me, I just like the happiness, I really

As she delved deeper into her passion for disco, it was the history - followed by a subsequent pilgrimage - that affirmed her resonance with the historically rich dance music.

“Once you start digging deeper,” she says. “You find out about where it’s all from and you look to the New York scene back in the 80s and that just resonates with me, that whole culture, it resonated a lot more with me than any other culture. Disco, and all stories that are housed in disco music, is a part of history that you can’t really deny.

“When I was doing the PBS show Smoke and Mirrors back in the day I would go on trips to America. I learned that you can’t just play this music, you have to learn about it. You have to see where it’s from. I would go to America to buy records and to learn about disco.

“One time I went to Chicago and ended up at this party that the Blessed Madonna said ‘you’ve got to go to if you’re going to America’. It was called The Chosen Few and there were 20,000 or so people there who were all over the age of 40. Every disco and house act from around Chicago and New York, like Evelyn Champagne King, Jamie Principle and Masters At Work.

“I was the odd one out from Australia, just like a bright-eyed possum. I’d never seen anything like that in Australia before. We play all this music and then to actually see this in real life and see these people who created it made me realise why I do it.”

In her new home, convenient for travelling to European festivals and North American parties alike, she has firmly established herself as one of Australia’s greatest DJs.

Adding a string to her bow, CC:DISCO! has also just released her first original disco double single to widespread acclaim. Title track Chez Moi (Waiting For You) features a collaboration with one half of Confidence Man, Janet Planet, creating a classic disco track teeming with romance and euphoria. On the flip side, heavier track Out Of Your Mind, joyfully replicates the house music of New York City.

Despite her global achievements and accolades, CC remains grateful to be able to share music with the audience that nourished her career.

“I’m honoured,” she says. “Melbourne was my home for so long and I got my whole career through Melbourne, so being asked to come back and do something like this - I feel completely honored. I’m really stoked that I’m still thought of, and no one’s forgotten me just yet, which is great.”

CC:DISCO! AS PART OF NOW OR NEVER

WHERE: ROYAL EXHIBITION BUILDING

WHEN: SAT 26 AUG