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YOUSEF [UK] Friday November 9, Brown Alley. ROBERT HOOD [USA] Friday November 9, TBA OLIVER LIEB [GER] Friday November 9, Royal Melbourne Hotel MOULLINEX [POR] Saturday November 10, New Guernica ECLIPSE: PERFECT STRANGER [ISR], OLIVER LIEB [GER], ADAM FREELAND [UK] + MORE Saturday November 12 – Friday November 16, TBA SCNTST [GER] Thursday 15 November, Royal Melbourne Hotel D-NOX [GER], KING UNIQUE [UK], LUIS JUNIOR [ESP], PSYCATRON [IRE] Friday November 16, New Guernica HOUSSE DE RACKET [FRA], PILLOWTALK [USA] + MORE Friday November 16, Where?House BATHS [USA], PREFUSE 73 [USA], SYNKRO [UK] + MORE Friday November 16, Brown Alley SMOKE DZA [USA] Saturday November 17, Laundry Bar MIKE HUCKABY [USA], BEN SIMS [UK] + MORE Sunday November 18, Where?House SUBB-AN [UK], MIGUEL CAMPBELL [UK] Sunday November 18, Revolver BOYZ II MEN [USA] Sunday November 18, Billboard TYCHO [USA] Wednesday November 21, The Hi-Fi RICHARD DEVINE [USA], VLADISLAV DELAY [FIN] Wednesday November 21, Where?House ESMKO [USA], TIPPER [UK] + MORE Thursday November 22, Where?House GERD JANSON [GER] Friday November 23, Mercat Basement HOPSIN [USA] Friday November 23, Prince Bandroom TEENGIRL FANTASY [USA], TIM SWEENEY [UK] Friday November 23, National Gallery of Victoria TROY PIERCE [USA], RADIO SLAVE [UK] Friday November 23, Where?House FREQ NASTY [USA], CULTURE SHOCK [UK] Friday November 23, Brown Alley STRAWBERRY FIELDS: JAMES HOLDEN [UK], TYCHO [USA], PREFUSE 73 [USA] + MORE Friday November 23 – Sunday November 25, TBA FLOATING POINTS [UK], ALEXANDER NUT [UK], TEEBS [USA], PREFUSE 73 [USA] Saturday November 24, Where?House MATIAS AGUAYO [CHI] Sunday November 25, Where?House MICHAEL MAYER [GER] Friday November 30, Prince Bandroom BORIS BREJCHA [GER], ANNA [GER], KHAINZ [SWI] Friday November 30, Brown Alley STEREOSONIC: TIESTO [NED], AVICII [SWE], CALVIN HARRIS [UK] + MORE Saturday December 1, Melbourne Showgrounds 2MANYDJS [BEL] Sunday December 2, Red Bennies FOUR TET [UK] Thursday December 6, Prince Bandroom NICK WARREN [UK], HENRY SAIZ [ESP] Friday December 7, Billboard TYGA [USA] Friday December 7, Prince Bandroom RAHZEL [USA] Friday December 7, The Espy TODD TERJE [NOR] Friday December 7, The Liberty Social MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL: FOUR TET [UK], DJ YAMANTAKA EYE [JAP] + MORE Friday December 7 - Sunday December 9, Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre PAUL KALKBRENNER [GER] Friday December 14, Billboard XKORE [UK] Friday December 14, Royal Melbourne Hotel KENDRICK LAMAR [USA] Friday December 21, The Palace TERRENCE PARKER [USA] Friday December 21, New Guernica FALLS FESTIVAL: SBTRKT [UK], COOLIO [USA] + MORE Saturday December 28 – Tuesday January 1, Lorne TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS [UK] Saturday December 29, Corner Hotel
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I’m not convinced that the existential actually exists. Tyson Wray
Jessie Ware: Hopelessly Devoted To Being Awesome
Where?House: Argus!Building
After months of speculation and rumours, it has been announced that Melbourne Music Week hub Where?House will be located at the 86-year-old Argus Building on Elizabeth Street. “Is it possible to keep this venue under wraps until the day? We’ll see,” Starr Guzman, co-creator of Where?House, told us last week. We now know that the answer is sadly ‘no’. Fortunately, however, the revelation does not impact how goddamn fucking awesome Where?House will be anyway. Where?House will feature performances from the likes of Richard Devine, Vladislav Delay, Troy Pierce, Floating Points, Alexander Nut, Teebs, Africa Hitech, Matias Aguayo, Radio Slave and DJ MADD, alongside Australians Naysayer & Gilsun, Favela DJs, Oscar O’Bryan, Oliver Tank, Mitzi, Lost Animal, No Zu, Harmonic 313, Tantrums, Isaac Fryar, Animals Dancing DJs, Future Classic DJs, Affiks and many more. Where?House will run as part of Melbourne Music Week from Friday November 16 – Sunday November 25. For more information go to where-house.com.au
Wolf + Lamb: AwooOoOooooo
With the aid of Finely Tuned, Wolf + Lamb will be making their long overdue Australian debut this December. Dualism defines the dynamic duo who have been making music together for over a decade. An extrovert and an introvert, vegan and carnivore, cancer survivor and social saboteur, Zev and Gadi are known for playing passionate dance music that will move hearts and feet. Don’t miss out on seeing them do their thing when they hit our shores. Get more information as it is released through finelytuned.com.au
Rahzel: Let Your Mother Know
Best known as a member of hip hop’s cutting edge live band The Roots, Rahzel will be playing The Espy in December. Rahzel made his triumphant debut performance at the legendary Showtime at the Apollo and has since been inducted as an “Apollo Legend”. As part of The Roots, Rahzel has earned a Grammy Award and is the first human beatbox to do since Bobby McFerrin. Rahzel is no stranger to Australia having performed sets at Good Vibrations and Platform Hip Hop Festival as well as his previous Australian solo shows. Rahzel plays on Friday December 7 at The Espy’s Gershwin Room.
