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“CoQ RoQ” Blaberunner / Agent 86
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“Free Range Funk”
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Cosmic Pizza
with NHJ & guests
DJ Who / Lewis Cancut / Tiger Funk
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“Panorma”
8LYVWHE] XL T’Funk - LIVE Mr Moonshine
Thom Meagher / Mr George / Matt Rad
7EXYVHE] WX
“Textile” DOWNSTAIRS
Jay Readin / pak Man / Chief
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Juicy
Ayna / Agent 86 / Flagrant / Tom Booze
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Kodiak Kid / Mr Moonshine / DJ B-Two
7YRHE] RH
“Roof Top Partey”
7EXYVHE] WX Adam Askew / Luke Bowditch Silverfox
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Zevon
“South Side Hustle” Adam Askew / Golden Fleece / Booshank
1SRHE] VH “Struggle”
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Tiger Funk / Damon
iBimbo
8YIWHE] XL “Fight For Your Right To Party” Anzac Day Eve DOWNSTAIRS
M Phazes / Flagrant / Ayna UPSTAIRS
Agent 86 / Thom Showtime Citizen.com / Eddie Mac
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7YRHE] RH Phato Amano / Agent 86 Tigerfunk
8YIWHE] XL
Anzac Day Eve Lexis / Bryce Lawrence My Friend Samuel / Uone
Niko Schwind
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When The Smoke Clears: Aural Assault FOR MORE UP TO DATE NEWS GO TO BEAT.COM.AU
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ONTOUR MIDLAND [UK] Friday April 20, New Guernica KEVIN GRIFFITHS [UK] + MORE Friday April 20, onesixone SUPAFEST: CHRIS BROWN [USA], ICE CUBE [USA], LUPE FIASCO [USA] + MORE Saturday April 21, Melbourne Showgrounds ROGER SANCHEZ [USA] Saturday April 21, Pretty Please DERRICK MAY [USA] Tuesday April 24, TBA CLARK [UK] Tuesday April 24, Revolt Artspace KRAFTY KUTS [USA] Wednesday April 25, Brown Alley PIG AND DAN [ESP] Friday April 27, Brown Alley BEN UFO [UK] Friday April 27, Revolver CREAMFIELDS: DAVID GUETTA [USA], ABOVE & BEYOND [UK] + MORE Saturday April 28, Melbourne Showgrounds MOUNT KIMBIE [UK] Thursday May 3, The Hi-Fi DIGITALISM [FRA] Friday May 4, The Forum ORBITAL [UK] Friday May 4, The Palace AZAX SYNDROM [ISR], FREEDOM FIGHTS [ISR] Friday May 4, Royal Melbourne Hotel TILL VON SEIN [GER] Friday May 4, The Mercat JAMES ZABIELA [UK], ALEX NIGGEMAN [GER], GEORGE FITZGERALD [UK] Friday May 4, Billboard GROOVIN’ THE MOO: DIGITALISM [GER], SHAPESHIFTER [NZ] + MORE Saturday May 5, Prince of Wales Showgrounds, Bendigo ADRIAN LUX [SWE] Saturday May 5, Warehouse ATMOSPHERE [USA], EVIDENCE [USA] Thursday May 10, The Hi-Fi PARIAH [UK], BLAWAN [UK] Friday May 11, The Liberty Social DMX [USA] Friday May 11, Trak SILICONE SOUL [UK] Friday May 11, Onesixone ROBERT BABICZ [GER], LUSINE [USA], NADJA LIND [GER], KLARTRAUM [GER] Friday May 18, Brown Alley SAN SODA [BEL] Friday May 18, Revolver DANNY BROWN [USA], M.E.D [USA] Thursday May 24, Prince Bandroom SHOWTEK [NED] Friday May 25, Chasers Nightclub LEVON VINCENT [USA] The Liberty Social, Friday June 1 AMON TOBIN [BRA] Tuesday June 5, The Palace Theatre CHRIS LIEBLING [GER] Sunday June 10, Brown Alley BLOKE4D [UK], PROLIX [UK], AEPH [UK] + MORE Sunday June 10, Prince of Wales ANGY KORE [ITA], PERFECT STRANGER [ISR], VIBE TRIBE [ISR], SESTO SENTO [ISR] Royal Melbourne Hotel, Friday June 22 LADYHAWKE [NZ] Tuesday July 17, Billboard
REAL TALK
Do you ever sometimes have vivid flashbacks and believe in 100% certainty that in a past life you were actually Rick James? No? Well, I do. Every. Single. Day. Is this a bad thing, however? Hell no. In fact, it’s quite possibly the greatest aspect of my life. Super freaxxx errryday. Tyson Wray
Pig & Dan: Stylings
From humble beginnings in late 80s as two dudes on the periphery of dance music, the chance meeting of Igor Tchkotoua and Dan Duncan on a flight to Spain in 1999 was certainly the beginning of something special - the Pig and Dan legacy. A truly prolific production outfit, the two quickly established themselves as leading purveyors of pulsating electronic music, straddling the darker realms of house and high-energy techno, whilst retaining their signature edge of twisted and experimental breakdowns. A favourite of DJs including Laurent Garnier, Deep Dish and John Digweed just to mention a few, the Cocoon stalwarts are up to all sorts these days, with collaborative efforts with Sephan Bodzin, Mark Reeve, Samuel L Sessions, Gustavo Bravetti, MiniCoolBoyz, Mihalis Safras and Butchfe on the cards and an upcoming tour of Australia. Catch them at Brown Alley on Friday April 27.
Currently based out of Cologne, Polish-born Robert Babicz is a name essential to any discussion of the European electronic music scene. He is a producer whose career has spanned almost two decades and has established himself as a firm favourite of fellow luminaries Sasha and Sven Vath, a discography with releases on Bedrock, Systematic and Treibstoff Recordings and has designed sounds for Native Instrument presets. He’s also notorious as a photographer and filmmaker, creating short films that capture the emotions, colours and feel of his trips, his music and the people he finds who want to be part of that experience - in turn inspiring his music, colouring his emotive, unique take on electronica with a very human feel. Joined by ambient/IDM artist and experimentalist Lusine, as well as Berlin duo Klauktraum and Nadja Lind – deep sounds for deep minds. Join the crew at Brown Alley on Friday May 18.
Messy Creations: Getting Down and Dirty
Ever find yourself kind of exhausted and overwhelmed by the fast-paced demands of modern living? Find yourself mired in the contemporary equivalent of the existential dilemma that many a philosopher has struggled with over time? Well, the one thing those intellectuals managed to look over was the fact that all of life’s trivialities become irrelevant in the face of a good party. Am I right? Pull out the rug from the carpet metropolis and escape the prying eyes of the city; unplug from capsular, hyper-individualism and find happiness in the salacious messiness of the allnight bush rave Messy Creations have put together. With details to be released twenty-four hours before it takes place, we recommend you head to the Messy Creations website and register your details with them. It all happens at a location to be announced on Saturday April 21.
Loaded Dice: Your Lucky Day
Established in 2004, Bad Taste Recordings was established by Michael “Vegas” of Bad Company fame with the intent of being a home for releases by more established drum and bass artists including the likes of Noisia and Chase And Status. For the last two years, however, Bad Taste has played host to the new and evolving Blokhe4d project, as well as boasting an impressive roster of releases from Prolix, The Upbeats, Gridlok, Audio, and a wealth of new talent such as Neonlight and Aeph. Notorious for its wild, energy-charged take on drum and bass, the label will be touring some of its biggest names Bloke4d, Prolix, Aeph, Neonlight very soon. Catch them when they descend on the Prince Of Wales on Sunday June 10.
Ladyhawke: Melbourne is Burning Tsuba: Fluidlife
Silicone Soul: Soul-diering On
Long-lived Soma Records turns twenty this year, a testament to its place as one of the world’s longestrunning, leading dance music labels. Responsible for showing the world discoveries such as Daft Punk and Alex Smoke, the Scotland-based house and techno imprint has a well-respected history. Silicone Soul is one of the label’s favourites - with four albums to their name, the pair (made up of Craig Morrison and Graeme Reedie) met at school and bonded over a fondness for old-school punk sounds and acts like Isaac Hayes and Curtis Mayfield. It was through the revelatory sounds of Primal Scream and Andrew Weatherall that the duo found themselves pulled to the potential and euphoria of electronic dance music and went on to become one of Soma’s favourite purveyors of driving house beats. Catch them at Onesixone on Friday May 11.
