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RICK ROSS [USA] Thursday September 6, Festival Hall RED RACK ‘EM [UK] Friday September 7, The Croft Institute JOHN ‘00’ FLEMING [UK] Friday September 7, Brown Alley TIEFSCHWARZ [GER] Friday September 7, New Guernica OCTAVE ONE [USA] Friday September 14, Mercat Basement ROGER SHAH [GER] Saturday September 15, Room680 HERNAN CATTANEO [ARG], FRITZ KALKBRENNER [GER] Friday September 21, Brown Alley NARI AND MILANI [ITA] Friday September 21, Royal Melbourne Hotel RICK WADE [USA] Friday September 28, The Croft Institute DAS EFX [USA] Friday September 28, Prince Bandroom GIGAMESH [USA] Saturday September 29, Seven PAUL OAKENFOLD [UK] Friday October 5, Festival Hall PARKLIFE: JUSTICE [FRA], PASSION PIT [USA], PLAN B [UK] + MORE Saturday October 6, Sidney Myer Music Bowl ROBERT HOOD [USA] Friday November 9, TBA ECLIPSE: PERFECT STRANGER, OLIVER LIEB, ADAM FREELAND + MORE Saturday November 12 – Friday November 16, TBA STRAWBERRY FIELDS: JAMES HOLDEN [UK], TYCHO [US] PREFUSE 73 [USA] + MORE Friday November 23 – Sunday November 25, TBA STEREOSONIC: TIESTO [NED], AVICII [SWE], CALVIN HARRIS [UK] + MORE Saturday December 1, Melbourne Showgrounds TERRENCE PARKER [USA] Friday December 21, TBA FALLS FESTIVAL: SBTRKT [UK], COOLIO [USA] + MORE Saturday December 28 – Tuesday January 1, Lorne BIG DAY OUT: THE BLOODY BEETROOTS [ITA], KASKADE [USA], CRYSTAL CASTLES [CAN] + MORE Saturday January 26, Flemington Racecourse
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Normally I’d spent hours upon hours crafting an insightful and yet firmly humorous anecdote to introduce the week’s issue, but I gotta’ be honest, I’ve got the new Breaking Bad waiting for me at home and I’m too scared that it’ll get spoiled by social networks if I stick around for any longer. So, yeah. SEEYA. Wamp wamp (what it do, what it do). Tyson Wray
Here not too long ago and a firm favourite of Melbourne crowds for his ability to whip a dancefloor up into a frenzy (as evidenced by his appearance at last year’s KUBIK Melbourne), Alexkid is a truly masterful musician. With roots in the early nineties Paris rave scene alongside other French house luminaries including St Germain and Mr. Oizo, Alexkid has spent years being one of the most forward-thinking and exciting acts on the revered Laurent Garnier’s label F Communcations as well as on Radio Slave’s own imprint Rekids and Luciano’s Cadenza Split Composition project, defining good music for connoisseurs of French techno and electronica. He’ll be joining Melbourne favourites Safari and Mike Callander to DJ on multiple decks, just as they did last year at the closing party for KUBIK - and trust us, we can be certain Alexkid’s return will be nothing short of immense. Catch Alexkid et al at Revolver on Friday August 31.
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Included in the opening season program for the newly redeveloped Hamer Hall precinct, the Arts Centre Melbourne are presenting two exciting, pop up, late night electronic music events dubbed The Sound Lounge. The first event takes place on Saturday August 25 and features a DJ set from old techno favourite Kazu Kimura as well as a live performance from Japanese experimental artist Aoki Takamasa (think Autechre meets Boards of Canada). They will be joined by Melbourne’s QUA and DJs Matt Radovich and Dave Pham. The event runs from 10pm until 3am.
Eclipse 2012: Solar Sounds
While other festivals in Australia compete for number one status with superstar-powered lineups and all manner of shenanigans, you can trust the Victorian institution Strawberry Fields for a sunsplashed and serene experience, alongside electronic music’s finest and most underground talent from international quarters. Last year’s full lineup was a killer one, featuring everybody from Trus’Me to Moodymann and Mad Professor, and 2012 is again shaping up to be a summer season highlight. Fresh off the announcements come the UK-based Border Community head, musician and tastemaker James Holden, alongside the talents of Ghostly International’s electroacoustic wunderkind Tycho, Warp Records favourite Prefuse 73, Brainfeeder upstart Teebs, alongside an irresistably jampacked first lineup – Strawberry Fields forever. It takes place from Friday November 23 – Sunday November 25, with a venue soon to be announced.
