Behold!  My set from S*A*S*H – from Sunday, 17 August – is now up and available...

Naturally, I was absolutely stoked to have been asked to play at arguably Sydney's biggest weekly event, which boasted a star-studded local line-up and included the bookings of Alex Flatner, Sean Patrick and Nox.

What's more, the S*A*S*H boys were been kind enough to give me a very generous three-hour set, opening the second room from 6 PM.

This was a varied set, featuring some deep numbers up front, with a rather "sunset" housey stanza in the middle, and closing off with some bigger grooves – all around 116-117 BPM, just the way I like it!

I had a wonderful time playing this set, and could have comfortably stretched on another three hours!

Big shouts to the S*A*S*H boys, Cris, Matt and Kerry for having me on.

Hope you enjoy the journey as much as I did!

x

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: Tracklisting:
01 : DJ Koze ft. Milosh - 'Amygdala' (Original Mix) [Pampa Records]
02 : Tarranado - 'Ain't Enough' (Oliver Schories Remix) [Parquet Recordings]
03 : Volac - 'Baby' (Original Mix) [Dear Deer]
04 : Henry Saiz - 'White Rhythmic Mirror' (Kresy Remix) (Edit) [CDR]
05 : Addex - 'Hope & Sorrow' (Original Mix) [Ready Mix Records]
06 : Hans Berg & Nibc - 'The Clearing' (Original Mix) [Get Physical Music]
07 : L.B. - 'Superstitious Heart' (PBR Streetgang Remix) [2020Vision]
08 : Kidnap Kid - 'Like You Used To' (Original Mix) (Edit) [Black Butter Records]
09 : Lay-Far & Jonny Miller - 'Changes' (Original Mix) [Atjazz Record Company]
10 : Sinan Kaya - 'No Matter What' (Original Mix) [Savoir Faire Musique]
11 : Anturage - 'Wildflower' (Edit) [CDR]
12 : The K.D.M.S. - 'High Wire' (D-Pulse Remix) (Edit) [CDR]
13 : MAM (Miguel Campbell & Matt Hughes) - 'Hand In Hand' (Original Mix) [Nice To Be Records]
14 : Jerome & Marc Ozz - 'Bondai Beach' (Chill Mix) [Lovely Mood Music]
15 : Framewerk - 'Electric Religion' (Original Mix) [Prison Entertainment]
16 : Shimmer & Marco Darko - 'Always' (Original Mix) [M Recordings (Armada Music)]
17 : JazzyFunk - 'Fantasy' (The Equalizers Boutique Hotel Mix) [Adult Music Records]
18 : Phil Weeks - 'Live At Palladium' (Original Mix) [Robsoul Recordings]
19 : Phonique ft. Ian Whitelaw - 'You, That I'm With' (Original Mix) [Dessous Recordings]
20 : Gorgon City ft. Laura Welsh - 'Here For You' (Bearcubs Remix) (Edit) [CDR]
21 : The Dealer - 'Echo' (Bearcubs Remix) (Edit) [CDR]
22 : Jad & The Ladyboy ft. Stee Downes - 'No Turning Back' (Original 2-Step Version) [Retrofit]
23 : Marco Tegui ft. Lemon Juice - 'Imagination' (Haze-M Remix) [Vintage Music Label]
24 : Andhim - 'Hausch' (Original Mix) [Get Physical Music]
25 : Asadinho ft. Natamiq - 'Burnin' Talk' (Burnt Toast Dub) [RvS]
26 : Ali Love - 'Deep Into The Night' (Club Mix) [Crosstown Rebels]
27 : Roberto Rodriguez (Manolo) ft. Max C. - 'About This Love' (Vocal Mix) (Edit) [CDR]
28 : Eddie M. - 'Can't Get You' (Original Mix) [Sleazy Deep]
29 : Ante Perry - 'Born In 1980' (Teenage Mutants Remix) [Be An Ape]
30 : Umut Akalin - 'Never Do' (Ben Clarke Remix) [Dialtone Records]
31 : Kahwe - 'Sit Back' (Original Mix) [Anjunadeep]
32 : Sezer Uysal & Spennu - 'Je Te Veux' (Spieltape Remix) [Savoir Faire Musique]
33 : Roberto Rodriguez (Manolo) - 'Thank You' (Part Two) (Edit) [CDR]
34 : Adana Twins ft. Khan - 'Drive' (Original Mix) [Exploited]
35 : Tom Middleton - 'GODA CEE YUU' (Dub Mix) [Anjunadeep]
36 : Bajka & Autodeep - 'Freedom Dove' (Kruse & Nuernberg Remix) [Peppermint Jam]

Live at S.A.S.H. (17th August, 2014)

Intergalactic rhythms delivered on a spaceship direct to your ears ```

Bookings/Contact: https://www.brendanclay.com/contact/

In the spirit of defecting from the much-maligned third-person bio approach: in short, I am a Sydney-based DJ who specialises in the sounds of deeper house and disco.  I take delight in playing a solid warm-up set and revel in the success of watching a room build around it.

Since making my club debut as a fresh-faced eighteen-year-old at 'Thursday Delights' at the Icebox—a popular trance and hard dance event of the time—I have been lucky enough to play right across Sydney, enjoying bookings at Sounds on Sunday, S*A*S*H, Chinese Laundry, Plastic, Café del Mar, The Burdekin and Candy's Apartment; as well as larger-scale events such as Big Day Out and Harbour Party NYE.

