KONTRAST presents DANIEL FARLEY (New Zealand) SATURDAY 2ND OCTOBER

DANIEL FARLEY JUNE 2010 FULL BIO

There's isn't much Daniel Farley hasn't done in his home country (The Home Of The Lord Of The Rings: New Zealand)when it comes to DJ'ing. In just four short years he had forged his way from bright up and comer to one of the most talented & established names in the NZ scene.

This is perhaps earmarked in 2010 by being voted the #1 Electro-House DJ in New Zealand at the Nite:Life awards, the countries largest and most credible DJ awards.

But such an award doesn't describe full spectrum of Daniels sounds and influences, never one to pigeonhole himself into one genre, his upfront sound can range between in the early stages tropical-edged-tech to silky disco-tinged house, to finishing off a night on a more eclectic, driving and occasionally even chaotic tip. A true DJ's DJ though, Daniel excels at reading the dancefloor and fitting his signature style best to his audiences pleasure, and playing with energy and finesse that is well beyond his years.

This diverse range of musical knowledge and taste has seen Daniel and warm up and warm down, for an enormous array of the world's finest talent, supporting global superstars including Carl Cox, Paul Van Dyk, & Steve Angello to big-name party-starters like The Crookers, A-Trak , DJ Zinc to some of the coolest house producers of now such as Riva Starr, Bart B More & SOLO. In fact he has supported over 100 A-List internationals at festivals and events across NZ in his time behind the decks.

He has held down only the finest of residencies in his home of Auckland including a 3 year residency at the then-infamous CODE nightclub from 2006-2009, before being one of the driving forces behind new hotspot BE for the past 18 months, along with other top residents and promoters taking the club from humble beginnings at it's openings to playing cutting-edge music to in excess of 1000s every weekend. In addition he has played at every other premium club across New Zealand worth mentioning, and played across the ditch at top venues such as Prince, Chinese Laundry, Tank, Family World, Monastery, & Soho to name a few. Festivals and dance parties? He has done them all in NZ including Summadayze , Rhythm & Vines , Future Music Festival, We Love Sounds , Godskitchen, Ministry Of Sound , Deep Hard N Funky, and many more.

His own productions and remixes have also started going from strength to strength and are gaining international acclaim. His original productions have been played from DJs as diverse as Doorly to Renaissance Man, bigupped by the likes of Steve Aoki and the Round Table Knights and his debut release 'Airbag' was reviewed by the prestigious iDJ Magazine and rated 9/10 and a must have tune.

Also having collaborated with a range of top Australasian artists: Tom Piper, Danny T, Maya & Vanya, Chaos In The CBD, and Tim Corin under their Farley & Corin moniker, and remixed the likes of Kid Dub, Micky Slim, Magik Johnson, & Greg Churchill.

Already having releases on labels such as Vacation Records, Miami's Vertical Lift, and his own new imprint Bakehaus Records with fellow Tom Piper, things are only looking up and up production wise with many more hot collaborations and remixes set to drop over the course of 2010.

Check out his latest re-work of the classic 'Moby - Honey' here, free download (320)

http://soundcloud.com/danielfarley/moby-honey-farley-corin-remix-free-download

All in all, this Kiwi's name is on the up & up in every direction and has the goods to prove it, so though he may come from where the land where the hobbits happen to reside, don't underestimate - go see for yourself!

Links:

Facebook DJ Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Daniel-Farley-DJ/68249109595

Twitter: http://twitter.com/danielfarley

Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/danielfarley

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/danielfarleynz

Daniel Farley playing at Rhythm and Vines NYE festival 2009/2010 alongside the likes of Fake Blood, The Juan McLean & Proxy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKrSHoSGJ04

KONTRAST presents DANIEL FARLEY (New Zealand)

Saturday 2nd October

Melt 12 Kellett St, Kings Cross, NSW, 2011

DJ’s

DANIEL FARLEY (New Zealand)
Joey Kaz ( KONTRAST DJ / Resident)
Joey Tupaea (KONTRAST DJ / Resident)
Can Party Dj's
Max Chapman

Doors open 9pm - 5am

$10 before 12 / $15 after

Drink specials between 9pm – 11pm which include $9 cocktails, $25 cocktail jugs & $6.50 tap beer.

All booking inquiries e-mail: vipkontrast@gmail.com

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KONTRAST presents PETER HORREVORTS (BEEF Records, Global Underground) Saturday 11th September

Peter Horrevorts (BEEF Records, Global Underground)

Peter Horrevorts was born in 1983 in a small village called Hilvarenbeek in the south of Holland. In his early youth, Peter's creativity was focused on drawing, painting and sculpting. His passion for music was inspired by the wide variety of sounds played at home by his music loving mother. His interest developed further when he encountered the electronic sounds of the late 80's and amongst his favourite artists and bands were Depeche Mode, New Order, Yello, Ultravox and also Michael Jackson.