DJ Profile: Jody McLeod
A hotly-tipped name for awhile now, Minneapolis-based Matthew Thomas Masurka (better known as up-andcoming disco superstar Gigamesh) has been storming the international dance music scene of late with the same sense of style and self-assurance that runs through his musical output. Most well-known for his breakout remixes of Foster the People’s Pumped Up Kicks as well as Radiohead’s Everything In Its Right Place, Gigamesh’s fondness for feelgood disco and 80s electro-boogie can also be traced back to previous work with the equally notorious Danny Daze and Joe Maz. Now a firm favourite of cutting-edge record label Kitsuné, the recent release of his EP All My Life just over a month ago, it’s high time for Gigamesh to make his first trip down to Australia - catch him at Seven on Saturday September 29.
Nari and Milani: Mamma Mia Meeting in ‘96 and forming a friendship that was to see them through some of house music’s formative years, together the Italian powerhouse that consists of Maurizio Nari and Ronnie Milani is a highly-regarded one to this day. Forever at the forefront of house music producing classics such as Sunshine and Happiness and slotting comfortably into the higher ends of the Billboard Charts and working under a number of aliases, it was the launch of the Nari and Milani project a few years on that was their greatest success. A regular feature in Italy’s trendiest clubs as well as the international touring circuit, the duo have also established themselves as highly respected producers gradually becoming renowned for their unique brand of electronic house music. With heaps of local support also on board, join Nari and Milani at the Royal Melbourne Hotel on Friday September 21.
Where’s the strangest place you’ve woken up? Under a table, in the metal room of Plastic at the Colonial. All kinds of nasty! Describe yourself using the title of a song. Wreckx-NEffect - Rump Shaker What was the weirdest thing you believed as a child? That cats where girls and dogs where boys. Come on, you thought that as well! The most awkward moment you’ve had as a DJ? Watching Miami Horror pull out Carl Cox’s USB during his last track. What would be the worst dance track in the world to be tortured with on repeat? Popcorn. Respect and all, but my god that would damage your brain after about the 3rd repeat! What’s the most played record in your bag? Operation Blade. Every set without fail. What question would you like to ask an omniscient, allknowing being before you die? Do blondes really have more fun? If you hadn’t made it as a DJ, what job would you choose to work in instead? Currently adding flying to my bag of tricks so let’s go with pilot. When and where is your next gig? Fusion at Crown, this Saturday July 21.
DJ Profile: Big Chocolate
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With announcements for Parklife and Stereosonic fresh off the presses of late, it seems that festival season is already raring and ready to go in the depths of winter’s gloom - hoorah! Teaming up for this special something are the crews behind some of your favourite musical meccas - Rainbow Serpent, Glade Festival in the UK and Mother in Japan alongside Subsonic, Shine On, Symbiosis in the USA, and Bar 25 in Berlin - the global tribe are set to converge on Australia, gathering for seven days to celebrate a spectacular natural phenomena, a total solar eclipse of the sun. Think everything from psytrance to techno to breakbeats and plenty more with an all-star lineup featuring everyone from Perfect Stranger, Oliver Lieb, Adam Freeland, and a bucketload more - check it out! Eclipse 2012 lands in far north Queensland from Saturday November 10 - Friday November 16.
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A longstanding figure on the thriving wave of French house producers, I:Cube has been making music for a long time since 1996, in fact. Part of the first wave of house producers alongside other luminaries including Daft Punk, Cassius and Etienne de Crecy, Nicolas Chaix has also played an essential role in fostering and nurturing the sounds of Paris’ Versatile Records, one of the definitive labels of the locality and continues to maintain serious influence when it comes to what’s hot. This year’s release ‘M’ Megamix comes as yet another demonstration of this keen instinct for thrilling dancefloor grooves, cramming in twentyfour snippets of tracks into one truly thumping mix, with influences spanning Italo, disco, proto-house, techno and everything beyond - a perfect match, then, for the alwaysamazing Animals Dancing crew. Catch I:Cube at the Mercat Basement on Friday August 31.
Gigamesh: Electro Mayhem
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Widely regarded as pioneering forces in the development and the ubiquity of electronic music, Swansea’s Hybrid have been in the game for a long time - since bursting onto the scene back in 1999 with the now-classic album Wide Angle, a cutting-edge take on progressive house and nu-school breaks with a cinematic feel, and orchestral and vocal collaborations drawing them comparisons to the likes of Massive Attack and Underworld. Since then, with four extremely well-received albums and over twenty singles, plus countless remixes and a raft of movie and game soundtrack work to their CV, things still haven’t showed any sign of slowing down with their latest effort Classics set for release soon in celebration of their longstanding presence within dance music. The Hybrid soundsystem will be well and truly thumping with a four-hour set to be delivered on one of the first dates on this upcoming national tour - don’t miss out! New Guernica, Friday August 10.
