And so the wait is finally over… Here’s the first round line-up announcement for Summadayze/Summafieldayze 2011:

David Guetta
N.E.R.D.
Justice
Armand Van Helden
Chromeo
Bob Sinclar
Boys Noize
Erol Alkan
Tinie Tempah
Miami Horror
Riva Starr
Dennis Ferrer
Claude Von Stroke
Aeroplane
Nervo
Plump DJ’s
So Me v. DVNO
Yuksek
Zombie Disco Squad

+ a ton of the best local acts of each capital city…

I must admit I am a little jealous that the Gold Coast gets the addition of Trentmoller, A-Trak and The Rapture. The last two are playing at Falls Festival from memory.  Maybe one of the other writers will post something about that festival… Of course you’re probably all aware that Armin Van Buuran is doing an epic 9 hour set here in Melbourne on NYE so that explains his absence at Melbourne’s Summadayze also.

Ticket’s go on sale nationally Thursday 19th August at 9am via Ticketmaster or your usual mob of promoters/industry folk… Any other info and for the line-up in your capital city, just browse on over to the Summadayze website.

New light show by Adam Smith and Marcus Lyall accompanying their new LP Further…

FULLY FUCKING S1CK.

Pics after the jump because the gallery is HUGE!

So Steve Aoki amongst others, was in town again conducting his ever popular electro sermon to the masses over the long weekend. Click the pic above or HERE to see the rest of the set.

Headliners: The Chemical Bros, 2manyDJs, LCD Soundsystem, Dizzee Rascal, Air, Booka Shade, Hot Chip

But it’s smaller acts on the bill I really wanna see, who probably wont make an appearance in Aus any time soon: Mary Anne Hobbs (of BBC Radio1) and her electronic dubstep/experimental stage featuring: Roska, Flying Lotus, Joy Orbison & Hudson Mohawke.

I’ve been listening to Hudson Mohawke’s Radio1 essential mix heaps… it’s glitch, dubstep and instrumental hip hop, and features remixes of gangsters and rap songs!!! Teh Crookers posted this very same mix on their blog but WhATEVVRRRR REPOST

Also check out Flying Lotus’s essential mix from 2008… still fully sick hectic to this day!!!

Ok its only taken me like 3 months to pop my blog cherry but after a little convincing from Noodle G I thought I would get my ass into gear. I’m going to start of with a new DJ/Producer crush of mine…… RIVA STARR!!!.

This is his essential mix and I must say I have been flogging the shit out of it. This guy is touring in May as part of the Creamfields festival so as Molly would say “do yourself a favour” and check him out and go rock it with my fellow Italian….MAMMA MIA!!

“Naples born, London based, DJ & Producer Riva Starr takes control of the Essential Mix. He’s one of 2010’s hottest properties and has recently remixed the likes of Fatboy Slim, The Gossip and Reboot. His new album, “If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade”, has just been released on Jesse Rose’s Made To Play Records. The mix features exclusive tracks from his new label ‘Snatch!’”

“Riva Starr is a name that should be very familiar to anyone with an interest in modern house music. Having shot to the top after a string of head turning releases and remixes on some of the most talked about labels, Riva Starr couldn’t be hotter right now. What’s quite remarkable though is how quickly Stefano Miele, aka Riva Starr has established himself so prominently on a DJ/producer circuit that’s notoriously difficult to break into. It doesn’t hurt that Claude VonStroke and Jesse Rose, the two men who sit on top of the pile, happen to be two of his biggest fans.”

Download link and track list after the jump.

Essential Mix – Riva Starr (06-02-2010)

