In the expanse of the Australian outdoor festival culture, Winter Solstice Lifestyle Gathering holds a special place in the hearts and minds of punters from not only Cairns, but from around the country and indeed the globe as well. The annual event, in its fourth year in 2009, was one of the region’s biggest and most creative festivals, attracting well over a hundred acts, performers, healers and artists over four days and three nights in the rugged beauty of the Atherton Tablelands.
The thing about Winter Solstice is that it’s much more than a Far North Queensland event, instead being one of Australia’s premier alternative life style festivals with a strong focus on entertainment for all the ages and a holistic festival experience. Thousands of punters have been known to travel from interstate and overseas just to attend, proving it’s not only one of the region’s top music and arts events, but a global tourism drawcard as well.
With a broad range of musical styles – from electronic music to live bands and solo acts – as well as roving performers, fire shows, healing areas, sustainability exhibitions and market stalls, Winter Solstice definitely deserves its spot as the winner of the Best Festival in the timeOUT Awards 2009.
DJ Sifu is Touring New Zealand @ the moment & is now taking bookingz
BIO:
DJ Sifu has been spinning since 1977 & is a pioneer in dance music, & is working in australiaz & New Zealandz top clubs still breaking the latest House, Electrohouse, Breaks & Phat Beats. DJ Sifu Employment History Specific to the DJ Industry: Professional DJ 2009-live shows, http://www.ustream.tv/channel/djsifu Club DJZ UndergrounD Wellington NZ,Club 3D Melbourne, Fridays nightclub & Fridays Riverside - Glamour Bar 2008 - 2009- Platnum Lounge Mackay 2 weeks on 2 off 2002 -2008 Sapphires, Court House Hotel, Boss Bar, Met Bar, Inbox Club, The Chapel Club Aug 2000 – Sep 2001 XS Club, Cairns Jango Jango Night Club, Cairns Bassment Underground Night Club, Cairns Homebass Underground Night Club, Cairns Promotor and DJ for: 2001 DJ Mark James (Melbourne) 2001 DJ Tom (Germany) 2000 New Years Eve, Synergy (Rave), 9-12pm 2000 New Years Evez, Court House Night Club, 12-4.30am 2000 Tina Cousins (UK) 2000 PHATTS & SMALL (UK) Apr 1989 – Aug 2000 Rythym King Entertainment Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane Jun 1991 – May 1992 The Hilton Night Club Cairns Nov 1988 – May 1991 Splains Night Club Brisbane Masy 1986 – Oct 1988 Warholes Night Club Brisbane May 1985 – May 1986 Ryders Night Club Melbourne Nov 1983 – May 1985 The Circus Night Club & The Beat Night Club Brisbane Mar 1981 – Nov 1983 N.Y Hotel Night Club Brisbane 1979 – Mar 1981 George’s Night Club Sydney CBD 1977 – 1979 Penthouse Night Club Gold Coast 1973 – 1976 Mamies Night Club Brisbane 1971 – 1973 Coolangatta Hotel Night Club Tweed Heads
Sub Continental Dub the pioneering Australian electronic label
> specialising in Dubstep, Techno and Electronica that hit the market in
> 2007 with first release by Melbourne Producer Spherix - Dub Chemistry
> 12”/digital worldwide… and in 2008 a second released by Sydney Producer
> Westernsynthetics - Engine No. 999 12”/digital worldwide.
>
Sub Continental Dub brings you the brand new Deepchild 12” and
> digital release titled Shameless In Seattle with remixes from top shelf
> Producers Gravious (EU) and Westernsynthetics (AU). This special release
> has been a long time in the making and it is certainly the biggest release
> in the label’s history.
Conceived on his recent US/UK tour, these fresh tracks take us on a trip in an abstract, futurist dubby tech house direction while retaining that dance floor goodness he is so famous for. Deepchild has performed alongside Konrad Black, Stacey Pullen and Jeff Mills and shared the auspicious EXIT Festival’s Dance Arena stage with Richie Hawtin and Trentemoller. He has also completed remixes for New Order and Booka Shade. Deepchild releases and remixes can be found on labels including Trapez, Resopal Schallware, AFFIN, Anabatic Records, Freerange Records, Om Records, BEEF Records, Get Physical Music and Breakout Audio.
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> SUBDUB003 is Deepchild – Shameless In Seattle > Check it our HERE
ISBN: 1859737137/ ISBN-13: 9781859737132
Inside Clubbing: Sensual Experiments in the Art of Being Human
(Trade paperback)
by Phil Jackson
5 out of 5 3 customer reviews
Berg Publishers, 04/2004, 256 pages, English
Inside Clubbing puts the spotlight on club culture - in all its sweaty, visceral and seductive glory. Moving from hip-hop clubs to fetish events and beyond, the author guides us through the huge spectrum of the contemporary club experience. Drawing on interviews with clubbers from a variety of backgrounds, the author dispels myths and offers new insight into the clubbing scene. Contrary to popular perception, for example, clubbing is not just for youths. The clubbers in Inside Clubbing range from mid-twenties to mid-fifties. Many have been on the scene for years and offer a historical perspective on changes over the last decade. The range of clubs and clubbers discussed also demonstrates the diversity of club culture its more than just an ecstasy-fuelled dance scene. Taking us into queer, trance, Asian, techno, drum n bass, and sex clubs - among others - Inside Clubbing explores the real practice of clubbing. It looks at what people experience and how it affects them, as well as their values and concerns - from friendship and community to drugs, the body, and life outside the clubbing space. This book breaks new ground in offering us the most balanced and sophisticated understanding of the club scene to date
DATE:Saturday 27 February 2010
TIME:10pm - Morning
VENUE:Upstairs at Bar Open
Cost
General Admission:$15.00
RTR Subscribers:$10.00
Note:Online tickets must be picked up from the door at the event by 11pm at Bar Open by the ticket purchaser. If you are buying a subscriber ticket, subscriber cards must be shown at the door.
