Live sets recorded on the 16th of March 2013 from the Emotion / Frantic Sydney boat cruise!

Seth Troxler is one of electronic music’s most instantly recognisable artists. He has carved out his own unique path as a cultural commentator, art curator, restaurateur and entrepreneur. Descended from a family of cowboys and Baptist preachers, Seth is part African-American, with a singular approach to viewing the world through the prism of contemporary music culture.

Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and raised in suburban Detroit, Seth learnt the art of DJing initially from his stepfather (then a college radio DJ) and later from working, at only 16, behind the counter in legendary Detroit record store ‘Melodies & Memories’. It wasn’t until Seth made the decision to explore new horizons in the mid-2000s, moving to Berlin fresh out of his teens (after debuting at Panorama Bar at just 18 years old), that his DJ career really took off.

Since the move from Detroit to Berlin, then settling in London for a number of years, and now with his time divided between Ibiza and Berlin (Round 2), Seth has established himself as one of the world biggest DJs (voted the world’s number one DJ in scene bible Resident Advisor and gracing the front cover of Mixmag three times). He’s equally at home playing to the smoke-filled dance floors of some of the world’s most discerning nightclubs, such as CircoLoco, fabric (London), Nordstern (Basel), The Lux (Lisbon) or Blitz (Munich), as he is headlining the world’s largest festivals, like Glastonbury, Movement, Roskilde or Sonar.

Right from the word go, Seth has been as passionate about food and contemporary art as he is about music, and these two interests have resonated at all points, and in parallel, to his music career. A multi-faceted modern artist: he has held residencies at talismanic music institutions, run numerous record labels, and pursued his own solo recording career (including the recent ‘Play In The Dark’ collaboration with the Martinez Brothers on Crosstown Rebels, and ‘Lumartes’ that kick started CircoLoco Recordings in Summer 2021). Furthermore Seth has found the time to launch the successful Smokey Tails’ restaurant in London, to create and host his own party during the Rio Carnival, and then to stop everything and to take the time out to climb Kilimanjaro for charity.

More recently Seth has focussed his creative energies on his ‘Lost Souls of Saturn’ www.lostsoulsofsaturn.com project, alongside Phil Moffa and further opaque participants, that sits firmly at the intersection between futuristic electronica, contemporary art and technology. In 2019 Lost Souls Of Saturn presented their audio/visual installation Transmission at the Saatchi Gallery in London, after its premiere during Art Basel in Switzerland, and collaborated with the Met in New York and the Fondation Beyeler in Basel in 2021. Lost Souls Of Saturn are currently recording their second album and conducting further experiments in augmented reality and virtual reality, which will be revealed soon.

Extremely well travelled, constantly searching and experiencing, Seth Troxler continues to follow his own unique path.

Played a few clubs in London between 1999-2003 and  a few in NZ with a residency at Monkey Feather 2003-2005. 

Now I just mess around at home once in a blue moon.

Wherever Big J performs he re-educates clubbers and destroys dance floors. With a complete spectrum of fused genres he builds an unforgettable journey of emotion and sound Big J’s reputation has given him success both on the locally and international stage as a DJ. His distinctive sound has evolved over the years through keeping his ears to the ground of the worldwide trance community

Over the years, he has played to crowds worldwide from the UK, Australia and Ibiza including the infamous ‘Gallery nights’ at both Turnills and Ministry of Sound in London. Warmin up and taking over from the likes of Lange, Roger Shah, Ronski Speek, Ferry Corsten, Thomas Datt, Liam Wilson, Photographer, 4 Strings, Richard Durand, Aaron Camz, Matt Bowdidge, Binary Finary, Mark Leanings and many more.
Big J's love in dance music started in his early teens. Previously immersed in more alternative sounds of Guns'N'Roses and Metalica, a friend introduced him to the now world famous Gatecrasher and Trance Nation compilations. The turning point System F – Out of the Blue, Armin – Communication and Blank & Jones -Cream. He was hooked.
Big J's preferred genre of choice was of course Trance. However, he wanted to develop and mature his tastes to avoid becoming a one trick pony and explored the world of House music. Concentrating on Deep and Soulful House. This of course helped develop his sets and cater to a very different crowd. This is why he loves to take the crowd on an emotional journey by building up his sets, taking them right to the edge.

Moving back to his main love (Trance) in the highly competitive arena, Big J creates seamless sets to educate and entertain the dance floor fusing together the melodic harmony, and techy side of Trance, with a touch of progressive to set the scene and of course "Big J's blast from the past" tune.
Catch Big J in the minx in Sydney at Digital Therapy, Voodoo and streaming live at BeatzFM. 


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