Prognosis steez occurring at the next Fluidlife party on June 1st! We’ll be handling the basement with a strong contingent of Prognosis DJs – that of which the one and only PQM will be headlining with a 2 hour feature set. Hit us up for guestlist prices. This is going to be one hellova evening!

“Faciendo’s core sound is the universal language of dance music. At our core, we play any genre of house music that speaks to and comes from the heart, be it labelled minimal, techno, garage, funky, progressive or breaks. Music that speaks to the heart can be found in many genres of music though, and so on the right occasion we showcase our eclectic, downbeat, dubstep or drum & bass sounds. No matter what the style or tempo though, you will always recognise the Faciendo heartbeat.”

DESYN MASIELLO
A teenager at the time the rave scene exploded in the UK over twenty years ago, Desyn Masiello has been part of the house music and rave scene since the start. Desyn was a dedicated vinyl junkie from day one, and has a tireless passion to create DJ sets that lift the soul, move the body and open the mind. A full time professional touring DJ for the past 10 years, he has played almost every mega club and every major festival in the world, from a career he started from one mix cd that he sent out in 1999, which earned the respect of various promoters around the world who started to book him. Career highlights have seen him appear on the front cover of DJ magazine (Jan 2010, with SOS) and release over 5 DJ mix CD compilations into the stores worldwide on labels such as Balance, Ministry of Sound, Bedrock and Yoshitoshi. Desyn has also appeared in the DJ magazine “Top 100 DJs” three times, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Once introduced by John Digweed on his radio show as “the man that never sleeps”, this was really recognition from one of the legends of the scene of just how much passion and work is required to craft his sound and stand out as a DJ. Desyn is a self confessed vynil addict, admitting that he spent most of his youth in dusty second hand record stores, amassing a musical knowledge and taste that stretches across many genres.

Desyn’s career was built almost purely on his DJing ability, having only released a handful of low key underground co-productions in his career, it was instead word of mouth and reports from the dancefloor of his DJ sets that sparked his rise and recognition. He has a work ethic that is focused almost entirely on the production of DJ sets. Desyn states “I really focus all my work time on preparing and editing tracks and dj tools for my DJ sets that take you on a special ride and open your mind to new feelings.”

In 2006, having been voted at that time no. 54 DJ in the world, Desyn and his fellow SOS’ers (Omid 16b and Demi) took a U-turn and decided to focus their work away from a solo direction, and instead team up and create the musical DJ-trio of SOS. SOS was a project born out of three like minded friends who lived in London and all grew up with similar musical tastes and passions. Their journey together saw two CD compilation releases into the stores and took them on a four year tour around the world playing together as a back to back DJ-trio. “Working in a team and trying something totally new with two very talented other music heads was an invaluable experience for me as a DJ, we all shared knowledge and skills and helped each other grow as people and artists.”

2011, Desyn is now fully focused on DJing individually again, a new weekly radio show and forthcoming new album release are all lined up, and the non stop world tour continues. Watch this space.

TOM MORGAN
Slowly but surely, Tom Morgan is establishing himself as one of the next generation of household names, with an ever-increasing fan base and a growing amount of support from the industry’s biggest DJs. From Bogota to Bangkok, Budapest to Dubai, Tom has forged a reputation as one of the most diligent and versatile artists on the circuit; a view also shared by Desyn Masiello, who tipped him as ‘a DJ who’ll break through in 2006’ in the DJ Mag Top 100 poll. Tom’s tireless devotion to the craft is there for all to hear in each and every set, with his sound possessing a maturity that defies his years.

“I’ve known Tom for a long time since he used to come and see me at one of my first residencies up in Scotland. He’s got a spot on ear for a hot tune and I’ve always supported him – the man has a solid DJ career ahead of him.” – Desyn Masiello

Born in 1985, Tom has been immersed in music ever since he can remember. However, since being bitten by the house music bug at the age of fourteen, he hasn’t looked back. A regular at seminal Scottish house night Progression, where regular guests included Desyn, Danny Howells, Luke Fair and Lee Burridge, Tom’s teenage years were spent practically living in clubs. Seeing DJs of that calibre on a regular basis helped feed his passion and provided the basis of an education on what moves a dancefloor.