Das EFX: Bigger Than Hip Hop Both originating from the super-real streets of Brooklyn in New York, Andre “Drayz” Weston and Willie “Skoob” Hines are the two minds behind hardcore rap outfit Das EFX was the result of a chance meeting in college, cemented into place by taking out the top spot in a talent contest judged by EPMD - resulting in them being signed to the well-respected label and their career making a stratospheric launch into the higher echelons of rap fame after their first album went platinum and was released to much critical acclaim. With more than 20 years, five albums and an endless number of singles to their names, we’re pretty pleased to announce the next Das EFX tour down under - catch them at the Prince Bandroom on Friday September 28.
Where’s the strangest place you’ve woken up? Underneath a coffee table. Nothing crazy, just was super tired and crawled under my parents coffee table and passed out! Woke up in a coffin like confusion. Describe yourself using the title of a song. The Lion King opening credits. What was the weirdest thing you believed as a child? If your finger nail came completely off, you were 50% dead. The most awkward moment you’ve had as a DJ? Opening up with Stayin’ Alive by The BeeGees and standing there with a blank expression on my face. Nothing but seriousness. What would be the worst dance track in the world to be tortured with on repeat? Levels. What’s the most played record in your bag? Soilwork - Stabbing The Drama. Literally cannot stop listening to it. Gold. What question would you like to ask an omniscient, all-knowing being before you die? Would probably just have small talk about where this ‘being’ came from over a bowl of cereal. If you hadn’t made it as a DJ, what job would you choose to work in instead? Would have been a cop for sure. When and where is your next gig? Eurotrash on Thursday July 19.
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PHD PURE PARTY: 10 YEARS OF PURE HARD DANCE The Pure Hard Dance (PHD) concept has and always will be thinking of ways to create a personal environment where everyone can feel comfortable and safe. “Not to mention a brand with a high level of standard in terms of music, DJs and stage production,” explains Brendan (Soul-T), the man behind the name. “PHD is a result of how I want to feel in a club and what I believe clubbing should be, he says humbly. “And although I own and run PHD, I am just a person with a hope and ambition to achieve all of this. The bigger stars are the rest of the guys involved in making all this possible.” To backtrack for a moment though - musically, life for Brendan began when he bought his first vinyl single with money given to him by his mum. “She actually gave me the money to buy a small toy way back when I was four years old,” he explains. “My mum always reminded me of that as my musical career progressed!” Indeed, he has moved from running his own mobile DJ business; to undertaking smaller and larger scale events that would ultimately see him release mixed compilation albums, own a record store and later kick another goal with his own label, PHD Digital Recordings which has had numerous #1 releases on dance portals around the world. And that magical spirit – the sound – has always inspired him. While musically, the brand is associated with harder, more energetic electronic sounds, Brendan admits music has always been an inspiration and as such, narrowing his love down to a specific, single genre would be false economy. “It’s really shallow in my opinion,” he chimes. “Having been a part of the many changes in styles and sounds over the years has helped me to keep an open mind. There is music for any time and place, occasion and emotion. On a professional level I choose to work within the harder styles of electronic music but that’s not all I listen to. From a trance music point of view, the energy and emotion, the ambience and reaction it creates in a club environment is what appeals to me most. There are a lot of international artists and producers that this applies to as well and there are plenty of local producers that inspire me as well. All artists deserve our full respect.” No doubt. So to celebrate the trademark’s 10th birthday, Brendan is all about a party. “We can’t just let ten years of PHD pass us by and not celebrate so I’ve been working hard on the party of a lifetime! I want a celebration party that will be remembered for years to come as well as setting a totally new benchmark for these kinds of events. I can’t reveal too much but I suggest people bring their cameras or wait for the DVD documentary to be released after the Melbourne gig! We are also proud to announce that for $5 extra, we will be giving the first 150 people an opportunity to upgrade their entry tickets to VIP, where our good friends from The Home Baking Company will be
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showcasing their selection of finger food.” To be sure, Brendan has gone one better - commissioning another little surprise for fans. “The 10 Years Of Pure Hard Dance double CD is what we’ve done.” The compilation will underpin the Australia-wide tour that will also take in Malaysia and potentially some other dates as well – and it’s available now. Brendan continues: “the first CD takes in the first ten years with every track being carefully selected to represent the entire period. From tracks that date right back to the beginning, to newer tracks people are hearing right now, each one is relevant and each will arouse memories of fans’ experience at our events in the past.” The first CD features artists such as Technoboy, Scot Project, DJ Isaac, Cosmic Gate and many more which Brendan hopes will have punters listening to it for a while. The second CD represents tracks licensed and released on the PHD Digital imprint. Artists featured on this CD include Karpe-DM, DJ eM, DJ Husband, Bexta and Soul-T himself. “This CD makes a statement that Melbourne has the talent to take to the rest of the world,” says Brendan. “All of this, 38 tracks and an awesome 12 page full color lift out booklet will make this a double CD compilation that people will definitely want in their collection.” That said, it hasn’t been easy to incorporate things across two CDs into a single, congruent whole. The scene has changed considerably, people have grown older and new fashion trends now reign across the airwaves. And Brendan agrees: “it would be a lie for anyone to say the scene hasn’t changed. If the scene didn’t change then it would never progress and for something to