Ok Sorry about being off the air a bit! Had major PC drive hassles and hence this affected me updating the website, accessing the net etc etc - been a nightmare - also been doing stupid hours at work...i need a big weekend i think!

[Phew 2010 keepin me busy...added heaps!]

-== DJ Wag & Tenishia : [Fri 5th Feb 10] ==-

DJ's :- DJWag (GER) & Tenishia (Malta), Simon Barwood, more TBA.

Rise presents this Hard Trance club event, featuring -
DJ Wag aka Yakooza - "He's an artist at the forefront of the German hard trance scene having released early tracks on the influential Abfahrt and Overdose labels. His 1st single in 1998, 'Man On The Moon', instantly catapaulted him into the A league but it was Wag's second Yakooza project that spawned the worldwide hit 'Cocaine' as well as the hard trance anthems 'French Kiss' and 'Lovin' You'. Wag created his own label 'Traffic Tunes' in 2005 and had instantaneous success with the debut release the massive Yakooza track 'I Wanna Feel' and the much anticipated remixes of ‘Cocaine’. Wag’s DJ sets are tight, techy, experimental and will take you on a journey. This is banging it out with a difference… with class, with bass, with passion and above all experience!
Tenishia - Joven Grech & Cyprian Cassar better known as Tenishia took Malta’s clubbing scene by storm in 2005. Winning the ‘Best Newcomer Award’ eight months after their debut in the scene and ‘Best Live Performance’ a few months later, which made Tenishia Malta’s fastest growing act. Winners of ‘Best Dance Tune 2008’ at the Malta Music Awards and signed to the legendary Armada Records. Tenishia have not only produced worldwide hits but have put their home country, Malta on the dance map but the admiration for these talented producers stretches far beyond the beautiful country. Tenishia have a bright future ahead with their ever growing touring schedule which is getting their names headlining the worlds best clubs and events".

Venue : Rise Nightclub, 139 James Street, Northbridge 9.30pm-5am. An 18+ event.
Tickets : members $5 b4 11pm/$10 thereafter, nonmembers $10 b4 11pm/$20 thereafter on the door.

-== Revolution Guest Special - Sam X : [Sat 6th Feb 10] ==-

DJ's :- DJ Sam X (Switzerland), Simon Barwood, Greg Packer & MC Xsessiv, Rousa.

Rise presents this, the 4th in a series of Revolution specials, featuring a guest each edition, this week is DJ Sam X (Switzerland) "Samuel Sautaux began mixing hardcore in 1997, soon after he was discovered by the biggest Swiss rave promoter Generation X has progressed to become one of Switzerland’s best known hardcore DJs having played massive events across Europe. Sam brings his unique gabber sound and sublime technical skills to, on this his debut Australian tour, alongside Perths finest resident DJ lineup of Greg Packer (9 times PDMA Best Drum n Bass DJ), Rousa (5 times PDMA Best Hardcore DJ) and Simon Barwood (3 times PDMA Best Trance DJ) on the decks and MC Xsessiv hyping the crowd on the mic".

Venue : Rise Nightclub, 139 James Street, Northbridge 9.30pm-5am. An 18+ event.
Tickets : FREE entry before 10pm, members FREE b4 11pm/$5 thereafter, nonmembers $5 b4 11pm/$10 b4 12am, $15 thereafter on the door.

-== Dom & Roland - No Strings Attached Tour : [Sat 13th Feb 10] ==-

DJ's :- Dom & Roland (UK), Greg Packer & MC Xsessiv, more TBA.

Rise presents this special Drum n Bass club event - "Without doubt one of the most original and creative forces behind drum & bass, Dom & Roland really needs no introduction. Whether as a producer in his own right or as an engineer for somebody else, Dominic Angas has always sought to push himself to create music that stands apart with a unique quality of its own. As a DJ, Dom shares the same philosophy with his production and his sets contain some of the toughest, freshest dancefloor drum & bass around.
Dom & Roland's fifth LP may just be his most exciting album yet. Choosing his allies carefully from among the drum & bass scene's leading producers, Dom continues to push himself and set new standards for production once again with 'No Strings Attached'. A mouth-watering tracklist brings together collaborations alongside Noisia, Hive, Amon Tobin, Prolix, Audio and Rob Playford, out now on vinyl and mp3 through Dom & Roland Productions (DRP)".

