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“Where am I going tonight? I don’t know. Maybe Stockholm? All I know is I’m playing a show somewhere in Europe tomorrow, somewhere that starts with a ‘S’, I think.” The days and the destinations are starting to blur for Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws. The artist known as Tricky is in his home country of England, but is a long way from home.Tricky moved to Paris a few years back, and says he enjoys it there. Does he enjoy the French capital more than Bristol, the southern English city where he grew up and began his career as a producer and performer? “Let’s just say I like visiting London,” he says, avoiding talk of his hometown. “There’s always fucked up shit going on here in London. There could be people down in the street giving flowers to each other, and it’s such a big city that around the corner someone’s getting mugged. Life just goes on here.“London is the place I go to get food or buy books. I can’t read French, so I come here to stock up on books, and eat food I can’t get in France.” It’s also the place where he’s been recording with Francesca Belmonte, one of the many guests who appears on the trip hop pioneer’s tenth album, False Idols. “We’re working on some pretty incredible stuff for her album,” Tricky says. “It’s pretty scary how good the album is sounding already. I reckon I might be supporting her next year.”Other collaborators on False Idols include Igbo singer Nnenka, Fifi Rong and Peter Silberman from The Antlers. Silberman contributes vocals on the hypnotic lead single Parenthesis, and his involvement came about purely by chance.“I met Antlers at a festival,” Tricky explains, “and the thing that impressed me was that they weren’t playing the rock stars. They’re a band that is doing well, but they’re grounded. That’s enough to make me want to work with someone, much more than any talent they might have.”Tricky is renowned for his exacting standards in the studio. Does he think he is too demanding? “Nine times out of ten if someone is going on my album, it’s because I know that they can bring something, but it has to be done my way. I want to hear things my way, because I know what I want, and I know what I need. I work very fast, and I don’t like waiting around,” he says.The Brit might be exacting, but he admits it’s because he’s in a

state of bliss when in the studio. “I love the recording process,” Tricky says. “If it becomes painful I walk away. When you start analysing too much it becomes a job. An older musician told me once that when you record something, remember the first feeling it gave you and play it like that. Otherwise you start questioning yourself, and that’s never going to help.”His latest album is the first one to be released on his own label, also called False Idols. It follows a painful separation with Domino

Records, who had backed his previous two albums. “When I was with them I couldn’t work quick enough. I’d record my demos, and then the CEO (Laurence Bell) of the label would have to come to Paris to tell me if I was ready to mix. He’s never made a record in his life: how can he tell me if I’m ready to mix? I like the guy personally, but that was really painful business. I could have done Knowle West four months quicker if it wasn’t for Laurence getting in the way, because that’s how I am and how I do things. Don’t get

me wrong, Laurence is a great guy, but that was really painful.”

Creative hassles with Domino were added to by Tricky’s managerial strife. In November 2011 it was revealed that the artist’s former manager, Matt Willis, was suing him. Willis claimed that he was owed a share of the artist’s revenue since signing with Domino, which Tricky disputed. The battle is ongoing, and has clearly taken a toll on the musician.“Right now everything is so busy for me,” Tricky says. “I’ve had the thing that’s been happening for the last few years, with my old manager. This old manager made a real mess of things for me, and it created all this stress. I’d never had stress like this before, and it gave me a pretty dark view of things. I know there’s a lot of fucked up shit going on in the business right now, and this just made all of that worse.” False Idols is being released in collaboration with German imprint Studio !K7, who have licensing and distribution deals with a swag of influential labels including Frenchkiss Records (Les Savy Fav, Local Natives) and Lo Recordings (Aphex Twin, Four Tet). The Berlin group are providing artist and label services for the album, relieving some of the pressure on the Bristol-native, and allowed him to focus on the future.“I’ve got another album coming out in January. I’m going to call it Hicks, and it’ll be very different to this one. There’ll be much more soulful tracks in places. I just love working, you know? I just love banging out the tracks,” Tricky laughs. “It’s funny: some artists might say being dropped is the worst, but I couldn’t be happier with where I’m at.”

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Tricky’s new record False Idols is out now.