Tracklist

• Fingers Inc. – My House [Desire Records]
• Steve Mac – Snatch! 004 [Snatch!]
• Rachel Barton – Who Knows (Camel Rmx) [Big In Ibiza]
• Renaissance Man – Babbadabba Vs. The Bucketheads (Riva Starr The Bomb Rechunk) [MTP]
• Jungle Brothers – I’ll House You [Idlers]
• Lil’ Louis – French Kiss [Ffrr]
• Kink – Don’t Hold Back [Dot Bleep]
• Lucio & Pep – Rainforest [Malatoid]
• Shlomi Aber & Kenny Larkin – Sketches (Shlomi Aber Version) [Be As One]
• Albin Myers – Boom! (Boomappella) [Defected]
• Riva Starr – Jump (Snatch! 003) [Snatch!]
• S’Express – Theme From S-Xpress (Riva Starr Rmx) [White]
• Jay Blyss Vs 6th Borough – In The Groove (Riva Starr Rechunk) [White Label]
• Riva Starr – More (Snatch! 003) [Snatch!]
• Max Bruch – Fiesta De La Resistencia [White Label]
• J. Anderson – Karimba [Frontroom]
• Nôze – You Have To Dance (Mathias Kaden Mouthappella) [Get Physical]
• Die Vögel – Blaue Moschee [Pampa]
• Claude Von Q – Disco Chords (Riva Starr Rechunk) [White Label]
• David Keno – Upside Down (Snatch! 001) [Snatch!]
• Janet Jackson – When I Think Of Carola [White Label]
• Riva Starr – I Was Drunk (feat. Noze) (DJ Sneak Remix) [Made To Play]
• Soul Grabber – Soul Grabber Pt 3 [Loaded]
• Bodenständig 2000 – Saureschnauze [Storage Records]
• Daft Punk – Burning (Riva Starr Re-Shuffle) [White Label]
• Riva Starr – Pump (Snatch! 003) [Snatch!]
• DJ T Vs Superskank – Dis 96 (Riva Starr Rechunk) [White Label]
• Sandy Swing – Rare Music (Riva Mash Up) [White Label]
• St. Germain – So Flute (Riva Rechunk) [White Label]
• Reboot – Enjoy Music (Riva Starr Remix Dub) [Defected]
• Inner City – Good Life (Carl Craig Acappella) [Virgin]
• Riva Starr – Dance Me (feat. Trim) (Jesse Rose Dub) [Made To Play]
• Riva Starr – Black Mama [Made To Play]
• [unknown] – Viktor Goes Kalifornia (Riva Booty) [White Label]
• Reboot – El Loco [Cecille]
• Riva Starr – Tribute [Made To Play]
• The Doors – The End (Riva Starr Re-Trip) [White Label]

While it doesn’t officially get announced till tomorrow, here’s a short list of the artists I heard Vijay rattle off earlier on Triple J:

• Vampire Weekend
• Tegan & Sara
• Spoon
• Silverchair
• Grinspoon
• Empire Of The Sun
• British India
• Lisa Mitchell
• Kisschasy
• Miami Horror
• Bag Raiders
• Kid Koala presents The Slew (live)
• Muph & Plutonic
• Killaqueenz
• Funkoars
• Illy
• Jonathan Boulet
• Ajax
• Yacht Club DJs

I’ll add to this as more names come to light, or you could wait for tomorrow’s announcement… So onto the dates:

Saturday 1st May – GTM Bendigo, Bendigo’s Prince of Wales Showground
Sunday 2nd May – GTM Townsville, Murray Sports Complex – Townsville Cricket Grounds
Saturday 8th May – GTM Maitland, Maitland Showground
Sunday 9th May – GTM Canberra, The Meadows, University of Canberra
Saturday 15th May – GTM Bunbury, Pat Usher Foreshore Reserve

Yeah, I dunno about this video. Seems like there’s no real narrative or message behind the video at all. Maybe it’s about punching girls? Hmm… No, that’s not cool at all. Was the director just a tad inspired by Justice’s “Stress” music video?

Doesn’t really serve a point but to flog their Diesel collaboration. If it is meant to promo the collaboration it fails in my book. I mean, the original promo video for the 55DSL collaboration featuring said tune was way more cooler. Humping rabbits, LSD toad,  a grizzly bear rocking Cazal 607s damn it!

I think the video for “Cornelius” seemed a lot more fun….

In the end, all will be forgiven once this Saturday comes around when they hit the stage at Stereosonic. Be prepared to get your “Whoop! Whoop!” on! Or is that “Warp! Warp!”? Hmm… The questions that haunt a man…

Don Diablo – I Am Not From France (Linus Love Remix)

Don Diablo – Rave Rave Rave

A few goodies that got dropped in my mailbox. “I Am Not From France” is a tastemaker single for what is to come from Don Diablo in 2010. The EP is aiming for a December 11th and will includes remixes by Linus Loves, Cagedbaby, Louis La Roche and Hugo van Dyck as well as the ravetastic “Rave Rave Rave”, which is included as a bonus track. Don’t forget that you can catch Don Diablo at the national Summadayze festivals in the upcoming new year. Till then, enjoy!