never progress would be sad, boring and totally unnatural. The same applies to music. Sure people have fond memories of a particular sound or even an era that was years ago, it doesn’t mean that that was in fact the best time for music and the best days of the scene. “Different people perceive and expect different things from their clubbing experience. Fashion changes, music changes, people change. Even though the scene has become less of a priority for some people these days, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it doesn’t exist. There are still producers that are writing great music and promoters that are working very hard at putting on shows people will enjoy and talk about in years to come. I hope others would consider me as one of these people!” So after it’s all said and done, is the lad happy about things right now? “I am stoked yes,” he professes proudly. “Ten years is a long time by any measure and particularly in the music scene where attention spans are low, music and people are always evolving and brand shelf life is usually limited. I am proud to say that most people have had some contact with PHD in their lives and I believe that this is a result of the admiration and respect I have shown the
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“A lot of the album is about being contemplative and questioning the things that have happened in my life, as opposed to maybe just laying doing my stance on things and that’s it.” people that I have come into contact with.” “We always book DJs to play that are always of the highest calibre possible; we always want to bring it to the punters and that helps people to believe in the love that the PHD family represents. Our many ‘sons and daughters’ are growing up; others have become our good friends and continue to follow us through our journey.” Finally, he busts a few words on the local gig to celebrate all things PHD. And it would be remiss of us to dismiss his desire to marvel in the glory just a little more. “I’m looking forward to playing on the night; I am a flexible and versatile DJ and play according to my set time, venue and audience. I play old school trance, hard trance or hardstyle anthems as well as the harder sounds coming out of Holland and Italy right now. In some sets, I will incorporate everything. The people in front of me are my priority during my set. I never plan things and I try very hard to please everyone. Most times I pull it off,” he adds in jest. So expect the following on the night: “from the DJs and promoters, to the lighting guys and door staff, we are
all really looking forward to PHD’s 10th Birthday party at The Hi-Fi. I am sparing no expense to make this a night to remember for all involved. I have people working with me that share my passion in relation to events. There will be caterers in the exclusive VIP area, stage and film production crews to DJs and promoters working in front and behind the scenes. You can also get your limited PHD merchandise online at pureharddance.com, at facebook. com/brendansoult or at any of the PHD 10 events. You can also get the CD at all good record stores and online. This night will raise the bar in big room events and will be talked about for many years to come!” Here’s hoping. RK PHD’s 10th Birthday Party goes down Saturday July 28 at The Hi-Fi. 10 Years Of PHD mixed by Soul-T [AUS] is available in stores and iTunes from Friday July 20.
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WEDNESDAY18TH 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 midweek 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 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. Laundry Bar, 50 Johnston Street, Fitzroy
THURSDAY19TH 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
FUN HOUSE Celebrate Thursday night at Co. with club classics and dance floor anthems. Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
THURSDAYS AT LOUNGE 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! Taste makers on rotation include Shags, LA Pocock, Slim Charles, Andras Fox, Richie 1250, Simon Winkler, Danielson, Ms Butt and Mike Gurrieri. Free entry. From 10pm. Lounge, 243 Swanston Street, Melbourne
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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
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 Hed Kandi, Piero and Chris Luder 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
EDEN SATURDAYS 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
FRIDAY20TH 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
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
FRIDAYS AT LOUNGE “It might blow up but it won’t go pop” is the philosophy at Buhloone Mindstate and features Melbourne’s finest bands and DJs playing every Friday night, late. That’s just how we roll. We’re all about the late night boogie. Expect all things funk, hip-hop, soul, reggae, disco, boogie and house. Lounge, 243 Swanston Street, Melbourne
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
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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 EY:EM at Lounge features residents Boogs & Who, who will host Melbourne’s top purveyors of club music, showcasing both local and international DJs playing the most upfront club music. With rotating DJs Dave Pham, Sleep D, Bryce Lawrence, Louis McCoy, Caine Sinclair, Glyn Hill & Toby Mackisack. Expect nothing but excellent house music all night long. And remember, clubbing happens in the EY:EM. $10 from 11pm. Lounge, 243 Swanston Street, Melbourne
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
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
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
SUNDAY22ND SOUTH SIDE HUSTLE The perfect Sunday soundtrack with DJs Askew, Peter Baker, Booshank, Paz, Miss Butt, Junji, Disco Harry and guests. They will be laying down disco, afro beat and deep house til 3am. For lovers of good music - South Side Hustle. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor
STAR BAR SUNDAYS The original and still the best Sunday in Melbourne. Star Bar, 160 Clarendon St, South Melbourne
SUNDAE SHAKE 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
MONDAY2ND 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
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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
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“I wanted to make sure my perspective was as objective as possible and transcends what I love, like or think.”
