Big ups to the local collective Thick as Thieves are due. As y’all probably know, the dons are often throwing charity gigs at Revolver Upstairs to raise money for The Fred Hollows Foundation, hosting encore sessions from their international touring artists all to help the blind. Well, recently to celebrate the 40th birthday of head honcho Mike Toner (AKA Radiator) they threw another – which pushed their overall tally raised to a quarter of a milly. Props, dudes.
Marcel Dettmann makes techno. Heavy-hitting techno. The kind of heavy hitting techno that makes you want to lock yourself away in a smoky basement until you’re too dehydrated from a night of endless perspiration. Alongside Ben Klock – the other most highly regarded draw card at Berghain – there’s arguably no bigger name in the game. While he’s released two albums on Ostgut Ton and has remixed the likes of Junior Boys, Fever Ray, Moderat, Commix, Clark and Laibach, in recent times he’s been fostering the next generation on his own imprint MDR (Marcel Dettmann Records). Get schooled by the best in the business. He’s coming to Melbourne on Saturday November 12, venue TBA.
The man with arguably the shittest haircut (don’t worry, his music makes up for it) in dance music, Green Velvet (or Cajmere), has locked in an Australian tour. A mainstay in the game for well over 25 years, the Chicago house don was a former chemistry student before he ditched studying and established the label Cajual. Since then, he’s released his own productions on the likes of Circus Recordings, Credence, Great Stuff Recordings, Kraftek, Relief Records and Superstar Recordings, and played basically every goddamn club and festival around the globe. His track from 1992 Coffee Pot (It’s Time For the Percolator) still goes hard. Catch him on Monday October 31 at the Prince Bandroom.
BAD NEWS. One of Australia’s best festivals, OutsideIn, ain’t happening this year. No explanation has been given other than a post on their Facebook page stating that: “OutsideIn Festival will not be taking place in 2016, we hope to see you all again in the near future!” Bummer. Here’s hoping it returns in the future.
Tour rumours:you can lock in visits from Lunice, Hudson Mohawke and Giraffage over the NYE period. I’d also expect to be seeing clubs shows from Jackmaster, Scuba, Matthias Tanzmann, Oscar Mulero and Tin Man during November.
Best releases this week: with 30 tracks over 52-odd minutes, Delroy Edwards’ Hangin’ at the Beach (on L.A. Club Resource) has some Donuts-esque vibes going. I dig it. I’m also spinning Hieroglyphic Being’s The Disco’s of Imhotep (Technicolour) and Appleblim’s Minus Degree (Tempa). Argenis Brito and Ricardo Villalobos’ Amnesia (Melisma Limited) is so-so, unfortunately. Y’all also need to go to Noise in My Head and listen to the latest mix from Chiara Kickdrum – pure fire.