That’s right, everyone’s favourite A.D.D. party masher Girl Talk has announced two Big Day Out sideshows for next year in Melbourne and Sydney.  Read on for the dates.

Wednesday 20th January
Melbourne – The Palace

Monday 25th January
Sydney – Enmore Theatre

Tickets go on sale this Friday 13th November at 9am over at Ticketek so don’t muck about as this will sell out much like the Big Day Out festivals have…

To sign off, enjoy one of Bunny Greenhouse’s music video for the track “In Step”. Do check check out the rest of the videos in his ambitous project of mashing up all the music videos  to the tracks off Girl Talk’s album, Feed The Animals.

The line-up has dropped and it’s pretty fucking awesome:

• The Killers
• Basement Jaxx
• Armand Van Helden
• Gossip
• Busta Rhymes
• Friendly Fires
• Salt-N-Pepa
• Z-Trip
• Kid Cudi
• Naughty By Nature
• Plump DJs
• Gym Class Heroes
• Chase & Status
• Dave Seaman
• DJ Craze
• Chuckie
• Art vs Science
• Bass Kleph
• Sam Obernik
• KillaQueenz

Plenty of old-school and new, something for everyone really. And of course you’ll want the dates and they are:

Saturday 13th February – Centennial Park, Sydney
Sunday 14th February – Claremont Showground, Perth
Saturday 20th February – Parklands Showgrounds, Gold Coast
Sunday 21st February – The Nursery @ Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne

Tickets go on sale Friday 30th October at 9am from the gang at Moshtix.

So the first line-up for what many thought would be the last St Jerome’s Laneway festival has been announced and I’ve gotta say it does look pretty good:

• Echo & The Bunnymen
• Florence & The Machine
• Black Lips
• The xx
• Daniel Johnston
• Sarah Blasko
• N.A.S.A.
• Eddy Current Suppression Ring
• Hockey
• Dappled Cities
• Mumford & Sons
• Radioclit
• The Very Best
• Wild Beasts
• Whitley
• The Middle East
• Kid Sam
• The Dirty Three

Mumford & Sons leaked earlier this week in a Tripe J interview that they’d be in the country for a “laneway” festival so that pretty much confirmed for me that the festival was still one… Definitely pretty keen to see Florence & The Machine, The xx, Radioclit, The Very Best (makes sense since Radioclit is there…), Hockey and of course N.A.S.A. So where has it moved to you may ask?

Farewell to the stinky lanes and hello to the banks of the Maribyrnong River...

Why the Footscray Community Arts Centre… No laneways in sight at all but at least we’ve been told the debacle of lockouts this year’s festival will no longer be an issue… I might as well list the dates and venues for the rest of country also:

Brisbane – Friday 29th January @ Alexandria St off St Paul’s Terrace, Fortitude Valley
Melbourne – Saturday 30th January @ Footscray Community Arts Centre
Sydney – Sunday 31st January @ Sydney College of the Arts
Auckland, New Zealand – Monday 1st February @ Britomart Station
Adelaide – Friday 5th February @ Fowler’s Live, North Terrace
Perth – Saturday 6th February @ Cultural Centre, Northbridge

Looks like the festival will make an appearance over in NZ also. Tickets go on sale next Friday 30th October at 9am from the Green Tix website.

So the Future Music Festival 2010 first round line-up has been announced and it’s…

• The Prodigy
• Empire Of The Sun
• Franz Ferdinand
• Booka Shade
• John Digweed
• Sven Vath
• David Guetta
• Erick Morillo
• Above & Beyond
• Dubfire
• Boys Noize
• Does It Offend You, Yeah?

Boys Noize at Future Music Festival 2010 + confirmation of Oz visit for Power World Tour = sideshow in March? Hmm…

Of course there’s more to be added and I’ll keep ya posted when that comes through…

One can dream right?

