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Dance News.
UK DJ Danny Howells recently criticised DJs who dress down in record company T shirts and jeans. "If you look back on that New York era of the late 70s and early 80s, people used to make a real effort and go really crazy... I still think it's good fun dressing up. We always encourage clubbers to make an effort to dress up, so why shouldn't the DJs?" Whilst I like this idea, and many Adelaide DJs have been known to go all out at the bigger parties, I think it would dilate the impact if DJs did it every week. And since Adelaide is always putting on a big show, it's a bit hard to expect the DJs to buy fancy and funny clothes AND new records every week!
The Jam presents the Big Birthday Booty Mash
Up Show! It's a few of the DJs birthdays, so they're doing something
special - mixing all styles all night in a free for all orgy
of musical goodness! Join Grif, Trucker, Crispin and Funky J
with special guest John Doe on this magical musical ride featuring
the best (and worst!) mashed up bootys they can find. The Jam
is on at Mojo on Fri 11 March. Funky J may even dress up!
Kicking off at the Adelaide Showgrounds at Midday on Sat 12 March, Two Tribes returns to Adelaide with a massive line up including Grand Master Flash, Armand Van Helden, Ritchie Hawtin, Dave Seaman, Rank 1, M.I.K.E, Junior Sanchez, Thomas Shumacher, Hyper, Andy Farley, Ed Real, Jan Johnson, Andy Rother and Luke Chabel, plus a host of locals!
The days of secret location parties are NOT
over, as Outdoor Roots II is here to prove! Sat 12 March sees
a secret tree-filled and grassed location 20 minutes from the
city being utilised to host a massive variety of Adelaide locals
.DJs in no particular order are EVN, Dyl G, Cryptic, Rebel,
Jayar, Dusk, Harass, Static, Noddy, Bakup, Rayda, Sublimnl,
Rummage, Woz, Fiction, Mark 7, Skyver, Djon, MPK, Restless,
Filter, Vilen, Luke B, Jason, Son of Sam, IQ, Benny Raw, Xpress,
Evolutionary Theory, Jury, Khem, Switch and MCs PAB, G Swift,
Pase, Fizza, Hype, Mennan and Meowz.
Phil K, one of Australia's most prolific and well respected DJs, plays Fabric at Garage Fri 18 March. If you haven't had a chance to hear his new 'Y4K' out on Distinctive Breaks, then I strongly recommend it to anyone with an interest in Dance Music as it's one of the finest in that series!
After the success of Concord Dawn and Klute,
Inbound presents the launch of their new look webpage with a
party at Caos Cafe on Sat 19 Mar. Joining the regular inbound
crew will be The Upbeats from NZ, the next big act from the
Southern Hemisphere to storm the UK dnb scene.
'Mayanstream - the 1st Installment' promises a night of psychedelic delights on Fri 18 March at Earth Night Club (The old Downtown), featuring the legendary DJ Tsuyoshi Suzuki from Japan, joined by a complimenting local line up of Psydways, Ahimsa, Jota, Dzol, Simple Psyman and Aah, with VJs Renderon and Spectra. This is one of those nights where you'll actually be able to see the music!
CAOS Cafe will once again be transformed
for the next power-driven Frequency on Fri 18 March with all
new multilevel dance floor and staging, indoor and outdoor areas
and heaps of comfy couches. DJs include DJ Grady G from the
UK, and the return of Adelaide's DJ Renegade, 2002 Female DJ
of the year, alongside Devious, Torque, Adrian.V, "Kenny Da
Killa" Koncept, Zealous, Jesta, GMC, Dirty Harry, Roket, Anarki,
Piero, Kustom and EVO.
It has been a few months since the last installment, but every time Vibe touches down it's a stormer not to be missed, with a massive line up of Adelaide's best local d'n'b DJs including Mark 7, Restless, Patch, MPK, Skyver, Djon, Del, Static, Bakup, Vilen, Frost and Switch alongside MCs Xpress, Mennan, Stryke, and Hype. Come up and get down on the dance floor or chill on the couches on Fri 18 March at Club 199 (the old Dreamers).
On Fri 18 March at Soda Room Adelaide's first Hard NRG label,
Volatile, gives you a pumping night of pure Hard NRG driven
by quality DJs playing a selection of locally made tracks. DJs
include Matt R, Matt Knowles, XXX, Odyssey, Mr S, Bongo, Snoozy
and Spadge. And whilst on the topic of Volatile, the boys are
soon to augment their digital label with vinyl output. Congratulations
Mr S and Oddy!
I end this column on a sad note, as one third of the Drunken Allstars, DJ LJD (Lee James Dawkins) passed away recently. The Drunken Allstars are a heavyweight crew of three DJs/Producers from the UK, boasting a UK DMC Title, promote a successful breakbeat night, hold down a show on the infamous breaksfm.com internet radio station, and play some awesomely funny shows. DJ LJD will be missed by fans and friends alike.
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