1.Growing Up
From a young age I loved turning my back to the world, spending hours playing records, making compilations and dancing to music on my own. My dad had an epic record collection and was a massive hi-fi head, so everything sounded sweet, though I did get in trouble for trying to scratch on his turntable. Before smoking and all that stuff, that was the first thing I was ever grounded for: stuffing up a needle. Clearly didn’t act as a deterrent!
2.Inspirations
The first true inspiration came when I was around 15, when we moved from full-on country to the country masquerading as a city – i.e. Canberra. I only spent one year there, but my group of friends exposed me to punk and alternative rock: stuff like Nick Cave, The Birthday Party, The Cramps, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine, et cetera. My tastes are still pretty alternative, but maybe easier for people to wrap their head around ’cause now I like “dance music”.
3.Your Crew
I run Picnic in Sydney, which has been running for over eight years and is a pretty trusted disco, house and techno party. Just at Picnic alone I’ve had the pleasure of working with Andy Webb, a local Sydney DJ and writer, and for a shorter period with Adi Toohey, another local DJ making serious waves right now. Shout outs to Hubert Clarke Jr. and Lauren Hansom, as well as Jon Watts, Paul Jextra, Bobby Vibe Positive and Nadia Hernandez, all invaluable current collaborators.
4.The Music You Make And Play
I play anything from disco through to techno: if I feel it, I play it. I know it’s not a genre, but I really like sexy music, and to me the deeper something is, the sexier it is…
5.Music, Right Here,Right Now
…Is whatever you want it to be. It’s all out there and incredibly easy to access in all its forms and applications. The only thing that can possibly stop anyone tapping into what they want to experience is any limitations put on themselves by themselves.
Bacardi Fuego Revolutions with Darshan Jesrani, Kali and more, happens on Saturday August 27atClub77.
