Bukkcity, Mike Justice and DJ Denno on the Straight Outta Compton Tour (Ice Cube) at the Forum in Melbourne
Bukkcity, Mike Justice and DJ Denno at the Corner Hotel on the Butterfingers album tour.
Me and Frits doing a random track in the loungeroom
For some reason biographies just sound better if they are written in the third person.
Denno is a producer and DJ residing in the thriving music scene in Melbourne. Currently he is working a solo album of original material. He already has a couple of releases under his belt in both the metal and hip hop scenes, the most recent being the Homebrand mixtape (Flavoured Hip Hop) which is available as a free download.
Denno's development as a musician started at a tender age of 7 when he was first handed a recorder in primary school. After striking several students with the instrument and placing the wrong end into his nose, he finally discovered the intended use of this most majestic of instruments and the results were disastrous to all within earshot.
After having his recorder privileges revoked and his anger management issues dealt with, Denno soon moved onto the keyboard. Despite demonstrating promise in his execution of chopsticks and greensleeves, he was soon to realise he was as aurally offensive on the keyboard as he was with the recorder and at 10 he was back to the drawing board.
A brief affair with the drums and a sporting career that saw him appear at and win several national titles filled the teenage years of Denno's life and his musicianship suffered as a result. Until he picked up and started playing guitar at age 17.
A few bands of varying genres followed; ranging from acoustic comedy acts where he dressed as a Mexican and sung about tacos... to death metal acts singing about unintelligibility. A number of years later and numerous live performances under his belt, Denno's interest was starting to fade and he was looking for a new calling in music. After failing with a banjo and swallowing a harmonica, he decided either a kazoo or turntables were the answer. Not ready for the drug abuse and alcohol fueled orgies that plague so many in the professional kazoo circuit, Denno opted for the tea tottling lifestyle of a hip hop DJ.
And this brings us to the present time, where Denno is DJing for two hip hop acts, doing solo performances and working on his first two hip hop releases. 2007 is going to be a big year for Denno's solo career, Homebrand and Bukkcity. With all 3 riding on the success of 07 releases there should be many opportunities to see him perform live.
okay.. third person is starting to get annoying..
I have worked with artists from around the country and the globe and am keen to keep networking. If anyone needs scratches on a track, production, beats, mixtapes presented or whatever, just hit me up. I am also available for events, parties, weddings, you name it and I'll play it to whatever musical tastes are requested.
During my spare time I enjoy the following activities
- baking scones, cross stitch, lawn bowls, browsing the haberdashery section of Myers, curling, floral art, calculus and morris dancing. For those unfamiliar with Morris Dancing, its origings have been lost in history, but prevalent opinion is that Morris is based in pre-Christian fertility or luck bringing ceremonies. Over time, these 'pagan' dances were assimilated by the church (first the Catholic, then the Protestant) and by the1500s Morris was being performed for Easter, May Day and other parish feasts to help rise funds for the local church. Other opinions are that it is an excuse to dress like a ponce and prance around like a fairy.
here is a photo of me doing the morris dance.
the braces assist in preventing my pantaloons from falling. Everything else is purely decorative.
thanks for visiting.
get me on MSN at - denno78@hotmail.com
Right Heavy and Recorded Live (2005) - Track Listing
1. My Penis
2. You Son of A Bitch
3. C’mon Margaret
4. Fucken’ Nits
5. What’s Wrong With You Manifesto
6. Ameldanuts
Homebrand Presents: Flavoured Hip Hop (2007) - Track Listing
01 - Intro (Produced by Drake)
02 - Whatever It Takes ft. Hykoo (Fight Music Freestyle)
03 - Nix Nax (High Road Freestyle)
04 - On & On ft. Anecdote (On & On Freestyle)
05 - We Told Ya (Feel Good Inc. Freestyle)
06 - Option A ft. Hyjak N Torcha, Asesino
07 - You Got Nothing ft. Realistikk & The Mean (The Platform Freestyle)
08 - Deebee ft. Losty (Mo'Money, Mo'Problems Freestyle)
09 - Mr. Big Stuff
10 - Move To The Side ft. Bukkcity (Storch Freestyle)
11 - Electrified (Interlude) (Produced by DJ Denno and broadkast)
12 - Yeah ft. Infallible (Okay Okay Freestyle)
13 - Here We Go (X Freestyle)
14 - Painstaking ft. Awbs & Klaim (Westside Story Freestyle)
15 - Bring The Noise ft. Vex (Stunt 101 Freestyle)
16 - Quick Pick Me Up ft. SZR (Remix) (Produced by Bukkcity)
17 - The Last Brand ft. Last Credit (Produced by Drake)
18 - Get Your Drink On (Produced by Drake)
19 - Last Chance (Produced by Awbs)
20 - Pass The Parcel ft. SZR, Awbs, Phatchance, Fluid, GMC, Vex, Breeze & DJ Illa (Produced by Drake)
OR DIRECT LINK: hiphopsphere.com/bukk.zip (Right Click, Save As)
BUKKCITY 1st and 15th Mixtape (2007) - TRACK LISTING
01 - Intro
02 - B.U.K.K.C.I.T.Y
03 - Aint Karma a Bitch
04 - My Focus
05 - Track Shogun (Doey Rock beat)
06 - Come Home with Me Ft. Weapon X
07 - Carbon Copies
08 - Gentlemen Ft 50 Cent
09 - Monchichi (oh boy)
10 - Why Ft Leesah Jaye (Produced by Avex of TwoRookies)
11 - Check You ( Produced by Avex of TwoRookies)
12 - Bringin the Game
13 - Mixtape Recipie Ft Fluidity
14 - It Aint personal
15 - Crusin
16 - Surreal (Surburban Intellect) shameless skit
17 - Runnin This (Produced by Ace Wonder from Unda K9)
18 - M.E.L City Ft Luke Vexx
19 - Real World Ft Doey Rock
20 - I Cant Stay part 2 (Produced by Avex of TwoRookies)
21 - Get Close to God
22 - Real Talk Ft. SZR
23 - Who Yall?