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Robert Babicz: Oh Snap
In a town once heralded worldwide for its enthusiastic embrace of the artform known as Techno, a fire has been burning, smouldering away. As the crowds are lured by the fluoro glow of the electro era, the coals in another fire have been poked and prodded and maintained by the crazed curators of a stuttering dream. These advocates and technocrats have tended flames under guises and banners; winding engines from distant eras to the tune of the techno standard. The lead people from ten techno crews across the city (Unstable, Technoir, High Ground, Public Works Department, Gradient, MTC, Overnoise, Mixed Messages, Monotremes, Machine) came together at the bequest of the bookings manager of Brown Alley and from it, When The Smoke Clears was born, promising to revitalise the rule of techno in our fair city. Getting ready to launch this week, you better be ready for an all-out aural and visual assault at the battlefield that is Brown Alley on Friday April 20.
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Launching in 2006 with Kevin Griffiths at its head of operations, Tsuba has firmly established itself as one of the world’s biggest players in the world of underground house music. With an emphasis on forward-thinking music with depth and longevity, the label’s roster of artists is one to make any selfrespecting consumer of dance music’s heart beat a little bit faster - Sascha Dive, Spencer Parker, Ethyl & Huxley, and plenty more all call the label a very happy home. Resident Advisor’s second most charted label under Crosstown Rebels, the label’s focus is on quality through attention to detail - music, artwork, packaging and label events, and Australia is set to get a taste soon. Kevin Griffiths and some very special guests will be taking on Onesixone on Friday April 20.
Supafest: Superseded
Well, that was unexpected. Supafest, one of Australia’s only hip-hop music festivals set to go down at the Showgrounds next weekend has pulled two of its biggest acts at the eleventh hour - looks like Australia won’t be seeing Missy Elliot or Diddy when the tour rolls into town, it seems. Citing budget concerns, Paperchase Touring and Entertainment has told fans that tickets sold this year “fell well short of the producer’s expectations to ensure commercial viability - consequently, this has forced them to slightly modify this year’s event to ensure that Supafest carries on in years to come.” Ouch. Not all is lost, however, as there’s still a load of killer acts ready for Supafest though including T-Pain, Ice Cube, Kelly Rowland, and plenty more.
It hasn’t been long since the lovely Ladyhawke was last sighted around the neighbourhood - making her way down early in December last year to play Foreshore, Meredith, Homebake and a few sideshows to boot (including a packed-out session at The Tote in Melbourne), Pip Brown proved that the delightfullydanceable synthpop sounds of her eponymous debut on Modular Records, incuding singles such as My Delirium and Paris is Burning, was equally at home on the dancefloor as they were in Australia’s music charts and radio airwaves. The New Zealand-based synth-pop songstress is heading back soon to tour her upcoming second release Anxiety, due out next month - catch her at Billboard on Tuesday July 17.
San Soda: Bubbling Up
Whether through his solo work as We Play House’s San Soda, or his collaborative efforts along with the label’s head Red D under the alias FCL, Belgium’s Nicolas Geysens is not to be underestimated. Providing Red D with the inspiration to begin We Play House, San Soda’s roles as label head, producer and DJ are all inspired by a love for quality house music. With past and future gigs at the legendary Panoramabar, an acclaimed performance at Sonar and bookings throughout Canada, USA and Europe, San Soda is the perfect candidate to headline the next meeting of Melbourne Deepcast and Revolver Fridays – catch San Soda and plenty of locals at Revolver on Friday May 18.
THE BIG MAG FOR CLUB CULTURE
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ORBITAL
“A big crowd’s a big crowd, and that twenty year tour will always be with us, but the reason why the first time at Glastonbury will always resonate is for a number of reasons. One, it was the first time we’d ever done a big festival - it was kind of like jumping into a swimming pool of cold water. You do remember that first intense moment - it was absolutely shocking, a Peter Jackson, Lord Of The Rings, Mordor sort of army in front of you and you’re there to entertain them.”
CHIMES OF FREEDOM: SPACE JAMS Orbital, veterans of the rave made up of brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll from Sevenoaks in the UK, have left an indelible imprint on the landscape of contemporary dance music - one of the key figures in its emergence into the mainstream consciousness of the music industry. Having gone underground at the end of 2004 after the release of veritable classics including Halcyon, Chime and Belfast, the two went underground seemingly at the height of their career, and nothing from the Orbital camp was heard for five years - leaving heartbroken children of the rave to
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believe that the legacy of the duo was concluded there. To much fanfare, they resurfaced in 2009 with a headline show celebrating twenty years after that first single Chime, and with a new album on the way and an extensive upcoming worldwide tour, Orbital continue to keep the dancefloor moving and I speak to one of the brothers, Paul Hartnoll, about their extended absence, assembling the new album, and returning to the live stage. Hartnoll is practical about the endurance of dance music over time. “I’ve watched it slowly spread across the world
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like some sort of happy virus - it came out of pockets of America, it infected Europe massively really quickly, but then, you kind of view it from where you’ve been booked for gigs. Early on, we got to do an underground party in Australia – there’s always been a healthy scene there, especially in the early nineties. Japan, I’ve always taken to straight away, but Germany has never particularly taken to us. So how has it reached out across the world? I’m not sure. I’m too immersed in it – I haven’t got the perspective to see it from a distance. The thing is, everybody likes to dance, don’t they? I didn’t think it was a quick, finite thing. It did seem to be quite special in a way, it’s such a primal thing. It’s never going to stop, it’s never going to go away and it probably hasn’t changed that much from medieval peasants dancing in a tavern to now!” Orbital’s enduring presence within dance music’s highest reaches can be viewed as a testament to the frequently groundbreaking, visionary nature of their work – yet the two felt that there was something missing, and the time they spent away from Orbital provided them with some much-needed perspective, as Hartnoll explains. “At the moment, we’re in a really good place - and the only way we could get there was to stop doing it for awhile,” he says. “Orbital was allowed to die, and we were allowed to stop doing it and realise what we’d missed and how wonderful it really was. But we needed to be refreshed, we needed to be able to do those side projects and this other stuff to try something different so we could come back into the fold and go “oh, look I’ve done this! What have you learned? I’ve learned this, I’ve done this!” and bring a whole fresh perspective to it. We’d never be where we are now if we hadn’t done that, so I’m really glad we did it. It all feels so fresh now, and I think we’ve learned how to keep it fresh, too. Being able to step aside and see it from a further perspective meant that getting back in the studio, I kind of knew what Orbital was, whereas before I don’t think I did, it didn’t seem like it was anything. We agree on things in the studio, but it’s also got this kind of sentiment to it. Stylistically, Orbital can be anything, but it’s a mindset. It’s hard to pin down, but you know when it feels right.” That wide-eyed sense of adventurous passion for new music is one of Wonky’s most enjoyable features – there’s no doubting that the love affair for the dancefloor that Orbital has spent twenty years enchanted by is still burning, alive and well. “Definitely, and not taking ourselves too seriously is important to that,” he agrees. “Being honest, and enjoying what we’re hearing and the music that we love, and bringing that to our party. For example, I was listening to some dubstep and going, oh let’s try and inject a little bit of that into this track. Why don’t we try that slow? Just doing things like that. I’ve been listening to lots of folk – I feel like I’ve been bringing a folk sense of melody and harmony to that album. I don’t think anybody else would spot it, but I kind of hear it, and bringing all these things we love together is a way of keeping yourself honest and pleasing yourself.” It hasn’t been long since Wonky has found itself in the hands of critics and listeners, and the reactions to it have been overwhelmingly positive, welcoming the duo back into their rightful place in dance music’s canon. “I’m very happy with the way it’s turned out,” Hartnoll says, of its reception. “I’m so happy that I hope people like it, especially the critics and people writing the reviews, but if they don’t, the only reason to be upset by bad press is because it might influence other people’s opinion. But on a personal level, I’m entirely comfortable with it and
if other people do or don’t like it, it is what it is. So far, fingers crossed, we seem to be getting a good reaction from people!” This has been mirrored in the reception to Orbital’s return to festival stages and clubs across the world. It was a reunion slot at the UK’s Big Chill Festival in 2009 that inspired their return to work, and shows in the twelve-month period that immediately followed celebrating twenty years of Orbital were talked-about for ages, including dates at RockNess and Glastonbury. The latter being a particularly moving one, given that it was Glastonbury in 1994 that won them approval from people beyond dance music’s limited reach at that time. “A big crowd’s a big crowd, and that twenty year tour will always be with us, but the reason why the first time at Glastonbury will always resonate is for a number of reasons. One, it was the first time we’d ever done a big festival - it was kind of like jumping into a swimming pool of cold water. You do remember that first intense moment - it was absolutely shocking, a Peter Jackson, Lord Of The Rings, Mordor sort of army in front of you and you’re there to entertain them. It’s pretty scary stuff. But immense fun as well, especially when they all cheer at the same time at the end of a song and you just can’t believe they’re shouting at you, in joy, and you’re like, oh my god! Unbelievable. The other important factor is that it was the first time that Glastonbury had had a fullon dance kind of thing. They’d had the Shaman and the Orb, as well as us - that absolutely blew people away. They really wanted it, I could feel - there was always that big gap in the market, but once they did, it showed that it was a viable form of music. On a more personal level, it’s when we really discovered our crowd wasn’t necessarily a clubbing or dance crowd - it was more a mix of indie and rock and dance fans all mingling together, and that’s when we realised we were a festival and not a rave band.” Orbital dropped by in the later half of 2010 for a series of shows across the country, dazzling audiences who’d been gagging to see them for years with their astounding instinct for making people move and adventurous take on performing loop-based electronic music out live. “We get all the parts of the song ready on a computer and I’ve got like five iPads I jam with the whole arrangement of the song – there’s no structure to the song, it’s just all the parts ready to go,” Hartnoll explains. “And we have a number of big old analogue synths out there on stage – some of them don’t even have memory though, so you have to make up a sound and play them as you go along. We literally jam with the arrangements – we know what songs we’re going to play vaguely and have an idea as to how you want to play each song, but it changes and develops over time, and songs stretch out or shrink every night depending on how you play and how the audience reacts. You follow the audience and try and take them somewhere. It’s a proper kind of improvisational arrangement, sound sculpture thing. It’s great fun – tracks that we’re playing from the new album have already started developing and changing while rehearsing in the studio. The album is the starting point, then you go off and see where it ends up. I could go on and on and on.” Miki McLay Orbital [UK] play the Palace Theatre on Friday May 4. Wonky is out now through Liberation.
