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on tour EXAMPLE [USA] Friday May 3, The Palace MAX COOPER [UK] Friday May 3, RMH The Venue YACHT [USA] Friday May 3, Ding Dong Lounge NINA KRAVIZ [RUS] Friday May 3, Brown Alley DJ WOODY [UK] Friday May 3, The Espy YING YANG TWINS [USA] Saturday May 4, The Espy WILKINSON [UK] Saturday May 4, The Liberty Social BAAUER [USA] Saturday May 4, Brown Alley RYAN ELLIOT [USA] Friday May 10, Brown Alley VAKULA [UKR] Friday May 10, Mercat Basement RROSE [USA] Saturday May 11, The Liberty Social RADIOSLAVE [UK] Friday May 17, Brown Alley GENIUS OF TIME [SWE] Friday May 17, The Liberty Social DELTA HEAVY [UK] Sunday May 19, RMH The Venue OCTO OCTA [USA], MAGIC TOUCH [USA], BOBBY BROWSER [USA] Friday May 24, Mercat Basement Saturday May 25, Shebeen KARL HYDE [UK] Saturday May 25, Melbourne Recital Centre RIFF RAFF [USA] Wednesday May 29, The Liberty Social ROBERT BABICZ [GER], MARC ROMBOY [GER] Friday May 31, Brown Alley ELITE FORCE [UK] Friday May 31, RMH The Venue KUTSKI [UK] Friday May 31, Roxanne Parlour CHRIS FORTIER [USA] Friday May 31, New Guernica FLATBUSH ZOMBIES [USA] Saturday June 1, The Toff In Town COSMIN TRG [ROM] Friday June 7, New Guernica THE REVENGE [SCO] Saturday June 8, The Liberty Social DASH BERLIN [NED] Saturday June 8, Shed 14 CHRIS LIEBING [GER], JIMMY EDGAR [USA] Sunday June 9, Brown Alley JEFF MILLS [USA] Sunday June 9, The Bottom End SEPALCURE [USA], DJ RASHAD [USA] + MORE Sunday June 9, TBA ATA [GER] Friday June 21, Mercat Basement A$AP ROCKY [USA] Saturday June 29, Festival Hall ALEX KIDD [UK] Friday July 12, Billboard CHVRCHES [UK] Monday August 5, Corner Hotel EARTHCORE: ANGY KORE [ITA], PERFECT STRANGER [ISR] + MORE Friday November 29 - Sunday December 2, TBA BRUNO MARS [USA], MIGUEL [USA] Tuesday March 4 & Wednesday March 5, Rod Laver Arena
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Oscar Davey-Wraight is not your run-of-the-mill beat maker. Specialising in funkadelic bass music and glitch hop, this producer from New Zealand, now living in Melbourne, is an artist of the old fashion creed. Beats converses with him about his recent work and his brand new live show. Opiuo aka Oscar Davey-Wraight’s recent Butternut Slap EP series is something else. His intricate and diverse production could be described as being a funky trip through The Matrix on smack, but there’s one element that’s ever-present, and that’s ‘the groove’. His 2008 remix of Benny Tones’ Fire Fly was his first experimentation with downtempo grooves, where he brought the BPMs down to 93 to create a chill out vibe. “That was the first time I’d slowed down my sound,” he explains. “I’d been more into making break beats and electro, 4/4, a bit of drum and bass. But yeah that’s the first time I experimented with slowing the groove. Emotion is also important to my work, but I think the groove for me, is more resonating and if there’s no groove, it doesn’t work.” The Butternut Slap series, a follow up to his critically acclaimed Slurp And Giggle LP of 2010, has been blitzing it on Beatport and has resulted in Opiuo recently taking out five categories in the UK Glitch Hop Awards. The series was released as three EPs over the last year with a dope remix version featuring seven producers including Infected Mushroom having just dropped. “At the time I was experimenting a lot, so I knew my sound was evolving. I was also going through quite a traumatic time with one of my ears and having big operations just previously to that series,” Davey-Wraight says of his choice to release the work as a series of EPs rather than an LP. “I knew I wanted to change things up and experiment, so if I’d
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decided to do an album, it would have taken me a year to write and during that time, my sound would have changed a lot. The EPs have given me the chance to do what I want.” Davey-Wraight has taken on many remixes, but his reworkings are artistic and original, leaving no room for accusations of subscribing to commercial remix culture.
