ve just changed around my set up and I’m pretty happy with how things are sounding. I’m working on a bunch of tracks all with a similar sound at the moment too. We’ll have to see how they turn out.” No less, a DJ who has never wanted to be pigeon-holed or
associated with a single stlye of music, his performances are always a mixed bag – music for the time and place. “It’s always kind of a mixed bag,” chimes Adam. “There’s sorts of lots of old and new house music, some softer techno and even some electro funk. It’s the electro side of disco - post-disco, if you like. I’ll even bust out with some slower indie dance records - Kraut rock influenced stuff. Other than that, I try to leave my options open and come up with something for the moment and the crowd. Sure I like to mix things up, but not for the sake of it. I just try and keep things moving.” And that is the mark of a good DJ. In fact, having played in such an array of diverse and varied venues over the years, has served to keep him honest. But he isn’t fussed, rather taking it in his stride: “I think in the DJ world, one door closes, another door opens. If you do your thing and some people like it - gigs and residencies come along.” Certainly, the scene continues to evolve and clubs come and go – but good taste is timeless, something that Adam implies is rather important. “As children of the night, we get up to all sorts of good stuff! As long as people are having fun and are happy to trust the DJ, it’s all good by me. The best times are when you get lost in the music. Sometimes when you’re the DJ and sometimes when you’re on the dance floor, it doesn’t really matter. The times where you just get caught up and forget yourself are the best moments at a party, regardless of where you sit.” Finally, the lad is most excited about his forthcoming gig with partner-in-crime, Paul Graham aka Booshank. He sums up with this: “Paul and I did the back-to-back DJ thing at our Easter
POP THE HOOD: SOUTH SIDE HUSTLE First things first, Paul Graham aka Booshank delivers one message: ‘life in the hood is good!’ Music is of course his first love, but riding his skateboard, hanging out with family, enjoying the luxury of a good book – and pinball – are also on his weekly agenda. He explains: “I don’t feel as though I really had a choice with music. For as long as I can remember, I’ve incorporated music into as many areas of my life as possible. In my childhood it was performing in musicals and playing instruments and listening to just about everything that came my way. My family was always very supportive because they could see I was never interested in sports! As a teenager I started to explore the Melbourne scene, going to all age shows on the weekends and hanging out at record stores.” As a result of this upbringing, he tries to play across as many genres as he can. “Having said that, you won’t ever hear me throw a curve-ball for the sake of eclecticism,” he adds. “Some nights require a more subtle approach to genre-spanning, where others you can just say ‘I’m taking this left turn now and you’re all coming with me’. But of course only if the feeling’s real. I perhaps take more risks playing at my residencies and in the later hours
ASKEW LOCAL LEGEND: SETTING IT STRAIGHT Adam Askew has been around for a little while now. In fact, he’s been doing the two-day weekend thing for over a decade, making his name at established venues around Melbourne like Centriphugal, Meccanoid and Dirty Talk. Before that, the legendary Honkytonks and Revolver have also hosted him. He has played international spots alongside some pretty impressive names too: Theo Parrish, Cut Copy and another local (ish) legend – HMC. His Influential Death Of A Disco Dancer blog is not far off celebrating its double-digit anniversary, while his productions have stirred the off dance floors around the place. Right now though, he’s enjoying his polar fleece and thick socks, as he takes stocks of another typical Melbourne winter. And he opens with this: “for as long as I can remember, I’ve always been into music. I’ve always liked listening to music and I’ve always liked playing it to other people. There’s never been any plan. I’ve sort of just fallen into it. Day to day my time is often spent listening to music, finding new music, thinking about music and making music.”
environment. I want to play records that make you feel good!” He adds that the crew have assembled a lineup of those ‘who I would argue are among the top slice of Melbourne’s blackmusic DJs.’ He is also looking forward to spending most of the time during J’Nett’s set on the dance floor. And with that, a few words to wrap up: “Adam and I are really looking forward to this gig as there’s no doubt we complement each other stylistically. He’s a class act, and one of my top three favorite local DJs. As a producer he’s a real standout too, so hopefully he brings some bits from his private stash to play. Adam and I are playing a versus set for about four hours, so we have time to explore all manner of house and disco related music.” Nice. RK Booshank [AUS] goes head to head with Askew [AUS] at Lucky Coq on Sunday June 10.
