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on tour OBIE TRICE [USA] Friday June 28, Trak Lounge WINTER BEATS SOUNDSYSTEM: SKAZI [ISR], BEHIND BLUE EYES [DEN] Friday June 28, RMH The Venue BRISK [UK] Friday June 28, Charlton’s Nightclub A$AP ROCKY [USA] Saturday June 29, Festival Hall DEORRO [USA] Friday July 5, Billboard SIMON PATTERSON [UK] Friday July 5, Chasers Nightclub TOKIMONSTA [USA] Saturday July 6, The Hi-Fi NT89 [NED] Saturday July 6, RMH The Venue MARK E [UK] Saturday July 6, New Guernica ARABIAN PRINCE [USA] Saturday July 6, Revolver Upstairs JUAN ATKINS [USA], FUNK D’VOID [UK] Friday July 12, Brown Alley ALEX KIDD [UK] Friday July 12, Billboard ONRA [FRA] Thursday July 18, TBA YUKSEK [FRA] Friday July 19, The Liberty Social FRANK OCEAN [USA] Friday July 26, Festival Hall BROOKE BROTHERS [UK] Friday July 26, Brown Alley RICK WILHITE [USA] Saturday July 27, New Guernica MAURICE FULTON [USA] Saturday July 27, Revolver Upstairs JAMES BLAKE [UK] Wednesday July 31, Palais Theatre CHVRCHES [UK] Monday August 5, Corner Hotel D-BLOCK & S-TE-FAN [NED] Friday August 16, Chaser’s Nightclub GHOSTPOET [UK] Saturday September 14, Corner Hotel HERNAN CATTANEO [ARG] Friday September 20, Brown Alley RUDIMENTAL [UK] Saturday September 21, Festival Hall ROBERT HOOD [USA] Saturday September 21, The Liberty Social LISTEN OUT: DISCLOSURE [UK], TNGHT [UK], AZEALIA BANKS [USA] + MORE Saturday October 5, Observatory Precinct, Royal Botanic Gardens PORTER ROBINSON [USA] Sunday October 20, Billboard 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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Well into the second decade of spreading their musical message, Asher Swisa and Assaf Bibass have made it their life mission to love music. There was plenty that inspired them way back in 1998 when they formed the project too - whether it was watching TV and jingling away to a theme song or a commercial, listening to the radio or family members play music, or even to amassing considerable collections of music proper, the boy’s futures were almost always written. “Music is the food for the soul,” says Swisa. “It brings and stores from within, moments when you truly celebrate your life or life memories in sync with the whole human sensory experience. It’s the whole idea of the right tune at the right time, so when we have these moments on the dance floor, we know it’s the right place and right time.” With that, he proudly professes his most recent and perhaps important release. “We just released the album My Way a few months ago - as well as that, there is a new EP coming, probably in the next four months. To be honest, the album was a really big move for me because I was able to mix different styles on this album. I did a lot of collaborations and I played with the guitar player from Guns N’ Roses and another huge rock singer from South Africa – we did a dub step sort of vibe and the track got picked up in places like England and did pretty well.” Success then, all these years on, hasn’t been particularly elusive, yet the lads still feel like they have come a long way since they met over 15 years ago around the trance scene in their native Israel. It was soon after that they discovered they had been on the same page long before. “We were both in the same scene, inside parties and events and even productions and things like music and sound. Then at an event in Israel, we talked and decided to have a meeting and work out if we could do something together.” Having been uninspired in recent times by the music scene
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genres into a unique, congruent whole. “I think this year trance and EDM generally – for groups like us, Infected Mushroom and things – are seeing the American market really making a big turn to our style of music,” says Swisa. “There is so much happening and it has helped our careers; there are a lot of opportunities. I see it as a real wake up call; you can go to events and festivals all over the world from Europe to South America and even India; you can feel
the vibe and energy like never before.” Skazi continues as a duo whose music has its own unique signature. “Over the years, we have taken our music from the biggest rock festivals like Fuji Rock [in] Japan to a bush party in South Africa for a total trance crowd, to clubs in New York like Webster Hall and Club Avalon,” he explains. “We don’t really have the issue of making our music to suit the particular atmosphere we are going to play in. Basically, our agenda is to spread love for music worldwide in the name of the beat.” Which in turn, translates to Skazi’s studio work. “When writing, I’m still sticking to trance for the most part which is really the style that I believe in; but then the crossover I did with the guitar and things, I see it working in regular places and I feel that overall the Skazi style is doing well. I’m opening my mind up - I’m also still doing my TV Show in Israel too – hosting celebrities and having a few laughs and doing some comedy. I’m still also playing a lot around the world, playing gigs and doing all that sort of thing. I’m doing a lot of producing too, so I’m keeping really busy.” The duo are excited about being on their way back to Australia. “We’re bringing the guitar, synths and vocals - it’s going to be a real live performance with some rock elements. The general vibe for me in this tour is to introduce some new music for Australia. I really want us to bring some fresh ideas. We love the country of Australia – there are never any worries, whereas we always have worries in this part of the world. It’s a nice change.”
