Balance, babies.  Recorded at the launch of new collective Polyplay and to celebrate the birthdays of 4 special Libras.  Featuring some beautiful words by my dear friend Bernardo.

Balance, babies // October 2021

To celebrate the forthcoming launch of my "Instant Party" CD I dug out this classic mIx as a taster. This is Part 1 of a Mix I recorded for DMC back in 2003 enjoy !

These Are The Breaks Part 1 Hip Hop Mix

Summertime Sunset beats

My friends birthday backyard garden party during sunset... with a kiddie pool. Was happy to be asked to turn up the volume... when does that ever happen.. hahaha..

Got Me Burning Up with Ya

Taking a quick break from house, bass & electronic mixes to allow room for this nice blend of some of my favourite indie rock / alternative jams from the past few years. Enjoy!

step by step - braxe and falcon
am radio - lumineers
morning in the aves - backseat lovers
furthermore - racoma
hippies - flipturn
phenomenon - mt.joy
watch your mouth - backseat lovers
hangin around - briston maroney
hotel in memphis - half moon run
the other way - michigander
deep sea diver - briston maroney
up granville - peach pit
fever pitch - rks
fool's gold - briston maroney
exhale-inhale - matt holubowski
coffins - duncan fellowes
orange blood - mt.joy
when it lands - rks

Good Company Vol.4

The Virtues Of Loss is the result of profound revelations, which came along a self-healing journey into the dark.  Bringing this down unders mix to life became a creative guide that helped us find a spark of light to navigate the path in trust once again. And so, we felt inspired to translate all the wisdom we learned into 5 hours of musical landscapes to spread that brightness to all those wounded hearts ready to embrace healing.   

We are ALL letting go of someone, something, or somewhere … most of the time, even letting go of an identity within ourselves. 

Let’s inspire each other by sharing our gifts as we navigate high tides. Raising the sail is not a one man’s job; we are in this together.  

Hoping you help us spread the spark.   Leave a little comment where it resonates. 

Much love.  

Zohar & Unders
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After witnessing the community’s overwhelming positive response to our latest down unders sets, we were inspired to create live journeys where the senses can be immersed into a poetic orchestra that soothes the nervous system while opening inner doors towards discovery and self-transformation. Lookout for underneath coming your way. 



An abundance of gratitude to Zohar, Pati, Sawyer, Jonnie, Gary, Liz, Mathilde, Tati, Ricardo, Margot, Lars, Burgs, Mooji, and many of my dear friends & extended family for being such a supportive inspiration through this profound journey these past 2 months. Big thanks to all the talented musicians and producers throughout this compilation, and a special thanks to Vinny for his artistic visions on this one.

underneath | the virtues of loss |

NTy @ SynCity - Thursday Night - Underland 2024

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I had the absolute pleasure to play on a brand new and incredible sound camp at this years Underland called ‘The Abyss’. A stage which connected some incredibly techincal and talented lighting and audio geniuses together to bring an amazing space to the paddock this year.

This is my set from 12PM Saturday night - a perfect example of when everything goes right, the sound was on point, the atmosphere was electric and the crowd of beautiful burners kept the energy turned up to the highest. Giant gusts of wind blew into the tent to bring an epic feel to each build and the drops were followed by hoots and howls with everyone stomping their feet in unison. It was an absolute pleasure!

This set spans 62 tracks - months of playlisting and a few last minute editions. It also features a little bit of MIDI based scratching (which is an experiment I’ve been working on). I had a lot of fun revisiting some tracks I loved in the past and giving them a new perspective in this mix.

Its VERY high energy, with no limits - it's 100% full on, peak power, driving and heavy DF at maximum volume. Unbuckle your seatbelts and get ready to groove!

Enjoy!

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Drop Frame - Underland 2024 (The Abyss)

I'd never played in the dome before but have heard so much great music there and it holds a unique place in Australian Burning Man culture....so I was pretty nervous especially leading up to midnight on burn night! It was great to play with Chaux and Emma who I spent so much time building the Wonky Queenslander community with. Thanks to Chaux and Ali for the opportunity and Finn, Nick and Benji for turning off Coco so that everyone walked in just at the right time. It was special to see so many faces I love smiling and dancing. There's some favourite tracks from previous Wonky parties in Meanjin/Brisbane, some stuff I've gleaned from Syncity sets in the past and some great new stuff.

TRACKLIST
Thick of the Honey - Fazerdaze
Mona Ki Ngi Xica (Everything Counts Remix) - Bonga
Pink Panther (Original Mix) - Solee
Wine & Chocolates (andhim remix) - Theophilus London
Make A Living (Original Mix) - Mat.Joe
Slow Falling feat. Jonny Cruz (Original) - Silky, Jonny Cruz
Zalime - White Tiger
Humble Hearts (Finnebassen Remix) - Bambook
Sun My Sweet Sun (Konstantin Sibold Afro Tech Mix) - Red Axes
Innocence (Original Mix) - Mose
Freeway (Original Mix) - David Kassi
Ginkhoe (Original Mix) - Nico Stojan
Upsi Bubsi (Original Mix) - Catz n Dogz
Factory 7 - Max Chapman & Kieran Andrews
Sian (David Mayer Remix) - Ulises
Easy To Please feat. D'aria (Yet More Remix) - Latteo, Yet More, D'aria

Wonky Queenslander

Wonky Queenslander Burn Night @The Dome Underland 2024

Following an uproarious Cocolympics in the paddock, Coco Poco Loco's party continued in to the evening with the Effigy burning and wind ravaging. After the burn and some on-point sets, as cocktails flowed from the Coco bar, this was the closing set from around 9-10:30pm. Vibes were high. Legends were in abundance. Joy and dancing reigned. <3

Effigy photo by David Chiodo.

