Sydney DJ, audio guru, avid cyclist, traveler and burner from Wellington, New Zealand. Lover of all beats music, but mostly good house music of all styles.

Tim fell in love with dance music in the mid 90's while he was studying engineering in Wellington, and was mentored by a local club resident DJ, who taught him how to mix on vinyl. From here he went on to play in some of Wellington's best bars and clubs before moving to Australia.

Initially playing bar gigs in Sydney to support his studies, Tim then became resident at regular monthly house night Fold.

Tim has since moved away from playing bars and clubs, focussing on Burning Seed fundraisers and festivals, including playing at Subsonic and founding the Burning Seed theme camp Spice.

Former host of the weekly Deep End radio show on Bondi Beach Radio, and more recently Bondi Radio.  Currently taking a break and looking for a new home.

For older mixes check out Tim's Mixcloud below.

For bookings please contact Tim by phone or email:
p. +61 414 537 506
e. tjsleath@gmail.com

I've loved music my whole life. It was my first passion and is infused into all my earliest memories. I'd often be found by the old cabinet style record player at 4 years old, playing my parent’s records and making playlists, and doing countless shows for invisible guests in our loungeroom whenever I could, just because it made me happy. In my early teens, I progressed to making mix tapes and
audio montages on cassette about my life(complete with personalised voice-overs) by recording off the radio and my now growing record collection, all on a cheap portable double cassette deck stereo. I'd send these to friends overseas whom, I'm sure, thought it was all very odd. By the time I was 17, I'd found my way onto the 3RRR-Fm airwaves in Melbourne, presenting weekly alternative music programs in the middle of the night, and by 19, I was also managing my own record shop in Smith St, Collingwood and Djing in the City's underground clubs. I moved to London shortly after to work in music distribution and to Dj. While I was there I also acted as Triple R's London correspondent, hanging out backstage at gigs with my recordable Sony Walkman and a mic. 

It was 1988 and acid house was ushering in the Summer of Love, and after years of championing indie/alternative/80's electronic music, once I'd heard my first acid house track (Voodoo Ray - A Guy Called Gerald) I knew I was listening to the future, and I've never looked back. Upon my return to Melbourne two years later I promoted and Dj'ed at some of the earliest warehouse/rave parties before moving on to nightclubs, continued hosting shows on Triple R and 3PBS, and in 1994, was headhunted to become a presenter on Melbourne's brand new dance station, Kiss FM, where I stayed until late 2009, doing evening shows at first hosting shows such as Blast Off Sound System, Sunday's "Afternoon Tea" with Peter McNamara, and the daily Breakfast timeslots for two seasons, "Chicks on Toast".  I've also helped run and promote many regular nights over the years, including "Egg" Melbourne's first ever deep/soulful house weekly club, which opened in 1993-1994, when Melbourne was still a city dominated by techno, “WOW" Welcome To Our World, with Dj Eddie Mac and Our House is your House at Salt Nightclub.

I've been blessed to watch the dance scene grow from its very humble beginnings to become the juggernaut that it is today, and I've seen many trends and people come and go over that time. Some of the highlights of my career have been being one of the first Djs to perform at Sydney's Opera House (2001), playing in various clubs in New York, London and Chicago, being voted Best Female Dj in Australia's then Rolling Stone equivalent Juice Magazine(2002), winning a Dj competition that took me to play at the opening of BarCode in Times Square(2002), attending the Miami Winter Music Conference in 1996 when it was still very small and industry-only, playing all the early Tropical Fruits parties in the Northern Rivers, having fans create a genre called "Millar House" and chanting it on the dancefloor during my sets, playing at the infamous Car Park Nightclub in Byron Bay in its heyday in the late 90's, and of course, the very best part has been playing alongside and becoming friends with many of my musical heroes, and meeting all the truly amazing, gifted and big-hearted dancers I've made friends with along the way. 

As I celebrate my 36th year in the music business, I am still as passionate about sharing music with others and about being a DJ as I was when I started out. I also teach yoga, meditate, practise sound healing and vibrational medicine; I run retreats to sacred sites around the world, and teach ascension mechanics, reality creation, self-leadership and empowerment courses, Thanks for visiting my page. Please know I'd love to connect with you if you are feeling my vibe.

music lover, podcast host, DJ, Scottish, Dundee United fan living in Sunny Sydney

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