One Summer

Ive upload some new photos from the summer so far, check them out for a laugh

Things to get fucking excited about

Feb Fucking-tastic

One month down and 11 to go. Even though this month is a short one its bound to go fucking fast, cos there is so much to go see, do and hear and as per usual ill be in the middle of it dancing and drinking me ass off. After last week and trying to calm myself down after a monster Australia day weekend, the shit just never stops, party after party, and dont get me wrong im not fucking complaining, i fucking love it, i just cant wait til april cos i get to take a little week off, well my liver and kidneys wont get the week off, just me brain.

so your wondering what to do this weekend, well here is where you can catch me this weekend

Wednesday @ the mercat cross hotel (830pm-12am) for the night market shenanigans

Thursday @ Bimbo Deluxe (7pm-10pm)

Friday @ Miss Libertines (6pm-9pm) & The Lounge Downstairs (10pm-1am)

Saturday @ New Guernica (3am-close) and ill be playing with the one and only Dave Pham (lasergun)

Sunday @ Emerald Peacock (3pm-5pm) & Lucky coq (6pm-9pm)

So there you have it guys and girls, so if your looking for something to do this weekend come pay me a visit and have a drink and a boogie with me.

It’s all about Beer, BBQ’s and BOOBS this Australia day weekend

I dont know why it’s about boobs this Australia day weekend, it’s always about boobs every weekend, I think i just subconsciously wrote boobs about of habit and hey im never wrong when im right. Its been a big week this weekend and the weekend is set to be massive. Last night i got to see Them Crooked Vultures, they really are a fucking super group, one the most amazing shows of the year and it’ll be hard to top them. Asides from that i was added to the line up for the Gaslamp killer show, which is fucking massive so stay tuned to that as well as being added to the Orbital line up and if you know your electronic dance music you know that is a pretty big deal. And on Tuesday we’re off to the Big Day Out, so you know it’s gonna get messy, with alot of good clean fun

Here is where you can catch me this weekend

Thursday @ Bimbo Deluxe (7-10pm)

Friday @ Miss Libertines (530-830pm) & The Lounge Downstairs (1am-close)

Saturday @ Bimbo Deluxe (1230am-230am) & New Guernica (3am-430am)

Sunday @ Emerald Peacock (3pm-5pm) & Lucky Coq (6pm-9pm)

Monday @ New Guernica feat Dixon (ger) (1am-3am)

So there you have it, if your out and about make sure you come and say hi and have a drink or 2

and if your going to rainbow this weekend, take care out there and dont go wondering off in the woods, who knows what’s in there

Fuck me dead, we finally get to see ORBITAL Live in Melbourne

“Orbital” is an electronic duo consisting of brothers Phil Hartnoll and Paul Hartnoll formed in London, England whose career originally lasted from 1989 until 2004.

Orbital took their name from Greater London’s orbital motorway, the M25, which was central to the early rave scene and party network in the South East during the early days of acid house. One of the biggest names in British electronica during the 1990s, Orbital were both critically and commercially successful, being particularly known for an element of live improvisation during their shows, a rarity with techno acts. They were initially influenced by early electro and punk rock.

In 1989, Orbital recorded a track called “Chime” on their father’s cassette deck. It was released on Oh Zone Records in December 1989, and re-released on FFRR a few months later. The track became a rave anthem, reaching number 17 in the UK charts, and earning them an appearance on Top of the Pops, during which they wore anti-Poll Tax t-shirts. A few singles and EPs followed, and their first self-titled album, a collection of tracks recorded at various times, was released in late 1991.

In late 1992, the “Radiccio” EP barely reached the UK top 40, but it included probably their most well-known song, “Halcyon”. The song featured a backwards sample of Kirsty Hawkshaw from “It’s a Fine Day” (a chart hit for Opus III earlier that year), and B-side “The Naked and the Dead” was similarly based on a line from Scott Walker’s rendition of Jacques Brel’s song “Next”. Halcyon was dedicated to the Hartnolls’ mother, who was addicted to the tranquiliser Halcion (Triazolam) for many years.

