Lovers of French house music are in for a treat this week. Golden Age Cinema has announced it will be presenting Sydney-exclusive screenings of Eden, a new documentary that goes in depth on the rise of French house music.
Spanning two decades, the film revisits the halcyon Parisian house party days (when Daft Punk really was playing in the house), through to the giddy highs of DJing to packed crowds at MoMA PS1’s legendary dance parties. Eden will have five screenings at Golden Age between Thursday June 25 – Wednesday July 1. Visit ourgoldenage.com.au for more details.
If you’re the kind of partier who just doesn’t want to say goodbye to the weekend then you’ll be thrilled to hear of Picnic Socials, a new Sunday night soiree at Harpoon Harry run by the legends behind Picnic. Kicking off this weekend, for the next ten weeks from 4pm Picnic will be showcasing some of the best DJs and producers Sydney has to offer, with a few interstate and international guests. All this with drinks a-flowing and food from the Harpoon Harry kitchen. The first instalment goes down this Sunday June 28 with a special appearance from UK disco don Ray Mang. Trust me – the Monday morning hangover will be worth it.
Bad news – you know that debut Australian tour from Romanian producer Sepp that was meant to be coming to Sydney this weekend? It’s been cancelled due to visa issues. Major bummer. The Solacecrew will still be bringing the party, though, with sets from Aboutjack, Venda, B_A, Braille and Lachie Simpson. It’s happening at the Civic Underground this Saturday June 27.
The Something Else crew have announced that they’ll be getting a visit from American house and techno selector Steven Tang next month. With his productions taking influence from both the house scene of his hometown Chicago and Detroit’s seminal techno origins, over the course of his career Tang has released on the likes of Aesthetic Audio, Machining Dreams, Generator, Eargasmic Recordings, Syncrophone, Smallville and Dolly. He’ll be supported on the evening by Magda Bytnerowicz, OddRob, Benny G, Tom Witheridge, Tech No More, Garth Linton, B&H Smooth and Dave Stuart. It’s on Saturday July 18 at the Burdekin Hotel.
Tour rumour: Recondite is dropping his new album in October and a little birdie tells me he’ll be bringing the party to Australia to celebrate.
Best release this week: the latest outing from Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer’s Vilod project has dropped and it’s straight-up smashing. It’s titled Safe In Harbour and you can cop it on Perlon, highly recommend. Other highlights include Morgan Louis’ Only1 (White Material), Dubsons’ The Soul And The Spirit (Algorhythmic), Barac’sVerniana (Pressure Trax), Deepchord & Pulshar’s Undercover (Avantroot), Paxton Fettel’s The Secret Ingredient Is Crime (Apersonal Music) and Lordamercy’sNew Guitar New Mars (2000 Black).
SATURDAY JUNE 27
Stephan Bodzin @ Chinese Laundry
Recloose @ The Spice Cellar
SUNDAY JUNE 28
Ray Mang @ Harpoon Harry
FRIDAY JULY 3
Jay Daniel @ Imperial Hotel
SATURDAY JULY 4
Mike Callander @ The Spice Cellar
SUNDAY JULY 5
Cristoph @ Home Nightclub
SATURDAY JULY 11
Iron Curtis @ The Spice Cellar
Cristoph @Kit & Kaboodle
SATURDAY JULY 18
Steven Tang @ Burdekin Hotel
SATURDAY JULY 25
Tiefschwarz @ The Spice Cellar
SATURDAY AUGUST 22
Borrowed Identity @ Bridge Hotel
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20
Lapalux @ Chinese Laundry
Pictured: Steven Tang