Roof To Reel: Summer Sunday Lovin’
Roof to Reel is once again planning to pull Melbourne’s most vitamin D deficient DJs out into the harsh light of the summer sun! After its hugely successful premiere last summer, Roof To Reel will run a second time around this sunny season. Edd Fisher will be presenting and hosting the series which will feature some of Melbourne’s best DJs. Launching this Sunday and livening up Sunday afternoons for the next five months, various music makers will be invited up to the Rooftop Bar to perform. The two-hour sets will be recorded and broadcast on Edd’s PBS show Tomorrowland. The mixes will also be streaming at Roof To Reel, where you can also find more information, so check out rooftoreel.com
Red-hot rising star Jessie Ware has announced a headline Melbourne show alongside her appearance at the 2013 Laneway Festival. A serious contender for this year’s prestigious Mercury Prize, Jessie Ware is one of the UK’s break-out stars of 2012. After guesting on high profile tracks like SBTRKT’s Right Thing To Do, the 27-year-old backed it up with her seductive, universally acclaimed debut, Devotion. Jessie Ware performs a Laneway sideshow at Prince Bandroom on Wednesday January 30.
I Predict: An XKore Riot
The last Riot of the year is set for a dazzling night of dubstep/ trap/electro/hip hop and drum and bass with a spectacular lineup including 18-year-old British EDM star XKore and drum and bass group Terravita. Joining them will be Aussie DJ/producer F3TCH as well as Kombat, Pop The Hatch, Hydraulix, Kemikoll, Autoclaws, Pedestrian, Transforma, Shifty Sly, Phaseone, Datura, Handsdown, J Nitrous and JMC. XKore is reputed as an up and coming talent within the dubstep community, having supported artists such as Skream, Benga, Knife Party, Camo & Krooked, Borgore, and many others. Tickets are $25+bf from rmhthevenue. com or $35 after. It’s on at RMH on Friday December 14.
Changing the world one dance floor at a time Soul Clap have announced that they will be heading to Australian shores early next year. With a healthy dose of casual racism, the dastardly dance provoking duo broke the news of their tour with a YouTube video. Catch them IRL this January! Stay tuned to finelytuned.com.au for more information as it is released.
El-P: Brooklyn Beats
Independent rap icon El-P has announced two headline shows to accompany his performances at the Laneway Festival. Touring Australia for the first time since 2009, El-P will be bringing beats from Brooklyn and promoting his critically acclaimed 2012 album Cancer For Cure when he visits early next year. The Corner Hotel will be hosting his Melbourne show on Wednesday February 6, 2013. Tickets and information through The Corner Hotel.
60 seconds with... Mike Callander
DJ Profile: Bamboo Musik DJs [Dick Cheese (Pam) & Roman Wafers (Bell Towers)]
Where’s the strangest place you’ve woken up? A DJ booth, transcendental experience. Describe yourself using the title of a song. Right Or Wrong. What was the weirdest thing you believed as a child? That if blocked my ears with my hands the whole world became silent. The most awkward moment you’ve had as a DJ? Playing after some famous DJs and taking like half our set to realise that only the booth monitor was turned up and the master volume was on zero. It’s embarrassing but I guess you could blame the audio technician in equal measure for not spotting (hearing) the problem earlier. What would be the worst dance track in the world to be tortured with on repeat? Jody Fingers Finch - Jack Your Big Booty. What’s the most played record in your bag? Really depends on the season. For an all timer party starter let’s say, Baby’s Gang - Happy Song. What question would you like to ask an omniscient, allknowing being before you die? Looking for the perfect beat. If you hadn’t made it as a DJ, what job would you choose to work in instead? Being a DJ is part of a bigger picture. When and where is your next gig? The opening night of Melbourne Music Week at Where?House on Friday November 16 with Housse de Racket, PillowTalk, New War and Harris Robotis.
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Soul Clap: If You’re Happy And You Know It Soul Clap Your Hands
Define your genre in five words or less: Adult techno. If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? Ian Curtis might have had a different view on life if he’d discovered techno. I’d like to get him in the drone zone because his voice is perfect for it. If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it be and why? I’d like to dine on Crazy Frog legs with a tonne of butter and a generous pinch of salt. The remainder of the Frog is welcome to do whatever he wants with his musical career. So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say? “I was cruising past this incredibly charismatic, good looking young man who was playing this terribly banal, repetitive music. He seemed quite impressed with the sound he was creating and grooved back and forth behind his equipment and allowed himself a smile with each subtle change he made to a dial or fader, but to me it all sounded the same.” What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Tequila. Bitches. What part of making music excites you the most? Sampling “real” musicians facilitates the realisation of my fantasies. What’s the strangest place you’ve ever played a gig, or made a recording? In 2010 I toured through Europe with Melbourne band The Queen’s Head and played some seriously bizarre places. I can’t decide which was strangest: playing in an Estonian forest for a few thousand people, or providing the soundtrack to a stripper’s performance for a nightclub owner’s friend (and only his friend) in Prague. If someone made a movie about your life, who would play you? Jonah Hill. If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be? Joy Division. Assuming Ian Curtis had already discovered techno. Mike Callander plays on Friday November 23 Where?House.
Free Shit: Tribe NYD Fans of breakbeat, bass and everything electronica are set to have their boobies wobbled after the lineup announcement for Tribe on New Year’s Day. Krafty Kuts vs A-Skillz, High Contrast, Logistics, Camo & Krooked, S.P.Y., Pyramid, Specimen A, Mr. Doris and many more will make one helluva party to begin the new year and finish your bender off. It’s on at Brown Alley on Tuesday January 1. Head to beat.com.au/freeshit to win.
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D-NOX
“I have always had great experiences there. Okay, Australia is pretty far away but it’s worth every mile.”
