My live warm up set recorded before CASSIAN on Boxing Day @ elsewhere (Gold Coast)

26th December 2023

1. AERA - ACIDIO [Innervisions] 
2. SIMPLE SYMMETRY, INGO VONTIER - GILGAMESH [Disco Halal]
3. PAXX (TULUM) - DIOROLEN (THEMBA'S HERD REMIX) [Armada]
4. ROBAG WRUHME, WHOMADEWHO - IF YOU LEAVE [Kompakt]
5. ALEX WANN - MILKSHAKE (K&S Records)
6. GUY GERBER - WHAT TO DO (&ME REMIX) [Rumors]
7. NICK MORGAN - SHOOK PART 3 [Calamar Records]
8. DOMINIK EULBERG - BIENEFRESSER [Apus Apus] 
9. LE YOUTH, EMME - TALKING LIKE THAT [This Never Happened]
10. GUNDAMEA, ANDY RUDDY, KOROLOVA - SWEET DISPOSITION [Armada]
11. MACEO PLEX - CONJURE DREAMS [Drumcode]
12. RAXON - THE CAGE OF LOVE [Ellum]
13. VOMEE - PARADIGMA [Siamese]
14. GOODBOYS, KOROLOVA - MADE OF GOLD [Realm]
15. LATOUR - DUMDADUM [Unreleased]
16. IVORY (IT) - FEELIN [Innervisions]

Latour - "Cassian" Warm-Up Live Set // elsewhere - 26.12.23

This session was retrospective at the time that I mixed it, a living room session from 2014 - of music we used to play on the Australian East Coast in the 2000s. 

Here's the story:

I was at home one afternoon 2014. I'd had my first baby, and while I'd been mixing some very fresh minimal using Traktor timecode vinyl, I had not mixed from my record bags for a few years. It felt really good to flip through our favourite records once again. This is a collection of just a few of our most special tracks from our early Motion:Theory:Music years - primarily at our 8 year Saturday night residency at Elsewhere on the Gold Coast from the early 2000s, a night which we started as the club opened - created by the incredible Simmy and Benny.  

The club won 'Best Music for a Club in Australia' at the Sydney Bar Music Awards during our time there when Ben was Musical Director, alongside residents Giv & Audun. We were told our deep underground vibes could not work on the coast, but we remained true to the sound and never played 'down' to the audience, instead bringing an integrity to their flashing dancefloor.

I speak of Ben Abrahams, my musical partner, and father of our 2 boys.  He is one of Australia's early East Coast djs, & is much respected among djs & punters; he coined the phrase 'blurring the line between house & techno'.  Around 2000, he became resident of the infamous outdoor party Earthcore, bringing clubby sounds to the forest ravers, primarily used to trance music.  He had a Saturday night and Sunday night residency at Onesixone that went off' all in the days before social media.  

Most of these tracks we have danced to SOOO many times from 1998 through to 2009, so they effect my body memory intensely. Such memories of epic nights dancing for hours and hours and hours with all my friends; we had such authentic connections, so regularly, and then our intimate group moved onto our house to continue djing all of Sunday. I feel so lucky to have experienced that time. The bongos, the dubby basslines, the clubby vibes, the few super scratchy records, all make me get tingly and emotional.  I used to call the tracks I was drawn to play 'sideways house'.   

Ben played 5 hour vinyl sets every Saturday night for this extended period, and his mastery is well known.  Some of these are Ben's records, but became the basis for my set: stored in my record box. Ben is so clever at combining the best of the old with the new, & our appreciation of music is at the core of our connection, as it is with all our friends, old & new.  

For Ben's mixes, which are all incredible, listen here:
https://soundcloud.com/motiontheorymusic

Matt Best our best mate who is no longer on this plane, was doing lighting for us in this photo and stands to my right.  

You will enjoy music by Grant Dell, Jay Tripwire and Brett Johnson: West Coast house music ftw.

Let me know how it makes you feel.

Starts with: 'Switched on' - Drop Music - a track Ben was renound for dropping.

Katharine - Vinyl Session - Elsewhere / early 2000s  - mixed in 2014

We Love founder Nick Reverse has been running our Thursday nights for 2+ years at the venue and steps up for the 50th edition of the elsewhere sound series with a grooving tech house mix.

ess50: Nick Reverse / 06.24

presenting the 51st edition of the elsewhere sound series with Friday night guest resident Lowdown.

