M U S I C .....Line-Up – Bushweek Festival 2011
Opiuo / Beatrice / Kalya Scintilla / Positive Thought / Shadow FX / Bumble / Lub Dub / Staunch / Closer Apart / Yeti / MerKaBa / Dakini / Alice Spacedoll / Miss MoOn / T.D.Shagga / Ethereal / Josh Ninyama / Offer / Woodsman / Suspekt / Psymon / Backwards Man / Mystic Beats / Moista Cloista / Ruff Stuff / Adam Giardina / Bent Intent / Scruffy Goat / Reseteser / Solatek / SeeD / Billy Dread / Senor Rudekat / Player One / Slytrance / Imandan / FunkForm / Uzi / MaRz / Wal_tone / Jekyll / Legacy / Debrey / Channelfree / Booli Wah / Tar-Nay / Princess Badness / Filthy Tomo / Devious
more to be announced....
Opiuo
 ok now, imagine if you will, a precisely blended concoction of tight irresistible grooves, chunk fueled bouncy beats, luscious brooding soundscapes, dollops of stomach morphing bass, and a bowl of scrumptious glitch. Welcome to the musical world of Opiuo. A self confessed music addict with a light hearted approach to life and art. Opiuo is at his best whilst hiding from the world, creating fun fueled music. Influences coming from everything, from life changing experiences, to mere cups of tea. Incorporating sounds as varied as jazz, reggae, funk, rock, psychedelia, and down right chunky goodness. Originally from a small town in the deep New Zealand countryside, Opiuo now resides in the pimp hustle back streets of Melbourne Australia, where he has built an international reputation for his original, party fueling creations, and has played live to sold out crowds all across North America and Australasia. The highly sought after Opiuo sound is being included in DJ sets from some of the biggest names in the business, and featuring on high profile radio stations, including the infamous BBC Radio One (UK). Quite literally rocking dance floors in every corner of the globe. His latest full length release “Slurp And Giggle” is nominated for Best Dance / Electronic Release at the Australian Independent Music Awards, and currently sits as the most downloaded album for 2010 on addictech.com With music out on some of the worlds most respected electronic music labels including; Muti Music, Addictech Records, Rottun Recordings, Iboga Records, Home Breakin Records, Colony Productions, and Empathy Records, the Opiuo train is definitely in motion! Now that is over, lets go have some fun!
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Beatrice (Melb)
the thousand feathered machine takes flight.
blooming under the wild skies of melbourne’s musical wilderness, beatrice creates layered electronic sound scapes ...
her feathered trip hop beats support voice, strings and sound. www.beatrice-musique.com
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Described as Psychedelic Forest Dubstep and Glitch Hop, the perfect catalyst to get naked in the forest and buzz out to.
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Positive Thought Open Records - Australia
Positive Thought is Algernon Renton from Limpenwood in far north NSW. Algernon started producing electronic music in 2003 . In 2006 he made his debut release with an album to follow a few years later. After the release of his "this is not a workshop" album on up records alg was head hunted by such labels as SunDance Dooflex and Regen records. Positive Thought has also been a regular act at such festivals as Cairns winter solstice, tribeadelic gathering, and bent perception just to name a few. Over the last 2 years Algernon has expanded his musical repotire 10 fold creating projects in genres such as progressive, techno, electro, and wobble with a recent progressive techno release on Open records. Catch Positive Thought this summer playing at his most anticipated performance yet, Rainbow Serpent 2011.
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Shadow FX
 Shadow Fx returns to Cairns to deliver his unique blend of progressive music, with a new album in the making. His music, best is described as a blend of deep, funky, morning grooves that are distinctively shaped from the Zenon sound. Intricate percussion lines interplay with emotive synth lines, then are pieced together in the most intelligent of progressive structures.
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The solo project of bumble is a hive of audio vibrations set into the air by an infatuation of audio play and music composition. It is the reflection of nature that constantly surrounds bumble on flights, and is the soundtrack to his often hermitudinal life (much to do in the hive). People know bumble as max. Creating sonically diverse bass wobbling, organic influenced dancable music. The unifying theme of his music reflects nature, experience, perception and aspires to spark connection. Be it in the living room at home, riding through the bush, or dancing with a large crowd at a festival somewhere, bumble brings a smile to ya dial and inspires buzzing movement.