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SAMSARA
WEDNESDAY18TH COQ ROQ Rocking Wednesdays at Lucky Coq are rotating DJs Lady Noir, Agent 86, Kiti, Mr Thom, Joybot and guests giving you nothing but the best new wave, punk, brit pop, bong rap and hair metal. Coq Roq takes place every Wednesday from 8pm with free pool downstairs from 9pm as well as drink specials. Roq out! Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor
SOUL ARMY With more flavour than a chocolate pizza, the Wednesday Soul Army throws down raw, uncut funk next to smooth soul grooves and rare blue jams. Bring that special lady because when the boys lay down the love it could be the difference between ‘we’re just friends’ to ‘let’s get it on’. PBS stalwarts Vince Peach and Miss Goldie accompany Prequel and Black Diamond Kicks weekly. Free. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy
WEDNESDAYS AT CO. Don’t miss Melbourne’s biggest mid-week party night Wednesdays at Co.! Featuring Premier DJ Petar Tolich and Scotty E spinning all your favourite 90’s to current party anthems! Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
WEDNESDAYS AT THE ORDER Deep, dark, minimal dubstep and drum and bass. The Order of Melbourne, 2/401 Swanston Street, Melbourne
THURSDAY19TH 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
FREEDOM PASS Start your weekend with Brian McFadden making a celebrity guest appearance, hit the DJ decks and spinning his top 10 tunes. The Freedom Pass will also give you a choice of 5 huge rooms of entertainment and 4 different styles of music. Featuring Joe Sofo, Kitty Kat, Nikkos and MC Brodie Young. Fusion, Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
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Mezzanine gives you the freedom to enjoy the alternativesophisticated-opulence any way you like it. Journey into the realms of the Back Room where you can indulge in our intimate dungeon and play areas where you’ll be free to explore the many facets of your lifestyle in privacy. Dirty electro fusion by DJ Mannequin and Xtian.
ABODE, Level One - cnr St Kilda Rd & Martin St, St Kilda
Start your weekend on a good note with Panorama Fridays at Lucky Coq. DJs Matt Rad, Mr George, Tom Meagher and Phato A Mano transform the upstairs area into one hell of a house party with Hip Hop, Funk, R&B, Disco and House. Meanwhile, downstairs gives you a secluded wind down atmosphere with cult films as background visuals and quality cocktails to sip on. Let the new coqtail list wash away a crappy week! Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor
RETRO SEXUAL DJ Grandmaster Vicious playing the best ‘80s and ‘90s pop, hip hop, new wave classics and cheese plus dance floor anthems from then to now. One Twenty Bar, 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy
SATURDAY21ST CLUB SODA Taking place each and every Saturday night in Melbourne’s CBD on the corner of Lonsdale St and King St, Club Soda plays host to a fresh, new concept – local/national/international DJs weekly, un-paralleled entertainment, performances, and disco tomfoolery. Don’t let the bubbly name fool you, Club Soda is your weekend’s thirst quencher – changing people going out for convenience, whilst not leaving the sour taste of an empty wallet on Sunday morning. Our doors open for you every Saturday at 9.30pm, and stay open until you should go home. Brown Alley, Cnr King & Lonsdale St, CBD
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
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EDEN SATURDAYS Stunning new venue in the heart of the city – one BIG Party! We bring you the best Top 40 Dance, House & R&B in a state of the art venue you have to see! Eden, 163 Russell St, CBD
Paparazzi Fridays present DJs Nikkos, Joe Sofo and Kitty Kat bringing you the biggest anthems and club classics all night long. Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
Eurotrash House Party Put your hands in the air with some of Melbourne’s best party DJs, including including Mu-Gen, Lace em’ Tight and more. Eurotrash Bar, 18 Corrs Lane, Off Chinatown, Melbourne CBD
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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
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
SUPERDISCO Electro-funk, boogie, disco, house, dubstep, techno WOW Music for the old skool, new skool, hipsters, and creative crazy people generation! Doors 10pm to 7am. Entry $15 with student card all night. Guest list $15. $10 after 3am to everyone. SuperFun! Pretty Please, 61 Fitzroy Street, St. Kilda
TEMPERANCE SATURDAYS DJ Marcus Knight & DJ Xander James drop sexy house, dance and drum and bass all night from 8pm. Free entry. Temperance Hotel, 426 Chapel St, South Yarra
TEXTILE Saturdays at Lucky Coq tick all the boxes so start your night early and stay til close! Famous $4 pizzas from 7-9pm (that’s dinner sorted) then from 9pm spread over two levels with DJs playing hip hop, funk, disco, house and electro. Rotating guests on both levels keep the tunes fresh. Free entry. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor
WEEKEND The brain child of the creative kids at 360 Agency and Seven Nightclub. The Weekend is here to put a smile on your dial every Saturday night. We want you to join the family. Dancing from 10pm weekly. Seven, 52 Albert Rd, South Melbourne
SUNDAY22ND SOUTH SIDE HUSTLE The perfect Sunday soundtrack with DJs Askew, Peter Baker, Booshank, Paz, Miss Butt, Junji, Disco Harry and guests. They will be laying down disco, afro beat and deep house til 3am. For lovers of good music - South Side Hustle. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor
STAR BAR SUNDAYS
Enjoy your weekend with the sounds of Matty G , Dean T and Marcus Knight by joining us at Co. this weekend where the fun never ends. Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
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
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 & 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
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
DNA FRIDAYS DNA (Developing New Artistry) brings you genetically modified musical molecules specifically developed to entertain and enhance Melbourne’s dance scene. Every Friday we showcase the next crop of promising DJ/producers handpicked by Lab22’ s mastermind technician Genetix! Doors open 10pm, $5 basics til midnight and $5 DNA shots all night. First Floor, 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
What was the first ever tune you bought? KISS Double Platinum. I knew (and I think I still do) every word to every track on that album. What’s the most played tune in your box? At the moment 212 by Azealia Banks is getting a lot of love. Diplo’s Express Yourself is getting up there though. Which toy or game best describes you and why? Haha, I was working in a toy store for the better part of 2010/2011 and you could make a pretty safe bet that in the last hour before closing, you would find me in the back room running target practice with the Nerf guns. What do you dislike the most about DJing? If anything, the inverted sleep pattern can get pretty painful. …and like the most? … I’d definitely say the people I meet and the places I get to go. Favourite DJs/influences and why? Seeing the Daft Punk Nevereverland tour in 2007. It pushed me to start making EDM and through that I got into DJing. In your opinion, what is the worst dance track ever produced and why? Haha, I don’t know. I feel like there isn’t anything out there that I can completely write off. If people are listening to it, it must have some merit to it, whether or not I like it. Two years from now, where do you wanna be? I’d love to be doing similar things but on a larger scale. Travelling to more places and meeting more people. What’s your favourite saying? “Well Jules, the funny thing about my back is it’s located on my cock.” - Seth from Superbad.
