Animal Ventura is the brainchild of Brazilian born, Byron Bay-based singer-songwriter Fernando Aragones.
 
As a boy, Fernando followed the steps of his father in “Rodas de Samba” (samba circles) in Brazil, then played punk rock and reggae in noisy garage bands. As he matured, so too did his sound. These days he’s known for his rich tone and timeless vocals, served with a tasty side of new-wave live looping and strong songwriting skills.
 
A fusion of the funky rhythms of his native South America and the coastal-indie-folk of Australian shores, Animal Ventura transports listeners around the globe. It’s this contemporary spin on world music that’s earned him airtime on Triple J, as well as supporting big name line-ups like the Presets, Art v Science and The Beautiful Girls.

Sydney's Master House DJ Brad Spali has been spreading love via his decks for 20 years. 1st being taught by Dj Nobby at Minx he mixed records from age 18. By age 21 Brad travelled the world doing gigs at Burning Man, Nikki Beach & King Kong Club in Berlin & . Back home, Space Ibiza Festival, Greenwood, Sounds on Sundays, Paul Strange’s Music Matters, Kings Cross nightclubs, Moulin Rouge and 5 years resident DJ at multiple beach clubs/bars in Manly & Bondi- City.

His style is deep, mystical, smooth, melodic, soulful, tribal, euphoric, uplifting organic & shamanic house music with elements of disco and remixed classics. Mixing music is a way DJ Spali expresses his emotions and spirituality. He creates his sets to take you on a journey, whilst touching the soul with his carefully selected anthems. Sending love and magic through positive vibrations, his style is one of a kind acting as a Dj portal for enlightening music to come through. From bar gigs, to sunsets, to bush doof’s and festivals “SPALI” will bring the soul, spirit and magic in his sensitively crafted dj sets.

Listen to my music here 🖤 https://linktr.ee/itisfaye

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” - Nietzsche

Dani’s musical journey began as a kid, where as an eager classically trained pianist, she began to branch into song-writing – spending much of her school lunch breaks in the music room putting chord progressions and melodies to words. 

Despite huge passion for music, emerged from high school confused and slightly afraid to pursue her dream of being a songwriter. 
Still immersed in the music scene, she spent many years encouraging younger artists much like herself to pursue their dreams, whilst battling her own fear of failure. 
She then realised she needed to begin practising what she’d been preaching. 

Now, As Dani approaches her 30's, she is focusing on the mantra - "it’s never too late to try" and trying to always remember that if her music only touches one person, it was worth it all.

Her voice is vulnerable and her writing style unique. She aims to challenge the song-writing structure taught widely of "verse-chorus-verse", preferring to let her emotions pour out naturally and authentically in music without confines or rules. This allows her to cover multiple themes in a single piece of music.

Despite a late attempt to break into in the professional music scene, Dani was made a finalist in the 2016 Independent Artist Awards. In addition to this, her achievements include various prizes and awards in amateur song-writing and singing competitions.

Dani’s influences include Jeff Buckleu, Silverchair and in particular Vance Joy, who has inspired her to take up the ukulele in recent years – adding another distinctive dimension to her song writing and overall sound.

Dani enjoys the complete creative process of making music -  from the very start of writing a melody to illustrating the song's concept through video.

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