We’re neck-deep in the European summer, which means almost no electronic acts want to even consider coming to Australia due to our godawful weather and the fact that they can make ten times the cash over there (but really who knows after Brexit?).
Even if they did fancy coming Down Under, the promoters that have the contacts are too busy focusing on their food-based venues now, as seems to be the natural order these days. These may be dark times, but the pulled pork is on point. Except I hate pork. Strapping in, braving the cold and slaying house parties is the modus operandi for the next few months. Thankfully, there are still one or two good tours to look forward to (plus a load of shit ones for the people that can’t feel the cold because they’re jacked up on meth and love hardstyle/abusing innocent people on the Nightrider home). At least the release schedule seems optimistic. Let’s ball.
Bitta techno to lighten the mood? I mean dark, brooding techno. Oh. The Berlin-based enigma Subjected[above] is coming our way. This dude kinda scares the shit out of me. Founder of the Vault Series label, he’s also scored releases on the likes of Affin, Eternal Drive Recordings and Prosthetic Pressings. The #38 Sleaze podcast still does my head in. Can’t sleep, clown’ll eat me. Flanked by Adrian Bell, Magda Bytnerowicz, Sebastian Bayne, Gav Whalan and Jordan Peters, it’s going down on Saturday July 23. Venue TBA.
Duke Dumont[below] has just announced another return to Australia, so if you’re into bullshit wannabe tech house for the plastic fantastic crowd, then head to his Facebook for the details as I don’t have enough inches to waste them here. Fun fact: when he was in Australia for Listen Out a few years ago he slid into the DMs of a friend of mine trying to get her to come to his hotel for “fun”. – xoxo Gossip Wray
Speaking of Listen Out. The lineup suuuucks. If your biggest pull to the electronic crowd is motherfucking Claptone then you know you’re in deep trouble. That said, everyone who thought the festival might land Chance The Rapper deserves to be disappointed. A$AP Ferg and Yung Lean instead? Cool, those guys are on the cutting edge of relevancy. Let me go and #rapsquat in 2012 before I get ready. Has anyone seen my cultural appropriation pants? That said, my sister who doesn’t talk to me anymore liked it on Facebook so maybe I’m just the wrong demographic.
Tour rumours: ol’ mate Nina Kraviz has already locked in her return to Australia. Details coming soon.
Best releases this week: well, definitely not the Ryan Elliott Fabric mix. Wake me up when it’s over. Snoozefest. I’m feeling lukewarm about Kane Ikin’s Modern Pressure (on Type) and Luigi Tozzi’s Deep Blue: Volume 2 (Hypnus). It’s really been one of those weeks when you just want to go back and listen to Prince Of Denmark’s Live At Planet Uterus recording and drift off.
Recommended:
FRIDAY JULY 1
Matthias Meyer @Slyfox
Ron Costa @Burdekin Hotel
SATURDAY JULY 16
Dense & Pika @Chinese Laundry
SATURDAY JULY 23
Delano Smith @Café Del Mar
Subjected @TBA
FRIDAY DECEMBER 2 – SUNDAY DECEMBER 4
Subsonic Music Festival: Lee Scratch Perry, Mad Professor, Josh Wink, Ben UFO + more @Riverwood Downs Mountain Valley Resort
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