What a weekend!

Well, it's a rainy Sunday afternoon here in Sydney but it was one action packed weekend. I received a call on Friday afternoon from my good friend Simon who manages Title Fight Records to say that he couldn't play the opening gig for Bassic at the Civic hotel that night and said that I could DJ in his place. It's been a couple of years since I had spun tunes down at the Civic and it really does have one of the best sounding systems in town - too bad it is under utilised as a club. Only having a short time to pack tunes I decided to grab some classic breaks vinyl which I hadn't played in a while:

- Jeep Beat Collective - Technics Chainsaw Massacre
- Blowfelt - Back Up (Lickle Rolla)
- Hi-Grade - Brockout
- Freestylers - Spaced Invader (Ruffneck B-Side)

yussss!!! So good to hear vinyl on a big system again. Laptop DJs take heed - the power of vinyl compells you! The highlight of the night was seeing Canada's Shamik the Human Beatbox in action. He made the room and system sound full using only his mouth. Big ups to DJ Kev for letting me play and for playing a pretty dope set himself, Shamik for his awesome beatboxing skills and signing my CD, Jansen, my boys Sam and Ev the Audiophilez and to Skool Of Thought for signing my vinyl.

Saturday saw more action for me down at favela in Kings Cross. I must admit, I'm really liking the joint - it's a cozy modern venue and has a really cool lightbulb display in the main room (think Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body video clip) or just check the favela website. As per usual I played the Courtyard room downstairs doing a lovely 3 hour set. Whoever's birthday it was that night I hope the 3 hours of party tunes was to your favour! Woohoo!

The highlight of Saturday had to be the save fbi fundraiser at Melt. fbi is one of Sydney's finest community radio stations who have a music policy of 50% Australian artists and 50% of that from Sydney. Not only does fbi look after local musicians but it also supports the local artistic community advertising local art exhibitions, film screenings with support from listeners and local businesses. After a very successful promotional Ask Richard campaign, fbi was still in the red from its target of 1 million Australian dollars to save the troubled station. I can understand Richard Branson not wanting to give his money to the station I'm sure he gets asked for money all the time but it really is up to the listeners of the station to help save it so there has been a huge supporter drive and a fair few save fbi events happening about town featuring various music acts from indie, dance and hip hop.

On Saturday Melt hosted the fbi funk raiser featuring funk heavy weights such as Invada Records' Katalyst, Knowfoowl's Huwston, oiishi's Naiki San, fbi's own Shantan Wantan Ichiban and Tyson Koh and Off The Beat's resident DJ Frenzie. I had never seen the place so full and busy so much so that we had to borrow glasses for the bar from next door hahaha... nice one Walter! It was really good to hear so much funky party music and I could tell the crowd really enjoyed it as well. Here's hoping the night gains more momentum as time goes on.

That's all from me today, I'll be back soon possibly with some gym tips on hand

Safe!