The duo’s popularity grew rapidly with the release of their second album, titled “Orbital 2”, in 1993. The album featured complex arrangements and textures, and opens with the two minute track “Time Becomes”, which comprises nothing more than 2 slightly detuned, looped samples of a Michael Dorn line from Star Trek: The Next Generation, “…where time becomes a loop” being played simultaneously through the left and right channels, respectively (until 1 cycle of phase difference has happened). This very same sample was used at the beginning of “The Mobius”, the opening track in the previous album. This audible pun was intended to make listeners believe that they had bought a mis-pressed album (orbital 1 packaged in orbital 2). The album reached #28 on the UK album charts, staying in the top chart for fifteen weeks. Halcyon was remixed for the album, as “PlayHalcyon + On + On”. The version played live has also gained notoriety amongst fans for containing a complete mashup of diverse samples including “PlayYou Give Love A Bad Name” by the band “Bon Jovi”, “Heaven Is A Place On Earth” by Belinda Carlisle, and most recently “PlayI Believe in a Thing Called Love” by the band “The Darkness”. The first two albums are commonly known as the “Green Album” and the “Brown Album”, after the colour of their covers.

Orbital won a NME award for “Vibes Best Dance Act” early in 1994, but it was their headline appearance at the Glastonbury Festival on 25 June 1994 that brought them most attention. Q magazine classed it as one of the top 50 gigs of all time, and in 2002 included Orbital in their list of “50 Bands to See Before You Die”. Orbital gave an improvisational element to live electronic music as the brothers mixed and sequenced their tracks on the fly, wearing their trademark head-mounted torches behind banks of equipment. Orbital were one of the few electronic acts invited to play at Woodstock ‘94.

The third album “Snivilisation” was released in August 1994. Alison Goldfrapp provided vocals on a couple of the tracks, including the single “Are We Here?”. This track also included a sample from “PlayMan At C&A” by “The Specials”. Among the remixes of Are We Here? was “Criminal Justice Bill?” – four minutes of silence, a reference to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, which was in part intended to clamp down on the rave scene which had given birth to Orbital. The other track with Goldfrapp vocals, “Sad But True”, was remixed for the “Times Fly” EP, the band’s only release in 1995.

The single “The Box” was released in April 1996, reaching #11 in the UK, and its parent album “In Sides”, released in May 1996, became their second top five album. It revealed a less obviously dance-oriented sound than previously, and had more in common with soundtrack music. In Sides has since come to be considered one of their most critically well-regarded works. As with the previous album, there was a vague theme of ecological disaster and dissatisfaction with society.

The following year, the duo contributed to film soundtracks (The Saint & Event Horizon) and enjoyed the biggest singles of their career, with a live version of “Satan” and their reworking of the aforementioned “The Saint” theme both reaching #3 in the UK. 1997 also saw the inclusion of the In Sides track “Out There Somewhere (Part 2)” in the long-awaited game series relaunch Test Drive 4.

1998 saw a return to the studio to work on their fifth album “The Middle of Nowhere”. This was released in 1999, becoming their third top five album, and was a return to a more upbeat style, with Alison Goldfrapp returning on vocals, and included the single “Style” featuring the stylophone. In 2000 the single Beached was released from the soundtrack to the film “The Beach”, mixing the brothers’ musical style with a melody by Angelo Badalamenti and the words of Leonardo DiCaprio from the film.

2001’s “The Altogether” featured guest vocals by the Hartnolls’ brother-in-law David Gray, a sampled Ian Dury, and a version of the “Doctor Who” theme (”Doctor ?”). It was to be their last album for FFRR, and had a mixed critical reception. The following year, “Work 1989-2002” collected various singles from Chime onwards.

