DAVE CLARKE (UK) & SOME BLONDE DJ - SAT OCT 25TH

bonez99er · October 20, 2014

Saturday 25th October, its time for some more LNDRY thanks to Soapbox Events & Chinese Laundry, this time with Dave Clarke (UK) & Some Blonde DJ.

Dave Clarke, known as the “Baron of Techno”, is renowned for pushing the boundaries of what techno and electro can be dropping remixes ranging from John Foxx’s seminal synth-pop gem ‘Underpass’ to Gesaffelstein, Detroit Grand Pubas and Octave One. His sets dance along the cutting blade of techno and electro, backed up by a seasoned bag of DJ tricks in which his early hip hop roots clearly show. Aptly nicknamed The Man In Black, Clarke blends into the background upon arrival and lets his music do the talking, so make sure you come down and see what it has to say!

Keeping things bumping in the laundry will be the yound protégé from Melbourne, Some Blonde DJ. Inspired by the sounds of Steve Aoki, Nervo, Sven Vath & Fatboy Slim, we are sure to be in for a big one, so make sure that you don’t miss it!

Full Line Up:

Dave Clarke (UK)

Some Blonde DJ

Jesabel

Jaysounds

Methodix

GG Magree

Fingers

DJ Just 1

Nightwalkers

Gemellini

Biography

Dave Clarke

Dave Clarke is a DJ with an anarchist streak a mile wide and punk in his soul. Technologically, he’s an early adopter with the studio to prove it, but he also embraces sounds outside the staunch electronic dance remit, from Nick Cave to Savages to old favourites Bauhaus. Such music informs his attitude as, using Serato on a 13” Macbook Pro Retina for his ruthlessly effective, fat-free club sets, he pushes the worldwide boundaries of what techno and electro can be. After a break , recent years have seen him make his presence as a producer felt again, working with Dutch partner Mr Jones (Jonas Uittenbosch) as _Unsubscribe_ and dropping remixes ranging from John Foxx’s seminal synth-pop gem ‘Underpass’ to Gesaffelstein, Detroit Grand Pubas and Octave One. Not a week passes when he doesn’t live up to his nickname, the Baron of Techno, a moniker given him by the late, great BBC Radio DJ John Peel.

As a DJ, Clarke plays out most weekends across Europe and the world. There’s the same attention to detail each time, his sets swooping whip-smart along the cutting blade of techno and electro, backed up by a seasoned bag of DJ tricks in which his early hip hop roots clearly show. Aptly nicknamed The Man In Black, Clarke blends into the background upon arrival and lets his music do the talking. That’s where he comes alive, where skills honed for years blow venues apart. It might seem from appearances that Clarke is not enjoying what he does but don’t let the grumpy image fool you. He loves every minute of it and feels humbled and blessed he’s able to do what he does.

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/djdaveclarke

SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/dac

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DJDaveClarke

WEB: http://www.daveclarke.com/

Some Blonde DJ

Some Blonde DJ is the alter-ego stage name of Alicia Nicole Weir; one of the most promising young protégés to rise out of the world-renown music hub of Melbourne.

Naturally drawn to the magic of the stage, Alicia became emphatically consumed by a burning desire to get behind the decks whilst working as an assistant to the site manager of Australia’s largest dance festival organisation, Future Entertainment. With a back-stage pass and personal insight into the revolution that has swept popular culture of its feet, it wasn’t long before she owned her first set of DJ decks. Shortly after, Some Blonde DJ was born.

Playing her first show in a modest St Kilda venue in January 2010 to Future Music Festival, Summadayze in 2012 and Ultraglow 2012, the journey has been short, sweet and plentiful. Armed with a reputation as the ultimate party starter, Alicia is a constant collector of fans, with crowds subscribing to her energetic output of influential EDM. Her mix-tapes have become the Saturday night soundtrack for the masses, heard spilling onto the streets from car stereos en route to her many residencies, which now spread stateside at some of Victoria’s biggest parties.

Inspired by the sounds of Steve Aoki, Nervo, Sven Vath & Fatboy Slim, Alicia has her targets set firmly on the art of production spending most of her waking hours in the studio. Relentless and patiently mastering the craft of digital sound design, expect some big room electro house, cross-genre, club-thumping collaborations on the horizon accompanied by the Some Blonde DJ name in the credits. With plans to tour nationally in 2013, the vibing Australian club scene is in for a treat as house music’s freshest face takes control of the dance-floor

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Some-Blonde-DJ

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/some-blonde-dj

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SomeBlondeDJ

Web: http://www.someblondedj.com.au/