Under the Blue Moon Festival - All Hallows Eve Ball - 31st October 2009

Line-Up: GPKISM (Japan),TheArt Juke Baritone + The Swamp Dogs, The Horrorwood Mannequins, Chaingang, The Mansons, Lola The Vamp, Fancy Piece, Celia Cutis, Furr Hair, Gallery Serpentine, The Wild One, Dusk Moth Designs, Beserk, Baroque & Roll and MC JROWE
Tickets: Tickets $35 + bf Click here to purchase tickets
http://www.factorytheatre.com.au/events/2009/10/31/under-the-blue-moon-festival-licensed-all-ages


Under the Blue Moon – festival of all things darkly beautiful, Sydney's Dark Alternative Festival can artists and alternative designers performing and showcasing at the festival's highlight event The All Hallows Eve Ball on the 31st October at the Factory Theatre. The main stage Line up includes GPKISM (Japan), Juke Baritone + The Swamp Dogs, The Horrorwood Mannequins, Chaingang and The Mansons with special guest Simon Day. In our dungeon of debauchery hosted by Uber be delighted by the sultry Lola The Vamp, the ever so naughty Fancy Piece and Celia Cutis and her bed of nails. DJ's will be smashing up the dungeon walls all night long with heavy alt beats from DJ Requiem, Ash, metaVirus, Unit 13 and DJ Dasein.

Lunarmorph returns in 2009 as part of The Hallows Eve Ball, showcasing the best alternative designers from Australia including Gallery Serpentine, The Wild One, Beserk and Baroque & Roll with more to be announced.

Shallow Nation - 16th October 2009

The Toxic Green of Clubbing

Resident DJs: Requiem, BadPauly, MetaVirus and Opiate
Guest DJ: Dasein ( Berserk)

The Venue: Gilligans, downstairs at the Oxford Hotel, 134 Oxford St, Darlinghurst.
Check out the venue at: http://www.theoxfordhotel.com.au/

$10 entry
Cloak Room Available: $2 per item.

10pm - 4am

- Amazing lighting and venue
- Sound system to knock your socks off
- DJs playing the best in electro, industrial, aggrotech, hardstyle, EBM, electroclash all night.
- Photo ID essential.

The best part about this Shallow Nation is that it makes the return to running monthly! from this date forth we will be running every third Friday!

CRESSIDA Project - 7th October 2009

Canberra's Dark Music Network

A lot of people say you have to go out of state to meet or collaborate with other musically minded people. The goal of this project is add a bit of grease to the dark side of the Canberra music scene.

This is the second installment of the CRESSIDA Project events. They are held monthly on the first Wednesday of the month at Kremlin Bar. This one will be mainly about getting to know each other, what we do, interests, influences, techniques that sort of thing.

Photographers, film types, sound recordists, DJs, producers, writers, artists, lyricists, cartoonists, synth heads, hardware buffs, any maker with a taste for the darker side of life, all welcome!

Bring your Laptops, CD samples of your music, whatever you have and show off what you got.

Suggested agenda:
Intro from Shayne
Meet and greet
Catch-up on previous event session for newbies
Networking and chat

Twitter hash tag is #CRESSIDA, so if you wish to tweet about it before, during or after just add that to your tweets!

No cover charge and *happy hour drinks until 7pm*.

Chrome - 3rd October 2009

Do you like it spooky?

We do!

That's why Chrome has some very special guests out from the US to play for you LIVE! God Module will be thrashing out their spooky dance music for your listening and dancing pleasure. Kicking off in 1999 God Module have been whipping audiences into a frenzy all over the world for a decade with their own style of aggrotech.

God Module + Chrome DJs = A night of awesome dark beats!

Chrome will as always be running until the very early hours of the morning, so get your dancing boots on!

Sorry kids this a 18+ event! (If you want to complain about the lack of All Ages gigs in canberra send an email to info@cluchrome.com.au and we will see what we can do for you ::))

Entry is $15 for this event.