re-rub of Infected Mushroom’s U R So Fucked. “At the moment, I’m getting asked to do remixes constantly, but I’m working on a new album and I think it’s really important to not become known as just a remix producer and to keep some balance. “People really like to hear your take on things but I think at the moment, there’s a lot of people just working on remixing preexisting songs and trying to hype themselves up that way, using the popularity of that already existing song, but there’s no real quality behind what they’re doing a lot of the time. I love it when people do a really good remix and then put out an album that’s also really awesome.” Alongside currently working on a full length album and touring the world constantly, Davey-Wraight has transformed his already semi-live solo show into a six-piece outfit, blending the organic with the digital. “I really want it to have a really live feel,” he says. “It’s all Opiuo music with parts being played on trumpets, guitars, keys or drums, blasting a much more organic feel and has a lot of raw live energy. It becomes a bit more human.”
Opiuo plays at The Hi-Fi on Saturday May 11 alongside Spoonbill, who will be launching his Boca Fiesta EP. facebook.com/opiuo
His remixes are as diverse as his own original productions, having produced a cinematic remix for Disney’s Tron Uprising soundtrack, a glitch hop version of The Upbeats Diffused and a
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Sydney’s “poster boy of Italo funk”, Donny Benet will be supporting YACHT for their Australian headline shows. Oregon pop duo Yacht are due to tour Australia at the end of this month as part of the Groovin’ The Moo festival. YACHT, supported by Donny Benet will be playing Melbourne at Ding Dong Lounge this Friday May 3.
The Revenge is a producer who understands the past but embraces the future. The analogue approach, forward thinking productions and his versatility as a DJ, has ensured him a place as one of the leading names in House music in recent years. After making music for over 15 years, Graeme rose to prominence in 2010 with a string of productions and remixes, which lead to the opportunity to reconstruct an entire album for Z Records, reworking the classic sounds of artists such as Johnny Adams and The Joneses to much critical acclaim. Definitely not a producer to rest on any success, Graeme has gone on to forge several aliases and collaborative projects for his prolific production and experienced engineering demands. If it is in partnership, an undercover alias or as The Revenge, the chances are your listening has been soundtracked in some way by Graeme’s music in the past few years. Expect to hear a lot more in the future too. The Revenge plays at The Liberty Social on Saturday June 8.
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dash berlin darkbeat’s 10th birthday
Darkbeat will be celebrating ten years of being at the forefront of Melbourne’s underground next month with none other than John Digweed. It’s no surprise that Darkbeat has gone on to position itself as one of Australia’s foremost underground dance tastemakers, having toured and hosted the world’s most leading and sought after acts such as Sasha, Sven Vath, Derrick Carter, Claude VonStoke, Stanton Warriors, Pendulum, J00F, Loco Dice, Seth Troxler, Adam Beyer and Steve Lawler just to name a few. Alongside John Digweed, Darkbeat will have a selection of their longest standing favourite DJs joining this huge occasion to help celebrate in true style, including the Australian legend, Mr Anthony Pappa. It all goes down at the Prince of Wales on Sunday June 9.
Dash Berlin is finally returning to Melbourne as part of the #Musicislife world tour. Fresh from impressive performances at: Ultra Music Festival and EDC in Chicago. Dash Berlin fans have eagerly been anticipating the announcement of the #Musicislife concert and stadium show since his standout performance at Stereosonic 2012. Joining Dash Berlin will be special guest: MaRLo, fresh from performances at ASOT 600 in Beirut and Ministry of Sound in London. Dash Berlin plays at Shed 14 on Saturday June 8.
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Riff Raff, aka the Neon Icon, aka Jody Highroller, aka Rap Game James Franco, has announced his Melbourne debut alongside an appearance at Sydney’s Vivid LIVE. Signed to Diplo’s Mad Decent label, Riff Raff has gained prominence with his larger than life persona and mind-boggling wordplay. Though James Franco tries to claim otherwise, Riff Raff’s image provided inspiration for the upcoming Harmony Korine film Spring Breakers. Riff Raff performs at Liberty Social on Wednesday May 29.
One of Australia’s most bizarre stomping grounds, Red Bennies, celebrates its third birthday in May and they’re throwing one hell of a party to commemorate the event. The night features Client Liasion, DJs Edd Fisher and Fugitive, Mike Gurieri, Random As Fuck Stage Shows, cage dancers and heaps more. The theme is New Years Eve 1999 with all proceeds going to fund indie film START.OPTIONS. EXIT. It’s all on at Red Bennies on Friday May 10.
thundercat genius of time Alexander Berg and Nils Krogh aka Genius Of Time continue to rule with their ancient drum machines and synthesizers - creating insanely catchy grooves for modern day dancefloors around the world. They are stopping in Melbourne for the very first time to play a special live set, showcasing the music of their label Aniara Recordings. It happens at The Liberty Social on Friday May 17.