DJ Profile: James Hurt
MONDAY23RD IBIMBO Have you always wanted to be a DJ but been cruelly cursed with tone deafness and a general inability to version excursion? Well Bimbo Deluxe saves the day once again.. All you need is an iPhone and you’re set. Just download the free ‘remote’ application from the app store, log into the Bimbo DJ wireless network and you choose which song plays next. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy
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A space and time which gives pleasure to both body and mind. An event crafted for a new generation of sexual being and open mindedness. An erotically and sensually stylised party designed for young, attractive, charismatic couples and single females who enjoy decadent, hedonistic, stylish parties. ABODE, Level One - cnr St Kilda Rd & Martin St, St Kilda
What was the first ever tune you bought?
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
PRINCES OF THE NIGHT This Saturday at Fusion bring you the ultimate sounds from Femme with Lady Lauryn who will definitely ensure you have a brilliant weekend. Along with top DJs Tate Strauss, Miss Sarah, DJ Nova and Johnny M, and not forgetting the entertainment for the night. Fusion, Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
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 40s. One Twenty Bar, 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy
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The Born To Be Blue album by Wes Montgomery
What’s the most played tune in your box? Raw Cuts 3 by Motor City Drum Ensemble, at the moment….
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
Which toy or game best describes you and why? Goon of Fortune
What do you dislike the most about DJing? People making requests
…and like the most? Being able to listen to all my favorite music, and get paid for it.
Favourite DJs/influences and why?
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
At the moment Tornado Wallace from Melbourne, he makes some killer tunes and smashes it every time I see him play. But its always changing…
In your opinion, what is the worst dance track ever produced and why? Anything by skrillex, no depth to that music, just *****
Two years from now, where do you wanna be? In the UK playing live, producing and DJing
What’s your favourite saying? “Melting round the corner”
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FEATURING MATTY G | DEAN T JOE SOFO | MARCUS KNIGHT
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MIDLAND OUT OF AFRICA: BACK TO BASICS Over the past few years, the biggest thing in techno has undoubtedly been its confluence with dubstep. Real dubstep, that is, not Skrillex and co’s faux variety. Since 2010, Harry “Midland” Agius has been neatly positioned at this lively junction, putting out genre-crossing tracks for Will Saul’s Aus Music and winning praise from around the globe. He also roomed with David Kennedy, the man behind Pearson Sound and Ramadanman. At just 25 years of age, it’s easy to see why so many people are excited about the future of the Leeds-based artist. So, I guess the main thing people talk about when it comes to you is how well you mix tropes from different genres. Is this something you try to do consciously? Not at all. I listen to a lot of different music and so I suppose it follows that these different sounds and influences permeate into my music making. When I’m not DJing, I don’t really tend to listen to a lot of house or techno, so that could go some way to explaining why my music supposedly sounds so schizophrenic. You actually grew up somewhere in Africa, right? How was that? It was very good, thanks. I grew up in Tanzania. I didn’t wear shoes for the first 10 years of my life, I swam in the ocean pretty much every day and grew up a safe distance from all the cultural clutter of the western world. And then you came back to England in your teens for boarding school. Did living with other guys 24/7 have a big effect on your taste in music? To be fair, at school I was always the “music guy”. When I started listening to drum and bass and other stuff, I used to be the guy who people came to, to find out about it. That’s not to say I knew anything about it at all, and many of my peers thought I was just into it to be cool. There’s not a better time in your life than when you’re 15 and everything seems so new and exciting.
And what about Leeds itself? I went to Leeds on a whim, to study history, and discovered an excellent music scene. My involvement in it meant that my degree took second place after a while, but I still managed to finish it. I have no idea how it influenced me specifically, but in terms of the city, having nights like DMZ, which pioneered dubstep in the North, and Back To Basics, which is the longest running house night in the world, certainly spoiled me. You also sang in the choir when you were at school, right? How was that? It taught me discipline, and that anything worth doing, is worth doing properly. The choir teacher was a real perfectionist and I used to have to practice four plus times a week. At times I resented it, but there were times when you would sing these amazing pieces of music where it would just click and would all make sense. Have you always been musically inclined? Music has always been a big part of my life from growing up surrounded by it at home to finding out about it as a teen. At school I dabbled with the drums, piano and flute but never seriously; singing was always the one that took precedence. At one stage you were working nights in a club to pay the bills. How is your situation now? I’ve now been doing music full-time for a year and a half, and I’m very lucky that I have regular gigs and can pay my bills from it. It always surprises me that people want me to come and play them music; it seems to be a recurring theme amongst music people. But it is always really amazing to be able to travel and play music for a living.
tube to work in the morning or driving to an office job. At times I am exhausted and want nothing more than to get home but I get to play music for a living, so I think any complaining is massively out of order.
Touring is probably a fairly boring concept to some of the real veteran guys. How is it from your perspective? From Africa, I travelled back to England at least three times a year and my sister lives in America, so I have travelled pretty extensively. In terms of now, I just see it as part of my job, like getting the
Do you ever think about where you might be in twenty or thirty years with your music? I’m not sure where I see myself in twenty years; I don’t think it’s healthy to look that far ahead. But I would like to be working on more substantial projects like film scores or producing for bands. DJing is great, but not something I would want to be doing as regularly as I am now, for the rest of my life.
Black Stone, a delicate, solo piano piece, opens the third movement. It precedes the triptych of The Pining - an excited set of tracks that bounce between organic and electronic sounds - before the album ends with the floating atmospherics of Broken Kite Footage. It’s all over in just under 40 minutes but Iradelphic is a spectacular journey. It’s also an equally strong statement of his artistic originality as any of Clark’s other work. It has been three years since his last release so why the wait? “I think I just needed a long break because I had put out three albums in just under three years,” explains Clark. “I didn’t want to over expose myself and it was just good to get back in the zone of writing music really without any audience in mind. That just really helped the flow of it.” Surely an artist with as much experience as Clark doesn’t feel as much pressure now? “I think I literally mean an audience in front of me,” he reflects. “I did so many gigs around Totems Flare - I was gigging every week basically for about a year. It was just really nice not to play my music in front of anyone,” he laughs. “It was really nice to get back to the zone where I was operating purely without playing music out in clubs in mind. I think it really affects how you write after a while. If you are permanently thinking about what it’s going to sound like in a club then your records are going to naturally have a limited scope. So it just felt like a kind of escape from all of that really. I think that’s how the process happened.” The break between Clark’s releases was also about giving himself time to judge his own work. “I was interested in the idea of just waiting and seeing which tracks had some kind of resonance after that time and still felt valid. That sort of feels like a move that makes an album strong because I have listened to those tracks so many times and I keep on coming back to them.” There is a great balance between Clark’s live shows and his albums, with the latter being a true dance affair. “It’s more exciting for me to hear slightly more aggressive music loud,” he confesses.
“I have had a few gigs that have gone really well lately so that’s been good. I think it’s just because I had loads of time to prepare. I haven’t really spent as much time preparing in the past as I have for these ones.” Clark is now using a lot of analogue equipment when he plays live. “There’s a lot more gear on stage now. I’m much more engaged with it and the audience as well. I sort of managed to improvise quite a lot of the recent live shows which I had never done before and it worked. I didn’t expect it to because it had tracks that I was playing back with stuff from the album and other tunes. There’s like full on passages of
What have you got in the pipeline? I have a 12-inch with Pariah coming out on his and Blawan’s label, Works The Long Nights. There are a couple of remixes emerging over the coming months for artists like Flume, Dusky and Guy Gerber. After that, I intend to focus solely on new material. Icon Midland [UK] performs at New Guernica on Friday April 20.
CLARK WARP SPEED: HIGH AS A KITE If there is one thing we expect from Clark, after ten years of releases on the seminal UK label Warp Records, it’s change and experimentation in his music. His latest album, Iradelphic, starts out with acoustic guitar, moves through arpeggiated synths, crunched out drums and organic sounds. There are even some wonderful collaborations with famed Massive Attack vocalist Martina Topley-Bird and a beautifully composed piano piece. Clark’s live shows are associated with club settings but he manages to include a brilliant ambience in his recorded works. There’s the sense of a real journey and this common occurrence of a reprise in his records. On the phone from his home in England, Chris Clark agrees but he’s not too sure where it comes from. “It’s subconscious but there are certain themes and feelings that always seem to come back around like an echo. It’s good to put that in a musical form. Especially as you go through an album and hear these layers creep in again.” Iradelphic can be seen in three movements. The album starts with the acoustic opener of Henderson Wrench and bleeds into the synth heavy Com Touch - classic Clark sound territory if ever there was any - which distorts and becomes the dreamy track Tooth Moves that is torn asunder by Clark’s aggressive synth solo. Skyward Bruise/ Descent is a classic modular synth piece that would have found it’s place easily in the science fiction films of old. The second movement commences with Open, the first track on the album featuring Martina Topley-Bird. It features a cyclical guitar refrain and it loops around, mirroring her ‘ebb and flow’ lyrics. The next track, Secret, Clark and TopleyBird’s second collaboration on the album, features a much more traditional song structure. The crunched out static is still there but we treated to an echo of old trip hop tracks and a Burt Bacharach-style chorus - beautiful stuff. Ghosted closes the middle of the album with its washedout guitar and vocal refrain at the end.
