STRANGE FRUIT

WHERE: The Abercrombie
WHEN: Saturday 5th January, 2013

LINE UP:

RAFFI LOVECHILD (Strange Fruit)

GALAKTIK (T-Quest)

TnA (Sonunda)

JORDAN DECK (Strange Fruit)

Our Ethos:

To deliver fresh and ripe for the picking .......a weekly event synonymous with the good, the renegade and the wickedly beautiful........a lavish celebration of life, music and the individual. This is an environment where anything goes so you can take off your work collar and experience who else you might be. In the midst of a timeless now filled with music and laughter....with the sight of your friends, old and new, feeling the energy and the love.....you suddenly realize this is it, these are the priceless moments we all cherish so dearly. Like brilliant specks of gold dust through the hourglass so are our Saturday nights.....and in the spirit of what's been said, we are inviting you to join us for FREE!

NO cover charge, NO guest list and most certainly NO Bullshit! 

*FUNKTION 1 SOUND SYSTEM*

Resident Djs on Rotation (2 Hour minimum Sets) + Guests

Including:

Simon Caldwell (Mad Racket)

Ben Korbel (We Love Sounds)

Jamie Lloyd (Future Classic)

Jimi Polar (Future Classic)

Glitch Djs ( Minimal Fuss)

Carlos Zarate (Thuug Records)

Trinity (Loosekaboose)

Dave Stuart (Shrug)

Loin Brothers (Future Classic)

Marcotix (Subsonic)

MSG (Subsonic)

Kali (Picnic)

Gruzman (Aztec Warrior)

Chris Honnery (Deep Impressions)

Mike Witcombe (A life Less Ordinary)

Matttt (That's four t's)

Raffi Lovechild (T- Quest)

Franchi Brothers (Beats n Pieces)

Le Brond (Int man Of Mystery)

Mesan (Deeper Sounds)

TNA (Sonunda)

Nick Belshaw (Chemistry)

Jordan Deck (Chemistry)

Much Love,

Strange Fruit

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NYD W/PLANETARY ASSAULT SYSTEMS

WHERE: The Abercrombie

WHEN: Tuesday, January 1, 2013

After the fireworks have cleared and the countdown has passed, reality sets in. You’ve been had – again. Every damn year. The same pitch, the same routine, the same combination of swarms of people and harbour views, blinding you of the underlying lack of substance slowly corroding your soul. Surely this year you should have thought differently, of beginning the year by tapping into something more authentic, more visceral… but it’s too late, you think, glancing at the clock in the early hours of New Year’s Day. Fortunately for you maestro, all is not lost, as there is one fifteen-hour party option on New Year’s Day that is decidedly disconnected from the predictable routines of other despairingly choreographed new year’s celebrations. A techno degustation celebrating individualism and strange fruit, of all varieties, crowned by the long awaited return of techno survivor/auteur Luke Slater after fifteen years of waiting. NYD 2013 at The Abercrombie gives you your retribution.

One of the few UK producers to emerge during the early 90s whose output remains relevant (read: cutting edge) today, Slater regularly throws down at some of the world’s foremost techno dungeons, such as Berghain and Fabric, and is responsible for one of the better instalments in the venerated Fabric compilation canon. 

Slater’s back catalogue comprises a the windswept ambience of his seminal 7th Plain pseudonym – encapsulated in the classic Four Corners album from the mid-90s – through the nosebleed severity of his X-Tront releases and the widescreen techno of his Morganistic project to his more recent dubby outings as LB Dub Corp. However Slater is arguably best known for his work as Planetary Assault Systems, releasing his most recent album under the moniker, The Messenger, on Ostgut Ton at the end of last year. 

Ever since the release of debut Planetary Assault Systems album The Electric Funk Machine back in that acid-washed summer of ’94, Slater has used the project to create ‘all-purpose’ techno that has a sufficiently strong thematic unity so that it can be appreciated in any context. While the club cognoscenti celebrate Slater’s mastery of dynamic, futuristic techno, his command of the ambient genre is something that is not as commonly acknowledged. 

Slater’s classic Four Corners album, released under his 7th Plain moniker in the mid-90s, is a must for anyone curious in electronic soundscapes that diverge away from the dancefloor. “I love to inject art into techno, going avant-garde obscure in places, because when it comes down to it, that’s what I find interesting,” our man Slater elucidates. “I have always tried to keep my head down and get on with it, try not to sell techno so much. You can dress it up and give it an image, but people will find their own way to it if they are interested.” We have no doubt you will find your way to The Abercrombie on New Year’s Day. The route is easy – travel against the tides of people drifting obsequiously in the currents of fickle trends and naff fads, and listen for the raw reverberations of your New Year’s awakening. 

