Events

Rob is the main man behind the new hard trance sensation HARDFORZE, after recently making his world debut in Sydney back in 2007 he has now played at most of the on going trance clubs around Sydney. Working and releasing solo work through Masif records and also teaming up with Australia’s NO1 man in hard dance Steve Hill, HARDFORZE is a new name to the trance scene but with a lot of hype and experience behind him. Rob has had numerous amounts of releases in the hardcore scene globally under the name Weaver and it very well known around the world for his production, look out for more to come for the new name HARDFORZE!

Toneshifterz

The Toneshifterz are a new Hard-style project born from Sydney’s underground Hard Dance scene.

Elie, Born in Sydney Australia, was raised in a home where music was always present. At an early age of 6 years Elie was found to have exceptional talent in music. Elie went on to Study Audio Engineering in order to further his knowledge in production. Today, he is using his extensive knowledge in music and engineering to Uplift the public with his unique sound and show a different side to his spectrum

Olcay, Born in Sydney Australia, has always had a passion for electronic music. At the age of 13, Olcay began to produce music himself. Without a mentor to guide him, Olcay has taught himself all he knows, and in more recent times, Olcay has been producing UK Hardcore and various other types of dance music. Being the Youngest producer to delve into the Hardstyle scene Olcays future holds many more promising years in the music industry which are yet to come.

The pair came to know each other in the hardcore scene as producers and djs. They then went on to produce hardcore tunes together. But an opportunity arose for the hardcore producers to become something more…to make the switch to the hard-style scene, and ever since then, they have never looked back. Now they have Developed Recognition By artists Such as Zany and Noisecontrollers, and are now preparing to stun the scene with there unique Melodic sounds.

Local support from:

Hektic
Hazzard
Kazuki
Little 1
Demize
Dark Optics

$15 before 10:30PM $20 after

Blackout Fridays @ Planet Night Club

27 Warner St Fortitude Valley

WE PLAY BETTER MUSIC!

Darren is also responsible along with Breeze and Hixxy, for the biggest selling UK hardcore compilation series – Clubland X-Treme Hardcore which has now racked up sales of over 1 million across its 6 volumes. He is also currently working on the follow up to his debut solo album ‘Skydivin’ which entered the official UK album charts at number 4 and has sold over 200,000 copies to date.
Darren has won a number of hardcore awards during his career recently including ‘Best DJ’ 2006 and 2007, ‘Best Producer’ 2006 and 2008, ‘Best Hardcore Tune’ 2006, 2008 and 2009. Darren also received the ‘Outstanding Contribution to Hardcore’ in 2009. Darren Styles Live at Utopia 15th Birthday – A superstar DJ that you will not want to miss.

MARK BREEZE (UK) www.markbreeze.co.uk
Since Producing and mixing the scenes biggest ever selling Hardcore compilation, Clubland Xtreme Hardcore, Breeze has seen the hardcore scene grow into what is now one of the biggest and most popular dance music genres in the country today. Having 2 top twenty hit records (You’re Shining & Heartbeatz), 4 top 40’s and 5 gold selling Xtreme hardcore albums, there is no stopping this highly rated and talented producer. A triple award winner at the Hardcore Awards and with his endless list of remixes for names such as Cascada, Scooter, Ultrabeat, Sugarbabes and Paul Van Dyke to name a few, Breeze is still leading the way in the shape of UK Dance music.

MC WHIZZKID (UK) www.facebook.com/whizzkidmc
MC Whizzkid has proved himself a headliner and ‘must see act’ all over the world. Resident for UK events like Hardcore Til I Die, Uproar, Slammin Vinyl and Hardcore Heaven, he regually fronts for the DJ greats like Gammer, Darren Styles, Hixxy, Recon, and Breeze, and even founded/co-owns the exciting new record label Broken Records. Aside from the countless A-list productions he features on, you can count on the Whizzkid to blow your mind with his amazing style, energy and lyrical hooks. He has been crowned, by the ravers, the ‘Worlds Best Hardcore MC’ for the past TWO years. When it comes to the peoples choice, look no further..You can see him live tonight, during Darren Styles, Mark Breeze AND Weavers set!

