PERTHQUAKE

What: DJ Yoda

Where: Villa

When: 22 January 2010

Cost/Ticket details: 25+bf, boomtick, moshtix, inthemix

For all those who missed out on DJ Yoda’s spectacular show at Southbound fear not! Missed out? Hang about! Yoda brings his hilarious AV scratchtacular to Villa! All reports of Yoda’s set at Southbound are glowing (albeit reduced by programming to 60 mins) so check out this ‘DJ you must see before you die’. A FULL 90 minute Perth-centric AV performance will flick your kicks – all up in your face in a unique setup in Perth’s dopest new digs.

DJ Yoda has been touted as one of the UK, nay, the world’s most admired, original club DJs and an AV pioneer who is constantly pushing the possibilities of audio-visual manipulation. Encapsulating the very essence of good times, DJ Yoda has transformed clubbing as we know it, throwing down a fusion of styles comprising Hip-Hop, Funk, Baltimore Club, Drum n Bass and even Country music, all cut-up with an awe-inspiring selection of film, TV show and You Tube visuals that elevate his sets to the uniquely sublime.

DJ Yoda is a one of hip hop’s unique characters; his mix-tapes are lovingly crafted to the point of obsession, the result being a dense, often hilarious mish mash of hip hop, pop culture and bad taste in the tradition of Kid Koala or The Avalanches. A judge for three years-worth of DMC DJ World Finals, tipped by Q Magazine as one of ‘The 10 DJs you must see before you die’ and voted alongside DJ Premier as ‘One of the Top Three DJs in the World’ in Hip-Hop Connection magazine, DJ Yoda represents a new brand of mix-master who can happily play any kind of music to make people dance.

Following his successful re-scoring of both ‘The Goonies’ and ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ on the festival circuit in 2003 and 2004, Yoda’s notoriety as the most exciting Audio-Visual innovator has escalated, with his ‘DJ Yoda GoesTo The Movies’ tours achieving legendary status. His current ‘Magic Cinema Show’ takes the AV art form into brand new territory utilising cutting edge DVD mixing equipment that he has been instrumental in developing.

No stranger to breaking new ground, Yoda’s other achievements include providing Pete Tong with his first ever hip-hop Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1 – bootleg copies of which have been doing the rounds ever since – plus his “Mini-Mix” for Annie Mac’s show was also voted, by listeners, as the best mix ever broadcast on the show.

What: Proxy (Live), Bad Weather, Kit Pop, Rekab, Le Gab (Live)

Where: Shape

When: 6 January 2010

Cost/Ticket details: 20+Bf, until 18th from shape, 25 thereafter

From the ashes of the Soviet empire, from the flames of history, rises PROXY. Post 9/11 rave vibes cloaked in Muscovite angst. A line drawn in smoking rubble along the border dividing East and West, Stüssy and Spetsnaz. 1997. The Year of Tar and Horses. The Prodigy plays Red Square in Moscow. Hundreds of thousands of people attend the show, but only one is truly changed. By the crushing sound. By people absolutely losing their shit to synths and sustained aggression.

The experience causes PROXY to question the quality and purpose of Russian “electrica” acts like Nu-Lag Xpressions and Sweatislav. There was simply no scene from which to emerge. “Whatever a fool does, he does it wrong. A poor dancer is impeded even by his own balls,” he recalls. In a decade’s time, PROXY would be remixing Prodigy and opening for them on a massive tour of Russia.

2004. PROXY grows interested in the increasingly punishing sounds of the electro scene, as he hears Tiga sing “Hey You Little Children of Glasnost” at the W Hotel in Anzhero-Sudzhensk.

2006. PROXY reaches out to Tiga via his MySpace page. Thomas Von Party intercepts the message and is stunned by fully formed landmines like “Destroy”. Masquerading as Tiga, he signs PROXY to Turbo Recordings, beginning his own deceit-fueled ascent up the biz-ladder of the music ladder-business.

2007 to present. PROXY earns respect and awe from such heavyweights as Justice, Soulwax, Boys Noize, Erol Alkan and Mr. Oizo with astonishing, severe tracks like “Decoy”, “Dance in Dark” and the massive “Raven”, which merits special mention not just because of its ubiquity, but because it illustrates in full the singular power of PROXY MUSIC.