"Money-back guarantee if you don’t pull out Shazam at least once"
- Lowdown
@ lowdownmusik

Australian DJ and producer Lowdown is creating some of the most hard-hitting dance music in the electronic world right now. The Gold Coast-based artist has made a name for himself by not only producing top tier dance beats but also by showcasing his creative and effortless skill behind 4 decks. After exploring various corners of the electronic world, Lowdown has recently taken a deeper dive into the underground with heavy rave influences garnished atop his house & techno foundation.

‘Organ Donor’ (Lowdown’s first release on his own imprint 411 Records) skyrocketed to number 1 on the ARIA Club Chart in 2021, picking up support from dance titans Green Velvet, Gorgon City, Eli Brown, Ben Hemsley, James Hype and received multiple spins on Triple J.

It’s no secret Lowdown is one of the hardest working artists with his weekly radio show/podcast ‘411 Radio’ broadcasting at prime time on 105.7 Radio Metro every Sat night from 10-11pm

ess51: Lowdown / 07.24

Niesh steps up for the 54th edition of the elsewhere sound series where she mixes all things house including classic, funk, soulful, deep and disco.
Through her impressive music taste and skills, let Neish tell you a story and take you back, back in time, when the beginning of many genres were born through to current and future sounds yet to be heard.

ess54: Niesh / 11.24

Labels:
REALM
Nervous Records 
So Track Boa 
Circus Recordings 
Club Sweat
Bush Records 
Set About
Moan Recordings
Snatch! Records
Bunny Tiger 
G-Spot
House Of Hustle 
Tmrw Music 
Elevation 
Medium Rare Recordings 
CIRCA TRAX
Motive
My Techno Weighs A Ton 
Hot Sunday Records
FUTURISM 

Amongst his many years of nightlife Latour has defined a sharp and comprehensive skillset behind the decks playing an array of house, tech house & techno with quirky twists leaving the listener never knowing what may be around the corner. As a DJ his skills are as visual as they are audible. This expertise has seen him play shows at very reputable festivals and venues around the country such as, Splendour In The Grass, Falls Festival, Babylon Festival, elsewhere, Revolver, Circus Paradise Festival, IVY, Glass Island, Full Moon Down Under, onesixone, Nautic Giants, Pawn & Co, Nevermind Smallclub, Circus Sundays, MVMNT, Dirty Sundays, Day Spa, TBC Club, 170 Russell, otherwise & more.. 

His track "Paradise" featuring UK's Holly Lois racked up over 130,000 plays in 2018.  Following with a multiple releases on the iconic Nervous Records. In 2020 his track "Situation" broke into the ARIA Club Charts Top 50 as well as being awarded ARIA DJ of the Week nation wide. In a sea of glamour Latour remains true to the music being a core product of his early underground surroundings. After a lengthy 8 year residency in 2019 Latour stepped into the music director role at one of the countries most respected underground dance venues "elsewhere" proving his place in the industry. In 2021 Latour was shortlisted as a finalist in his cities music awards for "Breakout Artist Of The Year".  Reaching as high as #3 on the ARIA Club Charts. 

From skipping days at secondary school to learn Ableton & search Beatport to playing the countries best venues & releasing on the some of the best international labels out - with no signs of stopping.

serving you gladly.

23 Cavill Avenue, Surfers Paradise 4217

deep dive my guest mixes: 
lysergic minimal concoctions 
much vinyl

Resident at Fiftyfive: 5 hrs of deep vinyl
& Killing Time Bar Melbourne
Next gigs:   Avant 14/8 Section 8 * Killing Time 15/8 - Timeless * WAVES - Solace Bar  5/9 * Sydney - .Sense - 20/9

Recent Aust support for Silat Beksi, Herck, KNDO, Vincent Casanova & Gene on Earth :)

*spontaneous curations*
v i b r a t i o n : a p p r e c i a t i o n
4 d a n c i n g or m u s i n g
l u s h : m i n i m a l  

* Host of Selekt Sessions: freshly launched minimal series with Rupert  :Wall of Brooklyn - first guests - Last Pines, Valeria Croft, Fedo & MTPS!

*Co-owner of modern electronic music label & party series @motiontheorymusic with Ben Abrahams.

EP:01 Holographic Release - Jules David & Timmus, Vincent Casanova
EP:02 soon: Jules David & Ben Abrahams remixed by Herck & Jay Tripwire

*Vadim Svoboda of Makesense about my Rupert Wall mix:  "GREAT MIX Katharine, I have nothing to say but: tight, personal, varied but very homogenous... top notch."  

*Feeder Sound Romania: “her recordings are intense and with a sophisticated perspective on sounds and rhythms." 

Those who crave nourishing sonic sessions have followed Katharine’s journey along the Australian East Coast alongside her musical partner Ben Abrahams for over two decades as they’ve influenced the scene with their exciting taste & consistent delivery of stimulating underground house & techno, in clubs & outdoors. Known for 'that sound', they uncompromisingly brought West Coast house to the Australian underground scene.