FREQUENT FLYER: NO DAYS OFF Known for his unique fusion of house, trance and techno, D-Nox creates stripped-back, cavernous grooves, topped off with some warm synth and the occasional warped vocal loop. Despite the icy presence his music creates, the German native known
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to his parents as Christian Wedekind, is a regular family man away from the club. “When I don’t play I am a different person,” he reveals, in his accented tone. “I like to take it easy and stay calm. I am doing this since 20 years now. During the week I recharge my
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batteries and spend time with my family and do my label and office work. Once I start to play I become a different person. Seems someone is pressing a button in me.” As we ponder who or what could be the button pusher that gets him going, it’s clear that dancefloors across the world are appreciative of this transformation. Just as a blistering set can alter the mood and atmosphere of a club, it turns family guy Wedekind into Peter Griffin on a Red Bull kick. “I love the energy that electronic music can give to me and also to the people. I love those special moments when the music gets you and makes you fly, forget time or whatever other emotion.” Meanwhile, the process of concocting epics like Naked Punch in the studio is a different high altogether, one that almost sounds like electronically-induced couples therapy. “Working in the studio is more a process between two guys [Beckers and me] and it’s a very intimate moment. It gets emotional a few times when the track gets to the final stage and we know we gonna have a good one coming out of the studio.” The ying to his yang, Frank Beckers is his longtime co-conspirator and travel buddy. The Germanic duo have produced some of their most known work together and continue to spread the gospel across the globe. Only three hours away from his home of Berlin, Wedekind and Beckers are fresh from a tour of Portugal. “We went there to play at a Halloween party and it was a huge success. One thousand four-hundred people showed up and that’s for a club party. Beckers and I were the only headliner and that makes us proud. It’s never better than to play in a crowded house with people that come to see us.” After almost 15 years on the scene, he has not lost his love or passion for making a crowd move. “We did a three hour set and I believe we blew them away,” he says with charming modesty. Now, a year after his last visit to Oz, D-Nox is ready to bring that passion back to our dancefloors with a couple of special shows. He will be headlining a packed lineup at New Guernica for Darkbeat, one of hottest new names on the Melbourne club scene. With strong memories already there, he wants to forge some new ones. “I have always had great experiences there. Okay, Australia is pretty far away but it’s worth every mile,” he says, like a true DJ. “What I like most is the strange beauty of the countryside and the Aussie people.” As unique as he finds our wildlife and landscapes, he doesn’t believe local audiences are that far from the other crowds he plays. “The club crowd is not very different than to any other around the world. I would more say that the festival tribe that goes to Rainbow Serpent or such is very different. But [the] people are very friendly and open and that would make the Aussies different to others.” For the night, he will be joined by a power-packed lineup of international travellers, including the UK’s King Unique, Spain’s Luis Junior and Ireland’s Psycatron. It’s like a European Union of party rockers. While he has never shared the stage with any of his fellow globetrotters, he is anticipating the explosive possibilities the night could present. “It will be a night with various styles of music, [there] should be something in it for everyone, from techno to prog-house, great mixtures.” This seasoned DJ enjoys exploring the sonic opportunities space creates, taking time to find his groove. “I usually never play less
than three hours because anything else doesn’t make sense. I need some time to connect to the audience and once I do that I love to just go with the flow.” Like most DJs, Wedekind is a man of many tastes when it comes to the audiences and venues he rocks, from intimate confines to expansive festival settings. “What I like about big festivals and audiences is the massive feedback people give you when the music is kicking. Hands in the air give me goose bumps.” Always in pursuit of the perfect union between the music and the audience, the Berlin resident has not swayed from his path. “I always played what I liked. [I] never really followed certain styles.” This open-minded approach has seen him incorporate a range of sounds and textures, drawing inspiration from techno, tech house, electro house and prog house, to create one unique package. “I have to say I play the best of all.” His unique perspective has been heightened by his international travels over the past 13 years, including stops in Budapest, Zagreb and Tel Aviv. In the face of musical trends coming and going, some things have remained the same for this veteran. “Twenty years ago music was faster and maybe 15 years ago music was harder but the feeling and groove has never really changed.” Feeding off the energy of the space they inhabit at the given moment, Wedekind and his musical partner Beckers choose to go wherever the mood takes them. “We don’t think about the dancefloor when we write music,” he explains of their studio approach. “We know that the music we do is dancefloor music, but we totally disconnect and see what comes out at the end of the day. This is why our tracks always kinda sound different. We have never made the same [tracks] over the years.” Not slowing down, the D-Nox Express will keep rolling from Australia to back home and beyond as he and Beckers hit the lab to cook up some more magic. “After my Australia tour I will spend a week in the studio. We have to finish two remixes and see if we can work on some new originals. We [haven’t] made plans for a new album but we will continue to work with a few labels.” Juggling the responsibilities of touring DJ, recording artist and label head, Wedekind preaches the art of balance, for himself and his fellow DJs. “Frequent flying kills your body and mind,” proclaims the self-professed Jet Lag Slave. “It’s important to rest in between, stay healthy and it’s always family first. It’s important to have a good and safe home, a place where you can come back and land. If this is sorted then the rest works kinda automatically.” Even with this balance there is never enough time in the world. “Producing, [running] two record labels, a few events and then having friends and all that. I wish the week would have nine days.” Andrew ‘Hazard’ Hickey D-Nox [GER] plays at New Guernica alongside King Unique [UK] Luis Junior [ESP] and more on Friday November 16.