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Lub Dub
It began with two inspired friends brought together through an intense love of music and a belief in its ability to connect and heal. Lubdub share a vision of UNITY, bringing people together to create and connect in the vibrations of Peace, Harmony, Self-expression and Love through Music and Dance. Lubdub have been cooking away in the Lublab since mid 2007… Crafting, creating and cutting electro-acoustic delights, refining a unique and incredibly flexible live setup that allows the music to spontaneously lead both the musicians and you alike along an intriguing sonic journey trekking through the deserts of Dub/Reggae, the wilderness of Downtempo Psy and the wide oceans of World Music… live guitars, flutes, keys, chant & percussion bring to life their already vivid compositions. Carefully woven & incredibly deep arrangements that continuously evolve, a blending of the organic & electronic, a merging of traditional & modern, a balance of intuition & intention, a synching of left & right hemispheres… At the core of the group lie two very dedicated & talented musicians: Fred Woller (Production, Keys, Computers & Audio Wizardry) Yuval Shalit (Production, Guitars, Keys, Flute, Chant, Percussion.)
Both have firmly planted themselves in Australia’s flourishing live music scene, Yuval having spent the last 8 years as the main man behind the sound of some of Melbourne’s premier live music venues, and Fred through his involvement with the very successful live Dub\DnB outfit K-Oscillate & Tech group Closer Apart. 2010 highlights saw Lubdub Close Rainbow Serpent & Subsonic, knee deep @ Mudtreiya, main stage @ Cairns Winter Solstice, Rained out @ Strawberry Fields, beachside NYE @ 303 Arts Festival (Brazil) 2011 has already seen the boys hit Nivarna Festival (Argentina), wild desert parties in Chile, main stage @ Kapuri (Mexico) & a fresh release on Animal Trax (California, USA) – with a new album in the oven, an East Coast tour locked in and some top secret collaborations taking place, the Lubdub Kitchen is H.O.T!
http://soundcloud.com/lubdub
Email :
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Fred: +61 (0)421 695 685 Yuval: +61 (0)407 370 433
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Staunch
 After deciding that some things are just better when combined, like a beer in your hand or boobs in your face… Two of Australia's favourite producers James Hayes (Shadow Fx) and Algenon Renton (Positive Thought, Yeti and 21547 other pseudonyms) have decided to join forces to create the suitably named project STAUNCH. And STAUNCH is exactly that - bass heavy, riff laden downtempo beats that are sure to make a mess of any dance floor… Come check them out as they perform there debut Cairns live set at Bushweek Festival 2011. |
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Closer Apart
Closer Apart is a feisty outpouring from the talent of two Melbourne veteran live performers: Andy Kidd (Continuum) & FredEx (Lubdub, K-Oscillate) - Together they synthesize Andy's minimal & tech house elements with Fred's dub influences & bigger techno sound, the end result being a truly organic, wobbly, glitched out tech sound inspired by the outdoor festival scene. Having debuted as the closing act of the 2010 Cairns Winter Solstice Festival, Closer Apart have gone on to play a score of high profile festivals shows across Australia and have just returned from an extensive tour of South & Central America that saw them headline Kapuri Festival in Mexico, 303 Arts Festival NYE in Brazil, Nirvana in Argentina, wild desert
parties in Chile & all manner of side shows! Their first release courtesy of Open Records sees them sit alongside international luminaries Mark Henning, ANNA, SQL, Seph, Fiord, Subfractal, Animaltek, Dima Gafner and Ryan Halifax! Keep a close eye on these boys - Big things to come...
sound: www.soundcloud.com/closerapart
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phone: +61421695685
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YETI
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With a focus on positive and healing vibrations Merkaba combines deep basslines with lush melodies, tribal percussion and a focus on an overall 'organic' sound. Prepare for a vibrational journey that connects the heart, mind, body, and Dancefloor!