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As bassist for Erykah Badu and Suicidal Tendencies, Stephen Bruner is no stranger to Australian shores, however the master of the four-string, on the eve of the announce of his second album, is now coming to Australia for his first ever headline tour. In 2011, Thundercat dazzled listeners worldwide with his debut for Brainfeeder The Golden Age of Apocalypse, a shimmering culmination of influences as diverse as yacht rock and free jazz produced by frequent collaborator Flying Lotus. His singing also takes to the fore on catchy tracks like Walkin and the brand new lead single Heartbreaks + Setbacks off the second album Apocalypse due out this July. Thundercat will play the Forum with Hiatus Kaiyote on Friday June 7.
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the upbeats
BBA and Whomp are joining forces to present a massive night of diverse electronic music. The Upbeats need no introduction to Melbourne, religiously tearing apart venues for many years for Broken Beat Assault, and this time are touring on the back of their biggest release to date, their new album Primitive Technique. Glitch Hop specialists K+Lab and Analog MC also join a massive line up of homegrown artists spread over two rooms of beats and bass lines. It goes down on Brown Alley on Friday May 24.
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Where’s the strangest place you’ve woken up? A paddock in Altona, no idea how I got there, last thing I remember I was in the city. A local old chap gave me a lift to the station. He was a good guy. I also once woke up folded awkwardly upside down in the front seat of a stranger’s Suzuki Swift. It was weird. What was the weirdest thing you believed as a child? That suede was pronounced ‘sooood.’ Describe your sound and live set-up. I suck at subgenres, so I’ll just use some keywords: bass, glitch, melodic, off-beat. I’m a sucker for booming 808 beats. Live set-up is constantly in flux but at the moment I combine a laptop running Ableton, an analogue synth/sequencer and a Kaoss pad. The most awkward moment you’ve had as a DJ? Trying to explain that I’m not a DJ and I can’t play Beyonce with my drum machine.
Nero - Crush on You. I’m not opposed to ‘wub wub’ music but god damn that song is awful. What question would you like to ask an omniscient, allknowing being before you die? Could you please transport me to a time in which we have hoverboards? Even if it’s a no, it would be worth a try. If you hadn’t made it as a producer, what job would you choose to work in instead? I’m pretty fresh to making electronic music, I grew up playing in punk/hardcore bands, I definitely haven’t ‘made it.’ By day I’m a freelance graphic artist/designer so if the music bug never grabbed me I’d probably be working a more corporate design job. When and where is your next gig? Mercat Basement this Friday, supporting Maximum Wolf for his album launch, with Blossoms opening the night.
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dj woody word s / a ug u st u s we lby
It sounds like the lengthy flight over from England has left DJ Woody feeling slightly unbalanced when he answers the phone a day prior to the opening gig on his first Australian tour. “Still recovering from the flight I think. Landed yesterday at 5am, so still disorientated a little bit really,” he says. Thankfully he’s permitted a day of rest before grabbing hold of the decks to scratch through a ‘90s hip hop extravaganza on a twoweek Australian stint. “I’m meeting my agent dude today, going to do a bit of the tourist thing, have a bit of a chilled one today so it’s all good,” says Woody with a tone of relief. This is the first time DJ Woody has made the trip to Australia and his multi-sensory dancefloor experience is set to inspire revelry on the Groovin’ The Moo festival tour and at a string of club shows around the country. Woody admits that his inaugural journey to southern shores has been a long time coming. “I’ve had the carrot dangled a few times for Australian tours but this is the first time it’s actually happened. Pretty stoked to be here.” Despite the delayed Australian visit, DJ Woody is no stranger to world travel. Over the past 15 years (and particularly since claiming the title of International Turntablist Federation World Champion in 2001) DJing has taken him to many illustrious locations across multiple continents. In fact, reflecting on the extent of his global roaming, he exclaims, “I’ve been everywhere apart from Australia!” DJ Woody hails from Lancashire in northern England and started
DJing there, as well as neighbouring Manchester, in the early ‘90s. He explains that when he begun DJing it was no more than a minor hobby, so the fact that it’s become a full-time occupation is a perpetual thrill. “To be honest with you DJing was never supposed to be a career full-stop, so at every single hurdle it’s been a surprise.” Understandably, the sense of delight is magnified when his vocational exploits transport him to the other side of the world. “I remember the first big one that was pretty awesome and really a surprise location was when I went to South Africa. I ended up doing a bunch of gigs in Capetown and Johannesburg and Durban and ended up doing DJ workshops in the middle of Soweto, teaching kids to scratch down there. It was a big eye opener,” he reveals. Being educationally interactive with locals suggests that Woody’s touring workspace isn’t restricted to the depths of dance clubs. He elaborates that the aforementioned South African trip was one segment of a cultural exchange program facilitated by the British council. “They work out cultural programs and exchange programs for ex-colonial places. On the same tour we ended up in Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago and India doing a similar sort of thing – performances and workshops. Obviously, being a scratch nerd I can do all that stuff as well. Really enriching experience, definitely.” Woody believes that his occupation offers remarkable opportunities