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AES DANA HARDFLOOR HALTYA FM RADIO GODS LISH TIM HEALEY YOTOPIA DEEDRAH SHIFT NERUOPLASM THE COMMERCIAL HIPPIES TRANSWAVE ECLIPTIC GUY J PETER VAN HOESEN CHRISTIAN SMITH EELKE KLEIJN OLIVER KOLETZKI MATTHEW DEKAY LOVE AND LIGHT KALDEN BESS QUANTA TRIPSWITCH AKASHA STEREO TALK LUNAR SOUND RULS & NAVARRO DAYAN & JOHN CHRISTOF ABSOLUM D-SENS BAKKE HYPNOTECH
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(ULTIMAE, FRANCE)
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(GROUND FACTORY RECORDS BOSS, CANADA)
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(24/7, UK)
(LOST & FOUND / BEDROCK, ISRAEL) (OUTSIDE THE BOX MUSIC)
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(TRONIC MUSIC, MOBILEE, SPAIN)
(STILL VOR TALENT, GERMANY)
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(RSA, NEXUS MEDIA, SA)
(3D VISION, FRANCE)
(TIME TO EXPRESS, GERMANY)
(BAROQUE, CANADA)
(FREE SPIRIT RECORDS, UK)
(UNDERGROOVE MUSIC, MEXICO)
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WEDNESDAY7TH 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
HUMPDAY ANIMALS 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
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
LAUNDRY WEDNESDAYS Deep, dark, minimal dubstep and drum and bass. Laundry Bar, 50 Johnston Street, Fitzroy
THURSDAY9TH BIMBO THURSDAYS Tigerfunk brings with him his full band of travelling gypsies, hipsters and middle class executives, all of whom are prepared to deliver the most excitement you can have this side of the weekend. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy
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
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
THE BLACK PANCAKE CLUB 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 and Richie 1250. Free entry. From 10pm. Lounge, 243 Swanston Street, Melbourne
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
FRIDAY10TH BUHLOONE MINDSTATE “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
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
FORBIDDEN Forbidden’s venue is going to wow all those that attend through its state of the art sound and lighting system, an amazing balcony overlooking Russell and Bourke Streets and is located in the heart of the city. Forbidden will feature some of the hottest DJs in Melbourne including Anyo, Rufio, Stefan C, Alex Da Kid, Galo, Timmy Edgell and Azza-M. Forbidden is the hottest place to be on a Friday night – the location has just changed. Free entry applies to everyone between 8pm – 9pm and happy hour will run for 3 hours! Eden, 163 Russell St, Melbourne
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
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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
SATURDAY11TH EDEN SATURDAYS Smashing it every week at Melbourne’s hottest looking venue! Top 40 dance, house and R&B 9-3am, then electro from 3am - 5am. DJ Ontime, DJ Ryza, Scotty Erdos and Azza M. $15/$20, free entry after 4am. Eden, 163 Russell St, Melbourne
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
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, Thaistyle 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
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
on your dial every Saturday night. We want you to join the family. Dancing from 10pm weekly. Seven, 52 Albert Rd, South Melbourne
SUNDAY12TH 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
MONDAY13TH IBIMBO Have you always wanted to be a DJ but been cruelly cursed with tone deafness and a general inability to version excursion? Well Bimbo Deluxe saves the day once again.. All you need is an iPhone and you’re set. Just download the free ‘remote’ application from the app store, log into the Bimbo DJ wireless network and you choose which song plays next. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy
TUESDAY14TH BIMBO TUESDAYS Bimbo Tuesday’s have long been the discerning DJs midweek breath of fresh air. An opportunity to indulge in, and to each parade their individual takes on music. A night where by the weird and wonderful is not frowned upon but rather celebrated. Resident selectors Matt Radovich, Andras Fox and Henry Who draw from a colorful array of sounds that warm your midweek blues. From 8pm, free. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy
COSMIC PIZZA NHJ 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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SOUND EMPIRE Co. At Crown’s Saturday night party Sound Empire this week features mega sounds from 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
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
WAH WAH SATURDAYS Just when you thought Wah Saturdays couldn’t get any better, this week Rob Pix (Beng) kicks off a new rotating residency down Waratah place. Get down early to avoid the queue or alternatively you could come down very late for the infamous recovery kicking off at 4AM! Wah Wah Lounge, 185 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
WEEKEND The brain child of the creative kids at 360 Agency and Seven Nightclub. The Weekend is here to put a smile
Define your genre in five words or less:
Heat-beat-percussive-dance-funk . Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? Rio Carnivale in Nunawading . What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? Our debut album Life - hi-gloss compact-disc packaged in luxurious jewel case. When’s the gig and with who? Where?House at Melbourne Music Week, Distant Tempos with Oliver Tank, Mitzi, Lost Animal, Trupence and Simon Winkler DJing on Tuesday November 20. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Growing up in glamorous nightclubs that are all mirrors and silver curtains. What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? Feeling free and experiencing a similar type of transcendence that only a Mind, Body & Soul Expo storeholder could possibly know. Name an interview question you wish someone would ask you, and answer it. What percussive music influences you and do you find the term ‘tribal’ when describing percussive music horrible and narrow-minded? a) Salsa, disco, funk, afro-beat, hi-life, and an infinite amount of music from all over the globe b) yes. If your music was a chocolate bar, which one would it be, and why? Summer Roll – because you’ll often find us in your supermarket’s health-food section, but we’re bad for you.
TAKING IT BACK
Humans love to reflect on their past. Thousands of years ago, a retrospective would’ve been like, “I’ve lived a pretty good life. Ate some food. Built some shelter. Provided inspiration for The Flintstones despite the fact that there are no fucking dinosaurs here”. Not so for legendary German DJ/producer Oliver Lieb. Since 1988, the man has been involved in all elements of electronic music, releasing more than 250 singles and remixes. Lieb has dedicated his life to his craft, and we are eternally grateful recipients of his brilliance. To honour this legacy, Lieb will be joined by the likes of Voiteck, Luke Chable, Steve May, Simon Murphy, Rollin Connection, Dean Milson, Matt Radovich, Simon Slieker, Robert Anthony, Ben Evans, Imperfect Circle, Loki and more this Friday for a special retrospective performance. It’s all happening at the Royal Melbourne Hotel on Friday November 9.
