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Mixed Messages & Substance team up Friday September 24th to bring crews and djs together to experience a night of electronic music of all styles. These two crews are renowned for their awesome vibe and ability to mash up music of all underground and party styles.

This night promises to be a spectacular event incorporating Decor – Music – Vibe, good people and 2 rooms including the Garden Bar roof top area.

LINEUP:

Special Guest – Daniel Farley (NZ)
Muska / Tahl / J-Slyde / Taran M / Mouka / Tavish / Simon Murphy / Diistortiion / Kodiak Kid / Rich OK / JD vs Shifty Sly / Craig Pringle / Fergus

WHEN:

Friday, 24th September

WHERE:

Brown Alley – 585 Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000

PRICE:

TBA

FURTHER INFO:

Facebook Event

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THE CREWS

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SUBSTANCE

The Substance krew are a group of like minded party goers dedicated to bringing the freshest sounds to the Melbourne party scene. They endeavor to offer something fresh and different to their punters. Not adhering to current ’nightclub etiquette’, the Substance elite DJ krew showcase sounds from a plethora of different electronic genres and styles on any given event – giving their punters an orgasmic journey through the aural delights of EDM.

Substance don’t have to sell anything, the line up speaks for itself. A little bit of everything mixed in with a whole lot of fun. The formula to make the substance is simple. Start with concentrated breaks blended into Electro. Mix in a beaker of tech, a test tube of prog, a spatula full of minimal and a litmus test of trance and everything in between in what promises to be a fanatical night of auditory assault.

With a stellar line up of kick ass residents and a galaxy of local and Interstate special guests throughout the year Substance is guaranteed to bring you nothing more than a good time. So keep your eye’s on the look out and your ears to the ground as we lay down some serious sounds!

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MIXED MESSAGES

The Mixed Messages philosophy centers on cultivating new concepts in dance music culture and evolving current trends in the way that dance music is created, played and enjoyed. We acknowledge that any subculture has the ability to magnify human foible and virtue. Moreover, we seek to uphold the integrity of dance music culture by readily embracing the power that our industry has to make positive changes that extend to the wider community. We do this through the emphasizing a high-quality club product and rejecting the aspects of club culture that compromise the characteristically underground notion of being ‘all about the music’.

Our music policy steps outside the restriction of genre and defies the popular notion of playing only club anthems. Our DJs are encouraged to consider a Mixed Messages party as an opportunity to exhibit their art through structuring sets that could not be heard anywhere else. A Mixed Messages DJ reads the room and responds by taking everyone present on a journey of sound, infused with their own signature style which keeps people coming back weekend after weekend. The appeal for a DJ to play a Mixed Messages party has enabled us to secure the best DJs from each genre that is definitive of the Melbourne underground sound. We have an unrivaled artist roster for our regular nights and carefully tailor our touring line-ups to best suit the hosting venue.

Set times for the upcoming gig supporting Solid Light @ Loop Bar have been announced!

10PM – 11PM: BRONSON
11PM – 12AM: JSLYDE + VJ PIED PIPER
12AM – 01AM: SOLID LIGHT
01AM – 02AM: HEY PRESTO
02AM – 05AM: ALL IN DJ MASHUP

Will be a night full of fresh EDM accompanied by solid visuals projected onto the massive in-house screens. Get down early and come join me for a beer or ten!!
Full info HERE

Have just confirmed that I’ll be joined by VJ Pied Piper for my upcoming gig supporting Solid Light @ Loop Bar. As most would be aware, Loop Bar is one of the best venues in Melbourne for in-house visuals, so im pretty amped that VJ Pied Piper has agreed to offer up his talents for the duration of my set. He’s a highly talented VJ with experience VJing for some of the best in the world: Ricardo, Sasha, Jeff mills, Q-bert, Dillinja, Naughty by Nature, Stanton Warriors, Andy C, Green Velvet, Infusion, Itchy and Scratchy.

Needless to say, he’ll be offering up some extremely awesome visuals and will definitely not disappoint! Im actually slightly nervous that his visuals will be more interesting than what I’ll be playing… haha

Anyway, check out his Myspace page for more.

Full info on the gig HERE.

After smashing shit sideways for his debut live performance, Solid Light is bringing back the Bad-Party krew to offer up another night of high quality electronic beats. This time it’ll be at the well established LOOP bar – situated in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. Expect a night of fantastic music, great company and tripped out visuals. I’ll be offering up some dance-floor friendly beats covering everything from lush prog to thumping tech-house.

Bad-Party Records & Loop Present….

SOLID LIGHT(Live), HEY PRESTO, J-SLYDE & BRONSON.