Local support from:

S3rl
Hazzard
Hektic

Tickets
Early bird – $30 only limited to 100 and available from myself
Presold – $40
On the door – $50

Ticket venues :
Butter beats city store / valley store
Rockinghorse Records – City
Kill The Music – City
Rockaway Records – Springwood
Sunflower Music – Broadbeach
Music Mania – Southport
Mosh Pit Music – Maroochydore
The Great Northern Hotel – Byron Bay

Online Tickets available @ http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?Event=15109&promoID=100

This is an 18+ event ID is required on entry.

With his incredible versatility and constant innovation, Technikal (Alf Bamford) is one of the most respected and successful producers in the hard dance world. His extensive back catalogue of produced records are viewed by his fans and peers as some of the very foundations of hard dance music today. Yet still, Technikal strives to push the boundaries of what is expected from a dance floor hit. Incorporating influences from far flung places whilst combining them with the conventional, he has created a unique and club destroying sound of his very own, and is responsible for some of the biggest hard dance records of recent years.

With an amassing interest in dance music, Alf began dabbling in the world of music production at a very early age. He had his first record signed at the age of seventeen and has gone on to sell hundreds of thousands of records across the world. Still in his early twenties now, it is fair to say that Alf has written more records and has experienced more success than most other music producers would in a life time.

Having worked with some of the biggest and best names in the business such as Lisa Lashes, BK, Rob Tissera, Lost Witness, and many, many more; it is fair to say that Alf’s production talents and ideas are some of the most sought after in the industry.

Since 2005, Technikal has also established himself as an internationally performing DJ. Kicking off his DJ career at Heat’s Evolution Birthday event (The Fridg, London, UK) he has since been around the world numerous times, performing as far and wide as Australia, South Africa, North America, Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, and many more. This goes hand in hand with having performed at the biggest and best festivals the world has to offer, including Dance Valley, Impulz, Global Gathering, Creamfields, Planet Love and many more.

A favourite amongst the pages of high end music publications, Mixmag have given Technikal numerous full page features in the previous years, mentioning him in the same breath as artists such as Deadmau5, sean Tyas and Chase & Status; whilst also deeming him one of the ‘Best of 2008′.

It’s unheard of for someone so young to conquer a dance music scene in such a short space of time, but Technikal’s production and DJ prowess is too mighty for the outcome to be anything less than this.

STEVE HILL (UK)

This pint sized kiwi, nicknamed the King Of Euphoric Hard Dance, has performed over 1500 shows in more than 50 cities worldwide, having visited more than 15 countries along the way.

Since 1997, Hill has played to a combined total of 800,000 people, travelled over 600,000km, flown on over 300 planes, and spent over 365days staying in hotels!

Production wise, Steve Hill is one of the biggest in Hard Dance. His 200+ productions have appeared on over 500,000 singles, 2,000,000compilation units, and entered the UK Top 75 Single Chart over 9 times.

He has remixed 5 UK Top 40 Singles, appeared on over 12 record labels, recorded under more than 10 aliases (Mr. Bishi, Kumara, Neon Lights, Masif DJ’s to name a few), and collaborated with over 15 of the scene’s premier league artists including Technikal, Dark By Design, Rob Tissera, K-Series, MDA & Spherical, Luca Antolini, Cally & Juice, Vandall, Guyver, Paul Maddox.

2009 will be one of the busiest years for Steve Hill. Having celebrated over 10 years in the Hard Dance scene, he will play over 100 gigs, in 12countries, travel over 150,000km and perform to over 125,000 people! He’ll spend over 12,000 minutes performing and spin over 2,500records. Nearly 30 Steve Hill productions will be released in 2009 which will appear on over 10 labels, 75,000 singles, 500,000 compilation units. and downloaded thousands of times. He’ll spend over 800 hours working in the studio.

2009 will also be the year releases one of the biggest artist albums in Dance Music history, “HTML”. “Hard Trance is My Life” will feature 100Steve Hill productions on 4 CD’s which is no mean feat considering each track will have been released commercially as a single previously or in the near future! Steve Hill will also mix 4 compilations Worldwide during 2009 an achievement he has matched for the past few years!

Listen to his latest mix, see him perform live, visit his myspace site to see why.

Main Room:

Steve Hill vs Technikal (UK)
Hektic
Hazzard
Kazuki
Keni

Outside:

Angus Gibbins
DJ Fez
Tech:One

April 09th 2010

Blackout Fridays @ The Planet

27 Warner Street Fortitude Valley