DJ Profile: Dean Millson
DJ Profile: Loki
Where’s the strangest place you’ve woken up? In a laneway behind the house of some new friends the morning after playing Spice in Sydney for the first time many years ago. Describe yourself using the title of a song. Duke Ellington - Don’t Get Around Much Anymore What was the weirdest thing you believed as a child? That Julie Andrews lived in the house near the top of our street. The most awkward moment you’ve had as a DJ? Stopping the wrong record is never fun. What would be the worst dance track in the world to be tortured with on repeat? Any of the remixes of Somebody That I Used To Know would probably do the trick. What’s the most played record in your bag? Back in the day it would have been the Lemon8 remix of Solid Sessions – Janiero. What question would you like to ask an omniscient, allknowing being before you die? What time is love? If you hadn’t made it as a DJ, what job would you choose to work in instead? I wouldn’t really say DJing is work for me! When and where is your next gig? Oliver Lieb at RMH on Friday November 9!
Where’s the strangest place you’ve woken up? In hospital (more than once). Describe yourself using the title of a song. Here’s Johnny! What was the weirdest thing you believed as a child? That Santa, Ice-T and Marilyn Monroe were homies, running an underground lobster fighting ring. The most awkward moment you’ve had as a DJ? Having chronic food poisoning at an Israeli gig, knowing that before my track ran out, I had to run to the bathroom, do my business and get back to mix the next track in. What would be the worst dance track in the world to be tortured with on repeat? Gangman Style What’s the most played record in your bag? Tainted Love What question would you like to ask an omniscient, allknowing being before you die? Was it as good for you as it was for me? If you hadn’t made it as a DJ, what job would you choose to work in instead? Graphic designer within the music industry. When and where is your next gig? Oliver Lieb on Friday November 9, Solar Eclipse on Saturday November 10
DJ Profile: Steve May
Where’s the strangest place you’ve woken up? On a park bench in Airlie Beach. It will be stranger if I leave out all reasons for what I was even doing up there in the first place. Describe yourself using the title of a song. Learning To Fly – Tom Petty What was the weirdest thing you believed as a child? Does trying to convince a grade 2 substitute teacher that my name was Rafael (from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles of course) count? When I couldn’t spell it for her to write my name on my work, it came unstuck. The most awkward moment you’ve had as a DJ? Just the usual: highly inappropriate track requests from a person with no idea. What would be the worst dance track in the world to be tortured with on repeat? The Veronicas – Lolita. I feel as though the producer or the girls didn’t actually listen back to it before releasing it. The next worst part is that I hear it is so frequently on the radio stations. I’m not sure how anyone could enjoy it. What’s the most played record in your bag? Probably a pryda record, be hard to pin point exactly which one What question would you like to ask an omniscient, allknowing being before you die? Why couldn’t you magically make a marketing team appear back in 2004 for me? If you hadn’t made it as a DJ, what job would you choose to work in instead? I would be a top gun extraordinaire in some kind of awesome department for the coolest brand on the planet. When and where is your next gig? Oliver Lieb – Friday November 9 at RMH.
DJ Profile: DJ Simon Slieker
Where’s the strangest place you’ve woken up? This question assumes sleep. Describe yourself using the title of a song. Ride Of The Valkyries. What was the weirdest thing you believed as a child? The U.S was a benevolent state. The most awkward moment you’ve had as a DJ? When someone (not knowing who I was) decided to
DJ Profile: DJ Robert Anthony (Drumatix/Fat Rack)
Where’s the strangest place you’ve woken up? Next to a massive pot plant after drinking way too much at an underage disco when I was 15 or so. Describe yourself using the title of a song. Supersonic - Oasis What was the weirdest thing you believed as a child? KFC stores had all their chicken in that massive bucket outside the front. The most awkward moment you’ve had as a DJ? Awkward? No. But playing my first VS set with DJ Will E Tell (Melbourne’s pioneer of Techno) was a dream come true. I was 17 at the time and it was just incredible. What would be the worst dance track in the world to be tortured with on repeat? Anything by Tiesto or Armin Van Buuren (I’d rather watch paint dry). What’s the most played record in your bag? Over the years, The Bells – Jeff Mills, Red 2 – Dave Clarke, Right In The Night – Jam & Spoon, Nothing Matters – Mark Knight and Personal Jesus – Eric Prydz Remix. What question would you like to ask an omniscient, allknowing being before you die? Why the fuck does Knife start with K and why does Island have an S in it? If you hadn’t made it as a DJ, what job would you choose to work in instead? I’d be a kick ass drummer in a metal or rock band. When and where is your next gig? Oliver Lieb at RMH on Friday November 9, Fat Rack Launch at RMH on Thursday November 15.