BUILDING HOUSE: SWEET HOME CHICAGO There is an inextinguishable flame burning within Lil’ Louis and it’s fuelled by his passion for life, love and the constant desire to discover, learn and create. Not only is the Chicagoan one of the few DJs who can truly say “I was there” for the dawn of house music, he is but one of a clutch who can honestly say “I will always be there”. Lil’ Louis has been a beating heart continually pumping lifeblood through the veins of house music and is an integral part of its DNA. It’s not unheard of for Lil’ Louis to be likened to a kind of visionary, founding father or even house music Nostradamus. Lil’ Louis began DJing in a time when most of us weren’t even a twinkle in our parents’ eyes. Thirty-eight years later he has seen many trends come and go, but like a proud and puffy-chested parent, Lil’ Louis has not only watched house music ferry itself from ground-breaking to influential genre, he was a guiding hand in a movement that saw house music become as culturally relevant as rock and roll, punk or hip hop.
been given their dues - that people don’t even know about. I’ve interviewed about 165 DJs and I’ve spoken to some of the ‘veteran DJs’ and mentioned a name and they’ll say ‘I’ve never heard of this person’ and i’ll say ‘well you should have because that person is very instrumental in house music and this is how they are instrumental in house music’. So I’m going to connect all those dots so that even an ‘educated house aficionado’ will learn something,” he says. “There are people in the documentary whose style of music I may not love, or I may not get some of the songs they have produced, but that has nothing to do with this film. This film covers house music and it covers the love of house music and the evolution of house music, so I removed myself from all that as a director and just frankly covered it. I think that is going to be pretty refreshing too and perhaps a bit controversial.”
“Square one is the result of what happened, what I want to do is explain what led up to that result, what led up to that action. I’m delving as deeply as I can go within my fibre to articulate to people what this [house music] is really all about.” he says.
High Tech Soul: The Creation of Techno Music and Pump Up The Volume: The History Of House Music (worthwhile viewing until house music reaches the UK) are two films that made significant steps in giving these electronic and long-standing genres a voice. Other films to recently document the importance of house and techno include; Paris/Berlin: 20 Years of Underground Techno, Sub Berlin: Story of Tresor Club and Back In The House: NYC House Scene Documentary. Together these films have mustered a voice that can explain to people that not all DJs wear sunglasses at night in tight T-shirts branded “Fuck Me I’m Famous” and that club goers aren’t drug fuelled ravers in gas masks and happy-pants. “The funniest thing about the house music culture is sometimes it can be misconstrued. I know doctors that love house music, I know lawyers that love house music, I know people from all walks of life that love house music, but people do other things; you make love, you make mistakes, you evolve in life,” he says.
The documentary is far from being a film focused on big noting iconic legends and praising the already sung heroes of house music. It is also geared toward uncovering a brethren of behind the scenes players and modern days messiahs that helped define and redefine the genre. It canvasses a far flung body of DJs from Frankie Knuckles and Theo Parrish to David Guetta and Armin Van Bureen to Ben UFO and Kode 9. “There are a lot of unsung heroes that I am going to introduce to the world, there are a lot of people [DJs and producers] that have never
Lil’ Louis’ The House That Chicago Built plans to leapfrog the efforts of previous film-makers in documenting house music and he says, “I wish people had done their due diligence, had done more research, had spoken with people and not taken advice from people that weren’t there the entire time [when making their films]. If I give a view point of something that has spanned many decades, and if I give a view point of a few years in one decade, there’s no way I can say I covered it. So many things lead up to things which helped it evolve,” he says while adding
He is now amid the editing process of his game-changing documentary The House That Chicago Built, which according to a confidently spoken Lil’ Louis, excavates deeper into the roots and happenstances of house music more than any other documentary before it.“We are going back to the roots of square one, I’m going back even further. I don’t want it to be a film of ‘I did this and I sold six million copies of French Kiss and we did that’ - it’s so much more deeper than that. There’s a reason why people love this type of music and there’s a reason why we wrote what we wrote, felt what we felt and expressed what we expressed - so that’s going beyond square one,” he says.
