The Raw Wax crew are finally returning to Hugs&Kisses this weekend, and joining them for the soiree is the UK’s Marquis Hawkes. Best known for his work with Houndstooth, over the course of his career his records have also found homes on the likes of Aus Music, Clone Records, Crème Organization, Dixon Avenue Basement Jams and Homesick. Dude has some serious selecting taste behind the decks, and straight after his Australian sojourn he’s heading over to spin at both fabric and Berghain. Catch him this Friday May 20.
If you’d prefer your weekend to feature a little bit more drum and bass with a touch of jungle, y’all would be wanting to check out the UK specialist Nocturnal. A regular on the likes of Quarantine, Metalheadz, Dsci4, Commercial Suicide and Renegade Hardware, the don has shattered minds (and sound systems) at basically every bass-inclined club around the world. He’ll be support by locals Lickweed, Dambusters, Kymaera, C:1, Token, Asylum and Intech this Saturday May 21 at The Sub Club.
Capping off a weekend goddamn full of internationals – Revolver’s infamous Sunday sessions will be reaching hedonistic new heights when they’re once again joined by Berlin duo Mat.Joe. No strangers to Melbourne, this will mark their third appearance in the infamous DJ cage in the backroom. When they’re not tearing apart Prahran, the two can be found putting out records on top-tier labels such Hot Creations, OFF Recordings and Rejected. Support will come from Boogs, Spacey Space, T-Rek, Silversix and Radiator. Call in a sickie this Monday, you’re gonna need it.
Fatima Al Qadiri has announced her debut tour of Australia, taking place next month. Having first risen to prominence in 2014 with release of her record Asiatisch, the Kuwait-raised and US-based artist followed it up earlier this year with album Brute, cementing her spot as a staple of the famed Hyperdub family. She actually made a vow not to tour this year to instead focus on creating new music, so this announcement comes as a bit of a surprise. Expect things to get grimy on Friday June 10 at Howler.
Tour rumour: tell you what, it sure has been a while since we’ve seen a visit from Richie Hawtin, hasn’t it? Wink wink.
Best releases this week: after giving a few seriously solid listens to DJ Koze’s Pampa Records Vol. 1 compilation I’m hooked – with it featuring cuts from the likes of Roman Flügel, Funkstörung and Nasrawi. Other records that haven’t been leaving my headphones include Mihai Popescu’s Cause of Being (on Soulsity), Barac’s Rawax Aira Series Vol. 4 (on Rawax), M.Rav’s Common Purpose (on L.I.E.S.), Stenny’s Consume IV (on Ilian Tape), Limpid’s Shine (on Metereze), Irazu’s Tolerance for the Absurd (on Soul Notes) and Sepp’s Timpuriu (on UVAR).