Chrome at the Holy Grail features:
A massive sound system
Licenced outdoor seating
Lights
Lazers
Video Projections
Pool Tables
Alcohol
Friendly, safe atmosphere
Flying monkeys*

*Flying monkey presence is highly applicable to wind speeds and other atmospheric conditions and will not be guaranteed.

Chrome - 5th September 2009

Sydney's mistress of harsh EBM Jenetik will join the Chrome Corps to make you stomp your feet this month at Canberra's biggest Goth Industrial club!

$6 Entry

Chrome at the Holy Grail features:
A massive sound system
Licenced outdoor seating
Lights
Lazers
Video Projections
Pool Tables
Alcohol
Friendly, safe atmosphere

CRESSIDA Project - 2nd September 2009

Canberra Roundtable for Electronic Sounds and Synths In Dark Audio

This is first installment of the CRESSIDA Project events. They will be held monthly on the first Wednesday of the month at Kremlin bar, 65 Northbourne Avenue, Canberra City.

This one will be mainly about getting to know each other, what we do, interests, influences, techniques that sort of thing. Bring your Laptops, CD samples of your music, whatever you have and lets launch this baby.

Suggested agenda:
Intro from Shayne
Meet and greet
Suggestions for networking tools:
- Facebook
- Ning
- eMail
- 37 signals gear (www.37signals.com)
- Google collaborative tools (Docs, Calendar, Wave etc.)
- Soundcloud
Listening showcase (people play a bit of their stuff).

Twitter hash tag is #CRESSIDA, so if you wish to tweet about it before, during or after just add that to your tweets!

Shallow Nation relaunches - Friday 21st August 2009

This is my new DJ residency in Sydney! Every third Friday of the month is Shallow Nation!

Resident DJs: Requiem, BadPauly, MetaVirus and Opiate
Guest DJ: Deviant (UK)

The Venue: Gilligans, downstairs at the Oxford Hotel, 134 Oxford St, Darlinghurst.
Check out the venue at: http://www.theoxfordhotel.com.au/

$10 entry
Cloak Room Available: $2 per item.

10pm - 4am

- Amazing lighting and venue
- Vibrating Dance Floor (yes, you read that right)
- Sound system to knock your socks off
- DJs playing the best in electro, industrial, aggrotech, hardstyle, EBM, electroclash all night.
- Photo ID essential.

Le Chat Noir - 27th August 2009

Join DJs metaVirus and IDOC, band Little Sister, the girls from Miss Kitka's House of Burlesque, Penny Murdoch fashion designer and harpist Madame Q for a night of fun and frivolity!

The DJs will be spinning Jazz, Blues, Cabaret, Dark Cabaret, remixes and all kinds of ear candy.

Madame Q will provide some mood setting vibes to kick off the night.

Penny Murdoch will wow you with her amazing Steampunk inspired styles.

The girls from Miss Kitka's House of Burlesque are ready and willing to tease.

The band Little Sister will soothe you with their sweet 1920's influenced fusion style.

Entry is $10 at the door which is a steal for such a fun filled evening. All in the luscious surrounds of the Kremlin Bar.

For further details check out the Facebook event.

Chrome - 1st August 2009

The Chrome corps Salem, Stealth.Elf and metaVirus are joined by Sydney synthpop/futurepop DJ Miss Pink bringing a feminine touch to the decks.

$6 Entry

Chrome at the Holy Grail features:
A massive sound system
Licenced outdoor seating
Lights
Lazers
Video Projections
Pool Tables
Alcohol
Friendly, safe atmosphere

Chrome - 4th July 2009

Celebrate the day of earth's aphelion in darkness with guest DJ Dasein from Berserk in Sydney and Chrome's Core Crew Salem, Stealth.Elf and metaVirus.


Chrome at the Holy Grail features:
A massive sound system
Licenced outdoor seating
Lights
Lazers
Video Projections
Pool Tables
Alcohol
Friendly, safe atmosphere

Le Chat Noir - 25th June 2009

Le Chat Noir, held in the gorgeous Kremlin Bar, is inspired by the original Parisian cabaret started by Rodolphe Salisin the 1880s. This Le Chat Noir however is based on relaxed alternative music provided by DJs, as well as live music, a fashion tableau vivant and a burlesque performance.

