Dutch masters of Drum and Bass NOISIA are coming down under for one night only, playing their patented style of electronic in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD at Brown Alley on Lonsdale Street, supported by the Brookes Brothers, Danny Byrd and No Names (Foreign Beggars)
Arguably the most influential DJ in the genre’s of Hip Hop and Funk, the pioneer himself, Grandmaster Flash is coming to The Espy Friday January 6th. A demigod to so many many pro and aspiring DJ’s, the Grandmaster has influenced so much of Hip Hop music and culture and continues to do so to this very day.
Fans of the harder styles in Sydney (AKA me) finally there is a urban event made for you. Knockout 2012 is happening on the 14th of January 2012 (Saturday), featuring Zatox (Italy), B-Front (Netherlands) and Tha Playah (Netherlands) at the Metro Theatre.
How many rappers out there have a political science degree, have helped build an orphanage in Afghanistan, spent a year in jail as well as managed to sell about 300,000 records without using a record label? One, and if you haven’t heard of him, his name is Immortal Technique and he’s in town!
American house music god Ian Carey is set to grace the stages of Brisbane’s iconic venue The Met for a one time only show on the 6th of January 2012. With the buzz of New Years Eve and New Years Day slowly fading, January 6th is the perfect time to get your 2nd wind and keep the Summer hype going.
The irony of going to an Australia Day Eve event headlined by a couple of English DJ’s aside, if you are a fan of Electro, Breakbeat and Techno then you will be forgiven for celebrating Australia’s national day with Plump DJs at Villa Nightclub in the heart of Perth.
It was 1999 on the dancefloor of Crush under 18′s dance party at the old Segaworld in Darling Harbour Sydney. Sporting bright orange keppers and I can’t remember the shirt, I picked up my first girl… Whilst listening to “We Like To Party” by none other then Dutch breakout group… THE VENGABOYS!!!
There aren’t many bigger names at the moment in the world of electronic music then Calvin Harris who seems to be involved in every remix on the radio these. And for those of you living in the city of churches, Thursday January 5 2012 is your lucky day (assuming the world hasn’t ended by then)
Getting bounced from you’re favourite bar or nightclub sucks, and the worst part for most of us is that the reasons are always so trivial that they make no sense. So we spoke to Max the bouncer who works the door at one of Sydney’s number 1 venue’s to help understand how the mind of the bouncer works.
If the Mayan Calender has told us anything (and I think it has) New Years Day is the first day of the last year of the world, in which case, you need to make the best of everyday - and what better way to do it then with The Potbelleez, Havana Brown and The Stafford Brothers at the biggest hotel in Australia.