Skazi will demolish RMH The Venue when they play at the Winter Beats Soundsystem this Friday June 28. facebook.com/skazimusic soundcloud.com/skazi-music
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– certainly compared to ten plus years ago - the lads are still influenced by much that comes from around them – and it is their innate ability to combine the most innovative sounds from various
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Can people please start using the term ‘cultural airball’ more often? I want to make this a thing.
Club Fiction is a new night of debauchery, and the brainchild of Melbourne icon Kitty Rock, fearless leader of The Bad Ladies burlesque troupe. Club Fiction promises to be the destination for everything your heart desires. The evening is jam packed with burlesque performances, midnight jelly wrestling, cage dancers, Melbourne’s finest alternative DJs and the sorely missed 2am band slot. No matter where patrons turn at Club Fiction there is no shortage of entertainment. It’s at Red Bennies every Saturday.
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skudge Skudge have developed the innate ability to combine their inspiration and talent through wires and analogue equipment, always presenting something new and always pushing the boundaries of what we understand about electronic music. Their exceptional sense of loops and unexpected detail in their productions is comparable to but a few and they answer to no one, making their own music on their own terms; wherever their journey takes them they always retain a level of taste and class. Releasing their inimitable sound on Skudge Records and a slew of remixes on a list of other labels, Skudge continue to push the boundaries of techno and keep fans in tow. He’ll be visiting Australian shores this November. Stay tuned for more information.
Some artists like to leave their music to do the talking for them and usually it’s because once you hear it there leaves little need or want for long winded explanations – Maurice Fulton is one of those artists. A man of few words, Maurice Fulton is a production genius, laying his magic on tracks with the Beastie Boys, Ultra Nate and most famously Gypsy Woman by Crystal Waters. Maurice is first and foremost a producer however purveyors of house and disco will also know that Fulton is an extremely accomplished DJ. His sets are firmly routed in loft and garage classics that gave New York City its clubbing heritage. These tracks often quietly edited to perfection by his own hand are presented and EQed to maximum effect on the floor. It’s all happening at Revolver Upstairs on Saturday July 27.
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Red Bull Music Academy, the incubator program of workshops and lectures, is spreading it’s series of international club nights to Australia. Curated and hosted at Revolver Upstairs, RBMA’s regular night will feature super special guests that have participated in the Red Bull Music Academy around the world. To kick the series off, they’re going way back with South Central’s Arabian Prince, founding member of the legendary N.W.A. Expect a live DJ/ MC throwdown of not only that original West Coast gangsta rap but also a slew of the ‘80s electro-rap and proto-booty records that the Prince has more recently celebrated for with Stones Throw releasing Innovative Life: The Arabian Prince Anthology, 1984-1989. And best of all, it’s free. It goes down on Saturday July 6 at Revolver.
Come down to the Temple of Live for a night of dark batcave goth and alternative ‘80s beats, DJ Jumpin Josh explores his roots at this one-off night, dancing at places like London’s The Bat Cave, Bastille Club, Kit Kat club and Creation. Expect a set of classics from the likes of The Cult, Cure, Sisters of Mercy, Smiths, Cramps, Idol, Danielle Dax etc. to get you dancing. Jezzabel does her dark burlesque routine and the GoGO Goddesses pump out the moves in the Skull bedecked cages – all this after the Montero show and it’s free entry. Check it out on Friday June 28 at Temple of Love.