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Dakini (Omeletter / Enig'matik Records)
Dakini is one of Australia's high profile and longstanding female DJs. She has featured at Australia's top festivals playing the freshest sounds available, for over 11 years. Dakini recently directly supported Tipper on his Australian tour, and has been billed alongside the likes of Beats Antique, Heyoka, Vibesquad, Bassnectar, ill.gates, Ott, Bluetech and many other acclaimed international & national artists. She was recently handpicked to perform for visionary artists Alex & Allyson Grey as they painted live around Australia earlier this year, and has just returned from playing Sunrise Celebration in the UK. You can always expect a basslicious experience from the likes of this soundvixen, who currently plays templecrunk, wobblestep and ethnowhomp, usually alongside the world's best bassmusic artists. Catch her at this year's tastiest bassmusic events internationally, for a ethnocrunk session not to be missed....
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Alice SpaceDoll
Alice Spacedoll - a psychedelic songstress and performer of the arts. A performance inspired by Life, Love, color, the Universe, the human (and not so human) mind, outer-space and the unknown... Alice is a lyricist, singer and musical composer delivering performances that extend and challenge our experience of ‘known worlds’. As well as using live percussion and some well produced zany beats and sounds, Alice SpaceDoll uses her voice to uplift, inspire and heal using positive energies, intent and vibrations of love through voice. Her unique sound has been referred to as 'Psychedelic electro space-pop' and of course costumes and bizarre movement are all part of the show!!
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Miss MoOn
Miss MoOn will be bringing some newly inspired stylees to the dance floor. A combination of booty bustin' swing step, ragga hop, & bass wobble dub crunk kinda thang..check it
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T.D.Shagga
Through his psychotic Somatica events, Darren Whyte has been a key player in cultivating Melbourne's underground electronic scene and has been a fixture in the Melbourne dj community for the past ten years, during which time he has proven himself as one of the more adaptable and original DJs around. Dirty breaks maestro, Old Skool FUNK afficionado and a miriad of other pigeon holeing styles. To experience Shaggas' sets is to explore the realm of weird and funky sound waves. With early exposure playing for crews such as Nocturnal & Squidge, Shagga quickly found his niche in the Melbourne scene, and has appeared numerous times at all the major festivals around Australia, such as Earthcore, Rainbow Serpent Festival, Bushweek, Somatica, Cairns Winter Solstice, Wide Open Spaces, Earth FreQ, Tribeadelic, Superfreak & Freakreation, Audiogasm, Deliverance, Royal Doof & Maitreya as well as countless other gigs around Melbourne, Victoria & Australia
Recently Shagga joined forces with Lysdexic from Hopskotch records to create Terminal Dysfunktion. A breakbeat cum funkstep live act. With fresh tracks already getting a postive response on the dancefloor they are currently working on an EP which will include a collaboration with Circuit bent.
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Ethereal
Etheral is byron bay based dj/producer aka Djtatsu(Up records)...having been involved in the scene for just under 15 years....always had a passion for weird and wonderful world of psychedelia....common face behind the mixer at some of australias biggest psy events.. now turning his energy to producing his own style of Earth based progressive music...all my trax are available for free download.....enjoy...3~
This is a links to my music + mixes.... http://soundcloud.com/tatsu-3
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Djing on the oz circuit for near 10yr. Playing for Motion Control records, keeping the spirit alive, freshly inspired and up-to-date.
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Woodsman (Open – FNQ)
this mand does not need any further introduction :-)
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Suspekt
Suspekt is Jesse Kuch, co-owner of Australian based dance imprint Open Records. Since bursting onto the scene with their now-classic compilation Slow-Release, Jesse has helped establish Open Records as one of Australia's most recognised underground dance imprints with a solid roster of artists from all corners of the globe. Jesse's smooth blend of progressive techno and house makes him regular fixture on the Australian electronic music calendar, and increasingly, on the international stage as well.
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The most experienced member of the Cairns Collective, PSYMON is known for his infectious sound and passion for the music he plays. At his happiest when the dancefloor is having as much fun as he is a regular guest at such festivals such as Rainbow Serpent and Tribeadelic, and a founding pillar of the local NQLD scene, Psymon still can't believe that people take him seriously!