OUTLAWZ [USA]Friday June 14, Trak LoungeJEFF MILLS [USA]Friday June 21, The Liberty SocialATA [GER]Friday June 21, Mercat BasementMAXMILLION DUNBAR [USA]Saturday June 22, Mercat BasementCOOLIO [USA]Thursday June 27, Red BenniesOBIE TRICE [USA]Friday June 28, Trak LoungeWINTER BEATS SOUNDSYSTEM: SKAZI [ISR], BEHIND BLUE EYES [DEN]Friday June 28, RMH The VenueBRISK [UK]Friday June 28, Charlton’s NightclubDEORRO [USA]Friday July 5, BillboardSIMON PATTERSON [UK]Friday July 5, Chasers NightclubA$AP ROCKY [USA]Saturday June 29, Festival HallTOKIMONSTA [USA] Saturday July 6, The Hi-FiMARK E [UK]Saturday July 6, New GuernicaJUAN ATKINS [USA], FUNK D’VOID [UK]Friday July 12, Brown AlleyALEX KIDD [UK]Friday July 12, BillboardYUKSEK [FRA]Friday July 19, The Liberty Social ONRA [FRA]Thursday July 18, TBAFRANK OCEAN [USA]Friday July 26, Festival HallRICK WILHITE [USA]Saturday July 27, New GuernicaJAMES BLAKE [UK]Wednesday July 31, Palais TheatreCHVRCHES [UK]Monday August 5, Corner HotelD-BLOCK & S-TE-FAN [NED]Friday August 16, Chaser’s NightclubGHOSTPOET [UK]Saturday September 14, Corner HotelRUDIMENTAL [UK]Saturday September 21, Festival HallPORTER ROBINSON [USA]Sunday October 20, BillboardEARTHCORE: ANGY KORE [ITA], PERFECT STRANGER [ISR] + MORE Friday November 29 - Sunday December 2, TBABRUNO MARS [USA], MIGUEL [USA]Tuesday March 4 & Wednesday March 5, Rod Laver Arena

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the house de frost 5th birthdayIn celebration of a night that has become an institution, The House de Frost is throwing a 5th birthday unlike many, inviting down Zanzibar Chanel, No Zu and Elevator Alligators. Fresh outta Port Phillip Detention Centre and onto the stage Zach & Baba X have been turning it out all over town for the past year now. Having landed a spot on stage at Boiler Room, Golden Plains, MONA and every other worthy stage around town, Zanzibar Chanel plan to grace THDF with an extended set and a slew of new material to debut. No Zu play out like an homage to Liquid Liquid and James Chance, with their explosive performances dripping in reverb, horn stabs culminating to an unrelenting urge to dance. The illusive Elevator Alligators will be warming things up setting up an evening with blending tripped out vocals, rare exotica records with an MPC and live keys. Thrown in the middle of it all will be Andras Fox and Andee Frost bringing it home late. It’s all happening on Saturday July 6 at The Toff.

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yuksekPierre Busson, know to most as Yuksek, is back in Australia promoting his newly formed record label Partyfine. Created on the premise of independence and a gathering of like minded musicians who can collaborate around a defined concept while using their individual talents, Partyfine aims to set itself apart from any regular label. With Yuksek’s expertise, such an impossible feat seems to have become a reality. The first two releases on the label have been from Yuksek himself, offering synth-pop heaven with Last of our Kinds featuring remixes from Club Cheval’s Sam Tiba and Kasper Bjorke and Truth a track that wouldn’t be out of place within Mark Ronson’s discography. Having toured the world with his amazing live shows, Yuksek is returning to the decks for the first time since 2009 and is making a stop in Melbourne. Catch Yuksek at Liberty Social on Friday July 19.