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One of New Zealand’s biggest dubstep exports, Truth are respected across the globe and are now headlining Heavy Innit’s first party at the Mercat Basement. Since their inception several years ago, Andre Fernandez and Tristan Roake have come together as both world-class producers and partyrocking DJs cutting their way through to the epicenter of the dubstep scene. They’ve enjoyed regular DJ support from Youngsta and N-Type on RinseFM with releases on labels like Tempa, Deep Medi, Black Box and Wheel & Deal to name a few. Taking it back to the roots where dubstep was still considered to be underground, Heavy Innit are winding things back with limited capacity, an intimate show in a smokey, dank basement. Head down to Mercat Basement on Saturday July 6.
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One of the biggest events on the Melbourne hip hop calendar, Raise The Roof is once again delivering an Aussie showcase of both high calibre established acts and emerging talent. Urthboy will be headlining the sixth Raise The Roof party. From the success of his very first album Distant Sense of Random Menace to his original song The Signal being hailed as “a classic” by Rolling Stone, Urthboy has received much critical acclaim for his work. Joining Urthboy will be Resin Dogs, a loose collective and a sample band who incorporate live drums, live bass and elements of hip hop with turntables and samplers to create all forms of ritual dance sounds. Support will come from Briggs, Loose Change, Purpose, Onesixth, Dr Flea, Eloji, Dibe, M-Phazes, Slap618 and Reason. It’s all happening at The Espy on Saturday July 20.
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Founding member of the legendary group Underground Resistance as a ‘Minister Of Information’ with ‘Mad’ Mike Banks snf Jeff Mills, Robert Hood is in no need of an introduction. His seminal works on Jeff Mill’s Axis and his very own M-Plant imprint paved the way for a wave of strippeddown dancefloor minimalism that directed much of techno’s path throughout the late ‘90s. Known best for his minimal Detroit techno with an emphasis on soul and experimentation, Hood sets himself a part from the giant blur of imitators by shunning flashiness and popularity. Head down to the Liberty Social on Saturday September 21.
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As we recently announced, Parklife promoter Fuzzy decided to put the festival to bed in 2013 in favour of a more boutique ‘IDM’ event. Headlining the inaugural Listen Out festival will be the UK’s Disclosure, currently riding high on the release of their debut album Settle. They’ll be joined by the rarelyoutspoken US rapper Azealia Banks and the UK power-duo of Lunice and Hudson Mohawke that is TNGHT. Rounding out the first announcement is Duke Dumont, AlunaGeorge, Classixx, Miguel Campbell, John Talabot, Just Blaze, RÜFÜS, Touch Sensitive and Laura Jones. Listen Out will take place on Saturday October 5 at the Observatory Precinct, Royal Botanic Gardens.
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For some DJs, music is more than just their passion or occupation – it’s the reason for their existence, and Hernan Cattaneo is from that school of thought. It should come as no surprise then to learn he is one of the most revered DJs with a career spanning over three decades and a discography to match. As a respected label owner and producer, Cattaneo’s creative output remains as plentiful as ever. In just two years his Sudbeat label has risen up as a leading light in melodic electronic music regularly releasing material from Guy J, Henry Saiz, Nick Warren and Danny Howells. Whether he’s taking crowd on a musical journey at festivals like Coachella, Exit and Creamfields or beaming his sounds across the globe through his weekly podcast and radio show on Delta FM 90.3, Buenos Aires he is able to be inspired and inspire in equal measure. It’s all happening on Friday September 20 at Brown Alley.
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audience rather than hearing it back over and over in the studio. But as to how he thinks it will be received, the internationally known DJ is keeping things humble. “Music is so fickle,” he said. “The way music is consumed now days, there’s so much to choose from, dance music here is broader so the shelf life is like a month.” Unfortunately Beni won’t be bringing his stiletto wielding dancers to the stage this tour, but thinks he’s got something different to offer this time. “Maturity. My knowledge base of dance is a lot bigger so there’s a lot of new references in the new album.” He’s currently listening to a lot of classical, but is digging the new music by Glorious Heaven, B-Port and the Blade Runner soundtrack. “I’d love to get good enough to work with Nicholas Jar, Kashmir, James Blake, Jamie XX,” he said. He’s staying true to his roots though, and maintaining honesty no matter what the reception will be. “You can copy what is popular now, but that’s not really honest and you can kind of tell,” he said. “You’ve got to do what you do and do it well.” It will be the first time KIM has toured under this moniker for four years and both are looking forward to playing to Australian crowds. “We played Coffs Harbour last weekend and they were surprisingly open – usually small towns are pretty closed minded,” Beni said.