South Side Hustle party for the first time. It worked out really well and we had good fun. So, we’re doing it all again for our Queen’s Birthday gig. We’re following J’nett and closing the party. No plans, no holds barred. Two-tonnes of fun. Three hours of fun. Spontaneous party combustion!” Get on it, y’all. RK Askew [AUS] will battle it out with Booshank [AUS] at Lucky Coq on Sunday June 10.
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WEDNESDAY6TH COMPRESSION SESSION Reggae at E55 every Wednesday night. Resident selectors play stricly vinyl. Free entry. 8pm. E55, 55 Elizabeth St, Melbourne CBD
THURSDAY7TH 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
FRIDAY8TH DAVID DALLAS One of New Zealand’s most gifted wordsmiths, David Dallas’s notoriety in the world of hip-hop is well-deserved. Now one of the most valued lyricist on the Dirty Records roster, it was early on in his days as a rapper that now-labelmate P-Money was quick to spot the prodigious talents of the new kid comin’ up - recognition that led to Dave’s searing verse on Not Many – The Remix, and promptly kicking off his career. The song heralded the arrival of an untapped rap talent that New Zealand hip hop scene was quick to make room for - Dallas is now armed and ready to take on Australia with a solo debut album that’s soon to be released. Simply and accurately titled Something Awesome, it’s set to have other artists within the scene reassess their own rap blueprints. The Espy, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda
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
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Launching in 2010, Rap City brought DJ Premier, The Beatnuts, Masta Ace and Edo G to Melbourne, and it’s returning in 2012 bigger than ever! Jesus Christ, talk about a comeback. Featuring an all-class lineup of rap royalty, this year’s headline slots have been claimed by none other than Wu-Tang’s Ghostface Killah, alongside East Coast hip hop king DOOM, Bronx native Chino XL and Killah Priest. Clear your motherfucking diaries. The Forum, Melbourne
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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
TONY TOUCH Hip hop icon Tony Touch is a true innovator - having sold over a million records worldwide and has revolutionised the DJ game over and over. Beginning as a B-Boy during the rap music renaissance era of the early ‘80s, Tony was heavily influenced by pioneers such as the Rock Steady Crew, Grandmaster Flash, Red Alert,’Little’ Louie Vega, and Jam Master Jay, finding himself drawn to the potential that rested with the turntables. Nowadays, Tony is known for his legendary mix tapes and record releases, demonstrating a keen understanding of how to make a dancefloor move. The C.E.O, artist and producer has recently turned his attention to a seventh commercial release titled The Piece Maker 3: Return of the 50 MCs, and is expected to make history once again. The Espy, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda
SATURDAY9TH 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
CHINO XL SUPERSIZED: LARGER THAN LIFE The gigantic Rap City tour is all about the lyrical artform of hip hop. From Ghostface Killah and DOOM to Killah Priest and our subject here, Chino XL, each artist has their own twist on lyricism. Few hip hop artists embody the pure lyrical form more than the emcee born Keith Barbosa. Since debuting in 1996 with the darkly inventive Here To Save You All, Chino XL has been wowing listeners with his rapid-fire multi-layered rhyme patterns. Most widely known for his brief feud with Tupac, during the so-called east/west feud, and his blistering verse on 1999’s The Anthem alongside the likes of a young Eminem, this New Jersey native believes he is just realising his potential as a writer and performer now, feeling more energised than ever. Having embarked on “nearly 100 shows a year”, he’s primed and ready to bring the fire and brimstone back to Australia, as Chino and company hit The Forum this Saturday. “As far as the [Rap City] lineup goes, I couldn’t be more excited,” Chino says, in his clear, east coast-inflected diction. “The whole renaissance that lyricism is experiencing is amazing to me. In the early 2000s they told us lyricism was dead, it’s only about the hook and beat. When you’ve got a line-up like this obviously that’s not true.” Much like his peers on the tour, Chino is a veteran who remains active and serves as a bridge between the past and present, ready to help take the form to new places. “Maybe I take it too serious, but if you’re not gonna push the artform forward, you probably shouldn’t do it.
