A true lover for all things deep with rolling baselines, I spend most of my time in the realm of progressive underground sounds from the early 90s and 2000s but just like we evolve and discover more parts of  ourselves in life, I will forever enjoy the journey of expanding and diving deep into the infinite sounds of the many genres of electronic music.

Milkpaste is a vinyl-only DJ residing in Eora/Sydney, Australia. She started collecting records and began DJing in 2013, supporting friends' art exhibitions that quickly evolved into numerous weekly residences at the notorious cocktail bar Lotus Lounge and late-night destination Sugar Night Club in Adelaide, South Australia. She has a 600+ record collection, from Boogie and Balearic to House and Techno.

Over the last 12+ years, she's supported regular interstate queer-focused parties, Honcho Disko, House of Mince & Poof Doof, and an impressive lineup of international acts for club night - Inside Out Dance Club. Milkpaste has supported world-class DJs, including Boris, Fred P, Soichi Terada, Lil Louis, Chez Damier, Omar S, Tom Trago, Mike Huckaby, and Jayda G.

James Corbett loves nothing more than to see the smiles and moves from a connected and captivated audience, and especially engage in the transfer of energy that only a vibe filled dance floor can provide. 

A Sydney resident that was Adelaide born but resided in the UK in his early years, he first discovered dance music through listening to late night shows on BBC Radio 1 which sparked his passion for mixing as early as 9yrs old, where he experimented mixing on twin tape decks. Today however, he's a label DJ for the highly renowned United Beats Records label owned by Mad Maxx.

Corbett’s sound is heavily focused in the realms of Full-On Psy Trance, with his sets full of melodic leads, distinctive bass lines and all-round atmosphere. That’s not to say that you won’t hear a little bit of Progressive or maybe even a splash of other types of Psy Trance, because he’s all about the journey and adaptability. He is renowned not only for his silky-smooth mixing ability, but for structuring his sets in a way that build and maintain a high vibrational energy on the dance floor, coupled also with the fact that his sets are never planned beyond the point of playlist of options, Corbett is a DJ that keeps the true craft of DJing alive, and has done since his career began in 2001 spinning hard house and trance. 

He has established himself on the Australian and International festival circuit having graced the stages at the likes of Tree of Life Festival in Greece, AUM Festival in New Zealand, Earthcore & Babylon in Victoria (the latter two under in his duo The Psy-entists). He is regularly booked to support major acts in the club circuit which have included the likes of Ace Ventura, Liquid Soul, Astrix, Infected Mushroom and so much more. 

In 2011 Corbett co-founded Psy-ence Fiction with best friend and the other half of The Psy-entists, Adam Stapleton. This events brand has seen Adelaide get placed on the international touring map thanks to having the likes of Mad Maxx, GMS, Nikki S, Menog, Digicult, Reality Test, Infected Mushroom, Juno Reactor, Vini Vici, Grouch (and many more) grace their stage either solely under the Psy-ence Fiction brand or in conjunction with other events like interstate events brands. Psy-ence Fiction has since expanded into Sydney and will likely spread its wings elsewhere in years to come. 

Corbett’s skillset doesn’t lay just with performing at and hosting events however, he is quite the entrepreneur with a wealth of involvement in music media under his belt such as Mushroom Magazine, DJ Mag, Inthemix to name a few. He’s also co-produced a music documentary called Decks and the City, and has recently been getting into the art of interviewing key artists in the industry, with his first two interviews having been held with Phaxe and Ace Ventura, he’s mostly certainly set the bar very high from the get go.

In the midst of the 2020 global pandemic, Corbett launched his new online radio show Psyence Lab, which plays host to Australian and International artists new releases, guest interviews and guest mixes.

Needless to say, Corbett has a strong community ethic engrained in everything he does and his sets are consistent. One thing for certain, he thrives on the journey and contributing his positive dose of energy into the world of Psy Trance. 

Links:
www.facebook.com/jamescorbettofficial
www.instagram.com/jamescorbett_official
www.youtube.com/c/jamescorbettmusictv

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