<b>Exclusive Underground Music Community | House & Techno .</b>

DHA is a community designed to deliver the best in electronic music, news and events.  Our passion lies within the house and techno spectrum, yet we love and appreciate all forms of electronic music.  

DHA is a weekly radio show and a fortnightly podcast, the <a href="http://bit.ly/DHA-Podcast">DHA Podcast</a>, with music, interviews and commentary from guests and resident DJs.  

>>Our five resident DJs are
Swampy 
Venda - https://soundcloud.com/venda
Ben Booth - https://soundcloud.com/benthedjbooth
Jim Poe - https://soundcloud.com/jim-poe
Coco - https://soundcloud.com/mscocopop

Recently, we launched our inaugural club night at Sydney's Burdekin Hotel, with plans for additional events throughout the remainder of 2014.  Stay tuned for more info on our events series!

Listen to our back-catalogue of music here on SoundCloud, or <a href="http://bit.ly/DHA-iTunes">subscribe to our podcast in iTunes</a>.

You can also <a href="http://bit.ly/BBR-TuneIn">tune in to our radio show</a> every Tuesday from 6pm Sydney-time on Bondi Beach Radio.

If you would like to keep up with the latest news from our community, <a href="http://bit.ly/DHA-FB">join us on Facebook</a>.

Our regular guest mix features DJs locally and abroad, and we are always looking for new talent to join us.  If you would like become a guest on our podcast, please contact us before sending any demos or mixes, as we have a number of requirements in place to ensure a high standard of music released by DHA.  One such requirement is that we will only release mixes from established DJs and producers, who either have a DJ residency or record label affiliation.

If you are a record label looking for promotion of your work, please send us a message</a> with the subject "Record Label Promo".

DJ KATE MONROE THE FIRST LADY OF HOUSE

She’s been dubbed the First Lady of House. She is one of one of Australia’s preeminent house DJs, ruling dance floors here and overseas for more than a decade. She is known for her unique style and knack for drawing a crowd no matter where she is playing. Not because she’s a female DJ or another blonde chick DJ – but because she’s a shit hot DJ. She is Kate Monroe, and she rocks the house with her sassy, sultry, spanking, driving house beats.

Recently being signed as an endorsed artist for Native Instruments digital controller the Traktor S4 Kate’s amazing musical knowledge and smooth mixing skills are about to take a huge leap. 
Trakor S4 will be the keystone in unleashing and defining the diversity of her sound, be that under the Opera House for New Years Eve. In Australia’s best bars and festivals or late at night at a steamed-up club playing to cutting-edge dance music lovers – loving all of it and retaining her signature style. 

HISTORY/PEDIGREE
“I love my music and I love people – the strangers on the dance floors I play on around the world. Communication is an intrinsic part of what I do.”
Kate has played with every major club in Australia: Home, Ivy, Tank, Soho, Cargo, Family, Platinum...you name it, gathering a devoted fan base on the way. Her residency atthe iconic Sublime (Home Nightclub) helped earn the club ‘Best Club in Australia’ at the National Dance Music Awards for four years running. 

This Mardi-Gras Season in Sydney 2011 Kate was booked for an unprecedented number of gigs in the festival. Harbour Party with 100% Daywash at Lady Macquaries Chair, Tongue Twister at Arthouse, The Mardi Gras Party warming up for Frankie Knuckles, and Toybox at Luna Park.
Kate Monroe’s name has been synonymous with big parties Mardi Gras, Sleaze Ball, Ministry Of sound, Harbour Party, and Field Day - not to mention offshore gigs in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Kuala Lumpur and the USA Her most recent overseas stint was a tour of the USA including a set at the legendary Winter Party in Miami.

Kate is as much a natural in front of a microphone as she is behind the decks, with stints as a guest presenter on Triple J, Channel V, The Joint and Alchemy on SBS. In 2010 she was the parade DJ for Foxtel’s Mardi Gras broadcast along with Kitty Glitter. Kate’s sound has been featured on multiple compilations for SONY, Shock and a suite of independent labels. 