“I have many ‘where the $%*& did he get that?’ moments when listening to Tom’s sets. He plays some of the best music out there and has a great ear for tunes.” – Luke Fair

Tom is renowned for playing a wide range of music that traverses many genres, with his sound becoming increasingly difficult to pin down; anything from 115 BPM downtempo and deep house all the way through to peak time progressive and banging techno. His sets possess a trademark personal touch; packed with unknown gems that have passed beneath the radar of most, with many tracks edited in line with his musical vision. This reputation was cemented further by Desyn’s decision to hire him in an A&R capacity for his prestigious Alternative Route label; giving him access to a vast number of tracks and ensuring that practically his every waking minute is spent listening to music.

“Tom is undoubtedly a true music lover who is set for great things to come.” – Omid 16B

With Tom’s profile on the rise and his sound creating more demand, a global tour was sparked in 2006, encompassing a host of South American countries as well as all over Europe, Asia and America. This gave him the chance to hone his skills in a variety of environments, both headlining and sharing the booth with DJs like Nick Warren, Jimmy Van M, Desyn Masiello, Omid 16B, Jody Wisternoff, Luke Fair and Spirit Catcher.

Fluidlife Lunar – FRI JUNE 1 – OneSixOne

ROOFTOP: REWORK

BASEMENT: PROGNOSIS (Virginal Appearance At Fluidlife Lunar)
PQM / Kultrun / J-Slyde / Dave Juric / Simon Murphy

Tickets: http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?366979

I was sparked by an incident in the crowd that I had never really paid attention to in the recording. About 40 minutes into their set a guy in the crowd starts asking for ‘Hey Ladies’. Soon a little chant starts. Adam Yauch’s voice comes over the top with a response. “I’m really sorry but you aint going to hear that song or Girls”. The crowd stops and gets over it quickly as Body Movin is brought into play by Mix master mike.

They say sometimes in rap that its “All about flow”, fuck Jay Z claims that every time you listen to him “You’re now tuned into the motherfucking greatest”. But I think over flow, what you say in rap is more important than how it’s actually delivered. I never actually rated Adam’s flow (Just sayin), I always felt that Mike D and Ad-Roc had a better flow and were a lot more creative with the word soup that they delivered. But what I feel Adam Yauch lacked in vocal audacity he made up for in content. Sometimes the most basic form of vocalism can have the most profound execution and effect.

Listening to the Beastie Boy’s catalogue from start to finish is like listening to the three kids from Brooklyn’s own personal growth. More so noticeable is the content change by Adam. From License to Ill we hear a brat, a bravado punk with little respect for ladies (they used to perform with a giant inflatable penis on stage and traveled America with the ironic “Like a virgin tour with Madonna”. Apart from the classic ‘Hey ladies’ (In which Adam Yauch had very little audible content). The content of Pauls Boutique was less brash and apart from party tunes like ‘Shake your rump’ and ‘Sounds of Science’ there is a more cultural urban narrative.

By the time you get a minute something into Ill communication it’s clear that Hey ladies is a thing of the past. Adam gels the words “I want to say a little something that’s long overdue, the disrespect to women has got to be through. To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends, I want to offer my love and respect till the end”. I always remembered this line. At the time of recording, acts such as Too live crew, The Ghetto Boys and others used mysoginism and degradation of women as topics, I always thought it was good to hear a rapper asking us to treat women with respect. In fact Adam met the full force of Keith Flint from the Prodigy when he asked them not to perform ‘Smack My Bitch Up’ at a festival performance. This is how serious he took his beliefs.

Unless you’re a big fan of the Beastie Boy’s you wouldn’t really know that Adam was a practicing Buddhist. You really should have looked a little better at Ill communication and the song ‘Bodhisattva Vow’. which is basically Adam’s acceptance and description of what he feels Buddhism means to him. Yauch was inspirational, organizing the Free Tibet concerts of the mid 90′s, through his own charity the Milarepa fund. Adam first sat in on a conference by the Dali Lama and by the end of his life he had had numerous private and personal audiences with the Dali Lama. This song indeed, inspired my investigation of the Buddhist faith and whilst I remain an atheist I like to believe that I have absorbed some of the basic Buddhist beliefs in my own personal life.

