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DEFCON1 BIOGRAPHY
"Australia's breaks expert" - Time Out Magazine, New York, USA.
“(with Bradley C) Scotland’s breaks Jedi” Skinny magazine, UK
"The most underrated breakbeat DJ in Australia" - Inthemix.com.au
Nearly ten years ago Defcon1 began club DJing in his hometown of Sydney Australia. It turned out the boy had a knack for it, and soon enough his name became synonymous with quality underground dance music and innovated sounds, particularly for pushing forward breakbeat driven music since its emergence in the late 1990s. His now concrete reputation for always rocking the club has been well earnt, and never just assumed from having released records like so many DJs today. Coming originally from the hiphop scene, Defcon1’s combination of a feverish mash-up, cut-up DJ style and scratching with club music brought a fresh sound to the club scene which made him stick out way above the pack from the beginning. Pushing a distinct blend of breaks, house, electro and drum n bass (yep, all together!) Defcon1 landed his first residency at the world renowned Chinese Laundry club in Sydney in 2000 alongside DJs such as Ajax and Kid Kenobi, and there's just been no turning back. Since then Defcon has held down residencies in Australia's leadng clubs such as Kink and Home as well. Name checked by Ministry of Sound as one of Australia’s leading breaks DJs, he has been rocked the decks of every major club in Australia, while each summer he has been a regular feature of the festival circuit, rocking tens of thousands at festivals including the Big Day Out, Earthcore and the Bellingen Global Carnival but to name a few.
For six years his DJ sets have been in demand internationally, resulting in scores of tours and gigs at some of the world’s leading clubs and events. New Zealand's Timmy Schumacher and Dj Page3 first heard the Defcon sound back in 2002, touring him in Auckland with explosive results. Since then, he's become one of the most regularly toured Aussie Djs to cross the ditch, blowing up dancefloors in every major city and town across Aeoteroa. Beyound New Zealand, Defcon1 has been in high demand in New Caledonia, as well as stints tearing up clubs across the USA, Mexico and Thailand.
Following a move to Scotland in 2006, Defcon1 hooked up with the Chew the Fat! parties, the longest ongoing breaks night in the UK, based out of The End club in London. Here he’s held a residency DJing and helping promote the Chew the Fat! nights at Glasgow’s infamous Sub Club, playing alongside the biggest names in the global breaks and house scenes today (Stanton Warriors, Speaker Junk, Evil Nine, Layo & Bushwacka and the Utah Saints but to name a few). On top of this, he now runs the underground party ‘Beatbox’ in Glasgow with Chew the Fat! resident and all round nice guy DJ Bradley C, which has been a welcome addition to Glasgow’s already quality club scene. The Defcon1 sounds has been jumped on by the Brits, with our boy picked up for the upcoming BBC Radio1 UK-wide tour of DJ Annie Nightingale and her 'Annie's Introducing Tour', which will see Defcon1 and and rave pioneers the Utah Saints tearing it up alongside the cream of UK's breaks scene this April.
With two years of UK DJing under his belt, Defcon1 returned Down Under in 2008, bringing his hyperactive, genre-crushing blend of the freshest breaks, house, techno, fidget, baltimore club, old-school rave, drum n bass (and more!) to the clubs and festivals of New Zealand. In just under a year he has becomes a NZ crowd favorite, rocking thousands each weekend alonside acts such as the Crookers, A-track, Fake Blood and Sinden. Each friday night you can catch him on Auckland's George FM on the New School Funk radio show, 10 till midnight with DJ's Randomplay and Dalai.
Operating from his secret volcano lair in Auckland, each weekend Defcon travels Aotearoa armed with naught but a collection of tunes from the future and an air-horn... catch him headlining your favorite club sometime soon ;-)
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/djdefcon1
http://www.myspace.com/chewthefatglasgow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/events/nightingaletour2008.shtml
DEFCON1 DISCOGRAPHY:
Hiphop releases (production, scratch DJ and vocals):
Industrial Strength (Album) - Industrial Dispute (Independant, 1994)
The beats from 20,000 Fathoms (Album) - Fathom (Independant, 1997)
Winter of discontent (single off Basic Equipment EP, vinyl) - Fathom (ABC, 1998)
Aliens - Future Eaters (Independant, 1999?)
Fire Walk With Me (single off the Always EP, vinyl) - Fathom (Basic Equipment, 2001)
Club releases:
Rust (Defcon1 & Dave Turner remix) - Deprogram (2008)
Tax = £10... get tix from Tickets-Scotland today to ensure entry or get down early to pay on the door! There should be around 150 tickets left on the door...
Yeah ! Wow i never check this page .... write to my music mc gaff e one ........ ! Yep got 2 tracks with edu k released this month and another one in the pipeline .......... ; )
..hows things with u?so ur in nz now yea?