Luckily we’re surrounded on this tour by artists who have definitely pushed the artform forward.” Since the proliferation of home studio technology, the DIY aesthetic has been taken to new heights. More artists pop up every day, some maybe not in the game for the same reasons as Chino and his generation. “A lot of the artists don’t have the same barriers that we had. Getting into a studio and recording was so much more of, I don’t want to say hassle, but there was so much more commitment necessary. You were going to spend your 10,000 hours to master your craft before you even let anyone hear it.” The space between the product and the public is much smaller, Chino believes. “These days it’s like okay, whatever – let’s send it to the world. We had to get our opportunity before even playing in front of an audience.” A product of hip hop, Keith Barbosa got an early education in being a recording artist. “I started rhyming when I was around nine, and got offered my first record deal when I was around 12 or 13.” At age 16, when he felt more prepared, Chino signed with Rick Rubin’s iconic American Recordings label. “He put me on tour with a lot of rock artists and he had me understand the recording process. I was also in a group called the Art of Origin, so by the time I was in the process of recording Here to Save You All I had a good foundation of what needed to be done as far as recording and trying to get your point across.” The instant you hit play on his 1996 debut, which still retains much
TOM SHOWTIME JAM THIEF: STICKY SITUATION Life for Tom Showtime is good. His new album, The Jam Thief, has been out for a month now and is doing well. And as he rightly claims, “It has been great to sit back and watch it go.” Otherwise, the lad has been jamming with a drummer and double bass player, bringing to life tunes from the album on a futuristic jazz tip. “I’m really getting back into playing the sax again,” explains the talented musician. “I found that spark on tour with N’fa Jones recently being the one-man band as DJ and horn section. It’s been great practicing again and getting my ‘chops’ back. Moving forward I hope to be playing with bands more regularly as well as spinning records around town. Being a DJ, producer and saxophonist is tricky, but sometimes it’s hard to know what to practice or focus on. Hopefully when you see my shows or hear my album this all comes across - that I’m making the beats, adding the scratches and playing the sax parts.” Where he finds the time to do all of this is the next question. But his quest doesn’t stop there. For he has also teamed up with local crew The Psyde Projects on a funky track called Funk Pants. “It’s available as a limited 7” from Northside Records, Wax Museum or Obese,” Tom explains. “I’ve also just released Spaces & Places – Melbourne’s Finest Remixes on which I brought together eight local producers to rework the lead
single off The Jam Thief. It features remixes by Lotek, Amin PaYnE, Copycat, Mr Moonshine, SNESmega, Jects, KelBeats and Skomes, as well as my own Double Down Mix.” Otherwise – if that’s even possible – Tom explains that he’s been going back to his roots making heaps of trip hop and down tempo beats with, as he terms it, ‘loads of instrumentals, plenty of head nodding and sofa rocking sounds.’ “I’m more or less working towards a new album and considering how long this one took to get out I’d better get cracking! I’ve got a track coming out as a 45 on the UK label Passin Me Jazz next month which is a cheeky remix of The Pharcyde’s Passin’ Me By. There’s also a few new bootlegs to add to my Your Word Against Mine collection, which will be available for download very soon.” So to celebrate all of the above and probably a whole lot more, there will be a block party slash laneway festival slash album launch extravaganza! “It’s happening the Queens Birthday weekend at George Lane Bar in St Kilda and will be the debut show for my new band. I’ll be performing under the backdrop of a freshly painted RekaOne mural, as he’s been responsible for all my cover art and design, it’s the perfect setting for launching my album. Lots of guests and party rockers will make it a tremendous day party!”
