Discounted tickets; Damian Lazarus Boxing Day Cruise!

That's right I have discounted tickets for all the blog readers our there! This will be a cruise to remember with pioneer Damian Lazarus on board the famous glass ship aka Starship Sydney. Also on the bill are Emerson Todd, Little Fritter, Acid Mondays and Better Days all on the one boat. Techno main floor, Disco on the open deck...

Starship Sydney, Boxing Day, Sydney Harbour in the summer with some of the best music right now. Get your tickets quick!

$60 each, email the blog

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Henrik Schwarz (live), Mortor City Drum Ensemble and Reboot at Rooftop Parties

The last couple of weekends the techno and house scene of Sydney have been an absolute hive of activity. With International guests dropping in, it seems, every day there has be countless parties, encore performances and secret afterhours. Here is a selection of some of videos and photos of the artists I took, feel free to use them for personal use but you must email the blog for any commercial uses (ie posters/promo material).


Henrik Schwarz live highlights video. The future classic birthday bash was a great success with a packed civic floor keenly waiting upon Henrik. Once he started, the energy never let up with pounding re-edit, remix and original one after another in a style akin to Henrik live. Saving some of his more well known material too last, it definitely was one set that will stay in the minds of many for a while. Housey, funky, with that techno drive, it really did strike a chord with everyone in the room and theres no better proof then when the artist opts to play for an extra HOUR! Of course no one complained...

Reboot and Emerson, visiting our sunny shores after relocating to Europe, headlined the Top Notch Rooftop parties. Suuny, steamy Sydney afternoon on top of the famous Home night club next to Darling Harbour really set the scene for a afternoon well spent. Luckily this blog has the sets so stay tuned for streaming sets from the artists soon.

Motor City Drum Ensemble played an intimate gig, 2 if you count his afterhours appearance, to only a couple of hundred punters down in the Vault. Apart from some vinyl issues (apparently got locked in a hotel room!) he played a great 4 hour set that had the room heaving in and out. Granted he could only play off his CDs it was still a great set the featured some serious deepness.

Henrik Schwarz @ Future Classic 5th Birthday Bash

Click on the photos for album links and downloads

Top Notch Rooftop Party (with REBOOT & Emerson Todd)

Top Notch Rooftop party series continues with its second instalment, this time featuring ex Sydney man Emerson Todd visiting from Europa as well as one massive international who I can not name but will definitely surprise and delight many! Locals will include Robbie Lowe, Matt and Tomas, Trinity, Dave Stuart and more . As for the international I will say he is bit of the techno man-of-the-moment....

Q:For those who haven't heard of the Top Notch rooftop parties, explain a little about what inspired you to put them on and the location of the party.

The Sydney clubbing scene is very much all similar with its dark and dingy little clubs pumping out heavy tech house and techno, so we looked to create something a little different to spice up the Sydney clubbing culture. We wanted to put the focus on daytime entertainment with the main draw card being the sun. In essence we wanted to create a bit of the Ibiza daytime parties right here in Sydney. We have created a party like no one else's, having some of the best in Local and International Dj's in some of Sydney's hottest sun filled venue's.

Q:I hear there is a rather large international headlining alongside Emerson Todd, can we get the first scoop?

The International head liner with be released to the public on Monday 7th of December!

UPDATE: Reboot will be playing this Saturday for an afternoon set under the Sydney sun.

Q: Will there be more Top Notch parties in the future? And any hints as to who may be playing?

TOP NOTCH will be running once a month and will be having its residency at Home Rooftop for the foreseeable future. All monthly parties will feature massive international head liners alongside some of Australia's best local talent!

TOP NOTCH DATES UPCOMING DATES:
- 12/12/09 - Top Notch Presents Emerson Todd + Reboot
- 09/01/10
- 27/02/10
- 20/03/10

From Mid day this Sat, for more info check the facebook event and group

EMERSON TODD LIVE @ ROXANNE PARLOUR

the New pulse radio website will be up in days apparently (for those of you not in the pulse radio spam list!) and I've being told that its awesome! Pulse in my mind is THE BEST electronic music online radio on the web, right now! Here is a live recording of Sydney's own EMERSON TODD LIVE @ ROXANNE PARLOUR which will be on the new pulse radio website later on

http://homepage.mac.com/emersontodd/.Public/emerson_todd_live%40roxane_25_10_08.mp3

You heard it here first! + W/E aftermath rantings

Okay so your stealing reeling from the weekend shenanigans so let my blog cure what ales ya first by saying KINK ON SAT WAS F*KN AWESOME! Yeah I know thats all I've talked about the past few weekends, I should rename this blog Sydney loves Kink but seeming as uni is coming on hard its the only thing Ive managed to get to right now but that will soon change!

Kink ft Emerson Todd and he was off the chain! seriously played some awesome new techno a couple of the tracks Im still looking for now because they were so dam good, like everyone in just started to go crazy as soon as they came on...and it was packed as well I brought in around 15 freinds who just went nuts! unfortunately I have no videos because I was to mezmerised by the music...lol!

You heard it 'hear' first
Also my annoucement of a new section of my blog called "Your heard it 'hear' first!" Where I'll blog on unannounced parties/topics seeming as there were quite a few industry heavy weights walking around last night I got some awesome goss... so:

• Pulse radio one of the best online electronic music radios EVER! is launching a BRAND NEW website next week! Thousands of dollars spent on it apparently.

• The Cross/The Bouron will haveFUNKTION ONE SYSTEMS INSTALLED! at all Lost Baggage parties in the furture. If you dont know what Lost Baggage parties are think THE BEST themed techno parties in Australia.

• DC10 Circoloco party is coming to Sydney! seriously Im not joking early next year wait for the annoucement for more details cause thats all I got! oh!

ANNNNND as if that wasnt enough

• whispers of Ricardo Villalobos heading down under but no confirmation on that...yet....