Kate’s personality and professionalism ensure that she is entrusted with some of the biggest celebrations in Australian history, including the Sydney Olympics Closing Ceremony in front of 60,000 people. She’s been handed the reins of the Lord Mayor’s New Year’s Eve Party for four years running. Kate was behind the decks at Astral Bar for the launch of Seal’s Soul album. She’s filled floors at some of the country’s coolest corporate gigs, including the Cartier “Love” Campaign, , the opening of the first MAC store in Sydney, product launches for Estee Lauder and L’Oreal, Harley Davidson, and Christmas parties for Saatchi and Saatchi. Always behind a good cause, Kate has performed pro bono at gigs like the Camp Quality Supper Club in conjunction with Chandon in Melbourne and Sydney

She has also been a contributor to the ARIA Dance Chart for nearly 10 years. Helping inform the ears of the Australian Public to the newest sounds from around the globe.

Bookings:  Rod Lay
rod@londonmgtgroup.com
LondonSPIN
Artist Management and Agency
+61 0449544042



Damian Robert Nesta Marley, also known around the world as “Junior Gong” and more recently as “Gongzilla” was born in 1978 to parents Bob Marley and Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976.  As a young adult, he developed a passion and a gift to speak for those who cannot always speak for themselves. A self-proclaimed ‘Spiritual Revolutionary’, Damian has worked assiduously to carve his own niche in music history and to add a new perspective to the Marley legacy for the 21st century. 

At the age of 13, Damian began performing in a group called “The Shepherds” which comprised of Shiah Coore (son of Third World guitarist Cat Coore) and currently a member of his band, and Yashema Beth McGreggor, daughter of reggae singers Freddie Mcgreggor and Judy Mowatt and then began touring with his brothers, Stephen, Ky-mani, Julian and Ziggy. 

By 1996, Damian had already made his stamp as a different kind of Marley when he released his first solo album “Mr. Marley”, a heavily dancehall-influenced album produced by his brother Stephen Marley.  His second album “Halfway Tree” was released in 2001 by a major record label and showcased Damian’s unique gift for blending dancehall, reggae and hip-hop styles.  This album won Damian much recognition and remained on the Billboard Top Reggae Album Charts for 158 weeks and earned him his first Grammy for Best Reggae Album in 2002. 
While honored by this recognition by the global music fraternity, Damian continued to work in the studio, laying the groundwork for the tracks that would become his highly anticipated album, “Welcome To Jamrock”. The lyrics in this album presented Marley as a true spiritual revolutionary, as he used his talent to evoke a spiritual change while trying to enforce a better way of thinking.  He is described as “rhyming with the conviction of a street preacher with the intellect of a university economist”.  

Damian’s hit single “Welcome to Jamrock” was listed as one of the Top 100 Songs of the Decade by Rolling Stone, and at the 2006 Grammy Awards, he won Best Reggae Album and Best Urban/Alternative Performance for Welcome to Jamrock. Damian is the only Jamaican reggae artist in history to win two Grammy Awards on the same night. He is also the only reggae artist to win in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance category at the Grammy Awards. The New York Times called Welcome to Jamrock the “best reggae song of the decade.” 
Welcome to Jamrock led the pathway to Damian’s critically acclaimed collaboration with Nas for 2010’s much lauded album “Distant Relatives” – a project which explored the relationships between reggae, hip-hop and Africa. The album title refers not only to the bond between the artists, but the connection to their African ancestry, which inspired the album both musically and lyrically. USA Today referred to the album as a “potent and often provocative collaboration” and by Rolling Stone as “an Afrocentric winner.” The album debuted at Number 5 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and Number 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums and Reggae Albums charts, with Billboard heralding the album as “a dynamic hybrid.”    

The Distant Relatives Tour kicked off in 2011 and saw Damian traveling and performing for thousands of fans all over the world, including South America, Europe, The United Kingdom, The Caribbean and North America.  

Damian continued to cross musical boundaries in 2012, as he went on to partner with Skrillex for their groundbreaking track “Make It Bun Dem”, which Rolling Stone called “a monster mash up of dubstep and dancehall” and has led to several remixes of the original version.  Damian recently released two other singles; “Set Up Shop” and  “Affairs of the Heart” which both received widespread airplay. 

Damian continues to tour with his band all over the world as a way of entertaining and healing as he continues to spread the message for those whose voices cannot be heard. He is working with his brothers Stephen and Julian under their Ghetto Youths International Label, to discover, develop and sign gifted artistes by applying their musical talent and vast experience to create new and different styles of music.  

Damian is currently in the studio working on his upcoming solo album.

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