DR. NO + MINISTER PARTNERS IN CRIME: ADMINISTERING BASS Minister aka Scotty Hinds is the man behind the new Oh My Didays video – well worth a check. His emceeing is raw, the beats are fat and the connection he has with dubstep, drum and bass as well as hip hop – completely evident. Doubtless, this is a unique sound and one that the lads can genuinely call their own. Lads by the way are the duo that call themselves Dr. NO + Minister - and consist of DJ Cubist and Scotty Hinds. Their musical collaboration began in 2009 yet individually, they go back years before that. Indeed, Minister’s partner-in-crime Dr. NO (Cubist) has released on some reputable UK labels and has now hooked up with Scotty to really drop the bass. And now, the boys bring everything together to create their new swag. “I got started at about 16 years old,” explains Scotty. “I was part of a small crew and we made a bit of a name for ourselves. We were getting out there with our music around 2005, which was about four years after we’d been established in England. By then we’d also made some good contacts in Australia with guys like Flagrant and as
a result, we did a little tour out here as well. From there, some of us stayed in Australia and some members were back in England.” But things have changed now – it’s onwards and upwards without looking back. Only the benefit of hindsight remains. And Scotty continues: “the thing with Dr. NO was that he was part of a local crew; we got to know Eden through the local Wobble nights and we realised that he had the same insights into music as us. We understood the way our music worked and he had the same idea. We started on the Dr. NO + Minster project and decided we’d see what we were doing - and we did pretty well out of it. It got to a point where we thought we’ve got something quite nice that we’re happy with. The next thing we knew we wanted to do was get into the studio – and things there have been going well for two years.” “Writing songs in the studio, you have to watch things as they happen around you; it took us a while to find our feet but working with Eden, the way he puts a tune together, someone might record a vocal a sample or a
LEE COOMBS THEMS THE BREAKS: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE “There wasn’t a scene really,” says Lee Coombs of his formative days in the late 1980s. “We made the scene back then by going to very small events and warehouse parties. Everything was so new and exciting. What made it special was the fact that it was new to everybody at the time.” While much has changed since he first hit the scene in 1989 the passion and energy that inspired a young Coombs is still there. That energy will be with him as prepares to head back down under. “I try and come every year, I think I have only missed one year since coming for the first time,” the veteran DJ says with reverence. The man behind anthems like Feel It and Out Of My Mind will be embarking on his 10th visit to Australia and says fans can expect his live show to feature “lots” of new music. “I have been writing nonstop, I spend a lot of time in the studio writing new material, remixing and re-editing tracks so I can have new stuff to play in my set that no one else has. Stuff to keep me ahead of the game. Also I love to play a few classics.”
DJ” likes to maintain his roots, despite technological changes. “I don’t want to look at a computer screen when I DJ. I don’t think the crowd wants me to either,” he proclaims adamantly. “I played records for years so the next step was to play CDs which is fine because you can still beat match and mix them basically the same as record. But as far as a laptop goes I’m not there.” While he appreciates technology and software like Ableton Live, Coombs believes that a part of the dance scene is being lost. Even so he sounds to be excited by the growth the scene has experienced in the past few years. “Now it’s enormous, way too big to even compare [to before]. All the genres of music and different artists out there, this year looks like it has changed things too with the mass exposure of certain artists winning Grammys.” As many things have changed, dance music is still ultimately about having a good time. “People still want to go out and listen to good music and dance with their friends. That hasn’t stopped and it won’t either.”
Always the consummate DJ, he hasn’t slowed down when it comes to touring. “I just went to Bangkok, Thailand and Phnom Penh in Cambodia and had a great time.” Throughout his travels the self-professed “old school
The mainstream acceptance and sprouting up of festivals and gigs is clearly in a different stratosphere from what Coombs and his cohorts experienced in the budding days. “I went to quite a lot of illegal warehouse parties
House music is no longer combing the underground and a certain strain has long been staple in top 40 charts, but is this something people realise? “If you think about it, house music has permeated every aspect of society and that’s the most beautiful thing about being the founding father, I’ve seen something that I started in 1974 and I’ve seen it grow into this amazing thing. Now everywhere you look, every single place you go - television commercials, film, whatever - you see house music, you feel house music, you are in the presence of house music. Because of that I wanted to expand the scope and the definition of house music,” Lil’ Louis says. House music has become one of those classic clichés, where if you were to ask someone like Lil’ Louis if they thought it would ever amount to what is has today, most would likely say no, but Lil’ Louis remains adamant he has always knew it could be this big and bigger. “I always felt what I was doing was really special and I knew it had serious potential. People have likened me to a visionary, but I don’t think there is a visionary outside of God that can predict the complete end of something, so I wouldn’t say I could have predicted house to be as ensconce as it is, but I can definitely say I thought it was bigger than what most people thought it was,” he says. Ironically a life source of house music came in 1979 when disco was “declared dead” by popular Cleveland radio shock jock Steve Dahl, who in a rapacious publicity stunt - by the way of a Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers baseball game - filled a crate with disco records and blew it up on the field to the raucous stadium chants of “disco sucks”. Many disco producers at the time felt the stunt carried ill-boding and racial undertones, but disco was not dead, it just burrowed deeper underground. “When disco was declared dead in 1979 there were a lot of people that completely abandoned house music, particularly in Chicago. I remember having some conversations with prominent DJs and I kept telling them to stay the course - this music is going to be big again and it will be bigger than ever - people used to laugh all of the time at my predictions,” he says. Lil’ Louis is as much a house music pioneer, as he is a producer, filmmaker, historian or educator, but it is his DJ sets that remind us why we are here in the first place. “I don’t divide my set up, or divide my crate up - I’m still going to call it create by the way - and say OK 47 per cent is going to be educational and 20 per cent will be what they want and the rest will be whatever. I don’t look at it that way.” After all his years of DJing and touring, Lil’ Louis will finally play Australia for the first time and excitedly says “I know whatever I am feeling you are going to feel and I think that is what has sustained in me for 38 years, people know that when I am up
there [DJing] I am not compromising, I’m not faking, I’m very focused on pleasure and that’s a two way pleasure - pleasing and being pleased. So that is what I am going to bring to Australia and everywhere I go,” he says while adding “One thing I have noticed about the Australian’sis that they are passionate people and I am a passionate person - so passion meets passion.” James Manning Lil’ Louis [USA] plays New Guernica on Friday July 20.
