Yeah, I know, it’s cold.
Hell, you could easily while away your weekend two days off with your feet up on the couch thumbing through your iPhone and living vicariously through your friends’ status updates if you really wanted to. Or, you could just join them.
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The ever so smooth disco ballad Crave You has been on high rotation on triple j in the last few months, solidifying interstate duo Flight Facilities as one of the hottest acts to appear on our clubbing radar in the new financial year. The debonair Party by Jake crew have been clever enough to coax the pair down to Canberra for an exclusive performance on Friday September 3, at Transit Bar. Entry will set you back a paltry 16 Euro (or 23 AUD if you want to get all ‘patriotic’) and doors open at 8pm, but tickets are available through Moshtix if you want to get in early.
What do you know about Turkey other than its exquisite pide bread and the word Gallipoli? Know this: it turns out they also churn out top quality DJs, most notably Bosphorous Underground Recordings honcho Ahmet Sendil who, thanks to the lads at Effigy is dragging a record bag full of rolling minimal techno up the stairs into Hippo Bar on Thursday September 9.
But wait, there’s more! Effigy will be back at it again and in conjunction with Lollygag to present German rising star David Keno at Transit Bar on Saturday September 18. He is either the namesake for the fun-when-drunk pick-a-ball-out-of-the-rolling-cage-gambling-game, or the Berlin based house and tech house super producer. I’m guessing probably the latter.
Now that those darned road works are gone, Academy can finally prove to passers by that it is still open for business and with a September as big as this one planned, that’s surely a good thing for you club kids. Friday September 3 sees The Stafford Brothers spread their trashy antics all over the main stage, Friday September 17 heralds the ACT debut of Belgian drum ‘n’ bass maestro Alix Perez, Friday September 24 brings a little piece of Parklife to our fair city with UK fidget kings Jack Beats tearing the roof off the old cinema, and just when you thought this monstrous sentence was over, Magik Johnson (UK) is also stopping by on Saturday September 25 for an exclusive DJ set.
And now for something new, with the plethora of talented young artists busting through the cracks of our local scene it is only fitting to show some support with a few final words in each issue’s dance column. First cab off the rank is The Bedroom Bangers, a local duo comprising of part time models and full time party animals, Kim Eaton and Jarred Smith. Their debut set at Lot 33 last month raised the roof; make sure to check them out at their next performance!
To all you other young DJs or producers please feel free to send me a mix or give me your info and I’ll do my best to provide textual love. Adios!
