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DEE DEE |
ARTIST PROFILE: DEE
DEE
If the ultimate aim
of a DJ is to draw people to the dance floor and keep them there, then Dee Dee
is the ultimate. Dee Dee’s trademark is to work to this end with such an
enduring combination of intensity, relentless precision and ascending
musicality, that in the final analysis the DJ’s studying him are as breathless
as the dancers on the dance floor.
Originally from
Perth, with time spent in Sydney and Byron Bay, northern New South Wales, and
now residing in Melbourne, Dee Dee bridges the immensity of the country with his
touring and in so doing has mesmerised the dance public of Australia with the
electrifying skill of his sets. In 1996, while playing in Adelaide, he was
approached and convinced to move to Melbourne as head resident DJ for a new
club. The deal never came to fruition, but fortunately left the path open to a
chance meeting, which led he and fellow player DJ Slack to create Australian
party icon Teriyaki Anarki Saki. With 9 years of playing every week at Teriyaki
as one of Teriyaki’s resident DJ’s - that’s over 450 parties there alone! - Dee
Dee has been able to hone his DJ skills.
Dee Dee’s sets are
“dancer-focused” and always initiate fierce action on the dance floor.
Underpinning his work is an uncommon sense of musicality. Regardless of what
style of music he plays, it never stops being damn funky music. With an innate
sense of what works on the dance floor, Dee Dee translates the technical into
something palpable, real and aurally satisfying: put simply, Dee Dee has an
intuition of pure funk.
Thanks to a record
collection, amassed over 14 years, and his desire to step outside the confines
of the techno party circuit he spearheaded for over 13 years, Dee Dee has been
delving into the more eclectic part of his collection in order to play for
almost any situation. Having a love of music as broad as his has secured him
guest spots at various venues and parties throughout Melbourne, Australia and
abroad: he’ll play electro to house to 80’s trash, rock’n’roll, techno…
anything!” But always focusing on what the house and the dancers want to hear.
Dee Dee has been
DJ’ing for over 14 years and has had the pleasure and honour of supporting
countless internationals: and there’s way too many to mention. When it comes to
playing the big parties and festivals, he’s done them all too. He’s also had the
pleasure of doing JJJ’s mix up twice.
RESIDENCIES
Dee Dee is a highly
sought-after player and has been at the helm of many club and party rosters.
Most notably, and his proudest, was his 9 year tenure at his own club Teriyaki.
Currently he is a
resident with sexy electro kings and queens FLIRT: a once a month electro and
house driven, sexy, hedonistic Saturday night party.
He is also resident
of weekly club monster VOLUME at Room nightclub in Hawthorn alongside huge
Melbourne club favourites Ivan Gough, Andy Van, Mark James and Andrew Padula.
Catering to over 1000 patrons every week, this is a truly exciting position for
him. It also allows him to delve into the more commercial, clubby portions of
his record crate. At the end of the day music is music: “If it makes you move,
if it makes you feel, I’ll play it. I’m not going to be confined by what’s cool
and what’s not.”
INTERNATIONAL
EXPOSURE
December 1998: New
Zealand
June – July 1999:
Dee Dee toured the USA at the invitation of Woody Mcbride playing at his
infamous “Wall of Bass” parties, as well as a selection of clubs and parties
across the country from Colorado to Philadelphia.
June 2000: Hong
Kong
July 2000:
Singapore
October 2003: Kuala
Lumpur, headlining with Thomas Schumacher
October 2003:
Singapore
THE LIVE THING
Dee Dee has been
playing live since 1998, creating carefree blends of funky disco to hard,
driving techno… a fun and dance floor friendly combo.
In 1999 Dee Dee
teamed up with long-time friend Adam “8bit” Fischer playing under the moniker of
Phoney M.
Dee Dee has
recently decided to put the live experience on hold due to the large amount of
time and energy it takes to put together. His main focus for the moment will be
to finish a lot of previous “live” tracks for future release and to work on new
material.
IN THE STUDIO
Dee Dee has been
producing music since early 1996. With Teriyaki having been his main focus and
love, Dee Dee’s time had been eagerly swallowed by this raging tyrant and had
left his music-making endeavours by the wayside: though leaving him just enough
to put together a few releases and remixes.
Citing influences
as diverse as Kate Bush to Afrika Bambaataa, from Blondie to Soundgarden,
Underworld and Dave Clark, his music is as equally diverse. Having such diverse
influence has seen him making ambient breakbeat to hard techno: giving special
attention to the clean production of each track.
Dee Dee has been
concentrating on creating and releasing more of his home-grown music: the target
of this music will be firmly pointed at the dance floor for the time being:
“…make each track rock! Make it fun, make it exciting and give it all it
deserves”.
RELEASES TO DATE:
ORIGINAL
1998 “Give me funky
disco… Yeah”. (Late Saki mix) Organarchy Records
1999 “Give me funky
disco… Yeah”. (Late Saki mix) Start Productions
1999 “Explore” For
the “50 Turntables” art exhibition.
2000 “Sunday” Bug
Records. Also included on German extreme riding DVD.
RELEASES TO DATE:
REMIXES
1998 “Dammerung” by
Frontside (Dee Dee’s 99389 Mix) Abducted Records
1998 “LBP” by
Frontside (Gretski Mix) Abducted Records
1999 “Nobody’s Home”
by Little Nobody (Houston Mix) If? Records
1999 “Shazzam” by
Spiderbait. Unreleased.
2003 “Party Favors”
by Bionikworld (Dee Dee’s Flukey Mix)
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