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Maybe Dancing Will Help feat. Bastian’s Happy Flight @ The Norfolk Basement (Fri 3 September)
Well what else can I say but get your ass on down for a good dance, because we’ve already found it does help… but you can’t know it does until you attend! That said Bastian’s Happy Flight will be busting out a dj set, with Jack the Sax-Offender giving it everything he’s got. Support from TCEE, Sleepyhead and Bouncy Castles!
Skrillex @ The Republic (Sat 4 September)
If you enjoy your hard heavy electronic music then The Republic is the place to be this Saturday night. Skrillex is from post-hardcore band From First To Last, and is known as a multi-genre remix enthusiast, with a few pop remixes in there. Support comes from Time Travel Agent, Saylor, Dead Money and Robotskream (ps robotskream is also a very cool Perth blog for those interested in electronic music).
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I was contemplating on listening to Senior. I knew it wasn’t going to be anything like Junior, I’d been informed it was a much darker album that was less ‘pop-friendly.’ That’s exactly what I found, an album that is an amazing journey through different sounds, but at the same time pretty difficult to access. The album is instrumental only and most of the tracks lack an identifiable beat, often drifting into peaceful ambient music. I did really enjoy, and do recommend taking the journey. Full interview is after the jump… [...]
Guess who’s back with another white hot track… Tabularaza. A perfectly put together, catchy, summery track called This Can’t Be. It’s transporting me out of my lab and into a world of summer fun. Enjoy! This Can’t Be (Original Mix) by Tabularaza
Need some banging electro for your weekend to begin a day early? Well WAMI award winning electropop duo (four piece live) The Transients have a new single out – Hey You! Got plenty of juice in it for you to dance to.
Lee Coomb’s was here in Perth last week to promote his new album “Light & Dark” and what better location to do so than at Ambar Nightclub. The entire club was packed thick with party goers by 11am all of which seemed ready for a big night.
So Foals’ second LP, Total Life Forever, is actually pretty amazing. Which should come as no surprise because Antidotes was also awesome. It’s just taken me a little while to get stuck into it and now it will not physically allow me to remove the CD from my car stereo. This is not a bad thing. The main single from that album that most people will recognise is of course Miami and for lovers of that track I have this awesome remix courtesyof Jono Ma and Franklin Furter. It’s really slow, doesn’t diverge massively from the original, and is basically aurally orgasmic. That phrase is copyrighted by the way. As for the remixers, I have never heard of them until this remix came out. Although I believe Jono Ma has something to do with Lost Valentinos. Enjoy You can also download this from the soundcloud below.
And so it begins… This is the first in a line of Parklife related interviews (event info here, tickets here). About a month or two ago I had a chat to AC Slater (Trouble & Bass, Party Like Us) and found out the aforementioned labels are possibly about to merge! He also told me about plans to release a solo album, and a forthcoming collaboration album with Dell Harris. There’s a stack more info after the jump…
King Titos was another great success on Friday night. Once again I can’t give a full review because Troy and I were djing so we missed Harlequin League and a few djs here and there. However, I can tell you we had a smashing time and both rooms were packed. I caught the multi-genre stylings of Grubby, a lovely filter house set from Friend, some of Bastian’s Happy Flight’s trademark muck-around music, Lightsteed’s educational 70s disco and of course Graz’s headlining set downstairs. Although you get similarities between each dj and artist there’s such a great variety of things to listen too, it’s hard not to have a good time. Full review after the jump… [...]
Look at what I’ve got… The brand new Philly Jays track. Only completed at lunch time Friday (UK time). Save Our Town is another foot-tapping number. The lyrics are really well written. I always get the feeling their tracks are great up-beat happy songs, until I actually listen! I think that’s the appeal of the Philly Jays, they’ve got music that you can dance to, but then you can get a really good little moral out of each song too. You can download Save Our Town in all it’s 320 kbps glory!
All I can recommend are three events all happening on the same night. I’ll be at the first one spinning some tracks with Toby The Name Dropper and Willy The Sound Dude.
Graz & Harlequin League @ King Tito’s (Fri 27 August)
Modular party dude Graz is hitting up King Tito’s at The East End in Freo. Plus local indie rockers Harlequin League will be playing live. And… some mighty fine dj sets will be provided by Bastian’s Happy Flight, Lightsteed, Friend, Azwin, Buda, Joe Mac, Perthquake, Cooker, Grubby Gorilla and Mr Sparkles. Woah!
Grant Smillie @ Limelite (Fri 27 August)
One half of TV ROCK, co-owner of Neon Records and super club dj Grant Smillie is coming to Limelite to rock your socks off. Touring around the country to showcase his latest mix cd, Neon Essentials 10. Support from Mind Electric and Zelimir.
Lee Combs @ Ambar (Fri 27 August)
Bending boundaries with his tech funk acid sound Lee Combs is credited with reshaping techno, house, electro and breaks. Playing at Ambar on the back of his album Light and Dark. Support from Tee El, Prizzy, Ben Mac and Kill Dyl.
You can also download this from the soundcloud below.