bombs away word s / to m k i t s o n
With new track Drunk Arcade ready for release, Bombs Away are living the high life after honing their skills for years. One half of the brother duo, Sketch, spoke to Beats ahead of their upcoming visit to Villa. Former Perth club promoters-turned-nationwide DJs and producers Thomas Hart and Sketch have always been all about the party, churning out hits like Party Bass and Super Soaker with film clips exclusively featuring themselves amongst bikiniclad women partying hard. Their newest single Drunk Arcade follows suit, reinforcing their desire to bring the party atmosphere wherever they go. Now residing on the Gold Coast after growing up in Perth, these electro DJ/MC’s haven’t got to where they are by chance alone. Sketch details the beginnings of the project, including the journey from being local promoters to big time national stars. “We used to run events in Perth, and it just sort of came from there,” he says. “I’ve been DJing since I was really, really young, and my brother Tom basically started doing the same thing separately. “We were doing our own things with different names, until about
three years ago now when we got together and started doing this Bombs Away thing.” As they began performing as a group, the boys were also working on their own music including early releases Big Booty Bitches and Swagger, tunes which quickly hit the charts and put their name on the map. With their name generating a lot of interest across the country, they have set up on the Gold Coast, where they work on their music when they aren’t on tour, while still trying to get home to Perth every few months. Sketch says their musical education started with Perth’s own artists, himself and his brother taking interest in various bass genres. “We both come from a bass background, guys like Kid Kenobi and Perth’s Micah have always influenced us heavily,” he says. “We booked Micah for a few gigs as promoters and have played alongside him at Ambar before we were Bombs Away. He’s had one of the biggest influences on us because his DJ sets are so crazy.” It’s this combination of mutual enjoyment and camaraderie
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At first glance, classical music and psytrance seem like unlikely bedfellows. Aside from Infected Mushroom’s 2000 album Classical Mushroom and the amusing moniker of Russian darkpsy producer Psykovsky, you’d be forgiven for thinking the two styles of music have very little in common. But for Melbourne producer Felix Greenlees — who performs as both psytrance-oriented project Terrafracty and the more downtempo Hypnagog — an upbringing rich with classical music has played a vital part in his musical education. “It’s been a very large influence,” he reveals. “Actually, it’s pretty much integral to the way I write music. When I don’t feel like ‘writing’, I spend a lot of time improvising what I would call classical music, as well as jazz, on the piano in my studio. This is where I come up with many of my melodic ideas. I also tend to think in terms of melody, harmony, counterpoint and structure in much the same way I learnt to analyse these things while studying classical
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compositional techniques.” His first introduction to electronic music was from hardcore and drum and bass, which Greenlees found “quite fascinating”. “It was so different from the classical music culture I had grown up in,” he admits. “But it wasn’t long before I found myself at a full moon Goa trance party, and from that moment I was hooked! “I started trying to write Goa trance on my computer the moment I heard it. I slaved away in vain for many years before giving up and deciding electronic music was not for me. This was mainly due to a lack of good equipment though, and when it came to a point where anyone with a computer could write decent-sounding music I jumped straight back into it. A few years later, I was playing it all over the country!” Having moved to Melbourne 15 years ago from Tasmania, Greenlees has nothing but praise for the city’s electronic music scene. “It’s amazingly vibrant and diverse. It seems to