Together they created ‘Strange Brew’, an all ages acid-house vinyl party at the Billinudgel Pub, Byron Bay, & for their first gatherings there, the infamous 'Shed' was built;  revelling in the Outback for sunset was deliciously surreal, dancing to stripped back house grooves amongst the gum trees. 

They ran eight extremely memorable years of Saturday nights at Elsewhere Bar on the Gold Coast. Katharine played psychedelic house before Ben's killer 5 hour sets, then both joined together for the heaving sweaty early morning hours.  Elsewhere won Best Music for a Club in Australia at the Sydney Bar Music Awards at that time. All vinyl back then.

Katharine had the first of her two children before returning to Melbourne and putting on high-vibe parties at the infamous Killing Time Bar & My Aeon,  always with a tight crew of Australia’s best underground djs.  

Katharine made mixes for Art-E Romania and the Microtechno Podcast series 10 years ago, having long been recognised for her way with intricate sounds, particularly with Romanian collectives and lovers of micro-house &  minimal.  She appreciates music which alludes to the transcendent - both gently & powerfully.  As an undeniably charged up being she just keeps on lovingly creating fresh soundtracks for her friends’ lives. Last year she made 21 mixes for amazing collectives around the world, including Half is Enough Romania's Strangers in the Night: each session is an experience. 

Her unique way elevates and deeply satisfies at both sunset & sunrise, and she has played magical closing sets out in the forest, most recently for the Comfort Zone crew on their final day on the main stage by the creek. 

Find her playing at Killing Time Bar & Fiftyfive Bar: where she seamlessly mixes fresh minimal with the best of early 2000s West Coast house, she's at Motion:Theory parties & playing for local crews, but experience her anytime through the Motion:Theory mix series and the sessions she makes for collectives who appreciate her taste and storytelling ability: 
it’s LUSH MINIMAL for the dancefloor.

Recent gigs:
Launch of online Script Club :) 
18/11 KT for Wax on Wax off with Lucca Tan
24/11 Supporting Silat Beksi at Killing Time
1/12 Comfort Creek Boutique Festival
8/12 Waxflower Bar 3hr vinyl set
22/12 Killing Time for Subterrania & Over
15/3 Section 8 4 Minima - 2hr set
24/3 Cable - Fitzroy Beer Garden
27/3 FiftyFive Bar - 4 hrs of vinyl
27/4 M:T:M & Subterranian at KT
29/4 - 3hr vinyl set Breakfast Club
4/4 - 2hrs at Danceflora, Howler
15/5 The Music Room - 2hrs 4 Skylab
8/6 Opening Main Stage - Melburn Shipwrecked
9/6 2 hrs vinyl at Momentum - Killing Time M:T:M
26th July for OVER at KT - closing
9th Aug: My Aeon - M:T:M
17th Aug: Republica.Economic - vinyl
23rd Aug: Spincycle wth Bex - vinyl
24th Aug: Rumbler Bar - all night with Blana - vinyl
20th Sept: Motion:Theory:Music - Killing Time
5th Oct - vinyl set - Gene on Earth for SASH
13th Oct - QuietTime cassette launch - Bump Into
2nd Nov Hope St Radio Nov 2nd  
8th Nov Revolver Nov  
21st Nov FIftyFive Bar 
Black Cat Fitzroy Dec 13th 8pm-1am
Earwig @ Rumbler Bar 6-9 Dec 22nd
Vincent Casanova - B.C. Dec 24th
Black Cat 5hr vinyl set Jan 10th
Timmus Soundscape - ambient Jan 12th
Hosting Herck - Killing Time - 15th Feb
Over - Killing Time - 16th Feb
 
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"The researcher Majix says our brains are so sensitive, that they are like liquid crystal in response to the magnetic component of the earth. We are sensitive to earth’s magnetic changes, changes in the ionospheric cavity and resonate those frequencies ourselves. We are incredibly complex entities, beyond the layperson‘s comprehension. Our brains are indeed a type of bio-cosmic transducer." Nicholas Jones.

*Established the first Trip Hop section at HMV Brisbane Mall back in 1995 :) 

*Follow Motion:Theory:Music on Soundcloud as well: these mixes of Ben's are essential for any true appreciator of the profound dance floor experience :- 

 http://soundcloud.com/motiontheorymusic

www.facebook.com/MotionTheoryMusic 

*For more details of the crew's history influencing Australia's East Coast scene, see the 'About' section on our Motion:Theory:Music fb page.

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