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DJ KATE MONROE THE FIRST LADY OF HOUSE

She’s been dubbed the First Lady of House. She is one of one of Australia’s preeminent house DJs, ruling dance floors here and overseas for more than a decade. She is known for her unique style and knack for drawing a crowd no matter where she is playing. Not because she’s a female DJ or another blonde chick DJ – but because she’s a shit hot DJ. She is Kate Monroe, and she rocks the house with her sassy, sultry, spanking, driving house beats.

Recently being signed as an endorsed artist for Native Instruments digital controller the Traktor S4 Kate’s amazing musical knowledge and smooth mixing skills are about to take a huge leap. 
Trakor S4 will be the keystone in unleashing and defining the diversity of her sound, be that under the Opera House for New Years Eve. In Australia’s best bars and festivals or late at night at a steamed-up club playing to cutting-edge dance music lovers – loving all of it and retaining her signature style. 

HISTORY/PEDIGREE
“I love my music and I love people – the strangers on the dance floors I play on around the world. Communication is an intrinsic part of what I do.”
Kate has played with every major club in Australia: Home, Ivy, Tank, Soho, Cargo, Family, Platinum...you name it, gathering a devoted fan base on the way. Her residency atthe iconic Sublime (Home Nightclub) helped earn the club ‘Best Club in Australia’ at the National Dance Music Awards for four years running. 

This Mardi-Gras Season in Sydney 2011 Kate was booked for an unprecedented number of gigs in the festival. Harbour Party with 100% Daywash at Lady Macquaries Chair, Tongue Twister at Arthouse, The Mardi Gras Party warming up for Frankie Knuckles, and Toybox at Luna Park.
Kate Monroe’s name has been synonymous with big parties Mardi Gras, Sleaze Ball, Ministry Of sound, Harbour Party, and Field Day - not to mention offshore gigs in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Kuala Lumpur and the USA Her most recent overseas stint was a tour of the USA including a set at the legendary Winter Party in Miami.

Kate is as much a natural in front of a microphone as she is behind the decks, with stints as a guest presenter on Triple J, Channel V, The Joint and Alchemy on SBS. In 2010 she was the parade DJ for Foxtel’s Mardi Gras broadcast along with Kitty Glitter. Kate’s sound has been featured on multiple compilations for SONY, Shock and a suite of independent labels. 

Kate’s personality and professionalism ensure that she is entrusted with some of the biggest celebrations in Australian history, including the Sydney Olympics Closing Ceremony in front of 60,000 people. She’s been handed the reins of the Lord Mayor’s New Year’s Eve Party for four years running. Kate was behind the decks at Astral Bar for the launch of Seal’s Soul album. She’s filled floors at some of the country’s coolest corporate gigs, including the Cartier “Love” Campaign, , the opening of the first MAC store in Sydney, product launches for Estee Lauder and L’Oreal, Harley Davidson, and Christmas parties for Saatchi and Saatchi. Always behind a good cause, Kate has performed pro bono at gigs like the Camp Quality Supper Club in conjunction with Chandon in Melbourne and Sydney

She has also been a contributor to the ARIA Dance Chart for nearly 10 years. Helping inform the ears of the Australian Public to the newest sounds from around the globe.

Bookings:  Rod Lay
rod@londonmgtgroup.com
LondonSPIN
Artist Management and Agency
+61 0449544042



DJ maven/ Producer/ Music Director/ Hysterical Woman. UKRAINIAN-AUSTRALIAN 🇺🇦 
Hey music lovers & loyal listeners, like many others in the self-employed artist/music artist community, my have lost a great deal of work during the Covid pandemic. I have shared my work here for many years so please continue to enjoy dozens of my free to stream podcasts & remixes. If anyone out there can afford to send a tip after listening, I would be most grateful. 

About me:
Born in the Soviet Union, on the run, Sound Of Music style through Europe & eventually landing in her new home Australia, this Sydney DJ and producer is considered spinning royalty in her adopted country. Pioneering many club nights, she has worked every veritable corner of the scene — both above ground and below — to master a sound that is quintessentially Sveta.

The company this unique talent keeps is testament to her work and has seen her play along side the likes of Derrick Carter, The Presets, Frankie Knuckles, Honey Dijon, Andy Butler, Kim Ann Foxman, Kylie Minogue, Seth Troxler, Miss Kittin, Big Freedia, Scissor Sisters, Boy George, David Morales, Deep Dish, John Digweed, Victor Calderone & K-Hand to name a few. Regularly on demand, Sveta continues to work the stage with both legendary and emerging DJs who share her passion for breaking new ground.

On tour Sveta has supported artists including Peaches, Amanda Palmer, The Julie Ruin, Tommy Lee (Motley Crue), spun the beats for Shunda K (Yo Majesty!) and collaborated with Emmy Award winning pianist & composer, Lance Horne on a live piano/house set at the Sydney Opera House & BAM Brooklyn. She’s also regularly curated as a DJ/ collaborator at arts events for the Museum Of Contemporary Art, Carriageworks, Vivid Live, Opera Australia, Sydney Theatre Company & the Sydney Opera House.

She pioneered dance music on community radio from 1990, taking it out of specialist night time programming & putting it on her breakfast show on 2SER-FM, a show she continued to host for 12 years, also hosting shows on FBI, Triple J & 2DAY-FM.

As a Music Director, this multi-faceted talent has carved out an additional niche by framing some of the country’s largest fashion events, including a decade of runway soundtracks at MBFWA as well as being their resident DJ. Runway soundtracks include Chanel, VOGUE, Collette Dinnigan (Paris Fashion Week), Zimmermann, Bec & Bridge, CAMEO, AJE, Steven Khalil (Paris Couture FW), as well as her 15yr collaboration as Music Director for top Australian haute couture designer Alex Perry. 

