DJ LazZ Bustin' It!!

DJ LazZ has been doing private parties at Lustre Lounge quite a bit in the past few months, playing anything from Underground and Commercial Punk, RnB and 80's to Commercial House!! Looks like he's been banging the right tunes to even lure the general public, making the bouncers' jobs harder in having to tell them its a private function!!

As for me, I've been a bit idle recently after my gig at Hotham. Had a lot of work to finish off, and a few important deadlines here and there. Also the two places where I used to play (Stellar Bar and Republika) has essentially "closed down" so I'm currently looking for more gigs, will probably do a few open decks just to keep the flow.

The General Mt. Hotham

The General Entertainment Centre of Mount Hotham is a great place to unwind during the day and even a better place to party at night. With stunning views of snow covered mountains through large glass windows, a nice bar, and a great sound system, The General attracts top Australian DJs each year such as Mark Dynamix, John Course and Nik Fish, to entertain the Hotham crowd.

During the day, The General is a great place for some coffee with a view, or for some fast food made as you watch. At night, The General transforms into a restaurant with quite a sophisticated dinner menu and on most nights during the snow season, The General hosts entertainment ranging from darts, giveaways and Karaoke, to DJs playing tunes ranging from 80's and Top 40 to funky and commercial House!

Some pictures taken at The General are shown below.

LazZ's 25th & Clint and Boogs @ Decorum

Had a house party to celebrate LazZ's 25th. LazZ was busting some 80's and RnB (pic on right) and managed to get people dancing and having a good time. Plenty of good food, booz and some good music made it a memorable night.

Afterwards we went and checked out Clint (pic below) and Boogs at Decorum. Decorum was nice. It was quiet, but apparently it gets packed Saturday nights. Clint played a good deep downbeat set, and Boogs played a nice eclectic set, including (Hip Hoppy) Vocal House and Breaks.

Dinner Plain Hotel -- Mt. Hotham!

Went on a Ski trip to Mt. Hotham with a group for the weekend, and stayed at the Snowbird Inn, close to the Ski Lifts for `The Summit'. It was fantastic to wake up each morning to see snow outside the window, and to see people skiing on the slopes!


Had a great time playing at the Dinner Plain Hotel, at Dinner Plain (10 minutes away from Hotham)!! I played a combined set on the Saturday night, with resident DJ Juddy, from 9pm - 1am. I started off, playing some soft US House, and then moved onto more upbeat US House. Juddy took over for a few tracks with some breaks and darker/electro house after which I continued with some of my more banging tunes, and some commercial stuff. From there we kept swapping every three tracks, until 1am.


The bar at the DP Hotel was awesome! Nice PA system (including lighting and a smoke machine), pool tables and nice comfy couches. They were giving away $1000, free drinks and a mountain bike as prizes for those who purchased a $8 raffle ticket. We didn't win the $1000 but my girl friend managed to win 6 shots, so it wasn't a total waste ;-D


There were lots of requests for country music (mainly Kenny Rogers), but we didn't end up playing (or having) any! Anyhow people seemed to be having a great time.

Definitely the best local gig so far!!

Ortofon Concordes!!

Bought a pair of Ortofon Concordes from Rhythm and Soul!! Costed me $300. I was in a hurry to buy these because I needed them for the gig up in the Snow. I had only about 10 minutes to bargain at Rhythm and Soul, but the fella was good enough to reduce it to $300, from $318.

aLive @ Retreat Hotel!!

Went for an afternoon event organised by Luko and Luke MCD. Here's the description:

So you dont want to see another sun rise through blurry eyes? You dont want to wait till 4am for some live electronica? You like it live raw and real? Your not scared of a bit of sunlight? You like beer or champagn? You have nothing to do most Saturday arvos? You actually want to know what the people you have met in clubs look like? You have an open mind and are ready for something new?Well here it is "aLive" looks to give you the day time alternative with events based on the fact you can party anywhere any time and the music we love is right on our doorstep.

Hell of an event that was!! Here are some pics...

Bye Bye Republika :-(

Had my last gig at Republika last night. They close on 20th August :-(

Was one of my best gigs. Played 11pm - 1am. Started off with US House and went onto play some commercial house/remixes which got the people dancing. Stayed till 2am with a couple of friends to finish off my 10-free-drinks coupon ;-)

Fresh Nightclub -- Mauritius!

Had my first international performance last night, at the Fresh Nightclub in Mauritius. The set was brief and early, but I got a feel for the soundsystem, the type of music they play, and the `look' of a Nightclub in Mauritius. Here's a description of Fresh! taken from www.tropicscope.com/nightlife_in_mauritius.asp :-

Fresh! Grand Rivière North West (near Port Louis.) Freshly refurbished and taken over by young nightlife specialists, the management endeavours in establishing a “Fresh” concept that would attract any kind of people wishing to have fun in a “clean” environment. At the entrance is a semi-open lounge space with a bar where there is either a live animation or lounge music. Then comes the inside arena where people get heated up. The volumes of the building is close to ideal with a high roof and an excellent air-conditioning / ventilation. “The sexiest club in town” which is the motto, revealed to be true on several occasions.

The soundsystem was great, especially the monitor :P They were still fixing the soundsystem while I was playing, so the monitor kept going off an on, but didn't really bother me too much. Seemed like they payed very close attention to the sound and spent a lot of effort in getting the sound levels just right.

The equipment were standard -- Technics 1200s with a DJM500. They had a Denon CD Player as well (an earlier model without the platter) and a fairly generous amount of space to fit about 4 people in their comfortably. They also had Ortofon carts, but looked like they had a problem with one of them, although no dramas while I was playing.

The Nightclub had an open bar outside for people wanting some fresh air, and it looked like they were setting up some equipment for a DJ to play outside. Not sure how they were going to prevent the outside sound from interfering with the sound inside the club -- didn't stick around long enough to find out :-
The staff and DJs were friendly. I was asked to play towards the end if there was time (the DJs were booked for the whole night, and I contacted them in the last minute, so I could only fill in any empty slots) or on Saturday if there was a free slot, but none of these times suited me. Just a bit dissapointed I couldn't stick around and play for longer, but there's a good chance that I'll play there again on my next visit to Mauritius!

Strike Bowling Bar

Played at Strike Bowling Bar for about 1.5 hours last night. T'was fun. Tried out some of my new electro tunes and electro-influenced house tunes ;) The bar staff and manager (??) was lovin' it. Not a lot of crew came down with me this time unlike last time, but t'was fun anyhow.

Might ask Clint to book me in for an Open Decks @ Stellar day after (Wed), so I can try out some of those tunes on a better soundsystem! The soundsystem at Strike was not going on full volume.

This/Next Week

I'm playing this Saturday at Republika (132 Smith St. Collingwood, close to the CBD) - http://republika.com.au/, from 12.30 am - 2 am. Will be playing a few banging US House tunes since Republika is a nightclub, and more banging Electro tunes will follow from Resident DJ Clint Hargreaves right after.

This Monday, I'll be playing at e55 internet bar and cafe - http://www.efiftyfive.com. Will be spinning some layed back US House to start off the night.