beat and we go from there. Now that we’ve worked out the best way for us to work, things are getting there! The way we see it, music genres are coming full circle. I love drum and bass; I was into it at the beginning and then, it was one of those things that we got into because we could basically just enjoy it and chill out to it. Then it moved into drum and bass and became a bit more banging; and then it was mixed with dub and hip hop and then really became mad! For me, there are only two types of music. Good music and bad music; I’ve grown up in the carnival type of environment because my uncle was the carnival king of Reading in England where I’m from! Believe that.” So as a result of that and no doubt various other influences, the guys wanted to do the same with a club night. “We wanted to get the vibe massive, so what we’ve done here is just married music to different genres,” chimes Scotty. “We said that 140 beats per minute was going to be our restraint so as long as things fit into that square, it works. The Wobble nights are usually pretty big but we also wanted to ensure they were accessible. It’s the same reason people listen to hip hop – we keep it gritty and it’s got to be something you can move to.” Finally, the crew is getting together to down a few brews and enjoy the night out, Wobble style. Scotty wraps up with this: “we’ve got our launch party this month which we’re all pretty excited about; I think it’s on the 21st July down at Wobble. All of us will be playing the tunes from the EP. There are five tracks in total of which four are completely new and original – unplayed!
around 1989-90, they were dangerous as hell to be honest, with the police trying to stop them all night and arrest the DJs and promoters.” The opposition and threat from authorities bonded these music rebels together. “It felt special to be together with like-minded people in this underground scene with all the new music. I fell in love with the whole thing and it’s the reason I still continue to DJ and write music today.” Before Lee Coombs ‘the producer,’ he was focused solely on developing his craft as a DJ and learning as much as he could. “I got so far into the music that I wanted to meet anybody who could help me get access to more of it.” It wasn’t until the early 90s that he first made his foray into producing. He was invited by fellow house legend Nick Annies to write a track with him on a sampler and 4-track recorder at his studio. “It was a very basic setup but it worked and all of a sudden I had something I could play with other records when I DJd. That was a real buzz and it became very addictive.” The duo continued to write more tunes and ended up pressing their own records. “It all went from there really. If you’re passionate about something you will always find a way to achieve your goal.” Along with his original productions, Coombs has built quite the reputation for remixing the likes of UNKLE, Paul Oakenfold and Plump DJs and doesn’t appear to be slowing down. “I still do plenty of remixes, I probably have one or two on the go at anytime. It might be the groove of the track or the sounds in it which pull me in. But normally it’s the other artists that approach me and ask me to do the remixes of their tunes.” As much as he has enjoyed collaborating with the likes of Meat Katie, Nick Thayer and Katherine Ellis, Coombs enjoys being a self-sufficient artist. “I have a great setup in my studio and I love working there, doing my own mixing FEATURES
We’ll still throw some things in that we’re feeling and if it fits, we’ll give it a run. As long as a beat or a track is ok, I can spit a verse over it. Should be good.” Truer, more modest words never spoken. RK Dr. NO + Minister [AUS] launch their self-titled EP at Wobble at The Night Owl on Saturday July 21. It’s released on Friday July 20 through Stamper Records.
and production. Years ago I used to take my tracks to other studios to get them mixed but now I do everything myself.” Keeping things in-house, no pun intended, he recently remixed Kosheen’s latest single Manequine and is in the process of writing an album under his moniker of The Freakazoids. He is also pumped about his production work on the next album from The Drumattic Twins. “It has never sounded so big. I’m very excited about it and can’t wait to get it out to the world.” Andrew ‘Hazard’ Hickey Lee Coombs [UK] performs alongside Rennie Pilgrem [UK] at The Royal Melbourne Hotel on Friday July 20.