Adam openly welcomed calm in attitudes towards the Islamic community especially in the late 1990′s and especially after the world trade center attacks. Adam was one of the few to argue against open abuse of the Islamic faith, in a torrent of anti Muslim, fear induced sentiment. He openly criticized The US military reaction to these attacks “I’m getting really tired of the situation, the US attacking other nations.” Adam always had something to say and usually what he said was followed up by Ad-Rock or Mike D that was never as concise in thought but a welcome balance in humor or less dramatic. For example after the “I’m getting tired of the situation..” line Ad rocks response is “I’m a funky ass Jew and I’m on my way, I gotta say fuck the KKK, homphobics aint ok”. Whilst the other two members held on to the brattish charm to form their style, post ill communication Adam Yauch had become predominantly the conscience of the group, a sooth sayer between two intelligent jesters. The ying to the other two’s yang, perhaps fueling the other social commentary and political persuasion. The Album ‘To the five Boroughs’ carries a very post 911 political opinion to it and I wonder on reflection how much was fueled by Adam’s thought’s.

In the background now I’m listening to “Awesome… I shot that.” I can’t watch it at the moment, because I look at Adam and start to cry, cause I realize I’ll never see my favorite group perform ever again (I’m so gangsta). Adam what you brought to my life and the opinions I have, absorbed through your presence in the Beastie Boy’s, whether it be as a kid skating through the city to ‘Shake Your Rump’ and ‘So What You Want’, smoking dope as a teenager to ‘The in sound from way out’ or smashing down a hill to ‘Triple Trouble’. Since 9 years young you have always been in my ear and I hope to give a fresh MP3 album of Paul’s Boutique to my 9 year old son or daughter to start their musical crusade. You will always be the softer, more thoughtful Beastie Boy to me. The one with less brawn and more brains and I will be forever indebted to your contribution to my life. Whenever I’m at Hotham or Fall’s I’ll think of the line from ‘So Watcha Want’ “When the snow is fallin’ I am goin”.

Your name is MCA and you now have a license to chill.

Much Love Taran M

Cause we love you all sooo much, we’ve got a double pass to give away to our upcoming Pig & Dan gig at Brown Alley. All you have to do to be eligible for the competition is like our FB page and then like this here photo – With bonus points going to those who share the image! Doesn’t get any easier than that
We’ll randomly draw the winner the Thursday before the gig. Good luck!!

UNDER ONE ROOF & SUBSTANCE PRESENT PIG & DAN (Bulletdodge, Cocoon recordings / ESP)

Looking back, the meeting of minds during a chance encounter of Igor Tchkotoua (Pig) and Dan Duncan on a flight to Spain in 1999, sounds like the opening scene of a Hollywood movie, certainly neither musician could have the written the script of what happened next. Recognizing a mutual philosophy, and using their own musical background that dated back to the start of the dance scene, they combined to create a slick production outfit that would entrance clubbers and soon win compilation support from the likes of Sander Kleinenberg, Felix Da Housecat, John Digweed and Nic Fanciulli.

Most significantly though, their tech tour de force ʻOh Yeahʼ (2005) signaled the start of their ongoing relationship with Cocoon Recordings, which has seen their status as DJs and producers soar on a global level.

From humble beginnings in late 80s, playing the tea boy and exploring the workings of a recording studio, both Igorʼs & Danʼs experiences stem from an era of primitive technology and old fashioned production techniques. Danʼs own history saw him as part of the hugely successful drum ʻnʼ bass act ʻIntenseʼ, during which time he also played alongside luminaries such as LTJ Bukem and Fabio & Grooverider.

