CLUB CLASSICS
A13 WHERE & WHEN: The Crucial Social Club at The Black Cat every Saturday, Sect ion 8 every third Friday of the month, The Crucial Social Academy at Workshop every fourth Friday of the month, Heavy Innit at Brown Alley Friday 15 October 2010
D DOUBLE E Street Fighter
(Dirty Stank), 2010. “New grime banger from D Double E all about Street Fighter can’t really go wrong. Nice product ion from Swerve using old school computer sounds with a massive bass sound! Tiger upper cut!”
ACTRESS Maze (My Dry Wet Mess Remix) (Honest Jon’s Records) 2010.
“Something a little different then a normal Act ress tune – nice summer dubstep vibes.”
FREESTYLERS FEAT BELLE HUMBLE Cracks (Flux Pavillion Remix) (Never Say Die Records), 2010.
“Straight up rave anthem (reach for the lazers!).”
FLOORED
THE LIKES OF YOU
BROWN ALLEY: 03.09.10 One Bottle of ooh la la champagne from Rosa’s kitchen in Flinders Lane, two dirty martinis from The Toff and we’re officially on our way to one of this year’s most anticipated club nights. Dirty French minimalist ic house master Agoria has finally reached Oz, having famously missed his last gig due to volcanic debris. Teaming up with the German doctor (literally) of minimal tech Marc Romboy and deep house pioneer and Derrick’s May partner in crime, Chez Damier, the night has no other option than to rip the shit out of any competing events. It’s the first weekend of spring, and despite the chance of rain and gale force winds, the CBD is packed. Brown Alley, hit and miss sometimes with crowd capacity, gets it spot on. There’s room to dance, short lines to the bar all the while pleasantly decked out with this decade’s most techno savvy crowd – black ankle boots galore stomp and grind through Damier’s deep soul set, as all the while a sweaty eagerness is brimming in the main room. The bathroom is chock full of gen Ys, whipping out this season’s swish shade of vampire ruby red, dousing excited smiles while Romboy takes to his throne. Shots are shot, drinks are drunk and the crowd congest s to gain better floor position. Romboy’s cohorts Booka Shade and Bodzin creep throughout a dark and notoriously minimal tech set. Time out at the one hour point as thoughts are collected, shattered feet are rested and blurry critiques are swapped, but no rest for the night’s most wicked. Agoria is in the building – just as we exit another epic night for LOY. FERN GREIG-MOORE
VIC VIC
MEET THE CREWS WOBBLE CREW MEMBERS? “Performing Artists: Cubist, AC23, Spinfx, Retsa, Woz, MC Wasp, Fraksha and Scotty Hinds. Soundsystem: Heartical Hi Fi Soundsystem. Decor: Lava of the Butterfl ies. Visuals: DVS.” WHY DID YOU GUYS START PROMOTING PARTIES? “We wanted to create a party focused around Soundsystem Culture of the UK – that is, large stacks of speakers moving AIR in the BASS Region. The low frequencies hold the melody in drum‘n’bass, dubstep and jungle, and we wanted these low frequencies to breathe effortlessly, with an emphasis on decor and lighting to match our high quality soundsystem.” WHAT SOUND WERE YOU LOOKING TO PUSH WHEN YOU STARTED OFF, AND HOW HAS IT EVOLVED SINCE THEN? “Drum‘n’bass, dubstep and jungle. The genres are constantly evolving, sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad. Certain producers peak and fall with their creative output, then new producers burst onto the scene. Most of the Wobble crew write music, so we are always playing our tunes out on the Soundsystem. We all have our own st ylez and soundz, from minimal to jump-up, tek and jungle. It’s all music.” WHAT WAS THE FIRST GIG YOU RAN, AND
HOW DID IT GO? “We’ve all been promoting different parties for the last ten years and life bought us together three years ago. It was quite st range that we all wanted to create the same thing in Melbourne. We all had a similar vision with an emphasis on big sound and product ion for the music we love. The fi rst Wobble was special. The fi rst six months were a real underground thing.” WHAT’S BEEN THE BEST ONE SO FAR? AND ANY DISASTERS ALONG THE WAY? “Cubist Bon Voyage UK Tour was dope. It was just a special night where everything was so easy. The music, the night, everything just floated effortlessly. We had disasters yeah – it’s a tough indust ry. We try to constantly push things forward and improve what we do.” WHAT WOULD BE YOUR ULTIMATE LINE-UP FOR AN EVENT? “We are all happy with what we got. We’re not asking for anything more. We got the sound, the DJs and the support. We put a lot of effort into everything we do, paying attention to every detail. We just wanna continue to push the music we love, plus inspire and give support to the younger DJs so they got a platform to perform and give the heads an event so they can experience the music the best possible way.”
WHERE & WHEN: Wobble Th ird Birthday at The Night Owl
Saturday 18 September