Sweet merciful Jesus: House of Mince and Strange Signals are teaming up to put on what will quite possibly be the gig of the year. Their upcoming party will feature techno royalty Voices From The Lake (AKA the collaboration between the legendary Donato Dozzy and Neel) alongside the one and only Mr. Ties. Just saying, this is going to be something special. It goes down on Thursday April 2 at the Marrickville Bowling Club.Start your Easter weekend off right.
The brother of the seminal minimal maestro Paul Kalkbrenner, Fritz Kalkbrenner, is returning to Sydney. Having previously worked as a culture and music journalist for various TV stations, in 2008 Fritz got his big break when he produced the soundtrack for the motion picture Berlin Calling alongside Paul, with his track ‘Sky And Sand’ blowing up. His return will follow the release of his latest album Ways Over Water, while he’s also just released his Void EP, which features remixes from the likes of Gui Boratto and Baron Defoe. He’ll perform live at The Spice Cellaron Thursday April 2.
A mainstay on the revered Desolat imprint, Argentinean master Guti is bringing his live show to Sydney. The South American blends house and techno with an inflection of his Latin roots, and has also released on the likes of Crosstown Rebels, Raum, Musik, Wolf & Lamb and Supplement Facts. He’ll be joined by locals LeOCh, Jeremiah, Dave Stuart, Tyson Bruun, Aaron Robins, Robbie Cordukes and Brosnan Perera & FFFreya. It goes down at the Burdekin Hotel on Saturday March 21.
Having released one of the biggest tracks of 2014 in ‘Bugatti’, Montreal-born DJ and producer Tiga has announced his return to Australia. The head honcho of Turbo Recordings has one of the catchiest back catalogues of electro-tinged techno, including ‘Sunglasses’, ‘Mind Dimension’, ‘Plush To Pleasure From The Bass’, ‘You Gonna Want Me’ and ‘Let’s Go Dancing’. He’ll be joined by Motorik Vibe Council, The Finger Prince, Avon Stringer and Marks & Oz at Chinese Laundry on Saturday March 14.
One of Sydney’s most talented electronic names, Dro Carey, has announced a launch show for his latest EP Club Injury Handbook. Released by London label Greco-Roman, the three tracks show Carey at his most eclectic, alongside being the first time that he has worked in a studio with vocalists (Chocolate and Kid Kairo). Catch him with Mark Pritchard, Cliques and Preacha at Marrickville Bowling Club on Saturday March 14.
Tour rumours:expect to see visits from DJ Fett Burger and DJ Sotofett of Sex Tags Mania fame next month, while I’m also told that both Terekke and Victor Simonelli will be here mighty soon.
Best releases this week: as expected, Pomegranate by Nicolas Jaar – an alternate soundtrack to the 1969 Soviet film written and directed by Sergei Parajanov entitled The Color Of Pomegranates – absolutely rules. Other highlights include Bambounou’s Centrum (on 50 Weapons), Killawatt’Émigré(Osiris Music), Joey Anderson’s 1974 (Dekmantel), Route 8’s This Raw Feeling (Lobster Theremin), Binh’sVisio / Ruski (Perlon) and Daze’sNeuromance (Lobster Theremin).