character assassinate me, on my face, and then ask for my opinion about Simon Slieker. What would be the worst dance track in the world to be tortured with on repeat? Your favourite dance track. What’s the most played record in your bag? I remember when my music lived in a bag. They were good times. What question would you like to ask an omniscient, allknowing being before you die? How do I know you’re an omniscient, all knowing being and not just someone else laying claim to “the truth”. If you hadn’t made it as a DJ, what job would you choose to work in instead? Unfortunately “making it” as a DJ doesn’t necessarily equate to “making a living”. In my case for large tracts of my career is hasn’t. And yet I failed the Fire Brigade exam. (In my defence, it was a Friday morning straight after Teriyaki Anarki Saki of the night before.) When and where is your next gig? Oliver Lieb at RMH, Friday November 9. FEATURES
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OLIVER LIEB RUNNIN’ THE GAME: QUARTER CENTURY Born in Frankfurt in 1969, who would have thought that Oliver Lieb would play such a considerable role in shaping the evolution of modern electronic music? Not he, surely. But over 40 years later, the man that has remixed Utah Saints, Human League, Moby and countless others isn’t letting up. So after taking a two-year break to move his studio back to Frankfurt to reengineer the entire joint – Lieb is back with a vengeance. Stepping back a bit though, his musical induction began when he was a personable teen – just 14 – and playing bass in a number of soul and funk bands. He also enjoyed the sounds of Kraftwerk and Jean Michel Jarre and by 1989 was releasing records – his first being Force Legato System on the Abfahrt imprint. Achieving immediate success he continued to release material on Delirium and then on Sven Vath’s Harthouse label. This was the platform for Spicelab, which fuelled the need for Lieb to create more diversity in his sound, hence the pseudonyms under which he worked. Spicelab became what he termed ‘rough and experimental’. Ambush was for his ‘ethno-percussive’ style, while L.S.G and Paragliders sounded impressionistic and fluid – tech-trance, if you will. The latter project too, saw him team with Mijk Van Dyk – himself a master of many styles and certified anthem maker. Years on though, Lieb takes a moment to humbly acknowledge his fans. “Time has flown and it is now 25 years since I started producing. I am keeping an eye on the market and the ideas come to me when I play around with sounds. Also, most of the time I am working on different styles which keeps it interesting for me and it keeps the music sounding fresh. “A few years ago, I wasn’t into people tagging me with my old music only. I felt like I was being associated with something from the past and not for something new. More recently, after
playing an old school set at a Cream reunion, I am more open to it! People have to understand that I never stand still – even back in time when I was playing in Australia a lot, I was getting a lot of credit for my older tracks.” So having rebuilt his studio, he is back into the production fold and producing again with his first releases coming on the seminal Bedrock imprint in 2011. This was followed up with some remixes and a mix-CD on the same label in 2012. “A couple more releases came out in the second half of this year, both originals under my own name and some other remixes coming up in later November and December. Also there are around 10 more tracks finished that I have to place, as well as some unfinished tracks that were just put together as a layout that I have to finish when I have time. There are so many ideas I want to work on at the moment, so I have to say, there is a lot going on right now. “At the moment my label Maschine which I’ve set up for new releases went on pause after moving and releasing some other artists’ music. I wanted to go on with it when I am producing again, but so far I didn’t feel I had the time to think about the restart. But I did start a label for re-releasing my old productions after upgrading their sound in my mastering studio. It’s called Solieb Digital and is only for download at the moment. When I have time, I will import some older tracks from CD or DAT tape and master the analogues for the best possible sound. So far I have had nine releases – both albums and EPs. The next will be my Subraumstimulation track and should be coming in late November or December.” And with music taking up most of the time in his life, Lieb is still enjoying the challenge of producing quality output, in order that he can unleash it on teeming, hungry crowds. “If it is producing,
checking new music for my DJ set or working on my setup and sound or travelling to DJ somewhere, I enjoy all of it,” he says. “Then of course there is the mastering I do for my company as well, so there is little time left to do other things. Otherwise, I am just trying to recover and do nothing – or doing a bit of sport to stay fit and have some balance!” Yet despite all of his success over the years – as well as being justly credited with being one of the true pioneers in the modern electronic music era - his name will still always be synonymous with the amazing talent displayed on LPs like Rendezvous In Outer Space and The Black Album. So in another masterstroke,
Experimenting has always been a part of how Crazy P operate, continues Moore. “I suppose because the guys in the band are musicians, essentially, their instruments are very important to them, but also the production is an experiment. Matt for example works on a live drum kit, but also works on a drum sample kit as well to achieve more house sounds. Tim’s also got various bass pedals that allow him to experiment with his sounds a little bit. It sounds funny, but... but we’re all experimenting with different... should I say – knobs?” We both giggle a bit at this point. “I’m not technologically minded, so my musical vocabulary is very limited. So I’m bringing it back to base level. Knobs is the only word I could think of!” Yep. Sure. I’m unconvinced. Elegantly avoiding a – shall we say – lengthy tangent about knobs, Moore stays on the topic at hand. “The production is completely different [from the live band]. For the last album that we made, that was a production album. We don’t always take the live band into the studio and record using all of us. That’s not a necessity. What we have to do sometimes is reinterpret the productions we’ve created in the studio for a live show. We’re still booked as a festival band and a live band. “We’ve also got a soundsystem that we take on tour, which involves a scaled-down version of the live band. We’d definitely take our keyboards, a synthesiser, maybe a guitar, myself with a loop pedal. For example, we’ve just done a tour of America – both North and South – and that was a scaled-down version; we didn’t take the whole band. That is now a lot more popular, and we’re looking at developing that as more of a live thing. But there is still the call for the full live band. Because we do cross over a lot of live, more soulful tracks with new, more
electronic sounding music. So we’re very much aware that that’s important. It’s exciting. It means that you’re not stuck in that funk/soul bracket. You are moving forward. And we’re really excited about it because it keeps us fresh as well.” Although Crazy P visited our shores not much more than a year ago, it was more than a stopover than a proper tour. “It was so brief,” remembers Moore. “We were only there for four days. From that perspective, it was the most difficult thing we’ve ever done, because our jet lag was horrendous. The shorter the time you spend down there, having taking you 26 hours to get there, the worse the jet lag’s going to be. We played New Year’s Eve in New Zealand and New Year’s Day in Sydney, then we did a DJ gig in Sydney that night. It was amazing but it wasn’t a tour, it was just a couple of shows. But this time we’ve got something to get our teeth into!” How are the band feeling about their upcoming tour and
promoters have him back in Melbourne to complete a number of shows around the place. “I will be DJing and at the first gig I will play mainly my classic stuff. At Belfast, I will also play some other classics while at the Total Solar Eclipse gig I will play a set of recent tracks.” Sounds delicious. RK Oliver Lieb [GER] plays Royal Melbourne Hotel this Friday November 9.