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Influenced over the past year by gut wrenching dubstep, left field electronica and hiphop some may find my music to be rather disturbing and heavy. Big drums and head busting synths is what you'll hear from the backwards man. May induce vomiting or crumping
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Myxtic Beats
Mystic Beats has been generating a following as a down tempo dance electronic outfit, fusing eastern influenced instrumentation with contemporary styles. Mystic Beats brings a live infusion with organic sounds into the electronic world. Deep dub, psy soundscapes and conscious beats combined with soaring melodies and percussive grooves, create a unique inspired live performance
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The Moista Cloista is a psychoacoustic science experiment gone wrong, Brought to life in an underwater lab somewhere in the post apocalyptic swamps of Shanti Town by the hideously deformed and slightly insane Dr. Lawnsnail. After a falling out with Dr. Lawnsnail about the natives involuntary flatulence and nipple retraction caused by prolonged exposure to the Cloista's low end frequency experiments, and deciding Shanti Town was way too shanti, Moista Cloista left home with his box of moist, heinous post-apocalyptic swampstep to cause flatulence, nipple retraction and mayhem elsewhere. Moista Cloista was last seen cranking the steza and experimenting with flatulent basslines and wonky dub inspired beats along side Artists and Dj's such as An-ten-Nae, Tipper, iLL Gates, The Mollusk, Spoonbill, Nesono and many more... http://soundcloud.com/moista-cloista http://www.myspace.com/liamniko
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Ruff Stuff
RUFF STUFF (SixBux/CrankTheSteza) Leigh Swindells AKA Ruff Stuff's hideous lifestyle choices have lead him to the depraved state where he now enjoys brutalizing the eardrums of himself and others with horribly abusive frequencies consisting of broken, twitching, wobbling masses of Breaks and Bass. As a result, his head now mainly consists of porridge. Although surprisingly he can still manage to press buttons with the best of them. Over the years Leigh has supported some of the biggest names in electronic music including: Tipper, Bassnectar, Heyoka, Benga & Skream, Monolake, Artifakt, Mark Henning, An-Ten-Nae and iLL Gates, at events of all sizes, right across Australia. As co-owner of SixBux, an Australian based record label and production company, Leigh is also keenly involved in artist management, touring & event organisation and music production.
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Solatek (Freeform/Open - FNQ)
Sol is a dj and promoter based in Cairns, Australia. Since 1998, he has played many styles of electronic music, and over the past three years, his focus has been on twisted psychedelic tech house, and progressive minimal dance floor friendly party music. Since 2003 , he has played at almost every festival on the east coast of Oz, and an extensive list of smaller, more underground events.
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Playing true to the style and sound which says, "ALL THINGS PHAT ARE GOOD", is what Adam Giardina is all about. Life is good in Adam's world. Music is life and life.....well..... its music!!!!! "Keep it Simple"
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Bent Intent is Pete Blay from Cairns, AUS. Pete's involvement in the electronic scene began in 1997, and has since been performing at and promoting a diverse range of events around Australia... Incorporating open soundscapes, sneaky rhythms, accoustic elements and evolving synthesis - Bent Intent follows the 'less is more approach', revelling in the spaces in between - to create an original and distinct fusion of chill and world beats, combined with smatterings of dub, downbeat & triphop... Bent Intent has perfomed live at large scale outdoor events & festivals such as Rainbow Serpent, Cairns Winter Solstice, Earthfreq, Bushweek, Solar FX Gathering, Freakreation, Audiogasm, Earthdance, Illumination and Labyrinth, performing alongside respected acts such as Tipper, Mauxuam, Seb Taylor (Hibernation/Kaya Project/Digitalis), Bluetech, OTT, Aes Dana, Rhian Sheehan, Mystic Beats, Pitch Black, Deep Fried Dub, Eat Static, Spoonbill and many more... Check out compilation releases on Regen Records, Biosine Records & Hunab Ku Creations...
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SeeD (bodhi seed) is a earth based producer/musician/dj/promoter. Bodhi has been making electronic music for more than 7 years now, focusing on a downtempo, dub, psy playscape. SeeD began as a dj set to compliment his band Mystic beats. Now with some new flavors SeeD is playing a solo, live, cut up, glitched, dub hop whompy groove. Incorporating elements and inspiration from his travels around the world. A solid part of the scene up in NNSW, SeeD has been busting out some funky glitched-up sets, with wobbley bass and some sweet juicy squishy sounds.
