Six years in the making, FALL FROM THE LIGHT, the highly anticipated album from hip hop icons HILLTOP HOODS, has arrived.

Featuring singles ‘The Gift ft. Marlon’, ‘Don’t Happy, Be Worry’, ‘Laced Up’ and ‘Never Coming Home ft. SIX60’, the 12-track offering takes listeners on a journey that feels as ambitious and triumphant for the fans, as it has been for Suffa, Pressure and Debris themselves.

Blending fun, vulnerability and vignettes that highlight their masterful cadence and technical flow, the ninth record from Hilltop Hoods wastes no time in getting to work upon arrival. Produced by One Above with additional production by Sesta and Suffa, Fall From The Light was recorded in Adelaide, Darwin, Melbourne, and New Zealand and features a range of special guests.

Hilltop Hoods will return to arenas across Australia on their Never Coming Home Tour in Feb/Mar 2026 along with dates in the UK & Europe for Aug/Sep 2025.

Their unparalleled career speaks for itself - over 89 Platinum accreditations, 1.1 million album sales and over 1.8 billion global streams, six #1 albums, the most entries into triple j’s Hottest 100 for an Australian Artist, ten ARIA award wins, and multiple sold-out Arena tours solidifying Hilltop Hoods as one of the Australia’s most successful names in music, period. The music they make is done with the intent to connect and last with fans, regardless of age, background, or creed; time and time again, their formula pays dividends and then some.

Blaze’s passion for uplifting, melodic and energetic music is unparalleled, especially for his current favoured sounds of Trance, Psy, Tech Trance & Hard Trance.  Whether it’s twisting up the dance floors Australia wide with his trademark euphoric driving sounds or making a massive mark on the Perth scene with his Electrified club nights, he's certainly one to keep watch of and keep an ear out for, as he's guaranteed to rock your world with his sets! 

Come disconnect from life's stresses and join him on a euphoric, psychedelic journey into good times and looseness next time he spins, you definitely wont regret it!

Damien Blaze (aka Freestyle & Solar Blaze) has been exciting dance floors professionally for over 27 years now, at all the major underground raves, parties, doofs and clubs around Perth (Western Australia) & Australia, alongside high calibre DJ’s and Acts, the likes of Infected Mushroom, Judge Jules, Carl Cox, Sneaky Sound System, Paul van Dyk, The Thrillseekers, Signum, Binary Finary, Scott Bond, Marco V, Sander Van Doorn, BT, Agnelli & Nelson, Aly & Fila, John Askew, Leon Bolier, Marcus Schossow, Matt Darey, Rank 1, Scot Project, Wippenburg, Mark Sherry, Richard Durand, Sean Tyas, Sied Van Riel, Simon Patterson, Tydi, DJ Hell, Lisa Lashes, Anne Savage, Nick Sentience, Andy Farley, Captain Tinrib, Paul Glazby, LAB 4, Kevin Energy, Sharkey, Blutonium Boy, Ben Stevens, Billy ‘Daniel’ Bunter, Jon Doe, Organ Donors, Lucy Fur, Jody 6, Nomad, Josh Lang, DeXiTroN, Broken Toy, Legohead & Audiounit among many others. 

Previous exploits have seen him voted one of the top DJ’s in the Western Australia, taking out the title for best Hard House / Hard Dance DJ 3 years running at the 2001, 2003 & 2004 Perth Dance Music Awards. (under the Freestyle name) And in 2012 he recently took out the award again, proving his almost legendary status in the Perth scene.  (*Note there were no awards in 2002 & no awards since 2013)

He first built up his reputation in Perth playing Hardcore & Old Skool, then Hard House & Hard Trance and still plays occasional sets of these styles upon request, though his main preference is now for all flavours of Trance Music.  His sets are always on the hard and uplifting edge of the dance music spectrum, typically littered with hands in the air euphoric moments of uplifting purity, dropping in raw, driving sounds that contrast perfectly to provide the most intense dance floor ride for his audience.

Blaze’s ability behind the turntables have allowed him to spread his horizons even further afield than his hometown and play at interstate events in Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne.  Impressive performances have led to him becoming one of the most respected DJ’s in Australia! 

Previous Projects include releases on the famous D Recordings, Can You Feel It Media, Hyperdrive, Fireball & LW Recordings.  He used to run the Electrified Recordings imprint alongside fellow Electrified resident and partner in crime Rinski.  The label had the aim of providing true dance floor destroyers across the spectrum of Hard Dance while at the same time giving exposure to new and up and coming artists.

Other ventures include promoting wild parties and massive club night Electrified through his Electrified Events organization (previously XS Productions) and touring high caliber Trance & Psy Trance artists.
 
His love of the music and the scene still shines strong after 27+ years in the business.  Forever progressing and evolving, come check out why he’s so highly regarded, and can still rock any dance floor in Australia!

Follow him on Soundcloud, Mixcloud & Youtube to hear all his latest sets and tunes.

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