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Dr Hefna is a Melbourne-based DJ and producer known for crafting powerful, melodic, psychedelic, and peak-time techno. His sets are a high-voltage journey—heavy, driving rhythms fused with euphoric energy and raw rave intensity that ignite any dancefloor. He is also the director and founder of Digital Hotdog—an underground renegade techno collective delivering high-quality club nights and outdoor festival experiences across Victoria.

With roots in punk rock and underground subculture, Dr Hefna began his musical path playing guitar in bands across Sydney and Melbourne. His evolution into techno was sparked by a deep dive into Berlin’s iconic underground music and art scene—a transformative experience that reshaped his creative direction. Returning to Australia, he immersed himself in Melbourne’s thriving festival and rave culture, quickly carving out a reputation as a standout presence at both bush doofs and late-night club sessions.

Dr Hefna has delivered his signature sound across a wide range of events, festivals, and venues including New Dawn, Psychedelic Lands, Local Produce, Beats in the Valley, The Brink, The Kraken, Renegade Fiya Service, Pirainia, Pelican Villa, Brown Alley, 24 Moons, Genesis, My Aeon, Rubix Warehouse, Sonic Republic, Intrinsic Gathering, Aquarius Dreaming, Disco in Tents, Eat the Beat, Psynapse Collective, Electric Boogaloo, Digital Hotdog—and many more.

Bookings & Contact: facebook.com/DrHefna

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Fluidly crossing genres and engaging dancers on an ever building, uplifting journey through techno, minimal, electro, progressive, trance and tribal sounds. Mbug performances are all about a symbiosis between dj and dancer the artist as a mirror reflecting, amplifying and guiding the dance floor experience and channelling the crowd’s energy into unified moments of delight.

Preferring to be heard
not scene, Mbug stays away from the latest dubmicropsyorgyhousenextbig thing genre focusing on weaving together a complex dance floor narrative that engages on an emotional and cerebral level. A veteran of the Melbourne underground dance community having been performing since 1997 when he played his first show at the infamous Cybertrek rave at Melbourne uni.

Over the years Mbug has held residencies at seminal Melbourne club nights such as Club Filter, Tectronic, Virus and Protozoa as well as guest slots at Teriyaki, Centrifugal, Flirt, More Bass, Lectroland, Yeah Fuck Yeah, Unstable, Bitch Engine and Synchronicity and played at large events such as Frantic, Earthcore Carnival and Collision as well as played on the bill with internationals such as Jasper Dhalback and more recently at intimate Bush parties like Festivus and Ooh Yeah NYE.

As well as his DJ work Mbug is very much involved in promoting dance music in Melbourne.

In 1999 he joined forces with Susan Bird to start Messy Creations. The aim of Messy Creations is to create a party collective that organise quality grass-roots dance events with a focus on high levels of production, promoting young local artists, DJs and musicians. Now coming into its 11th year Messy Creations has organised over 40 parties in warehouses, forests, mansions, under bridges and other unique venues. It is one of Melbourne’s longest running and respected party crews.

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