At the beginning of the 90's the then 'unusual' style of techno captured his imagination and he realised that here was a sound he'd been searching for. The futuristic themes matched his interests in science fiction and the rhythmic structures of techno, unlike any other music before, made him feel like dancing.

He was fascinated by all of the new, previously unheard sounds and was keen to understand how to create them. Soon, he'd bought his own computer, learned about music programs and eagerly set about making his own music. After years of experimentation and a long search for his own sound, he made his first digital release on Sublogic Corporation, a digital record label.

The positive reaction to the release, encouraged him to circulate a few demo’s and within 2 weeks he'd signed his first contract with Dj Misjah’s X-Trax Records.

In 2003 he released his first 12” record; “Sweets EP” on X-trax under his guise “Forcesupreme”. His unique, bombastic and energetic style was highly appreciated by DJ’s like Marco Carola, Carl Cox and Adam Beyer.

Currently, the young talent has records released through Gem, Global Underground, Rennaisance, X-trax and Beef and has remixed work from artists such as Ferry Corsten, Dj Misjah and Melvin Reese. A pretty impressive discography for a guy of his years.

WHAT WE SAY:
“Peter Horrevorts is one of those rare artists who are NOT constantly flooding the market with hundreds of digital releases. Instead of that he is focusing on a real quality output. Pretty much every single track and remix that Peter does is getting hand picket by the worlds biggest DJs and licensed for respected compilation series on labels such as Ministry Of Sound, Global Underground and Renaissance.

His latest remix work for Beef records compilation Prime Cuts III reached top chart positions on Beatport and chart support from Fedde Le Grand and Alex Kenji. Remix of Steve Ward for Chameleon Recordings is getting hammered by Nick Warren, Christian Smith and Umek. Even Carl Cox is aware of this talent and gave Peter a chance to perform live on the Carl Cox Global radio show.”

Peter Horrevorts live:
http://soundcloud.com/horrevorts/peter-horrevorts-live-carl-cox-global

Dj set:
http://soundcloud.com/horrevorts/peterhorrevorts-djset-october-pulse-radio-192kbps

Dj Schwa (Shades Of Gray, Beef records)

Michal Ruzicka, aka DJ Schwa, is the man behind BEEF records and electronic duo Shades Of Gray. Michal became engaged in music thanks to his father, who is also a musician himself as well as an owner of a famous recording studio in Prague – ORM. At the young age, dance music caught his attention mainly through Radio 1. Around this time he tried to mix his first tracks. In 2000 he started performing publicly. In 2002, Michal started his weekly resident night in Prague at Cross Club and since 2003 he has been working as a sound engineer at ORM studio in Prague. In 2004 Michal, along with DJ Slater, started working on the first Czech progressive label and by the end of the year “Tribal Vision Records” was born.

At the end of 2005, Schwa rapidly changed his style and the idea of an innovative techno/house label became reality and thus established the foundation for “BEEF Records.” BEEF records has since then been slowly establishing itself as one of the hottest labels on the tech/house scene with release from respected artists such as Robert Babicz, Deepchild, Kreon, Jet Project, Arnaud Le Texier, Shur-i-kan, Pezzner, Mike Monday…

Schwa’s sets are not strictly one style oriented; he combines sounds that progressively flow from deeper shades of house to techno rhythms. Schwa’s unique mixing and track selection has resulted in a particularly massive following throughout Japan, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, France, Austria, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Slovakia and Australia. Schwa has performed at huge international festivals such as “Open Air Field” (Czech Republic), “Parihaka” (New Zealand), “No Mans Land Festival” (Hungary), “Rainbow Serpent” (Australia), “Earthcore Carnival” (Australia), Good Vibrations (Australia) and while touring Asia Michal had a chance to perform at the biggest club in Japan – Ageha.

Schwa supported Djs/projects such as: Gui Boratto, Jimpster, Minilogue, Extrawelt, D-Nox, Propellerheads, Dj T, Jamie Jones, Ripperton, Alex Smoke, Antix, Orbital, Chemical brothers, Steve Angello, Deepchild, Kasey Taylor, Future Sounds of London, System 7, Paul Van Dyk, Ferry Corsten, Heidi, Tim Green and many more.