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improvised bits now which is just really exciting to do in front of loads of people. It’s quite scary as well!” he says with a nervous laugh. “I’m going to bring a whole heap of modular gear, some synths and stuff like that with me to Australia actually. I really hope it doesn’t smash to bits on the plane because it could do! I’m looking forward to it.” Simon Hampson Clark [UK] performs at Revolt on Tuesday April 24.
SARAH ROBERTSON GIRL OF THE MOMENT: HEAVEN SENT She’s probably a relatively new name in the scheme of things, but Sarah Robertson is about to get her dues. A stunningly beautiful woman – who has given modelling a bit of a rest to focus on her music career - has just finished mixing a CD on the triple pack, Pump It Volume 5 compilation. She explains, “Well, the disc basically came about when my manager and booking agent asked if I wanted in on this mix. So we basically worked through some ideas for the compilation and got it out. It’s something I’d wanted to do for a while but I hadn’t been able to because I had been touring overseas and doing other things. Now I’m really focused on my music and that is pretty exciting for me!” Indeed, a proud and vibrant resident of the Gold Coast, she describes the compilation as upfront and current. “Look, it’s basically a commercial dance compilation CD, but there’s nothing wrong with that. My primary sound is more of a banging house sound and every track in there I like - and I chose specifically because of the way they came together.” “Disc one, which is the one I mixed has more of a dance-party vibe rather than any sort of electro style - and that’s partly because there are a lot of new and upcoming tracks in there. I guess no one really wants to hear the same things they’ve heard before so there are a few classics but also some newer stuff with names like L.M.F.A.O, Nick Skitz and Laidback Luke/Steve Aoki.” Her partners-in-crime Platinum Deejayz and DJ Femme (Natalie Neville) also did their bit in getting the mood up. Each CD also has a different feel to it, explains Sarah. “They have a different energy and mood and the vibe picks up with each disc. It’s dance, and then harder and more energetic again, to finish.” “As a kid, I played violin and did music theory from the ages of 5 to 15 so I have a fair bit of classical experience, it has made my childhood! I actually have the qualification to be a music teacher! Music has always been a part of my life but I had other commitments so it wasn’t always something I had the time for. I wanted to be a DJ but going to parents asking for thousands of dollars for all this gear was never going to be easy! So it was always going to be a matter of time before I got into the whole DJ thing.” Admittedly, she says it hasn’t been easy being a woman in a male dominated industry, but Sarah has always put herself above that. “I’ve been really impressed with the number of great female DJs coming onto the scene over the years. It’s definitely a man’s world but you have to put your energy elsewhere – I’m here for the long term
and I came before the influx of a lot of the newer female DJs and I’ve really tried hard to build my credibility.” Having done a handful of Hed Kandi gigs and various amazing projects – including touring with one of her idols Amber Savage – it has all been pretty exciting for her. As a next phase in her career too, she is also looking forward to getting into the studio to work on some new music. “I’ve just started producing recently and it has been something I’ve really wanted to do for a while. I’ve got a background in music theory so I’ve been itching to get started on it! Right now, I’m working in the studio with a friend of mine Paul Deluxe and we’re thinking out a couple of ideas. The track we’re doing right now is a bit of an underground house track. So that’s on the agenda and then we’ll see what happens with it all from there.”
“Look, it’s basically a commercial dance compilation CD, but there’s nothing wrong with that. My primary sound is more of a banging house sound and every track in there I like - and I chose specifically because of the way they came together.” Finally, Sarah is expecting to play a few gigs in relation to her most recent coup and she’s ramping up for the occasion. “I’ve just come back from the Winter Music Conference in Miami so I’ve got a lot of new tracks to play. It was funny because I pay the rent on my Gold Coast apartment and in the last few months I’ve been therefore a matter of weeks! But otherwise, I’m really looking forward to getting out there and having some fun! The tour will really be a mix up of different sounds and places so it’s a good chance for me to be versatile and mix things up a little bit. I really enjoy reading a crowd and can’t wait to see how far I can push it. I would love to introduce a bit of a big room sound to the dance floor, you know? I’m really looking forward it!” No doubt, so are we. By RK Pump It Volume 5 is out now through LNG Music. Sarah Robertson and DJ Femme launch the mix at Lou Lou’s on Friday March 18.
ALSTON UNDER A GROOVE: SOUL CRUSADER Melbourne urban producer, performer and songwriter Alston is the latest Australian groove act to create a buzz in the UK before Australia. While his single Soul Sounds starts to get spins in Australian clubs and dance shows, the track — with awesome remixes by Ian Curnow/Dave Ford and The Beetfreeks — was picked up in England on radio and clubs import some months ago. Alston, about whom one British publisher said had the total understanding of the dancefloor, explains how Soul Sounds came together. “I’d always wanted to use the words ‘soul sound’ in a song, as it’s actually a feeling to spiritualism, in a word such as it is. People look at the title of my album Don’t Funk With Me and ask what draws me to funk — the sexiness, the colour or the hypnotic groove? But it is the actual 'soul' in the music that gets me...people like Teddy Pendergrass, Luther Vandross and Aaron Neville." “I’ve always been a spiritual being. I’ve been influenced by Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity. I believe there is a central 'spiritual' power that drives the human being forward. Before my live shows, I don’t warm up or psyche myself because I’ve never had my voice trained. I find a quiet place, visit the temple of my mind, and cure myself of all unseemingly thoughts. Then when I hit the stage, I can take the audience to wherever they want to go…” Soul Sounds reached the ears of M.I.A. who got in contact through her people, suggesting a collaboration. Koch is keen, especially since both were born to Sri Lankan parents and might bond as a result. But he’s not sure when their schedules will permit. He says, “I look forward to this. I
believe she could be a modern day Joan Baez.” This is clearly not Alston’s first brush with international celebrities. In his music studio are photos of himself with Linkin Park, Tom Jones, Kelly Clarkson, Indian singer Asha Boshe and actors as Sir Ben Kingsley. Alston is a madcap cricket fan, so there are invariably pix with him with Shane Warne, Brett Lee and Imran Khan. A few years ago, he had an online hit with the song ‘Murali’ about the cricketer Muttiah Muraliduran. Last month, the Australian Cricket Board launched Soul Sounds at an Australia vs. Sri Lanka game in Brisbane to a global viewing audience of 1.8 billion — something it’s never done before.
“A navy cadet threw a paper ball at one of my backup singers, and a huge brawl broke out between the army and the navy. Chairs and missiles flew through the air and I fled. My pants caught on a rail, and I kept running for cover without them!” “One time I was doing a week at a nightclub in Sri Lanka when this guy dressed in dirty jeans, T-shirt and grubby cap over his face, would turn up and sit in the front table. Halfway through he’d leave. It happened four nights in a row. I told the club manager, ‘Listen, this guy’s freaking me out. Can’t you at least put him in a back row somewhere?’ The manager replied, ‘He just gave me a note to give to you, he wants to meet you.’ I put the
note in my jacket and forgot all about it. Later that night the manager rang me in my room and said, ‘He wants to talk to you’. ‘Who?’ ‘Steven Spielberg, who gave you the note!’ I rushed back to the club. Spielberg told me he loved one of the ballads I did, and wanted to shoot a video for it. I told him the song was not one of mine, so I regretfully had to pass.” Although he works with major labels — he’s currently signed to Lifestyle/Sony and had a gold record when at BMG with Dark Tan’s Disco Lady, the first Australian disco hit — Alston prefers to remain as independent as possible. He writes, records and produces his stuff, and handles his artwork, videos and the posters that heavily deck Melbourne. His most memorable gig to date? “Performing for 5000 Marines in Alongopo. A navy cadet threw
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a paper ball at one of my backup singers, and a huge brawl broke out between the army and the navy. Chairs and missiles flew through the air and I fled. My pants caught on a rail, and I kept running for cover without them! The next day they gave me trophy as the best live performer who visited the USS Carl Vinson, the aircraft carrier that years later took the body of Osama bin Laden for burial at sea.” By Christie Eliezer Don’t Funk With Me and Soul Sounds are currently out through Lifestyle/Sony. Alston [AUS] performs this week at The Precinct, Richmond on Friday April 20, Chasers, Prahran on Saturday April 21 and Knox Tavern, Knox City on Sunday April 22.