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There’s nothing like two affable DJs offering to warm you up to keep it light and fun.” on a cold winters night. That’s exactly what Kimberley Moyes Beni first started playing with the Bang Gang DJs ten years ago (of The Presets variety) and Beni with four friends and his brother. They played sets at parties every are offering this June and July. After eight years working together, Friday for five years. “I can’t really “You can copy what is popular now, but the pair have lined up a string remember much of that time,” he of mature-aged play-dates with that’s not really honest and you can kind of said. “But that’s the reason I really Australian audiences to debut a tell,” he said. “You’ve got to do what you do got into DJing.” “I got into producing after I met bunch of new music they’ve been and do it well.” working on for Beni’s upcoming Kim and then we started Riots album. in Belgium with a friend of mine “There’s a lot of new music that Joel,” he said. “Then I started we’ve been working on,” tells Beni. “It’s house music, there’s a working on my solo stuff.” bit of new stuff and some different twists and turns. We’re going Beni is looking forward to road-testing his new material on a live
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How many times have you been out losing your shit to a DJ and the next day a track has popped up in your head and that you don’t remember hearing? The repetition of say the line ‘Whoa Black Bettie bam a lam’ becomes so consuming the only way to purge it from your subconscious is to listen to it again? Well Ballarat-cum-Melbourne act Bad News Toilet is not only slamming the beats into your subconscious by mashing up well know songs but the act also ads a visual element by dressing the audience up in theme with the track. The man behind the Toilet is Bryce Spratling and he talks us through the evolution of Bad News Toilet from bedroom project to renowned party starters. “I had always wanted to do something up on stage at Karova, after attending the venue every weekend for many years. So I started playing around with Traktor and Ableton mixing songs.” Karova Lounge is in Victorian regional town-centre Ballarat and buoyed by a university campus this venue has become the easily the most successful venue outside of Melbourne. Karova Lounge is also famous for housing the very first shows of Gold Fields, Yacht Club DJs, Hunting Grounds and Twinsy. Many years ago this correspondent commented in a piece on the
band Hunting Grounds (known as Howl back then) that Ballarat was Victoria’s ‘Manchester’ circa the 1980s – a medium sized rural city with a burgeoning music scene. With this analogy mind, imagine Bad News Toilet as the Happy Mondays of the scene – an act that creates a full on party atmosphere for the entirety of their set. As well as mashing certified bangers the visual element – costume changes – of a Bad News Toilet show are a huge part of the set. “I had an idea to add costumes to the whole set, once I was ready, I asked Willow [Gray Wilson], the owner of Karova, if I could have a night.” As Spratling completes the retelling of this ‘origins’ tale he confirms the notion that when in a costume people go crazy,”I got everyone I knew down there for a really fun and crazy night. The girl in the strawberry got a nose bleed and a panda pretended to take a poo in a toilet on stage.” Also, the chaos of organising the costumes and giving them out in a timely manner resulted in Bad News Toilet gaining a second member during this performance. The aptly titled Stagehand Sam (Sam Morely) – who wears a blue onesy and a red-hand mask – is side of stage facilitating punters to get involved in the show by costuming up.
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From this night, the demand for Bad News Toilet has snowballed because of the full on party atmosphere that the act imbues. Spratling explains how a performance plays out, “Okay, so we try to have a costume change every three songs.” He then cheekily justifies, “it gives Stagehand Sam a chance to get some drunk girls in costume.” So what are the costumes that make into a standard Bad News Toilet set? “Okay, we have Strawberry costumes which are for Pnau’s Wild Strawberries Vs Black Bettie Spiderbait version. We have recently added the Beastie Boys’ dress ups and the intergalactic Robot for Intergalactic Vs We Used To Be Friends,” explains Spratling. Within a set there are three or four other costume changes, one of which includes a blow-up doll in an aboriginal t-shirt for a mash of Regurgiator’s The Song Formally Known As and Xavier Rudd’s Energy Song. The last of the said mash-up costume changes caused Spratling the ire or Nina Las Vegas at one of her shows that Bad News Toilet where supporting. Spratling lets on how he offended the newest princess of the indie-disco, “Yeah, so normally we put Matt Corby’s face on the blow-up doll but we thought it would be funny to put her picture on the blow-up doll. Turns out, she didn’t think it was funny at all,” states Spratling wryly. Bad News Toilet have two very special shows coming up with a headline performance at Revolver this Saturday June 28 and they are pulling out all stops for the Watt’s On party at The Toff In Town on Wednesday July 10. Finally Spratling discloses a very intellectual mash-up that will be debuted to celebrate the intellectual nature of Watt’s On: “Have done a mash up of LCD Soundsystem Dance Yourself Clean and Chris Franklin’s Bloke to close that show.”