Underland 2024 - Coco Poco Loco - Burn Night

I had the absolute honour to close our legendary dome on Sunday night, last night of Underland our Vic Burn. 

The dome was heaving, so many familiar faces on the dance floor and on the bar. It was a dream set having the pleasure to close our space at the end of an amazing week in Paradise. 

A lot of the tracks I ended up playing were direct response to the dome's vibe that night, I had a different plan for this closing set but the crowd and the dome dictated the vibe and energy at the end. 

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 

Dome is home.

SynCity Dome - Sunday Closing Set - Underland 2024

I'm dedicating this set to the city of Melbourne in sincere gratitude for the opportunities she's giving me. Since I hit the ground here three months ago everything has been going amazingly well. This place and I, we resonate; I feel that we have good things to offer each other... quite a change from a year ago, when I was really struggling.

A consequence of this positive attitude right now is that I've been listening to a lot of more positive, uplifting tunes that can reflect my Self back to me. Thing is, most electronica is written in minor keys, and a lot of breakbeat is of the deliciously dark, heavy, and often brooding variety. While I genuinely like that stuff, it's actually quite hard to find moving and energetic progressive breaks that make me feel lifted.

Still, there are definitely a lot of good breaks tracks out there which are very uplifting, encouraging and outrospective. I've done my best with this set to bring this positive breed of progressive breaks together in a way that lifts you and sends you flying out into the world with a forward-looking smile on your face.

Think about it: You are on a 7 billion year old rock floating through space at 30,000 metres per second. The atoms that make up your body were born within stars, of which there are 200 billion in our average-sized galaxy. You are the result of four billion years of selective evolution, and you have the capacity to feel, to think, to learn and evolve.

You are wired for experience and social interaction. That experience and interaction includes music and dance... Your evolution through the universe has brought you into being, here and now, and this is a part of your experience.

Are you paying attention?

Good. Now, press play. ;-)

With love, always,
~O~ 
Helios:Maddock

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TRACKLIST:
00:00 "Invisible Universe" (http://soundcloud.com/alfoa Remix) by http://soundcloud.com/gregory_esayan [http://soundcloud.com/morphosisrecords]
Buy this track here: http://j.mp/JtZyP0

07:21 "Eta Carinae (http://soundcloud.com/aeronaether Remix) by http://soundcloud.com/elfsong [http://soundcloud.com/solaris-records]
Buy this track here: http://j.mp/Ju2sUa

12:22 "Sky In Your Hands" (http://soundcloud.com/dynamicillusion Vocal Breaks Mix) by http://soundcloud.com/abdomen-burst [http://soundcloud.com/rune-recordings]
Buy this track here: http://j.mp/Ju6LyF

17:53 "Sakkura" (http://soundcloud.com/llupa's In Bloom Remix) by http://soundcloud.com/abdomen-burst [http://soundcloud.com/rune-recordings]
Buy this track here: http://j.mp/Ju6PhT

21:49 "Painted Skies" (http://soundcloud.com/arthur-deep Remix) by Seba [not on label]
Download for free here: http://j.mp/Ju0Lpy

27:10 "Feel Alive" feat. Naan (D-Lerium & Faze Breaks Mix) by the Benassi Bros. [not on label]
(Can't even remember how I found this diamond of a track. Anyone out there know where it's available?)

31:00 "Clouds" feat. Shebuzz (http://soundcloud.com/alfoa Cloudless Remix) by http://soundcloud.com/imp1812 [http://soundcloud.com/rune-recordings]
Buy this track here: http://j.mp/Ju1wiv

36:43 "Peyote" (Deep Shepherd Remix) by http://soundcloud.com/alfoa [http://soundcloud.com/ssr7]
Buy this track here: http://j.mp/Ju1JSH

45:00 "Changes" (http://soundcloud.com/malevichmusic Remix) by http://soundcloud.com/abdomen-burst [http://soundcloud.com/silkmusic]
Buy this track here: http://j.mp/Ju1OG7

50:34 "It Feels Good" by http://soundcloud.com/monojoke [Particles]
Buy this track here: http://j.mp/Ju29Zl

55:21 "Syneidesis" by http://soundcloud.com/trukers [not on label]
Visit Trukers at Beatport here: http://j.mp/KT0377

56:17 "The Spirit and the Harmony" feat. Aida Fenhel (Vocal Mix) by http://soundcloud.com/schodt [Particles]
Buy this track here: http://j.mp/Ju2aws
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'Onward & Upward' Progressive Breaks DJ Set (for Melbourne)

Breakbeat:
From melodic & progressive, to nu-skool & aggressive, with smatterings of electro & house grooves to tickle your neurons.

Bedroom DJ. I wouldn't ask anyone to pay money to listen to me, I make too many mistakes. ;-)