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Throw on your dancing shoes and head down to Civic this Friday, January 14, to catch the latest techno beats from Berlin’s renowned duo Niconé and Acid Mondays.
Niconé is Helena Kapidzic and Alexander Gerlanch. They are a synonym for binary opposition; the good, the bad. The strange, the wild. The witty, the sweet. Lost in fashion and music the duo formed in 2007 and since have helped shape the metropolitan nightlife with releases including I like Love (2007), Una Rosa (2008) and the charming tune dedicated to bar25 in Berlin Nur Mal Kruz (2009).
Acid Mondays are Dan Ward (AKA Negghead/Cafe Mambo), Alex Wolfenden (We Love/ Café Mambo) and Garry Todd (Ladylux Aus). Based in Ibiza during the summer months over the past few years, Acid Mondays is both their artist name and favourite post weekend activity, which more often than not involves taking in a session at Cocoon or Circo Loco in the most psychedelic of ways.
Supporting artists include Jimmy Polar (Future Classic), Jamie Lloyd (Future Classic), Schwa (Beef Records), and Raffi (Beef/T-Quest).
Tickets are available on the door: $15 before 11pm and $20 after.
Now recognized as one of London’s most uniquely styled nights out, Kidology has been raising the bar in recent times holding nights & tours as far a field as Thailand, Dubai, China, Russia, throughout Europe, Ibiza, the UK and starting in 2011, Kidology comes to Australia and Lightsounds are here to support them!
Kidology started out in the spiritual home of London at legendary venues such as The Cross, The End, Ministry of Sound, The Egg and Pacha and has now grown into a worldwide party brand.
The ethos behind Kidology is to put the ‘party’ feeling back into club land- Kidology is a fun, flamboyant, and friendly night out, encompassing a special brand of great house music.
Founder DJ, main man & house connoisseur Mark Wilkinson is the man behind the Kidology magic, his history reads like a house music bible, having Deejayed in over 65 countries and still rising, plus producing under half a dozen different monikers along the way.
Patseph Pacino, the man responsible for bringing Kidology to Australia, is excited to give Australians a taste of London magic.
“I’m hoping to bring London to Australia. We have some massive plans for Kidology in Sydney, so keep your ears pealed!” he said.
Ligthsounds will proudly be sponsoring Kidology helping these kids turn into fully grown adults on the other side of the world!
For more information check out www.kidologylondon.com or email patseph@kidologylondon.com
Two of Sydney’s favorite crews, Subsonic and Chemistry, combine this Saturday to wreck havoc on Sydney harbor in a no-holes-barred Halloween boat party featuring German techno supremo Superpitcher and electronic missionary Alexkid.
Beats, freaks, Halloween and the KOMPAKT kingpin himself on Sydney harbour: what more could you ask for, cretin?
Just in case Subsonic and Chemistry have added some extra excess to the mix for this bash. First off, this is a themed, dress-up event. Properly themed. No half-assed costumes will be accepted… go all out or cart your sorry half-ass out to the X for a generic night out, as there will be nuthin’ normal about this bash. The theme? ROCKnROLL ZOMBIES & CRACK WHORES FROM OUTER SPACE.
Sasha Mukhin caught up with Chemistry’s Jordan Deck to chat about what floats his boat.
What makes you smile?
A combination of good music and good people in the one place.
What makes you frown?
Intolerant people
What makes you feel alive?
Swimming in the Ocean
Who is your greatest teacher?
My Grandma
What does heaven look like?
Kind of like something out of a Joni Mitchell song called the Circle game “And the children they go round and round and the painted ponies go up and down” Kids running free in grassy fields and riding horse carousels.
What sort of set up do you use on the cruise?
Their will be 3 levels of music with turbo sound on the two main floors and a smaller system on the top deck. We defiantly don’t mind splurging on sound as we consider one of the most important elements of the party.
Do you hire or own your equipment?
That’s a secret…
What does the future hold?
More Parties outside of the clubs….Boats, Warehouses, wharfs etc. People let their hair down a little when there are no security guards breathing dow their necks. When people feel free that’s when a real party can take shape.
For more information about the event check out the Facebook page or for any equipment requirements check out www.lightsounds.com.au.
16 Wentworth St Surry Hills has been home to many a club night, salsa dancing classes and even comedy nights. The location and outlay of the venue makes it a perfect location for a night out, after work drinks or a dinner date in one of the smaller, more intimate areas of the venue. This time around the club is also under new management with a whole world of new events and projects coming up.
Sasha Mukhin caught up with Ben Peterson, new owner of Tone, to check out the outlook for the near future as well as Jimmy Polar to chat about the lighting and sound deck out.
Sasha : Why did you decide to buy Tone?
Ben : Sydney needs more quality entertainment options, we are renovating the space to become a live performance space with a large stage, world class PA and lighting.
Sasha : What is your favourite feature of the venue?
Ben : One hundred year old timberwork throughout the venue.
Sasha : What have you been doing differently since you bought the venue?
Ben : Built a stage, all new furniture, World Class sound and lighting, totally new entertainment program including live music and performance including burlesque, art shows and much much more.
Sasha : What is your future plan for the club?
Ben : To be Sydney’s premier 300 person live music venue.
Sasha : What can we expect from Tone in the near future?
Ben : Lots of internationals, album launches and special events coming up. Check out www.tone.net.au.
Sasha : Anything else you would like to ad?
Ben : Everyone who mentions this article and buys a drink at our venue gets any meal from our menu for half price for the month of October 2010. (One per person per day)
Sasha : Jimmy, tell us a little about the venue sound and lighting gear around here.
Jimmy : This is a multi format venue, it can host an incredible array of performances from dance parties, to hip hop mc battles to live funk, soul, jazz and electronic performances. The stage has three fold back sends with large front of house (F.O.H) full range boxes. There are also several wedge shape vocal boxes for sweet fold back on stage.
The main club system is custom built and flown. Passive three way QMX mid/high boxes are flown directly over the front of the stage and four double 15” subs are built in under the stage. The rig is driven by hand built Australian monitor Mosfet amplifiers, 3800W on each of the subs and 3200W to the mid high boxes. At this point the crossover is being handled by a DBX system processer but they are beginning to experiment with analogue components, URE filter networks and old style soft and warm stereo compression from a 1970s URE replica Rane rotary DJ mixer. Opting for a recording style F.O.H. console for some future development in the area of live recordings they chose a mid budget Soundcraft Ghost with nice preamps and versatility.
The main mix is picked up by a pair of BSS 31 band graphics with nice filters and adjustable notch. The DJ equipment consists of a pair of Technics turntables, Pioneer CDJ1000 and Pioneer DJM800 mixer. The lighting is an American DJ Triphase, four Lightmotion LED Parcans, and Lightmotion Sputnik moving head. On special occasions they also bring out the Antari smoke and Lightmotion bubble machine.
Sasha : Thank you Ben and Jimmy.
