Business Affairs / General Management 
Jayson Bishop for Ar3k Artist
jb(at)ar3k.com

DJ, Producer, Remixer and more importantly Music Lover and aficionado - presenting: Tate Strauss

Whilst Tate Strauss takes his music seriously, he takes his love of house music to another level. With this comes a profound respect for the dance floor and its inhabitants, whom he regards as his people, taking them on a sonic voyage hit record after hit record.  Having commenced his first residency back in 1998, this love has become his passion further solidifying his stature in the Australian dance music scene with many regular gigs at nightclubs, events and festivals nationwide.

Behind the decks Tate Strauss is a master on the decks, his weapon of choice. Delivering moments of “Hands in the Air Full Throttle Big Room House” goodness, his ability to appease the perfectionist purveyors whilst scintillating the masses in one fell swoop, is guaranteed to get any and every dance floor pumping. This musically and methodically oriented approach is to set structure and programming, combined with his deft skills and his huge arsenal of personal bootlegs and remixes pushes the crowd to the limit and sets him aside from the rank and file of mediocrity.

With his origins in the underground music scene, way before dance became the phenomenon it is now, Tate’s knowledge of obscure releases from way back just adds another element to his vast music knowledge and experience behind the decks. Added to this experience are stints at Richmond Recording studios, Get Down and Thump Records, working for Chevron nightclub as in-house sound and lighting tech, running the largest underage parties at Metro nightclub along with being one of the driving forces behind the underground dance party and rave scene. This led to 5 night a week DJ gigs where his craft was further honed and perfected. 

He has recently DJ’ed with other like-minded music aficionados, names such as Sidney Samson, Ian Carey, Static Revenger, Tommy Trash, Hook N Sling, Danzel Park, Sgt Slick, John Course, Tonite Only, Stafford Brothers, Mind Electric, Bass Kleph, Vandalism and TV Rock to namedrop but a few. 2010/2011 saw Tate pack out clubs in Shanghai and Hong Kong for corporate clients such as Bulgari.

His production skills have enabled a cohesive collaboration with Mobin Master (who himself has had amazing international chart and touring success), enabling the public to tap into the trendsetting and original Safari Music sound (original "Floor Fillers" and "Pumping Hands in the Air Remixes"). In addition to doing production for Safari, Tate uses his business skills in handling all the PR and management of the artists on the Safari Music roster.

Tate’s monthly “Made in Melbourne” iTunes podcast has over 3000 subscribers, to go with a progressive amount of social media reach and engagement amongst his fans with over 13,000 Facebook fans, over 150k listens on Soundcloud. 

Recent releases include top 10 ARIA Club Charts hits.

Mobin Master & Royaal - Wherever (Tate Strauss Remix)
Dirty Rotten Disco - Jack to the Sound (Mobin Master and Tate Strauss Remix)
Dirty Rotten Disco - Dreams (Mobin Master and Tate Strauss Remix)
Alice DJ - Better Off Alone (Mobin Master and Tate Strauss Remix)
Bombs Away - Supersoaker (Mobin Master and Tate Strauss Remix)
Blackdogs and Mobin Master - Free (Tate Strauss Remix)
Mobin Master, Willie Morales, Tate Strauss and Tony Puccio - Get Funked
Mobin Master - In My House (Tate Strauss Remix)
Jus Jack feat Blackdogs - Cant Wait (Mobin Master and Tate Strauss Remix)
Nari and Milani and Christian Marchini - Take Me to The Stars
(Mobin Master and Tate Strauss Remix)
Lowkiss - Monster (Tate Strauss Remix)
Da Hool - Meet Her At The Love Parade (Mobin Master and Tate Strauss Remix)
Mobin Master - Get Lucky (Tate Strauss Remix)


Touch Tone is a digital label releasing deep, soulful Drum & Bass music. Launched in early 2009 to an appreciative response from listeners and artists alike, Touch Tone has been one of the labels instrumental in pioneering deeper, melodic drum & bass via the digital download medium. Appreciating this area of Drum & Bass as a whole the label releases simply deep, musical drum & bass of all persuasions. To this end Touch Tone has released 54 tracks to date, from artists based all over the world.

Tracks can be purchased from our main distributors.
If you are an artist with tracks to put forward for consideration please email info@touchtonednb.co.uk

Send us your demos for Friends & Family Records! fandfdemos@gmail.com

D'Capra has been a lover of DnB since the dawn of its creation in the early 90's, inspired by tracks such as Bodysnatch - The Strength and Noise Factory - Can You Feel The Rush in 1992, the progression through 1993 breakbeat to melodic Drum & Bass in 1994 was natural. Further inspiration came from deep tracks including PFM - Wash Over Me and Peshay - Vocal Tune. DJ  & vocalist for 12 years, promoter, digital label manager, internet radio station owner & more recently producer, the musical taste of D'Capra spans many styles & genres, the diversity of which is reflected in her track selection when mixing. Over the last few years D'Capra has started projects to promote the music in various ways.

2008 saw D'Capra start with production, her software of choice being Cubase.  As an original twist many of D'Capras tracks feature her distinctive voice.

In 2009 D'Capra created Touch Tone, a digital label focusing on the deeper side of Drum &amp; Bass. The label has 30 releases to date from artists based all over the world. At a similar time D'Capra created Sensory Sound System, an internet radio station streaming 24/7 Liquid Drum & Bass.

In 2010 D'Capra created Dig Deep, an event co-promoted by DJ/Producer Mark Halflite. This liquid drum & bass event based in central London UK features new talent & established artists gracing the decks with a focus on deep, soulful dnb music.

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panda @ MBR

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