SUNDAY10TH AUDEGO Formed in 2010, Audego had the makings of something special right from the beginning. As one of Australia’s most versatile and accomplished producers, Paso Bionic aka Shehab Tariq had performed at many of the country’s biggest stages including BDO, Falls Festival and Pyramid Rock with supports for the likes of Kool Keith, Atmosphere, Black Eyed Peas, Peaches, Spearhead and De La Soul. As one of Australia’s finest female vocalists, Big Fella aka Carolyn Tariq also brings a wealth of experience and talent to the fold. Having released her solo album The Longest Winter in 2009, she has toured across the states and also performed at a number of big events including Fringe Festival and Sustainable Living Festival. The result of the combined force of Paso Bionic and Big Fella is a pretty yet gritty mix of silky vocals, smudged samples, blurred synths and crooked percussion. Constructed over the course of a year in their home studio, Abominable Galaxy is a melting pot of soft synths, found sounds and layers of vocal harmonies. The Workers Club, 51 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
TOM SHOWTIME ALBUM LAUNCH Tom Showtime’s many guises make him a beguiling figure to behold within the Melbourne music scene. Primarily known for his DJing skills, he’s also a producer, café owner, saxophonist and gramophone enthusiast with a fondness for everything from be-bop to breaks and everything in between, punters may recognise him as that dude who manages to juggle jamming out on a sax and spinning tunes all in one performance. Beginning to collect and spin records in London back in the early 2000s, his return to Melbourne was followed by the release of his first EP, The Showtime with the acclaimed EP3013 following it up in similar style. Characterised by a love for sampling old funk, Latin and jazz records and admired by fellow artists such as A.Skillz, The Nextmen, The Bamboos and Urthboy, the release
of Tom’s debut album The Jam Thief has been a long time coming and is sure to be one of Melbourne’s finest releases this year. Is it a block party, laneway festival or album launch? No one really knows, but it’s guaranteed to be the most talked about event of the Queen’s Birthday Weekend. Performing with his new band (Zvi Belling on bass and Conrad Tracey on drums) for the first time, George Lane will be transformed into the perfect setting with a freshly painted RekaOne mural, bringing to life this unique combination of music and art. Featuring support from some of Melbourne’s best talent, Cajun food from gumbo kitchen and plug seven record stalls. George Lane Bar, 1 George Lane, St Kilda
UPCOMING 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 account 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
DR. OCTAGON Women’s health is an important issue that we as a society shouldn’t be afraid or embarrassed to talk about - which is why we’re all beyond pleased to hear that the Octagonecologyst will be landing in town again soon for an appointment of the utmost urgency. Okay, so the alias of Kool Keith might not have an M.D., or any clue about medical practise, and look, maybe heaps of his patients die during rounds, but he’s got skills nonetheless - able to treat chimpanzee acne and moosebumps, and relocate saliva glands. That’s useful. He’s also rather wellrenowned for pushing boundaries in the world of underground hip-hop - his ‘96 debut album the result of a visionary collaboration with the Jimi Hendrix of turntables, DJ QBert, and the hitherto-unknown producer by the name of Dan the Automator. Blunted has spent considerable time persuading Kool Keith to bring undoubtably the strangest persona in hip hop history back to life - and the results are a series of worldexclusive shows, with Dr. Octagonecologyst being performed in full as a live production only Kool Keith could envision. Saturday July 14, The Espy, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda
of its original power, Chino’s years of work and struggle are evident. Born in New York and raised in Jersey, during hip hop’s formative days, he was surrounded by the artform at school. “Everybody rhymed. There were some that took it more serious than others but everyone was banging on the tables in the lunchroom messing around with wordplay, it was the thing to do. We ate, slept and breathed it. Some people breakdanced, some people did graffiti, hip hop was very much alive. You didn’t think about what you were doing, it was just there.” Just as every generation has its idols, in his teens the guy to be was a cocky Queens, NY native now best known for his TV acting. “I wanted to be LL Cool J,” Chino recalls with reverence. It was the influence of his hero in addition to his family and cultural background that added up to the emcee par excellence we would hear years later. “My mother was very, very hard on me about being able to speak language the right way. So for me it was about what can I do to make the rhymes interesting to draw you in, to make them clever and use my gift of communication and language. I wanted to be a mixture of the way LL was witty and the way [Kool] G Rap was relentless with his compound and attack and twisting it with my own dark personality.” The revitalised Chino XL is prepping to release album number five, his two-disc opus The RICANstruction: The Black Rosary, which he says is out in July. Much of his excitement comes from the diversity and rebellious landscape of today’s music scene. “As much as people believe that music’s in a state of decay, it isn’t. You just have to know where to look for it. We’ve got great tours and artists are always on the road and they’re always coming out with new music.” Lucky for us Chino and his peers are releasing that raw uncut music. Andrew ‘Hazard’ Hickey Chino XL [USA] plays alongside Ghostface Killah [USA], DOOM [USA] and more at The Forum on Saturday June 9.