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Billy Dread
Billy+BadBoy+BassyBeats=BootieShakin
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Scruffy Goat
Scruffy Goat originates from the rugged hills of Northern Australia where he likes to spend his time weaving stylish fingerless gloves, made from his own hair, to sell to the tourists. When he is not weaving, Scruffy Goat resides in his studio and produces original techno beats.......
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ReseteseR
ReseteseR Lays down slabs of bass like a cement truck building a parking lot. for the past year or two she has been bringing the "scrape-me-face-off-the-sidewalk-cos-ima-ghetto-as-fuk" vibe to hippy jam fests with outstanding results. Sporadically infusing unique acid tribal bass freqs with jahtari wondervibes, she has also amassed a following in the east indies... culminating with playing mainstage at the "coconut flava hoover bassathon" festival 08 which was sponsored by wipeout and lasted thirty seven days before the whole island crumbled into the sea due to sonic vibration, but they all blamed global warming.
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Senor Rudekat
The Bio for the solo act of morgs as Senor Rudekat is coming soon. Here is a Bio for the whole Rudekat Sound System line-up. It is a collective of DJ’s, MC’s and live musicians who play a cool mix of old Jamaican rocksteady, reggae and ska through to live drum and bass and dubstep.
Playing in either stripped down form of DJ and MC combo or as a 7 piece, Rudekat Sound are in demand for festivals Australia wide, having played at Island Vibe, Reggaetown, Kuranda Roots and the Woodford Folk Festival. 2011 promises to be a busy year with supports for another Darky Roots NZ tour, as well as bookings for Ladi 6 and Lotek supports, the Melbourne Bohemian Masquerade Ball, Kuranda Roots and Island Vibe.
Rudekat Sound System consist of veteran DJ producers Senor Rudekat, Nick One and Apex, the irrepressible Afro-Jamaican MC Sunny Dread, keyboardist Sanjay Jude, guitarist Winston Chadwick and drummer Matt Burgess. Guest MC’s include Dubmarine’s D KazMan and international rudeboy Lo-Tek (UK).
Discography to date include tracks on compilations Island Vibe 1 & 4, West End Carnivale 1 &2 and a full length album Rudekat Sound Vol 1 ‘From the Vaults’. All music is available for mail order or download at www.rudekatrecords.com.
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Player One is Dwayne Banham, 26yrs old from Cairns, Far-North Queensland, Australia. Dwayne's involvement dj`ing and organising outdoor events began in 2002,playing amongst australias premier festivals like rainbow serpent,tribes and matreya to name a few, after being majorly inspired by Cairns' notorious underground scene & the greater Australian outdoor festival circuit. Now based in Melbourne (VIC), he is focused on his own production aswell as dj'ing. With a wide-spread reputation for being fully committed, dedicated and devoted to his music-driven lifestyle, 2006 saw him welcomed into the Israeli based Dooflex Records family as label dj for Australia. Delivering new-age integrated psytrance to the masses.
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Residing in the grey area between psytrance and progressive, the slytrance sound is sometimes blissed-out, other-times twisted, most-times sledging, but always psychedelic ;-) it can be challenging and confronting, but at the same time strangely comforting, and very human. it's music with a soul, written for the soul.
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Imandan are the rising kooky, cool, reggae n dub band drawing from the deep roots of the north coast of NNSW... Following the release of their Live & remixed debut album 'One Drop' Imandan is being embraced by crowds everywhere with there smooth, soulful & truly heavyweight sounds.
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Miss Clare vs Blacky
Born and Bread north queensland bitches bringin ya the finest lil
reggae inspired hip hop set !!!!!!!!!
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Uzi
18-year-old Uzziah Woods from Far North Queensland Australia.
Producing music since 2009, Uzi has developed a sound well beyond his years, a wicked mix of techno, progressive, minimal and tech-house, always with fat bass and an emphasis on strong groove.