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ESTELLE ALL OF ME
WARNER R&B It has been a long time between albums for Estelle. A couple of years ago she was on fire churning out some great hits with Kanye West and Robin Thicke. Now after a few false starts, Estelle has finally surfaced once again with her third sophomore, All of Me. With all the “Adeles” around currently, it would seem that Estelle had brought her album out at perhaps the wrong time. Her sound is uniquely Lauryn Hill, with its soul and doo-wop strains. All of Me has some gorgeous tracks on offer including the sensational Back to Love, the neo soul brilliance of Thank You and the ballsy fast paced Do My Thing (featuring Janelle Monae). Sadly despite its sheer class and understated brilliance, All of Me will be overlooked when the current market is flooded by dance hip-hop fused tracks. But if you want to break free from this then give Estelle’s All of Me a listen. - Christopher Anderson-Peters
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ARMADA / 405 RECORDINGS TRANCE The latest instalment of van Buuren’s (not-quite-annual) Universal Religion series is fleshed out to a two-disc package this time, both discs recorded live at his Space residency in Ibiza during summer 2011. Armin wastes no time getting down to business on disc one, sequencing a trio of awesome tracks – Ashley Wallbridge’s Vision, BT’s perfectly balanced Tomahawk, and Gofman & Tsukerman’s Darko. A few vocal cuts keep things floating along nicely, while the Ferry Corsten and van Buuren collaboration Brute drives the mix home in suitably epic fashion. The second disc commences with the celestial vibes of Andrew Bayer’s exquisite Counting the Points. It’s not until Armin drops his remix of trance vocalist extraordinaire Emma Hewitt’s Colours that the pace picks up. Tracks from Gareth Emery, John O’Callaghan and Daniel Kandi take the mix into epic, big-room, big-sound territory. There’s much to enjoy on here, and you’ll certainly be going back for repeated spins.
LIBERATOR MUSIC TECHNO Orbital announced their retirement in 2004 with such finality that it felt like an end of an era. As nineties dance acts like Leftfield and The Prodigy learned how to speak to stadium sized audiences, each of the brothers Hartnoll have been flying solo and disappointingly well below the radar. Their comeback album Wonky, capably produced by U2’s Flood, affirms the timelessness of their sound and consolidates on everything that Orbital do best. Although Beelzedub sounds like Satan on dubstep, they have not sought to update their sound and acknowledge contemporary dance acts like Skrillex or Justice. As always Phil brings the beats and electronic bubble and squeak of blips and bleeps while his brother Paul moves epically across the mix in symphonic tangents. The blissed out New France features an always brilliant Zola Jesus. The title track sounds like vintage Basement Jaxxx with Lady Leshurr dropping some pretty crazed tongue twisting emceeing. The excellent five track Live In Australia disc is a bonus. - The Sideman
UNIVERSAL RELIGION CHAPTER FIVE
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MINISTRY OF SOUND – SOUND OF DUBSTEP VOL 3 MINISTRY OF SOUND DUBSTEP Huge mix of wobble and earth-shuddering beats from the third installation of MOS’s dubstep series. Mixed by duos Doctor Werewolf and BAR 9 it features a mix of commercial tracks including some old classics by Utah Saints and Coolio. BAR 9’s disc one is a beat-frenzied affair with some stand out tracks by Subzee D, who sets a minimal beat through a futuristic synth wobble and Skepta’s Amnesia. Dr Werewolf’s mix lays down some big tracks by Pendulum, Example, Nero, Shockone and Skrillex with more of an emphasis on vocal tracks in comparison to BAR 9’s stripped back approach. - Sabine Brix
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FAITHLESS
UGLY DUCKLING
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CENTRAL STATION RECORDS ELECTRO HOUSE
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LONGTIME LISTENER HIPHOP Look up ‘fun’ in the dictionary and I wouldn’t be surprised if you found a link to this album. Having just clocked up 19 years in the game, Young Einstein, Dizzy Dustin and Andy Cooper are living proof that there’s still room out there for some funky / goofy hip hop reminiscent of old school De La, Jungle Brothers and Tribe. MABS sees the lads bring a swathe of Funk and Latin sample-based beats, tag-team rhyming and old school scratching in equal parts. This isn’t more evident than on opening track Keep Movin. Einstein Buys a Monkey, is like the perfect how-to track, if your how-to was to tell a scratched up monkey buying story over latin-infused beats. Sprint! Doesn’t let up at all, and is just like aural caffeine that’ll definitely bring a smile. Audacity is a very tidy closer indeed…Oh and did I mention the sly cameo of Pigeon John?!
INERTIA RECORDINGS WORLD MUSIC Admittedly, I had never heard of Pink Martini. On listening, however, I realised I had heard plenty of their music, albeit in very different formats. Many of Pink Martini’s sounds have been used in commercials and sampled by countless DJs and producers. As a twelve piece big band with 16 years of history and songs in a smorgasboard of languages, A Retrospective gives the feeling of being transported all over the world. Una Notte A Napoli gracefully serves you coffee in a small Italian cafe, Donde Estas Yolanda swings you through the carnival streets of Rio, and Kikuchiyo To Mohshimasu dances for you behind a Japanese paper screen. Sympathique is a Pink Martini highlight, and Anna is the origin for a very well known Avalanche’s sample. With the vocal debut of Gus van Sant also featured, Pink Martini’s A Retrospective is one for the trainspotters out there.
- Christopher J. Stenton
- Danny Silver
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PASSING THE BATON: LIVE FROM BRIXTON
Wild Summer returns once more just in time for, erm… Autumn with what it does best; delivering an assortment of feel good, upbeat and radio friendly dance tunes. Ed Colman starts proceedings with some big names, Yolanda Be Cool, Lady Gaga, LMFAO and Havana Brown, the highlight being the gritty See The Light (Rocket Pimp Mix) from Paradise. The transition between tracks is straight forward, and the plan is to simply keep the party going, something it does very well. Making disk 1 seem like an introduction, Chris Fraser brings a well constructed mix, starting off with the beautiful Gabriel from Joe Goddard and building though House to Electro, adding a dash of Breakbeat before finishing climactically with some peaktime Dubstep. Most impressive.
Passing the Baton was originally broadcast across the world, shown in cinemas across the globe. It was an historic night at the Brixton Academy, as it would be the last time the world would ever see Faithless live on stage. And I can safely say this release captures all the glory of the night. Things start off pretty nicely, moving along smoothly thanks to Maxi Jazz’s undeniable charm & charisma on stage. Highlights include Tweak Your Nipple, one of their latest gems, which was even remixed by the legendary Tiesto. It’s followed by Insomnia, which every fan of dance music knows. The best is saved for last, being We Come 1, the ultimate live song I reckon, it’s got that big beat feel to it. So if you’re a fan of Faithless, then this one to pick up for sure.
- Kelvin Colling
- Sebastian Martinez
JESS HARLEN LET YOU DOWN
As if Jess needed any help to smash this one out of the park, but teaming up with Plutonic Lab just makes sense on Let You Down. To put it quite simply, Jess Harlen is already a phenomenal star & its about time that peeps get on board!
RRR STYLIN’ 500TH SHOW FREEBIES Prestige of a King OC & APOLLO BROWN Skyward Bruise Descent CLARK Empty Boy KRAZY BALDHEAD Necrology CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA CMYK BADBADNOTGOOD Still Here CLARO INTELECTO Freedom GOLDIE FT NATALIE DUNCAN U Ranaway MOODYMANN Temple People DISTAL Use me Again (Carl Craig Rework) TOM TRAGO
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A RETROSPECTIVE
JENNIFER LOPEZ FEAT PITBULL
CHIDDY BANG FEAT ICONA POP
The hot Latin duo of Lopez and Pitbull have teamed up again on the electro smash Dance Again. Produced by RedOne who produced their first hit On The Floor, & has helped yet again to create a hot track that might unlikely match their first offering, but it will give it a good tickle.
I’ve never agreed with the phrase Mind Your Manners, it just seems to me that if you have to actually remind someone to Mind Their Manners, then I’m pretty sure the phrase becomes redundant somewhat. Just like Chiddy Bang’s latest offering, it’s sort of okay but I think I’ll just mind my manners.