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to travel around the world and become immersed in settings that surpass the general tourist experience. “I love different types of food and I love trying to soak up whatever the culture is. I think as a DJ it’s a good way to experience a place really, even though you have very limited time. Sometimes you might have just a day or two or something but at least you meet the right heads. If you go as a tourist you’re just seeing the tourist stuff really.” Rather than holding him back, his DJ work requirements generally fast-track him towards where he’d most like to be. “The promoter is usually a local guy and knows everybody on the music scene. Generally speaking, as soon as you get there you’ve got the perfect hook-up because he knows all the people who are into a similar thing in that city. It’s kind of ‘power-tourism’ sometimes. They’ll take you to the record shops or if you’re interested in the local food usually they can hook you up with the good stuff straight away.” DJ Woody’s Australian tour is focused around the Groovin’ The Moo tour and the extensive lineups and unpredictability of scheduling means that festivals can sometimes be a hit or miss gig environment. However, Woody discusses how his relish for festivals has grown since augmenting his live show with his own visual animations (which also allows him to implement the skills he learned studying graphic design at university). “Since I started giving a visual aspect to the DJing, pretty much I find the bigger the crowd the better really. With the visual element it really helps when you’re on a good size stage. It’s a balance between having people dancing, keeping people interested in what you’re presenting visually. In a band kind of set-up where everybody is already facing the stage, I think it really works with the visual stuff because they’re not just in a club talking to their mates, they’re kind of focused on what’s going on onstage. For me, with the visual stuff, the festivals are kind of a perfect outlet for those really. As much as I enjoy small sweaty clubs, it’s definitely a different experience. I defy anybody to not vibe off a good sized crowd.”
DJ Woody plays The Espy on Friday May 3 and Groovin’ The Moo in Bendigo on Saturday May 4. facebook.com/djwoodymusic soundcloud.com/djwoodymusic
behind the decks that spurs Sketch on, with performing always being a party in itself, allowing the duo to bounce off other artists while doing their own thing. “The party electro stuff is what we’re really digging, just because it turns into such crazy nights,” he says. “We get to hang out with other DJs and people in the same industry, and not just the big guys like Steve Aoki and those guys, but also other crew around the country who are all in it for the same reason and are cool people to hang out with.” Describing the Bombs Away signature sound, Sketch outlines the mix of genres and styles of music they pick from, with the intention to bring the party while exploring music further and in different directions. “People kept asking us what we play, and we said it’s bass music, as in dubstep, trap, electro and all that,” he says. “But it’s not just any of those genres. We have a party bass take on it, and that’s where the name for the song came from.” Releasing new material in the coming months with collaboration from Luciana, Bombs Away are also making big plans to tackle the American scene, having started work on another track with Lil’ Wayne through remote recording. Their lyrics and video clips would seem suited to the US dance market, and their efforts to push themselves and work with other artists can only broaden their reach and enhance their reputation. As he discusses what goes on behind the scenes of one of their music videos, Sketch is almost in disbelief about what some parts of their work allow them to do. “Every music video we’ve done has essentially been an actual party,” he says. “As soon as the cameras turn off we end up partying for the rest of the night, so it’s good times.”
Bombs Away’s latest release Drunk Arcade is out now through Central Station Records. facebook.com/bombsawaymusic soundcloud.com/bombs-away
be one of the hubs of creativity in general in Australia. The constant influx of new people really keeps it interesting, and quite musically diverse. As an artist, it can be a hard place to leave. “It’s is probably still my favourite place to play,” he continues, “mainly because I am often surrounded by my good friends. Playing music in new places and to people that may have never heard your music before is amazingly exciting, but there’s still nothing quite like having a good time with your mates.” In terms of new material, Greenlees has a couple of fresh cuts he’s been playing out lately. “I recently released my EP A Speck of Dust on my new record label Kinematic Records. I have two tracks from this EP, especially the title track and The Machinery of Nature, that have a slightly more progressive feel than a lot of my other music. They’ve been a great way to close out my sets — or even to open them, depending on the time and place.” When quizzed on the future of psytrance, Greenlees says there are changes in the air. “It’s always evolving and changing so that is a very hard question, but I think there is starting to be a slow shift away from the cheesy progressive sounds that have started to dominate parties lately, especially in Europe. I noticed in my travels last year that a lot of people are starting to rebel against this and are really enjoying fast and dark psychedelic music, which is really interesting, but still not really for me. I sit somewhere in the middle!”
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When is it? Every Saturday. Where is it? Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. Who’s playing? Mafia, Mat Can’t, Get Busy, M-Phazes and Brooklyn Queenz. What sort of shit will they be playing? Hip hop, party, trill. What’s the crowd going to be like? Party People.