Orbital split up in 2004. They played a final series of gigs from June through July 2004 at the “Glastonbury Festival”, the “T in the Park” Festival in Scotland, the “Oxegen” festival (formerly known as “Witness”) in Ireland, and the “Wire Festival” in Japan, concluding with a live “Peel Session” gig at Maida Vale Studios in London on 28 July 2004. The release of their seventh and last original album, the “Blue Album” (which, unlike the untitled previous green and brown albums, was actually named the “Blue Album”), coincided with this final wave of shows. The album featured “Sparks” (on “PlayAcid Pants”) and Lisa Gerrard (on the final single “PlayOne Perfect Sunrise”).

Paul Hartnoll continues to record music under his own name, including tracks for the new “Wipeout Pure” game for the PSP. He released his first full length solo album, entitled “The Ideal Condition” on the ACP record label in June 2007. Phil Hartnoll formed a new electronica duo, “Long Range”, with Nick Smith. Their debut album, “Madness and Me”, was released on their own label, Long Range Recordings, on August 6.

In 2008 as “Long Range”, they signed to commercial management company Angel Artists who additionally represent the likes of Dave Ball (of “Soft Cell”), “The Grid”, Paul Dakeyne & “Icehouse Project”. He lives in Brighton with his three sons, Louis, Milo and Conrad.

Orbital released a 2 CD/DVD compilation “Orbital: Live at Glastonbury 1994-2004” on 11 June 2007. The collection contains over 2 hours of music recorded from the group’s performances at the festival over the course of a decade of appearances there.

Orbital sometimes incorporated political and environmental commentary into their music. The track “Forever” on Snivilisation samples a speech by Graham Crowden from the 1982 Lindsay Anderson film Britannia Hospital, in which he lambasts humankind for its destructive ways; and the track “PlayYou Lot” on the Blue Album, features a confrontational, partially vocoded anti-genetic engineering sample from Christopher Eccleston, originally from the TV two-part series The Second Coming written by Russell T Davies.

They recorded “The Girl With the Sun in Her Head” from In Sides using Greenpeace’s mobile solar power generator CYRUS. They named an early record “Belfast” after playing live in the city of Belfast at the height of The Troubles in 1990. Other album track titles suggest environmental concern such as “Kein Trink Wasser” (”no drinking water” in German) from Snivilisaton and “Dŵr Budr” (”dirty water” in Welsh) and “PlayP.E.T.R.O.L.” from In Sides.

Pioneer of British electronic music returns Orbital (aka Phil and Paul Hartnoll) were, for almost two decades, one of the most creative and influential electronic acts on the planet, recording their seventh and last studio album in 2004. Not content to rest on the laurels of past glory, Phil Hartnoll’s new creative project is Long Range, formed in conjunction with Nick Smith, an artist whose recording career for dance labels Dragonfly and Atomic Records has led to major film credits with Ridley Scott. Long Range’s sound harks back to the ambient genius that was Orbital whilst transporting the listener into a more acoustic, atmospheric and cinematic realm. From blissed out moments to jarred and broken beats, their eponymous album references a spectrum of genres and refuses to be pigeonholed.

Orbital reformed in 2009 with the original lineup of Phil Hartnoll and Paul Hartnoll and will perform across the globe from 2009/2010.

Orbital will perform with their full live show on Friday 19th February 2010 with Jeff Tyler, Eric Powell and Mat Radovich.

First Release Tickets $60 from http://www.billboardthevenue.com.au/
Friday 15th January until sold out.

Orbital website: www.loopz.co.uk

Im pretty fucking excited to be supporting Orbital, ive got some special things planned for this gig, so if your coming make sure you get down early to check out me set.

