The Likes Of You Podcast

From Frankfurt in Germany it's Reboot aka Frank Heinrich. Making music and DJing by age 13, it was in 2005 that Frank developed the Reboot name to encompass his warmer techno sound with his live shows and visuals. With an album in the making, due out early next year on Cadenza, he’s been busy in the studio adding to his already outstanding collection of EPs and making his way to Australia for the first time.

Mike Callander is one of Australia’s most dynamic DJs, an innovative producer and remixer, and founder of the exciting new Australian record label, Haul Music. After starting his own techno club, Fokus, in 2001, Mike achieved instant infamy for his genre-bending musical selections and an approach to DJing that was both versatile and unique. Within a few years he was warming up or touring alongside just about every techno DJ to visit Australia, and in Melbourne he has since held long term residencies at a range of sought-after clubbing institutions such as Sunny, Nano, Ffour, and perhaps most notably at Honkytonks (for which he also recorded a mix CD “The Last Dance” that made its way into record stores across the world in 2006). Since then Mike has toured all across Australia and New Zealand, and as far afield as Berlin, Los Angeles, Madrid and Malaysia, playing alongside artists as diverse as Mathew Jonson, Michael Mayer, Radioslave, Luciano, Booka Shade, Trentemoeller, Locodice, Matthew Dear, Stacey Pullen, Agoria (at Berlin's Watergate), M.A.N.D.Y (both in Melbourne and Berlin), and Mr C (in Melbourne and Berlin). Mike’s DJing has also earned accolades from countless touring international artists, with many labelling him one of Australia's finest - most notably Get Physical’s DJ T., who invited Mike to play in Berlin at his anniversary event to celebrate 20 years of DJing. Currently Mike holds no less than three Saturday night residencies: Poison Apple, New Guernica, and his exciting new 5-hour marathon “High Tea” morning set at the instantly-infamous Sorry Grandma!. On other nights Mike is also called upon to lend his talents to the decks (and the dancefloors) at events such as Sneakerpeeps and The Likes Of You. Outside the clubs, Mike has made numerous appearances on radio such as Triple J's Mix Up (both as a guest and monthly resident DJ), and on Melbourne’s Kiss FM. However, his current focus (when not dancing on speakers and causing chaos in the clubs) is in the studio, both as an artist and remixer for his own label, Haul Music (alongside Craig McWhinney and Christian Vance), and as a co-producer for some of Melbourne’s exciting new bands (including The Queen’s Head, the side project for SubAudible Hum frontman, Danny Griffith). BOOKINGS: [email protected] ONLINE: www.myspace.com/mikecallander MUSIC: https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/catalog/?labelId=12243&contextType=labels&contextEntityId=12243&orderBy=releasePublishDate%20DESC

Raised in the suburbs of Sydney by strict Turkish parents on a diet of classical Turkish music played back on a Grundig reel to reel player not much smaller than a fridge. Listening to "foreign" music, least of all bangin' electronica was far from acceptable and certainly not tolerated in the Kilic household. Despite these hurdles, as avid young music lovers, Murat and his sister were able to maintain a healthy stash of records, mixtapes and music videos under the cupboard in their bedroom for many years. Maybe this was the perfect upbringing for him because this deprivation has yielded a profound and undying love for hoarding music and an ear for anything to seriously rock a dance floor. Murat has been an avid collector of music (particularly on vinyl) since his early teens circa 1982 when he used to dodge school to sniff out rare wax at Sydney 2nd hand records stores Ashwoods, Martins and The Record Plant. His strong tech influence and this is reflected during his sets. His style is an intelligent blend of minimal tech, tech house, techno and acid. "At the end of the day, it is all about educating the crowd without boring them. Teaching people to appreciate new music whilst still getting them to dance themselves to oblivion".

The freshest thing to come out of France since the baggette, Oxia has been delivering the groovy melodic techno that’s landed on all our plates. At one time or another in the darkest club or craziest house party we have all grooved away to an Oxia track or remix. His music has hit an accord with Melbourne dance community with Lost Memory & Domino becoming instant classics, played in probably every club except Boutique. OXIA out now on GoodLife & Kompakt Extra

Safari grew up in the south of Madrid, the heart of the Spanish people. and oddly enough started his djing career with his father's records and recording tapes for local street parties, it wasn’t too long before the early sounds of techno caught his ears. After a few years between Australia and Spain, Safari finally made his way to Australia and within no time he was warming-up or closing down sets for the likes of Radio Slave, Stacey Pullen, Ripperton,Loco Dice, Hernan Cattaneo, Stephan Bodzin, Vincenzo and Robert Babicz (aka Rob Acid). You can catch him regularly at The Likes Of You, Sorry Grandma, Gazpacho, and numerous other events the country. Recently, Safari is spending more time in the studio, and soon you will here the Safari sound as his first release on international wax is just around the corner.