And expect the soundscapes to come from anywhere and everywhere. “I always play across the board; I love playing my down tempo beats, interesting background beats with hints of jazz and funk. It’s great playing long sets of this style, listening to my favorite tracks and sharing it with people. Sometimes you want to take it up a notch by pleasing dance floors with some ‘hands in the air’ party hip hop. It can be more gratifying because of the energy it creates and with that, I’ve been really enjoying the some new sounds; mid tempo breaks with familiar hip hop samples, just with big bass lines and bigger beats!” “As well, I’ve been playing more and more of my own gigs lately, playing tunes strictly from the catalog and getting a great response from the crowd. I played these sets in Sydney and Newcastle recently to complete strangers and they went mad for it, I sold heaps of albums at the gigs, which is a new and exciting experience for me! Back in Melbourne I played with N’fa Jones at his EP launch at The Grace Darling with the talented Justin Smith on drums, it was packed and we really lifted the roof off! Good times right there too.” More recently, he admits he’s been fortunate enough to hook up with two really talented cats in Zvi Belling of Public Opinion Afro Orchestra on double bass and Conrad Tracey, the owner of Revolver Drums and what he calls an ‘all round percussion genius.’ “We’re playing as a trio with myself on sax and turntable duties gives us a real modern jazz sound, but with a definite hip hop and funk flavor. Using samplers we can really take the tracks that I’ve made in the studio and deliver them live on stage.” So fans, expect to hear tunes from The Jam Thief and EP3013 with extended sax solos and scratch sections. For newbies, get down to understand what you’ve been missing. “We’re all keen to morph this thing into working band, playing new material URBAN
and evolving it into an ongoing thing,” says Tom. Sounds like a good plan, no? RK Tom Showtime’s [AUS] The Jam Thief is out now. The launch party takes place this Sunday June 10 at the George Lane Bar, St Kilda.
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Love Machine Cnr Lt Chapel & Malvern Rd, Prahran, 9533 8837
303 303 High Street, Northcote
Lucky Coq 179 Chapel St, Windsor, 9525 1288
Abode 374 St.Kilda Rd, St.Kilda
The LuWOW 62-70 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 5447
Albert Park Hotel Cnr Montague & Dundas Pl, Albert Park, 9690 5459
Mercat Cross Lvl 1, 456 Queen St, Melb, 9348 9998
Alia Lvl 1, 83-87 Smith St, Fitzroy, 9486 0999
Mink 2 Acland St, St Kilda, 9536 1199
Alumbra Shed 9, Central Pier, 161 Harbour Espl, Docklands, 8623 9666
Miss Libertine 34 Franklin St, Melb, 9663 6855
Back Bar 67 Green St, Windsor, 9529 7899
Misty 3-5 Hosier Ln, Melb, 9663 9202
Bar Open 317 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9415 9601
Mockingbird Bar 129 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9534 0000
Baroq House 9-13 Drewery Ln, Melb, 8080 5680
Musicland 1359A Sydney Rd, Fawkner, 9359 0006
Bendigo Hotel 125 Johnston St, Collingwood 9417 3415
Neverland 32-48 Johnson St, South Melb, 9646 5544
Bennetts Jazz Club 25 Bennetts Ln, Melb, 9663 2856
New Guernica Lvl 2, Hub Arcade, 318-322 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9650 4464
Bertha Brown 562 Flinders Street, 9629 1207
Night Cat 141 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 0090
Big Mouth 168 Acland St, St.Kilda, 9534 4611
Night Cat 279 Flinders Ln, Melb, 9654 0444
Billboard 170 Russell St, Melb, 9639 4000
Noise Bar 291 Albert St, Brunswick, 9380 1493
Bimbo Deluxe 376 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 8600
Northcote Social Club 301 High St, Northcote, 9489 3917
Birmingham Hotel Cnr Smith & Johnston St, Fitzroy
Old Bar 74 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 4155
