DJ RaKuu (Ethan Drozd) is the founder and resident DJ of SunDance Ecstatic Dance - Byron Bay.

His double wave sonic journeys seamlessly traverse the full spectrum of the latest global beats and genres, reaching a euphoric peak, before returning to the shores of tranquility and peace.

Expect to be taken on an epic journey through the body to the essence of your being.

Cosmonaut are: ndrew Santamaria & Patrick Santamaria

Living in humble awe of the power of digital sound

Astrophysical Maser is an electronic music composer and visual artist. James began his musical education early in life, his passion quickly became focused on electronic dance music starting in 2005. Since first using a DAW in 2009, he has used it as his primary method of creative expression.

Writing much of his music with keyboard and mouse, he also performs live with the aid of various midi-controllers, which have become an important asset to his process. His more recent work has been described as “the most exciting new sound to come out of Australia in a long time” by scene veteran Phil Smart.

James’ ventures in electronic music stray wider than what is common. He has a practice in Ambient, where he tries to simulate environments in the near vicinity of extreme astrophysical objects – quasars, black holes etc. For Techno and House he explores blending environmental audio into stimulating and powerful music that challenges the dance music world.

Labels:
La Belle Records
Belly Dance Services
Bonkers Music
Nein Records
Unterman
Veneno
Here To Hell
Unknown Records
Sweat It Out
Club Sweat

Funboys is the musical partnership of Audun and a.d.a.m.baby (linktr.ee/a.d.a.m.baby), ably assisted by Poodfy.

The three have their roots in club scenes spanning more than three decades, stretching from Oslo and Antwerp, ending up on Queensland's Gold Coast. 

Local GC clubs, including the legendary Berlin Lounge Bar and internationally-renowned Elsewhere, have been the stages that launched their left-of-centre post-punk house and techno to all those strange friends and familiar strangers on the dancefloor.

Funboys has released a variety of music on Tronik Youth’s UK label NEIN Records, Golden Bug’s French label La Belle Records, Australian labels Here To Hell, Unknown Records, Sweat It Out, Club Sweat, and Future Classic. Upcoming releases scheduled for Motorik, Belly Dance Services, and Calypso Records.

deep dive my guest mixes: 
lysergic minimal concoctions 
contemporary house 
much vinyl
Fiftyfive & Blackcat: 5 hrs of deep vinyl
Resident at Killing Time Bar Melbourne - TIMELESS
& monthly for the new CLVBS app :)

NEXT GIGS: Black Cat, Timeless with Sense. Nov 28th, with Phil Smart & Payman in Brisbane Nov 29th & Bambra - NY bush party!

Recent Aust support for Silat Beksi, Herck, KNDO, Vincent Casanova, Harry McCanna & 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
Avant 14/8 Section 8
Killing Time 15/8 - Timeless 
WAVES - Solace Bar  5/9 Harry Mc Canna 
SENSE Sydney - 20/9 at Kalyx
The RooftopBar- 28/9
 
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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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