Recall, if you will, the first time you were ever caught in an explosion. Close enough to the blast that the only things that register are a light beyond blinding and a sound that arrives too soon. Now imagine that as you lose your body to the fire you are reassembled, better, your self subsumed by something far greater (for many, this experience seems to manifest itself as sitting in obedient unison). The sound now commands you, transmuting you into the screaming, searing blare. PROXY has also produced remixes for Peaches, Prodigy, Tiga, Boys Noize, Chromeo, Digitalism, Moby and a host of others willing to pay him in Kocmoc cigarettes. The coming months will see him co-headline a huge New Year’s Eve show with Soulwax in Australia and embark on his first North American tour, which will include shows at major festivals. As rumor fills the Earth of the impending release of his debut album, PROXY demurs, “I hear it, and it’s mine, and you stay away from me,” before reluctantly conceding that it will drop in 2010. “My music tells you what to do, but never why. Your ear may be afraid, but your body completes its labor.”

What: Mowgli + Boomtick Djs

Where: Ambar

When: 29 January 2010

Cost/Ticket details: 20, doorsales, presale boomtick shop

More than just a friendly little character from the Jungle Book – we’re bringing you a jungle of another kind! Mowgli is back after a year’s absence in Perth, bringing his own twisted brand of house ready for you at Ambar! Having started at just 15, making beats for local MC’s in Northern Italy on a cheap keyboard and sampler, Mowgli’s fascination was sparked by Hip Hop culture, but soon he realised that creating music was the right direction for him. At 18 he moved to Bologna and became immersed in the illegal rave scene where he developed a love for Drum and Bass, releasing his first record on the Teknomobilsquad label.

Fast Forward and his tastes continue to evolve – Mowgli gets a taste of London and delivers an amazing bootleg of “Do It Again” (Chemical Brothers), putting him on the radar for Radio One with plays from Pete Tong and Annie Mac as well as XFM, it also set the blogs alight. Mowgli’s squelchy, twisted, de-tuned take on house delivers a sound that is drenched in grooves yet thick with peak time flavour. A sound that is completely fresh, totally unique and undeniably Mowgli. Brodinski calls him his favourite producer, AC Slater loves him. His latest EP “Nu Skool” has been receiving praise from everyone from Micky Slim to Elite Force, to Radioclit and Steve Aoki. You definitely should get down to Ambar for this one!

Mowgli (Myspace)

What: Malente + Boomtick Djs

Where: Ambar

When: 15 January 2010

Cost/Ticket details: 15+bf presale, boomtick shop, 20 on door

Boomtick and Ambar would have had their post New Years time off to recoup and relax and re..do all those things they said they were going to do, and now it is time to get the year off with a bang with Germany’s Top National Act (German Club Charts DCC) Malente!

Malente – It’s a nightlife name you can trust. Having lifted the roof off of Ambar this time last year, Malente makes his return to the Home of the Underground. With a bucketful of heavy remixes and productions, Malente definitely has something in the catacombs just for you. Accolades have been pouring in from every DJ you can imagine, tracks consistently in the German Club Charts Top 10 (and sometimes even reaching and hanging out at pole position for weeks), Pete Tong gushing over his recent releases on A-Traks label Fools Gold - all should be reasons enough to get you out of your beachside hacienda and back into the Underground!

Malente (Myspace)

What: Summer (Opening night)

Where: Little Creatures

When: 22 December 2009

Cost/Ticket details: Free

Ten emerging Australian artists and designers interpret the theme ‘Summer’ at an exhibition opening 6pm on Tuesday 22nd December at Little Creatures Brewery in Fremantle. The artists cross multiple disciplines including digital painting, photography and illustration. Collaborations from Forks Open Doors, and Mitchell & Dent will be showcased alongside new works from individual artists, photographers and designers including Simon Boxer, Rebecca Lee, Jessica Singh, Nick Lowe, Luci Everett and Yolanda Stapleton.

All artworks are available for sale.