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/djschwabeef

JML (Vibrating Balance Records)

JML aka Jason Milton Lowe from Sydney, Australia, has been DJing for almost 15 years in Europe, Japan and the East coast of Australia. His sound has been best described as deep, warm and smooth with lots of emotion. Jason is the head honcho of progressive, tech and deep house label Vibrating Balance. With successful artists and releases from the likes of Deadmau5, Shiloh, Flow and Zeo, Peter Horrevorts and Shades of Gray the label has been a favorite by many DJ's.

JML has produced a string of successful remixes for artists like Presslaboys, Flow & Zeo and Brisker & Magitman. His own Into The Wild EP featured a massive Peter Horrevorts remix which has been licensed for Beef records CD compilation Prime Cuts 3 and reached number 4 on the deep house chart on Beatport. JML releases have been supported by Mark Knight, Hernan Catteneo, Jim Rivers, Kasey Taylor, Groove Armada, Paul Okenfold, Dave Seaman, Pena, Christian Smith, D-Nox and many more.

KONTRAST presents PETER HORREVORTS (BEEF Records, Global Underground)

Saturday 11th of September

Melt 12 Kellett St, Kings Cross, NSW, 2011

DJ’s

PETER HORREVORTS (BEEF Records, Global Underground)

Dj Schwa (BEEF Records)
JML (Vibrating Balance Records)
Robbie Lowe
Joey Kaz ( KONTRAST DJ / Resident)
Joey Tupaea (KONTRAST DJ / Resident)
Mitch Crosher
Sam Roberts

Doors open 9pm - 5am

$15 before 11 / $20 after

Drink specials between 9pm – 11pm which include $9 cocktails, $25 cocktail jugs & $6.50 tap beer.

All booking inquiries e-mail: vipkontrast@gmail.com

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KONTRAST presents SAM SERENE

EXCLUSIVE ONE ON ONE INTERVIEW WITH SAM SERENE

So how did it all begin?

My older brother was heavily into house so I was exposed to it at an early age. It was much less accessible at the time. It was like nothing I'd ever heard before and found house music so cool and exiting. I started collecting records shortly after.

What was the first club you ever played at?

I played at dozens of raves and smaller parties but the first bigger club would have to be Kink at the Arthouse or Together at Home.

Out of all the music you have what track never fails?

I believe every track I buy serves a purpose. They are all tools and I use them accordingly forever finding different ways they work and react together "the right Kontrast ;)" I'd like to think that I only ever drop tracks that are going to work. That's never failed me.

What's your favourite track of all time?

Too many to mention! So much music being made by so many talented producers. Now more than ever!

Funniest thing that's ever happened to you while djing?

That would have to be taking the record of the rong deck playing to a packed moulin rouge, as you could expect the music stopped for what would have to have been the longest 45 seconds of my life. Boy was my face red!

Djs you rate?

Simon Caldwell
Robbie Lowe
Murat
Jay not so Smalls
Pete DBR
Sari
Sydney is awesome.

How is the scene at the moment?

This is the most exciting time for Techno in Sydney. Considering we're in one of sydneys longest and coldest winters. Very strong! Lots of new exciting things happening in and about town and heaps of cool people getting out there and supporting these parties week after week!

When the partying is over how do you like to chill out?

Watching chick flicks with my lover x x x.

What advice would you give any up and comming dj?

Get out there and support the djs you enjoy and nights you want to play at. Stay right away from discussion boards (nothing cool about being a music nerd) Try find a unique style or sound that is unique to you and speak with your feet!
 

KONTRAST presents SAM SERENE

 

Saturday 21st of August

Melt 12 Kellett St, Kings Cross, NSW, 2011

DJ’s

Sam Serene

Joey Kaz (Resident Dj)
Joey Tupaea (Resident Dj)
Matt Weir
Luke Warren

Doors open 9pm - 5am

$10 before 12 / $15 after

Drink specials between 9pm – 11pm which include $9 cocktails, $25 cocktail jugs & $6.50 tap beer.

All booking inquiries e-mail: vipkontrast@gmail.com

For further information on KONTRAST head to:
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KONTRAST & Golden Cage present "Confession"

EXCLUSIVE ONE ON ONE INTERVIEW WITH MURAT KILIC

So how did it all begin?

I began tinkering with electronic music about 4 years ago when I enrolled at the College of Fine Arts in Sydney as an undergrad at the tender age of 32!! I was made redundant from my job in the Investment Banking industry about 2 years prior and when I could not find employment due to market conditions at the time, I discovered this sleeping giant within…it became an obession and started to consume me & then a little techno monster was born!!! Whilst studying at CoFA I also took it upon myself to get acquainted with Ableton Live as well as getting taught Pro Tools at college. Since then I have expanded my knowledge to include Logic as well, so it’s been a pretty serious learning curve and there is always new stuff to keep abreast of. But it’s so rewarding, much more so than selling financial software to dorky brokers and having to watch rugby in coporate boxes to schmooze a**hole bankers!

