Scott Alert has been going from strength to strength on the Australian DJ scene, and has fast become a DJ that promoters can trust to play the right music, to the right crowd, at the right time. Highly acclaimed, his versatile mix and the way in which he reads the crowd results in dancefloor mayhem and the roof lifting off!
Over the past 10 years he has played at nights/venues across the country including; Summerdayze, Winter Sound System, Godskitchen, Two Tribes, Pharmacy, Gatecrasher to name but a few and regularly tours around Australia which also saw him tour with Ministry of Sound in 2006. This shinning career has seen him play to sell out gigs in U.K, China, Malaysia, New Zealand & has supported main stage with a who’s of internationals inc Sander Van Doorn, Cosmic Gate, Yoji, Scot Project, Paul Van Dyke and more…
Scott Alert is the main DJ/Music director & founder of the most popular Australian hard dance brand Hard Kandy. The brand has already gained international recognition with events all over Australia and south east Asia with a long list of compilation, vinyl releases and an ever popular and growing merchandising brand maintaining it’s hold as one of the most influential dance brands in Australia, pushing the boundaries of dance music.
On the production side, Scott Alert saw huge success with the track “Go Away” on Traffic tunes Germany co produced with Dr.Willis, the track was featured on countless compilations here and abroad. Now with a sting of new releases inc “Are you ready” on Ourstyle (UK), “Minalert” on Divide(UK), these excellent productions and remixes are starting to pathe the way to his well deserved success proving that he has what is take to chuck out dancefloor destroyers as well.
Scott Alert a highly revered soul in Melbourne’s dance music community. This talented master of the morning ceremonies is constantly fresh and full of passion and even described by fans as an "emotion" rather than a DJ -– one "emotion" truly not to be missed. With over 10 Mixed compilation Cd’s, 2 DVD’s and countless releases Scott Alert is on fire
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A trained Jazz musician, percussionist and composer, Ben Jackson's musical knowledge is vast and varied. But during the early 2000’s, THAT electronic beat came and stole his heart, mind, body and soul. A rising star emerged in late 2005 and they called it Ben Jackson! “Energized, Mad, Cheeky and down right Dirty!” These are just some of the words used to describe this popular Melbourne DJ!
2006 saw Ben play at events with artists such as Trance stars DARK BY DESIGN, TOMMY PULSE, UBERDRUCK, DAVE JOY and nationally, NIK FISH.
2007 then saw Ben enter his busiest year yet, as he teamed up with the Salvation Army, The Oak Tree Foundation and multiple show dates including TRANCE international stars: STEVE HILL, ALEX KIDD, DJ DEAN, YAKOOZA, D-JEAN-D and nationally, AMBER SAVAGE and BEXTA. He also appeared live at the 2007 ROYAL MELBOURNE SHOW with artists such as TAXIRIDE, MENTAL AS ANYTHING, DARRYL BRATHWAITE and KATE CEBRANO. And as per- expected, his long time involvement with HARD KANDY, helping to push dance boundaries and excite punters with the music and partying experience you’ve come to expect with HARD KANDY events.
In 2008, Australia heard the sound of drums as Ben dished out the dirtiest and freshest tracks of his favorite ground-breaking genre, Electro Trance. As a DJ, Ben also spins; House, Teck House, Electro, Teck Trance, Hard Techno and Hard Trance . Ben has also been busy in the studio with Jim Axiotis remixing and writing their original tracks, soon for release.
STOP PRESS!
http://www.myspace.com/djbenjackson
EXCERT FROM INTHEMIX REVIEW OF CLASSIC KANDY:
Upon arrival, local Hard Kandy hero Ben Jackson was on the decks pounding out the classics. These included Tim Deluxe’s It Just Won’t Do, Armin Van Buuren’s Shivers, Cosmic Gate’s White Bird, and of course what night of classics could happen without Underworld’s Born Slippy and Delerium’s Silence (though Ben played the Above & Beyond remix). Ben always has an amazing energy about him, interacting with the crowd and really showing everyone he truly loves the music. It’s great to watch! It was a great warm-up for what looked set to be a wicked night. Hopefully there is more of Ben in a bigger timeslot in the future.
http://www.inthemix.com.au/events/reviews/39426
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SCOTT ALERT INTERVIEW (INTHEMIX) – AUGUST 08 :
As a serious expert on hard dance and trance in Melbourne, tell me who do you think is the next big thing to come out of the city? Who’s the one to watch?
"Well there is a lot of talent coming though. I have my keen eye on Ben Jackson, NFX, Dr.Willis and Harvest Brothers on our side of the wall, all who have new tunes being released shortly."
BEN JACKSON PLAYS/PLAYED @ :
- CADENCE LOUNGE BAR (Soho) CAIRNS AUSTRALIA
- Melbourne:
- ROAR DANCE EVENTS
- RAWHIDE
- CHASERS (F#@K THE LOVE)
- HARD KANDY (RESIDENT)
- Q DANCE (AFTERPARTY)
- BUBBLE (RESIDENT)
- VIPER ROOM (RESIDENT)
- CLUB EVOLUTION (GUEST)
- BASS STATION (GUEST)
- PHARMACY (GUEST)
- APOLLO TRANCE FESTIVAL 2008 NYD
- SMILE POLICE EVENTS (GUEST)
- TRAUMA EVENTS (GUEST)
- 3D (GUEST)
- G.O.D (GUEST)
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Lonskii; This is how the story begins.
Since year 2000, LonSkii has always been in love with trance and uplifting trance. Until late 2004, it was the first time when he walked in to Hard Kandy at Billboard.
He got this decease from Hard Kandy, called "hard trance syndrome", then he became obsessed with the hard beats, melodies and anthems with heaps of energetic driving sounds.