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ARIA DANCE TEN
When I See You Again (Morgan Geist rmx) CANYONS One For Kenny IDJUT BOYS Another Me CREDIT 00 Seraphim SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO I Finally Found The Love I Need JERRY GREEN The Secret (Melody) VINCE WATSON Savoir Faire MR BEATNICK Our Sorrows JULIA HOLTER Acid Jackson BODDIKA Share the Night (Breakdown mix) WORLD PREMIERE
Good Morning To The Night ELTON JOHN VS PNAU Allright/Together MARK KNIGHT The Night Out EP MARTIN SOLVEIG Funky Vodka TJR The Organ Track THOMAS GANDEY SW4 PRYDA Cant Get Enough MARCO LYS Atom NARI & MILANI Blue Jeans Part 2 LANA DEL RAY Looking For Love NILSON & THE 8TH NOTE FE FENJA
Starships NICKI MINAJ Earthquake LABRINTH FEAT. TINIE TEMPAH If Looks Could Kill TIMOMATIC Fight For You JASON DERULO Wild Ones FLO RIDA FEAT. SIA Live My Life FAR EAST MOVEMENT FEAT. JUSTIN BIEBER Throw Your Hands Up QWOTE FEAT. PITBULL So Good B.O.B Turn Up The Music CHRIS BROWN Boys Like You 360 FEAT. GOSSLING
MIND YOUR MANNERS
DANCE AGAIN
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SAM SPARRO I WISH I NEVER MET YOU
Every person in this world, at some stage in their lives, has felt that pain of the loss of a love that once burned strong but is now nothing more than ashes. Sam Sparro reaches inside your soul and caresses it’s dark bitter edges. Play it again Sammy, play it again.
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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
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Reggae at E55 every Wednesday night. Resident selectors play strictly vinyl. Free entry. 8pm. E55, 55 Elizabeth St, Melbourne CBD
Divine master of the unknown, the multi-platinum award winning Earl Simmons - better known through his stage name DMX, has emerged as one of hardcore rap’s reigning kings. Toeing the line between the sacred and the profane, Simmons’ narratives present a compelling account of both spiritual anguish and everyday life, Simmons has contributed an untold number of chart-topping singles and no less than six wildly successful full-length albums and there is little doubt that upcoming release Undisputed will be similarly successful upon its release in a matter of months, featuring the likes of Busta Rhymes, Tyrese, Jennifer Hudson, and production from Deezle, and Swizz Beatz. Friday May 11, Trak, 445 Toorak Road, Toorak
THURSDAY19TH RHYTHM-AL-ISM Start the weekend early with Fusion’s Resident DJs. Music for your funkin’ soul. Special guests every week! Fusion, Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
FRIDAY20TH FAKTORY This is it. Faktory Fridays are open for business at Melbourne’s home of R&B, Khokolat Bar. Where else? Damion De Silva, Ken Walker, Durmy, K Dee, Simon Sez, Yaths and Jacqui Dusk spinning all night long. Khokolat Bar, Basement, 43 Hardware La, Melbourne
LIKE FRIDAYS Like Fridays at La Di Da serves up R&B and electro house across two rooms giving you a fun filled end to your week. DJs Dinesh, Dir-X, Sef, NYD, Shaun D, Shaggz, Broz and more. La Di Da, 577 Little Bourke St, Melbourne
SWEET NOTHING FRIDAYS DJ Marcus Knight and DJ Xander James spin hip hop, R&B and house tunes all night from 8pm. Free entry and early drink specials. Temperance Hotel, 426 Chapel St, South Yarra
SATURDAY21ST 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,
SUPAFEST After a gargantuan 2011 with Snoop Dogg, Nelly, Taio Cruz, Bow Wow and more, Supafest has once again raised the bar. Headlining the 2012 proceedings will be none other than Ice Cube, who will be joined on stage by the likes of Trey Songz, Kelly Rowland, Lupe Fiasco, Chris Brown, Big Sean and many more. Saturday April 21, Melbourne Showgrounds
UPCOMING I LOVE DANCEHALL I Love Dancehall is a club night dedicated to the blazing bass sounds of Jamaican dancehall music. Focusing on all things dancehall - the music, dancers, mc and wicked vibes. Playing everything from old school dancehall to the latest up to the time riddims straight out of Jamaica. Featuring, Sofire, Jesse I & Troublemaker, Jumpdred & DJ Zare Demus, SK Simeon & Apex, Paz, Top Ranking , Shikung, Ezu and Burn City Queenz. Plus the winner of our dance battle, the devastating -Duchess Dusk - will be bringing some of her booty fire to destroy the stage. Tuesday April 24, The Liberty Social, 297 Flinders St, CBD
ATMOSPHERE AND EVIDENCE Hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Atmosphere has been a driving force in independent hip hop for 20 years. Rapper Slug (Sean Daley) and DJ/producer Ant (Anthony Davis) were the first to put Twin Cities hip hop on the map and became the co-founders of independent label Rhymesayers Entertainment. Frequently touted as emo rap, Slug’s brutally honest, poetic musings are often extremely personal and socially mindful, managing to traverse topics such as relationships, love, and the trappings of modern society to the soundtrack of melodic blend of blues, soul and gospel samples with vintage analogue synths. Joining Atmosphere will be Grammywinning rapper and producer Michael “Evidence” Perretta. Having spent the better part of his career touring the globe and selling an impressive number of records, he’s produced tracks for the Beastie Boys, Linkin Park, Defari, Planet Asia and more, including co-production on Kanye West’s debut The College Dropout, which earned him his Grammy. Additionally, 2011 saw the release of his longawaited sophmomore album Cats and Dogs, which featured appearances from hot names The Alchemist, DJ Premier, Statik Selektah and loads more. Thursday May 10, The Hi-Fi, 125 Swanston Street, Melbourne
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DANNY BROWN AND M.E.D Bubbling up for years before last year’s XXX, Danny Brown caught much of the hip hop world’s attention with his LP The Hybrid but had previously appeared on records with as diverse a bunch of characters as fellow Motor City bad man Guilty Simpson and G Unit’s Tony Yayo. M.E.D triumphantly returned in 2011 with his second LP Classic, flanked by the single Where I’m From with Aloe Blacc. An emcee adored by producers like Just Blaze, J Dilla and Madlib, M.E.D has appeared alongside the aforementioned as well as Oh No, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Odd Future member Hodgy Beats, Kurupt, Karriem Riggins, Talib Kweli and many many more. Thursday May 24, Prince Bandroom, 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda
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29 Apartment 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9078 8922
Cornish Arms 163 Sydney Rd, Brunswick
303 303 High Street, Northcote
CQ 113 Queen St, Melb, 8601 2738
Abode 374 St.Kilda Rd, St.Kilda
Croft Institute 21 Croft Alley, Melb, 9671 4399
Albert Park Hotel Cnr Montague & Dundas Pl, Albert Park, 9690 5459
Cruzao Arepa Bar 365 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 7871
Alia Lvl 1, 83-87 Smith St, Fitzroy, 9486 0999
Cushion 99 Fitzroy St, St.Kilda, 9534 7575
Alumbra Shed 9, Central Pier, 161 Harbour Espl, Docklands, 8623 9666
Damask 1/347 Burnswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 4578
Back Bar 67 Green St, Windsor, 9529 7899
The Drunken Poet 65 Peel Street, West Melbourne, 9348 9797
Bar Open 317 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9415 9601
Der Raum 438 Church St, Richmond, 9428 0055
Baroq House 9-13 Drewery Ln, Melb, 8080 5680
Ding Dong Lounge Lvl 1, 18 Market Ln, Melb, 9662 1020
Bendigo Hotel 125 Johnston St, Collingwood 9417 3415
Dizzy’s Jazz Club 381 Burnley St, Richmond, 9428 1233
Bertha Brown 562 Flinders Street, 9629 1207
Double Happiness 21 Liverpool St, Melb, 9650 4488
Big Mouth 168 Acland St, St.Kilda, 9534 4611
E:55 55 Elizabeth St, Melb, 9620 3899
Billboard 170 Russell St, Melb, 9639 4000
East Brunswick Club 280 Lygon St, East Brunswick, 9388 2777
Bimbo Deluxe 376 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 8600
Edinburgh Castle 681 Sydney Rd, Brunswick
Birmingham Hotel Cnr Smith & Johnston St, Fitzroy
Electric Ladyland Lvl 1, 265 Chapel St, Prahran, 9521 5757
Black Cat 252 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 6230