Or a reflection on the past… You decide…

After much rumour and speculation the first round line up for the ever favourite Big Day Out festival has been announced:

• Muse
• Powderfinger
• Lily Allen
• Eskimo Joe
• Groove Armada
• Grinspoon
• The Mars Volta
• Ladyhawke
• Dizzee Rascal
• Karnivool
• Peaches
• The Temper Trap
• Kasabian
• Midnight Juggernauts
• Rise Against
• Magic Dirt
• Mastodon
• Lisa Mitchell
• The Horrors
• Bluejuice
• Calvin Harris
• Kisschasy
• The Decemberists
• Tame Impala
• Girl Talk

There are gonna be some wicked sideshows I’m telling you that right now! Anyway, the next important thing is dates and they are as follows:

Auckland – Friday 15th January 2010 @ Mt Smart Stadium
Gold Coast – Sunday 17th January 2010 @ Parklands
Sydney – Friday 22nd January 2010 @ Sydney Showground
Melbourne – Tuesday 26th January 2010 @ Flemington Racecourse
Adelaide – Friday 29th January 2010 @ Adelaide Showground
Perth – Sunday 31st January 2010 @ Claremont Showground

And lastly the ticket sale dates :

Sydney tickets go on sale Wednesday 7th Oct, 2009
Gold Coast tickets go on sale Thursday 8th Oct, 2009
All other cities go on sale Friday 9th Oct, 2009

You can of course see the vid over at YouTube in all it’s HQ gory… If you want to catch Empire live you can either grab yourself a scalped sold-out Parklife ticket, or alternatively one to the Pyramid Rock Festival.

Can’t believe I completely forgot to post this one up especially since Major Lazer are so hot right now… Probably one of the most eclectic mixes you’re gonna get this year with Diplo dropping a little bit of reggae, dub, and hip-hop in the first hour and Switch bringing it home with plenty of fidget, electro, dubstep, B-more, wonk etc. Keep your ears pricked for the gem drops from Nirvana, Ace Of Base and even ABBA!

In case you didn’t know Major Lazer will be in the country at the end of the year for the annual Falls Festival. Still trying to clarify whether it’s gonna be Major Lazer in full guise or as Major Lazer Sound System which I’m told is when only Diplo or Switch are playing. Then again, you could always jump over the pond to New Zealand where they’ll be playing the Rhythm & Vines Festival in their full setup. Say hi to Proxy and Maya & Vanya over there if you do…

Major Lazer – BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix (25-07-09)

Here’s the tracklist:

Diplo Mix
Shut Up And Dance – Ravin’ I’m Ravin’
Barrington Levy – Reggae Music Dub
Barrington Levy – Send A Moses
Alton Ellis – Africa Descendants
Burning Spear – Live It Out
Artibella – Unknown
Toyan – African Thing
John Holt – 100 Weight Of Collie Weed
Barrington Levy – Murderer
John Holt – Police In Helicopter
Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Another One Bites The Dust
Yello Man – Mr Chin!
Unknown – Sweet Dreams
Don Carlos  – Ababa John I (Father Majesty)
Johnny Osbourne – No Ice Cream Sound
Admiral Bailey – Big Belly Man
Wayne Smith  -Under Me Sleng Teng
Bruk Up ft. Shaggy – Sunglasses At Night
Ricky Blaze – How Mi Look
Martyn – Seventy Four
Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow
Seductive – Underground Sound
Major Lazer – Jump Up
Party Quad – Pull Up
Digital Manges – Manges (Sharkslayer Club)
Major Lazer – Pon Di Floor (Beatacue Mix)
Major Lazer – Pon Di Floor
Nirvana – Lithium
Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle
LBG – Don’t Stop The Music
Solid Groove – This Is Sick
Mavado – Weh Dem A Do
Dandy Livingstone – Rudy, A Message To You
Unknown – Unknown
Unknown – Unknown

Switch Mix
Mr. Oizo & Sebastian – Arrival
Major Lazer – Lazer Theme
Artist Unknown – Mash Up De Place
King Jammys – Judgement Day
Bjork – Nattural (Switch Remix)
Ace Of Base – All That She Wants
Ninjasonik – Pregnant (Accapella)
Major Lazer – Baby Riddim’ (Featuring Prince Zimboo & M.I.A) (Switch Remix)
Donny – Symptomless Coma (Current Value VIP)
Major Lazer – Rebellion (Anything Goes) (Accapella)
Leftside – Shi Nuh Wahh
Terror Fabulous & Nadine Sutherland – Action
The Shadow And The Ventures – Hawaii Five-O (Featuring Andy Milonakis)
Major Lazer – Hold The Line (Accapella)
Shawna feat. Twista & Ludacris – R.P.M
Unknown – Unknown
Rye Rye – Shake It To The Ground (Switch & Santigold Remix)
Major Lazer – Cash Flow (Subskrpt Remix)
DJ Malvado – Puto Mekie
Major Lazer – Can’t Stop Now (Accapella)
Switch & Crookers – Untitled
Mapei – Belly
White Label – F***in’ House
Major Lazer – Pon De Floor (Drop The Lime Remix)
Unknown – Unknown
DJ Sega – I’m A Flirt
Major Lazer – Pon De Floor Beats
Par-T-One – I’m So Crazy (Accapella)
Amanda Blank – Something Bigger, Something Better (Accapella)