Le Chat Noir will appeal to anyone with a taste for something a little different.

This months guests:
Fashion by Eline Martinsen
Burlesque performance by Miss Kitka's House of Burlesque
Live Music by Madame Q and Little Sister
Pasties by Allyeska
Guest DJ Miss G

Signature cocktails available only at Le Chat Noir:

Le Petit Chaton (The Little Kitten):
Served in a port glass, sips of a potent mix of darkness and sweetness.

Le Chat Noir (The Black Cat):
Served in a martini glass the larger sibling boasts the same darkness with a more sophisticated flavour.

Entry is only $10!

Canberra Roller Derby League Friends and Family Bout - 20th June 2009

So the Canberra Roller Derby League (CDRL) is getting on its feet and coming close and closer to stepping in to the public arena . To aid this I will be spinning some Riot Grrrl influenced tunes for their listening pleasure. To reflect the different style of music I will be DJing under the pseudonym DJ Pig Plague. Taking inspiration from the Tank Girl sound track and adding in a whole load of Rockabilly, Psychobilly and straight out Rock and Roll with as many female leads as I can muster.

See the above poster for info on fundraisers and information sessions.

Keep and eye out for CDRL in future!

Chrome - 6th June 2009

DJ Virulent of Crystalline Effect and Plague Sequence has played events all over Europe and Australia is coming to Canberra to unleash his very own brand of Dark Psytrance.

Supported by Chrome's resident DJs Salem (who will be fresh off the plane back from pilgramage to WGT in Germany), Stealth.Elf and metaVirus this promises to be an incredible night!

Chrome at the Holy Grail features:
A Massive Sound System
Lights
Lazers
Video Projections
Alcohol
Friendly, safe atmosphere

Berserk - 30 May 2009 (Guest Spot)

Berserk is one of Sydney's best (and my favourite) Cybergothic/Electro-Industrial nights. I have been to the last two events and had an incredible time dancing to some brilliant music. You won't get this quality of event anywhere else in the NSW/ACT with art and electric lighting widgets everywhere, videos and a great sound system, awesome atmosphere and great music, it's got everything.

I was lucky enough to be invited by DJ Dasein to guest at the May 09 event. After seeeing the quality of the acts at this event it is a real honour to guest there. If you are in the Sydney or the ACT this event is worth any trip you have to take to get there.

Chrome - 2 May 2009

After a fantastic turn out for April, Chrome is back this month to satiate your dark muscial cravings with tasty morsels of sonic distemper.

Featuring the debut of a new local DJ I.D.O.C.! Come check him out and show your support!

Chrome at the Holy Grail features:

• A Massive Sound System


• Lights


• Lazers


• Video Projections


• Alcohol
  
  
• Pool Tables
  

• Friendly, safe atmosphere

Le Chat Noir - 23 April 2009

Le Chat Noir, held in the gorgeous Kremlin Bar, is inspired by the original Parisian cabaret started by Rodolphe Salisin the 1880s. This Le Chat Noir however is based on relaxed alternative music provided by DJs, as well as live music, a fashion tableau vivant and a burlesque performance.

Le Chat Noir will appeal to anyone with a taste for something a little different.

This months guests:
Fashion by Morph Clothing (Canada)
Burlesque performance by Miss Pink (Sydney)
Live Music by Little Sister
Jewellery by Madame Q
Pasties by Allyeska
Guest DJ Kasdeja (Sydney)

Signature cocktails available only at Le Chat Noir:

Le Petit Chaton (The Little Kitten):
Served in a port glass, sips of a potent mix of darkness and sweetness.

Le Chat Noir (The Black Cat):
Served in a martini glass the larger sibling boasts the same darkness with a more sophisticated flavour.

Entry is $10 a great price for this event.

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