24 - Beautiful Ft Pete Murray
25 - Outro
26 - hidden Dj Denno cut
Da Vinyl Intervention (Coming Soon) - Track Listing
1. Intro track
2. Electrified
3. Ambient Articulation
4. Everything in Between
5. Getovaere
6. Baby Seals
7. Bad Drugs
8. Take a Bow
9. Skit
10. The Final Intervention
11. We Don’t Get No Shit Like This Back Home
12. The Four Corners
13. I have a dream
14. Lonesome valley
15. Polarity
Kid Mac is in the building! Check out my solo show this Saturday at 31 Flavours, Star Bar. Get at me to get on the TMV guestlist coz you know its gonna be packed, no homo.
Peace my dude...it's ya boi Mike Justice fam. I'm hoping you can make it to my mixtape launch. I'm perfroming with a 5 piece band so u know it's gonna be live. We also got the incomprable Bukkcity as well as the Jamican Dance Hall sounds of RuCL live on stage. U know We had to had flip the Multi-Cultural Australia thing.. We International Ballers baby. Haha. So bring ya passport, snap even bring a V-Line ticket and get a free drink! 1.
Greetings friends! Lightspeed returns July 19th at FFOUR. Limited number of free-entry passes available; message us back! First-in-first-served. Visit the LIGHTSPEED MYSPACE PAGE for sights & sounds!
Hi Denno, We are having another massive night this saturday (5/7)..... Resident DJ's Lickweed, Zanda and Carmi spinning Funk and Hip Hop tunes to Electro and Breakbeat beats! Free Entry, Cheap drinks and great tunes all night long..... Team Attack VJ's on the visuals! Loop Bar - 23 Meyerrs Pl. CBD - see u there!!
The final mixtape in the MixedGoods trilogy is finally complete. Packed with both local and international exclusives, MixedGoods vol.3 features 80 minutes of the finest underground hiphop from around the globe pieced together in true mixtape style. Click here to download
For those that haven't yet copped MixedGoods vol.1 and vol.2, head to myspace. com/djdphy. Peace.
TAG TEAM BATTLE & FREESTYLE COMP MON 16th JUNE AT STREET POETICS 50 JOHNSTON ST FITZROY SHOWCASE BY BLADES ITS OUR MONTHLY CALL FOR ALL MC'S 9:00 DJ WASABI 10:30 OPEN MIC 11:15 DJ WASABI 11:30 TOPIC BASED FREESTYLE BATTLE 11:45 TAG TEAM MC BATTLE 12:00 BLADEs 12:20 OPEN MIC 1:00 DJ WASABI TILL 3:00am as always we will have a CA$H PRIZE for the winner of the comps open mic hosted by mantra FREE ENTRY AND CHEEP DRINKS ALL NIGHT MORE INFO www. myspace. com/streetpoetics www. myspace. com/djwasabi POSTER DESIGN BY www. myspace. com/smvsymbiosisdesign
y0! that Mobb Deep track is dope.. I swear it's got nothing to do with the fact that it has 'deep' in the title. Just saying. You hip-hop my universe. Peaceski!
hey whattup dj denno...been awhile bruz...hows things been.. diggin the new tracks...120's a killer. yo..when u comin back to syd mate... gotta catch ya..in action
btw..just listenin to bitrok..its also a f...in killer