His DJ sets are a mixture of his own original material and his favourite and most inspiring tunes.
Stay tuned, coz you ain’t seen nothing yet!
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Funkform is Maddy Hughes, residing in the tropical paradise of Cairns Australia. His productions have recently caught the ears of Aussie label Open Records with an album on the way hopefully due out by the end of this year, as well as tracks on Energie Records. The Funkform sound blends many influences, from progressive, deep and tech-house, to techno and minimal and even ambient and downbeat electronica. With his fresh and unique sound, coupled with a strong production output, expect to hear more from this rising producer in 2010 and beyond!
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Channelfree are musicians dedicated to the art of creation over replication... blending elements of traditional instruments with new technology, playing 'in the moment soundscape groove'..fusing organic funky tribal with dance/dub overtones. Line-up is ever evolving, drawing on an ever widening crew of musicians who have lent their talents to the groove.. Channelfree have been appearing at festivals up & down the East Coast holding the space for musicians of all genres to co create phat grooves together.
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 Marcelo (aka Marz) is a Brazilian born, Byron based percussionist /producer with a diversely acquired knowledge in the global music scene having travelled the world from a young age. For the past five years in Australia Marz has performed manly as a Dub /Psytrance /Dn’B DJ for festivals including Island Vibe, Cairns Winter Solstice, Subsonic, Regrowth, and recently as a percussionist for The Red Eyes, a Melbourne based heavy dub band. After having experimented with several electronic and acoustic musical styles over the years, Marz decided to stick to his roots, put his shit together and focus on a new project he calls GlubB (Glitch Dub Brazil), which involves a blend of Raw Dub bass & beats with some traditional Reggae rhythms and vocal samples, a twist of glitch edits/fx and a live electronic percussion rig mixed with field recorded atmos/nature sounds. This will be the first time Marz brings this recent idea to a fest and he is just as excited to perform it at Bushweek as he is to feel the tropical vibes once again.
Jah Bless!
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Waltone is a cairns based producer who has been djing and participating in music events in the far north for the last 5 yrs. and in the last 3 has started putting all his energy into writing ....now manipulating a deep psychedelic bush tek sound ....wal has played at parties such as winter solstice.. free..creation,earth dance,labyrinth,illumination just to name a few...so be sure to check it
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hailing from tropical North Queensland Australia, the auditory experience that is Jekyll is something not to missed. Hard hitting, heavy and dark tones at one moment, while mystical, tribal and groovy the next. This is psychedilic trance heavily influenced by the unique and vibrant Cairns outdoor party scene. Having played at all but one Winter Solstice to date, many people will testify to being taken on a psychedic stomping journey. So buckle up, limber up, open your mind and come join the doctor in the bush, your remedy is ready!!!!
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Legacy is Rhyss Shandiman, from Nth Queensland, Australia. After listening to and Dj'ing trance for a few years, Rhyss got bored of playing other peoples music and started composing. Rhyss' style consists of a progressive edge to psychedelic trance, with an atmospheric canvas to intelligently manipulated percussion. Rhyss focuses his music specifically on a dancefloor situation, which has achieved him sets at some of the biggest trance events in nth queensland and Northern New South Wales. With other projects such as 'Duncan' and 'The Project' (with Rhythm Nectar), the Legacy project was born mid 2009.
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Debbie plays the party beats. Everytime she takes to the decks with her fat chunky breaks the floor fills with happy stompers. Debbie has been playing in and around Cairns for a while playing at Silky Sisters 08, Cadence, Velvet, Winter Solstice-Cairns 09 and recently returned from playing a set at Earthdance Salford-UK 09. This Dj is sure to get the crowd rockin.
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Booli Wah
A Little Booli with big tunes. Melbourne based, North Queensland bred, Selecta Booli Wah brings tunes guaranteed to stop traffic. A classically trained oboist, Booli Wah has branched out into the realms of bass heavy, hip hop ragga styles, with the occasional nursery rhyme thrown in.
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plus all these DJ's and producers for which we have not yet got a bio or photo....
Offer (NNSW)
Tar-Nay (Townsville)
Princess Badness
Filthy Tomo
Devious
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