What will we remember in the AM? That you had a fucking amazing time! What’s the wallet damage? Pub prices. Give us one final reason why we should party here. Because you can rage and get great drinks all in one place! facebook.com/thelaundrybar
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club guide wednesday may 1
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ANZAC DAY EVE - FEAT: BELLA JABARA + JAMES SOUTHWELL + LIL RSSCO Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 4:30pm. ANZAC DAY EVE First Floor, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. COQ ROQ - FEAT: AGENT 86 + DJS LADY NOIR + JOYBOT + KITI + MR THOM Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm. COSMIC PIZZA - FEAT: NHJ Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm DADA LIFE Billboard, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. DUBSTEP GRIME DRUM & BASS - FEAT: DJ BADDUMS + DJ CARMEX Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. HALFWAYS Workshop, Melbourne. 8:00pm. HOODRAPZ - FEAT: WEDNESDAY Workshop, Melbourne. 7:00pm. LOST & FOUND - FEAT: DJ SPIDEY + DJ RUBY FROST Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. MO’ SOUL - FEAT: DJ VINCE PEACH & MISS GOLDIE Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. NEW GUERNICA WEDNESDAYS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. PARTY PARTY - FEAT: DJ LP + DJ DAZZY D + DJ MING MING + DJ PITTY + DJ SLENDER + DJ YUSUF Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 10:00pm. $25. SOUL ARMY Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE DINNER SET Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm.
saturday may 4
3181 THURSDAYS - FEAT: HANS DC + JAKE JUDD + NIKKI SARAFIAN + HEY SAM + JESSE YOUNG + JOHN DOE + SEAN RAULT Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 5:00pm. BANG N MASH Word Events Warehouse & Lounge, Melbourne. 8:00pm. BILLBOARD THURSDAYS - FEAT: MATT DEAN + MATTY GRANT + PHIL ROSS Billboard, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $10. CHI BEATS Chi Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. DJ KRONIC + MS BUTT Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. DO DROP IN - FEAT: DJ KITI + DJ LADY NOIR The Carlton Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. DON’T THINK I’M ALIVE THURSDAYS The Vineyard, St Kilda. 7:00pm. FREE RANGE FUNK - FEAT: AGENT 86 + LEWIS CANCUT + WHO LUCKY COQ, WINDSOR. 6:00PM. GOOD EVENING - FEAT: DJ PEOPLE Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. GRAD PARTY THURSDAYS - FEAT: DJ ROWIE European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. LE DISCO TECH Pretty Please, St Kilda. 8:00pm. LOVE STORY Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. MEZZANINE & THE BACK ROOM - FEAT: DJ MANNEQUIN + DJ SYTO Abode, St Kilda. 9:00pm. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - FEAT: DJS PREQUEL & EDD FISHER Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. MOOD - FEAT: NUBODY Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. NEW GUERNICA THURSDAYS - FEAT: CONDUCTORS + JAMES KANE + NEGATIV MAGICK + NU BALANCE + POST PERCY New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. RADIONICA Workshop, Melbourne. 8:00pm. THE RITZ THURSDAYS - FEAT: NARI & MILANI + CARRICK DALTON & SAM COHEN + CAUC-ASIAN DJ’S + ED WILKS + JOSHUA GILILAND + KEN WALKER + LUCILLE CROFT + MAX KRUSE + TIM LIGHT + ZACK ROSE Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. $20. TIGER FUNK LIVE - FEAT: DJ MOONSHINE Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. TROCADERO Match Bar & Grill, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
VENICE MUSIC - FEAT: DJ ALI E Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8:00pm. BILLBOARD SATURDAYS - FEAT: FRAZER ADNAM SCOTT MCMAHON + JAMIE VLAHOS + MR MAGOO + ZIGGY Billboard, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15. CHI SATURDAYS Chi Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm .CLUB FICTION - FEAT: KITTY ROCK & THE BAD LADIES Red Bennies, South Yarra. 2:00am. DJ PLAZMA Idgaff Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. FIRST FLOOR SATURDAYS - FEAT: BILLY HOYLE + DJS DUCHESZ + MZRIZK + WASABI First Floor, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. GLITCH THIS - FEAT: SATURDAY Workshop, Melbourne. 