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juan atkins, phil kieran & funk d’voidOne of the originators of techno, Juan Atkins, is coming back in Australia joined by Phil Kieran and Funk D’Void. Juan Atkins is best known for his influence on Detroit techno and a shadowy but important figure in the birth of Chicago house. Atkins is a man with a fascination for technology and all things futuristic. Lars Sandberg, aka Funk D’Void is the guy who carried techno in the ‘90s and kept his sense of humour while most lost their hair. After a string of hits over the years, Jack Me Off, Bad Coffee, Emotional Content plus some killer remixes for the likes of Underworld, New Order and Kevin Saunderson, he is probably best known for the end-of-nighter Diabla which bridged house and techno. Phil Kieran has worked with many top musicians and DJs including Peter Hook, Gary Numan, Green Velvet, Speedy J and David Holmes, and is rightly proud of being hand picked by Martin Gore to remix Depeche Mode’s Sweetest Perfection. Catch all three amazing artists on Friday July 12 at Brown Alley.

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life in colorLife in Color is the world’s largest paint part making waves in the US, Mexico, Canada and throughout Europe. It’s Melbourne’s turn and with Life In Color comes the promise of it being a life-changing experience. Presenting groundbreaking production, amazing live acts and surprises around every corner, the event spans to be a culmination of music, art and hedonistic fun with LED robots, aerialists, stilt walkers, acrobats and international DJs. With the local lineup having been released you can expect to see the likes of Will Sparks, Aaron James, Sebastian Morxx, Bombs Away and Marlo with international DJs to be announced very soon. Head down to the Melbourne Showgrounds on Saturday June 29 for all the fun.

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outlawzTrak paid tribute to Tupac Shakur last year and this year are stepping this up by bringing down the Outlawz live with a full 90 minute show covering all the West Coast hits in his memory. Outlawz, formally known as Outlaw Immortalz, are an American hip hop group founded by Tupac Shakur in late 1995. Collectively, they are best known for the numerous songs and albums they did with Tupac Shakur. When Tupac signed to Death Row upon his release from prison, he recruited his step brother Mopreme Shakur and Big Syke from Thug Life, Hussein Fatal, Napoleon, E.D.I. Mean, Kastro, Yaki Kadafi, and Storm to form the original lineup of the Outlaw Immortalz that debuted on 2Pac’s multi-platinum smash All Eyez on Me. They later dropped the immortal after the untimely deaths of 2Pac and Yaki Kadafi and moved on as Outlawz without the members of Thug Life. Last year, Trak’s tribute to Tupac sold out and there are very limited tickets left to buy, including 20 meet and greet tickets where a few lucky ticket holders will meet The Outlawz, have their photo taken with the band and have an object or photo autographed. Head down to Trak on Friday June 14 for what will be a night to remember.

mark eOne of the few consistently excellent producers of recent times, Mark E returns to our shores with New Guernica in his sights. The music of Mark E is quintessential house, unswerving, mechanistic, intoxicatingly simple. With releases flowing steadily since his first release on Jiscomusic way back in 2005, Mark’s music has been released by a plethora of high quality labels such as Running Back, Golf Channel, Internasjonal, Spectral Sound, Endless Flight and Sonar Kollektiv, as well as remixing everyone from Matthew Dear and Shit Robot, to Jazzanova and Boys Noize. Mark E has developed his sound to become one of the great house and techno producers of today. Support on the night by New Guernica regulars Otologic and Jezadin, Awesome Wales and Mu-Gen. Make sure you’ll be heading down to New Guernica on Saturday July 6 to check it out.

sprung hip hop festivalThe country’s biggest all aussie hip hop festival just got bigger. The all-ages Sprung Hip Hop Festival will star ARIA Award winning chart toppers 360 and Drapht alongside a stellar lineup that includes Channel [V] Oz Artist of the Year Seth Sentry, The Funkoars, Horrorshow, Thundamentals, Diafrix, Brad Strut, Allday, The Crate Cartel, Bam Bam, Lazy Grey & Jake Biz, Dialectrix, Purpose, Mr Hill & Rahjconkas, K21, Eloji, Komplete, Chelsea Jane, Savo and it wouldn’t be a hip hop party without Urthboy. Melbourne tickets on sale Thursday July 18 – check out sprunghiphop.com.au for more info. It’s on at Kevin Bartlett Sport & Rec Complex on Saturday October 19.

