Peats Ridge 2011 has officially kicked off, so unless you’re reading this on your mobile – it’s fair to say that you didn’t make the trip  up… but this is 2011, and thanks to that magical series of tubes we can all share in the experience via the YouTube live stream!

That’s right.. you can watch the festival between now and the 1st of January from the comfort your couch (or toilet), without some dirty hippy getting his dreads getting all up [...]

 

In recent years, the popularity of burlesque has skyrocketed in Sydney & Australia – largely from the likes of Dita Von Tesse and Cher / Christina Agulera with their movie of a similar title.

Burlectricity has put it’s own unique twist on the phenomena by bringing in live reggae, hip hop, dub & electronica acts along with techno, minimal, deep house, drum & bass and dubstep DJ’s instead of the usual rockabilly bands you’d normally find [...]

For anyone that hasn’t heard the final of the NSW leg of the Homegrown Freqs drum & bass DJ competition was held a couple of weeks ago at the Oxford Art Factory.

The night saw a number of very talented DJs take part and although “fix!” was called by certain members of the audience the judges had no choice but to award the prize to Bassdrop resident Linken. Throughout his set he displayed a level of skill and confidence on the [...]

It’s been a little quiet from the peeps over at VOID/INDEX recently, bar for a few gigs alongside Niche Productions and a lowkey gig a few weeks back at the The Cellar, or more better known as the Agincourt (corner of Broadway & Harris Streets, Ultimo).

I was asked to throw up some promo for their forthcoming gig, this Friday 14th October 2011, but as this is Bassfreqs and we roll deeper than the usual wankey promo that other sites consider [...]

Homegrown Freqs is a competition to discover new talented Drum and Bass DJ’s on home soil. With the inaugural event held in Melbourne last year, Twisted Audio decided to take the competition nationally to see what’s out there. Sydney’s Bass Drop got on board to host the NSW finals at Oxford Arts Factory, Thursday October 6th. Local Freq’s Bionic and Speaks will join Pete Mac on the judging panel.

I asked Pete Mac what makes a good DNB DJ, and what [...]

For over 10 years, Newcastle has played host to the annual This Is Not Art (TINA) festival.. a supercharged convergence of writers, performers, thinkers, independent and industry musicians, creative researchers, electronic artists, dilettantes, and DIY culture makers in a showcase featuring over 400 local, national and international artists. Made up of a number of sub festivals, TINA brings together many creative types under one umbrella… You can find out more about the ElectroFringe Festival, The Crack Theatre Festival, Critical Animals [...]