In the 3rd quarter of 2005, he decided to become a hard trance DJ rather than just another shuffler/raver/P.L.U.R. He bought a pair of Technics TT and he was taught by Dean D. Less than a year, Lonskii had his first gig at Elevation Dj comp and got thru to the semi final. Not long after the DJ comp, Lonskii played as a guest DJ at Duel, 3D and bubble (public holiday events).
Lonskii exploded to the dance scene in 2007, when he had 5 residencies at Melbourne's finest nightclubs through out the year such as illusion, get lost, 3D, bubble and Hard kandy. He also played as a guest DJ for many clubs/events such as Basscode (SYD), Day Dream (SYD), EZZE (BKK,Thailand), Beautiful day (PHD), Bubble, Play, Critical Mass, Transcendence, Infekted and many more to be named.
LonSkii is influenced by Dave joy, Sully, Dark by design, Steve Hill, Technikal, Kamui, Scott Project, Alex Kidd, Mind Bender, Phatt, Shokk, Space Raven, JTB, Synthetic, bas n ram etc.
He also came 2nd in the 3D Dj comp competing against more than 130 entries. LonSkii had shared the stage with big names such as Alex Kidd, (vs set) Yoshi, Tydi, Pila & the Scientist, Dr. Willis, Scott Alert, Soul-T, Bass Agent, David Forbes, Captain Tinrib, Steve Hill, Dave Joy, Tommy Pulse, Yazooka, Cally & Juice, Kamui , DJ Wag and the list goes on.
Until now; Lonskii had 8 promos throughout his DJ career. The most successful promos were vol.3 "hard fkn trance" when he won a CD promo comp for a PLAY event - There were more than 80 entries in total - and Lonskii's promo vol.5, the "official Classic Kandy Promo" which was released at Xmas Kandy 07.
LonSkii is currently working on his music production. He will be bringing you the hardest of hard trance sounds, with uplifting melody and anthems.
"Drop the most bangin records like there is no tomorrow, hard trance 4 life",
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ZeNrG also known as ZeN or Jas to his mates & extended rave family, started his love of music with being a heavy metal guitarist/vocalist which lead into playing with alternative bands & onto being a resident pub & mobile party d.j. He has been in and around the dance/rave scene for quite a while now. From the time of his first party experience at “Every Picture Tells A Story # 3” at The Global Village in Footscray way back in 94, he knew that his life had changed with this new style of music and good time's to be had ahead. Since that time he dreamt of being the next Voitek, Drax II, or Ultrasonic!!!
From those early day's he's been addictively obsessed with Melbourne's Hard Trance & Hardstyle clubs, their bangin symphony's, electric atmosphere & awesome crowd's & has had the ride of his life as well as meeting thousand's of people along the way. A lot has changed within the scene since days gone by of Friday nights rockin hard between Kandy & @mosphere... but not ZeN, his dedication to the scene has only gotten stronger to the point of finally jumping back onto the turntables in 2006. Since then he has been working hard on pleasing audience's with his taste for Hard trance Anthms & hyperactive antic’s behind the decks. A dedicated dad of his lil monster & future d.j. son, Kye... his sights are constantly fixed on the horizon, always searching for where the Hard trance journey will take him next.
ZeNrG has been on local bills supporting massive international acts as Derb, Pila, Kamui, Dj Wag, Cally & Juice, Dave Joy, Amber Savage, Archie, Bass Agents, David Forbes & Steve Black... and huge local acts such as Scott Alert, St. Luke, X-statik, M-Xperience, Soul-T, Master Kaos, Jewelz, Dr Willis, Ben Jackson, LCK, Gazmatron, Raving Alco & Hellraiser to name but a few.
In June 2006, St.Luke gave him his first set out in the clubs at 3D on the main stage & since then he has never looked back, and in that time he has played regularly at 3D, Hard Kandy as well as playing InfeKted, Phd and HSD. After completing the Smile Police d.j course in 2007 under the instruction of his role model Garth, he has been a major force behind such krew's as Amalgam8 Productions with their "20'000 Beats under the sea" & "20'001... A Space odyssey" party's, ReLode recovery Sunday's & Event Horizon with their "Abducted" & "OutBreak" series of party's!!! He is a self-confessed turntable junky that cant walk away from the scene he has come to love so much over all these years & has many projects on the boil for the future, including starting production on some slammin hard trance tracks commencing this year... keep your ear's peeled in the future!!!
His favourite statement is "Hard Trance is the source of life, hear it... feel it... breath it... taste it... and most of all let it flow thru your veins" and this is the motto he lives by day in day out. Nothing is ever going to dampen his determination to keep making his hi energy, mega-decored party's & playing those anthems hard n' fast to the punter's in Melbourne.... NOTHING!!! So the next time you see him rippin it up, go say "Nice one Bruvvvaaaaa" to the big man n have a chat over a beer or 3!!!
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The undergraduates, made up of Rhys Gibson and Keaton Horan aka Skeata, are one of the most exciting, entertaining and enthralling dance acts in Melbourne’s globally renowned scene.
Not constricting themselves to simply one genre, they are continually expanding the perimeter of dance music.
Straight out of The Electro University, The Undergraduates generate an unmistakable sound which is without a doubt, their own filthy, twisted brand. Consisting of the dirtiest house and electro, the most driving prog-trance and rocking tech-trance, a set from these two is not something easily forgotten.
Between them, including current and past residencies, along with special guest and headlining appearances they have conquered clubs including:
- Hard Kandy Earthcore
- 3DH.S.D.
- BassPirotechnics
- PHDChasers
Their remixes are mental, cd’s timeless, these guys are the real deal.
Whether it’s bouncing off the walls or dancing on the decks, The Undergraduates never disappoint. The dance floor is a sadder place without their fingers on the button. |
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