When Pig&Dan decided to join forces, they began a truly prolific production schedule – with 18 releases in just over year – establishing their reputation as producers of pulsating electronic music that straddled dark house and high energy techno whilst creating their signature of twisted and experimental breakdowns. These releases on their label Submission would prove to be merely a stepping stone though.

In 2005, they commenced Sonic Society and focused more toward the edgy minimal that would attract Cocoon Recordings, as well as all the leading jocks such as Sven Vath, Loco Dice and Tiefschwarz. As testament to their continued master production skills, the disturbingly dark ʻOh Yeahʼ has been followed by 8 more releases on the seminal Frankfurt imprint, including their own artist album, ʻImagineʼ. During this time, their profile as in-demand remixers has reached the point where such electronic pioneers as Underworld were coming back for more!

Stand still too long and youʼll be knocked down, so the latest twist in the Pig&Dan story sees Igor (aka Pig) coming back to the wheels of steel and joining Dan after a long break in rehab. The Duo are stronger than ever and have recently brought their new label “ONOLOG” to the Techno stage.

Pig&Dan are currently involved with collaborations with techno masters such as Sephan Bodzin, Mark Reeve, Samuel L Sessions, Gustavo Bravetti, MiniCoolBoyz, Mihalis Safras and Butch to mention a few. The new leaf has been turned with their ONOLOG upbringing plus their big move to DJ management masterminds Plantage13. Now theyʼre set for yet another rocket around the globes club and festival venues projecting their positive sounds.

It is clear that After opening Cocoon club for 2011 with a capacity venue rocking, their schedule is going to be yet another year of good times shared by the masses. Pig&Dan ́s favorite labels Cocoon and Terminal M are at the ready for yet another landslide of monster releases so watch and of course listen out, there is a party in the air.

Supported By

Darius Bassiray | Muska | Simon Murphy | J-Slyde | Mish’chief | Dave Juric | Quinn Masters | Remedy | Louis McCoy | Toby Mackisack | Luke Coleman | Ben Padula | Alex Thomas | Ben Ryan

Tickets

Online: $25 + BF – http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=55971

Cheaper $20 industry tickets available through promoters – email us to secure!
These will sell fast!

Prognosis is back for yet another delicious dose of audio visual delights at the hands of some of the finest purveyors of progressive propaganda this fine town has to offer.

After a monumental set on the Substance rooftop back in ’10, Danny Bonnici returns to give the Prognosis massive a glimpse into his enviable array of auditory weapons. An amazing musical talent, his huge contribution to the global music scene, both individually and as a member of Nubreed, has cemented him as one of the most highly regarded producers and DJs this country has ever seen.

Dave Juric is also back to turn Loop on its head with another mammoth journey into the progressive core of his immense record collection. This Melbourne stalwart always pulls out some special treats on his Prognosis visits, so get down and witness it whilst you can before he jets off overseas.

And of course, no Prognosis would be complete without the input of residents J-Slyde, Simon Murphy and Aaron Static whose delicious beat-trickery has seen them in high demand across Melbourne. Loaded up with bucketloads of tasty tunes, the madness will no doubt ensue as the boys ensure the party kicks on till the wee hours. The visual aspect of the night will be curated by VJ Pied Piper who will bring his unique brand of visual wizardry to Loop’s two 20ft screens.

LINEUP:
Danny Bonnici (Nubreed / Mesmeric Recordings)
Dave Juric (Darkbeat)
J-Slyde
Simon Murphy
Aaron Static
VJ Pied Piper

WHEN: Saturday, April 21st. 10pm – Late

WHERE: Loop – 23 Meyers Lane, Melbourne CBD

COST: FREE!!!

FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/273507752726669/

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Our boys J-Slyde and Simon Murphy joined James Brooke on his Elements Radio show for a Prognosis takeover. Taking over the entire segment, the boys offered up a mix each covering the type of sounds they’ve been pushing at their Prognosis events.

Both are available to download in mp3 format via their respective Soundcloud pages.
Thanks to those who tuned in on the night!

Oxfam Trailwalker is one of the world’s leading team endurance challenges, with 16 events in 13 countries and growing. Oxfam Australia now holds three events each year: Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Globally, Trailwalker has raised more than $100 million since 1981 for Oxfam’s valuable work around the world.