Bad News Toilet play at Revolver Upstairs on Saturday June 29 and Watt’s On Presents: A Fire In The Master’s House is set at The Toff In Town on Wednesday July 10. facebook.com/badnewstoilet
party profile: When is it? Friday 28 June. Where is it? RMH The Venue, 629 Bourke St. Who’s playing? Skazi, Behind Blue Eyes, Terrafractyl, Tetrameth, Circuit Bent, Blunt Instrument, Suntribe, Ozzy, Kalus, Kodiak Kid and heaps more. What sort of shit will they be playing? Funky tech-house to banging techno, prog trance to psytrance, down tempo glitch to psy breaks. What’s the crowd going to be like? All your best friends! What will we remember in the AM? Something about alien worlds.
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What’s the wallet damage? $55 second round, $65 final release then more on the door. Give us one final reason why we should party here. It’s the biggest indoor bash of the winter season.
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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. DUBSTEP GRIME DRUM & BASS - FEAT: DJ BADDUMS + DJ CARMEX Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. HOODRAPZ Workshop, Melbourne. 7:00pm. THE DINNER SET - FEAT: BOOSHANK Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00Pm. NEW GUERNICA WEDNESDAYS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. SOUL ARMY Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE DINNER SET Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm.
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3181 THURSDAYS - FEAT: HANS DC + JAKE JUDD + NIKKI SARAFIAN + HEY SAM + JESSE YOUNG + JOHN DOE + SEAN RAULT Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 5:00pm. ASIAN ENVY + MANIC CITY + SAMMY PAUL Gh Hotel, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $15. BILLBOARD THURSDAYS - FEAT: MATT DEAN + MATTY GRANT + PHIL ROSS Billboard, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $10. CHI BEATS Chi Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. CQ SESSIONS Cq, Melbourne. 8:00pm. DO DROP IN - FEAT: DJ KITI + DJ LADY NOIR The Carlton Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. 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. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - FEAT: DJS PREQUEL & EDD FISHER Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. MOOD - FEAT: NUBODY Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. RADIONICA Workshop, Melbourne. 3:04pm. THE RITZ THURSDAYS - FEAT: CAUC-ASIAN DJ’S + JOSHUA GILILAND + KEN WALKER + LUCILLE CROFT + CARRICK DALTON & SAM COHEN + ED WILKS + MAX KRUSE + TIM LIGHT + ZACK ROSE Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. $20. TROCADERO - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Match Bar & Grill, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. VARSITY Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
friday june 28 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. DISCOTHEQUE - FEAT: ELANA MUSTO + GREG SARA + SCOTT T Match Bar & Grill, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. FUSION FRIDAY Fusion, Southbank. 10:00pm. I LOVE OLD SCHOOL - FEAT: SHAGGZ & PUPPET + DJ TEY + MERV MAC Red Bennies, South Yarra. 10:00pm. $10. MEET YOUR MATES FRIDAYS Libation, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. PANORAMA - FEAT: DJS MATT RAD + MR GEORGE + PHATO A MANO Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:00pm. POPROCKS - FEAT: DR PHIL SMITH Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. REVOLVER FRIDAYS - FEAT: DJ LEWIE DAY + DJ MIKE CALLANDER + DJ ALEX THOMAS + DJ KATIE DROVER + DJ WHO Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. SHUFFLE FRIDAY NIGHTS Bridie O’reilly’s Brunswick, Brunswick. 10:00pm. THE FIX - FEAT: SEAN DEANS Workshop, Melbourne. 8:00pm. THE FOX FRIDAYS Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. WEEKENDER! Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. UPTOWN GROOVE Order Of Melbourne, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