Built from over two hundred thousand different sounds and samples, this Solid Light live performance will be generously accompanied by a rhythmic visual production – recently filmed in outback Northern Territory. Hey Presto, J-Slyde and Bronson will also be playing a realm of electronic tunes, covering a range of different styles, tempos and genres. If live electronic music is your thing, this is now your thing.

A sample of what to expect:

Further info:
http://www.bad-party.com/
FACEBOOK EVENT

Check it out! Been booked to play at a debut live gig for Melbourne’s Solid Light. It’s set for an early start on Sunday May 30th with chilled down tempo beats throughout the night. Wont be anything too full on, just a cruisy Sunday evenings worth of good music and great company. Entry is free, so there’s really no excuse not to come! Read on for full info…

The debut performance for Solid Light has been eagerly anticipated by a huge fan base residing in northern Micronesia. As it is near impossible to commute to the small group of islands just north of the equator, Dan Steele AKA Solid Light will play his first live performance at the I.D.G.A.F.F. Hotel in Abbotsford instead. Joining the electronic experimentalist will be DJ’s: Hey Presto (Newcastle), J-Slyde and Bronson. This will be a night of smoother rather than rougher electronic sounds and beats.

FACEBOOK EVENT…
SOLID LIGHT
HEY PRESTO
J-SLYDE
BRONSON

The peeps at Little P have been nice enough to ask me back for another set! Notice is a little late, but it should be a great evening full of quality beats and awesome cocktails.

Ms Stylz is opening the evening play from 8-10.30pm and then im on after that until 1am. Expect to hear everything from hip-hop to dnb – all tending on the down tempo tip. Im planning to play a chilled out hip-hop/glitch/trip-hop type of set with a little liquid thrown in for good measure.

Entry is free and they run $8 cocktails all night so it’s not too hard on the bank either!



Address: 308 Lt Lonsdale St, Melbourne 3000
Price: FREE
Website: http://www.littlepeninsula.com.au
Set times:
08:00pm – 10:30pm Ms Stylz
10:30pm – 01:00am J-Slyde

Hope to be seeing some friendly faces!

Set times for Substance’s 2nd Bday have just been announced. Take note that it’s set for THIS SATURDAY – APRIL 24th! Im playing later in the day from 9-10pm in the main room. Im in between Mouka, who plays mashup via ableton, and Blinky who’ll be playing a combination of prog and tech house also via ableton. I’ve got some awesome tunes in the pipeline covering a whole heap of different genres. Needless to say i’ll be doing my best to bridge the gap between the boys so expect to hear some funky breaks, orgasmic prog and some attitude driven tech house.

Here’s the times in full:

MAIN
12-1 Alex DB
1-2 Julian Reynolds
2-3 JFX
3-4 Loki
4-5 Simon Murphy
5-6 Danny Bonici
6-7 Rich OK
7-8 Taran M
8-9 Mouka
9-10 J-Slyde
10-11 Blinky

SIDE ROOM
3.30-5 TEECEE
5-6.30 Darko
6.30-8 Ms Stylz
8-9.30 Panty Snort

Full info about the event can be found HERE.
Hope to see some friendly faces!

Quick one to let you all know that tickets for Substance’s 2nd Bday are now available online via In The Mix.

If you’d prefer to avoid the $2.5 booking fee contact me!

Yo yo!
All the details for the upcoming Substance 2nd Birthday event have been announced. The line-up is SO solid! For those of you keen to come – ill have limited early bird tickets available @ $10. Express your interest in the form of an EMAIL or via the blog comments. Be quick tho, they’ll be extremely limited! I’ll have general ones for $15 once they sell out.
Read on for full details!!



ROOFTOP DAY PARTY!!

You thought we’d disappeared hadn’t you? Thought we’d slipped away?…..You Were WRONG! We’d been biding our time, laying in wait like a tiger waiting for the opportune moment to pounce…. And yes, the opportune moment is here and the time for pouncing is now! Substance is back, baby and what better way to celebrate our Second birthday than on the roof-top of the Terminus Hotel in Abbottsford!

Headlining the festivities we’re extremely excited in welcoming Danny Bonnici, one of the founding members of NuBreed, for a much anticipated Old-skool breaks set. It goes without saying that we’re absolutely thrilled to have on-board such a talented and revered DJ/producer such as Danny. No doubt his performance is set to blow the roof – Quite fitting for such a special occasion!

Moving on we’re also proud to have onboard regular special guest Blinky, head honcho of Beatgeek records, who’s been coaxed in to offering up an hours worth of his own live prog and tech house related musical madness.