7:00pm. HOT STEP Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. LAB 22 Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. MIXED DRINKS SATURDAYS Libation, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. MOTEL SATURDAYS The Motel, South Melbourne. 8:00pm. NEO SACRILEGE - FEAT: DJ NERO Abode, St Kilda. 8:00pm. NEW GUERNICA SATURDAYS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. ONESIXFIVE - FEAT: DJ COURTNEY MILLS + DJ HOOPS + DJ OLLIE HOLMES + DJ JOSH PAOLA + DJ WILL CUMMINGS Onesixone, Prahran. 3:00am. POISON APPLE Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm. SATURDAY CONFIDENTIAL Galley Room, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SATURDAYS - FEAT: ACTION SAM + DJ ROWIE European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. SATURDAYS @ LEVEL 2 - FEAT: DJ BOOGS + DJ CHESTWIG + DJ LUKE MCD + DJ MIKE HUNT + DJ ROWIE + DJ SPECIAL K Level 2 The Club, Northcote. 9:00pm. SATURDAYS AT ONE TWENTY BAR One Twenty Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SOUND EMPIRE - FEAT: DJ TATE STRAUSS + DJ JOE SOFO + DJ MATTY + DJ MISS SARAH + DJ PHIL ROSS Fusion, Southbank. 9:30pm. $25. SOUTH SIDE SHOW - FEAT: EDD FISHER + KNAVE KNIXX Red Bennies, South Yarra. 8:00pm. $15. STAR SATURDAYS Star Bar, South Melbourne. 8:00pm. STRUT SATURDAYS - FEAT: COLLECTIVE + ANDREAS + DANNY MERX + HENRIQUE + JASON SERINI + MARK PELLEGRINI + MC JUNIOR + NICK VAN WILDER Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. $22. SUNDAY NIGHTS - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ JAY J + DJ KEN WALKER + DJ LIGHTING Co., Southbank. 8:30pm. TEMPERANCE SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ MARCUS KNIGHT + DJ XANDER JAMES Temperance Hotel, South Yarra. 8:00pm. TEXTILE - FEAT: DJS PACMAN + JEAN PAUL + MOONSHINE + TAH lLucky Coq, Windsor. 6:00pm. THE FOX SATURDAYS Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. THE HOUSE DEFROST - FEAT: DJ ANDEE FROST Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. TOO MUCH 4TH BIRTHDAY - FEAT: MOSCA + DAVID BASS + NAISE + SAME O + WOZ Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. WHAT’S DOING? - FEAT: DJ CITIZEN.COM Workshop, Melbourne. 8:00pm. WHY NOT? - FEAT: SATURDAY Pretty Please, St Kilda. 8:00pm.
friday may 3
sunday may 5
thursday may 2
ANYTIME Workshop, Melbourne. 8:30pm. BADABOOM FRIDAYS - FEAT: DJ ROWIE European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. CANT SAY Platform One, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10. CHI FRIDAYS Chi Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. CQ FRIDAYS Cq, Melbourne. 8:00pm. CRUCIAL SOCIAL ACADEMY - FEAT: DJ A13 + DJ JELLYFISHWORKSHOP, MELBOURNE. 8:00PM. discotheque - feat: elana musto + greg sara + scott t MATCH BAR & GRILL, MELBOURNE CBD. 7:00PM. FRIDAY NIGHT COMMERCIAL HOUSE DJS - FEAT: HIJACK + LIVNBEYNG + MAGIC HOUSE Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 8:30pm. I LOVE OLD SCHOOL - FEAT: SHAGGZ & PUPPET + DJ TEY + MERV MAC Red Bennies, South Yarra. 10:00pm. $10. JUICY - FEAT: CHAIRMAIN MEOW + COBURG MARKET + MR. FOX + TIGERFUNK + WHO Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. MEET YOUR MATES FRIDAYS Libation, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. MIDNIGHT MIDNIGHT New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. MR VEGAS Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm. PANORAMA - FEAT: DJS MATT RAD + MR GEORGE + PHATO A MANO + TOM MEAGHER Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:00pm. POPROCKS - FEAT: DR PHIL SMITH Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. REMEMBER ME The Motel, South Melbourne. 8:00pm. RETRO SEXUAL One Twenty Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. REVOLVER FRIDAYS (ANTARCTICA REMIX LAUNCH) - FEAT: DJ LEWIE DAY + DJ MIKE CALLANDER + DJ ALEX THOMAS + DJ KATIE DROVER + DJ WHO Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. SATURDAY MORNING - FEAT: DJ SUNSHINE + DJ BUTTERS + DJ HEY SAM Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00am. SHUFFLE FRIDAY NIGHTS Bridie O’reilly’s Brunswick, Brunswick. 10:00pm. SVELT + BISCOTTI + MANGELWURZEL 303, Northcote. 8:30pm. $10. THE FOX FRIDAYS Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. UPTOWN GROOVE Order Of Melbourne, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
