This Weekend...

I'm playing at StellarBar (98 Bourke St) this Friday night, 1am - close (which is usually around 3 am). Entry is free so come on down and chill out. Resident DJ Clint Hargreaves will play till 1 am -- probably a combination of pumped up jazzy grooves and techy jacked up house. I'll be playing some quirky upbeat USHouse with a commercial touch :-)

I'll also be playing 9pm - 1am Saturday night at LustreLounge (252 Flinder's Ln), but not 100% sure if this is a private function or not. If anyone's interested you can send me an email and I'll find out!

May DEMO Created!

My May DEMO is now online! I think this one is more funkier than the previous, and a bit better in terms of how long the mixes are and how different one mix is from the next. I think the tunes are better than the previous too and its a bit less boring!

1. Fred Everything -- Forever (Dub Mix)
2. Trentmoller -- Le Champagne
3. To-Ka Project -- Revolution
4. Alexander East -- Feel Me (JT Donaldson Remix)
5. Colette -- Feelin' Hypnotized (Jason Hodges Mix)
6. Natrural Rhythm -- Nevicata (Jason Hodges Remix)
7. Just Jason -- Different Things (Joey Youngman Mix)
8. Troydon -- Steppin' Up
9. Lawnchair Generals -- The Truth
10. Lawnchair Generals -- Alright
11. Funkalizer -- Capricorn
12. Joey Youngman -- Casual Encounters
13. Mario Fabriani -- Things to do

Upcoming gigs...

Playing at LustreLounge for a corporate function 9pm - 1am on Friday 27th. For the first time I was asked to play House music for a private function!! :-P I'll be playing mostly US House and a bit of commercial house to keep everyone happy

After this I have to head down to Stellar to play 1.30am - close (which is around 3am). 6 1/2 hours of house music -- what more can you ask for

Joey Youngman @ F4, May 7th

oh boy did he rock it!!!

that place was so banging my ears are still blocked

im pretty sure most of his tracks ( at least past the halfway mark) were running at between 135-140 bpm

i would have thought a venue like F4 would make sure their turntables dont skip. it was skipping so badly at one point he just did a backspin on the skipping record and moved onto the next -- he was pretty upset...would've put me off if i was playing for sure ..he had the club going so well

the next time the record skipped a beat, i was closeby watching him so he asked me to call the manager he wanted people to move away from the decks

anyway was an awesome night..he said he's not sure when he's coming back to melbourne -- hope that had nothing to do with the skipping

Playing this week

This Saturday -- 7th May, DJ LuKo and myself will be spinning some HipHop and House, at TempleBar Preccint @ 98 Smith Street. We will start at 9pm and go on till 1am, or even 2.30am depending on how many people turn up.

TempleBar is a really neat place. It is a bar/lounge/restaurant with some sofas and tables for dining. There are meals available from the kitchen until 10.30pm. They also have a big projector which we can use to watch any DVD we want, minus the sound of course :-)

Upcoming Gigs

Here are my upcoming gigs,

16th, Apr, Saturday -- I'll be playing a combined set at a new venue called Templebar [98 Smith St] with Dj LuKo from 10pm - 1am this Saturday. Entrance is Free so come on in and have a drink. I'll be playing some funky and chunky US House whilst LuKo keeps the rest happy with some Funk/RnB/HipHop :-P

LuKo: `This place is cool with a big projection screen, showing whatever I decide to bring and with comfortable surrounds, it makes the perfect warmup before moving either down the street to Republika (which doesn't open upstairs till 1am anyway!)' or some other club.

21st, Apr, Thursday -- I'll be playing at Two Floors Up [185 Lonsdale St] [date to be confirmed]. This is a lounge/nightclub and I'll be doing a 1 hour set sometime between 9 pm and 12 am. If interested, email me and I'll get back with full details. (I'm pretty sure entrance is free).

The Age, A2, 29/11/03, Melinda Houston: 'Similar to a nightclub, only nicer, this intimate venue has lounges for lounging and a dance floor for dancing, and a hypntic arrangement of liquers behind the bar.'

29th, Apr, Friday -- I'll be playing at Stellar Bar [98 Bourke Street] again, doing a 1 and half hour set, taking over from resident DJ Clint Hargreaves. Will start at around midnight. Entrance is free.

Website: `Nestled in the heart of Melbourne's CBD in Bourke Street, Stellar Bar is the choice when looking for a sophisticated and funky time with plenty of house grooves Thursday to Saturday provided by some of Melbourne's newest breed of vinyl spinners.'

30th, Apr, Saturday -- I'll be playing at Bunker Lounge opposoite RMIT on Swanston as a guest.

April House Mix

Also posted in the House forum at inthemix.com.au. Received some positive and useful feedback which I'll post here once all the feedback comes through!

1. Bassline Road -- Infused
2. Solar House -- Basement Nights
3. Jake Childs -- Plain As Day
4. Joey Youngman -- The Pickup
5. Lawnchair Generals -- Speechless
6. Joey Youngman -- Keep Rocking
7. Lawnchair Generals -- One Thing
8. City Loop -- U Got Me
9. Armand Van Helden -- My My My (Ashley Beedle's New York Fam Remix)
10. Troydon -- Phat Boy
11. Jake Childs -- Soundz (Screwed and Chopped Remix)
12. JT Donaldson -- Makin' Music
13. Johnny Fiasco -- Jazzmatic
14. Jesus -- The Second Gift

LukeMCD @ Republika

Went and saw Clint and LukeMCD perform at Republika. Was a good night! Luke played after Clint, although I thought it should have been the other way around as Clint's set was a bit more upbeat. Went with 5 friends and got free entry because Clint put us on the guestlist.

Open Decks @ Stellar Bar

Performed at the open decks session at Stellar Bar (98 Bourke St.). Had to drag my set along for 2 hours (10.30 - 12.30) because they couldn't find anyone to fill in the 11.30 - 12.30 gap. Stellar has a Rane mixer, and 2 technics 1210's and a nice soundsystem. No CDJs so had to play exclusively on Vinyl for the first time! Clint finished at 10.30 and I took over. Was heaps of fun -- would definitely have a go again sometime in the near future.

Caught a Few Gigs

Went to the RMIT Orientation afterparty at the Lounge. Luko was playing some old school hip hop and funk. Couldn't stay for long because it was a work day the next day. It was good to check him out after seeing him play at the fundraiser, in a more stress-free environment. Saw Luko the week after as well on the first day of their residency at a new night called Perseverance. They played some nice Funk/HipHop/House (mashup with DJ Snowie).

The next Thursday I went to see Clint Hargreaves play some layed back tunes at Stellar Bar, and a couple of days later at Republika where he played Electro.

Was good to see some fundraiser DJs in action!