CLUB FICTION - FEAT: KITTY ROCK & THE BAD LADIES Red Bennies, South Yarra. 10:00pm. FIRST FLOOR SATURDAYS - FEAT: BILLY HOYLE + DJS DUCHESZ + MZRIZK + WASABI First Floor, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. HOT STEP Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. LAB 22 Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. MIXED DRINKS SATURDAYS Libation, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. NEW GUERNICA SATURDAYS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. POISON APPLE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 7:00pm. SATURDAYS - FEAT: ACTION SAM + DJ ROWIE European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. SATURDAYS AT ONE TWENTY BAR One Twenty Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SIMPLY BURLESQUE Sandbelt Club Hotel, Moorabbin. 8:00pm. $10. 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 - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS 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. SUPER GRANDE Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. TEMPERANCE SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ MARCUS KNIGHT + DJ XANDER JAMES Temperance Hotel, South Yarra. 8:00pm. TEXTILE Lucky 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. THE LATE SHOW - FEAT: MAT CANT + RANSOM + TOO MUCH + BOOGS + CONGO TARDIS #1 + DANIELSAN + MR MOONSHINE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. WHY NOT? Pretty Please, St Kilda. 8:00pm.
SUNDAY NIGHTS - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ JAY J + DJ KEN WALKER + DJ LIGHTING Co., Southbank. 8:30pm. GOO GOO MUCK Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. LATIN QUARTER Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. MASHTAG Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. MOTEL SATURDAYS The Motel, South Melbourne. 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 Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:30pm. SUNDAE SHAKE - FEAT: AGENT 86 + PHATO-A-MANO + TIGERFUNK Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. THE SUNDAY SET - FEAT: DJS ANDYBLACK + HAGGIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. WE BE QUEENS - FEAT: DJ AYNA + DJ LOTUS + MZ RIZK Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.
monday july 1 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 july 2 COSMIC PIZZA Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:00pm. CURIOUS TALES Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 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.
H3 hip hop comp who will be the ultimate H3 hip hop crew? Melbourne’s up and coming hip hop crews from refugee gee ad and migrant backgrounds (and their friends!) use mad music, dance and lyric skills to turn sexual health messages into music!
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saturday june 29
sunday june 30
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BASS CARTEL - FEAT: C:1 + EXCELLE + FA Workshop, Melbourne. 8:30pm. 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.
electronic - urban - club life
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wednesday june 26
Pennies Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $6.
Like Fridays - Feat: Broz + Dir-X + DJs Dinesh + Nyd + Sef + Shaggz + Shaun D La Di Da, Melbourne. 8:00pm. Rnb Superclub - Feat: Young Men Society Rnb Superclub, Southbank. 8:00pm. Studio Chasers, South Yarra. 8:00pm. $20. Sweet Nothing Fridays - Feat: DJ Marcus Knight + DJ Xander James Temperance Hotel, South Yarra. 9:00pm.
friday june 28
saturday june 29
Compression Session - Feat: Cassawarrior + Dd + Ricka E55, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. Soul Ensemble Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.
thursday june 27
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. 11:00pm. $15. DJ Thaddeus Doe The B.east, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. Faktory Khokolat Bar, Melbourne. 2:55pm. Faktory - Feat: DJ Damion De Silva + DJ Durmy + DJ K Dee + DJ Yaths Khokolat Bar, Melbourne. 9:30pm. Get Lit Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.
Chaise Lounge Saturdays - Feat: DJ Andy Pala + DJ Kah Lua Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. Cheap Sober + Maggot Mouf & Gutz + Pete Mc + Planz The Hi-fi, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $26. Laundry Saturdays Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. Saturday Nights - Feat: DJ Damion De Silva + Dj Jay Sin + DJ K Dee Khokolat Bar, Melbourne. 9:30pm. The Dojo Order Of Melbourne, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. The High Society Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
faktory at khokolat bar
rhythm-al-ism at eden
khokolat koated
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electronic - urban - club life
monday july 1 Freedom Pass - Feat: Phil Ross + B-Boogie + Chris Mac + Dozza Co., Southbank. 10:30pm. Hip Hop Open Mic First Floor, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
tuesday july 2 Can I Kick It? Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.