What was the first club you ever played at?

Arthouse in 2002

What was your first record/cd you bought?

1982 Out of The Blue

What's your favourite track of all time?

All my tracks are like my children, you cannot have a favourite, youy just have to love all the good ones equally

Funniest thing that ever happened while Dj’ing?

2 chicks got in to a catfight and one of them pulled her very sexy tight dress over her head and showed off her amazing body before slapping the other girl. F**kiing gold (good eye candy too haha)

Other DJs you rate?

Ant J Steep, Bump DJs, Jeremy Joshua, DJ Schwa from BEEF Records, Claire Morgan, YokoO, Alex Kid,

So how is the party scene in your eyes at the moment?

Good but can be better. We are not exactly Berlin yet, but we are trying to keep the dream alive

When all the partying is over how do you like to chill out?

With my girl on the couch watching movies, eating Doughboys, Sea Salt flavoured Red Rock Deli chips and a Yalla Chocolate Raspberry Mousse to finich off, F**k YEH!! Oh and going to Ikea and Rhodes on Mondays when there is no-one else there LoL

What advice would you give to up and coming DJs?

Find your groove
Don’t get all your music from Beatport
Play your own style
Believe in your sound
Learn how to mix vinyl
Learn how to produce
Manage your profile intelligently

Kontrast & Golden Cage Presents a one off Something Special

From the guys who brings you your Church of Techno & Kontrast fix every week!
Bringing together Unarguably Australia's most successful two djs under the same roof on a Saturday night!
This is a one off event and definitely not to be missed so go along, invite & share the love & spread the word.

Love, Peace, Unity, Fist & and Twist

KONTRAST & Golden Cage presents “CONFESSION"

Saturday 7th of August, Melt 12 Kellett St, Kings Cross, NSW, 2011

DJ’s

MURAT KILIC
ROBBIE LOWE

Joey Kaz
Joey Tupaea
Altay Altin
Jaded
James Petrou

Doors open 9pm

$10 on guest list before 12 / $15 after

All booking enquiries e-mail: vipkontrast@gmail.com

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KONTRAST presents ROB ZOBEC

Exclusive Rob Zobec Interview Questions

So how did it all begin?

It all began in a bedroom with 2x1210’s, a crappy mixer, some cheap second-hand vinyl and a passion for good solid, house music

What was the first club you ever played at?

My first gig was at Neighbourhood, Ladbroke Grove,in London.Played the warm-up set for Mylo

What was your first record/cd you bought?

N.W.A. “Straght outta Compton” about 20 something years ago!! (Wow, showing my age……)

Out of all the music you have, which track ‘never fails?'

All of my music never fails!! But seriously, I’ve got so many tracks that never fail, it all depends on the way the crowd’s moving as to what I’ll play….

What's your favourite track of all time?

Really hard to answer, but if I had a gun to my head I’d say “Intro” – Fred Falke & Alan Braxe

Funniest thing that ever happened while Dj’ing?

Just the usual stuff – ejecting the CD while the track’s playing……

Other DJs you rate?

Way too many to mention although Koen Groenveld and Ahmet Sendil are some of the best that I’ve seen…..

So how is the party scene in your eyes at the moment?

There’s a constant ebb and flow with the party scene at the moment. One minute hot, next minute, cold. I wish there was more consistency to it all but there are people out there trying their hardest to change this and at the moment they’re doing a great job producing quality nights with great crowds and acts, so for the moment, it’s warm and getting hotter!!

When all the partying is over how do you like to chill out?

Spending time with my girl, photography, travelling, good food and producing music….

What advice would you give to up and coming DJs?

Find your own style and stick to it. What I mean is define yourself from the rest…..

KONTRAST presents ROB ZOBEC

Saturday 31st of July, Melt 12 Kellett St, Kings Cross, NSW, 2011

DJ’s

ROB ZOBEC

Joey Kaz
Joey Tupaea
Kerry Wallace
Tim Redmond
Even

Doors open 9pm
$10 on guest list before 12 / $15 after

All booking enquiries e-mail: vipkontrast@gmail.com

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KONTRAST presents TELEFUNKEN

Telefunken is Boffa and Cam, a music-mad pair playing up a storm on the turn-tables of Sydney and beyond.