CRAZY P PHALLIC: PHENOMENON Sometimes you just can’t get away from the past. When Prince changed his stage name (stop me if you’ve heard this one before) to a strange, hieroglyph-like symbol, people simply referred to him as “The Artist Formerly Known As Prince”. In much the same way, Nottingham funk/soul outfit Crazy P have had often had trouble distancing themselves from their old name, Crazy Penis. I can’t imagine why – can you? Crazy P are heading to our shores for Harvest Festival in November, and 100% caught up over with singer Danielle Moore to talk about their upcoming album, touring a live band and, er, knobs. “We’ve just, as of yesterday, gone into the studio to write the new album,” explains Moore. “We’re sort of just kicking off at the minute. We had a massive summer, we’ve been really busy, so we’ve sorta locked October out to start the new album. Right now, it’s myself and [founding members] Jim and Chris who are going into the studio together. So it’s a bit more the production side rather than the full live band. And we’re experimenting, shall we say, with various sounds.” Experimenting, eh? Sounds intriguing. What exactly does “experimenting” entail for The Band Formerly Known As Crazy Penis? “We’ve not got our genitals out, if that’s what you mean. So it’s not sexual!” Moore responds, laughing. “Well, it could be. I mean, everybody knows our minds are very open. But it’s a bit more... we’re trying to leave all our troubles behind, shake all the toxins out before we go through the doors, and not have any inhibitions – put it that way. We’re open to suggestions from the ether as to what we should do. But our genitals are generally zipped up in our trousers.”
Harvest dates? “Well, it’s just gone into our autumn now and it’s got really cold. So for one, we get the sunshine. And two, we all love to come back to Australia! It’s become a really sort of welcoming crowd and we have a really good time every time we come over because we’ve met some amazing people. They’ve almost become a side-itinerary for us, it’s like, “Let’s do this today; we’re gonna take you to that place tonight!” Also with Harvest, we’re looking forward to seeing Beck and various other people...Cake, Santigold. We’re really excited, yeah!” Crazy P [UK] play New Guernica on Friday November 9 and Harvest Festival at Werribee Mansion on Saturday November 10 and Sunday November 11.
EMMA HEWITT STARTING FIRES: SKY’S THE LIMIT Singer-songwriter and trance vocalist Emma Hewitt is originally from Geelong but now travels the world, touring with some of the world’s high profile trance DJs and producers. 100% chats with the young lass about her latest EP Starting Fires, footy and travelling the world ahead of her appearance at Future Music Festival 2013 alongside Cosmic Gate. Although Emma Hewitt is from Geelong, she admits she’s not the biggest football fan, much to her family’s dismay. “They are all huge Cats fans,” she says of her family. “I am of course a Cats fan too at heart, but I couldn’t tell you who any of the players are and I don’t really follow any of the games. Actually I met one of the players a while ago who was apparently the captain or something, and I asked him what he did for work, which was, as I was made aware, a huge embarrassment to my friends (laughs).” Hewitt has her own set of priorities, having sold out solo shows in 25 countries this year alone, released her debut album Burn The Sky Down and more recently, the acoustic EP Starting Fires which features previously unreleased demos and live acoustic takes – something which is a bit different to her usual line of work. “This release was actually something I have wanted to do for a while, and something I will probably do more of from time to time,” she says of the EP. “My brother [Anthony Hewitt] and I write the songs in this form, this is how they are born, and this is how we play them ourselves, so it is nice to be able to share this side of the music with other people as well as the dance versions.” Hewitt’s brother Anthony delivered backing vocals and guitar on the EP, just another project for the siblings who Hewitt says
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get on “fantastically”. “We are best mates really,” she says. “We have always worked together for over 10 years now. We started playing in bands together as teenagers, we always wrote the songs together and had a few publishing and record deals in the rock and acoustic worlds before heading into dance music. We still both write all of the tracks and Anthony is also my manager now so it is very much a collaboration in all areas.” Having collaborated with some of the world’s biggest EDM artists including Cosmic Gate and Dash Berlin, Hewitt is constantly on the road travelling and touring with these artists and in solo mode. “When I am in travelling mode I tend to read a lot; I have a kindle that my parents gave me a while back which has been a life-saver, so I have read loads of books this year,” she says. “I do love watching Breaking Bad or Arrested Development when I have the time too.” Despite all the travelling, Hewitt is doing what she loves and says it’s really difficult to pick a favourite show from this year’s batch. “They are all unique in their own way, we always meet interesting people and see amazing places that are all so different so it is difficult to compare and choose,” she says. “I did particularly enjoy the Australian tour with Cosmic Gate in April though, it was so fantastic to go home and play such well received, sold out shows on home turf, and to have some of my friends there. That was a pretty memorable experience! “I found Israel extremely beautiful and I am always blown away by the people and crowds in South America. Milan last week was an extremely energetic crowd and the big festivals in America like Nocturnal Wonderland are loads of fun with an absolutely electric atmosphere.” FEATURES
Hewitt says she’s very lucky with all the producers she’s worked with. “[They are] really genuinely nice people,” she says. “I tour a lot with Cosmic Gate, and they are just the greatest people, with an amazing energy, their shows are always an absolute blast! Dash Berlin is also really lovely and we have a lot of fun. Armin [van Buuren] is a very sweet and down to earth person. It is refreshing to see DJs with this level of success still be humble and friendly.” And as for future collaborations, Hewitt has already got a few people in mind. “I’d love to do something with The Glitch Mob or something completely left with someone like Eskmo – I am really drawn towards downtempo/soundscape type music at the moment,” she says. Hewitt has a bunch of collabs due to drop later this year, if not, early next year and then will be starting work on a new album or EP in November as well as touring. “I am working on earning those frequent flyer points,” she chuckles.
