PERTHQUAKE

What: Kaskade

Where: Villa

When: 22 January 2011

Cost/Ticket details: 27+bf perthquake store

It doesn’t get much more US House than a DJ born in Chicago. Yes, Kaskade is the pure definition of US House.

KASKADEKaskade moved to Utah to attend uni and became a dormroom DJ while buying and operating his own record store, Mechanized Records. As you do. In May 2000, Kaskade moved to San Francisco and began working as an A&R assistant for Om Records. Om never hesitated with Kaskade; within a year he had his first single out on the label, ‘What I Say’.

In the Moment saw Kaskade’s first top 10 single with ‘Steppin’ Out’ reaching #5 on Billboard Magazine’s Hot Dance Club Play chart. The fourth single to be released from the album, ‘Everything’, reached #1 on Billboard Magazine’s Hot Dance Club Play.

Kaskade’s fourth solo album Love Mysterious was released in September 2006, spouting singles ‘Be Still’, ‘Stars Align’ and ‘Sorry’ – the remix for which was nominated for a Grammy in 2008 for Best Remixed Recording.

Kaskade now releases under Ultra Records – most recently working with Canadian house/electronic DJ/artist Deadmau5 to produce tracks on Strobelite Seduction, including the first single (released as an EP) ‘Move For Me’, as well as ‘Angel On My Shoulder’ and ‘I Remember’ – a massive hit in the UK, US and, of course, Australia.

For Kaskade, it’s all about love. The proof is in Dynasty, his sixth album; love has never been more apparent in his sound. The first single, the title track, is a gritty production, smoothed out by the vocals of Haley, known to Kaskade fans the world over as the ethereal singer of ‘I Remember’ and ‘Move For Me’. There’s also the track ‘Only You’ which features production work from none other than Tiësto. The result is a blend of Tiësto’s signature pace of trance and Kaskade’s soulful swagger meets big floor Euro. As easily as Kaskade is able to work with a major like Tiësto, he can flip it right back into the indie space. ‘Fire In Your New Shoes’, featuring Dragonette’s Martina, delivers a rock-riffed, downtown cool, electro-pop sound sure to resonate all summer with the big city set.

This is beautiful, soulful music created by one of the world’s best – in fact, Kaskade was voted #35 in DJ Mags Top 100 DJs in 2010.

He’s hotter than ever.

What: Netsky

Where: Villa

When: 8 January 2010

Cost/Ticket details: 25+bf perthquake store

What: NYExcuse feat. Kele

Where: Villa

When: 31 December 2010

Cost/Ticket details: 30/40+bf perthquake store

Need an excuse to party this New Years Eve? This is the excuse that we’re making:

A night of hotness featuring one of the biggest names in the business, Kele Okereke of Bloc Party!

Tick Tock and Boomtick have conjured up the sexiest New Years Eve party on the West Coast, dishing up the perfect soundtrack to take you and your crew through to 2011.

And we think it’s good enough for what you’re paying.

Coupled with Kele is Bang Ganging Shazam and a local lineup of pure Perthonalities.

You’ll get everything from David Bowie to Daft Punk, Blondie to Bloc Party (of course!), as well as Kele’s own Tenderoni-style hits from his debut solo album, ‘The Boxer’. A fantastic ride of the indie, pop and dance sounds which have shaped the music we all love in 2010. We know you like your music fun. We know you love to dance like no one is watching. We know this is the NYE party for you.

We’re getting loud with you! This show will sell out, so get your tickets sorted stat!

What: Ministry of Sound Annual

Where: Villa

When: 10 December 2010

Cost/Ticket details: 20+bf perthquake store

The Annual is without a question the biggest release every year and tows a pretty big party to boot! Ministry of Sound’s The Annual tour is locked and loaded for a return to Perth and this time its at Villa! Scribble Friday 10 December in the diary and prepare for a cosmic journey through to the future as headliners Hook N Sling and Tommy Trash bluetooth your underwear!

When choosing supports for a mission such as this there was no looking past a pair of space captains like Mind Electric and Chiari. The two are tearing down ground and moving forward at a fast musical speed.

What: Trashbags feat. Cyberpunkers

Where: Villa

When: 12 November 2010

Cost/Ticket details: 30+bf, perthquake store

If you missed them last time on their small Australian tour, this is your chance to redeem yourself.

The “Cyberpunkers” born in 2006, are two Italian DJ’s who have combined Punk rock music with electro. The format aims at giving a fresh start to this style through four different yet connected forms of art: electronic music, fashion, design and photography. In a nutshell, a transposition of the Cyberpunk world in modern clubbing.