In the process, I've also been fortunate enough to support some of the leading names in dance music—both locally and from around the world—including LCD Soundsystem, Booka Shade, Subb-an, Chymera, Sonja Moonear, Luke Chable, Jasper James, YokoO, Kenny Glasgow, Darren Emerson, Mark Dynamix and Kid Kenobi, to name just a few.

I like to put on the promoter hat, too, hosting and playing at events of my own: 'Attic' being my main project.

Since its inception, the Attic brand has enjoyed success in its standalone parties—for which we've toured renowned house and disco artists, Fouk, Nachtbraker, Folamour and Laurence Guy, to name a few—as well as appearing all around Sydney for invitational takeovers, radio appearances, and exclusive showcase sets.

Away from the club dancefloor, you might also find me playing an extended-length set in a low-lit bar, exercising the deeper, more eclectic selections of my record box—lower, slower and groovy, just the way I like it!

For ten years, I was heavily involved with the Internet radio game, hosting successful programs, 'Friday Night Live' and 'The M Shift'; on Indiesoundz and NSB Radio networks, respectively.  The M Shift, which ran for six years, specialised in breaks, house and drum 'n' bass, and was regularly enjoyed by thousands of live listeners, downloaders, and Podcast-listeners alike.

As above, I pride myself on playing a good warm-up set—added again for emphasis!—and believe it to be somewhat of a lost art form in this current age.

I also don't mind getting in the studio occasionally, but that facet, for now, is still very much a work in progress!

Website: https://www.brendanclay.com/

BOOKINGS: nickspurwaydj@gmail.com

MUSIC: @dramainthesauna
DJ: @nick__spurway / SWEATY (w/ Sophie Forrest)
PARTY: @furcoatsydney
RADIO: @radioelectronicajena

Nick Spurway builds his sets under the ethos of “less chin stroking, more dancing”, having no trouble flipping between thumping techno, high energy disco and pumping, swingy house within the hour. Nick established his reputation as a killer DJ in his early twenties, playing for numerous parties in Eora/sydney along Oxford Street and deep in Marrickville warehouse party territory, cutting between pitch perfect, vinyl-only opening sets and late-night banging closers.

Across the last ten years, Nick has shared his sound at straight techno nights and day-long queer festivals, from tiny basement parties to 10,000 festival goers. He’s been invited to play for some of the best local and national institutions including Something Else, Loose Ends, Dark Mofo, Midsumma, SASH and the infamous Pavlova Bar parties, playing up to six hours at a time. Being continually booked at a wide range of events has helped Nick create and refine his sets; tying together his long established love of the “holy trinity” of house, disco and funk, with techno, ambient, breakbeat, dance-punk and new wave thrown in for good measure. 

By the time he moved interstate to Naarm/melbourne, Nick had teamed up with fellow DJ, producer and activist Sophie Forrest, forming the duo SWEATY, culminating in a triumphant and well-received closing set at Midsumma Carnival 2022 and co-founded Fur Coat, a "gender-bender discotheque for queers and their peers", with Sophie, Matt Jay and SVEN, throwing parties in the inner west of Sydney with a final, 8-hour party before the pandemic hit, for Sydney Mardi Gras 2020. Both these collaborations continue to the present day. When he's not throwing his own parties, Nick is seen playing alongside some of the very best of local and international talent, such as Simon Caldwell, Move D, Bicep, JNETT, Ayebatonye, Stereogamous, Efdemin, Jane Fitz, Lorna Clarkson, Art Simone, CC:DISCO! and Gavilán Rayna Russom, to name a few.

With spectacular timing, Nick moved himself south to Melbourne in 2020, before lockdowns sent everyone inside for almost two years. Undeterred by this and with no clubs to play at, Nick expanded his talents elsewhere: elevating his music production with one to one mentoring from production legend Red Rack’em as part of his groundbreaking ‘How I Program’ music production community in 2020; hosting and producing a monthly radio show ‘Radio Electronica Australia’, since 2021, and releasing his first original track in 2022.

He kept his DJ chops fresh with live streams from his living room and guest-appearances on fellow DJ’s radio shows. Instead of dropping these pandemic-era habits when clubs re-opened, Nick continues to participate in all of the above, with his popular radio show celebrating four years on the air, in February 2025, with no signs of slowing down.

When Nick began to release his first tracks, he decided to separate the DJ from the producer and a new project was created: Drama in the Sauna. His first completed track, a remix of ‘Gradient’ by Eora/sydney artist Lagoon, was released in 2021, followed by his debut EP on Blur Records in 2022, entitled ‘Hot Water Laundry Service’. In December 2023, Nick released his second EP, 'Rushall', in time for summer, with self-produced tracks 'tongue twister' and 'It's Funny' dropped in 2024 and 'Can't Sleep', produced with frequent collaborator Future Self, released on Self Control Records in January 2025.

After five years down south, Nick moved back to Eora/Sydney in early 2025, reconnecting and establishing his love for the city that made his DJing, bringing with him producing, collaborations and radio, to begin a new phase of his career as it approaches its 20th anniversary.

Live at S.A.S.H. (17th August, 2014)

BrendanClay