Things to look forward too

Yeah Yeah I know, Its been a while

I will start off by saying happy fucking new year everyone, yep that’s how slack ive been, with good reason though. I have been enjoying this festive season with a bloody good amount of partying. New years was fucking awesome, then the weekend after new years was amazing and then the weekend after that (last weekend) was one of the best ive had in years. Here is a little summary so you know what the fuck im talking about.
New years eve at New guernica was alot of fun lots friends and plenty of drinks followed by the 2manydjs gig, that was mental but i was on the same time as 2manydjs, so i didn’t really have that many people in my room, so i got to play some techno, lets just say people “panniked”. Then we were off too the mercat for the yeah fuck yeah party and boy can these guys throw a party, awesome day awesome music, Linas was fucking outstanding, then off to brown alley where things got a little loose (check my YouTube page for the evidence). After that everyone finally got some rest except for me cos i had to go play at new guernica again, in the main room all night by myself and you know what it was a bloody good time. Then Sunday we had to drive down to mornington for the solar festival and that was fucking wicked, i got to play the main stage, then play in between every band on the second stage, so i got to play everything from hip hop to metal to blues to booty, i even got a mosh pit started and i chick even flashed here tits at me (well she might not have flashed me but she flashed the stage so im claiming it, i was up there when it happened) Check me YouTube page for some wicked video of that day, people were PANNIKED.
Last weekend was blur cos everything has turned into one big party but on Saturday night at new guernica we had Pepe Bradock, Ripperton and Mattius Meyer, and lets just say another wicked night was had, the boys at new guernica really know how to put on a party, but i couldn’t stay long and enjoy it cos we were on a plane (Bitch!) and off to Sydney for the days like this festival, i wasn’t playing there i was just enjoying it and let me just say it was fucking awesome and ill be back there next year for sure. Every act was awesome, the venue was outstanding and eve the people were great.
Now we are here, right now and as you can imagine im pretty bloody worn out, but there is no rest in sight, cos this weekend is going to be fucking insane.
Here is where you can catch me this week

Wednesday @ the Mercat Cross Hotel (830pm-12am) for the night market action

Thursday @ Bimbo Deluxe (12am-230am) and don’t forget to check out Tight at the Workshop

Friday @ Miss Libertines (6pm-9pm) & The lounge downstairs (10pm-1am)

Saturday @ the Workshop (830pm-12am) & New Guernica (1am-3am) & Concord Dawn (3am-4am)

Sunday @ The Emerald Peacock (3pm-6pm)

So there you have another fucking big weekend, Stay tuned to this site cos ive got alot of photos and mixes for the festive season that i have collected and i will post up here soon.

Have a fun weekend and ill see you most probably at the Bar

Yeah Fuck Yeah

Merry Fucking Christmas everyone

Dont take the title the wrong way, im mean that in the most nicest way possible, i seriously love youse all and wish you a happy christmas and we all get to catch up and hammered together. So on christmas night if you’ve had enough food and you need some more drink, make sure you come down to new guernica and come check out Damian Lazarus from the uk and have some drinks with me. I’ve got one more report for the year with all the craziness still to come, christmas is like the warm up before the big game, so make sure you bring your dancing and drinking shoes with ya.

here is where you can catch me this week

Wednesday @ The Mercat Cross Hotel (830pm-close)

Thursday @ Bimbo Deluxe (7pm-10pm)

Saturday @ New Guernica (1am-3am in the kitchen)

Sunday @ The Emerald Peacock (3pm-5pm) & Lucky Coq (6pm-9pm)

and here are some gigs to look forward to next week

Fucking Look out cos im outta control this weekend

Well after last weekend and after having such a good time, i feel i have to match it and go one better, why well im not to sure, probably cos of the fact that i am getting a year older and have to prove to myself that i can party harder than these young fluro wearing, tight pants, long haired mutha fuckas and you know what ill probably be still partying harder than them when im 60.
Thanks to everyone who came out with us on saturday, i had a ball. Marco Carola was fucking fantastic and Laurent Garnier, you are a fucking legend and for all those that missed it cos there was a few of you, Hudson mohawke was one of the best acts of the day. And now that this weekend is over things dont slow down.
Here is where you can catch me this weekend

Wednesday @ The Mercat Cross Hotel (5pm-12am)

Thursday @ Bimbo Deluxe (7pm-10pm)

Friday @ Miss Libertines (6pm-9pm) & The Lounge Downstairs (10pm-1am)

Saturday @ New Guernica (1am-3am)

Sunday @ The Emerald Peacock (3pm-6pm) & New Guernica for a special charity gig but i can say to much cos its got some very special guests, stay tuned for some more details.

well thats about it for this week, see ya at the bar for a drink or 10