This Friday May 19 sees Butter Sessions, the collective responsible for some of Melbourne’s best underground house releases and parties in recent years, return to Hugs&Kisses for a kind of post-launch celebration of Sleep D and Albrecht La’Brooy’s recently released collaborative effort From 50. From 50 is excellent and anyone who dug Tornado Wallace’s recent album Lonely Planet should give it a spin; similar natural soundscape influences combined with a more club-friendly, upbeat tempo and vibe. For the Hugs&Kisses gig, Sleep D and Albrecht La’Brooy will be doing a two hour live-set together which, knowing their button-pushing and knob fondling prowess, should be bloody ‘uge. On selecting duties for the night is Ben Fester b2b DJ Camov, Cale Sexton and Norachi.
If you’re into the harder, darker, dirtier stuff, then Friday’s still got you sorted because Bunker techno collective are playing host to London’s Ansome for the night at Platform One. Ansome explores the nastier side of techno, the more industrial and noise influenced. Forget the moody and ambient tech that’s dominated the scene for the last couple of years, this is in your face shit. This is a live set too; check him out online and you’ll see the monstrous rig he performs with. Final release tickets are on sale now, so get on it quick. Along for the ride is local live-show maestro ACM and selectors Andrew Till, Lateral and D-REX. Bring earplugs.
On Saturday up at My Aeon, Thick As Thieves, the team behind Revolver’s Summer Series, are launching their new run of events with Ireland’s Ejeca. The DJ/producer has been working hard over the last five or so years, his output evolving from grooving deep house to a grittier but melodic techno sound all of his own. Local support downstairs comes from Olly Davis, Chris McGinn, Illuccio and Daniel Cuda, upstairs the Monoloco DJs are steering the ship with Arron Mac, Duffy, Karl Brady and Robbie Ryan. Get amongst it.