Supported by: 

Defined By Rhythm

Ben Dunlop

Jordan Deck

Raffi Lovechild

Trinity (Live)

MSG

Marcotix

Mark Craven

Methodix

Kate Doherty

Nick Belshaw

Chris Honnery

Glitch DJ's

Jay Smalls

Jamie Lloyd

lus more TBA

Tickets available soon through Resident Advisor!

1st Release: $25

2nd Release: $35

On the door: $40

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The Techno Bug

WHERE: Burdekin Hotel

WHEN: Saturday, December 15, 2012

After a short hiatus the 'Church of Techno' comes back to life with the return of THE TECHNO BUG series of events. Time to get on your dancing shoes and revel in techno tomfoolery with some of the best TECHNO DJs & Producers Sydney has to offer. Bringing in a mixture of old & new from locally brewed & European influenced - we are all here in Sydney, today, now, this moment, to enjoy and bring to you a glorious soundtrack of beautiful Techno music from far and close.

Church of Techno brings to you a party which was the party that started it all, back from London in 2008 to your doorstep in Sydney - We bring to you, The Techno Bug. So come and get lost with us, enjoy, and whilst you are waiting check out some of the cool artists links below:

Defined by Rhythm -

http://soundcloud.com/definedbyrhythm

Twin Towers of Techno (Mark Craven vs Methodix) -

http://soundcloud.com/methodix

http://www.myspace.com/markcraven

Marcotix (Subsonic Music) -

http://soundcloud.com/marcotix

Shepz (Malatoid Records) - 

http://www.soundcloud.com/shepz

Qu-Zen -

http://soundcloud.com/suziequ

Raffi Lovechild

Saturday 15th December, 2012

9pm - 6am - Burdekin Main Bar (Ground Level)

$15 entry - $10 guest list

With these six acts in tow, the rest of the Techno Bug family are sure to show you a good time. You wanna get involved?

http://www.minamal.co.uk/guestlist.html

http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?425462

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Steppin Out

WHERE: Warehouse @ 12 Chalder St Marickville, Sydney

WHEN: Saturday, October 27, 2012

We're baaaack...!

After a long hiatus and many moons searching for a nice welcoming venue, we've finally found a very sweet inner city warehouse space for our humble shindig.

A FREE warehouse party and It's all set to happen on Saturday 27th October, so lock it in your diary and be prepared, for.....

WE SHALL DANCE!!


Much love the collective :)

LINE UP

- Selectors
- Trevor Parkee
- Gordo AKA Savage Gee
- Madame B
- Gunjo
- Rik
- Stevie Dub
- Satva
- Lovechild

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AND, Deep House Fridays

Where: AND (The Eastern), Bondi Junction

When: Friday 14th September

DEEP FRYDAYS
Deep House Fridays

This friday:


Love Disciple (High Spirits) + Valentine (Motech/LateNightShuffle)
Raffi Lovechild
Magda B
Tom Witheridge

Free entry. Open till Late.

Deep Frydays keeps the tasty treats coming every week. Good times and quality line ups full of Sydneys best established & up'n'comers is what we are all about. This September @ AND we will prove that. This friday we have another quality line up from head to toe. Starting off with Tom Witheridge, a classy chap who plays classy tunes. Then Raffi Lovechild who rocks those deep grooves like no other, followed up by the lovely & highly danceable Magda B (4Four), then we have Love Disciple! He is a resident of the emerging late night party for dancing, High Spirits and playng with him is Valentine, who is one half Sydney duo Mo-Tech and hosted the infamous A Late Night Shuffle. ALNS toured numerous quality international djs including Recloose, Tom Clark and Session Victim not mention locals Rackateers Jimmi James and Ken Cloud, Peret Mako and Alphatown. Valentine rips out a rich selection of swaggering deep tech and new jack soul. Come watch these two gets things going freaky.

Every Friday night AND present Deep Frydays, Sydney’s only weekly Deep House destination. Located within The Eastern, AND’s freshly launched fit-out is already a staple of the Eastern Suburbs party scene.

Deep Frydays represents the deeper spectrum of House music. Currently enjoying a renaissance thanks to the production of cool new UK talents like Disclosure and Julio Bashmore but not forgetting its classic US Roots, Deep Frydays will satisfy the fussiest of clubber, thanks to a great respect we have for the full spectrum of Deep House: Past, Present and Future.

Introducing some of our promoter partners:
Bondi FM is not just a radio station but a collective of the eastern suburbs’ best producers, presenters, personalities and purveyors of the best music Bondi has to offer. Taking over 14th September, don’t miss Bondi FM crew’s contribution to Deep Frydays.

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