Venue : Rise Nightclub, 139 James Street, Northbridge 9.30pm-5am. An 18+ event.
Tickets : members $5 b4 11pm/$10 thereafter, nonmembers $10 b4 11pm/$20 thereafter on the door.

-== Maximum Carnage : [Sat 13th Feb 10] ==-

DJ's :- Muller, Invictus Affiliate, Kurtox vs DVise, Sempy vs Stiltz, Skinny vs Rowdy, Devious D vs Phaze.
MC's :- KPax & High Noon.

Spawn, Inhibit & New Generation crews presents this Drum n Bass special, "Maximum Carnage - One Night, one Location...Drum n Bass Destruction Session". Looks like a nice underground gig with a different lineup - nice one guys.

Venue : Impact Bar, cnr Lake & James Street, Northbridge 8pm-late. An 18+ event.
Tickets : FREE entry before 10pm, $5 thereafter on the door.

-== FRiCktiOn [Thu 18th Jan 10] ==-

DJ's :- INFX (Open Deck Sessions), munKEE (Oz Daze/Open Deck Sessions), Chilli (Metros/Oz Daze),
Stevie M (Botanica), Hutcho (All Over).

Shakedown Productions & The Velvet Loungs present this special bar night "The Velvet Lounge will be shaking at the foundations with our fantastic sounds being played by our underground DJ's! Famous for the ODS, we're gonna take you on a hot trip with a night of heated beats, melting wax, bass-pumping sizzlin' Hip Hop, Electro & Breaks trax that will burn away your inhibitions and make you dance! Featuring great drink prices all night!"
Check the FB Page for more info here

Venue : Velvet Lounge (Flying Scotsman), 639 Beaufort St, Mt Lawley Perth 8pm-12am. An 18+ event.
Tickets : FREE entry.

-== Shock Force : [Fri 19th Feb 10] ==-

DJ's :- Shock Force (aka Jon the Baptist & DJ Chuck-E UK), Simon Barwood, more TBA.

Rise presents this special club event, featuring UK Hard Dance jock combination - "Jon the Baptist & DJ Chuck-E have taken the Hard Trance scene by storm in recent days, now a full time DJ and production / remix duo, the European Hard Trance scene has its life force here! In the wake of the scenes biggest producers taking on new aspects & journeys in their careers, the boys have stepped up to the plate & cemented themselves firmly at the top of the Hard Trance ladder. With energetic crowd pleasing showmanship, fast flowing original sets & their awesome hard and uplifting productions they have reset the scene on fire and are gaining world wide recognition. Releases on their very own, and very popular label ‘Intolerance Recordings’ and the Italian home imprint of ‘Future Sound Corporation’ run by the Trance Generators have seen them recognized as the UKs number 1 European Hard Trance producers and DJ's".

Venue : Rise Nightclub, 139 James Street, Northbridge 9.30pm-5am. An 18+ event.
Tickets : members $5 b4 10.30pm/$10 thereafter, nonmembers $10 b4 10.30pm/$20 thereafter on the door.

-== Jose Amnesia & Jennifer Rene : [Sat 20th Feb 10] ==-

DJ's :- Jose Amnesia & Jennifer Rene, Simon Barwood, more TBA.

Rise presents this special club event featuring - Jose Amnesia - "In 1996 Jose Amnesia bought his first Atari synthesizer to begin composing electronic tracks. A couple years later Age One records (UK) were interested in his work and in 1998 the project Jose Amnesia was born. "Last Sunset in Ibiza" was an Essential new tune on Judge Jules BBC Radio Show, followed by epic masterpiece "The Eternal” which soon became a classic trance. Three of his tracks also appeared on the Gatecrashers "Digital Trance". In 2005 "Second Day" a collaboration with newcomer artist Serp, was immediately signed and released on Vandit, and the monster Karen Overton cover “Your Loving Arms” with Dino Lenny. More recently he has teamed up with Jennifer Rene to produce and release top tunes like "Louder", "Wouldn't Change A Thing" and "Invincible" on Armada.
Jennifer Rene - she was born with music in her soul. Singing and performing since she was very little, writing songs since she was 10, those around her knew she was destined to be involved in music somehow for her future. Soon after she began working with producer Jose Amnesia, the track “Louder” was born and instantly picked up by world renowned DJ Armin van Buuren. Her distinct vocals caught the attention of clubbers worldwide and her follow ups “Wouldn’t Change A Thing”, “Fall To Pieces (with Jonas Steur), and “Invincible” were featured on such compilations as Armin’s “A State of Trance 2007”,“Universal Religion 2007”, and Tiesto’s “In Search of Sunrise 6”. Jennifer Rene also has a talent in DJing as well. She travels the world playing her own DJ sets mixed with her live vocals, With an artist album in the works and big name collaborations coming up, she's a name to keep an eye out for".