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As one of Australia’s most renowned homegrown DJs, Kid Kenobi can boast an accolade-filled music career and a successful record label. Taking home a swag of DJ awards as a young up and coming producer to now helping others reach their potential, Jesse Desenberg aka Kid Kenobi has been a lover and a purveyor of dance music since the early ‘90s. Initially a hip hop man, his tastes were forcibly broadened growing up in Sydney and enveloping himself in the rave scene.“Dance music started for me a very long time ago, going to illegal raves in the early ‘90s, so I got introduced to it at a very young age when it was still extremely underground and nobody knew anything about it,” he says. “Before that I was into hip hop. I fought rave music

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“It’s about seeing what other people are doing, and trying to find a way of making that your own,” he says. “I think I’ve got a certain style, and it’s not genre-specific, it’s like party and bouncy kind of vibes really. I’ll just take current music and put it in line with what I like.”The leader of Sydney dance label Klub Kids Records, Desenberg stresses the importance of staying fresh, defined by the motto ‘forward-thinking party music.’ The label’s current roster features a growing number of Aussie artists working away in various genres through house, breaks, hip hop and other areas.As the father of a two-year-old daughter, Desenberg has plenty of perspective to go with his love of club music, keeping himself grounded and juggling the different roles in his life. “It’s always on the go, she takes a lot energy you know,” he says. “With all the work I’m doing you just don’t stop, but it’s all worthwhile stuff.”

Kid Kenobi’s latest release Freak Funk is out now.

Dennis ‘D-Rakkas’ Shaw has been on an extended international tour, which started February and has most recently taken him through parts of Asia like Cambodia, Taiwan and Vietnam for the first time. “Before that I was in the studio for about three months, four months straight and was just creating songs and putting them out,” he says from Hong Kong. He’s just played a well-received four hour set, which had been scheduled for just 90 minutes.Which isn’t all that surprising, considering his approach to spinning. “It’s about the club; it’s about being a DJ and responding to the crowd and just rocking the house,” he says, when asked what Perth punters can look forward to. “I expect to go everywhere: electro, all the new cutting edge stuff, moombahton, dancehall obviously, old school hip hop. I’m gonna go all over the

place and make the party jump.”Shaw spent the months leading up to his international tour releasing music to build excitement – and when the tour finishes, he’ll be working to clear the backlog of music he wasn’t able to complete. “As soon as I get off the road I’m back and on it,” he says. “That’s the whole idea of this tour, is just to get all this out of the way so I can just get in the studio and work, you know? That’s what I really want to, just get back in the studio and start pumping music back out as much as possible, as quickly as possible.”His next project is likely to be a new single and remix EP, Pumpin Music – a collaboration with Jamaican dancehall acts Monsta Twins and Flexx of T.O.K., in keeping with his origins. “Dancehall is my birth; I was born in Jamaica, so almost everything I do, I hear dancehall on it, and it’s the easiest and most accessible

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thing for me,” he says. “But I’m definitely up to doing whatever, recording with whoever, as long as I think the sound is cool.”It’s an approach Shaw has taken throughout his career. He met Alex ‘Alex G’ Greggs through Toronto’s local music scene, and the pair eventually moved to Florida and formed South Rakkas Crew. Their partnership blended the yin of Greggs’ pop sensibilities with the yang of Shaw’s hard-edged dancehall sound.Shaw and Greggs parted ways in 2010, and Shaw has continued on with South Rakkas Crew. “It hasn’t really changed at all. We’re still moving forward; it’s just about cutting edge music with our flavour, which is the whole dancehall or Jamaican influence,” he says. “What Alex contributed to South Rakkas Crew was more of a pop flavour, maybe, more polish, but with the last couple of things I recorded, like Go Hard Go Home, had a real pop and commercial edge to it… So I can’t even say that that element is missing. “We’ve just been doing it for so long, I think South Rakkas’ flavour is South Rakkas’ flavour. It’s not really conflicting. In the beginning it was me pushing more on the hard-edged stuff and him pushing more on the pop stuff, and then it coming together the way it did, but at this point it just is what it is.”