Now I’ve already mentioned Erol’s Australian tour/sideshow in last night’s post… Today I’ve got the other half of the “Waves/Death Suite” duo in Boys Noize and his announcement of a world tour to promote the album “Power” due this October. Do we start speculating what festival Boys Noize might make an appearance?

In the meantime you can have a search around the net for some “Waves/Death Suite” goodness or enjoy the video to the track “Jeffer” off Boy Noize’s forthcoming album “Power”:

And here I thought hearing “Waves” in its entirety on the Triple J while on the drive home tonight was cool enough… Erol Alkan is doing a sideshow on Friday 2nd October @ Sorry Grandma! Talk about a ripper way to get gee’d up for Parklife the next day. Support from Andee Frost, Knightlife, Ototlogic, Jason Martin, Ooh-EE and Bongmist.

Grab your tickets via Ticketmaster or through the gang at Fuzzy.

And for your visual and aural pleasure, here’s Erol and Boys Noize dropping their new single “Waves” at the recent Melt! Festival.

So by now you’ve probably heard the news that been a flurry since Friday. In case you haven’t and a pondering whether Falls is a go-er here it is:

• Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Moby
• Hilltop Hoods
• Grizzly Bear
• Rodrigo y Gabriela
• The Temper Trap
• Xavier Rudd
• Emiliana Torrini
• Little Birdy
• Midnight Juggernauts
• Andrew Bird
• Lyrics Born
• Chairlift
• King Kahn and The Shrines
• Editors
• Philadelphia Grand Jury
• Kaki King
• Sarah Blasko
• Art vs Science
• DJ Yoda
• Liam Finn
• Lisa Mitchell
• Major Lazer Soundsystem (DJ Set)
• Patrick Watson
• Seasick Steve
• The View
• Urthboy
• White Rabbits
• Future Of The Left
• Killaqueenz (Lorne Only)
• Yves Klein Blue
• The John Steel Singers

Major Lazer sideshow please? Anyway, as with many Falls of past this will sell out so get yourself on the ballot by going HERE.

Sorry folks I completely let this one slip off the radar. Probably because the only news I heard about confirmed artists were the Beetroots and Chicane from my sources. That and I was unsure whether my trip back to the motherland was gonna be around December… Anyway, the lineup has been confirmed now and it looks to be pretty solid with the return of the ‘mau5 and the Italians. Anyway here’s you’re 2009 Stereosonic line-up:

• Deadmau5
• Axwell
• Fedde Le Grand
• John Dahlback
• The Crookers
• Surkin
• The Bloody Beetroots feat. MC Justin Pearson
• Miss Kittin & The Hacker
• Marco Carola
• Chicane
• Cut Copy DJs
• Drop The Lime
• Renaissance Man
• Alter Ego
• Zombie Nation
• Umek
• Hudson Mohawke
• Tim Sweeney
• The Cobra Snake
• Kidda
• Juan Kidd/Jason Herd
• Grant Smillie
• Andy Murphy
• Acid Jacks
• Grafton Primary
• Canyons
• Knightlife
• Bag Raiders
• + more to be announced…

Here are the tour dates for your city:

Saturday 28th November – Moore Park, Hordern, RHI & Surrounds, Sydney
Sunday 29th November – Claremont Showground, Perth
Saturday 5th December – Bonython Park, Adelaide
Saturday 5th December – Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne
Sunday 6th December – Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane

Tickets go on sale August 20th so don’t muck about when that day rolls on through. So my fellow paparazzos (I think paparazzi is the correct plural term but meh…), are we ready to rock out?