Sveta has also made her mark abroad in cities around the world, especially NYC, where she has toured extensively for 10 years & regularly plays in venues like Le Bain at The Standard Hotel & for the cities most underground and celebrated promoters and Club Kids (11:11/ LadyFag/ Susanne Bartsch/ Daniel Nardicio/ Vogue Balls)
 
Sveta is part of LAPLUSTRE - a performance & production collab with rock/electronic musician & DJ Estée Louder. They have remixed music for Qantas Airways, ACON, Betty Who & Indigenous superstar Jessica Mauboy & composed musical scores for RUSSH online, Oroton, Alex Perry, Indigenous Dance show NGOENAKAP & trailer music for Queer Screen. Laplustre produces original music primarily in the technosphere.

DJ Sveta is a truly multi-genre DJ. She intuitively reads her audience and plays accordingly, drawing from her enormous library of classic, current & emerging sounds, weaving her way seamlessly through the tracks. She crosses between disco, house, vogue beats to tribal, tech, techno and beyond. A 10,000+ vinyl collection spanning over 2 decades teamed with her passion for discovering new styles yields a unique freshness to Sveta’s sound. Her lifelong obsession with dance music gives her the unique ability to contextualise the music within her sets. Her flawless mixing skills assist her in taking the listener on a heartfelt journey, from a purist House or Techno set to a multi-genre party experience.

Bookings :

Rodney Lay rod@globalspin.co

DJ Alex Taylor has been at the forefront of Australia’s dance music industry for 25 years. With a passion for quality house music, that is soulful, deep and funky to tribal and progressive. He has forged a name for himself that sees him playing regularly across the country and around the world.

With residencies and guest sets at some of Australia’s biggest clubs such as Arq, The Ivy, Trademark, Tank, Home and Hugos Lounge, The Midnight Shift and The Beresford, to playing to tens of thousands at events and parties across the globe. Alex’s CV reads like the Who’s Who of Australian dance party history. Headlining events such as the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, Fuzzy Parklife, Fierce Angel, Red Raw, Sleaze Ball, Mobile Home, Home Bake, The Harbour Party, Homesexual, Daywash, Love Muscle, Frisky, Ministry Of Sound, Musica Festival and most recently DJing for Spain’s hot party brands, Matinee, La Leche and Supermartxe.

From parties at remote places like Uluru, beach bars in Bali to being invited to DJ at a private party for Madonna during her “Girlie Show” tour of Australia, playing at the pre-gig U2 cocktail parties in Sydney, and most recently supporting the legendary Grace Jones on her ‘Hurricane’ tour of Australia. Alex Taylor has built a huge reputation. 

Internationally, Alex has headlined at clubs & parties in Auckland, Singapore, KL, London, Brighton, Cologne, L.A. San Francisco, Shanghai, Taipei, Seoul, Macau, Manila, Bali, & Bangkok and annually spends the summer season on the island-clubbing destination of Ibiza, DJ’ing for “We Love Space Sundays” at the world-renowned super-club Space, playing alongside the world’s top name DJ’s.

As far as awards go, Taylor has earned many. He was named best DJ at the Sydney DIVA awards so many times (five) that he eventually pleaded for people to vote for someone else. Also appearing in the inaugural Nationwide Inthemix Top 50 Australian DJ’s several times #19, #18, #27, #35.

He has supported and headlined with almost every major DJ; names such as, Miguel Migs, Armand Van Helden, Roger Sanchez, Satoshie Tomiie, The Freemasons, Mark Doyle, Sasha, John Digweed, Jon Sa Trinxa, Sandy Rivera, Paul Oakenfold, Frankie Knuckles, Tom Novy, DJ Sneak, Smokin’ Jo, Ben Watt, Laurent Garnier, Kaskade, Masters At Work, Chris Lake, Groove Armada, Miss Kitten, Hernan Cattaneo, Seamus Haji, Victor Calderone 2Many DJs, Funkagenda and many more. 

With over ten commercially released mix CDs to his name, for labels such as PACHA, Ministry Of Sound, Sony, Vinyl Pusher + more, Alex also spends time in the studio under the moniker Taylor Square, and has remixed artists such as Australia’s dance diva Zoe Badwi, soul legend Jocelyn Brown, the chart smashing Inaya Day, deep house darlings Crazy P, chill-out master Hi Fi Mike, Australian Idol’s Cosima De Vito and trance duo Blank & Jones. All of which have charted in the ARIA, (Australian Recording Industry Association) club chart top 20.

Taylor Square’s debut single “Something In The Air” ft Katarina signed to Sorry Shoes Records with 2011 Remixes by Nacho Chapado, Hifi Sean and Luke R having chart success and available now.
http://tinyurl.com/3lpv2oz
 
Their second single “Island Life” signed to Neon Records is out now on Beatport http://www.beatport.com/s/r1lpTf and iTunes http://tinyurl.com/4av5e9v
 
Alex also plays at many corporate events for brands such as Coca Cola, XYZ Networks, Pacific Magazines and lends his talents to charity events such as Table For Ten, ensuring he gets to give something in return for the absolute pleasure he receives from entertaining with his music.

Alex Taylor’s most recent mixed CD: PACHA 2010 featuring tracks by Roger Sanchez, EDX, TV Rock, Bob Sinclar and more is available online and instores now.

http://www.alextaylor.com.au
www.twitter.com/DJAlexTaylor
www.facebook.com/djalextaylor
http://djalextaylor.podomatic.com
http://soundcloud.com/alex-taylor

Dj & Producer  
Label manager Of Gozzu Music

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