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club guide wednesday june 12 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. NEW GUERNICA WEDNESDAYS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 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.

thursday june13 3181 THURSDAYS - FEAT: HANS DC + JAKE JUDD + NIKKI SARA-FIAN + 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. BANG N MASH Word Events Warehouse & Lounge, Melbourne. 8:00pm. BILLBOARD THURSDAYS - FEAT: MATT DEAN + MATTY GRANT + PHIL ROSS Billboard, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $10. CHI BEATS Chi Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. 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. TIGER FUNK LIVE - FEAT: DJ MOONSHINE Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. TROCADERO - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Match Bar & Grill, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. VARSITY Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. friday june 14 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. CLOSET PARTY First Floor, Fitzroy. 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. P-MONEY + DAVID DALLAS + DYLAN JOEL + MANCHILD Espy, St Kilda. 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. SATURDAY MORNING - FEAT: DJ SUNSHINE + DJ BUTTERS + DJ HEY SAM Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00am. SHUFFLE FRIDAY NIGHTS Bridie O’reilly’s Brunswick, Brunswick. 10:00pm. 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.

saturday june 15 BANDS AS DJS Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. BASS CARTEL - FEAT: C:1 + EXCELLE + FA Workshop, Melbourne. 8:30pm. BILLBOARD SATURDAYS - FEAT: FRAZER ADNAM SCOTT MCMA-HON + JAMIE VLAHOS + MR MAGOO + ZIGGY Billboard, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15. CHI SATURDAYS Chi Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. CLUB FICTION - FEAT: KITTY ROCK & THE BAD LADIES Red Bennies, South Yarra. 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. MUSICISLIFE AFTER PARTY Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. 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. SUNDAY NIGHTS - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ JAY J + DJ KEN WALKER + DJ LIGHTING Co., Southbank. 8:30pm. 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. THE TONGUE - FEAT: DJ SKOOB + DJ MOONSHINE + PHIL PARA + REMI + SWOOPING DUCK Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. WHY NOT? Pretty Please, St Kilda. 8:00pm. WILDSTYLEZ (LIGHTS OUT TOUR) + ALPHA² + BANGERZ & MASH-ERZ + CHRIS DYNASTY + CHRIS X DEEJAY + CONSTRUCTION + DJ EM + DJ PRACTICE + GATTY + JLS + JOHHNY L DEEJAY + KARPE-DM + KEMICAL KONJESTION + MC VILLAIN + SOUL-T + VAZARD The Hi-fi, Melbourne. 9:00pm.

sunday june 16 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. SURRENDER - FEAT: DJ SERGEANT SLICK + DJ ADAM TRACE + DJ ADRIAN CHESSARI + DJ CHRIS OSTROM + DJ SEF Fusion, Southbank. 8:00pm. THE SUNDAY SET - FEAT: DJS ANDYBLACK + HAGGIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. WE BE QUEENS - FEAT: DJ AYNA + DJ LOTUS + MZ RIZK Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

monday june 17 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 june 18 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.

for a very long time; I just wanted to be hip hop forever kind of thing until I finally caved in and just loved it. I’d listen to music during the week and then be a part of the culture on the weekend, and it sort of grew from that.”He knew he was beginning to make as a DJ when he could pay the rent with the earnings from his early gigs, but he says he didn’t have a plan as a university student without a clear idea of what he wanted his future to hold.“I loved music. I never really thought of it as a career at that point,” he says. “I was going from playing the backroom to being on the main stage, then winning awards which were little steps along the way to success I guess.”He recalls the awards being an important part of his development, as well as doing mixes for Ministry of Sound, things that collectively snowballed until he found himself living the life of a professional DJ and producer. “With the first awards I won (including People’s Choice NSW DJ of the Year 2001), I was like, ‘Cool, now Mum and Dad will look at what I’m doing and not think I was wasting my time,” he says. Gaining inspiration simply from checking out what other DJs and producers are up to, Desenberg is amazed by how much music is currently out there, especially considering how underground the scene used to be.

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urban club guide wednesday june 12 Compression Session - Feat: Cassawarrior + Dd + Ricka E55, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. Soul Ensemble Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

thursday june 13 Pennies Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $6.

friday june 14 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.

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.

saturday june 15 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.

monday june 17 Freedom Pass - Feat: Phil Ross + B-Boogie + Chris Mac + Dozza Co., Southbank. 10:30pm. Hip Hop Open Mic First Floor, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

tuesday june 18 Can I Kick It? Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

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