Black Cat 252 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 6230
One Twenty Bar 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy
Blue Bar 330 Chapel St, Prahran, 9529 6499
Onesixone 161 High St, Prahran, 9533 8433
Blue Tile Lounge 95 Smith St, Fitzroy
Order Of Melbourne level 2, 401 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 6707
Boutique 134 Greville St, Prahran, 9525 2322
Palace Hotel 893 Burke Rd, Camberwell
Brown Alley King Street, Melb,9670 8599
Palace Theatre 20-30 Bourke St, Melb, 9650 0180
Brunswick Hotel 140 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9387 6637
Palais 111 Main Rd, Hepburn Springs, 5348 4849
Builders Arms 211 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
Palais Theatre Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, 9525 3240
Cabinet Bar 11 Rainbow Alley, Melbourne, 9654 0915
Papa Goose 91 Flinders Ln, Melbourne, 9663 2800
Caravan Music Club 95 Drummond St, Oakleigh
Penny Black 420 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9380 8667
Caseys Nightclub 660A Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, 9810 0030
Pier Live Hotel 508 Nepean Hwy, Frankston, 9783 9800
Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets 80 Smith St, Collingwood, 9415 8876
Pony 68-70 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9662 1026
CBD Club 12-14 McKillop St, Melb, 9670 3638
Portland Hotel Cnr Lt Collins & Russell St, Melb, 9810 0064
Chaise Lounge Basement, 105 Queen St, Melb, 9670 6120
The Prague Hotel, 911 High St, Northcote, 9495 0000
Chandelier Room 91 Cochranes Rd, Moorabbin, 9532 2288
Pretty Please 61c Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9534 4484
Chelsea Heights Hotel Cnr Springvale & Wells Rd,
Prince Bandroom 29 Fitztory St, St Kilda, 9536 1168
Chelsea Heights, 9773 4453
Prince Of Wales 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9536 1168
Cherry Bar AC/DC Ln, Melb, 9639 8122
Public Bar 238 Victoria St, North Melb, 9329 6522
Chi Lounge 195 Lt Bourke St, Melbourne, 9662 2688
Purple Emerald Lounge Bar 349 High St, Northcote, 9482 7007
Co. Lvl 3, Crown Complex, 9292 5750
Railway Hotel 280 Ferrars St, South Melb, 9690 5092
Colonial Hotel (Brown Alley) Cnr King & Lonsdale St, Melb, 9670 8599
Red Bennies 371 Chapel St, South Yarra, 9826 2689
Commercial Club Hotel 344 Nicholson St, Fitzroy, 9419 1522
RedLove Lvl 1, 401 Swanston St, Melb, 9639 3722
Cookie Lvl 1, 252 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 7660
Retreat Hotel 226 Nicholson St, Abbotsford, 9417 2693
Corner Hotel 57 Swan St, Richmond, 9427 9198
The Retreat Hotel 280 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9380 4090
Cornish Arms 163 Sydney Rd, Brunswick
Revolt Elizabeth St, Kensington, 03 9376 2115
CQ 113 Queen St, Melb, 8601 2738
Revolver Upstairs 229 Chapel St, Prahran, 9521 5985
Croft Institute 21 Croft Alley, Melb, 9671 4399
Rochester Castle Hotel 202 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9415 7555
Cruzao Arepa Bar 365 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 7871
Rooftop Cider Bar, Cnr Swanston & Flinders St, Melbourne, 9650 3884
Cushion 99 Fitzroy St, St.Kilda, 9534 7575
Room 680 Level 1, 680 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, 9818 0680
Damask 1/347 Burnswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 4578
Roxanne Parlour Lvl 3, 2 Coverlid Pl, Melb
The Drunken Poet 65 Peel Street, West Melbourne, 9348 9797
Royal Derby 446 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 2321
Der Raum 438 Church St, Richmond, 9428 0055
Roal Melbourne Hotel 629 Bourke St, 9629 2400
Ding Dong Lounge Lvl 1, 18 Market Ln, Melb, 9662 1020
Ruby’s Lounge 1648 Burwood Hwy, Belgrave, 9754 7445
Dizzy’s Jazz Club 381 Burnley St, Richmond, 9428 1233
Saint Hotel 54 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9593 8333
Double Happiness 21 Liverpool St, Melb, 9650 4488
Sandbelt Live Cnr South & Bignell Rd, Moorabbin, 9555 6899
