Category: Blog
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Patch: Adelaide’s Drum & Bass Standard-Bearer
Julian “Jules” Dangov — known to Adelaide’s electronic music community simply as Patch — is one of Australia’s most respected drum and bass DJs, a four-time South Australian Dance Music Award winner, and the driving force behind the city’s long-running Sauce Music Events and Rollerz radio programme. Based in Highbury, South Australia, Patch has been…
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DJ S4T: Adelaide’s Underground Double Threat
In a scene that often rewards specialisation, Susie Dangov — better known as DJ S4T — has carved out something rare: genuine credibility across two of electronic music’s most demanding genres. Operating out of Adelaide’s Kaurna country for over a decade, she’s become one of the city’s most essential underground figures, equally at home behind…
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Dance Floor Heretics: The Crew That Refuses to Let Adelaide’s Rave Spirit Die
Adelaide’s rave heritage runs deeper than most Australians realise. Through the 90s, this city was ground zero for underground dance music in Australia. Enchanted Forest pulled thousands into secret bush locations. Clubs like Heaven, Cargo, and Planet kept floors packed every night of the week. Dance Floor Heretics grew out of that era, and the…
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Adelaide Massive: The Quiet Force Holding Adelaide’s Bass Scene Together
Every music scene needs a heartbeat — somewhere the information flows, the community gathers, and the culture gets documented. For Adelaide’s drum and bass underground, that heartbeat has been Adelaide Massive since 2003. Run by the tireless DJ Khem, Adelaide Massive isn’t a promoter, a venue, or a ticket seller. It’s something rarer and more…
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Bassline Market & Simply Techno present EastBlock Grooves at The Austral Laneway for Adelaide Fringe
March 13, 2026 | 6pm–12am | The Austral, Bent Street Laneway, Rundle Street | Free entry Adelaide, SA — [For immediate release] — Two of Adelaide’s most respected underground electronic music collectives are joining forces for a landmark one-night-only event during Fringe season. Bassline Market and Simply Techno will present EastBlock Grooves on Friday, March…
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SAUCE presents ICONS Vol 5 with UK drum & bass pioneer Ray Keith at Gala Room (The Austral)
Friday 20 February 2026 | Doors 10:00pm | Gala Room @ The Austral (Austral Hotel), Rundle Street, Adelaide | 18+ Adelaide, SA — [For immediate release] — SAUCE returns with the next chapter of its ICONS series, bringing UK drum & bass heavyweight Ray Keith (Dread Recordings / UK) to Adelaide for a one-night takeover…
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Mellow Monday Live takes over Hotel Royal’s private loft + balcony for Adelaide Cup Day
March 9, 2026 | 2–6pm | Hotel Royal, Torrensville | Tickets strictly limited to 50 Adelaide, SA — [For immediate release] — Dance Floor Heretics and Nathan Bof Hughes announce Mellow Monday Live, a one-off Adelaide Cup Day session bringing four hours of laid-back techno with a splash of house to the Hotel Royal Torrensville.…
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I’ve been craving the old days again.
Not because everything was better (it wasn’t), but because finding out what was on was dead easy. You’d grab The Core or Onion on release day and flick straight to the events page. That list mattered. It was the difference between a big weekend and staying home because you “didn’t hear about anything.” It wasn’t…
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Rave Tales with Nathan ‘BOF’ Hughes and Paul Hamon
A conversation between Nathan ‘BOF’ Hughes and Paul Hamon about Adelaide’s early rave scene, the birth of IP Productions, The CORE Magazine, and the evolution of dance music culture. BOF: Welcome to Rave Tales, everyone. I’m BOF, and today I’m joined by Paul Hamon, calling in from sunny Thailand. Paul, let’s start at the beginning—tell…
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Dance Floor Heretics
Adelaide’s underground collective keeping the spirit of authentic rave culture alive. The Genesis: From Continuous Flow to Cultural Movement Dance Floor Heretics isn’t just another streetwear brand or event promoter — it’s a cultural bridge connecting the sweat-soaked warehouse parties of 1990s Adelaide to today’s underground techno scene. Founded by rave veterans Paul Hamon and…