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WEEKENDER! Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SHUFFLE FRIDAY NIGHTS Bridie O’reilly’s Brunswick, Brunswick. 11:00pm. THE FOX FRIDAYS Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. UPTOWN GROOVE Order Of Melbourne, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
COSMIC TONIC Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 9:30pm. DANGER - FEAT: GEORGE HYSTERIC & ROHAN BELLTOWERS The Carlton Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. GUILTY PLEASURES Pretty Please, St Kilda. 8:00pm. MOTEL SUNDAYS The Motel, South Melbourne. 8:00pm. NO MORE-BANG-FOR-BUCK BURLESQUE SHOW! Red Bennies, South Yarra. 8:00pm. REVOLVER SUNDAYS - FEAT: DJ BOOGS + DJ SPACEY SPACE + DJ RADIATOR + DJ SILVERSIX + DJ T-REK Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:30pm. SOUTH SIDE HUSTLE - FEAT: ASKEW + BOOSHANK + DISCO HARRY + JUNJI + MISS BUTT + PAZ + PETER BAKER Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:30pm. SUNDAE SHAKE - FEAT: AGENT 86 + PHATO-A-MANO + TIGERFUNK Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. SUNDAY SESSIONS - FEAT: DAN BOWDENA ND MAYFIELD + FOUNKSHUI Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 4:30pm. SURRENDER - FEAT: DJ SERGEANT SLICK + DJ ADAM TRACE + DJ ADRIAN CHESSARI + DJ CHRIS OSTROM + DJ SEF Fusion, Southbank. 8:00pm. THE SUNDAY SET - FEAT: DJS ANDYBLACK + HAGGIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm.
monday may 6
IBIMBO - FEAT: LADY NOIR & KITI Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. KOOL AID - FEAT: DJ MU-GEN Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. STIFF DRINK - FEAT: DJ MICHAEL KUCYK + DJ MICHAEL OZONE + DJ ROMAN WAFERS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. TWERKERS CLUB - FEAT: DJ FLETCH Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.
tuesday may 7
BIMBO TUESDAYS - FEAT: ADAM ASKEW Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. COSMIC PIZZA Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:00pm. dj jaguar E55, MELBOURNE CBD. 8:00PM. never cheer before you know who’s winning - feat: repeter fonda REVOLVER UPSTAIRS, PRAHRAN. 7:00PM.
electronic - urban - club life
snaps level 2
urban club guide snaps faktory
wednesday may 1
saturday may 4
COMPRESSION SESSION - FEAT: CASSAWARRIOR + DD + RICKA E55, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SOUL ENSEMBLE Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
CHAISE LOUNGE SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ ANDY PALA + DJ KAH LUA Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. LAUNDRY SATURDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. PHATURDAY - FEAT: TOM SHOWTIME + DJ AYNA Blue Bar, Prahran. 10:00pm. SATURDAY NIGHTS - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ JAY SIN + DJ K DEE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne. 8:30pm. THE DOJO - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Order Of Melbourne, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.
thursday may 2 BE EASY - FEAT: DJ ARKS + DJ THANKS Workshop, Melbourne. 8:00pm. PENNIES - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $6. RHYTHM-AL-ISM - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ K-DEE + DJ SIMON SEZ Fusion, Southbank. 10:00pm. $15.
no diggity at red love
sunday may 5 BE. - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ JAY J + DJ KEN WALKER Co., Southbank. 10:00pm. $15.
friday may 3
rhythm-al-ism at fusion
snaps
CHAISE FRIDAYS - FEAT: SOULCLAP + DJ CLAZ + DJ DIRX + DJ PERIL + DJ SEF Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 4:30pm. CREW LOVE - FEAT: DJ TONY SUNSHINE Sub Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15. FAKTORY - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ DURMY + DJ K DEE + DJ YATHS Khokolat Bar, Melbourne. 8:30pm. GET LIT - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. LIKE FRIDAYS - FEAT: BROZ + DIR-X + DJS DINESH + NYD + SEF + SHAGGZ + SHAUN D La Di Da, Melbourne. 7:00pm. SWEET NOTHING FRIDAYS - FEAT: DJ MARCUS KNIGHT + DJ XANDER JAMES Temperance Hotel, South Yarra. 8:00pm.
monday may 6 FREEDOM PASS - FEAT: PHIL ROSS + B-BOOGIE + CHRIS MAC + DOZZA Co., Southbank. 9:30pm. THAT’S A RAP First Floor, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.
tuesday may 7 CAN I KICK Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
khokolat koated
be. at co.
electronic - urban - club life
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