And, she says she’s looking forward to making the trip back Down Under for Future Music Festival 2013. “I love coming home to play shows, and Future has always been one of my favourite festivals. I am sure there will be some surprises, maybe a new song or two. Costume-wise I am not sure but I will definitely be wearing something from Aussie designers Black Milk, I wear their leggings and bodysuits for pretty much all of my shows, I can’t get enough of them!” Annabel Maclean Emma Hewitt [AUS] plays Future Music Festival at Flemington Racecourse on Sunday March 11 alongside The Prodigy [UK], Dizzee Rascal [UK], Bloc Party [UK] and more.
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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
SATURDAY10TH 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
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! Red Love, Level 1, 401 Swanston Street, Melbourne
SHAKA SATURDAY The newest R&B Superclub Shaka Saturdays grand opening is set to hit Melbourne over two massive weeks. The northern suburbs newest, freshest club playing all of your favourite R&B, hip hop, old skool and reggae. Shaka Saturdays is showcasing Australias newest and favourite R&B DJs, including DJ C-RAM bringing video mixing to Melbourne and special guest hip hop band Yellow Cake. Set at one of the most amazing venues Melbourne has to offer with two levels, good music, great ‘Shaka’ atmosphere and cheap drinks, we are hoping to pack it out and create a night for people to remember. Level 2 The Club, 2 Arthurton Rd, Northcote
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
RHYTHMALISMATFUSION
DJ Profile: Anthony Nave
LIGHT We celebrate everything that has made Light at Red Love, kicking off with our after work drinks session from 4pm. Our DJ lineup includes each and every one of the Daddy Mack’s who have helped lead Light into our 5th running year of old school R&B. Harvey Yeah, Ripz, TMC and Stel Kar locking down that Old School Flava with guest appearances by G.A.K. & The Seminar of Funk and Nick K. It’s all happening this Friday as we celebrate 5 years of doing our do and bringing that Red Love! Red Love, Level 1, 401 Swanston Street, Melbourne
THE LOOSE GOOSE
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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
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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
100% URBAN PICS
Where’s the strangest place you’ve woken up? Would have to be waking up in my parents bathroom at 5am after having far too many drinks one Saturday night! Describe yourself using the title of a song. Gonazalez – Haven’t Stopped Dancing Yet What was the weirdest thing you believed as a child? Santa Clause is real?! The most awkward moment you’ve had as a DJ? Ejecting a CD while it was playing at my birthday party! Gotta stop drink-DJing! What would be the worst dance track in the world to be tortured with on repeat? Barbie Girl. What’s the most played record in your bag? I have lots of favourites but I can always listen to The Emotions – Best of My Love. It encapsulates the ‘80s to a tee! What question would you like to ask an omniscient, allknowing being before you die? What are the lyrics to Push The Feeling On - Nightcrawlers? If you hadn’t made it as a DJ, what job would you choose to work in instead? Test car driver for Motor Magazine. When and where is your next gig? RedLove in the next few weeks on a Saturday playing classic retro hits from the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s with some old skool R&B thrown into the mix!
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29th Apartment 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9078 8922
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
Bertha Brown 562 Flinders Street, 9629 1207
New Guernica Lvl 2, Hub Arcade, 318-322 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9650 4464
Big Mouth 168 Acland St, St.Kilda, 9534 4611
Night Cat 141 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 0090
Billboard 170 Russell St, Melb, 9639 4000
Night Cat 279 Flinders Ln, Melb, 9654 0444
Bimbo Deluxe 376 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 8600
Noise Bar 291 Albert St, Brunswick, 9380 1493
Birmingham Hotel Cnr Smith & Johnston St, Fitzroy
Northcote Social Club 301 High St, Northcote, 9489 3917
Black Cat 252 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 6230
Old Bar 74 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 4155
Blue Bar 330 Chapel St, Prahran, 9529 6499
One Twenty Bar 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy
Blue Tile Lounge 95 Smith St, Fitzroy
Onesixone 161 High St, Prahran, 9533 8433
Boutique 134 Greville St, Prahran, 9525 2322
Order Of Melbourne level 2, 401 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 6707
Brown Alley King Street, Melb,9670 8599
Palace Hotel 893 Burke Rd, Camberwell
Brunswick Hotel 140 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9387 6637
Palace Theatre 20-30 Bourke St, Melb, 9650 0180
Builders Arms 211 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
Palais 111 Main Rd, Hepburn Springs, 5348 4849
Cabinet Bar 11 Rainbow Alley, Melbourne, 9654 0915
Palais Theatre Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, 9525 3240
Caravan Music Club 95 Drummond St, Oakleigh
Papa Goose 91 Flinders Ln, Melbourne, 9663 2800
Caseys Nightclub 660A Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, 9810 0030
Penny Black 420 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9380 8667
Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets 80 Smith St, Collingwood, 9415 8876
Pier Live Hotel 508 Nepean Hwy, Frankston, 9783 9800
CBD Club 12-14 McKillop St, Melb, 9670 3638
Pony 68-70 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9662 1026
Chaise Lounge Basement, 105 Queen St, Melb, 9670 6120
Portland Hotel Cnr Lt Collins & Russell St, Melb, 9810 0064
Chandelier Room 91 Cochranes Rd, Moorabbin, 9532 2288
The Prague Hotel, 911 High St, Northcote, 9495 0000
Chelsea Heights Hotel Cnr Springvale & Wells Rd,
Pretty Please 61c Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9534 4484
Chelsea Heights, 9773 4453
Prince Bandroom 29 Fitztory St, St Kilda, 9536 1168
Cherry Bar AC/DC Ln, Melb, 9639 8122
Prince Of Wales 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9536 1168
Chi Lounge 195 Lt Bourke St, Melbourne, 9662 2688
Public Bar 238 Victoria St, North Melb, 9329 6522
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
Red Love 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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Longroom 162 Collins St, Melbourne, 9663 9226 Loop 23 Meyers Pl, Melb, 9654 0500 Lounge 243 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 2916 The Lounge Pit 386-388 Brunswick St, Fitzroy 9415 6142
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