The dubstep excursion Bass Check presents the next event for RTRFM, on Saturday February 27 at Bar Open, William St Northbridge.
BASS check!
The DJs on the line up for your dancefloor pleasure are Sibalance, Ben Elliott, Rekab, Ylem, Missile, Vishnu with MC Prophecy and Proximity Effect.
From dubbed out dark dancehall to wobbly tech sounds, experimental riddims and beyond Bass Check will be a night to make you make your feet move, your chest lurch and your mind explode.
Tickets are available online now at http://www.facebook.com/l/cf392;www.rtrfm.com.au for $10 for RTRFM subscribers and $15 for general admission. Entry will be more on the door on the night if available. Gold subscribers get free entry on the door.
Bass Check, Saturday February 27 from 10pm until late brought to you by Bar Open, Watt Hertz and the home of dark and deep sounds, RTRFM 92.1 http://www.rtrfm.com.au/events/108
Dear Friends
As has become traditional, here in leu of a seasonal greetings card, is
a musical gift, my Winter Solstice Mix 2009.
Within you will find some of the tracks from the past year that caught
my ear. I hope that some may catch yours too, and lead you to new
musical discoveries.
Please feel free to download, copy, distribute at will.
Yep - the boss, his missuss and his dog have finally come home to WA!!!
Things can only blossum from here! A bigger pond for the label to play in! And a city that loves its dub, dubstep and dnb!! Plus a whole lot more music goodness..the city is PERTH.
LRRecords studio will be based in Rockingham but our presence will be felt city-wide and our releases will continue to be global! Check the contact_us page for our updated contact details…
I am very, very, VERY excited to share with you this glorious news. Scruffy Goat has just had his first release on Beatport .. BRAP!
It’s a remix he has done of the Rafael Gomez track Biophon and it is out on Drag N Drop. James will be also be releasing an EP on Drag N Drop shortly and the label is doing really well for themselves. Naturally we are pretty stoked to be working with them.
Here is the link to check out the release on Beatport:
Scruffy also has another EP coming out on the 4th of December on Seta Label… We’ve got oodles to be excited about!
If your heading out to the Subsonic Music Festival in Barrington Tops NSW (4,5,6 December) you can catch him play alongside some super deadly acts like Salmonella Dub Format:B (HOLY SHIT), Daniel Dreier, Tom Clark and more. It’s going to be an awesome party and i can’t freaking wait!
Thanks for listening to my rant and sharing your love!
Big love to you all
This is the exclusive Little Rascal Records 2009 Sampler for you, our loyal music fans.
You will find classic LRR releases and some fresh new sounds, from some fresh new artists we found lurking around “The Jungalow” - (our affectionate nickname for the LRR Recording Studio), around Australia and around the world!.
So If you like what you hear then check out the Little Rascals website and the artists sites for more info on upcoming releases and other rascally things.
Our friend at plumindustries has our soundbwoy Jerry Mane guest programing for the latest edition of the eclectic online radio show ELEVENELEVEN…check it out for download or stream at:
Some cool stuff from our friends at BushLips Management
Hey All
In November of this year Scruffy Goat will have an EP coming out on Slovakian label, Seta. A very cool label with a great catalogue of releases and a really nice crew.
To support Seta and all that they do, i wanted to let you know about a remix comp they have running. If you are a budding producer, or know any who you could pass the info onto, it would be really worth the effort. Check it out:
Slovakian Seta Label have recently announced a remix contest with the artist Pheek. Pheek is head of the Archipel Label and has also had releases on Richie Hawtin’s M_nus label. The track up for remixing is his original tune, Retrouvailles.
The prize package includes:
* One digital release on Pheek’s EP on Seta Label
* Optionally 1 complete EP release on Seta Label
* 15 free tracks from Seta Label back catalogue
* 1 hour mix broadcast on Housemusic.sk, Echolovers.fm and Play.fm
* Broadcast of the winning track on several radio stations worldwide
* 1 hour mix broadcast and also a 10 minutes phone interview on the national Slovak radio station show ‘4elements’
* 1 hour mix broadcast on ‘Melodica’ show on GlobalBeats.fm
* The winning remix will first be 8 weeks exclusively on Beatport, then spread via more than 300 online music stores
The competition runs from September 1 to November 30.
Copy and paste this link to get to the FOEM forum where you download the parts and find out all you need to know about the comp:
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