To coincide with this year’s Oxfam Trailwalker, we’re putting together a fundraising gig at Wah Wah Lounge. Assembling an all-star lineup of some of Melbourne’s finest beat conductors, we’ll be providing a night full of quality tunes to raise funds for the cause. Covering everything from Breaks, Techno, Prog and House, the night will be a journey through all that is quality in dance music.

All the DJs involved are offering up their services for free, with all door sales going straight to the fund. Adding to that, 10% of bar profits will be going straight towards Oxfam – SO THE MORE YOU DRINK, THE MORE MONEY WE RAISE! There’s never been a better excuse to party!!

LINEUP:

Dave Pham
Muska
Citizen.com
J-Slyde
Simon Murphy
JD
Alex Butler
Steve Dixon
Cosmic Wolf

PRICE:

$5 entry (goes straight to Oxfam)

WHERE:

Wah Wah Lounge (in the Bubble Bar)
Level 1 / 185 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne CBD

WHEN:

Friday 23 March
9pm til late

MORE INFO:

http://trailwalker.oxfam.org.au/melbourne/

DONATE:

http://trailwalker.oxfam.org.au/melbourne/teams/team/?team_id=12033

FACEBOOK INVITE:

https://www.facebook.com/events/147155948739335/

Substance: So mate how is that Tasmania came to lose you, what did you do with the second head?

Alex: I was living in Tasmania and one day got a phone call from my brother, basically telling me to pack up my shit and come over to Melbourne to party with him. So three days later I packed up my life into my car came over on the boat and was straight to Hard Kandy on the Friday night. They perform the operation to remove the third head before you get on the boat.

Substance: So you’re a real boat-person, wow you’re my first. So before you came over to Melbourne you had had your first experience in real big clubbing/ partying. Tell us about it?

Alex: Yeah I had been over here on a sporting trip to Melbourne in 2003 and was pretty buggered and after thirteen days of games. On the Friday night my brother said “Fuck it, I’m taking you partying”. So we hop into his car and after about half an hour of driving I asked where we were going. I found out we were going to a party, at a castle in the middle of nowhere. Was a bit shocked and had no idea what I was in for. Got to the front of the castle and I was amazed, I hadn’t seen ravers or set foot in a proper club before and there’s Kryal Castle done up to a T, I was amazed. I met Scott Alert back stage and when the night was done there was no looking back, I spent every Friday at Hard Kandy for the next three to four years.

Substance: When you first started getting into the scene did you know that you wanted to be a DJ/ Producer. Asking because you have been in the scene for awhile its only the last few years we’ve seen you really step up to the plate?

Alex: Nah, wasn’t like I wanted to get into DJing immediately I just liked to head out and party. I had a few friends that showed me the ropes, mixing wise and producing. It wasn’t until about 2006 that I started getting into the tunes, bought some decks and gave it a crack.

Substance: So you started playing electro house and Trance with Kandy at the start of your career and you’ve definitely headed into a more bushy sound, what are you preferring to play at the moment, What’s the Alex experience offering listeners at the moment and where is it heading?

Alex: I’m playing a hybrid of prog trance with definitely a more psy sound. It’s a universal sound, crosses over but it’s definitely got a tough feel to it. On the flip side I do like to get down and dirty and have a bit of fun playing electro house still. I’m definitely pushing the prog psy as my definitive sound though. I’m starting to produce tunes in this vein so that’s where it’s all heading.

Substance: Worst gig experience? If you had five robotic dancing chickens would that have helped the gig?

Alex: I ran an after party for a Substance, nothing worked, it was at Pony, which was a miss-booking in terms of a venue, we were heckled by people that saw us play there the last week, even though that was our first night. At the end of the gig we grabbed our shit and we broke out.

Substance: How important is the crew that you hang with n the EDM?

The support from the guys around in the early days, like the Substance crew was important. More so now my mates like Simon Murphy and Jordz have given me the avenues to get the gigs I’m getting. It’s great to have mates around me doing this cause the main reason I started this was to have fun with my mates.