Venue : Rise Nightclub, 139 James Street, Northbridge 9.30pm-5am. An 18+ event.
Tickets : members $5 b4 11pm/$10 thereafter, nonmembers $10 b4 11pm/$20 thereafter on the door.

-== Hixxy & MC Storm : [Fri 26th Feb 10] ==-

DJ's :- Hixxy (UK) & MC Storm (UK), Simon Barwood, more TBA.

Rise presents this special club event, featuring the huge UK HaRdCoRe Raver Baby combination of -
" Hixxy - HTID/Raverbaby Recs (UK) :- Raver Baby mastermind, Ian ‘Hixxy’ Hicks is the true architect of the UK hardcore scene. The mad scientist behind Raverbaby, the world’s largest Hardcore label, was a main influence in the development of early Happy Hardcore in the 90’s. These days he commandeers the Raver Baby and HTID imprints, as well as mixing huge compilations such as the Clubland Extreme Hardcore series. Armed with a crate full of Clubland exclusives, don’t miss your chance to see this living legend melt the dancefloor! www.myspace.com/djhixxyuk
MC Storm - HTID/Raverbaby (UK) :- With more than ten years on the mic and a regular at events such as Slammin’ Vinyl, Raverbaby, HTID and Hardcore Heaven, Storm truly is a master of ceremony. The main MC for fellow DJs such as Hixxy, Sy, Breeze and Styles, Storm provides turbo-charged rhymes to their respective sounds. The UK’s number one MC has his sight set on rocking Rise, so prepare your ears to be mesmerized by the whirlwind that is Storm!
www.myspace.com/mcstormuk".

Venue : Rise Nightclub, 139 James Street, Northbridge 9.30pm-5am. An 18+ event.
Tickets : members $10 b4 11pm/$15 thereafter, nonmembers $15 b4 11pm/$25 thereafter on the door.

-== Lisa Lashes : [Sun 28th Feb 10] ==-

DJ's :- Lisa Lashes (UK), Simon Barwood, Grin, more TBA.

Rise presents this special club event, featuring the The World’s Number 1 Female DJ - "When not headlining at one of Europe’s top festivals such as Global Gathering, Creamfields and Dance Valley; or playing to her adoring fans at some of the UK’s biggest domestic nights such as Godskitchen, Gatecrasher and Storm; Lisa’s musical adventure regularly sees her packing her suitcase and touring her style to another corner of the globe.
Huge popularity of the sell-out Lashed in Ibiza parties, led to instant worldwide demand for Lisa and her Lashed brand and marathonesque tours of the parties to China, Canada, United States of America, Netherlands, Russia, Australia, New Zealand and Japan ensued!
It wasn’t long before Lisa was officially recognised amongst the top ten DJs in the world and achieved the illustrious title of ‘The World’s #1 Female DJ’.
Away from the sparkling career behind the decks, Lisa has also enjoyed huge successes with her Euphoria albums. With sales well over 250,000 they were quickly established as the biggest selling hard house compilations in the world - resulting in the nickname, ‘The Queen of Hard House!’
Never one to sit back, Lisa’s latest venture was the launch of her own record label – Lashed Music, which is continues to go from strength to strength, picking up plays from a huge range of DJ’s around the world, loads of Radio One plays on Kutski and Judge Jules and many tracks that were quickly licensed to numerous albums wordwide; including Q-Dance, Ministry of Sound, Tidy, Tunnel & D-Trance".