Elwood Lounge 49-51 Glenhuntly Rd, Elwood, 9525 6788
Blue Bar 330 Chapel St, Prahran, 9529 6499
Empress 714 Nicholson St, Nth Fitzroy, 9489 8605
Blue Tile Lounge 95 Smith St, Fitzroy
Espy 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda, 9534 0211
Boutique 134 Greville St, Prahran, 9525 2322
Eurotrash 18 Corrs Ln, Melb, 9654 4411
Brown Alley King Street, Melb,9670 8599
Eve 334 City Rd, Southbank, 9696 7388
Brunswick Hotel 140 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9387 6637
Evelyn 351 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 5500
Builders Arms 211 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
Ferntree Gully Hotel 1130 Burwood Hwy, Ferntree Gully, 9758 6544
Cabinet Bar 11 Rainbow Alley, Melbourne, 9654 0915
Festival Hall 300 Dudley St, West Melbourne, 9329 9699
Caravan Music Club 95 Drummond St, Oakleigh
First Floor 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 6380
Caseys Nightclub 660A Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, 9810 0030
Forum Theatre 154 Flinders St, Melb, 9299 9800
Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets 80 Smith St, Collingwood, 9415 8876
The Fox Hotel 351 Wellington Street, Collingwood, 9416 4957
CBD Club 12-14 McKillop St, Melb, 9670 3638
Fusion Lvl 3, Crown Complex, Southbank, 9292 5750
Chaise Lounge Basement, 105 Queen St, Melb, 9670 6120
The Gallery Room 1/510 Flinders St, Melbourne, 9629 1350
Chandelier Room 91 Cochranes Rd, Moorabbin, 9532 2288
Gem Bar & Dining 289 Wellingston St, Collingwood, 9419 5170
Chelsea Heights Hotel Cnr Springvale & Wells Rd,
George Basement, 127 Fitzroy St, 9534 8822
Chelsea Heights, 9773 4453
Gertrude’s Brown Couch 30 Gertrude St, Fitzroy, 9417 6420
Cherry Bar AC/DC Ln, Melb, 9639 8122
Grace Darling Hotel 114 Smith St, Collingwood, 9416 0055
Chi Lounge 195 Lt Bourke St, Melbourne, 9662 2688
Grandview Hotel Cnr Heidelberg Rd & Station St, Fairfield, 9489 8061
Co. Lvl 3, Crown Complex, 9292 5750
Great Britain Hotel 447 Church St, Richmond, 9429 5066
Colonial Hotel (Brown Alley) Cnr King & Lonsdale St, Melb, 9670 8599
Grind N Groove 274 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville
Commercial Club Hotel 344 Nicholson St, Fitzroy, 9419 1522
Grumpy’s Green 125 Smith St, Collingwood, 9416 1944
Cookie Lvl 1, 252 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 7660
Gypsy Bar 334 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 0548
Corner Hotel 57 Swan St, Richmond, 9427 9198
HiFi 125 Swanston St, Melb, 1300 843 4434
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Highlander 11a Highlander Lane, Melb, 9620 2227
The Retreat Hotel 280 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9380 4090
Hoo Haa 105 Chapel St, Windsor, 9529 6900
Revolt Elizabeth St, Kensington, 03 9376 2115
Horse Bazaar 397 Little Lonsdale St, Melb, 9670 2329
Revolver Upstairs 229 Chapel St, Prahran, 9521 5985
Iddy Biddy 47 Blessington St, St Kilda, 9534 4484
Rochester Castle Hotel 202 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9415 7555
Jett Black 177 Greville St, Prahran
Rooftop Cider Bar, Cnr Swanston & Flinders St, Melbourne, 9650 3884
John Curtin Hotel 29 Lygon St, Melb, 9663 6350
Room 680 Level 1, 680 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, 9818 0680
Khokolat Bar 43 Hardware Lane, Melbourne, 039642 1142
Roxanne Parlour Lvl 3, 2 Coverlid Pl, Melb
La Di Da 577 Lt Bourke St, Melb, 9670 7680
Royal Derby 446 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 2321
Labour In Vain 197A Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 5955
Roal Melbourne Hotel 629 Bourke St, 9629 2400
Lomond Hotel 225 Nicholson St, East Brunswick
Ruby’s Lounge 1648 Burwood Hwy, Belgrave, 9754 7445
Longroom 162 Collins St, Melbourne, 9663 9226
Saint Hotel 54 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9593 8333
Loop 23 Meyers Pl, Melb, 9654 0500
Sandbelt Live Cnr South & Bignell Rd, Moorabbin, 9555 6899
Lounge 243 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 2916
Scarlett Lounge 174 Burnley St, Richmond, 9428 0230
The Lounge Pit 386-388 Brunswick St, Fitzroy 9415 6142
Seven Nightclub 52 Albert Rd, South Melb, 9690 7877
Love Machine Cnr Lt Chapel & Malvern Rd, Prahran, 9533 8837
Spensers Live 419 Spencer St, West Melb, 03 9329 8821
Lucky Coq 179 Chapel St, Windsor, 9525 1288
Spot 133 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9388 0222
The LuWOW 62-70 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 5447
Standard Hotel 293 Fitzroy St, Fitzroy, 9419 4793
Mercat Cross Lvl 1, 456 Queen St, Melb, 9348 9998
Star Bar 160 Clarendon St, South Melb, 9810 0054
Mink 2 Acland St, St Kilda, 9536 1199
Station 59 59 Church St, Richmond, 9427 8797
Miss Libertine 34 Franklin St, Melb, 9663 6855
Stolberg Beer Café 197 Plenty Rd, Preston, 9495 1444
Misty 3-5 Hosier Ln, Melb, 9663 9202
Sub Lounge & Restaurant 168 Elizabeth St Melb, 0411 800 198
Mockingbird Bar 129 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9534 0000
Sugar Bar (Hotel Urban) 35 Fitztroy St, St Kilda, 8530 8888
Musicland 1359A Sydney Rd, Fawkner, 9359 0006
Temperance Hotel 426 Chapel St, South Yarra, 9827 7401
Neverland 32-48 Johnson St, South Melb, 9646 5544
Thornbury Theatre 859 High St, Thornbury, 9484 9813
New Guernica Lvl 2, Hub Arcade, 318-322 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9650 4464
Tiki Lounge 327 Swan St, Richmond, 9428 4336
Night Cat 141 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 0090
Toff In Town Lvl 2, 252 Swanston St, Melb, 9639 8770
Night Cat 279 Flinders Ln, Melb, 9654 0444
Tony Starr’s Kitten Club 267 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9650 2448
Noise Bar 291 Albert St, Brunswick, 9380 1493
The Tote Hotel 67 Johnson St, Collingwood, 9419 5320
Northcote Social Club 301 High St, Northcote, 9489 3917
Town Hall Hotel 33 Errol St, North Melbourne, 9328 1983
Old Bar 74 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 4155
Trak Lounge 445 Toorak Rd, Toorak, 9826 9000
One Twenty Bar 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy
Tramp 20 King St, Melb
Onesixone 161 High St, Prahran, 9533 8433
Transport Hotel Federation Square, Melb, 9654 8808
Order Of Melbourne level 2, 401 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 6707
Trunk 275 Exhibition St, Melbourne, 9663 7994
Palace Hotel 893 Burke Rd, Camberwell
Tyranny Of Distance 147 Union St, Windsor, 9525 1005
Palace Theatre 20-30 Bourke St, Melb, 9650 0180
Two of Hearts 149 Commercial Road, Prahran
Palais 111 Main Rd, Hepburn Springs, 5348 4849
Union Hotel Brunswick 109 Union St, Brunswick, 9388 2235
Palais Theatre Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, 9525 3240
Veludo 175 Acland St, St Kilda, 9534 4456
Papa Goose 91 Flinders Ln, Melbourne, 9663 2800
Victoria Hotel 380 Victoria St, Brunswick, 9388 0830
Penny Black 420 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9380 8667
Wah Wah Lounge Lvl 1, 185 Lonsdale St, Melb
Pier Live Hotel 508 Nepean Hwy, Frankston, 9783 9800
Wesley Anne 250 High St, Northcote, 9482 1333
Pony 68-70 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9662 1026
Westernport Hotel 161 Marine Pde, San Remo, 5678 5205
Portland Hotel Cnr Lt Collins & Russell St, Melb, 9810 0064
Willow Bar 222 High Street, Northcote, 9481 1222
The Prague Hotel, 911 High St, Northcote, 9495 0000
Windsor Castle 89 Albert St, Windsor, 9525 0239
Pretty Please 61c Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9534 4484
Workers Club 51 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9415 8889
Prince Bandroom 29 Fitztory St, St Kilda, 9536 1168
Workshop Lvl 1, 413 Elizabeth St, Melb, 9326 4365
Prince Of Wales 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9536 1168
Yah Yah’s 99 Smith St, Fitzroy, 9419 4920
Public Bar 238 Victoria St, North Melb, 9329 6522
The Vine 59 Wellington St, Collingwood, 9417 2434
Purple Emerald Lounge Bar 349 High St, Northcote, 9482 7007 Railway Hotel 280 Ferrars St, South Melb, 9690 5092 Red Bennies 371 Chapel St, South Yarra, 9826 2689 RedLove Lvl 1, 401 Swanston St, Melb, 9639 3722 Retreat Hotel 226 Nicholson St, Abbotsford, 9417 2693
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