With over 18 years combined DJ experience, the telefunken duo teamed up in 2005 after playing a gig together at the Slip Inn. They found their sounds were similar with a love for the deeper techy side of house. They found a natural groove with both their mixing and programming and above all were having a blast whilst still keeping the punters happy on the dance-floor.

After scoring their first residency on the Home Terrace, their deeper acid/tech sound has given them credibility whilst still rockin’ dance-floors across Sydney. Telefunken have since taken it out of Sydney to play at parties all over the world, San Francisco, Japan, Fiji, Nu Caledonia and closer to home in Melbourne, Brisbane, Noosa, Newcastle, Jindabyne, Wollongong and more.

Telefunken finished off 2006 on a high note by gaining Runner-Up Next Big Thing in the 3D Magazine awards. The boys then went on to rate #44 in the 2007 inthemix top 100 Australian DJ poll and secured sets at most of the major festivals across Sydney during 2007 including Playground Weekender, Ministry of Sound @ Home, Future Music Festival, We Love… Sounds, Earth Dance (32,000 people) and Pacha. 2008 and 2009 has seen much the same with the boys playing at most of the summer festivals with return appearances at Playground Weekender, Future Music Festival, We Love Sounds as well as Magnetic Islands Full Moon Party (off Townsville) and Global Gathering, at the Hordern

Telefunken have been playing around all of Sydney’s most renowned club nights clubs with residencies at Beware the Cat, KINK and Wham @ World Bar as well as guests spots at parties like Spice, Bunker, Minimal Fuss, the inthemix.com.au xmas party, Club Club @ Chinese Laundry, Sweet Chilli and so on.

Recently Boffa and Cam have been in the studio with releases due out on the Deep House Project label later this year, following up boffa’s Katsu Ron EP that came out in 2008. Recently returning from Tokyo the boys have several interstate gigs coming up as well as guest spots around Sydney. Telefunken had a massive new years this year warming up for Nic Fanciulli Mark Knight and Josh Wink on the Home Terrace at Summanights, then supporting Ripperton and Matthais Meyer on Spice afloat and finishing off at the Space 20th Anniversary festival.

Telefunken warmed up for Underworld at this years We Love Sounds festival to a capacity Hordern Pavilion (5,500 people) and To date, Telefunken have supported the likes Tiga, Teifschwarz, Dave Spoon, Jona, DJ T, Nic Fanciulli, James Zabiela, Audiofly, Jo Mills, Tocca Disco, Ben Watt, Clive Henry, Hipp-e, Spencer Parker, Joachim Gerraud, Mike Monday, Tayo, Deadmou5, James Lavelle (Uncle), Who Made Who, Sharam (Deep Dish) Trentemoler, D’Julz and many more

"I recently had the pleasure of rocking out with the Telefunken lunatics at KINK in Sydney and have to say their set before me was one of the best I heard while in Australia. They WILL funk you to death on the dance-floor. BEWARE their power!!!!" Spencer Parker

“Telefunken blew my socks off. They're ace!” Mike Monday

"Was cooking to this mix last night (telefunken’s march 2008 mix)... improved my onion chopping and worked especially well when balancing the spices for my Dahl -Top Mix!" Pocket (Poxy Music)

KONTRATST presents TELEFUNKEN

Saturday 24th of July

Melt 12 Kellett St, Kings Cross, NSW, 2011

DJ’s

TELEFUNKEN

Joey Kaz
Joey Tupaea
Shepz
Mitch Crosher
Sam Roberts
Franky J

Doors open 9pm

$10 on guest list before 12 / $15 after

All booking enquiries e-mail: vipkontrast@gmail.com

For further information on KONTRAST head to:

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KONTRAST presents JOEY KAZ

Saturday 17th of July, Melt 12 Kellett St, Kings Cross, NSW, 2011

DJ’s

JOEY KAZ

Joey Tupaea
Ben Kelly
Tim Redmond
Rubz

Doors open 9pm

$10 on guest list before 12 / $15 after

All booking enquiries e-mail: itsjoeykaz@gmail.com

For further information on KONTRAST head to:

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We would also like to offer our exclusive KONTRAST birthday packages.

Our fantastic packages include:

• Private booth for you and your guests
• The private booth will be exclusively for you and your friends only, we can also decorate it for you make it more personal and special for you.
• Free entry for you + your party.
• Discount entry for friends who come late ;-)
• Complimentary bottle of champagne. (If you bring in excess of 30 people you will receive a 2nd bottle!)
• Discount cocktails between 9 – 11pm.
• Personal flyer with birthday girl or boys name on it.(If requested)

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