Australian Electronic Music Personalities
Producers, DJs, label owners and mastering engineers; the good and the bad. This list is intended to be fairly comprehensive and will grow as time goes on.
Please send me a message if there is a name you think I should add.
Please send me a message if there is a name you think I should add.
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Great progressive producer and owner of Vapour Recordings. Was part of Quench with CJ Dolan and Sean Quinn. -
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Techno maestro. Was part of Quench with Kasey Taylor and CJ Dolan. -
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Moved to London at a young age to start DJing and made it big. Now world renowned and plays Ibiza and other big venues frequently. Originally played progressive house but has since moved on to tech-house.
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Progressive don from way back who has now turned to producing cheese with Grant Smillie under the name 'TV Rock'. He provides all the production skill in this duo. I have no idea what Smilie contributes. -
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Easily Melbourne's best commercial house DJ. Plays cheese but isn't ashamed of it. Mixes and works a room like no other. Now plays radio with Grant Smillie. -
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Sun Control Species. Awesome progressive psy project. -
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Young gun with the prog track 'Striptease' to his name.
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Progressive gun with some great tracks. -
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Another old-school prog-lover. May have sold out recently to pay the bills though (time will tell!) -
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One of Melbourne's best techno jocks and producers. -
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ADDICTED TO BASS.
Just kidding, he was part of Future Sound of Melbourne, one of Australia's best techno acts. -
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Another member of FSOM. The third bloke is British.
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From Infusion.
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From Infusion.
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From Infusion.
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Mastering engineer.
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Trance jock and more recently, producer. Not much good on either front though. -
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Drum 'n' Bass producers.
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Drum 'n' Bass producer.
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Drum 'n' Bass producer.
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Drum 'n' Bass producer.
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Drum 'n' Bass producer.
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Drum 'n' Bass producer.
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Drum 'n' Bass producer.
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Drum 'n' Bass producer.
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Drum 'n' Bass producer.
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Drum 'n' Bass producer.
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Drum 'n' Bass producer.
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Drum 'n' Bass producer.
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Drum 'n' Bass producer.
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Trance producer and DJ who somehow made it internationally in a very short time. Better known as TyDi. Not much good.
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Psy-trance producer Tetrameth.
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Psy-trance producer Shadow FX.
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Techno producer.
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Techno producer and psy-trance DJ. Real name Bill Hunter.
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Psy producer Sugar. Great albums!
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Is now the solo member of Quench (remember 'Dreams'?). Sean Quinn and Kasey Taylor were originally in the group too.
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One half of TV Rock.
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Electro-house producer Dirty South.
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Better known as Andy Van. Was in Madison Avenue ('Don't Call Me Baby'!) -
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Electro-house producer.
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Part of Sneaky Sound System, an electro-house group.
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Part of Sneaky Sound System, an electro-house group.
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Part of Sneaky Sound System, an electro-house group.
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Respectable commercial DJ with an ear for more banging stuff. -
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Electro producer and label owner. -
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Vocalist Sofie Loizou. -
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One part of breaks group Pendulum. -
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One part of breaks group Pendulum. -
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One part of breaks group Pendulum. -
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One part of breaks group Pendulum. Who the fuck would have thought it takes four guys to make one track? -
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One part of breaks group Pendulum. Make that five. -
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Perth-based prog producer Kriece. Has made some great productions in his time.
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Drum 'n' Bass producer with much international recognition, and for good reason. -
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Psy-trance producer Sensient.
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Psy-trance producer Benza.
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Better known as Mr. Peculiar, a psy-trance act.
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Agent 86: probably Melbourne's best DJ. His hip-hop background has given him impeccable skills on the decks and his taste is flawless, covering disco, funk, techno and god knows what else. I've heard him play every set imaginable, from 9pm funk to peak time techno sets at 4am. Great bloke too.
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Born in New Zealand but lives in Melbourne. Definitely claiming him as our own! Better known as FREq, a world-recognised prog-psy producer.
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Has a great track called 'This Is' with the whiteHEAT group. The track is at least three years old now (2009) and still hasn't been released. Hurry the fuck up!
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Sydney based breaks producer better known as Dopamine.
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Melbourne-based electro/techno/house producer. -
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Melbourne-based electro/techno/house producer. -
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Internationally recognised house producer. -
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Michael Rowe, house producer based in Melbourne. -
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House producer based in Melbourne.
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Ambient artist Ashera.
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One half of Cybotron (don't confuse this with the American project of the same name).
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One half of Cybotron (don't confuse this with the American project of the same name).
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Prolific Melbourne producer from early days in noise, experimental etc.
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Member of ambient/experimental project Eden. -
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Prolific producer, mainly in ambient/IDM.
Former member of Eden and Snog.
Currently part of Secret Masters and Soma. -
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Former member of Snog. Wife of Pieter?
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Former member of industrial project Snog.
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A very busy producer with the following aliases: Black Lung, Dark Side Of Berlin, The Enemy and Snog.
Collaborative projects include So Fuckin' Jazz, Soma and Veruschka. -
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Based in Melbourne.
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Based in Melbourne.
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Real name Sasha Petrovic.
Psy producer and DJ. -
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Promising trance producer from Melbourne.
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Trance producer with a few well-deserved international hits. -
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Melbourne-based electro-house/indie producer. -
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Half of Sydney based electro-house/pop group The Bag Raiders.
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Half of Sydney based electro-house/pop group The Bag Raiders.
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aka mrTimothy.
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Ben Vanguarde, electro-house/indie producer.
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Member of turntabalism group The Avalanches.
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Member of turntabalism group The Avalanches.
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Member of turntabalism group The Avalanches.
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Member of turntabalism group The Avalanches.
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Member of turntabalism group The Avalanches.
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Former member of turntabalism group The Avalanches. Real name Dexter Fabay.
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Member of the Ku-Ling Brothers, a downtempo/leftfield project.
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Member of the Ku-Ling Brothers, a downtempo/leftfield project.
Born in England, however. -
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Member of The Potbelleez, an extremely commercial electro-house group.
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Member of The Potbelleez, an extremely commercial electro-house group.
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Melbourne-based psy producer.
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Psy-trance producer and festival organiser. -
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Better known as Katalyst, a funk/trip-hop producer.
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Perth-based techno producer.
It's not widely known that he's also a very talented DJ. I've seen him play psy-trance, progressive house and a mix of other genres. He's got a great understanding of crowd dynamics and knows how to rock a room.