Touring all over the world, Cyberpunkers have set a benchmark in electro music, writers & contributors even labeling them Beetroots fused Justice, with the huge success of ‘I needed to Go: Single’ released on Freakz me out, Cyberpunkers have taken center stage along side some of the greatest producers in our time.

SUPPORT

JUS HAUS?

THE PEARLY WHITES

ROBOTSKREAM

PLASTIC MOD

What: DJ Krush

Where: Villa

When: 27 November 2010

Cost/Ticket details: 20, moshtix

Many, many wonderful things hail from the land of the rising sun; and DJ Krush is an internationally acclaimed Japanese treasure. Hands together – bow. A Tokyo-born turntablist, Krush has a superb sense in mixing and composing his sound – no doubt most recognized as the first DJ to use turntables as live instruments, doing free sessions with live musicians on stage. Aside from his outernational activities as producer, remixer and DJ, he is adept at soundtracks for films, TV dramas & commercials. Krush builds soundscapes (not dance tracks) populated with snippets of melodies, oldschool beats, dub-like bass lines, Miles Davis-inspired horns phrases, turntable scratching and soulful diva crooning, and possess a strong jazz feeling. Krush established himself at the helm of Japan’s hip-hop with pieces of psychedelic, dub jazz-rock (Roll & Tumble, On The Dub-ble, Into The Water, Murder Of Soul) and made one hell of an impact with his sophomore album, Strictly Turntablised. Krush is Japanese jazz hip hop, built for the chin-stroker in us and enjoyed by the truest underground. Pure Shibuya, bitches.

What: Krafty Kuts

Where: Villa

When: 3 December 2010

Cost/Ticket details: 40+bf, moshtix

Lauded in the UK. Worshipped in Australia. Acclaimed in America….wherever he plays he is guaranteed to cause a commotion with top accolades including Best International DJ at the Australian Dance Music Awards, Breakspoll’s Face of Breaks 2003 and a stunning haul at Breakspoll 2007 saw him claiming Best Album for his debut long player ‘Freakshow’, Best DJ for a record third consecutive year and to cap it off, the richly deserved Outstanding Contribution to Breakbeat award acknowledging his long journey to the acme of club culture.

Inspired by the hip-hop and electro sounds that were rocking his world, Krafty Kuts first stepped behind a pair of decks when he entered a DJ competition and his love affair for the wheels of steel well was truly cemented.

Krafty Kuts is the remixer du jour, transforming tracks for Jurassic 5, Arthur Baker, Eric B & Rakim, Stakker Humanoid and Afrika Bambaataa’s Funky Heroes’

A Finger Lickin’ alumni, Krafty Kuts has created music for a Coca Cola advert, PlayStation 2 and Guy Richie’s ‘Mean Machine’. Djing and music-making is now everything to the Kraftos, and now he is free to concentrate fully on his creative – launching both the Against The Grain and SuperCharged labels with club partner Skool of Thought and proving, beyond a doubt, Krafty Kuts is a force to be reckoned with in dance music.

What: Pharaohe Monch & Jean Grae

Where: Villa

When: 20 November 2010

Cost/Ticket details: 45+bf, perthquake store

Hands in the air for Queens’ most kick-ass MC, PHAROAHE MONCH, returning to Perth to enlighten us with his super-fresh new album W.AR. This hip hop monchhichi’s music is straight up New York City, yo. Pharoahe Monch’s delivery is complex, tongue-twisting, rapid-paced rap. Breaking ground as one half of Organized Konfusion and the man behind the underground classic ‘Internal Affairs’, Monch is vital and relevant, no matter your rap flavour. You will bounce hard to these high energy beats as his philosophical narratives, crazy metaphors and sex stories add up to some of the best rhymes your ears have ever heard.

An artist’s measure of success is their list of collaborators and Pharoahe Monch’s list has Mos Def, Common, Talib Kweli, Busta Rhymes and our own Hilltop Hoods. Word. One of hip hop’s most technically skilled MCs, you cannot miss Pharoahe Monch this November. JEAN GRAE (Cake or Death, New York City) – otherwise known as Major Woody, Da Easter Bunny, What? What? – romanced us when she rendezvoused with Talib Kweli on his recent Australian tour and now she’s back to finish what she started. Jean Grae has worked with groups including Ground Zero and Natural Resource (with whom she released Negro League Baseball on their own label Makin’ Records. She also appeared on singles by fellow Makin’ Records artists Pumpkinhead and Bad Seed, and on the O.B.S. (Original Blunted Soldiers) and produced much of the material released on the label under the pseudonym Run Run Shaw. As a solo artist, she has released Attack of the Attacking Things and followed it with This Week. Throughout her career, she has recorded tracks with Atmosphere, The Roots, Talib Kweli, The Herbaliser, Mos Def amongst many others.