Venue : Rise Nightclub, 139 James Street, Northbridge 9.30pm-5am. An 18+ event.
Tickets : members $5 b4 10.30pm/$10 thereafter, nonmembers $10 b4 10.30pm/$20 thereafter on the door.

-== Beat Mash : [Weekly Wednesdays] ==-

Featuring DJ's - TBA...

Inhibit & Mekka present this wicked night of DnB Breakbeat & Bass pressure, featuring drink specials & wicked vibe, featuring locals DJs & plus regular international guests.
More info - Inhibit website

Venue : Bar Open - Club 234 William St Perth, 9pm-2am. An 18+ event.
Tickets : (usually) FREE or as advertised.

Featuring DJ's - TBA...

"Voted the number 1 nightclub in the Perth Dance Music Awards '03,'04,'05 '06, '07 and '08, and number 42 in the world (DJ Mag) by an array of international DJs, Ambar continues to strive in its efforts to bring you the biggest names and the hottest nights! We've got the most sought after ticket in town, have you got yours?" Home of the Boomtick Crew and host to the Destination? & Japan 4 gigs amonst others.
website

Venue : Ambar Nightclub - downstairs at 104 Murray St Perth. An 18+ event.
Tickets : as advertised.

-== A.W.O.L (Every 2nd Wed) : [Wednesday] ==-

DJ's :- TBA - see above for lineups.
FORCE, ROAR & TeKnoLoGy CoRpS crews present this bi-weekly (ie every second Wednesday!) club gig - featuring all styles, expect HaRdCoRe, Techno/Schranz, aCiD, Breaks, Gabba, Freeform, Hard Dance, Trance etc (except DnB that's downstairs already!) as you'd expect from our crews. Usual DJs on rotation with spots for up n coming talent to get out there. This night is designed around the same feel as the legendary S.O.S. & R.O.A.R. club nights that were in Nuvibe / Studio 7 / Hyde Park Hotel. A welcome return to midweek HaRdCoRe clubbing thats been absent for too long. Expect the odd guest-spot from Interstate/International guests who are still round from a big weekend event by FORCE. Production-wise it's pretty well decked out with plasma screens, a huge projector screen for live visuals, the stupidly-cranking Nexo sound system, Intelligent lighting , Lasers (plus all the FORCE ones), heaps of couches, smoking downstairs, cheap drink prices ( and we'll work on them for some specials ).
AWOL Facebook page here.

Venue : Bar Open (upstairs) 234 William Street, Northbridge 9pm-2am. An 18+ event.
Tickets : FREE entry.

-== Revolution @ Rise : [Weekly Saturdays] ==-

Resident DJ's :- Greg Packer (Best Drum N Bass DJ ­ 2005 PDMA), Simon Barwood (Best Trance DJ ­ 2005 PDMA)
MC's :- MC Assassin (Best MC ­ 2005 PDMA).
plus Regular Guests (on rotation) - MRW (Best Techno DJ ­ 2005 PDMA), Signal Drivers (Best New Talent DJs ­ 2005 PDMA), Hutcho (Best Hardcore DJ ­ 2005 PDMA), Terry Waites (Best House DJ ­ 2005 PDMA), Adam Kelly (House), Karlsav (Breaks), Rousa (Hardcore), Kevin (Hardcore).

"Rise launch Revolution on Saturday 25th June 05 with a bold new concept and genre-crossing line-up encompassing Trance, Drum & Bass, Hardcore, Techno, Breaks & House. Never before has Perth seen such a concentration of the cream of local talent present in a line-up for a weekly club night.".

Venue : Rise Nightclub, 139 James Street, Northbridge 10pm-6am. An 18+ event.
Tickets : $5 b4 12 midnight/$10 after on the door - Members free.

-== Reload : [Weekly Saturdays] ==-

DJ's (on rotation) :- Fusion, Rowdy, Pirate Bwoi, Disorder, Q.C, Blanko, Daemos, Jazza, Devise, Wiggz, Arson, Skinny
MC's :- Webbz, Pugz.

Presented by the New Generation - "DnB sessions every Saturday night, plus special guest DJs and MCs each week - check TS for lineups". More Info here

Venue : The Maxx Nightclub, 49 Boas Avenue, Joondalup, 9pm-late. An 18+ event.
Tickets : $10 entry on the door.

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