E:55 55 Elizabeth St, Melb, 9620 3899
Scarlett Lounge 174 Burnley St, Richmond, 9428 0230
East Brunswick Club 280 Lygon St, East Brunswick, 9388 2777
Seven Nightclub 52 Albert Rd, South Melb, 9690 7877
Edinburgh Castle 681 Sydney Rd, Brunswick
Spensers Live 419 Spencer St, West Melb, 03 9329 8821
Electric Ladyland Lvl 1, 265 Chapel St, Prahran, 9521 5757
Spot 133 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9388 0222
Elwood Lounge 49-51 Glenhuntly Rd, Elwood, 9525 6788
Standard Hotel 293 Fitzroy St, Fitzroy, 9419 4793
Empress 714 Nicholson St, Nth Fitzroy, 9489 8605
Star Bar 160 Clarendon St, South Melb, 9810 0054
Espy 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda, 9534 0211
Station 59 59 Church St, Richmond, 9427 8797
Eurotrash 18 Corrs Ln, Melb, 9654 4411
Stolberg Beer Café 197 Plenty Rd, Preston, 9495 1444
Eve 334 City Rd, Southbank, 9696 7388
Sub Lounge & Restaurant 168 Elizabeth St Melb, 0411 800 198
Evelyn 351 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 5500
Sugar Bar (Hotel Urban) 35 Fitztroy St, St Kilda, 8530 8888
Ferntree Gully Hotel 1130 Burwood Hwy, Ferntree Gully, 9758 6544
Temperance Hotel 426 Chapel St, South Yarra, 9827 7401
Festival Hall 300 Dudley St, West Melbourne, 9329 9699
Thornbury Theatre 859 High St, Thornbury, 9484 9813
First Floor 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 6380
Tiki Lounge 327 Swan St, Richmond, 9428 4336
Forum Theatre 154 Flinders St, Melb, 9299 9800
Toff In Town Lvl 2, 252 Swanston St, Melb, 9639 8770
The Fox Hotel 351 Wellington Street, Collingwood, 9416 4957
Tony Starr’s Kitten Club 267 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9650 2448
Fusion Lvl 3, Crown Complex, Southbank, 9292 5750
The Tote Hotel 67 Johnson St, Collingwood, 9419 5320
The Gallery Room 1/510 Flinders St, Melbourne, 9629 1350
Town Hall Hotel 33 Errol St, North Melbourne, 9328 1983
Gem Bar & Dining 289 Wellingston St, Collingwood, 9419 5170
Trak Lounge 445 Toorak Rd, Toorak, 9826 9000
George Basement, 127 Fitzroy St, 9534 8822
Tramp 20 King St, Melb
Gertrude’s Brown Couch 30 Gertrude St, Fitzroy, 9417 6420
Transport Hotel Federation Square, Melb, 9654 8808
Grace Darling Hotel 114 Smith St, Collingwood, 9416 0055
Trunk 275 Exhibition St, Melbourne, 9663 7994
Grandview Hotel Cnr Heidelberg Rd & Station St, Fairfield, 9489 8061
Tyranny Of Distance 147 Union St, Windsor, 9525 1005
Great Britain Hotel 447 Church St, Richmond, 9429 5066
Two of Hearts 149 Commercial Road, Prahran
Grind N Groove 274 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville
Union Hotel Brunswick 109 Union St, Brunswick, 9388 2235
Grumpy’s Green 125 Smith St, Collingwood, 9416 1944
Veludo 175 Acland St, St Kilda, 9534 4456
Gypsy Bar 334 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 0548
Victoria Hotel 380 Victoria St, Brunswick, 9388 0830
HiFi 125 Swanston St, Melb, 1300 843 4434
Wah Wah Lounge Lvl 1, 185 Lonsdale St, Melb
Highlander 11a Highlander Lane, Melb, 9620 2227
Wesley Anne 250 High St, Northcote, 9482 1333
Hoo Haa 105 Chapel St, Windsor, 9529 6900
Westernport Hotel 161 Marine Pde, San Remo, 5678 5205
Horse Bazaar 397 Little Lonsdale St, Melb, 9670 2329
Willow Bar 222 High Street, Northcote, 9481 1222
Iddy Biddy 47 Blessington St, St Kilda, 9534 4484
Windsor Castle 89 Albert St, Windsor, 9525 0239
Jett Black 177 Greville St, Prahran
Workers Club 51 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9415 8889
John Curtin Hotel 29 Lygon St, Melb, 9663 6350
Workshop Lvl 1, 413 Elizabeth St, Melb, 9326 4365
Khokolat Bar 43 Hardware Lane, Melbourne, 039642 1142
Yah Yah’s 99 Smith St, Fitzroy, 9419 4920
La Di Da 577 Lt Bourke St, Melb, 9670 7680
The Vine 59 Wellington St, Collingwood, 9417 2434
Labour In Vain 197A Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 5955 Lomond Hotel 225 Nicholson St, East Brunswick
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