Substance: Tell me about the beach party you and Simon destroyed New year? By all reports it was just a docile little affair until you and Simon got on and fucked shit up, is it true you laced the water with stimulants?

It was a docile party to begin with and was pretty tame during the day lots of people sitting back relaxing , the sun went down, we started bashing out the prog psy and shit got loose, started rocking it. I wish we could afford to lace water with drugs, unfortunately we are not that rich.

Substance: Use the words “Mint”,  “Fresh” and “slapper” to describe the average situation behind the decks:

Alex: (Laughs) I’d like to think the tunes I play are pretty fresh, I like looking out at the mint chicks on the dance floor until the lights come on and they’re all slappers.

Substance: What is the one artist and or event you would give your left nut for a gig at?

Alex: Rainbow Serpent Open or straight after Neelix, market stage… Go hard or go home!

Substance: You’re really into Neelix?

Alex: Yeah he got me into that prog sound, everytime i see him play he never disappoints, he steered my sound towards a more rounded prog sound, definitely diverted my attention from hard trance.

Substance: So we’re at Sunday Sessions at the Terminus which you run with Simon, what is this all about? Is this the Dr. Jekyll to your Mr. Hyde?

Alex: This is more just for us to have an outlet to hang with our mates, play some chill out hip hop. We just thought it would be a nice change of pace to cross fade some tunes and enjoy a beer garden with a mean parma.

Substance: What’s the biggest problem that the Melbourne EDM is facing and don’t say clubstep!

Alex: I would definitely  say it’s the stigma that some venues still have to partying, more so a throwback to the damage caused by bad crowds and negatively geared press towards the EDM as a whole. Liquor licensing and councils are slowly become more of a problem for venues.

Substance: Whore yourself again, Where are you playing next? What are you upto?

Alex:  I’m playing an electro gig at Hard Kandy, with “The freak” Daniel Johnston going bananas on some tough electro. Then there’s a party coming up in a couple of weeks, ill post it underneath the article…. I’m also playing a two hour prog set down in the Otways in March, that’s going to be a good little doof.

For more info on Alex and upcoming gigs visit his Facebook page.
You can catch him playing every second week at the Sunday Sessions at Terminus Hotel in Abottsford.

The writing was on the wall the moment the pokies boom crashed through Melbourne’s pub scene in the late 1990′s. Suddenly the licenses of traditional music venues and suburban pubs were bought through strong arming and deep pursed conglomerates hell bent on ensuring that rows upon rows of poker machines spread through the floor space of alcohol spilt floors. Suddenly the abundant crash of a high hat, tear of a C chord or wail of a post punk singer was replaced by the lounge instrumental of Kylie’s “Better the devil you know”. The reeking of high grade formica fake plants, with the standard resolute carpeting and the chirping of electronic machines replaced the crowd, the sweat and now more so then ever, the tears. Music not just in Melbourne but round Australia is being left with nowhere to run.

It isn’t so much this historical threat that is such an issue now. It is the demand of the general public to move into the inner city and embrace the “Most liveable” city, by literally jamming into the CBD, Richmond, Collingwood. The next time you are in the CBD have a good look at the number of gantry cranes littering the skyline,  consider all of these are primarily residential developments.  Live music and electronic music is a beautiful loud, sweaty, seething, almost apocalyptic  heathen playground. “Joe the lawyer” who lives on the 20th floor does not want to hear Simon Murphy and J-Slyde bang out a 2 hour prog set at 3am….. unfortunately. In the venues I have dealt with when running Substance, we have always had problem surrounding noise complaints.  Now the powers that be, local Councils, VCAT, Liquor Licensing and to a lesser extent the police (remember, the boys in blue enforce policy, not create it) offer no protection towards venue operators once people move in and around the venue. Noise complaints for licensed venues are registered and held by Liquor Licensing, much to dismay of some venues it becomes clear that when a license is up for renewal, and it’s a venue with numerous complaints for noise, you’re going to have a hard time renewing it.

