Tom Cosm is a traveling producer and performer who is tackling the electronic music scene from an
outside the square angle.
As he moves around the globe, he performs live computer driven music using
a laptop, synthesizers and various machines, as well he hosts workshops and private lessons, passing
on his knowledge freely to anyone willing to listen.
His music project is "open source", relying heavily on the community formed around it, to help it to grow and spread,
as he has no other means of promotion other than word of mouth.
All of his music, files and video tutorials are available for free, to anyone at anytime from the projects
interactive social network www.TomCosm.com
This will be Tom's first live performance in Newcastle, don't miss it !!!
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Since bursting onto the Newcastle Electronic Music scene in early 2004, Rossco has maintained momentum in raising his profile as one of the most innovative Trance and Techno DJs to come out of the steel city.
Armed with a record bag full of the latest and yet to be released tunes from some of the genre's biggest labels including Armada, Soundpiercing, Discover, Eve Records, Trancetribe Recordings, Detox, Stay up Forever, and countless more, Rossco is well positioned to move forward in Australia's trance scene coming into the 2008/2009 season.
Never backing away from a challenge, Rossco has been known to throw all conventions out the window and push the boundaries just that bit further, like stepping up to the turntables and playing an entire set without headphones (Transmission DJ Comp, 2006) or combining three different genres in what can only be described as a juggling act mixing tracks on four CD turntables, spiced up with with looping and effects (Traffik Jam III, 2007), or playing an impromptu set infront of 3500 electro fans using an unknown DJ's tracks when one of the headline DJs went missing (Groovin' The Moo, 2007).
Rossco's supports list reads like a who's who of Trance and Techno including: Eddie Halliwell, Above and Beyond, Cosmic Gate, John '00' Fleming, Sean Tyas, Simon Patterson, Public Domain, Alex Kidd, Matt Hardwick, Scott Bond, Scot Project, Anne Savage, John Askew, Organ Donors, The Thrillseekers, DJ Wag, Kyau vs Albert, Christopher Lawrence, and more at some of the worlds most respected dance events, such as: Godskitchen, Slinky, and Trancetribe: Experience.
April 2008 saw Triple-J's "The Club" broadcast Rossco's entire March 08 Demo, nationwide. Following this Rossco decided to launch his own podcast "Trance Essential" which showcases the latest in Trance from some of the biggest artists and labels in the game. His podcast has been received with widespread acclaim from all over Australia and abroad, leading to interest from interstate promoters and consistently hitting the top 10 of the iTunes music podcast charts with each episode.
With Trance gaining momentum, and Rossco taking a solid hold at the forefront of the local scene, who knows what the rest of the year will bring!
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In 2003, Stevan Cetinich AKA Acoustic Shadow started holding small underground dance parties with a group of friends, and after whatching his friends play at these parties his interest in electronic music grew.
He began playin breaks and electro at these smaller parties and loved doing all he could with the organisation and production of musical events.
After discovering the beauty of Psy-Trance his focus moved from organising the parties to just playing at them.
Over the last few years his style has changed from harder, more psycadelic trance to cheesy morning psy, to the point he's at now with a mixture of deep minimal prog to funky cheesy prog.
He just recently began playing under the label SecretPsyde Recs and has begun to create his own blend of music to be released in the coming months, so keep an ear out for it.
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13 years behind the turntables and Maldore continues to lead the way in providing hyper-speed, body violating, dance floor destruction. Maldore simultaneously mixes and MCs and finds no bounds to his performance structure. Maldore appreciates that not everybody wants to permanently scramble their brains and loose control of their bodily functions in a bass driven breakbeat frenzy... BUT acknowledges that there are a significant number of mash-heads out there who do... thus Maldore exists.
Maldore's first audiences were those in various clubs and raves in south-east England as the jungle and hardcore fever broke loose in the mid 90's. Maldore moved to Bristol in 2000 where the drum and bass and ragga jungle was unbelievably huge and relished learning and playing alongside the awesome Dissident Free-Party DJs. In Bristol Maldore picked up the dirty habits of Breakcore, Death-Metal, Gabba, Techno and Jungletek which now influence his DJ sets.
Maldore moved to Reading, UK in 2004 and saw the huge potential the place had to offer. It didn't take long for Maldore to team up with Peter Dennis and provide some unforgettable themed free-party experiences in abandoned factories, council flats, University properties, forests, HGV's, railway arches etc. Themes included Super Mario, Voodoo Sacrifice, Clowns, Scrap Heap... The more bizarre the better, with the focus on dropping the unsuspecting raver into spectacular environments, where role-play and anarchy roamed free. Maldore co-founded the regular warehouse rave night 'Fractals' and entertained along side the Breakcore legends Shitmat and Exile.
Since leaving Reading, Maldore has broadened his horizons DJing in Europe, Indonesia and now in Newcastle Australia. Maldore is stoked to have met some real keen Newcastle party people and DJs including Carpe DM, Tom Haze, Grimmo, Chop Stuey and Phreedee who realise the importance of pushing forward new experimental rave styles. The summer is coming and its time to take the sound systems outside!
Listen out for details on his Myspace blog and check his soirees at the Croatioan Club, Wickham and other Newcastle venues.
To sum up a Maldore DJ/MC set............... Rave, Energy and Hysteria!
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Sean Minouge A.K.A Carpa D.M, is a brilliant up and coming dj artist, who has just burst into the Dj world with his interesting beats.
Born in Ireland, Sean moved to Australia at a young age and was raised on the North Coast in Bellingen. He found his love for electronic music not long after his transition to Newcastle.
Acoustic and live music has always been an integral part of Seans life but his immense love for music was captivated when he first heard electro beats. The composers that drew his attention were Gangpol und Mit, Tipper and Messer Chupps which are now ongoing and grounding influences in his quest of discovery.
Sean has only been on the scene for a short amount of time but he is spreading his love of music with passion and zest, 'cause he loves getting it out there!
Carpa D.M's projection to the aural senses is sure to take you on an adventure. When asked to explain his favourite type of music, Sean's response is, "I like wacky and quirky, something that makes the audience think, i like to push the boundaries and hopefully
they (the audience) feel what i do".
