Let’s start off this week with someone a little different.

Anyone who knows anything about electronic music knows about Berghain, right? Right. And anyone who knows anything about Berghain knows about Sven Marquardt, right? Right. In case you’ve been living under a guitar-laden rock, Marquardt is the club’s notorious head bouncer – a tatted-up motherfucker who turns back nine out of ten people and scares the living hell out of them all while doing it. He’s a man etched in techno folklore. Well, he’s also a photographer! Fancy that – and he’s having his first-ever exhibition in Sydney next month. Head down to Ambush Gallery from Thursday May 5 to see Berlin’s debauchery captured through his black-and-white lens, with an opening night talk and afterparty hosted by the man himself.

Let’s hope the weather is goddamn fine this weekend, because there is one hell of a pool party going down. Spearheaded by London’s Dexter Kane, who has released on the likes of Highgrade, Murmur and Fear of Flying as well as running his own label, Shadow Sanctuary, a host of Sydney’s finest are throwing down in the deep end including Robbie Lowe, Ben Fester, Mantra Collective, This DJs, Persian Rug, Thomas Zebaj, Lachie Simpson and Tyson Bruun. It’s happening on Sunday April 24 at the Ivy Pool Club. Wear your floaties.

Alongside supporting RÜFÜS on their eight-date national tour, Canadian-born, NYC-based duo Bob Moses have locked in a Sydney headline show. The cats who dropped their debut record Days Gone By late last year are one of the most sought-after acts on the planet right now, with their recent addition to the seminal Essential Mix series already being heralded as a classic. They’ll hit up S.A.S.H at the Greenwood Hotel on Sunday May 15.

Lars Dales and Maarten Smeets AKA Detroit Swindle will return to Sydney late next month. The names behind Heist Recordings have released productions from the likes of Fouk, Max Graef, Brame & Hamo and Frits Wentink, and have had their own cuts go out on Freerange, Dirt Crew, Tsuba and many more. On top of that, the house heads have also worked with the likes of Hercules and Love Affair, Chet Faker and Seven Davis Jr. It’s going down on Saturday May 28 at Chinese Laundry.

Tour rumours: what’s all this I’m hearing about upcoming Londoners Hælos booking in a tour? Oh, and Locked Groove is, uhh, locked in for a visit at the end of May.

Best releases this week: sweet merciful Jesus, if there is only one release you spin this week, make sure it’s Motor City Drum Ensemble’s Selectors 001 (on Dekmantel). I’m also giving thorough workouts to both Globex’sInversia 1 (Acting Press) and Fumiya Tanaka’s You Find The Key (Perlon).

[Sven Marquardt photo by Ole Westermann]

Recommended:

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Pure: Carl Cox, Joseph Capriati, Format:B @Hordern Pavilion

SUNDAY APRIL 24

Danny Krivit@TBA

Dexter Kane@Ivy Pool

SATURDAY APRIL 30

Hunted/Game@Burdekin Hotel

SATURDAY MAY 7

Anthony Parasole@Burdekin Hotel

SATURDAY MAY 14

Edit Select@Burdekin Hotel

SUNDAY MAY 15

Bob Moses@Greenwood Hotel

SATURDAY MAY 28

Detroit Swindle@Chinese Laundry

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