The other factor is what expenses a phone call for a noise complaint actually costs, especially if it is put through the police or through a council complaint line. After a complaint for noise a minimum of two police officers are sent to investigate (while somebody is beaten to a fucking pulp on King St), after investigating they file their incident report. That has cost the government an hours wage, choked a public resource and created a threat for the public because it has diverted the attention of the police. Now the council gets involved, because both Liquor licensing and the council have permits and licenses hooked into the venue. The Council issues a $2000 fine for consistent noise complaints, venue owner hires lawyer  to contest…. You see where i am going with this hopefully??? All because some fuckwit has moved into a flat next door to a live music venue……. This was made by one phone call. No wonder the live music scene in Melbourne “Ain’t what it used to be”.

This is where Adelaide has it right, and fuck me it’s not often that happens (the mantra of “But when it does it’s priceless” comes to mind). In Adelaide if you move in or around an existing music premises, by law you have no reasonable right to complain regarding “Acceptable” noise.  As it is seen:  “You moved there, the venue was there before you,  why do you think you’re paying $200 a week for a five bedroom apartment above a nightclub? “Dear Melbourne…. Investigate this….It will work…”

If it isn’t the Punters club (where Bimbo Deluxe now stands, used to be one of the best live music venues in Australia) QBH, Viper and now Miss Libertines. We’re losing our cultural flare. In years gone by it was just the promoters that vanished into the night, now the very venues that once carried them are joining them.

Coming off the end of a most successful year Prognosis are getting set to usher in 2012 the only way they know how – hot beats, good times and a shitload of PROG!

Headlining festivities for this edition are Chris Meehan and The Chunky Fuckers.

Somewhat of a legendary figure in prog-circles around town, Chris Meehan has done it all – from holding residencies at some of Melbourne’s most influential and successful club nights (Qbar Sundays, Republic @ Room 680), through to supporting major international guests such as Sasha, Digweed, Satoshi, Hernan, Seamen and Nick Warren. Representing brands such as global Underground and Renaissance whenever in town, Chris is well respected by his peers and punters and not only recognized as a true DJ, but also a highly accomplished producer, with recent releases on Avante Garde, Baroque and Movement Records, to name a few.

Stalwarts in the Melbourne prog scene, The Chunky Fuckers (Jayson Holden and Herc Kass) are well versed in all that is funky and driving. Not just DJ’s however, the boys are extremely talented on the production tip, and with third member in tow, Adam Holden, they have had a bevvy of releases out on Underground City, Polytechnic, Movement recordings, Overground Digital and Indigo. Needless to say, when they hit the decks for a 2 hour feature set – mayhem is set to ensue!

On support duties, we’re very excited to welcome newcomer to the decks – Thomm Brooke. Always on the lookout for fresh and interesting talent, our ears were pricked when we heard his latest promo mix. Not intent on letting such talent go to waste in the bedroom, we’ve managed to convince him to come down and open up proceedings with his mix of deep and sublime beats.

Residents J-Slyde, Simon Murphy and Aaron Static will also be in tow – bringing to the table their usual blend of upfront prog and tech tunes.

With our two resident VJs on a break, visual duties for this edition will be handled by the extremely talented Manoeuvre.tv aka Richard De Souza. One of Melbourne’s, if not Australia’s, most talented visual artists, Richard has done them all – Big Day Out, Summadayze, Parklife, along with visual production on Ministry Of Sound commercials, and much much more. To say we’re in good hands would be an understatement!

LINEUP:

Chris Meehan (Long Term Effects, Kiss FM)
The Chunky Fuckers (Underground City / Polytechnic / Movement Recordings)
J-Slyde (Substance)
Simon Murphy (Substance / Interview / Unstable Sounds)
Aaron Static (Indigo / Hyline / Spherax)
Thomm Brooke

VISUALS:

Manoeuvre.tv
https://www.facebook.com/manoeuvre.tv

PRICE:

FREE!!

WHERE:

LOOP – 23 Meyers Lane, Melbourne CBD

WHEN:

Saturday, February 18th
10pm till late