Flowing over two rooms and on a spacious rooftop, this is a party you do not want to miss. Featuring a veritable list of our A+ guests and residents, this afternoon and evening of fun filled joy promises to deliver good times, mad beats and definitely a shenanigan or twenty. So come on down and help us celebrate our birthday in true Substance style – god knows we can’t drink all the beer by ourselves!

LINEUP:

GUESTS:
Danny Bonnici – OLDSCHOOL BREAKS SET! (NuBreed)
http://www.myspace.com/dannybonnici
http://twitter.com/dannybonnici

Blinky (Beat Geek Recordings / Interview)
http://www.beatgeekrecords.com/
http://blinky.dj

Loki (Unstable Sounds)
Ms Stylz (Croft / Little P)
JFX
Pantysnort
Donnie Darko
TEECEE
Alex DB

WITH RESIDENTS:
Taran M
J-Slyde
Rich OK
Simon Murphy
Mouka

WHERE:
Terminus Hotel
605 Victoria St, Abbotsford
http://maps.google.com/places/au/abbotsford/victoria-st/605/-terminus-hotel

WHEN:
12noon – 11pm

PRICE:
$10 earlybirds
$15 general

PRE-SALE TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON!
LIMITED EARLY BIRDS AVAILABLE. CONTACT PROMOTERS/DJS TO SECURE!

New website launching soon!!
http://substancesounds.net

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DANNY BONNICI BIO:

Recently name checked as “one of the hottest names in dance music” by DJ Mag, over the past 6 years Danny Bonnici has been at the forefront of the world’s dance music scene. Working with his band Nubreed to bring people the sound of now, Danny has amazed audiences with his raw stage presence and crowd-pleasing performances. Now as a solo artist he’s truly coming into his own with I-DJ Mag, Ibiza Online and DJ Mag all signing praises for his world-class production/engineering & dj’ing. What we know as true, they know also know: Danny delivers the goods; with his own style of dirty 4/4. Danny’s collaborative efforts saw him co-produce the 2003 hit “Ride” with friend Luke Chable, this tune was a huge hit in the scene giving Danny international recognition further to his efforts with Nubreed.

With his own release “Return to Saturn” featured on Luke Chable’s 2006 Renaissance cd and its solid vinyl release to follow short after, such tight productions have seen Danny nominated for a Dance Music Award and an Aria Award in previous years. He has also done collaborations with producer renowned producer and engineer Andy Page – the result of which Vermouth appears on the Nubreed Y4K. With a string of original and remixed works under his belt Danny’s music is being played by the biggest Djs in the world including Sasha, John Digweed, Hernan Cattaneo and too many more to even mention. Danny Bonnici has been involved in releasing three mix compilations in 2006, all of which have been received with applause from the dance music press. The first with Nubreed for Distinctive Y4K saw them tour Australia nationally in support of the compilation. The second, for popular local label Stomp’s Electric Series saw King Unique take on one CD, whilst Danny (as part of Nubreed) took on the other. The third was a mix compilation with Luke Chable for new Australian label Hiddenform.

His love of production and engineering has meant he’s quick on the uptake of new technology as Danny has become one of the first Australian DJ’s to exclusively use Ableton Live in his DJ sets and not just in the studio. Taking what he’s learnt on the road back to the studio again, Danny is one of the only qualified Ableton Live teachers in the country. His recent endorsement agreement with the company in Australia means that Danny is one of 4 Australian producer/ DJs to be featured by the company as their preferred endorsee and Artist of choice to support. This year he has been devastating dance floors across the country from Sydney to Melbourne, Cairns & Perth and Asia, Europe and the USA. In fact, 2007 has been the year in which Danny has made leaps and bounds into new musical realms, along the way firmly establishing himself as a strong solo artist/engineer in his own right.

Just a quick one to get the word out that I am extremely keen to land myself some more gigs. After a massive break from gigging, and the scene in general, whilst I moved house and sorted some shit out, I am now settled and ready to jump back on board. I’m not fussy with where I play or to what type of crowd – as long as they appreciate what I play, I’m content.

Fee’s are highly negotiable dependent on the type of event. So please don’t hesitate to contact me for further information. If your interested to hear the type of music I play head on over to the Mixes page. There’s 2 recent sets, one DnB and one Prog, that will give you a good idea of where my interests lay. If you’d like to hear more you can also head on over to my old mix page HERE and check out a heap of older mixes from the past few years.

Im not really one to talk myself up and I hate sucking up to promoters to land gigs – I prefer to score them on my own merits and let my music do the talking. So if you have the a spare moment please give them a listen. If you like what you hear, please help spread the word – drop a link Facebook or burn a CD for a friend. Every little bit helps.

Peace.