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THURSDAY19TH RHYTHM-AL-ISM Start the weekend early with Fusion’s Resident DJs. Music for your funkin’ soul. Fusion, Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
FRIDAY20TH FAKTORY This is it. Faktory Fridays are open for business at Melbourne’s home of R&B, Khokolat Bar. Where else? Damion De Silva, Ken Walker, Durmy, K Dee, Simon Sez, Yaths and Jacqui Dusk spinning all night long. Khokolat Bar, Basement, 43 Hardware La, Melbourne
LIKE FRIDAYS Like Fridays at La Di Da serves up R&B 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. La Di Da, 577 Little Bourke St, Melbourne
LIGHT The buzz is Light at RedLove every Friday. Hitting out that R&B flavour of old, new and everything in between! RedLove Resident DJs Stel, Harvey Yeah, TMC and Ripz on the wheels of
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THE LOOSE GOOSE The Loose Goose is focused on providing a wonderful array of cocktails and offers a great CBD location to lounge and relax in while overlooking busy Flinders Lane. A small plates menu is available to graze on whilst trying our delicious cocktails from the classics to contemporary, beer on tap and a wide range of beers, wines and spirits. Every Friday evening DJ Jumps of The Cat Empire will take to the decks at the bar spinning his rare afro Latin funk vinyl collected from around the world from 6.30pm until late. Papa Goose Cocktail Bar, 91-93 Flinders Lane, 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
SATURDAY22ND REDLOVE SATURDAYS RedLove Saturdays is all about solid classics from the ‘80s, ‘90s and into the ‘00s! Dropping beats of retro pop, disco classics, old school funk, and certainly some of that old school r&b and house to kick! RedLove Resident DJs Phil, HB Bear and Da Gato bringing down the house every Saturday night. If you’re looking for quality service, music to rock, sumptuous drinks and just a cold hard good time; look no further!
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UPCOMING HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE After stunning Harvest Festival-goers late in 2011, Chi-town brothers Hypnotic Brass Ensemble have announced their welcome return to Australia. Born and raised in Chicago, the eight siblings which make up Hypnotic Brass Ensemble have gone on to captivate audiences worldwide with their impeccable blend of jazz, soul, funk and hip hop. Support on the night comes from our very own soul-proponents Saskwatch, plus Judge Pino & The Ruling Motions. Thursday July 26, The Espy, The Espy, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda
RICK ROSS After cancelling his planned visit for this year’s Supafest, Rick Ross is set to make do with an Australian tour this September. Rickay Rozay has established himself as one of the biggest titans in modern rap, guesting with the likes of Kanye West and Diddy and building the Maybach Music Group empire in the process. The tour comes after the long-awaited release of God Forgives, I Don’t. Thursday September 6, Festival Hall, 300 Dudley Street, West Melbourne
HOME BREW Don’t know who New Zealand hip hop crew Home Brew are? That’s weird. You should ask NZ Prime Minister John Key or the University Of Auckland about them - after causing a bunch of people with their knickers in a twist to lose their shit over a music video poking fun at idiots who drink-drive, the group’s propensity for irreverence and cheeky laughs is sure to appeal to Australian crowds. Having recently released their eponymous debut album to critical acclaim and finding it debuting at #1 on the New Zealand music charts, throwing a 48-hour party to celebrate in an old brother, then having their controversial pop up store shut down early, it’s high time we
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Los Angeles hip hop outfit The Pharcyde have been kicking it together for two decades, now. Doesn’t feel like it, given their enduring reputation for cutting-edge, forward-thinking beats and rhymes. Go on, have a listen to Bizarre Ride II: The Pharcyde again, 20 years on - its sense of timelessness is a rare thing, with classics such as Oh Shit, Otha Fish, Ya’ Mama, and hit single, Passing Me By guaranteeing the record its rightful place in best-of collections by everyone from Pitchfork to the Source. It isn’t often a group with their cheeky self-deprecating and incisive humour come along and set to make a return to Australia soon, we can guarantee this is one gig you definitely don’t want to pass you by. Thursday August 23, The Espy, The Espy, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda
ILLY Laying relatively low since absolutely smashing it last year with his sophomore LP The Chase, Illy has announced his return to the stage in preparation for his third LP. As well as showcasing his massive hits, none moreso than the ubiquitous It Can Wait, the tour will be the first chance for fans to hear material from the upcoming album. The first taste of the new record comes in the form of Heard It All, a single which is already gaining traction on national radio. Friday September 7, The Corner Hotel, 57 Swan Street, Richmond
BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY Grammy Award winning hip hop legends Krayzie Bone and Wish Bone from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are returning to their “second home” Australia, having already sold out over 20 Australian performances in the past. Having reformed for a upcoming performance at Rock The Bells in August this year, the group have created their fair share of interest regarding the possibilities of a new album, and have been introduced to a new generation of hip hop fans thanks to the likes of Drake and Wiz Khalifa expressing their admiration. Thursday September 20, The Espy, The Espy, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda
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